We had another ice skating session on Sunday, did more laps than the previous week but we were both suffering from painful feet in no time at all.
Not long into the session, someone had a fall and the medics were treating whoever it was on the ice while the music still pumped out and everyone skated around them which I was a little surprised at. They were still on the ice when we left 20 minutes later so it must have been quite serious.
When we got back we got stuck into the garden for the first time this year. The lawn had it's first cut since November, planted a few bulbs, sewed a few seeds and put 3 new miniature rose bushes in the border. Everything is looking like Spring is here, the heathers in particular are doing great, really vibrant colours. We would have got a few pictures but as soon as we got the jobs done, the sun disappeared behind the encroaching clouds.
The photography in general has taken a back seat lately, we've been busy going here there and everywhere but we're hoping to get some happy snapping in soon.
The new phones are still going well, don't be thinking I've actually put mine down to post this, I'd have to have it surgically removed!
Paul.
Showing posts with label ice skating. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Love Affair With The Nokia E71
Debbie was going to put a post on today but, she's busy... twittering... hopelessly hooked!
Yesterday that once in eighteen months experience came round, mobile phone upgrade time! We'd known for some time that we were going for the Nokia E71 so didn't even bother looking at anything else. The reason we went for this phone was:
Querty keyboard (Faster Twittering)
Wi-Fi (Mobile signal is intermittent down stairs in this thick walled old house)
Large wide screen (Eyesight's not what it used to be)
Camera (Not the best but it does have autofocus and macro)
GPS (We're not avers to getting lost now and again)
Price (At least £8 a month cheaper than anything else with this spec)
We're both delighted with the new phones, the buttons are tiny but surprisingly easy to use, the super fast wi-fi even reaches upstairs and the wide screen is great.
It's the first time ever I've not been advised to 'put that chuffin phone down' because Debbie's been too busy on hers! All the required stuff has been installed on both phones, Opera Mini, Shozu, Gmail, Google Maps etc and Debbie is quickly getting to grips with everything really quickly, especially Twitter!
Update on the ice skating: We've been again this morning, lasted half an hour again but did many more laps than the first time. The pain wearing the new skates is still a little overpowering at the moment, hopefully that will subside in a few weeks and we can concentrate on the skating rather than our throbbing feet.
Update on the weather: It looked like a beautiful day when we set of to the ice rink but the lovely sunshine had been replaced by heavy sleet when we came out, forcing a mad dash back to the car!
Paul.
Yesterday that once in eighteen months experience came round, mobile phone upgrade time! We'd known for some time that we were going for the Nokia E71 so didn't even bother looking at anything else. The reason we went for this phone was:
Querty keyboard (Faster Twittering)
Wi-Fi (Mobile signal is intermittent down stairs in this thick walled old house)
Large wide screen (Eyesight's not what it used to be)
Camera (Not the best but it does have autofocus and macro)
GPS (We're not avers to getting lost now and again)
Price (At least £8 a month cheaper than anything else with this spec)
We're both delighted with the new phones, the buttons are tiny but surprisingly easy to use, the super fast wi-fi even reaches upstairs and the wide screen is great.
It's the first time ever I've not been advised to 'put that chuffin phone down' because Debbie's been too busy on hers! All the required stuff has been installed on both phones, Opera Mini, Shozu, Gmail, Google Maps etc and Debbie is quickly getting to grips with everything really quickly, especially Twitter!
Update on the ice skating: We've been again this morning, lasted half an hour again but did many more laps than the first time. The pain wearing the new skates is still a little overpowering at the moment, hopefully that will subside in a few weeks and we can concentrate on the skating rather than our throbbing feet.
Update on the weather: It looked like a beautiful day when we set of to the ice rink but the lovely sunshine had been replaced by heavy sleet when we came out, forcing a mad dash back to the car!
Paul.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Twitter Bug
Debbie has been wondering what all the fuss is about on Twitter, watching me tap away on my first Twitter account @winternut which is now gone and then on @snowbabies.
Debbie didn't get the interweb on her phone last time around but we're getting new phones next week and is thinking about adding it and in any case, they'll be wifi and so internet ready regardless. So, with the new internet access coming, Debbie said she wanted to try out Twitter for herself.
We can't really both use the same account so I've created a new one with the same name as my photography site @littlebrownjob and Debbie is moving into @snowbabies.
We hardly have the laptop on apart from loading pictures and stuff so I don't think Debbie will be tweeting much until next weekend but I'll still be tweeting away regardless from my new home.
P.S. A quick note on the ice skating. We got our figure skates during the week and were looking forward to getting on the ice today. Unfortunatley we picked the busiest session of the week, there were no lockers left and hardly a free sqaure inch on ice. The folks down at the rink were understanding and gave us our money back so we can go when it's less busy and when they have the lights on!
Paul.
Debbie didn't get the interweb on her phone last time around but we're getting new phones next week and is thinking about adding it and in any case, they'll be wifi and so internet ready regardless. So, with the new internet access coming, Debbie said she wanted to try out Twitter for herself.
We can't really both use the same account so I've created a new one with the same name as my photography site @littlebrownjob and Debbie is moving into @snowbabies.
We hardly have the laptop on apart from loading pictures and stuff so I don't think Debbie will be tweeting much until next weekend but I'll still be tweeting away regardless from my new home.
P.S. A quick note on the ice skating. We got our figure skates during the week and were looking forward to getting on the ice today. Unfortunatley we picked the busiest session of the week, there were no lockers left and hardly a free sqaure inch on ice. The folks down at the rink were understanding and gave us our money back so we can go when it's less busy and when they have the lights on!
Paul.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Almost On The Ice
The plan was to get fixed up with some ice skates this morning and take to the ice at Ice Sheffield later on but we're going to have to wait just a little bit longer.
We've tried ice skating before but the hire skates had us in so much pain we gave up after a few minutes so having decided to give it another go, we also decided we should do it right.
We arrived at the Puck Stop, the skate shop at Ice Sheffield and were greeted by very friendly and helpful staff. Debbie tried on loads of figure skates before narrowing the choice down to just two. They didn't have quite the right size for one of them and rather than just go for the ones they did have, the helpful lady insisted they order the right size for the others so Debbie could also try those.
For some reason, the selection of figure skates for me was one and unfortunately, my shoe size in those was too long so they've also ordered the smaller size for me to try in a few days. I did suggest trying hockey skates but the lady rightly pointed out that it's a totally different style of skating and was having none of it. If we're learning to skate together, it will help if we're both learning the same style!
So, we're not quite on the ice yet but we will be and with the help from the staff at Puck Stop, I'm sure we'll enjoy the experience more when we do.
Paul.
We've tried ice skating before but the hire skates had us in so much pain we gave up after a few minutes so having decided to give it another go, we also decided we should do it right.
We arrived at the Puck Stop, the skate shop at Ice Sheffield and were greeted by very friendly and helpful staff. Debbie tried on loads of figure skates before narrowing the choice down to just two. They didn't have quite the right size for one of them and rather than just go for the ones they did have, the helpful lady insisted they order the right size for the others so Debbie could also try those.
For some reason, the selection of figure skates for me was one and unfortunately, my shoe size in those was too long so they've also ordered the smaller size for me to try in a few days. I did suggest trying hockey skates but the lady rightly pointed out that it's a totally different style of skating and was having none of it. If we're learning to skate together, it will help if we're both learning the same style!
So, we're not quite on the ice yet but we will be and with the help from the staff at Puck Stop, I'm sure we'll enjoy the experience more when we do.
Paul.
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