Loads of good news

Now playing Echo & the Bunnymen - Crystal Days

Went for a run last night (first time in over a week). Stopped in on Mum and Dad (about half way round) - Dad out of hospital and said he felt OK apart from being really tired - hopefully he'll have a good nights sleep now. Its also their wedding anniversary today (38 years).

Tasha had a productive night stripping the chimney breast, and we may have found a buyer for our fireplace (without having to go down the eBay route!) Also found exactly where the bath leaked from, so I can repair the sealing.

Got an email last night to say that my iPod had been dispatched. And this is not what I want to hear.

Lewisham Chainsaw massacre is a truly tradgic story in the press today. Stuart was the surprise evictee in the surprise eviction last night - a very surprising surprise!

Nintendo picks out some great shots - check out these bad wheels! And these ones too

Sounds like our new machines at work will arrive by the end of next week - a little email prompting and surprisingly they got ordered - why wasn't this done by our manager??

.....and a little bad news - Nat's last day today, so down TGI's at lunchtime. Hope that his new venture is sucessful.

Dad

Now Playing Blonde Redhead - Misery is a butterfly

Just had an update from Mum - it appears that all Dad's tests have come back OK, which is odd 'cos he is still quite poorly. Now that that's done though they are talking of letting him out as early as this afternoon!!

Sooooooo Tired

Now Playing: A C Newman - The Slow Wonder (picked up after a review in MOJO)

I'm really tired, had a great chinese last night (another can't be bothered cooking after kitchen work day), but I deserved it - not eaten since breakfast. Anyway woke up at 2:29 this morning, and had had enough sleep - so couldn't get back off again. Lay there for 2 hours but was then conscious that I was probably disturbing Tasha - did some work, then came to work (nice). Seems very quiet in here today - also sent an email from home that hasn't arrived.

Thought the weather was a little shitty, but didn't quite appreciate how shitty

Had a look for an iSkin yesterday, but unfortunately there aren't yet released for the 4Gen iPod (should be mid August).

Hot water service resumed!

If anyone wants the name of a great plumber - I've got one. Great job done, reasonable clean considering that new 4" holes had to be made, the wall needed bricking up and all the central heating drained etc. What's more with Tasha's bartering he put in a new waste system for the dishwasher and washing machine (which ended up costing him quiet a bit - oops)

As well as all that happening it looks like we'll be getting our new roof light fitted tomorrow, and the survey went ahead on the windows this afternoon. FULL STEAM AHEAD!

No Hot Water!

Chaps arrived bang on 8.30 as promised, and took less than an hour to rip out the radiator and boiler.

Wedding ring

Was doing a few pull ups last night and I've left my wedding ring in my shorts pocket, its amazing how something so small can make you feel so very naked....

Adrian back in the office (so is beardy though), sounds like Nat's leaving thing will be on Friday.

Are people getting worried that the iPod will take over the world? Just to show that there are no hard feelings of us trounching the Windies, I've taken the match report from a Jamacan publication!

Dio points out a good Slang dictionary, which might be fun.

Good weekend

Altogether its been a pretty good weekend. Very productive on the kitchen front, managed to get all of the tiles off - found a few things hidden under them too (concreted in power cables for the cooker etc) Got all the shopping thing done too which was a bonus. Skip is nearly full now and we've hardly put any units in there (I feel that another one will be required quite quickly)