Pillars of Argonath (in snow)

 

Argonath

We went for a drive to the Chatsworth Farm Shop (so much lovely cheese….mmm) and then went for a walk through the estate.

…… it’s snowing!! Big fat fluffy snowflakes lying about 2.5 inches thick everywhere!  I hope you all had a lovely New Year, whereever you all were.  We had a small party at Rich and Debs’ and a good time was had by all.

……I like you a lot, but please make iTunes a bit easier and more intuitive to use.  You don’t seem to want to upload the album artwork without duplicating the whole bloody album, and I can’t seem to view the contents of my iPod just by album on via iTunes.  I don’t want to have to scroll through my entire music collection.  Be simpler.

…… hope Santa was good to you all.  I, to my surprise, got an iPod nano from Rob, which I like very much.  This also means I can listen to whatever I want in the gym and not have to listen to their wierd taste in music. Woohoo!  Got some lovely Green & Black’s dark chocolate too, a meccano set and some snazzy sunglasses.  Rob’s parents got us a speaker iPod dock system thingy, which is cool.   We cooked a lovely dinner (well, Rob did) – roast chicken with roast veges and then merinues and fruit with cream.  Parsley got presents too – treats and a new collar. 

Spoke with Joy last night, who said they’d all had a good day at Michelle’s (apart from the fact that she was the only one not drinking, cos she was the designated driver and responsible person for Jake).  Jake got lots of good prezzies, and Mum and Iain were still there having fun when Joy took Jake home (tired and grizzly).  Spoke with Brian yesterday – he’s at Karin’s parents’ house and said he was having a good time.

…… and I’ve got a stinky cold. Oh well. I’ve got presents!

…… it’s been snowing on and off since Thursday, when there was a bit of a mini-blizzard and it was so cold that my car doors stuck shut.  Now it snowed quite well last night and today, so there’s a good two inches covering everything.  In the overall grand scheme of things. that’s not much snow, but if you listen to the good old British press, you’d think we were approaching some sort of icy meterological Armageddon.  Britain Grinds To A Halt!!  Snowed In!! Gritters Unable To Cope!!  What a load of old bollocks.  It snows for a bit, we all slide about a bit and then it melts.  It’s hardly the high Arctic.  Parsley doesn’t like it anyway – makes his feets cold.

……was had this evening at Rich Aidley and Neil Hanlon’s exhibition “Lifeforce” open evening at The Brewhouse in Burton upon Trent.  Enjoyed the company and artwork very much (particularly Neil’s cow picture, which I covet).  Thank you, guys, for a lovely evening, and I hope your exhibition is a success.

……I’ve lost over a stone and a half off my fat lardy arse!  Woohoo!  To be fair, it wasn’t that fat and lardy to begin with in the grand scheme of things, but I was starting to get unhealthily podgy, so off it comes.  In all great fairness, there’s a reason we all get fat, and this is one of mine.  Pavlova.  Omnomnom.

…… apologies that it’s taken me this long to finish writing up the trip, but hey-ho.  You;ll also need to go back through the blog to the first Holiday post and read up from there.  I considered rejigging it so it read smoother, but frankly, I can’t be bothered – it’ll take forever and I’ve got better things to do   I’ll leave you with an interesting holiday snap. 

Kebabs: the healthy food. WTF?