Trying some new blood pressure medication today. This one is looking like a winner. My crazy blood pressure is coming down. The doctor tells me that it is due in part to the new exercise routine I have been following for the last 6 weeks or so. I feel better.
The run that I do used to take me 56 minutes and I am now doing the same run in 39 minutes. This makes me feel good. Also very good for Penny, she has never been this fit in her life.
Some days I do the run twice just to push my limits a little.
Wednesday 30 January 2008
It takes longer to clean up
after the disastrous painting the bedroom incident, It actualy took me 2 hours longer to clean the marble floor tiles, than it took me to paint the entire room. Marble is slightly porous so the pain had a good opportunity to soak right on it
Saturday 26 January 2008
Painting You Bedroom
Golly, what a mess we made. Spent all day decorating your room. Not easy with a two and three quarter year old helping. You put a paint brush on the floor, I stood on it The dog the stood on it, paint all of marble flooring etc etc.
Well I have a plan, tomorrow I have set n alarm for 6am and I will finish the painting whilst you sleep. Ha!
Well I have a plan, tomorrow I have set n alarm for 6am and I will finish the painting whilst you sleep. Ha!
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Weight Loss
Oh my goodness I weigh 95.1kg and my ideal weight on all the charts is 86kg. I will have to stick to the jogging
Monday 21 January 2008
Australia Stock Market
Australia has drooped 20% since November 1st =/. Suffered their biggest one day market lose for 25 years. Well over 108 billion Australian dollars.
Stock Markets
The Chinese stock market has fallen 13% in two days. In the UK we lost 5.5% on our stock market. That equates to 77 billion pounds. A lot of money to lose in one day.
The Dog Nearly Got Killed
Very close shave with the dog yesterday. We all went out for an evening walk and to pick up my new phone and sunglasses. Penny was wearing her red lead as usual. To cut a long story short, a horse and carriage drove past, dog goes bit mental and pulls on her lead. Lead then breaks and dog chases horse down the street, running through the traffic. A Mercedes nearly hit her and had to screech to a halt.
Still we got her back OK and as we were out side a vets at the time we bought a new lead.
Still we got her back OK and as we were out side a vets at the time we bought a new lead.
Sunday 20 January 2008
Karl's Party
It was Karl's first birthday this weekend. We all drove over to his house to celebrate. His mum had made a birthday cake and his dad produced Swedish pancakes. Both were delicious. All you kids were good and had a great time.
It was a beautiful, warm day and it was a bit hot in the sun, so we had the sun cream out for the first time this year.
It was a beautiful, warm day and it was a bit hot in the sun, so we had the sun cream out for the first time this year.
Saturday 19 January 2008
Starry Night
I downloaded the Starry Night widget for the computer. It is fantastic, now as I jog into the east on my nightly run I am looking up at Betelgeuse, Castor, Polox, Rigel, Caph and many more. I even showed you the planet Mars this evening, just below the moon.
I love it
I love it
Friday 18 January 2008
My Add sense Account
I have now earned the remarkable sum of 25$. I thought that this blog was meant to pay for your schooling...WHat went wrong?
List of imaging sites
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Plane Crash At Heathrow
Wow, a 757 landed short of the runway at Heathrow. It suffered a complete power lose. By some miracle only 18 people were hurt, no one was killed.
It is so short of the runway that the airport is still open. Planes are still landing. I would not want to be flying over the stricken plane. Imagine how the nervous flyers amongst us must feel.
It is so short of the runway that the airport is still open. Planes are still landing. I would not want to be flying over the stricken plane. Imagine how the nervous flyers amongst us must feel.
Tuesday 15 January 2008
Mac World
I can not believe how excited every one is about the speech to be given today by Steve Jobs. I wonder if it will be my excuse to buy a new laptop??
Monday 14 January 2008
Talking of Poo
You had taken your nappy off the other day and you pooed on the terrace. Disgusting enough you would think for daddy to deal with. Wrong!
I took you in and cleaned you up, went outside to clean up the poo....It was gone, missing poo? who would steal it?
Then penny the dog walked by smacking her lips like she had just wolfed down a steak. Supidly, remarkably stupidly, I bent down to smell her breath. OMG! No poo to clean up but quite a bit of daddy vomit.
What a dog!
I took you in and cleaned you up, went outside to clean up the poo....It was gone, missing poo? who would steal it?
Then penny the dog walked by smacking her lips like she had just wolfed down a steak. Supidly, remarkably stupidly, I bent down to smell her breath. OMG! No poo to clean up but quite a bit of daddy vomit.
What a dog!
Potty Training
This potty training is really hard to do. We have tried everything, bribery etc etc. You have put the price of a poo in your potty at one large fire engine.
You will win, we will buy it when the big day happens.
You will win, we will buy it when the big day happens.
Sunday 13 January 2008
New Friends
Yesterday we met a new fmily on the beach. The daddy, Frank is a teacher at your new school. His Son Samuel will be in your class in September. The mummy Inma is going to give me Spanish lessons as she is a Spanish teacher.
You and Samuel got on vry well. It helped that he had a monster truck for you both to play with.
We had been on the beach a while as mummy went for a jog along the paseo. We had time to build a railway out of sand, including a train with three carriages, a station with a stone platform and a mountain with a tunnel through it.
The sky was blue and the sun was shining. It was a fantastic day.
You and Samuel got on vry well. It helped that he had a monster truck for you both to play with.
We had been on the beach a while as mummy went for a jog along the paseo. We had time to build a railway out of sand, including a train with three carriages, a station with a stone platform and a mountain with a tunnel through it.
The sky was blue and the sun was shining. It was a fantastic day.
Saturday 12 January 2008
How to get traffic for your blog
Use lists.
Be topical... write posts that need to be read right now.
Learn enough to become the expert in your field.
Break news.
Be timeless... write posts that will be readable in a year.
Be among the first with a great blog on your topic, then encourage others to blog on the same topic.
Share your expertise generously so people recognize it and depend on you.
Announce news.
Write short, pithy posts.
Encourage your readers to help you manipulate the technorati top blog list.
Don't write about your cat, your boyfriend or your kids.
Write long, definitive posts.
Write about your kids.
Be snarky. Write nearly libelous things about fellow bloggers, daring them to respond (with links back to you) on their blog.
Be sycophantic. Share linklove and expect some back.
Include polls, meters and other eye candy.
Tag your posts. Use del.ico.us.
Coin a term or two.
Do email interviews with the well-known.
Answer your email.
Use photos. Salacious ones are best.
Be anonymous.
Encourage your readers to digg your posts. (and to use furl and reddit). Do it with every post.
Post your photos on flickr.
Encourage your readers to subscribe by RSS.
Start at the beginning and take your readers through a months-long education.
Include comments so your blog becomes a virtual water cooler that feeds itself.
Assume that every day is the beginning, because you always have new readers.
Highlight your best posts on your Squidoo lens.
Point to useful but little-known resources.
Write about stuff that appeals to the majority of current blog readers--like gadgets and web 2.0.
Write about Google.
Have relevant ads that are even better than your content.
Don't include comments, people will cross post their responses.
Write posts that each include dozens of trackbacks to dozens of blog posts so that people will notice you.
Run no ads.
Keep tweaking your template to make it include every conceivable bell or whistle.
Write about blogging.
Digest the good ideas of other people, all day, every day.
Invent a whole new kind of art or interaction.
Post on weekdays, because there are more readers.
Write about a never-ending parade of different topics so you don't bore your readers.
Post on weekends, because there are fewer new posts.
Don't interrupt your writing with a lot of links.
Dress your blog (fonts and design) as well as you would dress yourself for a meeting with a stranger.
Edit yourself. Ruthlessly.
Don't promote yourself and your business or your books or your projects at the expense of the reader's attention.
Be patient.
Give credit to those that inspired, it makes your writing more useful.
Ping technorati. Or have someone smarter than me tell you how to do it automatically.
Write about only one thing, in ever-deepening detail, so you become definitive.
Write in English.
Better, write in Chinese.
Write about obscure stuff that appeals to an obsessed minority.
Don't be boring.
Write stuff that people want to read and share.
Feel free to post your own ideas (satirical or otherwise) in the comments below.
Be topical... write posts that need to be read right now.
Learn enough to become the expert in your field.
Break news.
Be timeless... write posts that will be readable in a year.
Be among the first with a great blog on your topic, then encourage others to blog on the same topic.
Share your expertise generously so people recognize it and depend on you.
Announce news.
Write short, pithy posts.
Encourage your readers to help you manipulate the technorati top blog list.
Don't write about your cat, your boyfriend or your kids.
Write long, definitive posts.
Write about your kids.
Be snarky. Write nearly libelous things about fellow bloggers, daring them to respond (with links back to you) on their blog.
Be sycophantic. Share linklove and expect some back.
Include polls, meters and other eye candy.
Tag your posts. Use del.ico.us.
Coin a term or two.
Do email interviews with the well-known.
Answer your email.
Use photos. Salacious ones are best.
Be anonymous.
Encourage your readers to digg your posts. (and to use furl and reddit). Do it with every post.
Post your photos on flickr.
Encourage your readers to subscribe by RSS.
Start at the beginning and take your readers through a months-long education.
Include comments so your blog becomes a virtual water cooler that feeds itself.
Assume that every day is the beginning, because you always have new readers.
Highlight your best posts on your Squidoo lens.
Point to useful but little-known resources.
Write about stuff that appeals to the majority of current blog readers--like gadgets and web 2.0.
Write about Google.
Have relevant ads that are even better than your content.
Don't include comments, people will cross post their responses.
Write posts that each include dozens of trackbacks to dozens of blog posts so that people will notice you.
Run no ads.
Keep tweaking your template to make it include every conceivable bell or whistle.
Write about blogging.
Digest the good ideas of other people, all day, every day.
Invent a whole new kind of art or interaction.
Post on weekdays, because there are more readers.
Write about a never-ending parade of different topics so you don't bore your readers.
Post on weekends, because there are fewer new posts.
Don't interrupt your writing with a lot of links.
Dress your blog (fonts and design) as well as you would dress yourself for a meeting with a stranger.
Edit yourself. Ruthlessly.
Don't promote yourself and your business or your books or your projects at the expense of the reader's attention.
Be patient.
Give credit to those that inspired, it makes your writing more useful.
Ping technorati. Or have someone smarter than me tell you how to do it automatically.
Write about only one thing, in ever-deepening detail, so you become definitive.
Write in English.
Better, write in Chinese.
Write about obscure stuff that appeals to an obsessed minority.
Don't be boring.
Write stuff that people want to read and share.
Feel free to post your own ideas (satirical or otherwise) in the comments below.
Christmas Day
Christmas. I love Christmas. We had the whole family over for linch. Andrew was staying as were Abba and Abbo. On Christmas Eve you left out a mince pie, a glass of wine and a little chocolate for Santa. Rudolph got a carrot.
We were all up at around 8.30 on Christmas morning. You were stunned that Santa had eaten your mince pie. Mummy gave you a stocking in bed and you were just so happy. You would have been satisfied with the gifts in that. There was a couple of toy cars and some chocolate money.
We all had breakfast and started to open all the presents. We are a lucky family. Lunch was fantastic, we had a turkey the size of a small horse with all the traditional trimmings.
You ate quite a lot as we all did.
Your favorite present was a wooden train set that we bought you in Hamelys in London, made by Brio. You played with it for 3 hours straight. This made it our favorite present as well.
Abbo and Abba bought you a beautiful red bike. It was a ‘Lighting McQueen’ bike. You loved it.
We had a fantastic day and being a modern dysfuctional family you get to have Christmas two, when Matthew Mima and Pi-pa come to visit in a few days
Time for bed.
We were all up at around 8.30 on Christmas morning. You were stunned that Santa had eaten your mince pie. Mummy gave you a stocking in bed and you were just so happy. You would have been satisfied with the gifts in that. There was a couple of toy cars and some chocolate money.
We all had breakfast and started to open all the presents. We are a lucky family. Lunch was fantastic, we had a turkey the size of a small horse with all the traditional trimmings.
You ate quite a lot as we all did.
Your favorite present was a wooden train set that we bought you in Hamelys in London, made by Brio. You played with it for 3 hours straight. This made it our favorite present as well.
Abbo and Abba bought you a beautiful red bike. It was a ‘Lighting McQueen’ bike. You loved it.
We had a fantastic day and being a modern dysfuctional family you get to have Christmas two, when Matthew Mima and Pi-pa come to visit in a few days
Time for bed.
Thursday 10 January 2008
Who did we meet in Hamelys?
We were all in Hamelys shopping like made for Christmas. We just bumped into uncle Kirk's hideous wife, Michelle. She was there with her new boyfriend. When she saw me she looked like she was going to faint. She just took off. I told Kirk, who then confronted her when she got home two days later and she admitted that she had been there.
Now that is a coincidence as Michelle lives in Poole a hundred miles away from London.
Now that is a coincidence as Michelle lives in Poole a hundred miles away from London.
Andrew and Sarah are having a baby
Well, Andrew and Sarah are expecting their first child. They are leaving things a bit late. Mum took them shopping and made them buy baby things. They really enjoyed it. We went to Kingston and had lunch. You as usually managed to order a carrot cake.
Santa
We all climbed onto a train and went to London. We were going to Selfridges to see Santa. You were just so excited. You loved the train, you loved the tube and you even loved the bus.
When we got to Selfridges we went directly to the front of the line. Mummy new the lady who was in charge of the Grotto and by extreme coincidence mummy had spoken to her on the phone, when Selfridges web site crashed.
We got our tickets to the train and in we went. It was fantastic. I am sure you have seen the video a hundred times by now.
We trundled around the track three times looking at the set. They must have spent a fortune, it was full of animatronics.
Santa gave you a book and you were delighted.
We had lunch in a Starbucks and your uncle Matthew joined us. Then we went to Kensington to let mummy loose in Marks and Spencer's. At this point we were parked in the restaurant and mummy went off. I had bought an emergency present for you. A magnifying glass. You loved it. You crawled all over the floor looking for crumbs etc. We also had a carrot cake. Carrot cake is your favorite cake at the moment.
When we got to Selfridges we went directly to the front of the line. Mummy new the lady who was in charge of the Grotto and by extreme coincidence mummy had spoken to her on the phone, when Selfridges web site crashed.
We got our tickets to the train and in we went. It was fantastic. I am sure you have seen the video a hundred times by now.
We trundled around the track three times looking at the set. They must have spent a fortune, it was full of animatronics.
Santa gave you a book and you were delighted.
We had lunch in a Starbucks and your uncle Matthew joined us. Then we went to Kensington to let mummy loose in Marks and Spencer's. At this point we were parked in the restaurant and mummy went off. I had bought an emergency present for you. A magnifying glass. You loved it. You crawled all over the floor looking for crumbs etc. We also had a carrot cake. Carrot cake is your favorite cake at the moment.
Andrew and Sarah's House
Andrew Eio was at the airport to meet us. We all drove to Andrew and Sarah's new house in Chalfont St. Peter, or St. Giles. Sarah and Andrew have just moved in to a large detached house in the village. Just two minutes from the duck pond.
The house is what one would have to call a 'fixer upper'. It is one of the first concrete houses built in the UK. It is just over 100 years old. The most interesting fact about the house, is that the porch is constructed out a four poster bed. This bed according to local legend, belonged to Captain Cook, the man who 'discovered' Australia.
The house needs new windows, new central hating, new stairs, new roof, new kitchen, new bathrooms and lets not forget a new chimney.
On our fist evening we had an Indian take a way. It was absolutely fantastic. When Andrew and I went to collect the food, we popped into a pub for a quick drink. Well pubs in England have changed dramatically for the better. Smoking has been banned. You will never know how uncomfortable it used to be for non smokers in pubs. All the smokers were huddled in the freezing cold (-6) puffing away at their cigarettes.
You played with a little railway that Andrew's mum had sent over. You jst loved it. We bought you one from Hamelys.
The house is what one would have to call a 'fixer upper'. It is one of the first concrete houses built in the UK. It is just over 100 years old. The most interesting fact about the house, is that the porch is constructed out a four poster bed. This bed according to local legend, belonged to Captain Cook, the man who 'discovered' Australia.
The house needs new windows, new central hating, new stairs, new roof, new kitchen, new bathrooms and lets not forget a new chimney.
On our fist evening we had an Indian take a way. It was absolutely fantastic. When Andrew and I went to collect the food, we popped into a pub for a quick drink. Well pubs in England have changed dramatically for the better. Smoking has been banned. You will never know how uncomfortable it used to be for non smokers in pubs. All the smokers were huddled in the freezing cold (-6) puffing away at their cigarettes.
You played with a little railway that Andrew's mum had sent over. You jst loved it. We bought you one from Hamelys.
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