this is what i think happened.....

wow, what a couple of weeks.

Main thing I've got done is moving house. I am now in my new place (pictures will follow soon, honest). Spent last weekend loading, driving and unpacking a van, eating good food and drinking with friends on Saturday night, Sunday was back to the van and Sunday evening was spent gratuitously laughing at Eddie Izzard.....was a good weekend.

Alas since then I've been "under the weather" with what may have been a piggy related illness. I've been tired and easily confused (easier than normal anyway) for the last week, so I've kind of lost track of what I've been up to, but I'll do my best to cover what i can remember.

I'm classing the "explore Barnsley town centre" task as done, as I had to nip in for something the other day, on my own, and managed to take the shortest route to the 4 shops i tried. Didn't find what I as after, but was well chuffed on my way home that I knew my way around.

Whilst on my way to Barnsley I also happened across and old gent struggling to carry a TV across a car park, whilst balancing his walking stick on top of the box. I offered to help and carried the TV the rest of the way over the car park so he could get a taxi, which covers my Random Act of Kindness....don't get me wrong though, I would have done it even if it wasn't a challenge.

At some point I have helped to drink a bottle of Chianti, now I can't remember what it tasted like, or even drinking it, but there was an empty bottle in the kitchen, so I can only assume Jo and I enjoyed it as it was empty.

If I remember any more I'll let you know ;)

 

so very very tired....

this will be short....

I'm knackered!

moved house this weekend, had friends over, saw eddie izzard, need sleep.

will update the list at somepoint and maybe expand on the above...but for now...sllllleeeeeeeeepppppp.

Timmy and the Train (A Body on the Line)

Saturday 17th October, 7:30, Sheffield City Hall.....Tim Minchin......what a laugh, this man is soooo funny, was slightly disapointed at the lack of 'new' material (admitadley a lot of it wasn't on his old DVD but has been around for a bit) and also that he didn't play any of my favourite songs (except for "take your canvas bags....") but the man is a genius on the Piano, and his songs are hilarious. I was laughing all the way through and we had a great time, I was singing at one point too...in public, but as everyone else was too, I can't count that. One comedy show down, 5 more to go.

I was working in Leeds on Saturday, helping out at an event at the Leeds Central Library, was good fun, if a little hectic. There was no way I was going to trapise into Leeds in my car (traffic would be murder and I couldn't afford the parking fees) so I got the train in. It was an eventful journey, firstly delayed as the train in front wasn't going anywhere as the security men had to remove a passenger who was refusing to pay, and then the train had to stop as it came into Leeds whilst the driver reported a body next to the tracks and waited for the police to arrive....yes I did say body, and as yet I have no idea if it was alive or dead, or even a real body or a mannequin. I was in two minds whether to count that as my "go for a trip on a train" or not, but than i thought, it's not really a trip is it? so i'll leave that for another day.

Sofas, Steps and Strange bits of meat

Friday 16th. Ooooooh sofas delivered today, many thanks to Jo, Bear and Leah for getting them into the house for me, from the sounds of it the delivery men were less than useful. The front room looks great now, just needs the TV in now.

Bear being a wonder at woodwork has had a look at the back steps and a plan has been formulated, so somepoint in the not too distant future, I'll be sorting out a lovely set of wooden steps to make life easier wen trying to get into the back garden.

Alas, as my house only contains sofas at the moment my hospitality was sadly lacking, so we retired to Jo's for coffee and food. Jo is the only person I know who can come up with a huge continental spread of absolutley gorgeous things from "stuff she has lying about". It was a good evening of food and laughter, and I'm looking forward to next weekend even more now, been a long time since we had a proper good laugh with Bear and Leah. Oh and i tried Bresaola, for those of you who don't know, it's an Italian air dried beef, and it's nice.

Carpets and conmen

Wednesday...Woohoo I have a carpet in my living room, thanks to Jo for sorting the fitting, and, ahem, big thanks to Terry and Les, and many apologies for managing to mess up the measurements...but in my defense, a 2 can sometime look like a 3, honest. ahem.

Also finalised some of the insurances now, House and contents are covered, Car insurance has been changed, just need to make decisions on life insurance and income protection.

What a week....

Missed out an update about last Saturday. Lovely lunch at Nandos, then as we walked out and passed the cinema, now I'm a bit fussy about films, I don't like to watch something unless i know what it's about, so when Jo suggested watching a film I perused the boards to see what I recognised. Alas, the film we both wanted to see was not starting for another hour, then something strange happened, Jo suggested going to see the next film to start, so we did. Tis odd walking into a cinema and asking for 2 tickets to the next film, even when you have heard nothing about it at all. It was definitely fun to do, and not something I'd have done normally. We ended up seeing "The Invention of Lieing" starring Ricky Gervais....well it was certainly a film. Nothing special I'm afraid, funny in a few places and generally watchable.

An afternoon of Hickory Steak Pizza, fun and games on the Playstation and an evening of good beers and nice food certainly rounded the day off well though. Only strange part was having a glass placed in front of me containing a thick liquid that tasted of Venos cough syrup. It was....drinkable...but not quite my cup of tea, apparently it was Sambucca and tasted of liquorice. Thanks Jo for introducing me to an alcoholic alternative Covonia ;)

Who knew buying a house could be so complicated

Wow, not posted much recently, 2 reasons; firstly I completed on my new house last Friday, so a lot of my time last week was spent fretting and organising everything to do with the purchase, and secondly, Jo's came back from Tunisia last weekend, so I've been spending time with her and the boys.

The new house does mean I have made a start on a fair few of my tasks though. As I'm packing I am being really thorough on my sorting, so lots of stuff is going to charity shops. Plus I've sorted out some of my insurances, just a couple more to do. I spent this morning at the house measuring up for new furniture, and also trying to figure out how I can replace the back steps.

Alas it appears one of my tasks may not be possible. I have put down to redecorate, but looking at the house....nothing needs doing. I need a new carpet for the living room but that's it. I put the task in with the intention that when I bought a house I would need to do something, but I have been very lucky in finding one that I like as it is. So I've decided to leave the task in, but uncompleted. Who knows what the next 968 days will bring.

Still cracking on with the weekly and monthly tasks, hopefully now I have the house sorted (and once I have finished moving all of my belongings) I will be able to start takling some of the more "interesting" challenges.

As a little cheat, the photos I have taken this week are the ones of my new house ;)

2 weeks seems like a long time

Jo has been away for 2 weeks on holiday. Odd statement to start a blog post with, but it is surprising how much difference that has made. It's like I've had my focus taken away.

I miss her very much, but on the plus side I have had more time with the Playstation (i'm going to pay for that when she reads it)

My schedule has been kind of mashed, starting back to my old job, trying to pack my stuff for when i move, taking advantage of the lack of kids to do some spring cleaning for Jo, and I will freely admit, this has been pushed to the back of my mind.

I still managed to complete the tasks thanks to my reminders (with the exception of posting my weekly pictures, but thats only cos i killed the camera and couldn't find the charger for it - sorted now though) and over the last couple of weeks I have been in touch with so many people from my past it has been uplifting. It was good to catch up with old flames and even make new friends to boot, but when all is said and done, I'm looking forward to Jo's return on Sunday, the last couple of weeks, whilst fun and busy, i just seem to have been  bouncing from pillar to post, and besides, It's much better snuggling up to Jo than to the cat.