250: Found Here and There

I find lots of links around the web and want to share them but don’t want to spam your RSS, Twitter or Facebook with the links – this is my way to share them with you.

I love black forest gateau and these chocolate trees just add something else. Thank you to Jes at The Militant Baker. She’s also working her way through a list called “25 Things Fat People Shouldn’t Do” – I am feeling the urge to join in.

I’ve been inspired by Sarah’s “How to Make Your Blog More User Friendly” list and so I’m working on implementing some of them as and when I can.

Some of these look super creepy but it also looks kind of fun in a strange way (am I wierd? – please tell me I’m not) Originally seen on Sarah Rooftops who saw it Nile Guide. (Image from the Nile Guide post – originally from Flickr).

JD posted this on Facebook yesterday afternoon and I love the idea. The Bedford Open Air Cycle Powered Cinema – I love the idea of going but first I’d have to get my bike to town which could be a challenge in itself! I might have to borrow my brother’s bike as I know it’s working well and doesn’t weight as much as mine!

Going to have to also add this film to the list. Liberal Arts stars Josh Radnor (Ted from HIMYM) and Elizabeth Olsen (Mary-Kate and Ashley’s little sister – or so I’m told!).

249: Wednesday aka First Day Back

This morning I woke up at something around 7:30. Completely unlike me but then I heard the computer downstairs boot up. Good Morning World!

Then I remembered that it was the first day of school and got excited – well I was excited but Our Sidekick wasn’t. I pestered him about making sure that his hair was combed and that he had everything ready (like my parents did to me and my brother every year!)

I had time to wash my hair which is virutally unheard of in the mornings unless I have a bunch of time to waste lol. I brushed my hair and we got ready to set off – I wasn’t sure how busy it would be – the school is near my route to work but not quite on the route so I’ve never seen the traffic in full swing (and also it was only set year groups going back today the rest go back tomorrow).

Before we left the house I made a deal with Our Sidekick that if there was time we’d go via the supermarket and get croissants for breakfast but unfortunately there wasn’t time. Don’t worry he’d already had a bowl of cereal because my idea came after his breakfast slot lol. I told him that I’d get them so he could have it as a snack when he got in from school or have it for dessert (I know it’s not really a dessert but it’s pastry and somehow works right?).

We left about 8:20am to make sure that Our Sidekick was at school by 8:50am as requested by the school (Although registration doesn’t start until 9.05am). I dropped Our Sidekick off at school and drove the rest of the way to work – I didn’t have work but I wanted to make sure that it was possible for me to drop him off and still make it to work for 9am.

While we were in the car Our Sidekick asked me four times in the car he asked me “Do I really have to go today?”. Sorry lovely you do have to go to school until you’re sixteen and the government say that you can leave school!

I had this whole plan that I’d take the morning off so that if there were any issues then we had time to resolve them and I didn’t have to worry about being late for work. What’s funny is that I had dropped him off and everything waws resolved by 8:50ish. I popped to the supermarket to get the croissants and now I’m at The Fountain hanging out with Chris rather than going home to use our internet connection and my poorly MacBook. I got this error the other night.

247: Review – August

Books

We Can’t Go Home Again by Max Dubinsky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (In Progress)
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs

Films
Shipping News
Batman Forever
Ice Age 3: Dawn of The Dinosaurs
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (just the end as I hadn’t seen it before)
Raising Helen
Brave

Places
Milton Keynes

The Month in Bullets

Our Sidekick starts Upper School in September. I’ve been doing my best to get everything sorted. I am a bit concerned stuff won’t be ready but hopefully we’ll get there in the end.
At the beginning of August I helped Hels with her Baby Shower – I had meant to take pictures but I had issues with my phone that weekend (after I dropped it!). Baby is due at any moment which is super exciting!
It was a big Birthday for my Mum this year so we had a party – I had the day off work and spent like 14 hours at my Mum’s house either setting up for the party, being at the party or helping tidy up from the party. I had a lovely time apart from my headache. It was lovely to work on a project with my Mum, I think if we were to work together on a longer term basis we might get on each others nerves on our bad days but hopefully our good days would balance them out and it would be awesome.
We went to a picnic along the river to celebrate two of my friends birthdays. There were various jokes about how old people were getting. I still think that age is just a number after a certain point – when you look at mine and Chris’s friendship group the majority of our friends were in Middle/Secondary School by the time we were in nappies lol.
I had my Mid-Year Review at work – it wasn’t so good but I am determined to get it fixed!!
For August, My Mum had been super busy running her own business so I ended up helping her with bits and pieces – mainly answering the phone and data entry but hopefully it helped a bunch.
I went to Park Run twice. My average time is probably around the 53 minute mark with my personal best being 51 minutes. I think as it cools down a bit I might do better because the heat won’t be so unbearable also running with AndyL seems to make a difference because he bullies me into running – like a good bullying rather than a bad bullying. I think also my competitive streak comes out (if I have one!) and that helps me to want to keep going – especially when I see JenJen at the finish line and as I get closer I can hear her cheering me on. I think in comparison to the other runners there’s like a 20 minute gap but I want to make that smaller – whether that takes a few weeks or a few months I want to make it smaller. I will get there!
I “invested” in a Kinect Sensor for the XBox so that I can play the game that Chris bought me weeks ago. I’ve had a couple of goes and found that I’m quite good at Tai Chi – that’s good for days where I’m relaxing more than working out and then Cardio stuff when I want to push myself some more – I think it is making a difference but I guess only time will tell.
On Bank Holiday Monday, Our Sidekick and I went to see Brave. I made a little friend in the cinema – she was sat two seats away from us. Her Mum popped out to buy popcorn and my Little Friend got in a state and started to cry, I moved along a few seats and chatted to her to keep her occupied then we watched the trailers together while waiting for Our Sidekick and her Mum to reappear. Following that we grabbed some lunch and then went to Grafham Water for a walk. We started at 3:15 at Mander Park and finally got back at about 7:15pm although it did spit a bit the main rain held off until we got home and then the heavens opened.

245: #24hrGaming Marathon

(My brother and his best friend)

I don’t tend to blog on weekends normally as I use that time to get ready for the next week but this weekend is special. My brother and his best friend are doing a sponsored 24 hour gaming marathon to raise money for The Fountain. As I write this at my Mum’s PC (I needed to use her printer quickly!) they are chattering away about weapons and tactics for the game – I just have no idea what they are playing.

If you are able to sponsor them you can do so here. If you want more information about The Fountain go here or to send them encouragement you can tweet them at @kratos2466 and @azouk112 be sure to include the #tag #24hrgaming so we can keep track of them.

Thank you!!!

244: Fill in The Blanks Friday

Fill In The Blanks - 31st August

(Joining with Lauren from The Little Things We Do)

1. Over this labor day weekend I will be well it’s a normal weekend here in the UK so I won’t have Monday off (although we had a bank holiday last weekend so this week was 4 days woot!). My brother Rich and his best friend Aaron are doing a 24 hour Gaming Marathon for The Fountain. It kicks off at 9am tomorrow and finishes at 9am Sunday. Also this weekend we say goodbye to a friend S as he moves on from working at The Fountain which is really sad but we’re having a party tomorrow. Erm what else am I doing – I think I’m helping out at The Fountain but I’m not 100% sure.

2. With the political debates going on right now, my thoughts are again Americanism lol. Erm Obama vs Romney as far as I know right? The thing that bugs me about politics is too much off the time they just point the finger and tell us what the other party didn’t do rather than what they are going to do for me. I’ve read about the lengths that the Suffragettes went to, to get Women the vote so even if I don’t necessarily agree with all the politicians say I am going to use that vote to try and change my country for the better – however that comes.

3. Today I am super excited that I get some time to myself this evening lol. I think I’m going to start with going to my Mum’s to watch another episode of Newsroom. Have you been watching it?.

4. The best thing I’ve cooked recently was gluten free pancakes. I’ve not really cooked that much – I’ve either not been home to eat, we’ve been lazy or Chris has cooked lol. Yesterday we had cooked chicken from the deli counter at the supermarket and oven chips yesterday. It was supposed to be like supermarket version of Our Sidekick’s takeaway favourite in the hope that it was a bit healthier lol.

5. The last thing I bought was chicken and chips yesterday. Then again shortly it’ll be my lunch.

6. The best movie I saw this summer was I haven’t actually seen that many this summer – life kept misbehaving! We did however see Brave last weekend which I really liked. I started watching Precious earlier this week as it was on iPlayer but the Mum just kept bugging me – why do people think it’s okay to beat their kids? (Then again Gabourey Sidibe is an awesome inspiring actress)

7. The best book I read this summer was erm I don’t know – I’ve been trying to cut down my “in progress” pile as somehow I managed to get to 12 in progress! I even dug out my copy of House and Philosophy in the hope that I’d finish reading it but I’ve not been in the frame of mind to get my head round philosophy. In the last few weeks I finished We Can’t Go Home Again by Max Dubinsky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky and now I’m reading Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs. I will cut down that list!

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