Still no better

 Our rugby pitches are still as dry as a bone!

What did I do wrong to deserve this?

 April went to Twickenham on Saturday with the ladies rugby team to watch Eng vs NZ ladies.  I had to do the usual swimming / dance lessons with the kids, then off to a birthday party at a new trampoline park.  Boy was it noisy, and staffed entirely by children, none above the age of 20.  It was so noisy in there I could hardly think.  2.5 hours in there!  The kids enjoyed it though. 

Roast beef on Sunday

 I made a roast beef on Sunday for me and the kids.  April was away playing rugby.  It turned out pretty well.

What an idea

Our game was cancelled last night as the pub landlord had double booked the function room and forgot to tell me.  There was plenty of room in the pub but a few of the gamers in our group are a little shy and felt uncomfortable playing in public.  I only found out as I got to the pub so had a couple of beers with one of the other gamers who had also turned up before it was cancelled.

During our conversation I had the genius idea of using a dart board instead of a d20.  It's perfect!  Bullseye would be a crit, treble +3 damage etc.

I think it would be fun for a one shot.  You might have to give bonuses for players that are shit (i.e me) and make sure the GM isn't too hot, but think it would be a lot of fun. 

Cnut

 There's a passageway behind my office building that has loads of words in gold writing.  Not sure what they are meant to represent.  However my favourite is the in the second photo below.  It always makes me chuckle.

New Scrum cap

 April has bought herself a scrum cap for rugby, of course we had to let the dog have a try.

April singing

 We were at the rugby club on Saturday to watch the first team win 53-52 (they won 38-39 last week!), there was a band later in the evening and April got up to sing a song!

Ouch

 Booted one of my dumbells last night.  What an idiot.

We've got a bleeder 2.0

 I gave blood yesterday and the puncture point started bleeding after I stood up to get my snack.  I was quickly rushed over to a spare chair where my arm was thrust into the air and told to hold a paper towel over the wound.  After a minute they replaced the plaster and all was calm again. 

It's happened once before, but that was about 15 years ago.  This was my 72nd donation.

https://www.watdefu.com/2009/03/weve-got-bleeder.html

20 days left at work

 Only 20 days left of work!

We finished this too

Or at least April did. She probably dod 90%. 

Coq au picpoul

 I made this yesterday, not bad.

New dice

 This arrived from Kickstarter on Friday.  It's nice, but not tremendously reliable.  The d20 seems to always roll the same number.  I wouldn't mind if it always rolled 20s!

We did it

 After chickening out a couple of weeks ago due to the thunder and lightning we finally went camping.  All be it for only one night. Verdict:  A big success.

We picked the kids up a little early from school and drove straight there.  It took us 30 mins or so to set up and closer to an hour to put it away.  It's currently still drying in our living room!

Snigger

Saw this today and it made me snigger. It's from my weight app.

Damascus scraper

 One of the item's I favorited on Etsy had a heavy discount so I treated myself.  I have a scraper already but not one as nice as this!

This week's pitch inspection

 Or pitches are getting better each week.  More rain please, but not on Friday / Saturday as we're going to attempt to go camping again for one night this Friday.

One month till my operation

It's now one month till my nose / sinus operation. It's on the day of my daughter's 9th birthday. 

Can't be helped as it's the last time I can get it done before my contract ends and my private health insurance ends. 

It's been bothering me properly for 2-3 years though so needs to get looked at and if I really think back I've had this issue for 5+ years. 

It's a shame it's due to happen just as the rugby season starts but once again. It needs doing.

Only place for it

 My local pub lets local groups use the upstairs function room, my roleplaying group is one of them.  Another regular is a folk music get together and another is the Tonbridge Reform party.  This book was left in the function room so I returned it to its rightful home.

Final battle

 We fought our final battle of the campaign last night and nobody died!  Just.  The next few weeks will be a little disjoined with various holidays and my operation but looks like we'll be playing starfinder when we all settle down.

Arwen's haircut

 She had her hair cut this morning and is looking very smart! Hopefully less sticky too!

Dinner party

 We had a dinner party with 4 friends on Friday night.  April made a lasagne, the ragu was in the oven for 8+ hours!

New Jigsaw

 We started a new 1000 piece jigsaw this week.  It's bloody hard.  Not sure my eyesight is good enough these days.

2 dogs

 We had Brody again this weekend, he's a good dog.  Arwen was definitely jealous though!

A trip to Hastings

 A trip to Hastings

April beat me at Azul (1-1)

She beat me at golf too.  So did Flo!

Trip to London

 Bowling, curry, then a play in the Globe.

Sawns!

 2 swans and 4 cygnets in Tonbridge at the minute.

First game of the season for April

 And a win against the Ma Mas.  A tough game and April is covered in bruises.  Makes a change.

My first game has been pushed back a couple of weeks as it's a league game and the RFU has postponed all games in Kent due to the hardness of the grounds.

Roast pork rolls

 

Penultimate session

 We had a full house on Tuesday.  Nearly there.  One more session.

First day of term

 After a long summer holiday the kids finally went back to school today

There's actually signs of grass

 Mostly rock hard mud and weeds though. The minis rugby season starts on Sunday!