work life inbalance

evening. it's thursday night and boy i'm looking foreward to the weekend. By pure chance April has been prety quiet for us with most weekends at home with few plans. But that has been a really good thing, as Paul has been settling into his new job and I have been trying to cover a colleagues role as well as mine (plus a third role for a couple of days) which has led to some long hours. Which has basically meant we've both collapsed at the weekends!

We did go out for a lovely meal here one evening which was absolutely gorgeous, both on the food front and on the atmosphere/service/ambience. Paul had sweet potato and coconut milk soup for starter which was out of this world so I had a go at making something similar the other day and was suitably impressed with my efforts.... Yum


hmm what else has been going on?

ah well we went salsa dancing last weekend for emma's birthday which was a right old laugh, and then this monday I dressed in a tabard and stripey cloth on my head for Singalongajoseph. sarah brought the contents of the school dressing up box which we made full use of. I'm sadly now paranoid that I have caught nits but I'm hoping it is just paranoia... I had a bit of trouble talking the next day due to my sore throat, "Jacob! Jacob and sons..." good old Donny Osmond.

oph and final thing for now. a reccomendation to go and see this film soon before it finishes at the cinema. As the Good Dr correctly described it " a proper grown up sci-fi". It was really good, with an inspired idea and a really should be seen on the big screen. Not bad for a non-geek eh, he's agreed it's a rom-com next!

the apprentice

sadly I'm addicted to it already. It's a bit like car crash TV.

we walked up snowdon on saturday. today I am having trouble walking up the stairs!

I’ve got rhythm

One of the many things that attracted me to Paul when I first met him was his addiction to and taste in music. My love of music is a big deal for me and it was so nice to meet someone who also frittered their hard earned cash away on an unhealthy dose of mainstream and obscure CD’s. I remember checking out his CD collection early on and deciding that he was the man for me when I saw he had CD’s from the likes of Eddie Reader, Snow Patrol, Kate Rusby and, critically Boo Hewerdine and The Bible (trust me on this one… that clinched the deal). Anyway… the point of this ramble is that not long after meeting Paul I succumbed to the iPod and have never looked back since. All my music in one place, on constant shuffle (when not laughing to Mark Kermode’s film reviews) is the best that technology can provide. Living in the 21st century really can have its benefits at times.

As time has gone on, and Christmas and birthdays pass, we have pretty much exhausted the options of iPod related gifts to each other; Chargers, iTrips, connectors to the stereo etc etc, and most recently a rather stylish (and excellent quality) travel speaker system option. I commented on the fact that we had run out of options for these presents as we unpacked said travel speaker in Paris last weekend. Little did I know that the next evening I would be proved wrong…

As we were making our way back from the Moulin Rouge we chose to “admire” the paraphernalia on sale in the local retail establishments – such a delightful area of Paris, so many of the shops had red lights on...…. To our surprise there, on display, was a highly innovative iPod related gift that had been completely off our radar (and, to be fair, remains bloody far off if - but that doesn't stop me from wanting to share the news with the blogworld!) - ….. WARNING – those of a nervous disposition or Aunt/Uncle status should possibly refrain from viewing, or at least ever mentioning this post on family occasions!

a weekend of serous spring cleaning has left me aching in places I didn't konw there were muscles. I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath adn a glass of red wine.


and then the ironing :-(