New Years Eve

New Years Eve, originally uploaded by Jasonthejoker.

So it's New Year's Eve and we've been partying. We danced, we sang, we drank and then... Mummy and Daddy made me come home! Still it's nice and warm in bed now! More photo's on http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonthejoker

Flickr

I've had a Flickr account for ages. I set it up to let me blog to this using LifeBlog on my Nokia phone. Since I got a new phone I haven't used it at all. Well now that I've got a new camera I thought it might be nice to use this for photo's rather than just the blog. I'll probably still add to the blog for the really good ones, but I'll be putting lots onto the Flickr account. Check it out, you can even add pointers to the pictures and (If you;re a geek like me) check out the shooting conditions/settings.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonthejoker/

Christmas Day Baby!

It's Christmas day. We've done the cooking, eating, washing, unwrapping, more eating, drinking, etc. Now we're watching the second Eastenders of the day! Santa was good to us today. Joni got a bike, lovely Pepper Pig toys, dressing up clothes, Fifi stuff, clothes, and more, and more! Mummy and Daddy we're just as fortunate, bringing CD's, DVD's clothes and a spanking new camera! And so there's likely to be new blog posts with photo's... Lot's of new blog posts with photo's! For now here's a selection of the day's fun!

Pimp My Grinder

You know the problem - it's Christmas day, there's people round and you've got to make coffee for 10. All of a sudden you realise you're a bit behind with your grinding! Well This most disastrous of occasions hit me today and the hand grinding of coffee beans is a slow process! I needed a solution and I needed it fast... I had to "Pimp My Grinder". Check out my bad self!

Blogging and Cool Websites!

So it's been a long while since my last post. I've decided that I should blog more... I mean what could be more improtant than my opinion??? Seriously - there's lots going on in my life, and sometimes it would be cool to stop and jot down something about it! So from now on I'm going to blog more. I am also hoping to get a new camera for Christmas and perhaps that will spur me on to post some cool photos. We shall see!

So I said I'd been busy, but it might have been an exaggeration. For the last hour I've been looking at rubbish on t'internet. I have however found something very cool. http://maps.live.com has the normal maps, aerial photos and hybrid view. It also has a really cool 3D view. Checkout some cool landscapes with it in aerial view and it's very impressive.

Day Off

I decided to take an extra day off today. We didn't get back from a mamouth Enfield tour yesterday until about 9:00pm and I really didn't fancy the journey again. (Obviously I didn't do a mamouth Enfield tour - I did a full day at work followed by a short Enfield tour.)

That said Joni is running around (Lovely though she is) and I really should do something with my day. Maybe I should have gone to work!

Hiccups & Rugby

I've got hiccups*! It doesn't sound like a big deal, but I've had them on and off all day. It's getting to be slightly upsetting! Now drinking seems to fix them, but they still come back. The bigger problem is not the hiccups though... the bigger problem is that I can't help thinking - "I wonder if me getting rid of my hiccups made the England boys lose???" I don't mean it, there can't be a link, but it does make me grateful that I'm not superstitious!

I tell you what though... I'll be a bit more careful about ridding myself of the hiccups while I'm watching the Grand Prix tomorrow!

And as a final note on the rugby - I think it's important to gain a little perspective. In a modern world with crime, poverty, third world debt and climate change we have to consider the actual significance of winning or losing the Rugby World Cup. It's important to remember that it's not the winning or the losing that counts... What's important is that we beat the French!

*I think that's how to spell hiccups... Looks funny though.

Long Time Again

So April was my last post. That's 179 days ago. Why so long? There is two main reasons... Work has been ridiculous, meaning I don't get the time anymore to do this. The second reason is that, like the rest of the world, I discovered facebook! So all of the time I could have been blogging I've actually been facebooking. So what has been happening over the last half a year???

Well Joni got naughty... Not really naughty, but she's definitely 2! She's lovely though and I prefer to think of it as spirited! Work continues, but we're making progress and moving the role forward. The house has changed slightly. We have a new bathroom, which is just about complete, and a few more slightly updated rooms. Joni has a new kitchen... which is very very snazzy. I'm also reminded that I have a loose "Z" key, meaning typing snazzy wasn't easy! Di has started working for HSI (See link on right). I've started the process of becoming a local preacher for the Methodist church.

Actually when I look at it it's been quite a busy 6 months. I think I need to sleep now it makes me feel tired. I better head back to watch Hamilton do the business. Hopefully you;ll get another post before next April!

Long Time

Well it;s been a couple of months since the last post. We've been busy in the new house settling in and making our mark. We've just finished relaying the drive, which was long! Lucky we had Joni's help really! I'm sure there'll be planty more work to do though!

New Car Baby

We did it baby, we bought a new car! Ironically it wasn't one I was looking at, because I thought they were too expensive... But it is lovely! I can't collect it until tomorrow, which is far too long to wait! I'm sure I'll survive though. I've been filling my time with reading the manual, downloaded from 'tinternet. So impatient!

It's a Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 Elite. It's very nice! Definitely the poshest most grown up car I've owned... And I understand it goes quick too, not that I'd do that!



Ooh shiny!!!

Are You Rich?

On Sunday we saw an excellent video from the Nooma series; Rhythm. I thought it was great, simple yet inspiring. Exactly what does God sound like??? Either way it prompted me to You Tube Nooma. There's loads of videos there and you could easily lose your day, but this one particularly made me think. Are we rich???

Makes you think...

No Justin You Need Some Playdough

When Joni decides that Justin from Something Special needs a makeover, she goes ahead and does it!!!

Just a shame the TV gets in the way!

Snow Baby!

So we got the day off! When a post starts like that, you know it was a good day! The photos below show that it definitely was!

Now the next bit of news is even better... School closed tomorrow too! Yay! Here's to long weekends!

Perseverance Pays!

Well it's been 16 months and 17 days, but I finally got my way! We now have a 3 wheel pram. It's somewhat similar to mans desire to own a 4x4. I don't spend most days trying to push Joni across the Serengeti or trying to conquer the north face of the Eiger. I might though! And now I could try! I obviously have big plans for that there pram and maybe I'll post some on here. Until then I've got to try and work out how to fold this thing, or where on earth we're going to store it!

Snow Baby!

Firstly, I'd like it known that I'm genuinely ill. I didn't take the day off to play in the snow and in fact when it came to it, I didn't have the energy for playing anyway! That said... Joni did enjoy the snow and she had plenty of energy for it!

She's so cute! Di did help a bit with the snowman though!

Panto's Back Baby

We'll I've been to my first Panto rehearsal. It's a last minute stand in as the King and I thoroughly enjoyed it! There will certainly be more fun to come, I'm sure!

Freecycle

It's the future! A bit like ebay, but no pictures and no money involved. I love it, rekon everyone in the world should do it.

http://www.freecycle.org

Do it!

Classic!

I foudn this dhtml version of Lemmings... Truly a classic game!

http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

Enjoy!

All Quiet Here

It's been a while since I posted. There's two reasons for this; Firstly I've been really busy and secondly I've got a new phone and haven't yet worked out how to blog from it! Well I'm working on it now, so hopefully it wont be long and I can start posting proper again.

Christmas was good, today is my first day back at work. Joni was excellent fuin, although I think she's a bit overwhelmed with the amount of presents she got! There's a video of her enjoying her presents here. Thanks to Di for the expert editing.

I'm off to find more work to do.