New House!

Oh my god, we've bought a new house. It was a bargain but we're still broke from the wedding and the honeymoon. It's come along about 4 months early but it was too good to miss.

Photos available soon.

First I was afraid, I was petrified....

Last night, K & I were at Ali's house for a Singstar party. She'd invited Matt & Deb, Beth and Fergus and we all had our singing trousers on.

Ali had prepared a monumental feast based around the culinary cornerstones of chilli and meringue (although not together) and the beer and wine were flowing freely.

There was some great singing (mainly Ali) and even more awful singing (you know who you are) but everyone was up and enjoying it. K and I ducked out at about midnight but I learnt on Tuesday that the party was still going at 5am!

Rob Lea

Sad day today. I went to the funeral of a friend from school - Rob Lea passed away due to an inoperable brain tumour. An event like that makes you feel very old. Mark, Darren, JJ, Steve, Clint, Emma, Mandy and Georgi were all there.

I hadn't seen Rob for three or four years but we were very good friends in the last couple of years of school and the years immediately following.

We all reminisced about school and ended up making one another smile with our varied memories of Rob - he was a fun guy to be around so there were lots of good stories.

Robert Lea 1972-2008 R.I.P.

Going to the Dogs

Last night we had an office outing to the dogs. A coach had been booked which picked us up from the office at about 6:30pm. An hour and a bit later we were dropped off at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium. Beth & Jon and Alison were all in the party, as well as Nick, James & Mikey and Rachel and Jules.

Racing was already underway by the time we got there but there were 14 races on the card and they'd only got up to race three so we hadn't missed much.

We'd got a good deal on group tickets. It was £10 each for entry, race card, pie and peas, a bottle of grog and three free combination bets. I was helping out those who were unfamiliar with how to bet. I don't know if this affected my own choices but I was a disaster. I don't think I picked one winner in the first ten races. My betting budget was shrinking at an alarming rate. Then on the last race I put everything I had left on number five to win - it came in! I won back everything I had lost plus about two quid - result!

The bus dropped us back at the office at about midnight and I wobbled home on me bike.