Skywatch Friday

A couple of pictures from our recent holiday...

The sun setting at Harwich while waiting to board the ferry...

A very grey scene whilst crossong the causeway...

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The sky above mymother's place in Chesham last weekend...

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The evening sun at West Bay, Dorset - complete with grandchildren...what else do you need !!

Both taken with my little nokia 5800.

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Walking into Hertford over the common yesterday - spring is definately in the air... (hopefully!)

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Yule Tide Friday In...

Fill in the lyrics...with the correct ones or ones of your own :-) 1

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1Said the night wind to the little lamb, pass the mint sauce old boy...

2. The first Noel, the angel did say, oh, something happening today?
3. Parties, Over the hills and everywhere.
4. It came upon the midnight clear, watch out for the black ice my dear.
5. On Christmas morn, when the kids are UP so bright (and OH SO EARLY), Let your heart be light.
6. And the thing that will make them ring is the carol  that you sing-not with my voice it won't....
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to end of term, tomorrow my plans include shopping and footie and Sunday, I want to finish the ****** Christmas shopping!

My World...

As my world tends to be focused on football (soccer for you colonials), here's a few pics from that area of my life...

These were taken at The Vic prior to our 2-1 win against Norwich...

No, your're not seeing double..there are TWO sets of goals, use second for warming up the goalies...

This pic (and far better than mine!!) is by DAN the photo man at Hertford Town...it was a soggy afternoon this Saturday..and we won 3-0

My World...

This a glimpse of the oldest building in Hertford- the 12th century St Leonards Church.

(not a brilliant image...)

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Friday Fill-in 99...

1. The last band I saw live was Sir Elton John.

2. What I look forward to most on Easter Weekend is camping at Weymouth - means spring is here

3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is yet to begin!


4. Thoughts of woe fill my head.

5. I wish I could wear clothes that always look good on me, instead of looking like a sack!!

6. Bagpipes are fine at Edinburgh castle.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to an evening by myself (Suzie's going out with a pal), tomorrow my plans include domestics, hair cut and football and Sunday, I want to chill!

West Bay, Dorset, an early spring evening....mmmnnnn!

It's Friday....

Friday Fill-In 98!!

1. Please feel free to smile!!

2. When I hold snow, I can't help sniffing it occasionally.

3. My favorite thing to cook is venison - with a dark cherry sauce.

4. (No surprise...) Football (soccer) is something I can't get enough of.

5. That's the thing I love most about Watford Football Club - the uncertainty.

6. Sunday mornings always makes me think to myself, what the heck?

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chillin', tomorrow my plans include the launderette (washing machine has died), then over to Holmer Green with Hertford Town and Sunday, I want to get a new washer!

Skywatch Friday 18

This is a chilly mid morning, mid November view over Weymouth Harbour (Dorset).

Friday time again...doesn't life fly past when you're having fun!!

Friday Fill in

1. My blueprint for success includes huh - success, what success?

2. Cadbury's Roses was the last candy I ate. (Thanks Siobhan)

3. The best facial moisturizer I've ever used is - one for you girls here...any suggestions?

4. A book by a cool beach can be good therapy.

5. I'd like to tell you about Whitby...but go there and find out yourself - and try the chips from the Riverside Fryer!!. http://www.whitby.co.uk/

6. I kinda find this hard to answer - need a second opinion, but possibly the ability to be optimistic is my strongest characteristic.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to washing and ironing (so there goes the optimistic side of me...), tomorrow my plans include going to see this young lady



and Sunday, I want to have lunch with the kids!

It's Friday...

Number 96

1. My favorite food seasoning is something spicy.
2. The quietness of the moring by a river is music to my ears.
3. Lucky is toast butterside up.
4. Fairness is something I take very seriously.
5. Many people find it hard to take personal informed decisions - follow the masses !!.
6. Ingredients for our Tuscan Chicken lunch was the last thing I bought at the store.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a curry after a days fishing, tomorrow my plans include watching Hertford Town play 61FC and Sunday, I want to relax!

It's just gone Friday....

So here's my Friday Fill In...

1. Right now, I'm feeling relaxed but a little bit thoughtful, sat watching the Air New Zealand Cup Final from Wellington - just memories that's all. 

2. I am where  I want to be.

3. How does one juggle?

4. Getting on a bit (and SUzie!!) keeps me on track.

5. Please don't assume you know me.

6. Happy people without agendas fills me with joy.

7. And as for the weekend, today I'm looking forward to a gentle afternoon of football watching at Hertford Town,  my plans also include a wander around the town and Sunday, I want to to go fishing here!

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Friday Fill-In

Questions courtesy of One Knutty Knitter;

1. Idle hands are probably throwing a rubber at someone in my classroom right now!!.

2. I love to be woken up in the shower.

3. My favorite time of the day is when it's all gone right and I can relax with a glass of something nice.

4. The last tea I drank was about 3 minutes ago and was bulk standard Typhoo - milk, no sugar and medium strength.

5. I like to enjoy the warmth in the Summer.

6. My mother always said wash behind your ears young man.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to some gentle fishing for a couple of hours, tomorrow my plans include setting up our wedding list at John Lewis, then watching the start of Euro 2008 and Sunday, I want to finish my class summer reports!

Friday Fill- In (I know it's Wednesday, don't be picky...)

Haven't done this for a while....

1. When I fell in love she sat on my lap...!

2. Can't wait for.... when the flowers bloom and it heats up outside!

3. Oh no! The Internet connection is down, I'll have to read a book, something.

4. Q (Spike Milligan) is the craziest TV show ever.

5. Cheese and piccalilli in fresh baked white bread make a great meal!

6. The cat's have been ***** in (our) a garden.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _____, tomorrow my plans include _____ and Sunday, I want to _____! I;ll skip this one and wait till Friday - but tonight I'm looking forward to the gym and then Chelsea v Liverpool on TV

At last December.....

What a crap month November was for any fan of Watford FC!!! Played 5, won 1, drew 1 and lost 3!! 9 point lead down to 1 at one stage....then we went 2 goals down last tuesday away at colchester BUT brought it back and won 2-3 phew....

Anyway, i've missed a couple of Fridays so lets catch up....

Friday, December 7, 2007

Friday Fill-In #49
1. I have been over excited over the years about Christmas.
2. Yellow/red is/are my favorite color(s) for the Christmas tree lights.
3. The candles in the window have a solitary bulb.
4. A Christmas carol - (any version, even the Bill Murray one) is one of my most favorite Christmas movies.
5. My favorite Christmas lyric(s) is/are White Christmas.
6.I'm dreaming of a relaxed week in Whitby for this festive season...(and 6 points!!).
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a sleep, tomorrow my plans include the usual options of domesticity and Sunday, I want to stay dry and warm indoors!


Friday Fiver


Sweet you rock
[07 Dec 200705:26am]
1. Are you married? Have been twice - and will be again, getting it absoloutely right this time.

2. When do your claws come out? When I'm feeling stressed...

3. Have you ever been in a car accident? Twice, once my fault, once not.

4. Who is the last person you held? See number 1!!

5. Describe a time you've gone overboard: Over a cup of tea, my small minded outlook at that time of my life led me to really castigate this poor person for putting teabag and milk in together first before the water.....now I prefer it this way, and I still don't feel good about my actions.

December 7, 2007

Friday 5 for December 7: Used to Be My Playground


What playground game do you remember most fondly?
British Bulldog
What playground game did you just hate?
Anyone where teams were picked...always felt it was never going to be me!!
Which playground apparatus did you most enjoy?
Bars
Which playground apparatus did you generally avoid or not care much for?
None
What playground game might be really fun if grownups played it with adult rules?
What's the time Mr Wolf...

It's Friday again....

Friday Fill-In #45
1. Plans and schedules having been informed I have a class assembly next Friday, guess that's what i'll be planning!1 .
2. I'm happy when things are smooth .
3. The last thing I drank was a rather sharp Cypriot dry white .
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is - financially my car, otherwise Suzie!!.
5. I like anything spicy on my pizza.
6. Dear November,bring on the winds and chill evenings.7.
And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing with a book, tomorrow my plans include collecting wedding invites, football (Watford are playing Colchester) and Sunday, I want to go for a walk along the river and eat at the greatly named 'Eel and Fish' pub!

It's amazing, but there are some Americans who follow Watford FC !!! Try here

Friday 4 for November 9: Just Hanging

What’s something that’s hanging from your ceiling?
itsy bitsy spider....and her cobwebs - you made me look up!
What’s something that’s hanging on your wall?
An 'Ode to a Watford Fan' - given by a thoughtful parent years ago.
What’s something that’s hanging in your closet?
My suit - not often used, how do people wear them everyday?
What’s hanging from your rear-view mirror? (for those without cars, what’s something hanging from the rear-view mirror of a car you’ve recently ridden in?)
Nothing - minimilist me.
What have you been hanging onto for too long?
Nothing....well, i'm trying to hang on to my hair!!

late again...

Friday 5 for November 2: Lifelines


1. If you were on a game show and could phone a friend for help, who would your lifelines be for sports, arts & music, literature, history and geography, and science? Stephen (and now Debs for the science side of life...)
2. When you need someone with muscles to help you with a task, who’s the first one you call? Yoo hoo - anyone there?
3. When you need some creative help with ideas for a project, who’s the first person you call? Suzie
4. When you have a moral dilemma and need advice, on whom do you rely most? Suzie
5. When you need to know the best way to get somewhere, which of your directionally-gifted friends do you call upon first? Probably myself as I tend to get directions pretty much right, unlike the rest of my life!!!


Friday Fill-In #44

1Relaxing with a book and a glass of red is my favorite form of therapy.
2. If you get my voice mail you'll hear me.
3. My favorite product EVER is the expresso machine.
4. I see something beautiful in the autumn trees .
5. When I'm grumpy I growl.
6. _______ is my strangest habit.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to bingo with my mum and Suzie, tomorrow my plans include my grandaughter’s birthday and Sunday, I want to eat food someone else has cooked!

Friday Fiver

Eye of newt, and toe of frog...

1. Did you celebrate Halloween?NO.....and being a traditional Brit - I hate all those places just making a quick dollar out of encouraging all these little kids to begg on the streets with the crass american idea of trick or treat....rant over.
2. Do you like to dress in costume? As a must only....
3. Favorite chocolate? Friut and Nut
4. Best scary movie? Not greatly into these, but any old Hammer Horror for pure comic genius of them.
5. Friday fill-in:just about anything i can't control scares me.

Feeling well and truly chilled....

Been a good day, although I do find it hard lately to get myself interested in the wider world affairs at present; feeling very introspective . Very much concerned with how I'm perceived by others, which is probably a sign of my insecurity which appears every so often. Having been married twice plus another long term relationship, I often get really worried that I'm going to muck it up again with Suzie.....so I've gone to the heart of things today and...cooked a cracking meal!!! Thank Mr J Oliver for your Italian recipes.

Found this tool http://www.stumbleupon.com/ and it's VERY addictive. Be careful.

As it's Friday, let's go for the Friday 'Stuff'..


Friday Fill-In #43

1. The last good thing that came in the mail was our new door bell - saves people scaring the shit out of me by tapping on the window!
2. This week I'm grateful for school vacations.
3. New Zealand pinot noir is the most delicious thing ever.
4.Art inspires me.
5. I'm most happy when I am still enough to listen to Grieg.
6. And all the roads we have to walk along are leading to our eventual destiny - it's up to us how fast/slow we take it.
7. As for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a feast, tomorrow my plans include bet you can't guess.....football! (At Hertford Town this week) and a lovely fish n chip supper dance at Enfield and Sunday, I want to enjoy the last day of our fall holiday !

Friday Five

1. What is sweet? Yummy Clotted Cream and Strawberry Jam on a home made scone.
2. What hours do you work? Have to be there for half 8ish - go home when ready after 4ish
3. When do you relax? When there's no distractions and I can read in peace....not often now with all the electronic paraphernalia around me (and it's my fault..)
4. How did you learn about the birds and the bees? Ask Maureen....
5. Friday fill-in:The good vibes flow when WFC are in the groove....

Friday 5 for October 26: Fruits and Laws


Of peace, joy, love, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control, which are you most lacking? Can I compartmentalise the answer? Moods tend to dictate which and when, but after my half century the one I've possibly missed the most is self control at the wrong times.

Of peace, joy, love, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control, which are you most blessed with? Now I've reached that half century - patience...it wasn't there half a lifetime away.

The Scout Law says that a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Which of these are relative strengths for you? I try to be cheerful, definitely not thrifty, would hope to be seen as courteous and kind....clean!!

Which of the elements in the Scout Law are relative weaknesses for you? Thrifty is hard, often find it hard to be reverent....

If you were to create a list-type law, such as the Scout Law, for your occupation, what might it look like? One line- treat others as you would like to be treated....

Friday things....

Friday Fill-in

Here we go!

1. October is the cooling month.
2.Being alone doesn't/don't scare me!
3. Haunted houses are always grey
4. My favorite scary movie is Shout At The Devil because it's the first one I saw!
5. Yah Boo me.
6. It was a dark and stormy night when a rat landed on the doorstep and....
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to England winning the World Cup (never going to happen...), tomorrow my plans include nothing at all....


Friday Fiver.

1. What makes you feel exposed? Questions....

2. What do you have to force yourself to do? DIY (YUK)

3. Where do you like to spend your time outdoors? Secluded nooks

4. What surprises you? Always surprised by Watford winning - born sports pessimist...

5. Friday fill-in:Late at night I'm imagining what might have been, what could be and happily realising what my life actually is.

Friday 5


What would be a good collective name for your family, as in “A _____ of Joneses?” spread

What would be a good collective name for your closest group of friends? few

What would be a good collective name for the stuff in your desk? perplexity

What would be a good collective name for your next-door neighbors? Who....

What would be a good collective name for the people in your line of work, as in “A _____ of accountants?” grunge