Something I've been upto.

Something I've been excited about is my new car. The best way to describe it is the next best thing to my dream car. My dream car would be in the form of an S4 or even an RS4 both of which would be very expensive and can remain my dream. This is an Audi A4 avant quattro, 200bhp. A more powerful engine would be an S4. It's lovely. It's practical.

Rachel has been so good to me in supporting me in getting this car. It makes her happy to see me happy. There are only two problems now. I need to sell my other car and I have canged from driving a diesel to a petrol. I thought I prefered petrol cos I considered the diesel to be dirty. Now I can see why they are more attractive to the motorist. The diesel was noticeably more efficient and so I now find myself shelling out more in fuel bills. And with fuel being at an all time high it even more noticable than ever before.

So maybe my dream car is a diesel!

For now, I'm keeping the Audi. If my Mondeo does not sell I may have to reconsider my position.

Half Way Through The Year

This blog was supposed to be kind of a diary and a trail of my thoughts. I still want it to be that way but it would seem updating my blog isn't as important to me as checking my friends facebook status updates & reading the news feeds that come through to my phone.

What have I been upto in the last 6 months worth of writing? Nothing comes to mind. It's the next few months that are something to look fwd to.

Raych & I have been working like dogs this year so far. Rachel more so. She committed at the end of last year there would be more play time. Unfortunately just getting straight has taken most of the year. But it is coming to an end. These next few months are something to look fwd to.

It all starts in a couple of days time. This weekend we go camping with Donna & Garry (uni mates) which we are looking fwd to. We are hoping to either climb Snowdon again, which we love doing, or spend a day at the beach. We then plan on spending the next weekend doing the same just us. I have a stag weekend with Craig and the wedding will follow shortly after. We have our family trip to Fortaventura in August and then if all goes well we are going to climb Ben Nevis in September.

A busy summer, and all the while I'll still be cramming in the hours at work. Can't afford to take too much time off. The cost of living continues to go up. It is hard at the moment & I do worry but I can't work all the time & I like everyone else, needs to take time out. Without something to look fwd to I can imagine like being very dull and unfulfilling.

Blog Update!

My wife says I need to update my blog.

Lucky - Jan 1994 to 26th Jan 2010

A sad day for the diary. Rachels cat Lucky leaves us.

She was getting old and was on medication but seemed perfectly normal in her behaviour.

She came into my life about 2.5 years after Rachel & I were married. Rachel got her when she was younger and since we were married we were renting and couldnt have pets. When we got our own place I let her stay with us.

She was so scared of us at 1st, hiding under the kitchen table. But she came to recognise us as friends and we became best friends. She trusted us enough to come and snuggle right up to us.

She loved being stroked on her head and having her neck rubbed and never stopped purring. She won the affection of many though was viscious to strangers. She never got to like Jonathan (regular viisitor) even when we covered his shoes in cat nip.

She was a scared cat who would hid often but also curious, watching down the hall at the door when the bell rang and stopping for a sniff when being chased.

We had fun with her, the lazer pen provided entertainment for us all, it was fun to see her running around in circles and watch her jump on the red dot for it not to dissapear.

We learned that she loves cheese (not with chillies in) and plain vanilla ice cream. And after a while she learned that it was allowed to sit on a chair at the dinner table with us so we would see her little head peering over the table edge.

She was typically a cat, through & through. Scared, curious, hungry and always seeking the most comfortable spot in the house.

She'll be remembered for lots of things, being scared of bubbles & balloons, falling backwards off the dining room chair, being asbo cat, never liking Jonathan, having a love hate relationship with me, being Bat Cat, chasing the computer mouse on the studio computer/projector screen and really getting into wild life programs on TV with foxes or wolves and many more.

The house now feels a little more empty, with no black shadow in the corner of your eye or under your feet. Nobody to come running to you when you get home or sing silly songs to.

The good news is that while her passing came suddenly and as a shock there was no prolonged period of ilness, it was not a horible death. The morning she died she did as she usually does pestering me for some meat from my sandwich and sitting with Rachel at the table while she ate her breakfast. She was unquestionably happier at our house than she ever was. It's just a shame she couldn't stay a little longer.

See you later Lucky x