Everything seems to be growing strong after the past winter. We're not sure what to do with the bulbs. Do we cut them back or just let them wilt away?
Monday 29 April 2024
Wood delivery
Starting to get low on wood supplies at the end of the cold and wet weather (he hopes) so stocked up this morning. The company is much better than the last one I used as they generally deliver the next day. The previous company I used had slots that you had to book in months in advance. Sod that, when I want to burn stuff I want to burn it now!
Last u6s rugby session yesterday
And it rained! Some luck, it was a shame as there was loads of bits planned for the kids afterwards but i'm sure they had fun anyway. Next season i'm heading it all up as Arthur is coming through. 2 more years!
We stayed at the club afterwards and had a good few beers which was good fun. There are some nice people at the club so sure it will fun when it all starts up again in September.
20th anniversary of the Blog
Today is the 20th anniversary of me writing this blog. It was originally on a platform called LiveJournal but I moved it to Blogger back in 2008.
What's the point of me writing this blog? I hear nobody shout.
Other than my mild OCD tendencies it's actually come in fairly useful at times. My memory is pretty shit these days and I have written about or more likely taken a photo of most of the interesting things that i've done in my life.
Stats
887,104 page views (mostly from bots)
6,615 posts
2024 is predicted to be my most prolific year
August is most popular month for blogging
Saturday 27 April 2024
Giant d20
I was supposed to get this in January from a kickstarter company but it was stick in transit from hong kong for just over 2 months. It finally arrived yesterday and it's pretty impressive! It came with a free set of yellow dice too!
Today's cooking
Thursday 25 April 2024
Biggest walk in a while
April took the kids in to school this morning so I took the dog out early just before 7. Nearly 17k steps and 13.1km in around 2h20. Not quite marathon speed / distance but pretty good. Just got in as it started spitting.
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Great month to extend my fixed term contract by a month
Same monthly pay, but two bank holidays, and 2 pro rata days annual leave. The annual leave days are mine so I can do what I want! 23 work days, only have to work 19.
Monday 22 April 2024
FM and D&D crossover
Looks like you can play Football Manager as a Drow in the latest edition.
Saturday 20 April 2024
Magic beans
We planted some more beans this morning. 2 of the 9 we planted 2 weeks ago properly sprouted so we planted them outside. Arthur threw a ball for the dog which obviously immediately broke one of the recently planted beans so we planted another 3. Hopefully they will all take.
Finally put the clock up in the play room
After the bigs works a couple of years my cat clock has been out of action. We've finally put it back up.
Friday 19 April 2024
Final payment made
We paid the last installment on our jukebox today. That's £500 extra each month we'll have for the time being. We had the money at the time but they offered an interest free loan so took it up. We've obviously spent the money we had before the loan on other things so will be nice to free up a bit of cash. It'll certainly help with cashflow. School fees and wrap around care are bloody expensive.
Here's a silly picture of me when we went over to the Bristol showroom to test drive one.
2 weeks left of coaching the kids
There's only 2 weeks left of coaching the kids rugby on Sundays before it starts all over again in September with me heading up the under 5s and under 6s. I'm heading up the session again this weekend. Going to keep it simple and I definitely won't be running the obstacle course as I was in a lot of pain all afternoon after over exerting myself racing against the kids.
I've been offered another month
Which will probably be rolling if I need it. Still nothing concrete on the contracting front so will sign it once the contract comes through.
The contract is through so will sign it this afternoon
Plus if I end up staying till July there's an extra £2.5k bonus for me.
Poker evening
We had a poker night upstairs in my local last night. I was winning at one point, then Stu was winning then Jono took an insurmountable lead and eventually won! £20 in each, winner buys a few extra drinks at the end of the evening.
Bristol visit
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Bristol trip
I'm enroute to Bristol today. I'm there to visit my mate John, one of my old uni mates. Not sure what to expect as we don't really have any plans. Hopefully some nice food and popping into a couple of my favourite old Bristol Bars. It's been ages since I was last there so will be fun to see how it's all changed.
Tuesday 16 April 2024
What will Arwen look like
I took Arwen in to get her haircut earlier and have asked for her to have a short cut. This will apparently get rid of her puppy hair but she's nearly 4 so not really a puppy anyway. It should mean we won't have to cut her hair as often. Hopefully she doesn't look too bad.
Good fun yesterday
Started off in Chandos, £7.70 a pint!
First big walk with the dog in ages
14,000 steps already this morning. I walked the kids to school and took the dog straight out when I got home. With the kids off for over 3 weeks it's been hard to take the dog out for a long walk.
Monday 15 April 2024
London calling
I've got today off from work as I have a few left to use before I leave work and am heading into London to see my mate James. We used to meet up everyday for lunch pre pandemic and sometimes after work for a couple of cheeky beers before heading home. With us both mostly working remotely from home plus having children and wife commitments it sometime hard to arrange a date. Should be fun. We're going to have a mini pub crawl around Charing Cross / Soho. That means it's China Town for dinner before heading home!
An extra month
Not much news on the job hunting front although I got confirmation on Friday night that they'd like to keep me on for another month which is nice to know. I'd need to sign up for the whole month but don't have to sign yet in case something big comes up before the end of the month.
Speedster
Only 2 sessions left of the season for the minis and it was a good one. The usual dickheads where well behaved and Arthur is continuing to have lots of fun.
48-24
We beat Gravesend 48-24 at the weekend. The last vets game of the season. It was a little unfair on the Gravesend lot as we they only had 3 subs. We had 8 or 9, who most where from the 2nd team and young and fit. It was good fun though, plus no injuries to boot!