A bit of this and a bit of that

Bit of a depressing weekend this. We’ve been stuck at home with different forms of flu and terrible weather outside. It’s the middle of summer, 15 degrees and raining so the weather really reflects how we feel. It hasn’t been all bad though, we spent some time together as a family and Arthur and I [...]

Camille and Arthur are traveling back to the Isle of Man tomorrow, so after a week of spouselessness, things should be returning back to normal. It’s funny how their absence reminded me of how it was when I was commuting here initially. I would fly here on a Monday and fly back home at the [...]

We went to watch Chicago yesterday as part of our 9th anniversary celebration. It was an excellent show and I daresay enjoyed it much more than I did the movie. It was as raunchy as the adverts suggest, with skimpily clad women (though I expected more body jewelry) and telling a tale of “Murder, Greed, [...]

We’re in Staines at the moment, and I just came across some kit which I had been meaning to take with me to the Isle of Man. Nothing too fancy, it’s really some old computer bits, a KVM and some books. Most of the things we needed from here have already come up with us [...]

We’re spending a weekend in London to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. The plan is to have dinner, go to the theatre and spend the night in London while the in-laws look after Arthur. We haven’t really booked anything yet, but are planning to either watch Wicked or Les Miserables. Trying to find a good [...]

It’s great that now my exams are over, I can actually catch up on all the things I’ve been wanting to do over the last couple of weeks. I’ve cleaned the aquarium yesterday, spent time playing with Arthur over the weekend and have actually read one of the books I’ve been keeping aside just for [...]

Camille and Arthur have flown to Malta today for a wedding of a family friend. I decided not to join them, partly because I want to save up my holidays and partly because I REALLY need to get down and study hard for my final 2 MBA exams in the first week of June. [...]

Here’s what we bought for Arthur:

It arrived yesterday and we spent most of the evening assembling it. I must say it was worth it though. Arthur just loved it, climbing up and down the ladder, hiding under the bed (there’s a small door at the side) and having a whale of a [...]

We had a great family day out today. After going to the local Hilton for Sunday Brunch we headed down to the beach to take advantage of the sunny day. It was just glorious, the sun was out, the sea was calm, the seagulls flying around. Arthur had a great time throwing pebbles into the [...]

It’s nice to see that the days are getting warmer and summer seems be heading this way. Arthur should be going to Malta with mummy in a couple of weeks and maybe he’ll manage to get some real swimming in. He’s been swimming since he was a couple of months old but that was mainly [...]