Saturday, June 13, 2009
Favourite Shops
I've been buying some stuff from this website recently and I have to say I'm loving them! Great gift ideas for all - from babies to adults. littlemissmatched.co.uk
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Sleeping Beauty
We've just put on the Sleeping Beauty blu-ray disc and WOW - I know it's been "remastered" but still it looks like it was made just yesterday and the colours are spectactular! Definately recommend watching this one on blu-ray.
http://www2.disney.co.uk/DisneyDVDs/DVDs/Sleeping_Beauty_Platinum_Edition.jsp
but for my own sleeping "beauty" here is something completely different
http://www2.disney.co.uk/DisneyDVDs/DVDs/Sleeping_Beauty_Platinum_Edition.jsp
but for my own sleeping "beauty" here is something completely different
And what we've been eating today :) KRISPY KREMES nom nom nom 
Friday, June 05, 2009
Flats splats!
it's been annoying this week on my bike - after recovering from another viral infection I decided it would be good for me to get back on my bike and cycle to work. I know people think I'm crazy for cycling on the A428 but to be honest the majority of my ride is on pavements and not the actual road it self - in fact I meaused it and I have 2 sections measuring 2 miles each which are only on the road - the rest is pavement. So for my 9 mile bike to work more than 50% is actually on the pavement. But bearing this in mind that still leaves me with 4 miles on the road and it annoys me that so many people drive past with little regard to how close, how fast and what turbulance they cause that either frightens me or does cause me to swerve or stop.
Another annoying fact is that I keep getting punctures lately - maybe its because the inner tubes are getting old, but I've had about 4 punctures to repair over the past week :(
Anyway kids be careful out there and bike safely
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/safer-place-to-cross.php
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/cycling-safety.php
http://www.bikeability.org.uk/parents/ask_mum/
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/
Use your head! – make sure you are wearing the right size helmet and it is fitted correctly
Be bright, be seen! – wear light, bright reflective clothes and accessories
Size matters! – ensure your child’s feet can touch the floor comfortably (bike is not too big or small)
Bright ideas! – accessorize your bike with lights and reflectors, and ensure they are kept clean.
Safe Place to Ride! – Stay on cycle lanes and get off the bike and walk if the road looks too busy
Another annoying fact is that I keep getting punctures lately - maybe its because the inner tubes are getting old, but I've had about 4 punctures to repair over the past week :(
Anyway kids be careful out there and bike safely
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/safer-place-to-cross.php
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/cycling-safety.php
http://www.bikeability.org.uk/parents/ask_mum/
http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/
Use your head! – make sure you are wearing the right size helmet and it is fitted correctly
Be bright, be seen! – wear light, bright reflective clothes and accessories
Size matters! – ensure your child’s feet can touch the floor comfortably (bike is not too big or small)
Bright ideas! – accessorize your bike with lights and reflectors, and ensure they are kept clean.
Safe Place to Ride! – Stay on cycle lanes and get off the bike and walk if the road looks too busy
Blu-ray movies are much better
Well the weather this afternoon wasnt looking so great so I decided to put on a movie (Tinkerbell - Enter the World of Fairies) on the PS3 Blu-ray player to see what its actually like and I have to say I'm well impressed - I even sat through the whole adverts section before the film I was that taken with the quality of the images.
Just now I'm beginning to think I maybe should have bought a wider screen tv than the 32"!
The colours are very impressive - why can't normal tv be this good?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Back from my holidays
I've just found some spare time to quickly blog about my hols -woo hoo. Had a great time but I am exhausted from all the driving and now I feel like I have another chest infection :(
Our holiday started off with us staying at Aunty LoLo's house and meeing her new dog daisy - lovely puppy and I was surprised that Minnow, older dog, had matured and calmed down with the new puppy in the house. We had a nice beer and went off to bed, well we tried to get to bed but Emily hopped in and out of my bed and Phoebes for about an hour before passing out in my bed and thereby pushing me out onto the floot - but hey that was ok I got some sleep. Next morning we drove to Kemnay to stay with Amanda for 3 nights. Amanda's little girl Lana was so cute and friendly she even sat on my knee as soon as I sat down! So after a quick freshen up we popped over to see Alison in Banchory at her in-laws house for a few hours. Later on we drove back to Amanda's house, put the kids to bed and ordered a curry. And a very yummy curry too.
Sunday saw us relax in the park with the kids in the morning and then in the afternoon we drove into Aberdeen to meet up with Wendy and her new baby Charlotte. Charlotte looks so much like her father Craig!
Monday we went shopping in Aberdeen and quickly met up with Wendy and Charlotte again for a quick coffee. And in the afternoon we went to the beach and played on the sand for a little while before heading back to town to meet Adrianna and Sarah for some sushi.
Tuesday I drove to Huntly to meet my grandmother, cousing and my sister. So we had a cup of tea and some biscuits and we also got to meet 2 of Yvonnes latest puppies who I have to say were very well behaved with Emily in the room.
Tuesday afternoon we headed back to Alford and met up with Carol and her latest baby Joseph, we had a nice lunch at the local pub and chatted for hours. Tuesday night we stayed at Adrianna's.
On Wednesday we drove out to Banchory and saw Karen and Pippa, and finally we headed back to Cove, ordered pizza and helped to celebrate Sarah's birthday.
on Thursday we drove down to my parents house and visited my Grandmother in her new nursing home.
And finally on friday we drove, in the heat, back home. Total mileage 1242 miles over 7 days!
Thanks to everyone who let us stay, fed us, and let us use their homes.
Now I've got to get my head back to the study books as my exam is in 17 days :)
x
Photos are here
Our holiday started off with us staying at Aunty LoLo's house and meeing her new dog daisy - lovely puppy and I was surprised that Minnow, older dog, had matured and calmed down with the new puppy in the house. We had a nice beer and went off to bed, well we tried to get to bed but Emily hopped in and out of my bed and Phoebes for about an hour before passing out in my bed and thereby pushing me out onto the floot - but hey that was ok I got some sleep. Next morning we drove to Kemnay to stay with Amanda for 3 nights. Amanda's little girl Lana was so cute and friendly she even sat on my knee as soon as I sat down! So after a quick freshen up we popped over to see Alison in Banchory at her in-laws house for a few hours. Later on we drove back to Amanda's house, put the kids to bed and ordered a curry. And a very yummy curry too.
Sunday saw us relax in the park with the kids in the morning and then in the afternoon we drove into Aberdeen to meet up with Wendy and her new baby Charlotte. Charlotte looks so much like her father Craig!
Monday we went shopping in Aberdeen and quickly met up with Wendy and Charlotte again for a quick coffee. And in the afternoon we went to the beach and played on the sand for a little while before heading back to town to meet Adrianna and Sarah for some sushi.
Tuesday I drove to Huntly to meet my grandmother, cousing and my sister. So we had a cup of tea and some biscuits and we also got to meet 2 of Yvonnes latest puppies who I have to say were very well behaved with Emily in the room.
Tuesday afternoon we headed back to Alford and met up with Carol and her latest baby Joseph, we had a nice lunch at the local pub and chatted for hours. Tuesday night we stayed at Adrianna's.
On Wednesday we drove out to Banchory and saw Karen and Pippa, and finally we headed back to Cove, ordered pizza and helped to celebrate Sarah's birthday.
on Thursday we drove down to my parents house and visited my Grandmother in her new nursing home.
And finally on friday we drove, in the heat, back home. Total mileage 1242 miles over 7 days!
Thanks to everyone who let us stay, fed us, and let us use their homes.
Now I've got to get my head back to the study books as my exam is in 17 days :)
x
Photos are here
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Coolest things
This has to be the coolest fish I've ever seen - you can see inside its head - no honest look!
Commonly known as the Barreleye fish it has a transparent head. There are some people out there who I wish had a transparent head so I could see what they are thinking.
Commonly known as the Barreleye fish it has a transparent head. There are some people out there who I wish had a transparent head so I could see what they are thinking.Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Chilli-tastic!
Update on the office Garden - the chilli's have started to turn red and to be honest I'm not sure we know what to do with so many of them!
Even the Jalapenos have started to turn red
Even the purple suer hot are going red - hot hot hot!
my large family of tomato seedlings - strangely they are doing better in the pots than in the aero garden.
And a photo of my American treats from Chris - thank you Chris!
Whoppers = maltesers. and the boston baked beans ar a little like peanut M&M's
Even the Jalapenos have started to turn red
Even the purple suer hot are going red - hot hot hot!
my large family of tomato seedlings - strangely they are doing better in the pots than in the aero garden.
And a photo of my American treats from Chris - thank you Chris!
Whoppers = maltesers. and the boston baked beans ar a little like peanut M&M's
Monday, May 18, 2009
999
Had an exciting bike ride home tonight. On my usual path home I stop where the pavement ends and I have to cross the busy road to make use of that pavement. But tonight I happened to notice a car parked in the lay by with something unusual going on. Whilst waiting to make my way across the road I kept glancing at the occupants of the car and wondered just what was going on as I saw someone thrashing about. I thought about it for a second and then I saw a guy dash from the driver seat round to the passenger seat. So I dashed off to see if there was something wrong and well I was shocked to find a woman having a full blown fit in the car. Her husband was trying to bring her round so I called for an ambulance. Nice to know my phone works! I waited with them till the ambulance came and whilst we were chatting I found out they came from Columbia so we had a brief chat about Bogota (friend who comes from there).
I hope she's feeling better.
I hope she's feeling better.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Tweeting and Twitter
Just added a gadget to my blog - so I can now tweet from my mobile phone. Handy when I don't want to update my blog using the office pc I can now "text" an update.
Cool :)
Cool :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Phew!
This week I had 2 TMA's to finish and hand in. I finally got one sent in at midnight on Monday and today's one was sent about 30 minutes ago. But alas it doesn't mean I can take a breather as I've got to do some catch up work, and prepare for my exam on 17th June. After that I play catchup again with my other course but then I can knuckle down and concentrate fully on Interaction Design. With that exam in October, that should give me 230 points towards my Open Degree (which I need 300 points for). The next 60 points are made up of a series of 6 small courses which thankfully don't have exams (big woo hoo there from me). The only thing I have to do is figure out which course I can take for the remaining 10 points and more importantly how much finance my company will give me.
Happy weekend everyone! x
Happy weekend everyone! x
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Awwww
It's been a busy week - got 2 TMA's to get finished within the next 7 days and approximately 100 hours worth of reading. Anyway I sat here tonight and got some sewing finished, and just snuck upstairs to tidy away some of my sewing materials. I switched on the bedroom light, walked around the bed to my sewing box, knelt down to put my items in the box, when I thought to myself where was that breathing noise coming from? I turned to look at the bed only to find one fast asleep little cutie. Awwwww. She'd snuck up when I'd been busy using the sewing machine so no-one heard her. :)
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Blue Days
Just realised I can plug my laptop into my new TV and play blu-ray DVD's ! High Def here we come - oh hold on we need to buy some blu-ray discs - doh!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Cakes, cuteness and cartoons
Hurrah the new tv is now on the wall ! Not sure if it will stay there long as we are still deciding if it looks ok. May have to buy another wall bracket so it's more flush with the wall. As you can see Emily is really appreciating the new picture.
Oh and its HD and I discoverd that the new remote control can also work the old DVD player which is a bonus - now just need to save up and buy another gadget (Xbox 360 or PS3) so I can download films on demand. I like gadgets - ALOT!
Oh and its HD and I discoverd that the new remote control can also work the old DVD player which is a bonus - now just need to save up and buy another gadget (Xbox 360 or PS3) so I can download films on demand. I like gadgets - ALOT!
Tremendous Tomato!
The tomato seeds were planted about 2 weeks ago and this is the results so far. Our Aerogarden is certainly making all our plants grow quickly.
Gardening Update
We've repotted the chilli's from the aerogarden and they are all growing wonderfully. I've even had a taste of one of the red ones and even a little tiny slice of the chilli was very very hot!
The mildest of the gang - Jalapeno - not tried this one yet but looking forward to throwing on a home made pizza :)
This picture shows you the purple hot one! Aparantly this is the hottest one - so I'm not going anywhere near them :)
Don't be fooled by the lovely purple colour - HOT HOT HOT!
Don't be fooled by the lovely purple colour - HOT HOT HOT!
The mildest of the gang - Jalapeno - not tried this one yet but looking forward to throwing on a home made pizza :)
Monday, April 20, 2009
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