Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Run out

I've run out of blog inspiration, again!

It must be the lack of booze I think.

A pic though, from a walk around Docklands at the weekend:



and more inspired blogging to follow soon, promise!

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Yeehaa... I'm back.

Two bottles of wine and a packet of crisps.

And yes, it's Monday.

And yes, I'm going to have a hangover tomorrow.

And yes, I did just fall asleep on the DLR and had to change at Cutty Sark to get back on the right side of the river.

But still, I had Moeker to accompany me home, so what more could a girl want....

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Relaxing

Have found myself some relaxing time... although it did mean letting Na down and missing the first film night, which I'm not happy about, but I was in desperate need of doing some washing.

Anyway, have had some hilarious moments this weekend, Friday night was a cracker, with Marty and Rish. And don't worry, it's all Secret ;-)

Had a fab time at Pete and Helen's housewarming on Saturday too, and then a most relaxing walk in the fresh air of Trent Park today. And then of course the long drive home - but even that was ok because I managed to get in the slip stream of a fast BMW and cruise most of the way home following him! And there was the most beautiful sunset, but of course I couldn't get any photos because I was driving.

And I decided on balance that the pink all over was a bit too much, and have gone for a hybrid pink/purple look instead. Any thoughts?

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Vegas Baby

Na and I booked to go to Las Vegas for Easter weekend on Monday - and now I'm very very excited. So, imagine my glee when I realised that Ocean's Eleven is on ITV tonight... as it featured very heavily the Bellagio, which just happens to be where we're staying!

So, I'm watching it right now, with a big bowl of Ben and Jerrys and a big bowl of ice cream, having just finished a steak and dauphinoise potato dinner... perfect. Apart, that is, from the fact that I'm still working.

Generally, I see my job as a challenge, and encompass the long hours as part of that. It has however been just that little bit on the silly side recently, and I can only hope that once I've got a major event out of the way next week, things will be on the whole calmer... hopefully.

Bring on the Bellagio. Great pic of the fountains here.

And yes, the Blog has gone pink. Fancied a change for the new year, but I don't actually want it this pink - will play with the colours at some point. What do you think - too pink? Should it stay, should it go?? Annoyingly though I forgot to save the code for the template for the bits down the side, so it'll take me some time to get that back too.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Seeds

Have had a great 'late Christmas' weekend with the girlies, just what I needed at the end of a hard week. My liver isn't too amused with me now though! Will need to give it a rest for a bit I think - well, until next Friday anyway!

There will be some photos, but I can't get them from camera to computer at the moment for some reason... so more soon!

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Happy looking at the lights

Naomi is currently passed out on my bed. But given it's 6'6" I reckon they'll be room for me.
She's currently trying to work out how the pretty lights from Habitat are staying on the wall. I've tried to explain it's about the nails, but she's not getting it, and is in fact now snoring in time with Stephen. That cannot be good.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Lost

2005 has gone, and with it seems to have gone my creative blog ablility, I just can't think of anything interesting/funny/thoughtful to write. Although I have just got home from work after 10pm for the fourth night in a row, so that might have something to do with it!

I'm sure my inspiration will come back. In the meantime, you can have a laugh by checking out new photos here and a wonderful story about a pigeon here.

Oh, and the only newsworthy thing I can think of is that one of my best mates got engaged on New Year's Eve, and I'm going to be head bridesmaid at the wedding on 30th September. Cool.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Fabulous

Someone told me today that they think I'm doing a fabulous job in my new role. I'm not so convinced. But, I am happy to accept an opinion which I trust. Most of the time I rely on instinct, intuition, and a little bit of luck, and it seems to be standing me in good stead so far!

Anyway, tonight I have been here and here with Richelle. Just because it's Friday. I love Fridays. And the best thing is, I can have a big fat lie in tomorrow. Yeah Baby!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Que?

Usually I would resist commenting on such things, but I just can't hold this one back...

George Galloway on Celebrity Big Brother... WTF!?!

Oopps, and another...

9. Complete the BBC Big Read Top 100 book list (which I've already been attempting for the past two years, I'm 45 books in!)

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

And another...

8. Spend more time exploring London

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

An actual list

I've reflected on the new year's resolution thing since yesterday, and I think I actually have enough to make a list...

1. Learn to play the sax
2. Learn to speak Italian again
3. Watch more films
4. Try to get less injuries
5. Make a good attempt at the ITEX walk
6. Do as much travelling as possible
7. Get more sleep

Seven seems a nice number. And I think there is a good chance that I'll be able to have a good go at all of them - come back on the 31st December to find out how I've done!

Monday, January 02, 2006

Happy New Year!

So, welcome to 2006!

This was going to be a long post, peppered with pictures from my Flickr site of our wonderful weekend in Cornwall... but I've typed it out twice, and lost it twice, once due to my incompetence, and once due to Blogger misbehaving! So, I've kinda lost enthusiasm for it now!

However, there are lots of pics on Flick (link on the left, the pretty link technology code doesn't want to work today either!).

I had a truly fantastic weekend and a wonderful new year - thank you, Steve, Steve, Alex, Marty, Richelle, Sally, and Naomi, but especially thank you to Helen and Pete, for coming up with the idea in the first place, and for sharing their special bolt hole with us.

I hope that 2006 and brings lots of fun, merriment and good times.

I've decided (with the help of Steve D, hee hee) that my new year's resolution will be to start learning to play the saxophone. Just got to get one now!

Also, I'm going to watch more films, and try to get less feebish injuries!