Well another rollover and most talk in the office involves what we are going to spend all our winnings on :-)
I have done a syndicate so gives us more chances to win. I dont mind sharing that sort of money.
Now what I did think though was that the odds are 74 million to 1 so if I could borrow 74 million and also had enough time to fill out all the numbers would I be on to a winner?
We did it last week and had 63 lines but only won £38 and so have reinvested that in more tickets this week.
Not sure how many lines this weeks syndicate will be put I am closing it early so that I can get to the lottery man before every man and his dog starts buying them. Let you know tomorrow.
I have now bought iLife and bought it from the new apple store in Brent Cross, the store is quite good but a bit narrow. I had a quick go on the new intel iMac but never really had a "proper" play and do anything that would test it. I will look to go again in a couple of weeks during the week so that I can spend a bit more time and talk to the Apple staff.
To be honest I have not really looked at iLife but I do love the iPhoto full screen editing and it does seem alot quicker. Will test out Garageband podcasting at some point and also iWeb as I want to see just how easy it is to use. Not happy about not being able to comment on the blog page but hope they sort that out. Bet it will only be available using .mac account though.
Max had some injections today for various things in both legs so a bit grizzly for once tonight but he has gone off to sleep now.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Baby Parade
Today was the gathering of babies from our NCT Anti Natal classes. Almost a full showing just 2 no shows.
Was really good, went to a a couples house (Rubys' mum and dads) and I ate cakes for the whole time. Max was good; as was all the babies actually.
Here is a photo of the babies in age order. Max is the youngest. You shouldnt have too much trouble spotting him. Unless your new to this blog !
I think Ruby, the oldest, is about 6 weeks older then Max but I will double check. Ruby just threw up all the time. I never seen anything like it. Really strange and apparently she is just a "throwing up" baby. Where some babies smile she flows puke with the odd smile every now and then. fascinated me for ages, she had a couple of changes and so did her parents.
Thats about it really. ALTHOUGH.....
Max is going to spend his first night alone in the nursery. I think I am waking him up with my snoring but then he wakes me up with his "snorting" so fair play I say. Why is it babies sound like little pigs?
He normally sleeps in his nursery for his naps and sleeps during the day and we only ever move him in to our room at 11pm for the night but we also think this is not a good idea because he is waking when being moved etc.
Our boy is growing so fast, going to be strange not having him right next to us.
Not done this for a while, only a taster though as not doing Joke or Footy today:
Fact of the day: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Here is almost some proof. I can only get 16 precision places on the mac calc.
On this day: 22/1/1979: Public sector strike paralyses country
Tens of thousands of public sector workers have taken part in a day of action - the biggest mass stoppage since 1926 - in support of a claim for more pay.
The four major public service unions angry at the government's attempt to impose a 5% pay ceiling called out their 1.5 million members.
They included hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers, grave diggers and airport staff.
More from BBC Site
Was really good, went to a a couples house (Rubys' mum and dads) and I ate cakes for the whole time. Max was good; as was all the babies actually.
Here is a photo of the babies in age order. Max is the youngest. You shouldnt have too much trouble spotting him. Unless your new to this blog !
I think Ruby, the oldest, is about 6 weeks older then Max but I will double check. Ruby just threw up all the time. I never seen anything like it. Really strange and apparently she is just a "throwing up" baby. Where some babies smile she flows puke with the odd smile every now and then. fascinated me for ages, she had a couple of changes and so did her parents.
Thats about it really. ALTHOUGH.....
Max is going to spend his first night alone in the nursery. I think I am waking him up with my snoring but then he wakes me up with his "snorting" so fair play I say. Why is it babies sound like little pigs?
He normally sleeps in his nursery for his naps and sleeps during the day and we only ever move him in to our room at 11pm for the night but we also think this is not a good idea because he is waking when being moved etc.
Our boy is growing so fast, going to be strange not having him right next to us.
Not done this for a while, only a taster though as not doing Joke or Footy today:
Fact of the day: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Here is almost some proof. I can only get 16 precision places on the mac calc.
On this day: 22/1/1979: Public sector strike paralyses country
Tens of thousands of public sector workers have taken part in a day of action - the biggest mass stoppage since 1926 - in support of a claim for more pay.
The four major public service unions angry at the government's attempt to impose a 5% pay ceiling called out their 1.5 million members.
They included hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers, grave diggers and airport staff.
More from BBC Site
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Bum Chutney
Nope not posted that to draw all the wierdos to this blog, unlike the ones finding Charlottes baby site, BUT we were all driving yesterday and just on the North circular we realised that the car in from was not a ghia but was in fact a bum chutney.
Not too sure I want to know the full story but you see some strange things on these London roads, just handy we had the camera in the car and YES I will get round to cleaning the front windscreen !!!
Went to see some houses we saw on rightmove in Berkhamstead but never saw anything we liked, only drove past rather then actually going inside them. Our house is having a few people round at the mment so thats good.
We then went over to Brent Cross and the Apple store will not be long now. It looked to me as though it was having the final bits done. I'm guessing next week. Wanted iLife so went into John Lewis but they never had it so I am going to order it online.
Tomorrow we have a get together in the afternoon of all the anti natel babies all 10 of them and parents so I will post the picture tomorrow of them all lined up.
Here is one we took yesterday of all of us using Photo Booth thermal setting. I really like it and it is now my desktop wallpaper. Tad scary on a 20" widescreen.
Not too sure I want to know the full story but you see some strange things on these London roads, just handy we had the camera in the car and YES I will get round to cleaning the front windscreen !!!
Went to see some houses we saw on rightmove in Berkhamstead but never saw anything we liked, only drove past rather then actually going inside them. Our house is having a few people round at the mment so thats good.
We then went over to Brent Cross and the Apple store will not be long now. It looked to me as though it was having the final bits done. I'm guessing next week. Wanted iLife so went into John Lewis but they never had it so I am going to order it online.
Tomorrow we have a get together in the afternoon of all the anti natel babies all 10 of them and parents so I will post the picture tomorrow of them all lined up.
Here is one we took yesterday of all of us using Photo Booth thermal setting. I really like it and it is now my desktop wallpaper. Tad scary on a 20" widescreen.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
iLife '06 - Will be getting soon
I have been reading on the Apple sites about iLife06 and whilst I was very excited to start with about the new application iWeb now I am starting to think it is not as good as I first thought.
For starters you can not have comments on your blog page, not that I get that many but you have to be able to have them. I looked at Haloscan.com and thought great I can use that BUT it turns out you can not put your own HTML into the iWeb created pages SO that also screws up all my links and sitestats. You have to have a .Mac account to use the built in web counter function.
I have seen some of the web pages that have been created and they do look really good and all the users are saying that it is really easy and quick to use but does have a bit too many limitations.
I will get it though just for the boosted speed of iPhoto and also Garageband is updated and 1 thing I want to at least try this year is get more time on the guitar and try to record something.
I will also have a crack at some point at a video podcast and will also create an iWeb site that people can look at. Be good for movies and photos anyway. While I think of it the other thing will be that I can not blog from anywhere as I would have to use my computer and not just any internet connection.
Food question, What can I do with Capers. Seen a couple of receipes but lets have your suggestions as well. Need to cook for Nascot Dan at some point. Check out his site as he has some good news. He promised me that he will start to keep up to date with his blog.
For starters you can not have comments on your blog page, not that I get that many but you have to be able to have them. I looked at Haloscan.com and thought great I can use that BUT it turns out you can not put your own HTML into the iWeb created pages SO that also screws up all my links and sitestats. You have to have a .Mac account to use the built in web counter function.
I have seen some of the web pages that have been created and they do look really good and all the users are saying that it is really easy and quick to use but does have a bit too many limitations.
I will get it though just for the boosted speed of iPhoto and also Garageband is updated and 1 thing I want to at least try this year is get more time on the guitar and try to record something.
I will also have a crack at some point at a video podcast and will also create an iWeb site that people can look at. Be good for movies and photos anyway. While I think of it the other thing will be that I can not blog from anywhere as I would have to use my computer and not just any internet connection.
Food question, What can I do with Capers. Seen a couple of receipes but lets have your suggestions as well. Need to cook for Nascot Dan at some point. Check out his site as he has some good news. He promised me that he will start to keep up to date with his blog.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Hull 1 Palace 2
Nick Barmby, Mike Dobson, John Prescott, Amy Johnson, The Beautiful South, Frankie Baldwin, Maureen Lipman. Your boys took one hell of a beating.
That was hard trying to get famous people from Hull !
From the biased commentary, I listened to BBC Hull over the internet, yeah we time wasted a bit at the end but Myhill in the Hull goal was the most mentioned player and the man also said we deserved the win. Thats good enough for me.
Come on the Palace, Shame Watford won but Sheff Utd drawing and Leeds losing to Brighton (Our biggest rivals) were good results.
Hull: Myhill, France, Cort, Collins, Lynch (Green 26), Price (Duffy 59), Andrews, Delaney, Barmby (Elliott 74), Fagan, Parkin.
Subs Not Used: Leite, Paynter.
Booked: Price, Barmby.
Goals: Parkin 25.
Crystal Palace: Kiraly, Boyce, Ward, Hudson, Borrowdale, Andrews (Freedman 77), Watson, Hughes (Riihilahti 86), McAnuff, Johnson, Macken (Morrison 84).
Subs Not Used: Black, Speroni.
Booked: Boyce.
Goals: Ward 9, Cort 24 og.
Att: 18,886
Ref: C Webster (Tyne & Wear)
That was hard trying to get famous people from Hull !
From the biased commentary, I listened to BBC Hull over the internet, yeah we time wasted a bit at the end but Myhill in the Hull goal was the most mentioned player and the man also said we deserved the win. Thats good enough for me.
Come on the Palace, Shame Watford won but Sheff Utd drawing and Leeds losing to Brighton (Our biggest rivals) were good results.
Hull: Myhill, France, Cort, Collins, Lynch (Green 26), Price (Duffy 59), Andrews, Delaney, Barmby (Elliott 74), Fagan, Parkin.
Subs Not Used: Leite, Paynter.
Booked: Price, Barmby.
Goals: Parkin 25.
Crystal Palace: Kiraly, Boyce, Ward, Hudson, Borrowdale, Andrews (Freedman 77), Watson, Hughes (Riihilahti 86), McAnuff, Johnson, Macken (Morrison 84).
Subs Not Used: Black, Speroni.
Booked: Boyce.
Goals: Ward 9, Cort 24 og.
Att: 18,886
Ref: C Webster (Tyne & Wear)
Friday, January 13, 2006
Hull V Palace
Gutted I am in Hull and tomorrow Palace are playing them but I cant stay up here and see them. Wish the meetings I had yesterday were today and I could of stayed for the game but oh well would rather see Chosen One.
Will see Palace next week against Reading and also looking forward to coming back to this area and seeing us play Sheff Wednesday early February
Come on Palace lets beat those Tigers. Need to beat them so I can call my mates in Hull straight after. Dobbo is the main one I am looking to call, I have his number at the ready !
We are on a good run at the moment and I am sure we can win tomorrow but I have probably cursed them
Will see Palace next week against Reading and also looking forward to coming back to this area and seeing us play Sheff Wednesday early February
Come on Palace lets beat those Tigers. Need to beat them so I can call my mates in Hull straight after. Dobbo is the main one I am looking to call, I have his number at the ready !
We are on a good run at the moment and I am sure we can win tomorrow but I have probably cursed them
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Whats an intel chip doing in a Mac?
A whole lot more then it's ever done in a PC.
Apple marketing is brilliant.
As a few of you know I just got the iSight iMac G5 in October after sending the non iSight model back because they released the iSight model within 14 days of me getting it. Am I now bitter that they have released the new Intel models with claims of a speed boost of X2 on the iMac and X4 on the Powerbook, NAH. To be honest while I can not wait to get down the Apple shop (When is the bloody one in Brent Cross going to open?) and play with it to see the speed improvements, I learnt a long time ago though DO NOT TOUCH REV A products. I personally would wait for thr rev B models but if you can not hold off buying then read the support forum and see what people are saying. If you can wait then get the iBook or Mac mini for a taste of mac but I'm happy and sticking with my "Power Mac G5" They are still selling this model by the way and the Intel one is about £30 dearer.
I will be weighing up getting the new iLife package over the weekend, only £55, though because iWeb looks good for blogging. It looks as though iLife has been aimed a bit at blogging. Who knows what will happen if I get it but I feel a Video blog or podcast coming online soon.
The Macs are here to drawl over
I'm off up there North again to Hull and Manchester for a couple of days so going to spend my first night away from Max. Going to miss him but be glad of the sleep :-0
Here is a picture of Max, he is smilling all the time now and I'm going to miss his smile, these where taken at 22.40 yesterday just before his feed.
He is 6 weeks old today.
PS Anyone see whats NEW, will sort out a logo one day
Apple marketing is brilliant.
As a few of you know I just got the iSight iMac G5 in October after sending the non iSight model back because they released the iSight model within 14 days of me getting it. Am I now bitter that they have released the new Intel models with claims of a speed boost of X2 on the iMac and X4 on the Powerbook, NAH. To be honest while I can not wait to get down the Apple shop (When is the bloody one in Brent Cross going to open?) and play with it to see the speed improvements, I learnt a long time ago though DO NOT TOUCH REV A products. I personally would wait for thr rev B models but if you can not hold off buying then read the support forum and see what people are saying. If you can wait then get the iBook or Mac mini for a taste of mac but I'm happy and sticking with my "Power Mac G5" They are still selling this model by the way and the Intel one is about £30 dearer.
I will be weighing up getting the new iLife package over the weekend, only £55, though because iWeb looks good for blogging. It looks as though iLife has been aimed a bit at blogging. Who knows what will happen if I get it but I feel a Video blog or podcast coming online soon.
The Macs are here to drawl over
I'm off up there North again to Hull and Manchester for a couple of days so going to spend my first night away from Max. Going to miss him but be glad of the sleep :-0
Here is a picture of Max, he is smilling all the time now and I'm going to miss his smile, these where taken at 22.40 yesterday just before his feed.
He is 6 weeks old today.
PS Anyone see whats NEW, will sort out a logo one day
Thursday, January 05, 2006
New name
Yes I know and I will rename the blog soon so stop going on everyone, well the Howards recently :-)
Although hopefully I will be a Dad again so could just leave it for ages and ages but I will change it.
I want to try and do something in Paintshop that kind of crosses through the title and has the new one i.e. Palace Fan that IS NOW a Dad but struggling to get the time but hopefully will get something done soon.
Hang on in there !
Although hopefully I will be a Dad again so could just leave it for ages and ages but I will change it.
I want to try and do something in Paintshop that kind of crosses through the title and has the new one i.e. Palace Fan that IS NOW a Dad but struggling to get the time but hopefully will get something done soon.
Hang on in there !
London
Well we made it to Kings X and then to Camden Town Hall to get Max registered. The underground is not for pushchairs. It was not too bad but then there was two of us. We kept the name Max James and didnt change it for our own amusement. The best bit is it means we can now get our family allowance money :-)
Afterwards we went for a bus rather then try getting Max down the escalator. As it turns out it was quite a good plan because we went off down Oxford Street for a look at some shops I bought a little tripod for my camera for only £6.50 so result there (From Jessops), Looked in the Apple store and saw some good speakers for our iPods and the idea is to put them in the nursery so that we can play music to Max off the iPod in there. They did not have the one I liked in stock so when we got home I did some searching on the web and nearly everywhere is out of stock of them BUT the company I work for had them in stock so even managed to get a discount. Was quite shocked that we had them and never even looked at our website :-0 saw it when I was using pricerunner.co.uk, hopefully getting them on Tuesday.
This is a picture I stole off the internet of them:
Also saw this bloke chatting away very loud on his phone: For those that dont know him he is a presenter on T4 and sometimes a stand up comedian. He makes me laugh on a Sunday when he interviews bands anyway.
Now I'm starting to get sucked in to watching celebrityy (Now I am not sure that celebrityy is a word that you would associate with most of them) Big Brother. The 4th is just going in now. Some washed up actress from Baywatch. Lots of boos for all of them ! Chantle the non celebrityy will not find it too difficult because no one seems to know anyone anyway. More tomorrow......
Afterwards we went for a bus rather then try getting Max down the escalator. As it turns out it was quite a good plan because we went off down Oxford Street for a look at some shops I bought a little tripod for my camera for only £6.50 so result there (From Jessops), Looked in the Apple store and saw some good speakers for our iPods and the idea is to put them in the nursery so that we can play music to Max off the iPod in there. They did not have the one I liked in stock so when we got home I did some searching on the web and nearly everywhere is out of stock of them BUT the company I work for had them in stock so even managed to get a discount. Was quite shocked that we had them and never even looked at our website :-0 saw it when I was using pricerunner.co.uk, hopefully getting them on Tuesday.
This is a picture I stole off the internet of them:
Also saw this bloke chatting away very loud on his phone: For those that dont know him he is a presenter on T4 and sometimes a stand up comedian. He makes me laugh on a Sunday when he interviews bands anyway.
Now I'm starting to get sucked in to watching celebrityy (Now I am not sure that celebrityy is a word that you would associate with most of them) Big Brother. The 4th is just going in now. Some washed up actress from Baywatch. Lots of boos for all of them ! Chantle the non celebrityy will not find it too difficult because no one seems to know anyone anyway. More tomorrow......
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Happy New Year
Not too much fun for us on new years eve. Bed at 8pm up at 10pm to feed Max, woken at 12 by loud fireworks followed by a quick kiss and a happy new year to each other. Actually not even sure we had a kiss but anyway we went back to sleep and was up again at 3am for another feed and again at 7am for his morning feed. Last year we got very drunk on a pub crawl round London followed by dancing at Tiger Tiger. Quite a bit different !!!
Seems like everyone came back to work today so from last week where it was really quiet and I could not do much due to nobody being around today was manic but at least the day went fast.
We are finally getting Max's birth registered on Thursday. We called them straight after he was born and Thursday is the first available day to get him registered !! Can not believe that we had to wait over 5 weeks for the first appointment. Look forward to my report on how we manage the tube stations for the first time.
The mighty Palace had a good run during Xmas and managed to get 4 wins out of 4 so very happy about that.
This is a picture of Max chilling in his cot, he is yet to spend a night in there but he seems to love playing in there looking at the mobile (thats a baby thing that goes round not a phone for those non parents out there)
Seems like everyone came back to work today so from last week where it was really quiet and I could not do much due to nobody being around today was manic but at least the day went fast.
We are finally getting Max's birth registered on Thursday. We called them straight after he was born and Thursday is the first available day to get him registered !! Can not believe that we had to wait over 5 weeks for the first appointment. Look forward to my report on how we manage the tube stations for the first time.
The mighty Palace had a good run during Xmas and managed to get 4 wins out of 4 so very happy about that.
This is a picture of Max chilling in his cot, he is yet to spend a night in there but he seems to love playing in there looking at the mobile (thats a baby thing that goes round not a phone for those non parents out there)
Friday, December 30, 2005
Well what did yer get?
Well I never got the flavour shaker BUT I was lucky I never went on a full on Jamie Oliver rant because my Mum in Law did get the Italian book and some of his food ingredients for me. yum yum, will start to have a read and make some of them over the weekend.
Got an amazing set of saucepans from my Mum as well, as I said I do love cooking, the pans are really nice and called Stellar Lamina Tri-Ply Copper, here is a picture:
I will now hopefully be able to increase the collection.
What else? well I got lots of other things but my other main present was a Line6 toneport UX1, I can plug my guitar into it and connect it to the mac to make all sorts of noise :-) I still really need to sit down and play with it because I have only managed to have a very quick go on it due to people coming and going at our house. Will take a photo of my "rig" tomorrow.
Have Fun,
Got an amazing set of saucepans from my Mum as well, as I said I do love cooking, the pans are really nice and called Stellar Lamina Tri-Ply Copper, here is a picture:
I will now hopefully be able to increase the collection.
What else? well I got lots of other things but my other main present was a Line6 toneport UX1, I can plug my guitar into it and connect it to the mac to make all sorts of noise :-) I still really need to sit down and play with it because I have only managed to have a very quick go on it due to people coming and going at our house. Will take a photo of my "rig" tomorrow.
Have Fun,
Saturday, December 24, 2005
It's been a while, MERRY XMAS
Merry Xmas to everyone and a big ALL THE BEST to all those that know us in real life and those regular bloggers that also look here.
Been really busy as you can guess but I have been a bit slack getting the blog updated. Well my new year resolution will be to make sure I keep this updated at least every couple of days. Easier then giving up the beer !!!
So who has asked for Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker? I have not but I do love my cooking so I have to be careful because I am going to hate myself for blogging about it and then getting one ! BUT I'm going to stick my neck out and think that most people will think the same as me and say "What the hell is that about?"
From the description:
Features
* It crushes, grinds, blends, mixes and more!
* The Flavour Shaker is a fun, quirky and highly original food preparation item
* Invented and endorsed by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
* More versatile alternative to the Pestle and Mortar
* Creates lovely flavours in seconds
* Lightweight and easy to use
* Dishwasher safe (top rack only)
* Made from high grade thick core polycarbonate for strength
* Comfortable non-slip grip for safety
* Includes a ceramic ball for crushing ingredients
I use a pestle and mortar and it was quite an expensive one ( I hope, thanks Mum in -law !) because it's not a wooden one but a kind of stone one. It's great and I have to give it some force to get everything into a powder. Now I can not see that a little ceramic ball in a plastic container can "crush and grind" the way my pestle does but I would be interested to hear from anyone that gets one.
Personally there is no way I would spend £20 on it but I guess lots of people have because it is sales rank number 2 on Amazon.co.uk I will wait for the reviews to be added to the site so I can see.
Quick Question: How do I see what the top sales are on Amazon.co.uk, could not see a link
Quick Tip: Lightly fry your spices before crushing.
This is Max playing with his new play mat that his Uncle Matt got him yesterday. I'm not sure what he is trying to tell me but look at his fingers in the mirror !!!!
Have a good one and I will blog tomorrow. Happy Xmas all.
James, Faye and Max
x
Been really busy as you can guess but I have been a bit slack getting the blog updated. Well my new year resolution will be to make sure I keep this updated at least every couple of days. Easier then giving up the beer !!!
So who has asked for Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker? I have not but I do love my cooking so I have to be careful because I am going to hate myself for blogging about it and then getting one ! BUT I'm going to stick my neck out and think that most people will think the same as me and say "What the hell is that about?"
From the description:
Features
* It crushes, grinds, blends, mixes and more!
* The Flavour Shaker is a fun, quirky and highly original food preparation item
* Invented and endorsed by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
* More versatile alternative to the Pestle and Mortar
* Creates lovely flavours in seconds
* Lightweight and easy to use
* Dishwasher safe (top rack only)
* Made from high grade thick core polycarbonate for strength
* Comfortable non-slip grip for safety
* Includes a ceramic ball for crushing ingredients
I use a pestle and mortar and it was quite an expensive one ( I hope, thanks Mum in -law !) because it's not a wooden one but a kind of stone one. It's great and I have to give it some force to get everything into a powder. Now I can not see that a little ceramic ball in a plastic container can "crush and grind" the way my pestle does but I would be interested to hear from anyone that gets one.
Personally there is no way I would spend £20 on it but I guess lots of people have because it is sales rank number 2 on Amazon.co.uk I will wait for the reviews to be added to the site so I can see.
Quick Question: How do I see what the top sales are on Amazon.co.uk, could not see a link
Quick Tip: Lightly fry your spices before crushing.
This is Max playing with his new play mat that his Uncle Matt got him yesterday. I'm not sure what he is trying to tell me but look at his fingers in the mirror !!!!
Have a good one and I will blog tomorrow. Happy Xmas all.
James, Faye and Max
x
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
2 weeks old today
Max is now 2 weeks old and we are coping quite well. Seems like he has been around longer then that and he is getting bigger and bigger.
Personally Im still struggling with the fact that my sleep is in stages. It's strange because I probably have only had about 6 - 7 hours sleep a night for quite a while but now it is broken with feeds it is harder. I used to go to bed about midnight and then be up around 6am, now I'm trying to sleep earlier. say 10pm and then use those 2 hours for feeding, changing etc.
I'm still off work so it's not too bad but I have to try and get this sleeping thing sorted by Monday. Work are really good, I get 2 weeks off paternity but I also do compressed time so I get a day off because of that and I need to take 2 days holiday and I will of had almost 3 weeks off in the end :-0
We managed to get out and go to Brent Cross (shopping centre) yesterday. We were very chuffed with ourselves and even managed to to do a nappy change in the little changing rooms that they have.
Apart from that we have not really managed to get out. I did manage a trip down Selhurst to see the Palace (Fayes mum was round so I never left her) Its a lot harder then we thought it was going to be and even a small trip down the local shop is a task and a half BUT it is getting a lot easier for us now.
This is a photo of Max in his probably the best baby in the world t-shirt. One of my fav bits of clothes on him and a present from Fayes work colleagues.
PS Thanks for the gmail account Jane and also Laura, gutted I can not have Palace Fan but oh well. Looks really good but I still need to play around with it.
Personally Im still struggling with the fact that my sleep is in stages. It's strange because I probably have only had about 6 - 7 hours sleep a night for quite a while but now it is broken with feeds it is harder. I used to go to bed about midnight and then be up around 6am, now I'm trying to sleep earlier. say 10pm and then use those 2 hours for feeding, changing etc.
I'm still off work so it's not too bad but I have to try and get this sleeping thing sorted by Monday. Work are really good, I get 2 weeks off paternity but I also do compressed time so I get a day off because of that and I need to take 2 days holiday and I will of had almost 3 weeks off in the end :-0
We managed to get out and go to Brent Cross (shopping centre) yesterday. We were very chuffed with ourselves and even managed to to do a nappy change in the little changing rooms that they have.
Apart from that we have not really managed to get out. I did manage a trip down Selhurst to see the Palace (Fayes mum was round so I never left her) Its a lot harder then we thought it was going to be and even a small trip down the local shop is a task and a half BUT it is getting a lot easier for us now.
This is a photo of Max in his probably the best baby in the world t-shirt. One of my fav bits of clothes on him and a present from Fayes work colleagues.
PS Thanks for the gmail account Jane and also Laura, gutted I can not have Palace Fan but oh well. Looks really good but I still need to play around with it.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Gmail invite
Can anyone help me get a gmail account?
Just been reading up on this new feature and it looks quite good and I would like to have a play.
Thank you.
What is 'Web Clips'?
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Just been reading up on this new feature and it looks quite good and I would like to have a play.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
When you got to go, you have to go
Happy birthday Max, 1 week old :-0
The joys of parenthood. Today while changing Max from his moist and dirty nappy he decided it was time to go again. Now when he first started a couple of days ago actually having a poo we were very excited and kept saying good boy, we are not too sure now if we should of been encourging him all the time.
Anyway, So I'm there all happy thinking good stuff all done, baby clean and dry, I turned to get a fresh nappy and throw the old one, I come back and he turned himself into a water feature and sprayed everywhere. OK another clean but then he farted and not just any fart but a full on poo fart all over the mat, his clothes, himself and me :-(. He then did it again straight after !!! Faye heard me scream and came running in but just laughed at me.
Here is a picture of Max in his Palace gear taken this morning for his grandad and uncle.
The joys of parenthood. Today while changing Max from his moist and dirty nappy he decided it was time to go again. Now when he first started a couple of days ago actually having a poo we were very excited and kept saying good boy, we are not too sure now if we should of been encourging him all the time.
Anyway, So I'm there all happy thinking good stuff all done, baby clean and dry, I turned to get a fresh nappy and throw the old one, I come back and he turned himself into a water feature and sprayed everywhere. OK another clean but then he farted and not just any fart but a full on poo fart all over the mat, his clothes, himself and me :-(. He then did it again straight after !!! Faye heard me scream and came running in but just laughed at me.
Here is a picture of Max in his Palace gear taken this morning for his grandad and uncle.
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Tired
Well what can I say other then I have the greatest son in the world and a wife that is brilliant and so so good with Max BUT we dont seem to have sleep anymore.
I might get Faye to write about the labour as she saw it and I also will at the same time and we could see how close they are to each other ! So I wont go into it all BUT he was born at the Royal Free in Hampstead and had a view of the Crystal Palace tower. I never knew that until we went in the birthing room because we had not been able to see that birthing room (had the pool) during any of visits to the hospital. As I looked out I thought "this is just meant to be" :-)
He was helped out by the ventouse method in the end so his head has quite pointed but he already, to us, has got his shape back and the only signs of the delivery are a couple of small bruises.
This is a replica of the bags under my eyes:
Today is going to be our first day truely on our own so really looking forward to it. It has been great having all the family round especially getting clothes as presents. We only bought a few cream / white things and have yet to venture out so have not got all the blue clothes.
We should be able to email people we were meant to tell about Max and also try to reply back to some, sending some photos out, thanking people for the flowers and presents. Sorting out my printer so I can become one of the people in the office with a photo on the desk.
I always said that I would not be one of them office people with their life posted all over the desk in pictures. I do have a couple of concert tickets lying around but thats just to prove to myself that I have seen some bands this year. Not sure why you would need the whole family in pictures on your computer monitor. I'm going to be going home to them in the evening and if need be I can actually look at my blog. So I might just keep a picture in my desk.
Thanks again for all the comments and nice to see some friends posting a comment. I dont get too many comments and hardly any from people I have actually seen and drank with.
And the name change of the blog I guess will be happening soon. Didnt really think about that did I !!
Anyway enough about me here is Max at 24 hours: I will take some in daylight later !!!! He tends to be more awake at night though.
This us playing on the Mac using front row and glow as the setting:
I might get Faye to write about the labour as she saw it and I also will at the same time and we could see how close they are to each other ! So I wont go into it all BUT he was born at the Royal Free in Hampstead and had a view of the Crystal Palace tower. I never knew that until we went in the birthing room because we had not been able to see that birthing room (had the pool) during any of visits to the hospital. As I looked out I thought "this is just meant to be" :-)
He was helped out by the ventouse method in the end so his head has quite pointed but he already, to us, has got his shape back and the only signs of the delivery are a couple of small bruises.
This is a replica of the bags under my eyes:
Today is going to be our first day truely on our own so really looking forward to it. It has been great having all the family round especially getting clothes as presents. We only bought a few cream / white things and have yet to venture out so have not got all the blue clothes.
We should be able to email people we were meant to tell about Max and also try to reply back to some, sending some photos out, thanking people for the flowers and presents. Sorting out my printer so I can become one of the people in the office with a photo on the desk.
I always said that I would not be one of them office people with their life posted all over the desk in pictures. I do have a couple of concert tickets lying around but thats just to prove to myself that I have seen some bands this year. Not sure why you would need the whole family in pictures on your computer monitor. I'm going to be going home to them in the evening and if need be I can actually look at my blog. So I might just keep a picture in my desk.
Thanks again for all the comments and nice to see some friends posting a comment. I dont get too many comments and hardly any from people I have actually seen and drank with.
And the name change of the blog I guess will be happening soon. Didnt really think about that did I !!
Anyway enough about me here is Max at 24 hours: I will take some in daylight later !!!! He tends to be more awake at night though.
This us playing on the Mac using front row and glow as the setting:
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Welcome to the world Chosen One
:-0
What a marathon, thanks for the comments and emails. It was really hard on Faye and I will hopefully blog more details laters. We went to the hospital after the last update but got sent home and went back again yesterday at about 1pm. A few problems happened but nothing too major. I stayed last night in the hospital because a) they are nice midwifes and B) it would be dangerous for me to of drove home.
I'm going back soon to bring them home.
Anyway the bits you want to know.
Sex: We are going to wait quite a while before doing that again !!! Oh, its a boy. Get in there. Just what I wanted.
Name: Max James Simmonds aka The Chosen One
Weight: 7lb 8 (Think that is about 3.2kg)
Date and Time: Wednesday 30th November at 23.48
Picture: This is Max at 8am this morning. He has not really cried at all and just seems to stare out at this new and amazing world.
What a marathon, thanks for the comments and emails. It was really hard on Faye and I will hopefully blog more details laters. We went to the hospital after the last update but got sent home and went back again yesterday at about 1pm. A few problems happened but nothing too major. I stayed last night in the hospital because a) they are nice midwifes and B) it would be dangerous for me to of drove home.
I'm going back soon to bring them home.
Anyway the bits you want to know.
Sex: We are going to wait quite a while before doing that again !!! Oh, its a boy. Get in there. Just what I wanted.
Name: Max James Simmonds aka The Chosen One
Weight: 7lb 8 (Think that is about 3.2kg)
Date and Time: Wednesday 30th November at 23.48
Picture: This is Max at 8am this morning. He has not really cried at all and just seems to stare out at this new and amazing world.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Come on Chosen One - update 2
Well we are still at home, contractions are really strong now and every 5 minutes lasting a minute. The midwifes have told us to stay at home in comfort for as long as possible but Faye is getting really tired now so we might have to head off soon.
Hope that when we get there Faye is in an advanced stage and they dont send us home. I dont think Faye will like that !!!
Now gone over but it is looking good.
Best stop blogging and start helping :-0
Hope that when we get there Faye is in an advanced stage and they dont send us home. I dont think Faye will like that !!!
Now gone over but it is looking good.
Best stop blogging and start helping :-0
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Come on Chosen One - update
Still here and everything is starting to slow down :-(
Dont think it will be tonight now.
Must be my fault for blogging about it happening :-0
Dont think it will be tonight now.
Must be my fault for blogging about it happening :-0
Come on chosen one
Well today is the day. Thanks for the comments from yesterday everyone.
It looks as though chosen one is going to come on the day s/he is due. Faye has been having contractions since about 11pm last night. I was rubbing her back talking to her about them until I heard her snoring so I guessed it was OK for me to try to sleep for a bit. She did keep waking up though but the contractions were not strong so no need to panic. I left for work as normal but have "worked" from home this afternoon because the contractions have been about every 10 minutes and lasting 30 seconds. It did start to go quicker i.e. it got down to every 7 minutes but has gone back to every 10 minutes BUT they are a lot stronger now. Still not going for a minute yet.
Faye is coping really well and is using the TENS machine. We are going to stay here for a while as it is more comfortable.
We are kind of hoping that it builds up around 8pm so that we have a chance of a parking space after visiting hours :-0.
Keep your fingers crossed for us all,
James
It looks as though chosen one is going to come on the day s/he is due. Faye has been having contractions since about 11pm last night. I was rubbing her back talking to her about them until I heard her snoring so I guessed it was OK for me to try to sleep for a bit. She did keep waking up though but the contractions were not strong so no need to panic. I left for work as normal but have "worked" from home this afternoon because the contractions have been about every 10 minutes and lasting 30 seconds. It did start to go quicker i.e. it got down to every 7 minutes but has gone back to every 10 minutes BUT they are a lot stronger now. Still not going for a minute yet.
Faye is coping really well and is using the TENS machine. We are going to stay here for a while as it is more comfortable.
We are kind of hoping that it builds up around 8pm so that we have a chance of a parking space after visiting hours :-0.
Keep your fingers crossed for us all,
James
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