Family & Friends

"Treat your family like friends and your friends like family"
Spent a nice weekend with friends and family in London and Northampton. It's good to spend time with people who love you no matter what - really should do it more often.

one little word

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble”
Helen Keller

As inspired by Ali Edwards' One Little Word challenge, I have chosen ACCOMPLISH as my word for 2008. I have many things I wish to accomplish this year, but above all, I am hoping to find peace with myself and happiness with whatever life may have in store for me. I will make a list of the other things I wish to accomplish as part of this finding self-happiness, and hopefully as I tick each one off, I will find myself a step closer to achieving my overall goal.

Planning on taking one day at a time...

Cuteness personified

Visited Helen, Chris and the kits last weekend. Got to try out my new camera with a different pair of posers!

The gorgeous Rhubarb

Her handsome brother Crumble

And of course I can't leave out my sweetie; Kermie, who strikes a pose for me every time he sees the camera!

Feeling Autumnal...

1. morning fog, 2. Laatbloeiers, 3. Rainbow, 4. Tree of Gold, 5. IMGP7137, 6. IMGP7082, 7. IMGP7078, 8. IMGP7128, 9. Untitled, 10. A little pond in Brown County, Indiana, 11. Old and New, 12. Museum Gardens Holly Berries, 13. Dew in the Hedgerow, 14. Clover After Frost, 15. IMGP7111, 16. Museum Gardens Yew Berries 2
My first Flickr mosaic...
My new camera arrived today so I'm planning on taking lots of photos of leaves and trees this weekend!

I've been tagged...

I've been tagged by Sarah.
Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged.
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

So, let's think...
I am very fussy when it comes to chips (fries) - I only like them from the chip shop and they have to be yellow and mushy. I reject brown chips!

I don't drive.

I am vegetarian.

I don't like camping - I'm a home-comforts sort of girl.

My greatest fear is being buried alive.

I never leave home without my ipod.

My Beatley friends also know me as 'Strawberry'.


I tag: Lisa, Caroline, Emma, Jo, Janine, and Tracy (I know that's only 6, but I read lots of blogs but most of the bloggers wouldn't have the first idea who I am!)


And in other news...
Did this layout tonight of my friends little boy Oliver. Thought I'd share...

Paul McCartney!! [swoon!]

Helen, Janine and I along with some of my other friends were lucky enough to get tickets for Paul McCartney's Electric Proms gig last Thursday. Being the sem-professional gig-goers that we are, we arrived early in order to get fairly close to the front in the almost-all-standing venue. We waited in the miserable grey weather all afternoon, keeping ourselves warm with a couple of mini-bottles of red wine and a sip or two of scotch and coke. But the wait was worthwhile and we managed to get good spots just a few rows from the front. Paul looked fantastic and the sound was much better than it came across on the TV when it was shown later on that night. He played a great mix of Beatles, Wings and old and new solo stuff. Opening with Magical Mystery Tour blew me away - I got quite emotional! It was very crowded though and towards the end got a bit too much for Helen who started to feel faint just before I Saw Her Standing There. I managed to get her to the bar where the staff gave her some water, but the poor thing was too far gone and she passed out completely falling to the floor. The staff were really lovely and helped me move her out of the main hall to a little room where she could cool down and get checked out by a paramedic. She was shaken up - she's never fainted before, and was worried why she couldn't remember what had happened, but after ten minutes or so (and the attention of a very lovely paramedic called Guy!) she was OK and we were able to head back to the hotel. Luckily her timing meant that we only missed the final two songs! It does seem to be a habit though - Helen often get injured when she sees Paul. When we met him in 2000 at a book signing on my birthday (Dec 13) she had spent the previous night in the emergency room having scalded her neck with boiling water. Then we saw his Liverpool concert in June 2003 and she got severe sunburn! I think she may be allergic to Paul McCartney!

Set list:
Magical Mystery Tour
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Dance Tonight
Only Mama Knows
C'Moon
The Long And Winding Road
Follow The Sun
That Was Me
Here Today
Blackbird
Calico Skies
Eleanor Rigby
Band On The Run
USSR
House Of Wax
I Got A Feeling
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude
Let It Be
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There
Get Back

Family (and friends) reunions

Well what a fun weekend! We've had the pleasure of a houseful of family and friends. On Friday, Alessandra who was visiting London from Rome came up for a couple of days, and Helen came from Birmingham too so we girls went out on the town. Had a nice meal with Mum and a fun night with the Nottingham Socialising crew at Lurve Shack. Then on Saturday we were joined by Andy and Sam. We had a lovely meal at home and chatted over a couple of glasses of wine, then today made the most of the sunshine and our National Trust memberships by visiting Hardwick Hall. A thoroughly enjoyable way to spend the weekend!