Today, I've been feeling a bit blue. Just realising that the three days in between Christmas and New Year are the most useless days to be at work. Maybe I shoulda taken all of them off and jetted off to somewhere nice. Then again, got no money to do such things right now. Besides, good friends are arriving tomorrow so maybe I'll get rid of my blues too.
I better take off for now. It's about lunch time and I think that I need an alcoholic beverage to keep me going through today.
Damn, I just realised that I could have possibly stayed home and work from there but hey, can't have it all can you? Right, I'm off. Until next year...
Friday, December 29, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Long time coming...
... and now it's here.
I really should not dare to start this by claiming that it's been a long time since anyone has posted something. So I won't. Instead, I'll round up some of the events taken place during the autumn.
We had several visitors in our temporary countryside residence. Xinola's aunt came all the way from Mexico which was really nice and I do think that she enjoyed it as well. Everything was, well, new for her and at the mature age she'll be sure to remember this trip for a very long time.
My brother also popped in for a long weekend and we took the opportunity to go to a football match and a concert. I think it was all definitely worth it and he enjoyed himself for sure too.
Lastly, my parents also visited us for four days. They were lucky with the weather and so we enjoyed the countryside and some nice pub snacks outdoors when ever we had an opportunity, which was quite often....
These visits obviously were the culmination points for the autumn but we have also just completed yet another move to another house. The countryside was nice and all, but if I hear the word character associated with any property I'll be sure to check whether that really means that the house is lovely and all or if you'll be needing your winter clothes to wear indoors instead. The estate agents, in their vast wisdom, and greed, have decided that people want to live in houses that have a beam or two and a fireplace and these places they gracefully label with the word character. I've come to a conclusion that this only refers to how cold the house actually is (bloody freezing!) and that you're very likely to be hitting your head in the aforementioned beams more than often enough. So, not really my cup of tea as the locals often mutter.
The new house is, at least, noticeably warmer than the previous two properties we've lived in. This makes for a very welcome change. No more woolly hats indoors etc. Nothing so good thoug that there wouldn't be any negatives. We've come to acquire a landline as this seems to be a necessity to get a broadband connection for internet. Unless you live in an area that has NTL/Telewest cabling, you're required to find an alternative provider and for this purpose you need a landline. £11/month is not of bankruptcy calibre, but sure is enough to make my blood boil. And, we even haven't found an ISP yet. My employer has just announced that they'll have a service launch in January for broadband so maybe we'll be ok once that goes live and save a few pennies that way. Time will tell.
I've been really busy at work and that really has taken its toll on me. Driving, sitting in the traffic on the M25, all pastimes that I have slowly started to loathe in the name of work. I actually used to like driving, a lot. Now it's become one of those things that does not associate well with freedom and ability to go where one wants. Blah... I need a shrubbery! Ni!!!
Christmas arrived, and went. We took it easy together with Xinola. No big family hassle, nothing but great food and nice wine and the best possible company one can have. Nice.
Today is actually our second anniversary as a married couple and this calls for some bubbly. We bought some from Epernay from the house of Mercier last year and now it is time to test the demi-sec. I'll report on this later...
New Year's eve is also on its way and we're having a couple of guests arriving this weekend to celebrate its arrival. We haven't seen Mick and jULES for some time so I hope we'll all remember something from this gathering... Maybe I'll report on this later too.
For now, I'm done with pouring my ink out and wish anyone who might wander on this site a Happy New Year from Electric Vihta.
I really should not dare to start this by claiming that it's been a long time since anyone has posted something. So I won't. Instead, I'll round up some of the events taken place during the autumn.
We had several visitors in our temporary countryside residence. Xinola's aunt came all the way from Mexico which was really nice and I do think that she enjoyed it as well. Everything was, well, new for her and at the mature age she'll be sure to remember this trip for a very long time.
My brother also popped in for a long weekend and we took the opportunity to go to a football match and a concert. I think it was all definitely worth it and he enjoyed himself for sure too.
Lastly, my parents also visited us for four days. They were lucky with the weather and so we enjoyed the countryside and some nice pub snacks outdoors when ever we had an opportunity, which was quite often....
These visits obviously were the culmination points for the autumn but we have also just completed yet another move to another house. The countryside was nice and all, but if I hear the word character associated with any property I'll be sure to check whether that really means that the house is lovely and all or if you'll be needing your winter clothes to wear indoors instead. The estate agents, in their vast wisdom, and greed, have decided that people want to live in houses that have a beam or two and a fireplace and these places they gracefully label with the word character. I've come to a conclusion that this only refers to how cold the house actually is (bloody freezing!) and that you're very likely to be hitting your head in the aforementioned beams more than often enough. So, not really my cup of tea as the locals often mutter.
The new house is, at least, noticeably warmer than the previous two properties we've lived in. This makes for a very welcome change. No more woolly hats indoors etc. Nothing so good thoug that there wouldn't be any negatives. We've come to acquire a landline as this seems to be a necessity to get a broadband connection for internet. Unless you live in an area that has NTL/Telewest cabling, you're required to find an alternative provider and for this purpose you need a landline. £11/month is not of bankruptcy calibre, but sure is enough to make my blood boil. And, we even haven't found an ISP yet. My employer has just announced that they'll have a service launch in January for broadband so maybe we'll be ok once that goes live and save a few pennies that way. Time will tell.
I've been really busy at work and that really has taken its toll on me. Driving, sitting in the traffic on the M25, all pastimes that I have slowly started to loathe in the name of work. I actually used to like driving, a lot. Now it's become one of those things that does not associate well with freedom and ability to go where one wants. Blah... I need a shrubbery! Ni!!!
Christmas arrived, and went. We took it easy together with Xinola. No big family hassle, nothing but great food and nice wine and the best possible company one can have. Nice.
Today is actually our second anniversary as a married couple and this calls for some bubbly. We bought some from Epernay from the house of Mercier last year and now it is time to test the demi-sec. I'll report on this later...
New Year's eve is also on its way and we're having a couple of guests arriving this weekend to celebrate its arrival. We haven't seen Mick and jULES for some time so I hope we'll all remember something from this gathering... Maybe I'll report on this later too.
For now, I'm done with pouring my ink out and wish anyone who might wander on this site a Happy New Year from Electric Vihta.
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