Archive for December, 2009
Cookware for Christmas
Dec 22nd
As it is nearly the big day I thought I would give the kitchen a good clean ready for the enormous festive meal I am going to prepare myself. That’s right me, myself and I.
While I was thrashing around to the Goo Goo Dolls greatest hits and cleaning all the surfaces within my kitchen cupboard I gradually filled up the sink with all various cookware that I would need for Friday.
I didn’t realise how much cookware I had accumulated over the years, luckily I had all the right bits and pieces I needed for Fridays gut stuffing extravaganza.
There were many items that I had brought or collected two or three times, so I boxed them up as complete sets. What I am planning to do is send them the east side of the forest where things are a little tougher and a few of the families there struggle this time of yeah, hopefully a few kitchen extra’s will help.
So I cleaned and polished when necessary all the cookware I needed and even left a few items out on display just to give the kitchen a little more character.
Ecards – Lucky Postman
Dec 18th
This time last year I had to move locations because I had sent my Christmas cards via post, the post office area marked the envelopes and the postman grassed me up to the French who then sent a dirty assassin to knock me off! So this year, via a dozen proxy servers I decided to send ecards instead.
Ecards are easier, more reliable, and much quicker to do than traditional cards, plus you can finalise everything from the comfort of your own hide out. I looked through a dozen sites until I was happy, picked out a few ecards and got to work with personalising the messages.
After about an hour and a few cups of tea later I was happy, these ecards are great, there is music, animations, pictures, everything you need to make it that little bit special. OK so I got a bit carried away, but I’m not going soft, it’s only a Christmas card, it’s not like I am going to rush out and buy pictures of fluffy seals for my bedroom or start wearing pink!
I shall look forward to see if I get any ecards this year 
Happy Days! Unhappy Days for the postman who grassed me up, he’s now worm food.
Wedding venues –
Dec 18th
One of my old mate emailed me the other day, he can’t phone because I don’t have a phone. Plus they would be able to trace where I am, at the moment I use a complex network of proxy’s to use the internet and that drives me mad! Anyway he blabbed on about how he and his misses were going mad looking at wedding venues.
I sat on the phone for over an hour, freezing my helmet off because I hadn’t lit the fire and didn’t have a cordless phone, otherwise I would have done it while listening to rubbish about wedding venues.
What do I know about wedding venues, errr, absolutely nothing, less than nothing, take a big bowl of nothing; add 2 pints of nothing, mixed in some ground nothing, whisk until you have had enough and your left with NOTHING!
And before you ask I never did the marriage thing, I was too busy abroad fighting for king and country.
Baby Names
Dec 15th
Having an odd day today been thinking about my three sons a lot, must be the time of year. I recall when they were born and having to choose baby names for me very difficult. These days’ people choose baby names like Atlanta, Mercedes and Denver. I don’t see the point! Take the Frank Zapper family, one of his kids is named “Moon Unit” WTF!
It has been many years since I have seen my boys in the flesh; they have grown to make me very proud. Each of them is unique in their attitude towards life and this has been a blessing as this has resulted in each one of the boys growing up to stand firm for what they believe in.
You may be thinking I have gone soft and starting talking a load of old crocodile hat but at least I can rest easy at night that all three of them have a good old fashioned sensible name.
Back to normal tomorrow, must concentrate on getting my Christmas shopping finished. I really do hope that the courier doesn’t mess this up.
Educational Toys at there best!
Dec 14th
When they were young I always tried to send my three boys Educational Toys because I didn’t want them growing up like me and having to beat the hell out of Frenchmen and others alike.
Sometimes I managed to get it right, like sending Lego; they used to love this stuff. So did I.
Other times I completely missed the target and ended up buying a boring old chemistry set, one year the ex wife phones and told me how this particular chemistry resulted in half the house going missing due to an explosion from the front bedroom. Cost me fortune that year.
Lego on the other hand does not have the same dangers as mixed chemicals and powders; I remember getting told off when I couldn’t help it and opened one of the boxes to build it myself. I couldn’t help myself it was the massive castle I had brought with loads of Robin Hood style characters in the box.
I would say that this stuff has the perfect balance between Educational Toys and Fun Toys.
Toys are much better now than when I grew up! I had to be content with a piece of fruit and spending Christmas day being attacked by angry villagers from across the Valley.
X Factor
Dec 14th
So the X-factor finally crowns it winner, your jordy mate JOE!
Helmet off (YEAH RIGHT) to the young superstar, he did very well to beat Mr Murs. Personally I would of prefered to see Olly win the show, although Joe does have the better voice, Olly is a better all-rounded entertainer.
Anyway Cheryl Cole looked over the moon with Joe as he sang for the last time on the show last night.
Saturday nights show did make me laugh, Everytime there was an advert Cheryl was up and gone. Dermot O’ Leary kept picking on her as she kept being late back to her seat, I suspect she may of had a skin full on Friday night and was may of been suffering from the squirts. Poor Girl!
She either had Larger Blitz or she was had gone mad! The dress she was wearing, OMG what drove her to wear that. Maybe after the X Factor she was due to attend a mermaid appreciation convention. Who Knows?
