Just a quick post to say congrats to the Tigers (Hull City) for winning the championship play off this afternoon. We're off out now to celebrate with Ben, Dan and Cookie.
I'm sure the people of Hull will be celebrating tonight, they always seem to be celebrating something on Saturday nights whenever we've been out! They certainly know how to party, good luck to them I say!
Adios,
I'm going to try and write a blog which could be difficult as I haven't blogged for soooo long. Well it's a year ago that we set out on our big adventure and it almost pains me to think back on what a great time we had. The overwhelming sense of freedom we had for those 10 months was just the best feeling in the world. I appreciated it at the time but now I'm back at work I appreciate it even more!
My new job is keeping me extremely busy as I don't get a spare minute in the day to even think about the blog, let alone write one, however we have just moved into our new swanky flat and today have just got our internet connection sorted out, so there really is no excuse not to update you on what we have and haven't been up to.
We had a great weekend in Edinburgh a few weeks ago for Stew's 40th, we spent a couple of nights there and it really was a good weekend. We ate and drank to our hearts content and luckily for Matt we didn't shop!! We took plenty of pics which I will get Matt to upload onto the blog. We have also booked a hol in June, we have hired a holiday cottage just outside the Dales at a place called Foulridge, which is in the heart of the Pendle district. We are really looking forward to that, we decided that we still weren't ready to get on another plane so opted to stay on home ground instead!
We have also just bought a new car, not brand new, it's a Ford Focus Silver. The one that we had was on it's last legs and it was becoming impossible to drive as the gear box was knackered. We had agreed before we went away that when we got home and settled that we would buy something bigger and newer so with the MOT just a few days away we decided to P/X it rather than waste money getting it fixed up. It has been a cracking little car though and it was sad to leave it at the garage. We haven't had any trouble with it and I have lost count how many trips it has done up and down the M40 and M1. RIP little Corsa!
The new car is lovely, its got leather interior, A/C, alloy wheels etc, it is complete luxury for me and Matt (especially for me as I use it for work)
On top of the car as I mentioned earlier we have moved into our own place, we have had a great time with Stew and Kirsty but we wanted our own space. We agreed that we wouldn't be getting a mortgage anytime soon with the interest rates being as they are so decided that we might as well just get on with it and rent somewhere while we save enough for the heft 10-20% deposit that is required from the banks now. Our flat is beautiful, it's down Park Avenue in a big converted house and is on the top floor, we've even got a glitter ball in the bedroom!! It's the sort of flat that we would consider buying, it really is just what we wanted. We are still set on buying a house though... we just need to save 20k!!
It is now about 4 days later and I feel I cannot miss the opportunity to comment on whats been on TV of late. On Sunday night we decided to watch Brokeback Mountain, or should I say some of it. The thought of watching Jake Gyllenhaal strutting around in a pair of dusty Wrangler drain pipes was quite appealing to me, that is until I saw him taking his 'friend' Heath Ledger (who I expected to look equally as handsome) from behind. I like to think I'm quite open minded when it comes to such matters, but I have to be honest and say to see two blokes cavorting in such a manner in the small confines of a tent was a bit disturbing. So much so that I turned it off. Now last night was very entertaining viewing, no I'm not referring t the Omnibus of Corrie, but the Duchess comes to 'Ull!! Now I'm not a fan of anything big and ginger and Sarah Ferguson is no exception, but I have to say that after watching this last night that my whole perception of her has changed (not all things fat and ginger, just her!) She is such a nice person and was genuinely concerned for the Hull family. I have to say though that the Hull family were as you would expect, absolute cringeworthy to watch. It is unfortunate that they chose Hull to record this documentary as there are far worse places to live, apparently? it can only leave people thinking what a hell hole the place is, when in actual fact it isn't that bad at all, and that family are not necessarily a stereotypical Hull family. I know Hull has more than it's fair share of dysfunctionals but hey they've got to live somewhere, and we have got more than enough pound shops for em to spend their invalidity benefit when they've finished watching the Jeremy Kyle Show on their rented TV from Bright House, before getting back to pick up Roxy-Chantelle and Tyrone-Leeroy from school (providing they're actually in school and haven't been taken into Social Services!!) Ey I'm not cynical though, each to their own.
We were walking along Princes Avenue on Saturday night coming home form the Thai Restaurant and there was a couple of bike riding, baseball cap wearing chavs on the pavement. In jest Matt shouted to them 'ey, where's your lights?' Well having lived in Hull most of my life I know that this is like red rag to a bull if you get the wrong person. Luckily for Matt it was just a couple of yobs who had plenty to say for themselves, it was like getting an outburst from a tourettes victim, just a string of obscenities. At least he never got his head kicked in and the chavs got the opportunity to demonstrate their vocabulary to us.
I'm not allowed to watch the 2nd part of the Duchess tonight as Matt is climbing up walls, shooting people and just generally making a nuisance of himself (like most people living in Hull this evening) the only difference being Matt is on his PS3!!
