19 August 2008

HUGE congratulations to Jenny who has passed her AS level of her A Level Maths (that's year one for the uninitiated!) with a whopping A. We're very, very, very proud of you Jenny! 48 hours and counting for the GCSE's.

John McClure from Reverend and the Makers has had enough of the music business and says he is going to quit after their next album release. Full story here. Thanks for some great musical moments and some great dancing sessions John!

I think I am in the middle of a musical depression. I don't feel inspired by anything musically at the moment and that's not good. I need a rescue remedy.

18 August 2008

Aarrgghhh! Indigestion has kept me up two nights in a row and I'm tired! I've been hitting the pepsi in an effort to keep awake the past few weeks, and I think it must have backfired. So today I've endured the inevitable withdrawal headaches and given the fizzy stuff a miss in the hopes that I will have a better night sleep tonight.

On the plus side last night I finally finished the Equestrian Design website that I've been working on the past couple of months. I can now turn my attention to sorting out somewhere better to host my photos. Speaking of which I went to sign up on a photography course that I have been waiting to join only to find that an hour after opening the list, it was fully subscribed. As is the repeat course after Christmas. Very disappointing, but not much I can do about it except sign up for the Photoshop and Lightroom course instead. At least that will come in handy for the web side of things anyway.

17 August 2008

Busy weekend. Becky has herself some holiday cover on a new paper round so we went to suss that out on Saturday morning. Then there was hardly time to catch our breath before we had to run Jenny into Meadowhall to meet her friend from summer school who was passing through on her way to a family holiday in North Yorkshire. It was a chance for some retail therapy. I've had a Debenhams card with some money burning a hole in it which was a leaving present from my last job, but despite a couple of visits haven't felt inspired to buy anything. However, yesterday I got a lovely gold bracelet and some matching earrings which I'm really pleased with, and still have some money on the card left to spend.

I also bought a couple of new books 'The Deportees' Roddy Doyle - which I found myself reading at 3 am this morning after an acute attack of indigestion - most likely brought on by the curry we had for tea. It's a book of short stories which includes the follow up to The Commitments and is hilarious. The second book is 'What I talk about when I talk about Running' by Haruki Murakami - a writer and long distance runner. Doubtlessley they will both end up on the book page in due course.

We took the bikes out around Rother Valley this afternoon for some well needed exercise (for me) and to continue the good work the rest of the family have been doing for the past couple of weeks. I felt much better for it and really enjoyed the ice-cream at the end too!

15 August 2008

I've just found some notes from some holidays last year so have started to update the travel page again. As you can see there will be more coming soon but check out the changes so far ...

14 August 2008

As always Robin Sharma's blogs are thought provoking and sometimes topical. Thought I would share today's with you with the Olympics in mind:

"Champions are not made at the event/big game. They are made in The Quiet Hours. During the practice times. While they are silently preparing. Stretching sacrificing. And dreaming."

Today I have had the pleasure of visiting both the Australian outback and Bolivia. Whilst there is no substitute for being there in reality, it is amazing the world that words and pictures can open up before you ... add a little imagination and you can be transported to the ends of the globe. I've just started a new book: 'Songlines' by Bruce Chatwin which chronicles his time in Australia seeking to understand the aboriginal practice/legacy of songlines. I'll write more about it on the book page when I've finished but it's an intriguing journey.

However Bolivia was something else altogether. A visual feast in pink and orange tasting alternately of salt and sand.

13 August 2008

Two sets of congratulations in order today. Firstly to Sarah who gave birth to baby Poppy Grace in the unearthly hours of Monday morning - fantastic news and our very bestest go out to them. As they also do to Gol who more than excelled at his Irish Exam securing the place he wants at Teacher Training College. Well done all - it's shaping up to be a good week all round. Just another week to wait for Jenny's results then.

"Because you're here for a purpose but you'll have to search for it. Whatever it is you have got to decide"

 

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