New Camera

I have just bought a FinePix S9600, so i'll be posting a few more pics from now on! Heres some test ones I've been taking...
















This one shows the garage (Front *and* side door!) and the patio. I really need to get the roof finished off soon.
















This one shows the area by the side of the garage that has just been dug over, seeded and a pond put in
















And heres a closer look at the patio

More pictures will follow, as I get better at working out what all the buttons do!!

Saving Paper

I see that hatchet faced Harpie, Cherie Bluregh (or Booth, what ever the hell shes called) is writing her auto biography.

Thats good, Im just about out of arse wipes at my house...

More Work

I have had a patio area built at the front of my house now, as you can see from the pictures here.

I decided to get someone in to build this, rather than attempt it myself, becuase it covers quite a large area, and I didn't think I'd have the time or patience to do it myself!

These first pictures shows the area that was dug out and flattened ready for the paving stones






























And these next few show the inital pavers being laid. You can see from these pics, the drain lids. These were all on different levels, so they had to be cut down or raised up to get the right levels. Can you imagine what they would have been like if I had attempted it?!






























These last pictures here shows the whole area paved. There is a space left in the middle for a gravelled area to put tubs on etc. It should look really nice next summer (if we actually get a summer in 2008!)






























And here is a picture a few days later with it all grouted and finished off with some tubs on display too.

















Here's a couple of pictures of the Dorset Naga's. I have quite a few of them growing now...looking forward to burning my mouth out on these in a month or so :-)

X Factor

I've been watching X Factor recently and i've noticed that if you want to get through, you need to have some kind of sob story to guarentee your place in the boot camp round

Next year I have decided to borrow someones child, dress them in rags, make their faces all dirty and say:

Me : "I had to adopt little Oliver here, because his mum and dad left him on my door step when he was 1 day old"

Judges: "Awwwwww, he's so cute"

Me: "Yes its terrible, we haven't eaten in three years, but it was either us or his pet rabbitt"

(I kick the Urchin's ankles)

Urchin: "Booo Hooo"

Sharon: "Awww bless, he's crying about his rabbitt"

Me: "Yes, he's very upset - it might be a good idea not to mention his pet stick insects. He still thinks they're on holiday"

I belt out some popular tune of the day, in drunk, pub singer karoke style, and voila, a record deal lands on my lap.

Im a friggin genius, I am

Ouch

Well, that'll teach me to try and keep fit - went to the gym on Tuesday, and pulled a muscle and trapped a nerve in my back doing leg presses :-(

So, I smell of deep heat at the moment, and Im finding it hard to walk

Who said the gym was a good way to keep fit??