ice skating
esther had a party this morning for 2 hours so i took kezia to the cafe at a nearby ice rink. kezia was most impressed, so maybe next time we’ll actually go on the ice.
July 2004
painting practice
it’s esther’s birthday party today so jane’s been busy doing everything. i’ve helped by keeping myself and the girls out of the way.
after breakfast we had face painting practice. kezia went for the rabbit look.
i missed the cake :-(
those who know i rushed out of work early to get home for the birthday cake singing and blowing will be disappointed to know that i missed it (and so was i).
it’s esther’s party day tomorrow so hopefully i’ll get another chance then.
more alcohol for commuters
it’s been a great day for free alcohol. first there were cocktails in tesco and then free baileys at paddington station.
they’ve been giving away free baileys at paddington since wednesday evening. it’s another part of the government’s alcohol for commuters scheme i think
warning – tipsy shoppers
the revamped tesco’s next to my office has obviously spent its advertising money on alcohol and giving free cocktails to shoppers. i went shopping with John as a kind of social lunchtime event.
it’s quite big and quite strong (tescos) and lots of people are merrily wandering around grinning whilst shopping.
one woman in the next aisle was busy shouting “criSPS, criSPS, ooh, doesn’t the SPS bit of criSPS sound funny, criSPS, criSPS”.
the local street alcoholics were enjoying it too, although you could tell they would rather drink straight from the bottle instead of these nice dainty cocktail glasses. the serving staff were less impressed by their drinking enthusiasm.
out of stock
all of these things are out of stock
here is jim
here is jim in a bow tie. when i started working here i used to sit next to jim, but now he’s in a different building. it’s nice to see him over here and i thought you’d like to see him too.
more treasure
i spotted this little gold coin just along from where i found the jewel . it looks like a little roman coin. perhaps the wet weather washed it up from some underground long lost Roman settlement below the streets of london.
nuts
no bolts, but loads of nuts.
happy birthday esther !
it’s esther’s birthday this morning. she was very excited and got up an hour early by mistake.
when she saw me going down stairs to get ready for work she wispered very loudly “daddy, please don’t open my presents”. i assured her i wouldn’t. and i didn’t.
esther sketches
i love kids drawings. here is some esther art work.
cambridge
i got up early to arrive in Cambridge an hour before my meeting today so i could have a mooch about. it’s a very nice place.
i got thrown out of King’s twice as it wasn’t open (i didn’t realise – twice)
king’s church with some nice music coming from it (but you can’t hear it on this picture):
some other college that was open, but i found it too late to fit in a visit before my meeting:
slippery floor
another sit on the floor slippery floor sign (like this one)
here is the same sign in written form:
