It was good to catch up with Paul and Sue tonight. Coincidentally, I’d also been doing some work for Sue at a clients today too! We haven’t been to Thai Gardens in Rothwell for ages. In the past, one of the disappointing things was that it was always difficult to get our table on time …
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Let’s Dance (week 6 of 7)
We thought we might have a lot of catching-up to do as we hadn’t attended last week, but it was actually quite a relaxed session. Numbers were down – maybe because of holidays – leaving only around eight of us to fill the floor. We spent most of the evening practising our waltz, which I …
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More than a couple of mugs…
Karen popped round to talk-through the various Mug and other gift options for The Old Croydonians’ Association centenary event in 2011.
PC mystery
I popped over the Paul and Sue’s today to help them sort out a few niggles on their PCs. I guess it was a day of success and failure! New anti-virus installed – check; Uninstallation of un-needed programs – check; installation of Office 2003 – check; a general tidy-up – check. What proved to be …
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Ann’s new job: Day 1
8.08am: Ann starts her new job today and has only got to travel to Northampton (for today, anyway). …it beats getting the 6am train from Kettering to London!!!
Lunch and Roger, Jane and Oliver’s
We drove down to theirs today for a family lunch. Mae and Denis were there but Bev couldn’t be there because she has a big meeting at work tomorrow and a lot of preparation to do. The journey was a good opportunity to try out Ann’s new hire-car that is identical almost to the one …
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Burghley House with Ian and Ann
We had antipasti for lunch and then drove over to Burghley House. The drive there was very pleasant and the weather was gorgeous – 24 degrees. When we got there, the car-park was packed but after a couple of drive-rounds, we secured a space. It was great to return to Burghley – we haven’t been …
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Busy, Busy!
Another busy Saturday, but for all the right reasons!. First, off to car-wash to get the car cleaned, then onto Central Garage to drop Ann’s personalised number plates off; sign the hire-car paperwork; pick-up the hire-car; then back home to tidy-up and do some cooking before Ian and Ann join us for the rest of …
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DVD: Watchmen (Blu-Ray)
Watchmen was a very unusual film. The story is about an alternative USA in 1985 where costumed super-heroes are a normal part of society. Civilisation is on the verge of nuclear war between the US and Russia and Nixon is in his third-term. Someone is killing-off the super-heroes, most recently ‘The Comedian’ and those that …
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Return to ‘The Pheasant’, Keyston
We took a return trip to our favourite restaurant, The Pheasant at Keyston to celebrate Ann’s last day of unemployment before she starts her new job on Monday. At the start of her ‘rest period’ we’d also eaten there. It was already busy when we arrived at 7.20…and it got busier! . After a glass …
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Exam Time – 2
It’s Ann’s final day in London on the Prince 2 course today and having passed her Foundation exam earlier this week, it must be time for another exam! On this occasion, it’s a bit more serious, as it’s the pratictioner part where you have to put it into practice. It’s a three hour affair, the …
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Ann’s new car
Ann ordered her new car today! It should be here in early October.
Kitchen Project
Ben and Brian came round from Rock Revelations to measure-up the kitchen for their version of what it should look like.
Exam time – 1
Well done Ann – she passed her Prince 2 Foundation Exam today. So just the Practitioner Exam on Friday left to do now!
Let’s (not) Dance (Week 5 of 7)
The dance-class is probably running tonight, but as Ann was knackered after her ongoing intensive Prince 2 Course and 1 was… well…just lazy… we didn’t go.
Someday, my Prince will Come…
Back to reality with a bump this morning! Ann is in London all week on a five-day intensive Prince 2 Course. …and just to make things even more exciting, there were no trains out of Kettering due to a fire, so Val and Ann drove over to Huntingdon and got a train from there.
Film: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Jo and Janet booked the tickets and we headed off to see the 3.00pm performance of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Great acting, superb special effects and a film that would make watching paint dry more interesting! Too long by about an hour (it weighed in at around two-and-a-quarter), a completely impenetrable story-line and …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 4)
I got up at 7 so I’d have time for a shower before heading up the road to get a ticket for the car that we couldn’t park near the hotel last night. Ooooo…I’ve noticed I’m a bit pink this morning after all that exposure to the good weather yesterday – they’ll be no chance …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 3)
I didn’t get up until 8am!! Looking out the window, the weather looks good at the moment although the forecast is cloudy. We plan to primarily use today to take photographs and try out our new camcorder. 9.00am. We got down to breakfast and found it a lot quieter than yesterday. The service was still …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 2)
6.30am. I was up with the sound of birds and the faint sound of a hovercraft! A bright blue sky outside suggests today might be a fine day weather-wise. 8.30am. Breakfast calls, so it’s a short walk across the road (!) and in through the back-door to the breakfast-room. It wasn’t a very big room, …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 1)
We’re off to Portsmouth for a few days. We left around 8.30 and popped into Central Garage on the way out to have a look at their used and new car stock as part of getting a car for Ann. After much discussion with Paul, we narrowed the selection down to possibly a new Fiesta…but …
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Let’s (not) Dance AGAIN! (Week 5 of 7)
We knew we had a bit of catching-up to do as we’d missed last week’s lesson. So, imagine our surprise when we got there tonight, only to find that no-one else was there! It’s been a day full of surprises!
Big Mac and a Big Disappointment
I went for my six-monthly check-up at the local dental practice today. The dentist I saw was new and boy, was he rough – ouch! Last time my mouth was that stretched was back in the 1970s when I used to eat a whole Big-Mac in one mouthful! He looked as serious as hell throughout …
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The patter of tiny…
…tyres! Well, it’s a start. We bought new number plates for Ann’s yet-to-be-sourced new car.
Jo and Janet’s for a takeaway
We popped down to J and J’s for tea tonight – a Chinese takeaway – Scrummy! It was a great opportunity for Ann to let the girls know about her new job!
Car Service
The Mondeo went in for its annual service today to Central Garage. No major problems, just the following: The key-fob has stopped working There is a leak in the water-pump A minor scratch on the rear offside and front nearside alloy Paul is going to keep it in overnight, because the new pump won’t be …
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One for the Sunday Newspapers…
A rather less-than-flattering pic of me uploaded by Bev onto Facebook – Cheers Bev! That’s Bev’s friend Di, in the background, probably having second thoughts about the seating plan!
Humberto in Hospital
Lee rang to tell us that H had been rushed into hospital today. Early days yet, but Lee was told it was possibly a mild heart-attack.
80th Birthday get-together for Denis
We both slept well at L and B’s, although Ann reckons there was a party going on nearby with live singers – I was vaguely aware but it didn’t interrupt me getting off to sleep. In fact, I slept right through to 7.30 (lazy bugger!). I had a quick shower and tucked into brioche and …
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Visit to Lee and Humberto’s
Image via Wikipedia We drove over to Cromer today to catch up with L and B, primarily to get them on-line and into cyberspace! We had a really good journey time – just 2 hours 15 minutes and that included a driver-change just after half way. L and B hadn’t got an internet connection when …
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