That's all, really. It doesn't taste too good, and there's not enough of it. Might have to start on the nice one Phil bought.
After ordering the John Lewis voucher he wanted for him. Another 10 quid of free stuff from pigsback. £139.96. I'm determined to get 400 quid of free stuff this year.
Of course, if I could get 400 quid of free stuff all at once, I'd spend it all on cakes to feed the campers next month. At least the number of campers is going up again. 31 now. Which means lots of cakes. And I must remember not to eat them all with the early arrivals on the Thursday. That would be bad.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Easter - why??
Easter Egg chocolate is rubbish. And I have some to eat. This is not good. Although, Phil bought me a nice little fancy looking egg that might be made of nice chocolate. Not sure I want to eat it though, as disappointment may ensue.
And there were children around. Phil discovered he can still operate a hula hoop, to entertain at least one child. I discovered I can't, which is almost as entertaining. On the other hand, I discovered that my newest niece likes me and doesn't insist on throwing up on me. Although what is it with babies farting all the time? When you're holding them? It's not pleasant.
I also have sore feet. We thought we'd go for a nice walk yesterday. Guessing the distance on Google Maps suggested it was about 6 miles. But that might have been underestimated by a couple of miles. But at least there was a little village pub to stop at half way. Mad landlord, possibly a bit desperate for customers. (Too friendly, coming outside to see if anyone wanted anything else before the pub shut. At 2.30 in the afternoon). It would appear though that we walked "almost too far". And that I crossed the line into "too far" while walking to the bathroom and back during the adverts in the middle of Heroes (very good programme, and a particularly good episode last night). That would explain why a large blister appeared at that time.
And the freebies still keep coming. I've got the new Mission album ordered (with Nectar points, because they're selling all CDs for half price this week). Still 3 weeks to wait for that to arrive (mind you, it's about 5 years since their last proper album). So that's another £7.99. And another 5 quid Amazon voucher my mum owed me. So the grand total so far is £129.96. And 45 quid of that is in my Amazon account. I think I need the prices of things to come down.
Should get another 30 quid of stuff sometime, from sorting out dad's car insurance. Check various companies, making sure to do it through the right website first and get 30 quids worth of points for me. And save him money on his renewal quote. But why, after purchasing the insurance, do they then offer to send you large print or braille versions of the policy? Might they not want to know that first, on the grounds that anyone needing braille versions of their car insurance policy details probably shouldn't be driving in the first place?
And there were children around. Phil discovered he can still operate a hula hoop, to entertain at least one child. I discovered I can't, which is almost as entertaining. On the other hand, I discovered that my newest niece likes me and doesn't insist on throwing up on me. Although what is it with babies farting all the time? When you're holding them? It's not pleasant.
I also have sore feet. We thought we'd go for a nice walk yesterday. Guessing the distance on Google Maps suggested it was about 6 miles. But that might have been underestimated by a couple of miles. But at least there was a little village pub to stop at half way. Mad landlord, possibly a bit desperate for customers. (Too friendly, coming outside to see if anyone wanted anything else before the pub shut. At 2.30 in the afternoon). It would appear though that we walked "almost too far". And that I crossed the line into "too far" while walking to the bathroom and back during the adverts in the middle of Heroes (very good programme, and a particularly good episode last night). That would explain why a large blister appeared at that time.
And the freebies still keep coming. I've got the new Mission album ordered (with Nectar points, because they're selling all CDs for half price this week). Still 3 weeks to wait for that to arrive (mind you, it's about 5 years since their last proper album). So that's another £7.99. And another 5 quid Amazon voucher my mum owed me. So the grand total so far is £129.96. And 45 quid of that is in my Amazon account. I think I need the prices of things to come down.
Should get another 30 quid of stuff sometime, from sorting out dad's car insurance. Check various companies, making sure to do it through the right website first and get 30 quids worth of points for me. And save him money on his renewal quote. But why, after purchasing the insurance, do they then offer to send you large print or braille versions of the policy? Might they not want to know that first, on the grounds that anyone needing braille versions of their car insurance policy details probably shouldn't be driving in the first place?
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Vanishing campers, small children, rubbish films
It's turning into one of those weeks.
I decided I'd send reminders to everyone who hadn't quite decided about my camping shennanigans next month. And the numbers of probably going and definitely going people then plummeted from 39 to 29. Still, at least there'll be some people going, and that's what counts.
And I survived an invasion by small children, doing my uncley duties with even the latest addition. For a 5 week old baby, she was surprisingly good. Didn't throw up on me once. Or create unpleasant odours. Well, some mild farting. Which is quite disturbing when you're holding a small thing that starts wiggling and farting and possibly won't do to well if dropped.
I'm almost half way to the target for buying a DS. Another 5 quid of Amazon vouchers from various surveys. Bringing the total to £40. (And my grand total of "free" things for the year to £116.97). Which I can't complain about. By the time I can afford the DS, I'll have got around to killing that FF12 Yiazmat bastard. He's not dying without a fight, it seems. Probably just as well, otherwise the game would be a bit rubbish.
"Grrrr!"
"No, not Grrrr. Die!"
"Oh, OK." (insert battle winning music here)
Oh, and the rubbish films? It appears that Sky have made it mildly easier to find rubbish films to watch, by rearranging all their movie channels. 12 channels have now become 10 channels, 1 of which is a +1 hour version of another. So 9 channels, really. And one channel (and the +1 version) show the same films every day for a week, so it's more like 1/7th of a channel. So 8 1/7 channels. That's 68% of the channels we had before. (Actually, less, really, since some of them now start later in the day). On the plus side, they're showing more adult films during the afternoon. Except you can't stop it asking for the PIN number when you watch them.
So I was watching The Fog. The 2005 remake version. It was quite bad. Very bad, really. Apart from the obvious question of "Why?", to which the answer is probably John Carpenter wanted some easy money, there's the issue of the CG fog. When you can get small machines that generate lots of fog from some cheap liquids, and the whole premise of your film involves fog, why would you then go and use computers to create the fog for most of the film??
Actually, it's possibly not really that bad a film. Just entirely pointless. A "horror" film that's about as tame as an episode of Doctor Who. And not quite as fun. Who decided that getting a 15 certificate for these sorts of films was a good idea?? I want them reluctantly granting an 18 certificate after demanding many cuts.
I decided I'd send reminders to everyone who hadn't quite decided about my camping shennanigans next month. And the numbers of probably going and definitely going people then plummeted from 39 to 29. Still, at least there'll be some people going, and that's what counts.
And I survived an invasion by small children, doing my uncley duties with even the latest addition. For a 5 week old baby, she was surprisingly good. Didn't throw up on me once. Or create unpleasant odours. Well, some mild farting. Which is quite disturbing when you're holding a small thing that starts wiggling and farting and possibly won't do to well if dropped.
I'm almost half way to the target for buying a DS. Another 5 quid of Amazon vouchers from various surveys. Bringing the total to £40. (And my grand total of "free" things for the year to £116.97). Which I can't complain about. By the time I can afford the DS, I'll have got around to killing that FF12 Yiazmat bastard. He's not dying without a fight, it seems. Probably just as well, otherwise the game would be a bit rubbish.
"Grrrr!"
"No, not Grrrr. Die!"
"Oh, OK." (insert battle winning music here)
Oh, and the rubbish films? It appears that Sky have made it mildly easier to find rubbish films to watch, by rearranging all their movie channels. 12 channels have now become 10 channels, 1 of which is a +1 hour version of another. So 9 channels, really. And one channel (and the +1 version) show the same films every day for a week, so it's more like 1/7th of a channel. So 8 1/7 channels. That's 68% of the channels we had before. (Actually, less, really, since some of them now start later in the day). On the plus side, they're showing more adult films during the afternoon. Except you can't stop it asking for the PIN number when you watch them.
So I was watching The Fog. The 2005 remake version. It was quite bad. Very bad, really. Apart from the obvious question of "Why?", to which the answer is probably John Carpenter wanted some easy money, there's the issue of the CG fog. When you can get small machines that generate lots of fog from some cheap liquids, and the whole premise of your film involves fog, why would you then go and use computers to create the fog for most of the film??
Actually, it's possibly not really that bad a film. Just entirely pointless. A "horror" film that's about as tame as an episode of Doctor Who. And not quite as fun. Who decided that getting a 15 certificate for these sorts of films was a good idea?? I want them reluctantly granting an 18 certificate after demanding many cuts.
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