Last night saw Italy through to the world cup final. To be honest that was a bit of a shock to me, I thought that Germany would do it. If they had it would have been the 8th time they'd reached the final, more than any other country.

The space shuttle mission final took off yesterday too, it seems that some foam came off this time too, but the astronauts are performing several new techniques and tests to check for external damage.

We got sent home from work at lunchtime today, due to a huge powercut in Leicester. there was a pretty violent storm, with heavy rain and lightening for about 45 minutes, the result of which was a powercut at 1030. John and I went to the sports centre and the power was out over there too, all the traffic lights etc enroute were down. Aparently a main line took a direct hit.

Florence got her first 2 swimming badges tonight for 5 & 10 metres. I've not seen her swim for ages (due to not normally being home from work), she has really improved over the last few weeks and is gaining a lot of confidence in the water. We're all very proud of her.

Arranged the shareholders dinner at the vicarage, the final part of hopefully a great weekend.