Weather report part two

Ferocious rain woke us both up in the night, a proper downpour again. Clare got the fear that the weather might have resulted in our pilot light going out (it happened before), which would mean waking up to cold showers, so I got up to check on it. We both assumed it was just about time to get up anyway, but it turned out to be only 1am, so NICE, plenty more sleep.

Work has been HARD right now, working to an ever decreasing deadline on a new system to accept and send back SOAP for customers who were using this system to communicate with a company that we bought. Wasn't really familiar with SOAP before (no jokes, please), but now I am I don't like it. I like the idea, that it's all self describing, but it seems to be overkill in this situation. I'm sure I'll come to appreciate it at some point. This little project is ahead of schedule at the moment, which is great!

There's a full complement of Bergerac Oak furniture on ebay at the moment, someone's having a clear out of a sideboard that I'd like (we bought the smaller version to save a few quid and I regret it a bit), armchairs, dining chairs, a bench, and a small table. Only the sideboard has a high starting price, but that's an expensive piece of furniture to start with and it's all really nice quality, the rest are on 99p starts. Tempted, though we probably need to have fewer heavy pieces of furniture to be shifting around if we're thinking of moving.




Hmm no Mighty Boosh on YouTube, I was looking for a little clip of Howard saying "drop in some Weather Report" but it's all been removed for copyright reasons, apart from this clip uploaded by the BBC. Which I can't embed. Go get the DVD, watch it until you find that bit, and then come back.

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So, super weekend

After my little Down Street excursion, we had a great weekend. Technically it was extended by half a day, but it felt very quick indeed... Started off giving the twins their birthday presents round ours, they turned five already, and seemed mostly pleased with their My Little Pony, Buckaroo, and Emu. Clare was particularly sorry to see this last one leaving our house. Yes those toys are pretty retro, they were requested and bought new though, we weren't just palming off stuff from our own childhoods... Borrowed their car, and headed to Mum and Dad's.

Got to Hampshire much later than we were expected, but the journey itself was OK. Headed off on a coach to a big family 60th birthday party, of which there are unflattering pictures galore. Mostly not of me however as I was in charge of the camera. The party was at Rocksby's, a favourite of the party host, the food was great and the wine kept flowing. Don't quite remember leaving, but I partly remember going back to my sister's house to play pool (and winning).

Sunday, big fantastic hungover lunch, with just a little time before to see some photos of my Grandma's that Dad is sorting through. Hope to get them scanned in and tagged up soon, when we can figure out who all these people are. There are pictures of her father (my great grandfather John Rainey) who I'd never seen.

All too soon the drive back to Folkestone, again no holdups or anything though. Listened to a whole lot of medium wave on the car radio to try and get a sense of what was going on in the rugby, disastrous for England. Dropped the car off, and then OBVIOUSLY a quiet night in last night, we watched Lovejoy and Midsomer Murders, it's all crime drama on our Amazon rental list right now.

Speaking of which though, had a bizarre incident with them, got an email to say "We have received Serenity", when I knew it was still at home. I'd not sent back the wrong disk in the Serenity box either, so emailed them to say "you have messed up, here's what I sent back to you recently". Can't figure out if their reply was written by a robot or a foreign:

Firstly we would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this situation may have caused you. We are aware of this technical issue and are currently working on it.

We have now amended the information in your Rental List, and the next available title will be sent out to you as soon as possible. I am afraid at this time the DVD The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 [Disc 2 (Episodes 5-8)] has to be removed from your list. We are unable to add the DVD Serenity back to your dispatched list.

You are *not* required to report this issue via the website or on the DVD case stickers. You are welcome to enjoy any DVDs that you still have at home, and return them at your leisure.

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So why do we get stuck with...

Kevin Bloody Wilson, when Portsmouth Guildhall gets Morrissey? Bah...

Very much enjoying our Mighty Boosh DVD, and looking forward to the show! I've given them their own special graphic and smoothed some of the corners on the calendar, see it all on the homepage.

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