Well....
On Weds night, Mark and I went to see Ron Sexsmith play at The Junction, and went for a few drinks (before, during and after). Was a really good night - nice to get out and actually have a laugh with each other now and again! Ron Sexsmith was really rather good (I had vaguely heard of him a couple of years ago, but he is not someone that has really ever popped up on my radar). Lyrically he is fantastic, and his voice is beautiful. Not so sure about his shock of wavy hair and bad checked suit though - the title of this blog is ironic, in case u hadn't realised ;-)
Poor Mark spent the entire day yesterday trying to fix the boiler for hot water and heating (we were expecting a deep frost last night, so it was pretty urgent!). A stroke of genius by him meant that he fixed it just before we went to bed last night. Was unfortunate that the *real* faults in the system (he replaced some major parts) were fixed, but that by coincidence the reset button in it was also broken. this meant that even though he had indeed fixed the thing earlier in the day, he had unwittingly been unable to reset it, so it was still showing that it had a fault. Anyway... it was nice to have a hot shower this morning!
Mixed plans for the weekend. Mark is working (boo), and I am heading to Norwich for lunch with Nikki and Carlos and I have to meet the agents who will be letting my house (boo). Sunday, am meeting Ricki in London, and we are planning a day mooching around the Columbia Road plant market, Spitalfields market, and maybe a curry in brick lane.. yum yum. This is part of my extended birthday celebrations (I like my birthday to last at least two or three weeks), so that is good!
Have a nice weekend!
Lots of love,
Hayls
xxxxxx
Friday, November 10, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Holiday Snaps
If you are VERY bored.... check them out (there are LOTS!!!).
- Xi'an in China - our stay with Jez and Marta
- Shanghai in China
- Phnom Penh in Cambodia - our stay with Andy and Srey Neath
- Koh Samui (Island) in Thailand
You take a look at the blog entries here (China and Camobidia) and here (Thailand).
Hayls xxxxxxxxxx
Cruisy Weekend
Well... last weekend (I know this is a late report!) was pleasant, and very quiet (but busy at the same time, if you know what I mean??!!).
Friday night we stayed in - Mark was so tired from work that he could hardly eat dinner, so half of the pavlova I bought for dessert got eaten out of the packet by... errr... moi! This seemed to set a precedent for eating cakes for the rest of the weekend! ;-)
Saturday, I got up early (had builders to make coffee for) and mooched in the village - had eyebrows waxed (how decadent is that?!). Art lunch time, my cousin Robert and Emma came over with my Aunt Doreen and Uncle Kenny. We had a thoroughly pleasant catch up, and a nice cup of tea... its the first time they have seen the house, and were suitably impressed! In the afternoon I went with Adele to the local craft fair... amongst the knitted doilies and toilet roll covers, there was actually some rather nice stuff; some nice jewellery at least. I managed to start my xmas shopping, and bought myself a lovely woolly hat, and a lovely lemon crunch cake... rock and roll, hey?! In the evening I wandered down to the local fireworks display with Jamie and Adele and co... oh, how we "ooooohed" and "aaaaaahed".
Sunday morning, was up early again, and drove over to Haslingfield to meet up with Angie. We took Molly (dog) to Wimpole Hall for a gorgeous walk - was surprisingly warm! We stopped for... err... yet more coffee and cake, and chatted about Angie's impending working holiday to NZ... lucky woman! At lunch time I went over to Mark's parents and had a gorgeous roast beef dinner with his family (including Caroline and Phil and the girls). again my will to diet was ruined by the addition of steamed treacle pudding and custard!!! :-s Later in the afternoon popped over to see Andy's mum (Andy from Cambodia) to give her some bits to take to Andy and Srey Neath during her trip to see them this month... very exciting for her!
Monday I had to schlep into London for work (although did manage to see Jean and Shelley at lunch; they had come for Jean's leaving drinks). In the evening though we went to see the local reserve footie team play, which was quite fun - although bloody cold! Tuesday I went for a run at lunch time, which was my first since the holiday (absolutely exhausting!!). Last night I played netball (cold, exhausting, spot a pattern??), and then languished in the bath with some wine (Mark was out with Noel). Cooked myself a gorgeous piece of salmon, as have just started getting a fish delivery from a Grimsby fish van - very nice, but can tell it is going to cost me an arm and a leg!!
Anyway... thats enough boring stuff... back to work (very very busy). Have just been informed that the boiler at home is broken - so, no doubt tomorrow I will be very cold and a bit smelly... oh joy! The lack of showering facilities will be sorely missed, especially since Mark and I are going out tonight to see a gig (smoky/beery)...
Much love
Hayls
xxxxx
Friday night we stayed in - Mark was so tired from work that he could hardly eat dinner, so half of the pavlova I bought for dessert got eaten out of the packet by... errr... moi! This seemed to set a precedent for eating cakes for the rest of the weekend! ;-)
Saturday, I got up early (had builders to make coffee for) and mooched in the village - had eyebrows waxed (how decadent is that?!). Art lunch time, my cousin Robert and Emma came over with my Aunt Doreen and Uncle Kenny. We had a thoroughly pleasant catch up, and a nice cup of tea... its the first time they have seen the house, and were suitably impressed! In the afternoon I went with Adele to the local craft fair... amongst the knitted doilies and toilet roll covers, there was actually some rather nice stuff; some nice jewellery at least. I managed to start my xmas shopping, and bought myself a lovely woolly hat, and a lovely lemon crunch cake... rock and roll, hey?! In the evening I wandered down to the local fireworks display with Jamie and Adele and co... oh, how we "ooooohed" and "aaaaaahed".
Sunday morning, was up early again, and drove over to Haslingfield to meet up with Angie. We took Molly (dog) to Wimpole Hall for a gorgeous walk - was surprisingly warm! We stopped for... err... yet more coffee and cake, and chatted about Angie's impending working holiday to NZ... lucky woman! At lunch time I went over to Mark's parents and had a gorgeous roast beef dinner with his family (including Caroline and Phil and the girls). again my will to diet was ruined by the addition of steamed treacle pudding and custard!!! :-s Later in the afternoon popped over to see Andy's mum (Andy from Cambodia) to give her some bits to take to Andy and Srey Neath during her trip to see them this month... very exciting for her!
Monday I had to schlep into London for work (although did manage to see Jean and Shelley at lunch; they had come for Jean's leaving drinks). In the evening though we went to see the local reserve footie team play, which was quite fun - although bloody cold! Tuesday I went for a run at lunch time, which was my first since the holiday (absolutely exhausting!!). Last night I played netball (cold, exhausting, spot a pattern??), and then languished in the bath with some wine (Mark was out with Noel). Cooked myself a gorgeous piece of salmon, as have just started getting a fish delivery from a Grimsby fish van - very nice, but can tell it is going to cost me an arm and a leg!!
Anyway... thats enough boring stuff... back to work (very very busy). Have just been informed that the boiler at home is broken - so, no doubt tomorrow I will be very cold and a bit smelly... oh joy! The lack of showering facilities will be sorely missed, especially since Mark and I are going out tonight to see a gig (smoky/beery)...
Much love
Hayls
xxxxx
Friday, November 03, 2006
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Well... I am having a bit of a Smiths/Mozza revival on my itunes this morning, and this song title always makes me smile... in fact, today this is definitely true. Yesterday I over indulged somewhat in the lunch time buffet we have every Thursday at work, and last night Mark and I went for a curry... "some girls are bigger than others... some girl's mothers are bigger than other girl's mothers"...
We had a nice evening last night actually. Mark took me out to save me cooking. Went to a local pub which has been taken over in the last month by a woman that Mark worked with years ago, so that was quite good. She was keen to buy us a drink, and it was fun for me to sit back and listen to all the work-related gossip... Afterwards we went for a curry at the local Indian; Lamb dhansak and chana rice for me. Although I am slightly suspicious that they didn't serve me a dhansak at all (was far too creamy). Maybe I looked like a korma type of girl ;-)
Got a fairly nice weekend lined up, although Mark is working all weekend again (which always takes the shine off it for me!). Might be going to a craft fair in the village with Adele (will be buying you all a knitted toilet roll holder for Christmas), and have arranged to see Robert, Emma and my aunt and uncle at some point - possibly for lunch. In the evening I will be going with Jamie and Adele to watch some local fireworks (Mark won't make that, as starts too early), and for dietary reasons I am skipping the curry with them afterwards! Sunday I have been invited to roast dinner at Mark's parents, which should be nice as haven't spent much time with them since we got back and Caroline (Mark's sister) will be there with her new baby and Katie.
Have a nice weekend!
Much love
Hayley
xxx
We had a nice evening last night actually. Mark took me out to save me cooking. Went to a local pub which has been taken over in the last month by a woman that Mark worked with years ago, so that was quite good. She was keen to buy us a drink, and it was fun for me to sit back and listen to all the work-related gossip... Afterwards we went for a curry at the local Indian; Lamb dhansak and chana rice for me. Although I am slightly suspicious that they didn't serve me a dhansak at all (was far too creamy). Maybe I looked like a korma type of girl ;-)
Got a fairly nice weekend lined up, although Mark is working all weekend again (which always takes the shine off it for me!). Might be going to a craft fair in the village with Adele (will be buying you all a knitted toilet roll holder for Christmas), and have arranged to see Robert, Emma and my aunt and uncle at some point - possibly for lunch. In the evening I will be going with Jamie and Adele to watch some local fireworks (Mark won't make that, as starts too early), and for dietary reasons I am skipping the curry with them afterwards! Sunday I have been invited to roast dinner at Mark's parents, which should be nice as haven't spent much time with them since we got back and Caroline (Mark's sister) will be there with her new baby and Katie.
Have a nice weekend!
Much love
Hayley
xxx
Thursday, November 02, 2006
The Last DJ
My friend at work (Sam) creates a radio show every two weeks or so... it's always a great mix of indie/80s/60s stuff, and he does requests! You can download the latest show here and sign up to receive a reminder whenever he creates a new show.
Big Smoke
Netball was pretty good on Tuesday night, although am regretting asking Emma to come along - she is a bit too bloody good for my liking! It does bring back memories of being st achool though... freezing my butt off outside, and sneering at the teacher when they make you do warm up exercises!
Yesterday I went to London for work. Had a very busy day work-wise, but still made time to catch up with John over lunch at the Japanese canteen (near work).
After work I headed straight round to Robert and Emma's place. I went for a couple of beers with Robert at his local (The Kingston Arms), and we were joined by Emma and a rather cold/cheesed off Mark. Poor Mark had waited over an hour for a bus (so he could have a drink with us), but had to abandon the idea after developing frostbite and jump in his car. Robert cooked a yummy dinner, as always (stirfried prawns, a noodle dish and pak choi in soy sauce), and we listened to some weird fisherman stylee music!? I think it sounded better to Robert and I (as we had consumed beer and lots of wine) than it did to Mark and Emma.
Got a busy busy day at work today, and no other plans really... (aside from the large buffet at lunch time! I like Thursdays!),
Much love
Hayls
xxxxx
Yesterday I went to London for work. Had a very busy day work-wise, but still made time to catch up with John over lunch at the Japanese canteen (near work).
After work I headed straight round to Robert and Emma's place. I went for a couple of beers with Robert at his local (The Kingston Arms), and we were joined by Emma and a rather cold/cheesed off Mark. Poor Mark had waited over an hour for a bus (so he could have a drink with us), but had to abandon the idea after developing frostbite and jump in his car. Robert cooked a yummy dinner, as always (stirfried prawns, a noodle dish and pak choi in soy sauce), and we listened to some weird fisherman stylee music!? I think it sounded better to Robert and I (as we had consumed beer and lots of wine) than it did to Mark and Emma.
Got a busy busy day at work today, and no other plans really... (aside from the large buffet at lunch time! I like Thursdays!),
Much love
Hayls
xxxxx
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