AI

Simple one today:

I watched AI.... It made me cry :-0

Is it because I now have children? I don't normally cry at films !

Come on in Watson

from cpfc.co.uk

Went to football on Saturday, bit poor to be honest and the midfield never turned up.

For once a Daily Mail reporter summed it up here

This is the interesting bit and the exact thing I said before the game. Although I used the word Will rather then is and how,

Neil Warnock's stubbornness in refusing to use unsettled midfielder Ben Watson is backfiring on Crystal Palace. While Watson has refused to sign a new contract, Warnock is leaving him out.

But how Palace missed his pinpoint passing, clever free-kicks and long-range shots which got them out of many holes last season and into the play-offs in this goalless draw. Why not put him in the shop window and aid Palace, long on youth and short on experience?

Says it all really, Come on in the Ginger Zidane.

Mini Diggers for hire

Drove past our local hire shop and they had a sign for Mini Diggers to hire. I need to to sort my driveway so thought I would pop in.

Imagine my shock when I saw this out back.....

Mini Diggers

Credit to Flickr user jojobear99 for the photo,

Mamm,Mamma,MAX

I dont think I have any chance of getting Skye Lilly to say Dada as her first words. Faye and Max just say MamaMamaMax to her all the time. Only found out this morning when I was saying Dada to Skye when Max went "NO we say mammamammamax to Skye"

I was going to lock Max up but found this picture of him from last week while he was went a great show (and Free!) called Jump Up, it's run by Nick Jr so he met all his fav stars, Peppa Pig, Dora, Diego etc. I couldn't go though as I had to cook lunch for my family. Somehow I managed to arrange my family coming for lunch on the same day.
Max Locked up on Thomas

Pete's Game

Saw this and looked interesting.

WARNING TAKES A WHILE TO COPY AND PASTE

1. type your answer to each question below into Flickr Search
2. using only the first page of results, pick an image
3. copy and paste each URL into fd’s mosaic maker
4. blog it!

1. Q&A: What is your first name? James - Cool car
2. What is your favorite food? Faggots :-0 bit of a risky search, this made me smile
3. What high school did you go to? I changed this to secondary, Ash Manor - how did a dog make the first page
4. What is your favorite color? blue - Drop
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Drew Barrymore - Grrrr
6. What is your favorite drink? lager - mmmm beer
7. Dream vacation? Austrailia - Upside down
8. Favorite dessert? banoffee pie - You know you want it
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? alive - bit weird
10. What do you love most in life? Family and Palace - of course it is just family but I wanted a more interesting search .... strange
11. One word to describe you? Procrastinator - took a spell checker.., Laptop
12. Your flickr name? james1972 - all about me, my Fave shot

Yep that a while !!

I Like it though:

Bow for Prince Max

Max last year

Max told us today that he was Prince Max and we had to bow down when we spoke to him.

We went to Cassiobury Park in Watford for a picnic and had a great time there, never realised we had such a good park close to us. Max went on the mini train, bouncy castle, had a paddle in the paddling pools and had a great walk. Shattered is how we all feel !

Pre-season is almost over

Well, I fancied a break from this blogging malarkey but I guess I best get back to it.

What have I been up since the last post, well I have seen the Foo Fighters and Terrorvision, had a few beers and thats about it so not really anything to blog about.

Still a bit upset about Bostock but hey I have said all along that Moses is going to be the star. I do hope that Bostock does OK as that will help Palace get more money. I'm not as bitter and dare I say twisted as lot of other Palace fans who actually wish him harm and do be a failure.

Skye is doing really well and is pretty much sitting on her own already. Max is now interacting with her all the time and seems to be the only one to make her giggle.

Skye 5 months

Bostock's dad says it's not about the money!

Thanks for nothing

John Bostock's move to Tottenham Hotspur from Crystal Palace has nothing to do with money - according to his dad.

Michael Brown believes the Eagles' 16-year-old wonderkid is signing for Spurs because that is where he can develop best.

Chelsea and Barcelona had been chasing Bostock and Brown insists he could have gone to either club if the family wanted the cash.

"If John was leaving Crystal Palace for money, he would’ve gone to the biggest and richest club in the world, which he could have done," Brown told the South London Press.

"You can name a big club in England rumoured to be interested in him and it’s a fact. There was great interest from Barcelona but from a family point of view it was never an option because John wasn’t going to leave London.

"But John turned down the richest club in the world and he chose instead to go to the club where he believes he will develop best.

"He’s had a fantastic time at Palace. He’s been at the club since the age of seven and has got a lot of great memories. He’s got to thank everybody there for what’s happened because if it wasn’t for Palace he wouldn’t be where he is today."

Errr Yeah thanks Bostock family for repaying that 7 years by walking out when when we was about to help you help us.

Watch out John Terry...

Damn it

In a good game of footy, apart from the Chelsea players giving it big and moaning at the ref way too much, Man United won on penalty's in a game that drained the players BUT they get paid enough and will no doubt be having the full treatment today.

Men Rule - I'm Gay

Windass - Local boy done good, not gay that I know of...

Nope I have not suddenly realised that I like men. I saw it on the back of a car and it made me laugh. Whereas you normally see, Clean me I'm dirty OR the old classic Also available in White. A VW Passett had MEN RULE I'M GAY scrawled across the back.

Less said about football the better.... Well apart from good luck to Hull though as I have lots of mates from up there north.

Come on you Eagles

Been a while again...
First off my thoughts are with the people of Burma, for those that do not know my mother is Burmese and although we dont have family, as such, in the country it is still heart breaking to see the Junta refuse help. Faye and I travelled round Burma during our year out and it is a great place with the nicest people you could meet.

Footy News
Well after not receiving my ticket for Saturdays game against Bristol City there was bit of a mad panic to pick up my tickets pre match although saying that I just walked up to the window that had my Surname detailed, not sure why 100's queued up behind A-E unless they are are all in that range, personally I guess they love the English way of queuing.

Is bit of a story behind my ticket though as I laughed at my Dad because Faye had said that my ticket had arrived so after laughing at him getting stressed I go home for a BBQ (Details to follow) and sat down to a nice beer and some food when he calls to say he is ringing the PO sorting office up at 6am to see if the ticket was there before box office at 7.45 to get the ticket ready for a pick up, I grab my tickets saying they are in my hand when it occurred to me to check and they had only sent my guest tickets and not my season ticket one. Oh how he laughed...

Dont know why they could not just "credit" the season ticket as it is a smart card.

We played quite poor on Saturday after a good game last week when we beat Burnley 5-0 but I still think we will do it tonight.

Bostock is meant to be off but I will post more on my views of that later in the week.

BBQ News
What a nightmare, first off I never cleaned the BBQ properly so it was a mess and the gas was empty so tearing round to many gas places I discover there is a huge shortage for 5KG patio gas so I could not get one BUT then had a result as the boy in the petrol station sold me a 13KG one and took the 5KG in exchange saved some dosh there as I should of paid for an upgrade as well as the gas.

Kids Club
Max is getting so grown up and last night he went to bed with no nappy on. He has been dry throughout the night for a while but last night was his first with no nappy.

Skye is trying to pull herself up all the time now and is very cute. Still not easy to make her smile like Max was but it is more rewarding when she does.

I will post a picture up very soon but I'm at work for this post.

Sure there was lots of other things to blog about so will try harder to get some time, enjoy the sun.

Wii Fit and Mario Kart

Wii Fit

We pre-ordered the Wii Fit a while ago from Tesco Direct and it turned up on Monday. Since then I have spent a bit on it BUT Faye has been on it loads. It's quite good from the quick go I had but Faye is unlocking all sorts of games and is loving it !

I also picked up Mario Kart for the Wii on Monday from Comet, after trying over the weekend to get the game my friend emailed and said that Comet have them in stock ! Didnt even realise that we would, that will teach me not to check the company I work for ! The game itself is a classic made better and I'm looking forward to playing him online tomorrow. Just wish I could get Faye off the Wii so I can practice.

Both are great games and I give them a Simmo thumbs up rather then the finger.

Wish I didnt say that !

Today has been a good day, although Palace can not get automatic promotion we had a very good win at Watford today and many of the other results also went our well. Nice to see that Charlton are not going to make the play offs this year and 3 points "should" be enough for us. Lets hope Wolves lose on Tuesday V Cardiff. Ref was really poor today and the guy next to me said he was ref for the FA Cup final :-0

Who would of thought it when Warnock took over and couldn't get a win !

Before the game we went into town, picture this, we went to a shop in Berkhamsted and the young shop assistants are chatting to Max as Faye paid for a few items and amazed at his talking skills for such a young boy when he starts touching the china items so I say "Max what do we say... looky looky NO Touchy touchy" in a slight Thai accent and he starts saying it. The girls did laugh it has to be said. As I walked up the road thinking about it I suddenly turn to Faye and said that I might of sounded a bit like a perv. She agreed....... Wish I didn't say that !

Catfish

Photo is of us all last Sunday.

OK Since I posted back in September that the catfish had babies and seemed to love the Bioube. Well the tank is "infested" with them now :-0 We have 17 and they seem to be having babies every month. We are going to have to split them all up now as they keep breading and the tank is just too small for them.

Cool to have so many but bad for the tank and poor old Coppell has no space.

Off to Watford tomorrow for the footy, really looking forward to a quick journey rather then 1 1/2 hours each way. Might have to have a beer or two and I can enjoy getting to see the whole game. For some reason though the box office have sent me a concession ticket rather then an adult one. I have printed the confirmation off just in case the bloke on the door gets "Funny"

My car also failed the MOT so I have been ringing round the breakers to get a new seat belt, the baby car seat has started to tear the belt ! Audi want £150 for the belt plus they wont let me fit it so would be at least 1 hour's work at £110 the robbing bastards. I managed to get one and should get it soon but have to fit it. £45 delivered. Sorted. Do have a problem though as car is getting brakes done (also failed MOT on those) on Monday and the belt might not come until Monday so my timing on the re-test might be a bit... well screwed.

Watford FC

One Size who has thankfully left us

I had to smile as I saw the bbc pages updating last night and Watford went down 3-0 at home to Barnsley. They blew the chance to go top, we seem to be in a league where no one wants to actually go up!

We are playing them next week and seeing as they are now, by default, my "local" side I will be there in the away end.

Should we beat Scunthorpe on Saturday we will send them down and the game against Watford will have even more meaning as I can not see them (Watford) beating WBA on Saturday. What a tight league we have this year !

RIP Charlton Heston

Shame to hear about the great man, Planet of the Apes, Ben Hur and of course Wayne's World 2.



He will be missed.

WHAT !

Max has started saying WHAT at every moment he can now and we know we shouldn't so we are trying hard not to laugh because he does it just to wind us up ! He knows it gets us so he keeps saying it even though he has heard us.

It's our own fault for laughing so much the first time he said it. Even worse I know but every time he says it I keep thinking of Pulp Fiction.

Just say WHAT one more time.......... It is on youtube and here is the link you have to get through to about 04.40 before you get to the scene but it's such a class film enjoy the first 4 mins !

Coffee

Francis Francis

I have bought a new Francis Francis coffee machine and it is great. I have been using it with lots of different coffees and have managed to get a good crema almost every time. Went down to Whittards and bought this really special coffee called Blue Mountain Jamaica and it is 5 times more expensive then all the other coffees and it is good. Not sure it is really worth £11 for 125grams when the other coffee is about £2 but it is less "harsh" and really suits a Latte.

There is quite a lot to making a coffee when you start reading the internet for the best way to make coffee. Now to find out what stretching the milk means and if you should or shouldn't use flavoured syrups.

Here is a picture of Max with Skye.

Moses

borrowed from Jesuswalk.com

All hail a new king is born at Selhurst and his name is Victor Moses. A while ago I blogged about Bostock making his debut for Palace and said something along the lines of yeah he is good but it's Moses you need to watch out for....

Today I finally got my first "live" viewing of the young prodigy. I was taken back just how good he looked and how good he is going to be, he glides with the ball and does some stuff where he is away from the ball but the ball is under total control, it is a strange thing to see that this young 17 year old just shift his body and the ball seems to be gone but then it is back again under his feet. Incredible.

The only part of his game I dont like and I'm sure Warnock will beat it out of him is that he goes down like he has been shot. I'm sure it is hard for a 17 year old to keep getting hit by tackles but he does seem to go down a tad easy but then he still needs to toughen up. His game is missing a bit of speed and determination but he is young and the good times are coming.

Yes I finally got to my first game since New years day and it was great to be back :-) I got some stick from the gents around me but not too much. The only problem I had was that I drove so that I could leave a bit earlier to give a hand with bathtime and I would not of been able to get back fast enough on the trains. It took 1 1/2 hours there and the same back with clear traffic so a bit quicker then the trains but as I say it was clear on the roads. From Berko I ended up going right round the M25 and up A3 to miss the traffic going through London and it seemed OK. Was strange going that way as it was the way I used to drive (up A3) until I moved to London. Things dont 'alf change and it seemed like a different route. The TomTom kept trying to send me different ways but I stuck with the route that I learnt as a lad and sometimes I wonder why I took the TomTom but the speed camera warnings were good. Next time though I will try the way it says once I leave the A3 at Raynes Park.

Oh and I missed the winning goal by Prince Harry AKA Watson as I left at 4.25 and he scored as I turned the radio on in the car :-( Still 2-1 to the Palace so happy.

They call me James......

Max and Skye Lilly

My name is James and they all now call me James, Max has started copying everything we say and now calls me James rather then daddy not all the time but quite a bit, See yer James he shouts as I go to work although I do get a daddy on the phone calls and when I get home. It's amazing really how good his speech is. It is so good he has even stared to copy me taking the "mickey" for example, the other day someone who was round asked for a cup of tea so in my best cockney accent I said
"Cup of rosie lee coming up" and lo and behold the boy said it as well with the accent. Brilliant really. Not sure I like it when he hears Faye call me honey and he copies that, it does make me laugh though.

His other favorite word is NO and that gets used a bit more then we would like.

Max and Skye are both doing really well, Skye seems a bit like me....... She is quite grumpy and frowns a lot :-) She is really cute and beautiful with it. Her sleeping is not bad although we have moved her to her own room, bit sooner then most but she is noisy and I snore so it is best for all.