Mind the bugs.

We were supposed to be starting a spring clean of the house last night but Debbie wasn't feeling too well so we had to leave that until tonight. There seams to be a nasty stomach bug going round these parts at the moment. So we had to settle for chilling on the sofa watching Eastenders and Ground Force and then retired upstairs and watched Time Team who were in Sheffield looking at remains of old steelworks, not our normal cup of tea but interesting none the less. Debbie's feeling a little better this morning so it looks it's out with the dusters tonight!

Paul

How to waste money:

Saw this new headline from the BBC today and couldn't believe what I was reading. Surgeon suspended over soup claim Maybe it's just me but suspending a brain surgeon for slipping a portion of croutons into his soup is just plain nuts! The tax payer foots the bill while he's not doing his job, and pays for an investigation into foul play at the crouton counter. Couldn't they have just asked for the fifty pence (or whatever the price of the croutons was).

Paul

Where did the weekend go?

After last week dragging by, where did the weekend go? On Saturday we were up bright and early off shopping for some plain headbands for the bride and bridesmaid, we managed to find some at a warehouse in Sheffield. Then the plans for working on the kitchen went on the back burner while Debbie made the bridesmaid headband and very good it looks too! I amused myself by adding the halo comments system to out blog, not sure what the trackback system is all about but I'll leave it there until I find out.

We went to a 70's party on Saturday night which was a good laugh, just to see all those 70's costumes ..lol.. I drew the short straw and was driving while Debbie had a glass or three of white wine. When we got back home we opened a large bottle wine and sat down and watched American Pie 2. I finished most of the wine on my own by the time the film ended and did I pay for it on Sunday morning!

With me having a hangover on Sunday, we had to abandon the kitchen again. We did manage a trip to Dad's and called in at Morrisons one the way home for some supplies, which for once, didn't include any alcohol ..lol.. I spent the rest of the afternoon nursing a sore head while Debbie made her headband which turned out lovely, you can't tell it's not been made by someone who been making them for years. We got the seating arrangements done for the wedding and I think we are going to send the invites out as soon as we've done the kitchen to give people plenty of time to book rooms for an overnight stay.

Finally we sat down and watched Born & Bread on TV before catching up on some much needed zzzzzz's.

Paul & Debbie

Thank crunchie it's Friday!

This week has really dragged on and on. We've been out and bought loads more stuff for the wedding, Debbie's going to try her hand at making a head band which will make it more special than if we just bought one 'off the shelf'. We've got a few more bit's and pieces to decorate the tables with, think we're going to need a stock take soon to keep track of what we've got and what we still need to get ...lol... We'll have to get the bar booked this weekend, that would be a disaster if there were no drinks flowing!

The weather prospects don't look too good for the weekend, doesn't matter too much as we're going to be working on the kitchen again and hopefully get a good proportion of it finished.

Misty and Toddy woke us at 6am this morning as usual, which is great, the only problem is, there is no snooze control and we can't switch them off at the weekend! We gave the cats some catnip drops earlier in the week, didn't have any effect on Todd who is always dashing about like he's on something, but Misty was rolling on his back spaced out . . . I'm thinking we should try some ...lol...

Zippy's not been out much this week, we open the cage door for him most nights and he comes out if he wants to, when he's ready for bed, he pulls the cage door shut and then one of us locks it, just in case he fancies and midnight stroll!

Lucy's been good all week, she's not touched the tongue and groove that we put up last weekend, we half expected it to be chewed when we got home. She does try and get in the rabbit hutch when we're feeding Bungie, one of these days we'll leave Lucy in the hutch and take Bungie inside ..lol..

Not sure what we're having for tea tonight, the last few Friday's we've had Chinese but we had a take-away on Wednesday so we might give it miss tonight and cook something . . . then again we might not ..lol.. One things for sure, we'll be having a glass of wine/beer or three and relaxing after a very long week.

P.S. Were addicted to Yeti Sports at the moment ...lol...

Paul & Debbie

We've had a busy weekend for a change ...lol... Saturday we were out shopping in the morning and then had a chilled afternoon ..... our get up and go had gone again ...lol... Sunday morning we got to work on the kitchen again, we managed to get most of one wall done and it realy is looking good! Sunday afternoon we took the kite out again in very blustery winds... Paul ended up on his arse for the first time ...lol... The kite was realy pulling, it's good job we got the smaller one or we would have ended up being dragged into the lake ...lol...

Here are some photos we took.....


Close up of the kite whizzing by!


Paul just before he ended up on his back side ...lol...lmao

We've added more photos as usual on our website and new this week is a message board .... not sure what for but we've got one anyway ...lol...

Untill next time....

Paul & Debbie

Hello campers!

With the kitchen tiles off, we were off with our new kite to Cannon Hall in Barnsley. There wasn't much wind but it still flew like a dream :-) It's an Ozone Imp power kite and we just pulled it out of the bag straight into the air. It was a liitle bit quick even in the light wind and Debbie had a little trouble at first avoiding my head ..lol.. We can't wait to take it out again in stronger winds, not sure it's going to be this weekend though as I think snow/sleet/rain/hail has been forecast so we might have to stay in the nice warm kitchen . . . putting tongue and groove on the walls...

Here are some recent photos......


A whole 3 inches of snow the other week :-)


Zippy comes out of his cage... getting quite good at this now :-)


Here is the Imp at 10,000ft..... err.... maybe 20ft anyway ...lol...


This is Paul trying to look like he knows what he's doing ...lol...lmao

Untill next time.....

Paul & Debbie

Hello again,

Well we have made a start on the kitchen, all the tiles are off the wall and we been and got the tongue and groove so we can make a start next weekend, now this should be fun....

Zippy our parrott had a shower this morning with Lucy trying to get in with him, he loved it and is now pruning his feathers and looking very dapor...lol...

Paul had got a new toy, a kite so later on we are going to Cannon Hall so he can fly it, Im taking the cam corder so i can catch him getting fustrated with it...lol...

We are keeping an eye on the weather this week as its suppose to be snowing by the end of it....yippee...lets hope we have more than last time...lol...

I will take some piccies today so i can put some more on our web site and also on here....

Will update soon

Debbie & Paul

Well party number 1 over and done with, what a good nite, it was pauls aunties wedding reception plus it was a barn dance...lol... had quite a few becardi's before I got up on the dance floor...lol...

Next is my dads wedding on Valentines day, but we have to do some travelling to get there, good job its a day reception then we can get home and do some serious chillin.....

Lucy is still the same we just walked to the shops and she was a ickle angel going but on the way back must have decided she did not like anyone and growled all the way home....lol...

here are some piccies we took recently


bloody freezing at holme moss

paulie of the antartic...lol...

looking very scottish

chill time

if you go out in the woods today!!
this one made me giggle...lol...

will update soon, promise

Debbie & Paul...

Hi All,

The snow finally came last week and it took Debbie 1 and half hours to get home from work, would not mind its only 10 miles away, the roads were gridlocked....yikes.....

We have both got flu again and can not shift it, we are staying in and not seeing people as we have got 3 parties to go to over the next few weeks. PARTY TIME ...instead of sneezing, coughing and blowing our bloody noses...lol...

We have got some really good piccies to put on, will get round to that one later.......

Time to go and chill,

Debbie & Paul

It's been a while since our last post, not sure about season to be jolly, more like season to be rushed off your feet! We both had cold/flu over Christmas so we didn't get out as much as we would have liked. We had a good time though and still managed a drink or three. We've just about got back to full strength now so we're hoping to get out and about in the coming weeks.

We stayed in for New Years Eve, watching the snow falling and then went for a walk in it at 1am in the morning! It was the best snowfall we've had for a few years now, a whole 2 inches! On New Years Day we did nothing, a combination of cold and alcohol had finally finished us off!



We've got most of the wedding plans finished off now, the disco, wedding car, photographer have now been added to the 'done' list. And the honeymoon has also been booked, we're off to see the mountains in Scotland! We're hoping there is much snow up there in December as there is now, not that we're considering any skiing or anything ..lol...

We've put the old guest book back on the web site, just a case of, if it's not broken, why fix it ..lol..

We've added some weather links to our web site that we use to see if the snow is coming, not that they do us any good, it's been coming all week and as yet we've seen about 10 minutes of sleet ...lol... There is small chance of snow tomorrow so we may be out with the camera . . who knows.....

Paul & Debbie