What now?

Yes, it's over. Yesterday we had our Christmas lunch, to much drink and food and today I feel exhausted.

Here's Lucy about to attack a present withCam, Dougie and Jenny wondering where their next drink is coming from.

I watched Arsenal finally win a game on tv before picking Lucy, Cam, Dougie & Jenny up.

We ate lunch with Liverpool - Newcastle in the background before opening our presents.
After more drinks and sweets LCDJ got a taxi home and we collapsed. A great day.

Christmas Day

Yes, it's food unlimited - well at least until it runs out.

It'll be quiet in our house today, we celebrate tomorrow when Lucy, Jenny, Dougie Cam come for lunch and football on the telly.

Stayed in last night to avoid a hangover, did very little except scour 89 digital tv channels for something worth watching, but alas it was all in vain.

Today started with opening a couple of presents each. Ronnie got a diary and some pens and paint, I got a Bergkamp T-shirt and some smellies.

Breakfast was croissants with lots of fresh coffee. We whiled away the time until lunch with a phone call to Caroline, truffles, more coffee and The Railway Children.

Lunch was traditional, Fino sherry, curry and chocolate cake.

Then it was wait for Dr Who. Jenny, Lucy and Belinda all rang and were doing OK.

Dr Who's over. It was OK, I'm not convinced Mr Tennant will be as good as Mr Ecclestone but we will see.

Now it's back to tv surfing, hey ho! At least we can watch the Gunners on tv tomorrow, hope they win otherwise Boxing Day will be tough. It'll be even worse if Newcastle, Chelski, ManU Red Soxx and Spurs win. Maybe the Flikr topbar will load properly tomorrow and I can include some photos.

See yuh

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A Long Rest

Ronnie proudly displays Caroline's meringue. Caroline didn't want her photo taken, something about the camera stealing her soul and her hair being a mess.

Anyway, I'm back again.

I'm sure that lots of things have happened but I'm not to sure any of it is as interesting as this site usually manages.

Ronnie has started her fitness drive and I went back to the gym after a two week lay-off after contracting a bad back. Probably got it from sitting about, not over excertion.

Arsenal, as football followers are probably aware, are going through a bad time. No goals for three games and losing away to Newcastle - now that is serious. If this continues it may be the end of civilisation as we know it, or more likely a return to the good old unreliable Arsenal of former times. At least it may be possible to get in to the new stadium even if the team resembles the ones that played in the 1960's.

I'm going to publish this now, the last four attempts have crashed out.

Bye

December's Here - what happened to November?

No picture today, sorry Didn't do much today - seems to be the pattern of things.

Ronnie woke up this morning and said that she couldn't manage to get up in time to go to the Artrium (art studio), I didn't argue. Eventually saw the light of day around 10:00 and didn't do much more than eat breakfast.

Around noon we had lunch and watched a dvd, I can remember when we watched videos! The film was Ladies in Lavender - slow but fairly good.

After we went to get some lights for the dining room, managed that but when I plugged them in they didn't work, so it's back to the shop tomorrow to replace them.

Browsed some great short films on http://www.lovefilm.com/ and wasted plenty of time before watching Bleak House, Scrubs and The Worst Week Of My Life. Bleak House has got to be the best tv series since I Claudius, it's atmospheric, has enormous villains, good kind people who always seem one step from disaster and plenty of characters that you can't decide if they're good, bad or indifferent. Great, although TWWOML was so cringe making I had to turn it off before the end.

Ronnie's having a blood test tomorrow so it's no supper for her tonight, and then we have to get to the quack's (doctor's to non-cockneys) by 9:00, so I'm off to bed in a minute, I'm not a great morning person - not much in the afternoon come to that.

Another day nearer the old age pension - hey ho!

November's Gone

I must try to get a grip on this software. I keep typing stuff in and losing it, ah well try again.


Ronnie Lucy on the Tanfield Railway

Well Ronnie's back from her stay in Leicester. I drove down on Monday and brought her back. We left in a bit of a rush because great big snowflakes started falling. So we packed the car and left. By the time we got to Nottingham it was OK and we were back home in just over three hours.

I think that sitting in the car for seven hours did my back in and now I don't bend in the middle anymore, at least not if I don't want to suffer excruciating agony.

Back was still stiff on Tuesday so I didn't go to the gym, that's two weeks I've missed. I'll never make the Olympics now. In the evening I went for drink with Nigel, first time in ages. Enjoyed it that much that I mssed the last bus and it was taxi home for me.

The Young Gunners did the business against Reading on Tuesday in the Carling Cup. There's a totally unbiased report here - Arsenal.com - The Official Arsenal Website . I remember when Reading were called the Biscuitmen, now they're called the Royals! Maybe they don't make biscuits in Reading anymore, or perhaps they only make Shortcake Royals - who knows, or even cares - we won. It's been an unusually successful November for the Arsenal, they normally go the whole month without a win.

Wednesday today, Ronnie went Christmas shopping and came back with stuff for Cam and Dougie. Hope she's got me something expensive.

Patrick is happy again now that she is home. I guess that they're both asleep on the settee with UK Gold blasting away on the tv, God he'll watch anything that cat.

Well, now it is December, I'm having a cup of chocolate and going to bed.