I’ve just been watching the news and the floods in the UK are horrific. This is something I worry about living so close to the sea. I am actually in an area prone to flooding. I am on the 2nd floor so it shouldnt affect me too bad. Although some nights when it is really chucking it down with rain, I imagine I am gonna look out the window in the morning and see dolphins swimming around the flat.
Think I will keep our inflatable boat upstairs here for emergency.
We got tickets to the Live Earth Concert on the 7th July at Wembley Stadium. Cant wait, there are some good lineups. I reckon you’ve even heard of some of these Mum.
So far Madonna, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, David Gray, Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, Paolo Nutini, Ray La Montagne, John Legend, Keane, Damien Rice, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Black Eyed Peas and James Blunt are confirmed for Live Earth with more acts to come…
http://media.livenation.co.uk/liveearth/
I bought my new sailboat but havent had a chance to use it yet. It hasn’t stopped raining. It was Poole Afloat weekend where they have all sorts of boats on display and free rides. We went for a free ride on a RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) with a 200HP engine. It was so cool.
And here was a cute little doggie we saw with his cute little doggy life jacket on:
Other than that, I worked 25 hours on Saturday/Sunday with a 3 hour sleep in between. It was awful.
Lynda, Jenny, myself and possibly Susan are going to start training to do a triathlon next year. Not sure how thats gonna work but we’ll see.
Thats about it.
Heres some interesting stuff I found about soy products. Luckily I cant stand the stuff and use rice milk instead.
This is gonna me my new toy. I might buy one on the weekend. And the best part is, its inflatable and folds down to nothing. So guess what I will be checking in my luggage when I come home next. Dad, you got room in the garage?
Check out the link
http://www.piplers.co.uk/product_details.asp?intDescID=3782&Manufacturer=Aquaglide&Code
What is the deal with this poxy weather. I have all these new toys but am unable to use then due to crap weather. We have been out in the inflatable kayak only once since we bought it. Been out on the roller blades only once. My windsurfing lessons have ground to a halt. Summer will be over before I know it and I wont have acheived anything. So to help me reach my targets I have made a “things to do this summer” list.
I’ve been a bit blogslack lately. Not much has been happening. I am down to 60.5kg which is great,I just need to keep it that way. I fell off the wagon big time over the weekend, drinking 2.5 bottles of wine and 3 beers. I am really sick of my detoxinabox diet. All the food is now tasting the same and I seem to be constantly hungry so am sneaking in extra meals. The weather has turned to crap, so I havent been doing anything interesting. Mikes daughter cooked us dinner last night cos it was fathers day here.
I have a big weekends work coming up on Saturday so this week will be pretty busy.
We went up to London on Saturday to get my motorbike which has been sitting in the Baribcan carpark for the last couple of years. Luckily it was still there.
We did a diversion to our favourite shop in London, which has everthing you could ever want. We bought some roller blades, some fishing rods, some snorkeling gear, a swiss ball, some metal water bottles for our bikes and some bright cycling shirts.
We were up at 7.30am Sunday morning, eager to give the rollerblades a go before it got too busy down the waterfront. It was fun, tho a little wobbly. And I have no idea how to stop in them. It was Mikes first time on them and I think he quite enjoyed it tho he’s not sure.
After our rollerblading, we jumped on our bikes and rode over to Swanage. Lots of steep hills and we were buggered by the time we got there. So we decided to catch the ferry back to Poole. This is a lovely scenic trip past chalk hill cliffs with caves and the Old Harry Rocks.
I think I wanna buy a boat now.
Paul sent this to Mum and I thought it was hilarious and worthy of a blog entry
Who’s been eating Pauls Persimmons?
BUSTED:
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several
large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”
The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.
You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”
“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”