11th May 2012

I had a bad night's sleep. I had bad dreams. In both of them I died. In one I fell off the very top of the Empire State Building. In the other, I was in a plane crash at sea. So I now have a fear of heights and flying. Thanks, subconscious.

I got to work to discover that my colleague, who was off on holiday had got up to discover that all 4 of her tyres had been slashed in the night. She thinks it's something to do with her ex's girlfriend who keeps threatening her that she'll 'set her sisters on her'. Which is lovely.

The most eventful thing that happened today was at lunch time. I've raved about the fabulous Beanie Man before. Well business must have been bad today, as we went out for 2 paninis and came back with enough food to feed the whole office and next door! Free. Seriously. I feel guilty taking it but he said he'll only throw it away otherwise. Wow.

James's stash of free food from Mr. Beanie Man!

My free food. For some reason I ended up with less than James. Not a big deal. Less food to waste!

Another quiet evening in, watching more Community (it's addictive in only the way 20 minute long tv shows can be) and then went to bed. As we plan on running in the morning. Maybe.

10th May 2012

Another yawn-filled day. Don't you just hate those! Work was busy and I think we were all happy when hometime came!
Tonight we watched even more Community, while eating leftover King Kong curry from last night. It's officially called something like Hong Kong style Pork Curry...but there's no fun in that!

It's a Madhur Jaffry recipe. Google it. It's amazing. Well...it is when Paul cooks it! I can't comment on anyone else's version!

For pudding we devoured this Ben and Jerry's ice cream. It's amazing. Get some. Only your waistline will regret it! :-)

9th May 2012

Back to work today. So my Wednesday felt like a Monday, even though Monday was a bank holiday so technically Monday was on a Tuesday this week...

So I get into work and I'm greeted by a sink full of washing up. Which puts me in an instant bad mood! Once people arrived I was also given grief for not leaving any petty cash for milk. Well as we only started our kitty last month to buy milk etc, and prior to this I PAID FOR IT ALL OUT OF MY OWN POCKET, I figured that they would be able to survive for one day. They bought some. I haven't reimbursed them. Deal with it.

Seriously - do these people have maids at home?! How hard is it to wash a cup or a bowl after using it?! My poor old Whitards mug is getting mistreated by it's new user. Might have to find an excuse for it to come home...

After what seemed like the most eternally long day in the office, I was glad to get home. There was no official Whedonsday today as Chris needed to get his ass to the cinema to FINALLY watch The Avengers for Jacqui (@jacquichan88)'s birthday.

So I got my fix of Don't Tell The Bride, both UK and US versions, then we were stuck for something to watch. Lucky for us, Virgin has box sets available for just these times. And do we thought we'd start something new. We started watching Community. Loads of MY twitter friends told us how good it is and to stick with it. We weren't convinced after 1 ep. After 5 we were! :-) Love this show!
If you haven't seen it. Try it. Give it 4 eps...if you don't like it then...well...give it 4 more! :-)




HOPEFULLY above is the trailer for the season 1 dvd. Which, even though we've seen it, we will probably buy.

8th May 2012

Sofa beds and tall chaps don't go together well. Which we discovered last night when there wasn't really any room for me! So glad it was only for one night, rather than 3 like was originally planned!

Still, we got to get up and play with a far more obliging Chuckles today! Yay! Plus Sophie moaned enough to get to go outside! Seriously, that girl has a voice on her!

Charlie shows off his beard and nose freckle! SO CUTE!

Sophie makes herself at home in Mum's garden! She doesn't usually look at the camera, so I am very privileged to get this picture!

After a light breakfast and the finale ep of Castle (loved it) Paul and I ventured into Lichfield to get a few bits and bobs. That didn't take long, so we popped into a nice historic old building, The Tudor Cafe, for a brew. You know it's a top-notch establishment when it's real tea in the tea pot, and not tea bags. Although my only complaint was that we asked for tea for two and there were only 3 1/2 cups in there!

Wooden walls and an uneven floor. Yup, it's an old building!

Nice little selection of cakes!

Real tea! Just a shame that the tea in my cup is all that was left! :( And I think I saw the Grim in my tea leaves. :(

I had for visit the dentist for a check up while we visited, so Paul went food shopping while I was being fashionably late for my appointment! I walked up to meet Paul afterwards and saw this sculpture by Tesco carpark.

It's called The Formation of Poetry, and it's something to do with the dude who wrote the first english dictionary, Dr Johnson, who was born in Lichfield. As you can't escape from knowing about if you've ever been here! 

Once that was done, we headed back up north to get the kitties and come home! Maia and Barney didn't miss us one bit, and were not overly impressed at being brought back to the little house!
Steak dinner, Hawaii Five-0 then bed ready for work tomorrow...perfect!

7th May 2012

So today we travel down to visit my parents!

It's also my sister-in-law's birthday! Even though we didn't see her. Happy birthday, Ambel!

Our epic adventure was delayed, however, by the most unforeseen circumstance we could imagine...at 9.30am, Paul's Dad decided to wash our car for us. While it's a nice gesture, we had planned on leaving a little earlier than we were now able to.

We still made it down in time, as we had a reservation at The Pear Tree Crêperie to get to and there was no way I was missing that!

It's a long-standing tradition to have Orangina with crepes. The red wine is just a bonus! :)

I forgot to take pictures of the food. I just couldn't wait to eat it! :-)

Once we got back home, Paul had a nap while I played with the cats! Remember Sophie and Charlie? Remind yourselves here and here! I haven't seen them since January and LOOK HOW BIG CHARLIE IS NOW!!

The gorgeous Chuckles, so much bigger than last time I saw him...yet still smaller than Barney!

Spohie. Still in the same box she's always claimed!

They're so good. Sophie is a little love! She won't cuddle you but she'll let you fuss over her non stop! Charlie is a bit of a wuss but he's also very funny! He too likes a fuss but I didn't get a lap cat this time. :-(

Mummy Sophie snoozes as Charlie checks out his snacks. He wouldn't look at the camera - I guess the food was too appealing!

Once Paul woke up, I decided we needed some fresh air, so I took him to The George & Dragon, which is a local pub. We did some impromptu wedding planning, and then were a little surprised by one of the other patrons...

Paul + Pint = Happy Paul

The Devil, enjoying a pint and a sweet chilli wrap. He was quite a nice fellow, actually...

 After a few drinks, we headed home to put to my parents the decisions we had made. Some were celebrated, some met with a "...right..." which we didn't let deter us! Just because you've not heard of it at a wedding before, doesn't mean it shouldn't be done, right?!
 
Oh, I got to mourn the loss of Ghali, my fish, from a few weeks ago. Boutros Boutros looks so lonely in that big ol' tank by himself...

Pretty little fishy!

6th May 2012

Bloomin' cats. Typical when you really fancy a good long sleep and they party all night. They haven't been that bad in a long time. *narky face*

We had to take the kitty cats over to Manchester today, along with ourselves as we were spending time away from home, and they do love it at Paul's parents' house.

They don't half make packing difficult though!

Bloody hard work getting him out of here, you know! Who needs clothes for a weekend away when you have a Barney?!

Once in Manchester, the cats wasted no time in making themselves at home.

Barney is guarding Paul's eclectic cd collection from around 10-15 years ago

Maia's favourite sleeping place here is on top of the Rohan box. That's ma girl!

Paul and his Mum went to the football and Paul's Dad did some gardening. I was at a loose end so decided to do a test run of a DIY craft idea for the wedding.

I am not posting a pic on here because at least 5 of my readers are coming to the wedding and I want it to be a surprise! I thought they turned out a bit shit but I have since shown a few people, including my "that's...interesting" Mum, and they really like it! So...yay?!

When Paul and Mum got back, we had a chinese takeaway and watched some nature programme. Which was all going well until I spilt red wine on the in-laws white leather chair. OOPS.

Luckily for me, Paul's Dad had done the same a couple of years back and they found a stain remover. Due to our quick response, you'd never know I'd been so clumsy!

Might ask them to bring a bottle to the wedding...just in case someone gets over-enthusiastic with their red wine when by my wedding dress...

5th May 2012

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I have no idea what that is...and could probably Google it, but that requires effort and I have no energy! Whoop! 

We woke this morning with a resolve to do something awesome. The decision we made: to see The Avengers again! Yes, it was that awesome!

Firstly though, there were domestic matters to take care of. Washing, ironing and clearing up being of utmost importance!

After we were good and tidy and all the boring stuff was done, we headed into town, bought some bits and bobs then realised we'd finished shopping far too early. "Let's go for a drink" we decided. Then we remembered that it's FA Cup Final day...and Liverpool were playing Chelsea. We went to one of our favourite pubs in Liverpool - Thomas Rigby's - and sure enough, it was rammed. There's a pub directly behind it though, called Lady of Mann, which was a little less full, but as it was full of crazy football fans, we decided to sit outside. Which, for a short time gave us the best seats in the house! :-)

We had a cracking view of the screen...until that bald dude stood there. Scumbag.

Then it was dinner time. Off to Las Iguanas for some Latin American cuisine...and cocktails...

Cherry Fizz. No idea what's in it but it's bloody delicious!

Some nachos to start, followed by "Churrasco Fiasco" for Paul, and "Gringas" for me. Delish!

Churrasco Fiasco. VERY yummy.

My Gringas. That is a lot of red onion. I love it all. Ate every morsel. MMM!

Time for cinema!

The Avengers Assembled in Imax 3D this time, which meant we had to wear some even more attractive eye wear! They STILL don't fit over normal glasses properly though. Can someone sort that out please?!

Oh yeah...I'm a total babe!

Paul said it was ok for me to post this at the time. I hope he still feels the same... :)

Fantastic afternoon out. I'm glad Paul and I still have days like this where we are just happy to be in each others' company. Bodes well for the future, right?! :-)