Working outside!

It is a fantastic day here, and quite frankly I'm getting a bit dehydrated in the front room in the full strength of the sun. So decided to perform the long awaited "decking coverage" with the wireless network. I do get a connection but the speed and signal strength do tail off quite a lot as I head down the garden. But promising for now that the weather is getting better.

Movies

Finally got round to watching some of the movies that I've got backlogged with. Watched Troy, which I can say was a lot better than I thought it was going to be, some great big scene moments (and in the light too not like Lord of the rings), I also started to watch Super Size Me (which was on TV), which I've decided needs full attention, so I'll watch it when I'm not dropping off - have also added it to my rental list.

Japanese Culture

Found this great image on Rion's blog. Part of a whole series of shors of Japanese commuters getting the most out of their phones. This shot really is wonderful, I just imagined stacks of people waiting to cross the road and say a plane flying over

Popinella's

Tasha has just returned from Popinella's the new deli in Tutbury. She got some fantastic olives, bread and smoked cheese

Squash

The winning streak was short lived, and I got beat 3-1 tonight, but all the games went to tie-break and could have gone either way.

Loads cracking off in the office today, especially the news that Mavis has declared he's had enough and wants out!

A good "non-rant" walk at lunch time too (hopefully the start of many) helps to keep Mark's BP down (well at least until we get back to the office!

The Weekend

Worked from home on Friday for a number of reasons, Tasha needed to finish off her dental stuff and I couldn't face getting hassle in the office for quotes mainly! Looking forward to our much delayed anniversary meal, I went to get my final ingredients from Sainsbury's. Noticed that a new restaurany, Chloe's, had opened up in Burton - very swanky, will have to pay a visit.

Saturday was a good day - did the usual ballet/walk thing in the morning and baked a great lemon tart. Ended up having a great evening, Chicken stuffed with Stilton, sauteed potatoes with caramelised red onions and purple sprouting brocolli, followed by my lemon tart. Yum. Tasha's dad had very kindly provided 2 bottles of Macon from his cellar - brought back a lot of memories of visiting the region.

Sunday and we forgoed the swimming in favour of a trip to Sutton. Had a great morning, took in a coffe at Starbucks and got Florence some new party gear. Florence went off to her party in the afternoon and we decided to chill in the garden as it was a great afternoon, and we extended the day to take in a BBQ (cod fillet wrapped in parma ham, sweet potatoes, courgettes and red peppers).

Got to work this morning and got hit with plenty of negative stuff. Seem to be riding over it at the moment and the new rule of "not talking shop" on the walk will help with that too.

EFQM results

EFQM results,
originally uploaded by Phillip.

There has been alot of change this week at work. General managers changing, but we met the new guy yesterday. I'm sure that he will be very keen to be involved in our recent EFQM study of the business.

More changes on the horizon....possibly

Squash VICTORY!!! (at last)

Finally won a game last night!! 4-1 too so I didn't scrape it. To be fair Stubbs had been on an all day bender at Jim's wedding on Sunday!

Spent the day at SWiSH today, beautiful drive up in the sun.

Big news that our General Manager go the boot (completely out of the blue - but not surprising) We meet the new guy on Thursday

Climbing

Climbing,
originally uploaded by Phillip.

We had a weekend, following a very tiring week for everyone. I spent the last half of the week in Manchester with EFQM. It was our 7th Wedding anniversary on Friday, so we had some good food when I got back. Unfortunately Tasha was really ill too (the sickness thing again). Saturday was spent with a slow morning, Tasha still not well, but in the afternoon I went next door and helped Martin move the electrics in the spare room. On Sunday, with a much recovered Tasha, we all went to Elvaston Castle grounds and had a great afternoon climbing trees!

THE EXTREME HORNS

THE EXTREME HORNS,
originally uploaded by Phillip.

Florence did some "extreme" 4x4ing in GJ's big red jeep!

Nicci's wedding

Nicci's wedding,
originally uploaded by Phillip.

Well its the society wedding (certainly in the circles I move in) of the year. Pretty stressful as Tasha had been up all night puking, so we were both shattered. Nate took it upon hiself to be disruptive so ended up chasing him around a lot. Nice sunny day though so at least there was opportunity to run around outside.