25 Jul 2007
29 Jun 2007
7 Jun 2007
Car thoughts
Am currently very happy with my current motor A FORD Focus ST
But i think my next motor has to be the New Audi
Well short and sweet.
Cheers
Dan
But i think my next motor has to be the New Audi
Well short and sweet.
Cheers
Dan
30 May 2007
Something strange has happened!
People who know us will recognise Dan and I as complete opposites. We couldn't be more different in our opinions, outlook, taste, everything. This has always proved a little bit difficult then when we've wanted to decorate things. We can never decide on ANYTHING....just as I'm looking at something (a chair, a colour, an ornament) and am about to say 'oooh that's lovely' he's turning to me to say 'that's DISGUSTING'! This has meant that in 4 years living here, we've only decorated the 2 rooms that really needed doing - the Barbie room and the Leeds Utd room because they were both flourescent.
Well, flushed with the success of our recent bed purchase, (which got delivered last week) we decided to see if we could take this streak of taste convergance to the next level and get some wardrobes sorted.....to that end we visited the 'Sliderobes' showroom in Birstall on Sunday, on the way home from camping. It would seem that a fitted wardrobe is going to be our best use of space in that room. Well would you believe it, we both liked the same design! To that end we have the sliderobes lady coming round to measure us up for a quote on Friday!
I'm so excited, I can hardly begin to write about the carpet.....capitalising on the last 2 successes, we went to a carpet warehouse in Birstall....and...yes....you guessed it....chose a carpet! OMG! This has NEVER happened before!
Well, flushed with the success of our recent bed purchase, (which got delivered last week) we decided to see if we could take this streak of taste convergance to the next level and get some wardrobes sorted.....to that end we visited the 'Sliderobes' showroom in Birstall on Sunday, on the way home from camping. It would seem that a fitted wardrobe is going to be our best use of space in that room. Well would you believe it, we both liked the same design! To that end we have the sliderobes lady coming round to measure us up for a quote on Friday!
I'm so excited, I can hardly begin to write about the carpet.....capitalising on the last 2 successes, we went to a carpet warehouse in Birstall....and...yes....you guessed it....chose a carpet! OMG! This has NEVER happened before!
28 May 2007
Camping at Barn Farm
Another lovely weekend spent at Barn Farm in Derbyshire - we went with Matt and Marina and Gemma & Andy. We got our lovely new tent to use - there were some pros and cons....
Pros....
On Saturday, Sgt Major Connor marched us up to the top of the hill on a nice walk which was a little challenging for a start but meandered through some lovely countryside to finish. It was about 5 miles and very pleasant indeed! We all subscribe to walkingworld.com which is a great resource for finding walks - not only does it provide the walk on an OS map section for you to print out, but there are descriptions of each stage as well as photos of the landmarks on the way so you can be sure you're at the 'right stile' of have passed the 'correct tree'!
Saturday evening we were booked into the Druid Inn in Birchover (walking distance from the campsite). The decor is lovely and the food was fabulous - unfortunately we think they were a bit short staffed as the service wasn't all it could have been towards the end of the meal. It just slightly took the edge off what was a really spectacular meal.
After dinner, Dan & I went for a lie down, it was only about 8:30 but we were pooped after the walk and hige dinner! Anyway, we both woke up about 3am dying for the loo....! So much for a wild night out. The rain had started overnight so we snuck out for a swift wee in the pouring rain...it didn't stop by morning so we all decided to pack u and go home. It took us about half an hour from start to finish. I'm very impressed.
We then all headed for the Grouse & Claret in Matlock for a lovely fry-up to finish the weekend off. Smashing! I'd not have been really into cooking in the rain!!!!
Pros....
- tent was very quick to pitch (in fact M&M pitched it for us on Thursday to enure a space on the campsite)
- it was chucking it down when we were packing up, tent took less than a minute to get it into the bag - no struggling in the rain and a few appreciative stares from campers around the field
- decent amount of room for sleeping (2 people)
- in the wet weather there wasn't anywhere to sit or cook
- the front door slopes inwards therefore when it's chucking it down, it chucks it into the tent as well (probably need to buy the tarpaulin to go over the entrance for when it's nasty weather)
- I'm not really one for having food stuff alongside your sleeping stuff so we kept most of it in the car - this was OK when it wasn't raining but when it was....it was a bit of a p. in the a.!
On Saturday, Sgt Major Connor marched us up to the top of the hill on a nice walk which was a little challenging for a start but meandered through some lovely countryside to finish. It was about 5 miles and very pleasant indeed! We all subscribe to walkingworld.com which is a great resource for finding walks - not only does it provide the walk on an OS map section for you to print out, but there are descriptions of each stage as well as photos of the landmarks on the way so you can be sure you're at the 'right stile' of have passed the 'correct tree'!
Saturday evening we were booked into the Druid Inn in Birchover (walking distance from the campsite). The decor is lovely and the food was fabulous - unfortunately we think they were a bit short staffed as the service wasn't all it could have been towards the end of the meal. It just slightly took the edge off what was a really spectacular meal.
After dinner, Dan & I went for a lie down, it was only about 8:30 but we were pooped after the walk and hige dinner! Anyway, we both woke up about 3am dying for the loo....! So much for a wild night out. The rain had started overnight so we snuck out for a swift wee in the pouring rain...it didn't stop by morning so we all decided to pack u and go home. It took us about half an hour from start to finish. I'm very impressed.
We then all headed for the Grouse & Claret in Matlock for a lovely fry-up to finish the weekend off. Smashing! I'd not have been really into cooking in the rain!!!!
21 May 2007
Saturday Night @ Drakey's
OK so Friday night was mental - more to eat and drink than you could possibly imagine - resulting in a Saturday morning that was, shal we say, less than savoury....! We knew it was going to be like this! All the way to Warwick it was touch and go as to whether I'd need the sick-bag! However, I managed to rally by the time we got there and the afternoon was a great one catching up with a lot of people we've not seen for a LONG time - some of them several YEARS! It was lovely!
Evening time was spent at the Rose & Crown and in the night time we were staying in the Warwick Arms Hotel - highly recommended! The scrambled egg at breakfast was superb!
Evening time was spent at the Rose & Crown and in the night time we were staying in the Warwick Arms Hotel - highly recommended! The scrambled egg at breakfast was superb!
Anthony's
Friday night was a most sublime experience (as ever) in Anthony's Restaurant, Leeds. We went with Marina & Gemma and all of us had the taster menu.
It was fabulous; there was Trout in a Licquorice foam, Pigs ear crackling crisps, the unbelievable Onion Risotto with Parmisan Air - out of all the times we've been to the restaurant, it was ABSOLUTELY the best!
It was fabulous; there was Trout in a Licquorice foam, Pigs ear crackling crisps, the unbelievable Onion Risotto with Parmisan Air - out of all the times we've been to the restaurant, it was ABSOLUTELY the best!
14 May 2007
The break-in hasn't affected me at all.......or has it?
As I've been delighted to tell people, the break-in hasn't affected me at all. I've not slept any better/worse, it's not been weighing on my mind, I don't walk downstairs in trepidation. In fact, life continues just as it always did in the Aldridge/Rossi household. That is until the dream I had this morning
Let me set the scene.
Let me set the scene.
I awoke at about 4:30 this morning to strains of the dawn chorus coming through the bedroom window. This is the window which is directly above the patio doors which were the entry point to the burglary. This window is also just below the eves of the house in which we have a family of very loud starlings nesting. They cheep, screech and scrabble in such a way that makes you think they're coming through the wall - we call them the flying haunted hedgehogs for reasons which are probably best left to another posting!!!!!
With all this noise going on I fell back asleep but started dreaming that I was awake in the bedroom looking out of the window at the starlings flying in and out of the nest. The birds were HUGE like swans and were thumping around in the roof-space making one helluva noise. In my dream I got back into bed and tried to get back to sleep. Suddenly I looked up at the ceiling where there was a small window in the roof (which there isn't in real life!) I saw a foot and an ankle stepping past the window. In an instant I knew it was the burglars who had returned for more stuff! I opened the window and grabbed the guy's leg, dragging him through the window...at the same time shouting for Dan to wake up & call the police.
We tied him up with the velcro fasteners you use to keep cables tidy, and went up onto the roof, which, in my dream, had morphed into something like the roof of a stately home, going for miles in each direction. Up there was my stereo, Dan's amp, the table and chairs and loads of our stuff. No wonder there was alot of thumping noises coming from the roof! We were trying to work out how they could have got it all up there without us noticing especially as the loft hatch is right outside the bedroom door. That was when we remembered the lift which seemed to have appeared from nowhere but which was at the back of the house, leading upstairs from a room which looked remarkably like Mum and Dad's dining room, and ending up on a flat roof space which was actually the top of the Museu d'Historia de Tarragona (remember Mum?)! Somehow all our friends arrived and as most of our stuff was up there they all came up to support / help us. We ended up having a very nice party up there.
So no, it's not affecting me at ALL.
There ya go Janey - beat that!!!!
With all this noise going on I fell back asleep but started dreaming that I was awake in the bedroom looking out of the window at the starlings flying in and out of the nest. The birds were HUGE like swans and were thumping around in the roof-space making one helluva noise. In my dream I got back into bed and tried to get back to sleep. Suddenly I looked up at the ceiling where there was a small window in the roof (which there isn't in real life!) I saw a foot and an ankle stepping past the window. In an instant I knew it was the burglars who had returned for more stuff! I opened the window and grabbed the guy's leg, dragging him through the window...at the same time shouting for Dan to wake up & call the police.
We tied him up with the velcro fasteners you use to keep cables tidy, and went up onto the roof, which, in my dream, had morphed into something like the roof of a stately home, going for miles in each direction. Up there was my stereo, Dan's amp, the table and chairs and loads of our stuff. No wonder there was alot of thumping noises coming from the roof! We were trying to work out how they could have got it all up there without us noticing especially as the loft hatch is right outside the bedroom door. That was when we remembered the lift which seemed to have appeared from nowhere but which was at the back of the house, leading upstairs from a room which looked remarkably like Mum and Dad's dining room, and ending up on a flat roof space which was actually the top of the Museu d'Historia de Tarragona (remember Mum?)! Somehow all our friends arrived and as most of our stuff was up there they all came up to support / help us. We ended up having a very nice party up there.
So no, it's not affecting me at ALL.
There ya go Janey - beat that!!!!
13 May 2007
Nice Job !
Well I always wondered I would do jobwise once I leave the world of IT.
I wonder if this is for me ?
We had a great meal with P & K last night, Li had done all the food as I had had a 12 hours day in a machine room in Alderley Edge! Which is always fun .
I wonder if this is for me ?
We had a great meal with P & K last night, Li had done all the food as I had had a 12 hours day in a machine room in Alderley Edge! Which is always fun .
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