Entries from April 2004

Thursday, April 29th, 2004

Wedding Bells

As you can see, I managed to finish stripey jumper no. 2. Very pleased with myself!
But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about weddings. In particular, Auntie D’s wedding. As a whole, our family hasn’t had too many weddings. My father is nearly doing [...]

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Bellyload of Edinburgh

Super time was had in Edinburgh. It is a fabulous, gorgeous, dramatic place. I would go again. We did the usual touristy things such as sailing around in an open topped double-decker bus – it was a good way to get to know my way around. Naturally we visited the Castle, [...]

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

Return of the BoZo!

I’m back! Had a lovely time in Edinburgh and will post the photos and tell the tale soon. Until then, and in reply to the comments regarding the use of the word ‘wee’ please note the picture of the menu from a cafe at the the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2004

Fun, Fish and Seals

Dave didn’t see him coming!
Well I hope everyone had a pleasant Easter and that the leaks weren’t too awful!
Today is the last day of my Easter break. Tomorrow I will be back at work, then I will be off to Edinburgh on Thursday. So far it has been a busy holiday.
On Saturday I [...]

Friday, April 9th, 2004

Spides and Millies

Here is an article from Slugger O’Toole about Spides and Millies and also the Spide Generator.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2004

Wiggy Wiggy

Belfast has been hosting the World Irish Dancing Championships 2004 and the local papers have been full of pictures of the dancers. I was quite shocked by the wigs that the dancers wear. They are truly hideous, though apparently are great timesavers as they cut out the need to spend hours in curlers. [...]

Monday, April 5th, 2004

Rockin’ in the ‘Mena

Why am I drawn to Rock Nights? Is it something to do with the amount of hair, both head and facial, of the audience and band members, is it the leather, do I dig bikers? Or is it that I enjoy listening to live music? Must be the latter - the very notion [...]

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004

Curtains for me

Yes, it’s true, I have become incredibly dull since I stopped smoking. The first couple of weeks I was just plain dull and gloomy, then I became super sensible and did things like eat breakfast and drink hardly any alcohol. Now I am going to have to kick my biscuit addiction and become [...]