TOO British???

I heard something on the TV yesterday that really, really upset me. The Red Arrows may not be part of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics because they are "TOO British". OMFG, is that not a racist statement in itself. Did the Chinese debate whether fireworks were TOO Chinese? Do the RAF only let white English males join their force? How the hell can something be TOO British,? Heavens above, they will be shooting the Queen next for being the head of the country ~ I'm disgusted!!!

I've just written an e-mail to Boris Johnson asking him if the statement is true. I know how the media love to twist things to make 'News'.

By email: mayor@london.gov.uk

Postal Address:

Boris Johnson
Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
More London
London SE1 2AA

Been outside to hang the washing out and look what I found :O)

Jamaica ~ Cool Runnings !!!

I'm much happier today :O) Tired but happy. It was my last Saturday working yesterday so next weekend I only have to work on Sunday ~ yay!

So I was sat at my desk this morning doing some paperwork when my mobile phone rang. I answered it and it was Nik (Teresa's partner) saying we are just having our breakfast in Ikea. How mean was that lol. I was sat at work with a cup of tea & a go ahead bar & they were in Ikea eating a full English breakfast!! So not fair :O) Had a little talk with Elena and good news, her arm is getting better. About 2 weeks before she went to stay with Teresa she had a sore on her elbow which wouldn't heal up. As we were visiting the doctors anyway, we asked him about it and because it wasn't infected there was nothing he could do. Unfortunately it's got worse & worse so Teresa had the idea of bathing it salt water. Today, as if by magic, it's healing up nicely. We did tell Elena we could visit the Body Shop & ask for a new arm & Teresa said she would take her to the armoury if the Body Shop didn't have any lol. So if we have any ailments in future we are going to phone nurse Teresa for a cure :O)

The Olympic Games are finally over, I think team GB did a cracking job. We have 2012 to look forward to now and I am hoping we will get the chance to see some of it live, it would be bad manners not to wouldn't it :O) My favourite event this year has to be the mens 4 x 100m relay, OMG the Jamaican team were outstanding, just fantastic, loved every minute :O)

I missed the closing ceremony as I was working but I'm sure it will be repeated later.

Liam gave me this puzzle today ...

What's the Saying?

Manchester City 4 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Charlton Athletic 4 - 1 Wimbledon
Arsenal 4 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
Liverpool 4 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
Manchester United 4 - 4 Nottingham Forest

Any ideas lol?

Andrew's been busy painting Elena's bedroom this weekend ready for her welcome home party on Wednesday. We are catching the 12:30 lunchtime ferry and meeting Nik at the Cherwill Valley Services near Oxford at about 3:30pm. I've booked the ferry for 7pm to come home so it will be 8pm before we get back. I've downloaded a coupon from the internet to get 50% off a meal at Pizza Hut so will take her there for tea. I think we will be too shattered to cook. Ican't wait to give her a big hug, I've missed her loads even though we spend ages chatting every night.
Any ideas yet about the answer to the puzzle?

OK I'm going now to upload some photos to the Tesco website so I can have them printed. I've been meaning to do it for ages, well May in fact because they are from our holiday in Jamaica.

To put you out of your misery about the puzzle, the answer is ...

All for one and one for all ~ good isn't it :O)

Going For Gold

We are still glued to the Olympic Games :O) We are not a very sporty family but there's just something about watching the Olympic Games. Britain's sportsmen & women have done brilliantly, look how far up the medal table they are. Just think in another 4 years we will be able to watch some of the 2012 Games live ~ wow! Now over on HS:MS Suzi B is at the helm. I love Suzi B, she has a wicked sense of humour and her blog is just a pleasure to read. I loved taking part in HS:MS but spent ages leaving comments for everyone else which was great as I got back some lovely comments about my photos too but it was very, very time consuming. I've just nipped over there this morning and nearly wet myself laughing at her photo for the letter B ~ look here lol!

Some people suffer with OCD (obsesive compulsive disorder) and although I have a thing about pegs on a washing line I'm not afflicted with these particular letters. The 3 letters I suffer with are CBA (can't be arsed). I have cleaned the bathrooms today, hoovered upstairs, emptied the dishwasher, made the bed & Lisa has done the ironing but honestly I just CBA. I should be tidying up, sorting out Elena's room before she gets home, finishing cleaning the kitchen cupboards or getting the finaces up to date but I'm here blogging & drinking tea. If anyone has any ideas to motivate me please let me know :O)

The lads are back from their kayaking trip. They've only been down into Sandown Bay and round Culver point to the nostrils but they had a great time. Lisa cooking lunch :O)

Beijing Olympics

Just needed to say congratulations to all the Brits taking part in the 2008 Olympic Games. With all the medals they have won, so far Britain is 3rd on the medal table today with 12 Gold, 7 Silver & 8 Bronze. Can you imagine if we were as big as the US or China ~ nobody would stand a chance lol. Well done!!

Of course we have been trying our best in the H*****d household practising on the Mario & Sonic at the Olympics. We are hoping for places in the 2012 games, fingers crossed. My speciality is archery & single sculls. Well I say speciallity, it's the only 2 games I can manage as my hand eye coordination is pretty poor I can tell you. It's when the gang are telling me to press 'A' and I can't even find the flippin 'A' button ROFL!!