Post 200!! Can I believe it??
A couple of things happened yesterday and made me think, blog? But they didn't quite seem enough to blog about. So I thought combine them into one post and maybe it will just pass the quality threshold.
The first was (in a entertainingly way) a defining moment of me! I have had it well etablished in my mind and have even mentioned it on the blog, that the things that I'm passionate about and you ought to know about me are: love of musicals, Harry Potter, Formula One, family, then also ER, Anne, Scottish Dancing... Well, I had a testing of these yesterday. I was hurrying back to the car just after 1pm ready to put the radio on to hear how the Spanish Grand Prix had started. I leapt into the car, turned the engine on and the radio came on. But the radio had been left on Radio 2 and my hand went to the button to change it to 5Live but then it paused. It was the start of the Elaine Paige show and the song was Me and My Girl. What should I do??? The first few laps were under way - those that are most likely to be exciting, but this is one of my favourite musicals??? I ended up listening to the verse and music until it went into the tap dancing then switched over, thinking I could listen to it on iplayer - so I don't know what you'd say would have won!
The second occasion is about wellness. I had been saying this weekend that it was like I had a cold, but without feeling really bad. I wondered if it was like normal peoples colds. My nose, throat and eyes weren't great, but inside my head itself I was ok... mysterious. Then I was chatting to mum and lizzie and Lizzie said, 'isn't it hayever' and I went 'ooohhhhhh'! I had been saying to people over the last month or so when asked if I suffer from hayfever, that I never really think that I do, but then I will be feeling unwell and someone will say is it hayfever and then it clicks that maybe it is a really mild form of it. And that's what happened to me exactly again, and I was even kind of expecting it! Doh!
So there are two little things about me, recorded for posterity! Posterity, if you're reading this, do comment and let me know what you think! Are you pleased I recorded it?
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Confucius "Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." Louisa May Alcott
Monday, 23 May 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
A Sporty Day
A small post and a photo-less one but just wished to make a quick note of the sporty day I had yesterday - being something that doesn't often happen!!
A group of ladies at school have decided to run the race for life this year. I did it 3 years ago with mamma and lizzie and really enjoyed it, and am excited to be giving it another go! After school yesterday we went for our first run together. There were 5 of us and I was really pleased with how I did. We didn't all run together and I came in second with another teacher - 1 and a half miles in 17 minutes.
Then John and I drove home and drove to the swimming pool. We have signed up to do a mini triathlon in June so have been having a go at the constituent parts.
After our swim, we went back to John's then we cycled down to the tennis courts and played tennis with John's family. Then cycled on to their house, ate and watched the apprentice, then cycled back to John's.
Can you believe it? I'm feeling tired just remembering it!
A group of ladies at school have decided to run the race for life this year. I did it 3 years ago with mamma and lizzie and really enjoyed it, and am excited to be giving it another go! After school yesterday we went for our first run together. There were 5 of us and I was really pleased with how I did. We didn't all run together and I came in second with another teacher - 1 and a half miles in 17 minutes.
Then John and I drove home and drove to the swimming pool. We have signed up to do a mini triathlon in June so have been having a go at the constituent parts.
After our swim, we went back to John's then we cycled down to the tennis courts and played tennis with John's family. Then cycled on to their house, ate and watched the apprentice, then cycled back to John's.
Can you believe it? I'm feeling tired just remembering it!
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Blog updates - quotations
I decided it was time to change the snow picture as the heading, seeing as it has been springtime for so long. I decided to put a picture of me trampolining up, which when taken in Derbyshire I had thought 'profile picture' for facebook. And I have consequently spent some time trying sort it so that the sizing is right. But writing this now, I have thought maybe it might be a nicer idea to put a picture of some flowers. I take a lot of them but then don't really know what to do with them! The truth is, I like there to be a picture of me because I am quite vain, but I don't want to appear egotistical and so I have chosen photos where I am not full in the face. But this one is pretty much just me! So I reckon I will see how I like looking at it and change it to a flower if necessary. 
The trampolining picture is a portrait size one and so not ideal for a banner. I have added the blue background to make it fit in the space. But then the blue background left it looking a little empty so I decided to add some writing to the edges - but what to add? Ideas that initially came were along the lines of: Sky’s the limit.
Jump. Reach for the
sky. Leaping locomotives. Back at home tonight I have looked at the books on my bedside table that I acquired from Lizzie when she was having a clear out a while back. I ashamedly really like inspirational sayings, and am one of the people who can stand for ages in a gift shop looking at the fridge magnets with quirky phrases on. I know must people think they are gushing and sentimental but i like them!
Here are a few that I wondered about for the blog:
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius (551-479 BC) I have this one up in my classroom.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspiration. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Adds special appeal to me as she is the writer of Little Women.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) This has nothing to do with trampolining, but it just seemed to suit me, which is when I decided writing a post about quotations would be a good place to keep them!
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Musical - Mamma Mia
A trip to the West End with friends to celebrate a birthday.
We had all seen the film made a couple of years ago and enjoyed but none of us had seen the stage version that has been going over a decade I believe. We were excited about the occasion. It took us a little while to fully ease into it. I think we were kind of expecting it to be so good and fun that it was a bit hard to live up to initially, but I felt sold from the Chiquitita number. The Julie Walters character and the other woman (that's how i think of them!) were really great! And from then on I was going with it and loving it. I think if I didn't have the film comparison it would seem even better. The stage (obviously) couldn't manage the beautiful shots of the Greek Island and sea and sun which were amazing, and also it didn't have the big stars. The dancing in flippers was amazing though - and of course I loved the big set numbers! A truly silly story but that didn't worry me! I enjoyed the swaying heads in the audience and there was some singing along from me and others. Then the encore started and everyone got up on their feet and danced for 3 whole numbers!!!! Brilliant!!!
So I Say Thank You For The Music...
And, of course, I couldn't stop thinking about the legendary Mark Kermode review of the film, so here it is!!
We had all seen the film made a couple of years ago and enjoyed but none of us had seen the stage version that has been going over a decade I believe. We were excited about the occasion. It took us a little while to fully ease into it. I think we were kind of expecting it to be so good and fun that it was a bit hard to live up to initially, but I felt sold from the Chiquitita number. The Julie Walters character and the other woman (that's how i think of them!) were really great! And from then on I was going with it and loving it. I think if I didn't have the film comparison it would seem even better. The stage (obviously) couldn't manage the beautiful shots of the Greek Island and sea and sun which were amazing, and also it didn't have the big stars. The dancing in flippers was amazing though - and of course I loved the big set numbers! A truly silly story but that didn't worry me! I enjoyed the swaying heads in the audience and there was some singing along from me and others. Then the encore started and everyone got up on their feet and danced for 3 whole numbers!!!! Brilliant!!!
So I Say Thank You For The Music...
And, of course, I couldn't stop thinking about the legendary Mark Kermode review of the film, so here it is!!
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Messing about on the water TO FINISH
Sarah so kindly organised for a weekend away with the uni scotland gang!
Thank you, Pirelli!
Not a Martin, but a DC one!
A strange story for me... Sunday morning, I was leaving my friend's house at 9.30 who I had stayed the night with and we heard some noise from upstairs and she said oh, her boyfriend must be watching the Grand Prix. Grand Prix, Grand Prix? There wasn't a Grand Prix this weekend... was there? It was only a weekend after the last one wasn't it? And I had heard nothing on 5Live about it. But then I hadn't been listening to the radio this weekend, being with friends. Quick check on the iphone and discover yes, it was the Chinese Grand Prix!!! Got to be the first time in years that I didn't even know a grand prix was going on!!
I decided to try avoid news, wasn't too hard, being a busy weekend with friends. Back in my room at 10.30pm on Monday night, and to iplayer I go. Oddly, and initially disappointingly, the race wasn't on there. There was the 5Live race commentary, and there was the TV highlights show. So I went for the highlights package which turned out to be brilliant as I didn't have much time and it only showed the best bits! I managed almost the whole hour of the programme, before it started to buffer so I took my glasses off and went to sleep and saw the final 6 laps this morning.
And it was a good one! Loads of overtaking thanks to KERS, DRS and Pirelli tyres, with a 3 stopper turning out to be quicker than a 2 stopper. The team looking good changed so often during the race. A bad bit for McLaren was when Button came into the pits and stopped at Red Bull! Oh Jens! In the end it was a great Hamilton win, Vetel second, Weber third, Button fourth. good times that I almost didn't know about!
Haha - Jake has just said it's 3 weeks till F1 is back in Turkey. Take note!
A strange story for me... Sunday morning, I was leaving my friend's house at 9.30 who I had stayed the night with and we heard some noise from upstairs and she said oh, her boyfriend must be watching the Grand Prix. Grand Prix, Grand Prix? There wasn't a Grand Prix this weekend... was there? It was only a weekend after the last one wasn't it? And I had heard nothing on 5Live about it. But then I hadn't been listening to the radio this weekend, being with friends. Quick check on the iphone and discover yes, it was the Chinese Grand Prix!!! Got to be the first time in years that I didn't even know a grand prix was going on!!
I decided to try avoid news, wasn't too hard, being a busy weekend with friends. Back in my room at 10.30pm on Monday night, and to iplayer I go. Oddly, and initially disappointingly, the race wasn't on there. There was the 5Live race commentary, and there was the TV highlights show. So I went for the highlights package which turned out to be brilliant as I didn't have much time and it only showed the best bits! I managed almost the whole hour of the programme, before it started to buffer so I took my glasses off and went to sleep and saw the final 6 laps this morning.
And it was a good one! Loads of overtaking thanks to KERS, DRS and Pirelli tyres, with a 3 stopper turning out to be quicker than a 2 stopper. The team looking good changed so often during the race. A bad bit for McLaren was when Button came into the pits and stopped at Red Bull! Oh Jens! In the end it was a great Hamilton win, Vetel second, Weber third, Button fourth. good times that I almost didn't know about!
Haha - Jake has just said it's 3 weeks till F1 is back in Turkey. Take note!
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Last of the Late Breakers!
I was a little apprehensive this season when it transpired that Martin Brundle was now the lead man in the commentary box with DC as his side kick. Would he still be able to make such great off the cuff comments while having to give the full run down of what was happening. But with this post title classic comment I knew a post was on it's way!
Race number two of the season, Malaysia. Bahrain was canelled/postponed (we shall wait and see which) after unrest in the country. Australia was then promoted by default to season debut two weeks ago. It started at 6am which I felt was quite late relatively even with the lost hour, but racing was in fact so uninteresting that my eyes closed just about every lap. Vetel (world champion) win, with Hamilton a better-than-pre-season-testing-suggested second.
Here we go again at an even more civilised hour. After a natural wake up, I have in fact spent some time on internet during pre-show and then even vacuumed out the car before making it back to my room for the warm up lap. Having been enjoying watching, and now blogging, while also starting a little room tidy - still more to be done. Also need to go shower before end of race. Think I may go now, while the little spitting of rain (in Malaysia) is over. Current standings on lap 22/56: Vetel, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Heidfeld, Massa.
Back from shower - Lap 28: seems that most people have now done a second pit stop.
Suddenly realised I could paint toe nails while watching - Spring has very much arrived here! So will not be blogging necessarily much now. Will just say though, that it's a good race with ever so much overtaking back and forth!
Lap 45: It's all turned to custard for D'Amrosio. thank goodness we got that one out the way. Oh Martin...
Lap 47: Hamilton and Alonso just touched. It really is a good one, without major incidents!
Ended with another win for Vettel and Button second!
Race number two of the season, Malaysia. Bahrain was canelled/postponed (we shall wait and see which) after unrest in the country. Australia was then promoted by default to season debut two weeks ago. It started at 6am which I felt was quite late relatively even with the lost hour, but racing was in fact so uninteresting that my eyes closed just about every lap. Vetel (world champion) win, with Hamilton a better-than-pre-season-testing-suggested second.
Here we go again at an even more civilised hour. After a natural wake up, I have in fact spent some time on internet during pre-show and then even vacuumed out the car before making it back to my room for the warm up lap. Having been enjoying watching, and now blogging, while also starting a little room tidy - still more to be done. Also need to go shower before end of race. Think I may go now, while the little spitting of rain (in Malaysia) is over. Current standings on lap 22/56: Vetel, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Heidfeld, Massa.
Back from shower - Lap 28: seems that most people have now done a second pit stop.
Lap 45: It's all turned to custard for D'Amrosio. thank goodness we got that one out the way. Oh Martin...
Lap 47: Hamilton and Alonso just touched. It really is a good one, without major incidents!
Ended with another win for Vettel and Button second!
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