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Another good BBQ!

This weather is so good at the moment we are going to wear the BBQ out! We had one saturday night with a few friends. There was even more food than normal, as no-one ate the salad and we are now eating sausages all week! But Anthony left us plenty of beer to go with them! The BBQ must have been very chilled out as Anthony fell asleep for a while! Then he got his second wind and he was the last to leave!! Nothing quite like a 'power nap' at our age!

First Comments Bug

The 'Show Comments' option above doesn't seem to work 100%, which is annoying as it worked fine when I was testing!! Bloody computers, enough to drive you potty. Hopefully I'll figure it out at some point...

Comments Are Back!

Well, as I've got pretty much bugger all to do at work I've spent the morning updating comments to fit the 'new look' site. I think they work, so try posting and let me know if it breaks!

Website Changes

As you may have noticed the website has changed slightly. It wasn't meant to happen today as the full look is not ready, but I stuffed up the old site by accident, (and me, an IT professional!!). You may notice one or two teething troubles over the next day or so.

Just to tell you a bit about the changes - the picture to the right changes each time you view the page, (though at the moment its only got a choice of about half a dozen, in the coming days I'll be adding the full range of our photos and at the same time overhauling the gallery section of the site). The check boxes at the top allow you to filter the posts you see on this and the archive pages, (alright so its not very useful but it is clever! There is a possibility of other people posting to this site in the future, and it also means that you dont have to read the rubbish I post.) I've also added the ability to have fun polls, at the moment you can say whether you would use a scouring pad to clean your car!

The comments section will be back soon, (hopefully), but until then if you have anything you want to tell us then use the contact us page.

Help Needed

Does anyone know how to revitalise a car's paintwork from lots of small scratches? Sort of a Pantene shampoo for cars would do. Only I'm having trouble seeing the funny side of the latest Kateism.

She decided to wash the bird crap off them, (which was a good idea - as we all know that stuff is bad for the paintwork), using a scouring pad, (which wasn't).

Lake District Photos

Can be found here. Been there for a while, just forgot to mention it.

Hello Again

Wow. It's mid june now and we haven't written anything for ages. That is mainly because not a great deal has happened, which is no excuse I know!
We've bought a new bigger BBQ to cater for our ever more frequent and popular BBQ's. We even had one just for ourselves at the weekend! A bit indulgent I know, but our BBQ is split into 2 sections so if its only a small one you only use half! Fascinating I know! I think I might even have a BBQ for my 30th in october! We could put a marqee in the garden and have plenty of patio heaters!!
We've also been on holiday to the Lake District for a week which was good. The weather wasn't great but we got a few strenuous walks in! The Hotel was lovely but it should have been for the price of it! Photos will be posted soon.
We've also done a bit of work on the garden. We are preparing a base for a new shed at the end of the garden. I was quite keen on a large scandinavian style log cabin but Duncan thought it would take up too much of the garden! We have also played crochet on the lawn with Caroline's new set, although the grass was a bit rough to play on! It was still fun though!

What did you do this weekend?

Me? I went to the FA Cup Final in Cardiff. I was lucky enough to get a great ticket through work, so a devoted Arsenal fan from work and I trooped off to Wales early Saturday morning. I think the entire town of Southampton took a trip to Cardiff given the sea of yellow that was everywhere we looked. Just about every pub waqs full of them, though we did manage to find one with a few Arsenal fans in.
The atmosphere and noise in the stadium before kick-off was sinly amazing, you couldn't hear yourself think. The game was quite good, though the second half got a bit scrappy. It was a great day out and if you're interested some photos I took can be found here. It's one more item crossed of the list of things to do before I die...

May Day Project

Here are our May Day Project photos taken last saturday showing our day. It wasn't the most eventful day but it might be of interest to some people! Check out other peoples photos at The Mayday Project

Birthday Slot

Happy 28th birthday to Caroline and Suzi! (Although Suzi's was yesterday!)
And Happy 'thirtysomething' Birthday to Vicki who's birthday it also was yesterday.