Thursday, 22 February 2007
Abandoned
So everyone at work has gone home and left me here alone....perfect time for a blog entry methinks.
Not much going on in the Land of Roz. Today I went to Body Pump at the gym and managed 30kg on the squat track. An all time personal best. Roll on skinny me! Mahalah and I have signed up for personal training too. It's cheap if you share a session and the guy who's doing it is the bizarrley cute one from circuit class (I can't explain it - maybe it's the extra endorphins from exercise - endorphin goggles if you will). You may not recognise me when you get back.
Joe and I bought a little car. It's a black Golf and it goes! Quite exciting to drive but not as exciting when being driven by Joe. I think he's part boy racer (of course he is, he's a boy!!).
Only one week to skiing. This time next week I'll be on a plane to Canada dreaming of my successful career as an Olympic ski jumper. I'll be the Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards of the Noughties. Flying through the air like a small albatross, riding the wind like a flying squirrel.... "Would you like the chicken or the beef madam?". Maybe not. Oh well, I'll settle at ice hockey champ or figure skating queen instead.
This weekend I am going back to lovely Reading for some birthday celebrations. My friend Sarah is very pregnant now and she looks great! We've got a sweepstake going and I've plumped for it being a 7lb girl born on April 1st (it's due on the 24th). I stand to win a modest £9 from this but it's the status I crave. "There goes Roz, baby predicter extrordinaire."
Finally, one question that I'm sure is on everyone's lips - is this Gerry bloke hot?
Heehee.
Not much going on in the Land of Roz. Today I went to Body Pump at the gym and managed 30kg on the squat track. An all time personal best. Roll on skinny me! Mahalah and I have signed up for personal training too. It's cheap if you share a session and the guy who's doing it is the bizarrley cute one from circuit class (I can't explain it - maybe it's the extra endorphins from exercise - endorphin goggles if you will). You may not recognise me when you get back.
Joe and I bought a little car. It's a black Golf and it goes! Quite exciting to drive but not as exciting when being driven by Joe. I think he's part boy racer (of course he is, he's a boy!!).
Only one week to skiing. This time next week I'll be on a plane to Canada dreaming of my successful career as an Olympic ski jumper. I'll be the Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards of the Noughties. Flying through the air like a small albatross, riding the wind like a flying squirrel.... "Would you like the chicken or the beef madam?". Maybe not. Oh well, I'll settle at ice hockey champ or figure skating queen instead.
This weekend I am going back to lovely Reading for some birthday celebrations. My friend Sarah is very pregnant now and she looks great! We've got a sweepstake going and I've plumped for it being a 7lb girl born on April 1st (it's due on the 24th). I stand to win a modest £9 from this but it's the status I crave. "There goes Roz, baby predicter extrordinaire."
Finally, one question that I'm sure is on everyone's lips - is this Gerry bloke hot?
Heehee.
Saturday, 17 February 2007
little dotted lines
Oooh, a car! Will you be painting a small polly on your new car i wonder? i bet Joe would love to impress the lads with a Golf-version of the Polly-car!
I will think of you all off out this evening. I{m 3 hours behind you guys, so at midnight, when you're all hitting the dancefloor, i'll probably be just getting off the bus in Bariloche. I'll do a little jig in the station in your honour!
So, my route so far has been:
South from Buenos Aires to Peurto Madryn & the Valdes Peninsula (halfway down argentina on the east coast)
Peurto Madryn to El Calafate and the Moreno Glacier (near the bottom of Argentina on the Chilean border)
Across to Peurto Natales & the Torres del Paine National Park (just across the Chilean border)
South to Punto Arenas
Further south to Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego (most southern point of South America)
All the above was on (very long) overnight bus journeys, so to save some time, got a flight back up North to Peurto Montt in Chile (halfway between the bottom of S.America and Santiago).
Been here for a couple of days - went across to Chiloe island with Gerry yesterday, which was cool. there{s some really pretty old towns there and a lovely port. was quite cold though! Gerry headed off to Oz last night, so am back on the road by myself. It{s quite weird, i{ve actually hardly spent any time at all on my own so far, so i still need to get used to it i think.
Bariloche is a bit of a backpacker mecca, so should be lots of fun to be had there. probably going to do some rafting and more trekking in the national park there. i{m going to be fitter than i{ve ever been in my life by the time i get back!!! Think i{ll stay there for 4-5 days before heading up to Mendoza in the north of Argentina.
Hope you all have a fantastic night tonight! lots of Fame-style moves from Miss Davis I hope!!!
lots and lots of love to all the lovely ladies of the kitchening scene!
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I will think of you all off out this evening. I{m 3 hours behind you guys, so at midnight, when you're all hitting the dancefloor, i'll probably be just getting off the bus in Bariloche. I'll do a little jig in the station in your honour!
So, my route so far has been:
South from Buenos Aires to Peurto Madryn & the Valdes Peninsula (halfway down argentina on the east coast)
Peurto Madryn to El Calafate and the Moreno Glacier (near the bottom of Argentina on the Chilean border)
Across to Peurto Natales & the Torres del Paine National Park (just across the Chilean border)
South to Punto Arenas
Further south to Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego (most southern point of South America)
All the above was on (very long) overnight bus journeys, so to save some time, got a flight back up North to Peurto Montt in Chile (halfway between the bottom of S.America and Santiago).
Been here for a couple of days - went across to Chiloe island with Gerry yesterday, which was cool. there{s some really pretty old towns there and a lovely port. was quite cold though! Gerry headed off to Oz last night, so am back on the road by myself. It{s quite weird, i{ve actually hardly spent any time at all on my own so far, so i still need to get used to it i think.
Bariloche is a bit of a backpacker mecca, so should be lots of fun to be had there. probably going to do some rafting and more trekking in the national park there. i{m going to be fitter than i{ve ever been in my life by the time i get back!!! Think i{ll stay there for 4-5 days before heading up to Mendoza in the north of Argentina.
Hope you all have a fantastic night tonight! lots of Fame-style moves from Miss Davis I hope!!!
lots and lots of love to all the lovely ladies of the kitchening scene!
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007
dedicated to the ones I love....
.....that's you guys! happy valentines day!
it's so good to hear from you steph. for the less geographically minded of us, can you explain what part of s.america you are in now...bottom, middle or top should surfice. i want to be able to picture you as a little dotted line moving across that map like in films (if in a comedy, maybe the little dotted line gets lost and ends up circling a tree...who knows?).
as for the DIY and decorating list, we haven't got round to that one yet. still on the stupidly long (and quite boring) cleaning list. but gradually everything is becoming a bit more homely and i forgive the house for being dirty - it's not her fault really.
met the upstairs neighbours, they are lovely people. and like minded too so fingers crossed it should be very easy to get along with them.
me and joe are going to buy a car too, a little golf i think. i finally caved when i realised how annoying it is trying to shop for beds and things without being able to drive - all of the furniture shops are on retail parks away from the trains and/or the centre of london.
we're out for drinks and a boogie on saturday steph so we'll carry you with us in our rum and cokes, party shoes and bag of chips. can't wait to have you back but also, don't want to wish your time away so hopefully that then cancels the other out and we're left with normal time passing...?
brain scramble. back to work.
it's so good to hear from you steph. for the less geographically minded of us, can you explain what part of s.america you are in now...bottom, middle or top should surfice. i want to be able to picture you as a little dotted line moving across that map like in films (if in a comedy, maybe the little dotted line gets lost and ends up circling a tree...who knows?).
as for the DIY and decorating list, we haven't got round to that one yet. still on the stupidly long (and quite boring) cleaning list. but gradually everything is becoming a bit more homely and i forgive the house for being dirty - it's not her fault really.
met the upstairs neighbours, they are lovely people. and like minded too so fingers crossed it should be very easy to get along with them.
me and joe are going to buy a car too, a little golf i think. i finally caved when i realised how annoying it is trying to shop for beds and things without being able to drive - all of the furniture shops are on retail parks away from the trains and/or the centre of london.
we're out for drinks and a boogie on saturday steph so we'll carry you with us in our rum and cokes, party shoes and bag of chips. can't wait to have you back but also, don't want to wish your time away so hopefully that then cancels the other out and we're left with normal time passing...?
brain scramble. back to work.
Friday, 9 February 2007
snowy fun!
Ooooo! sounds like lots of snowy fun has been going on (and some non-fun too, with the not-so-nice-slippery-ice!)
ah, i love reading the blog! i feel like i know exactly what´s going on & can picture you all going about your business :)) (extra big smiley face for sally!)
i bet your hair looks loooovely sally apple! same colour still? Has Paulo laft for NY yet? hope you had lots of fun still....
how was toy fair natalie woozle? hadn´t heard about 6 nations....but had heard about shilpa & big brother - apparently India requested an official apology??! craziness.
how´s Steve´s business going Sianie?? if he´s off to client meetings on horrendously snowy, nasty days he must be doing ok...? have you got used to signing James-Royle yet?
Hope your pasta was yummy Rozzie Muffins, that lovely Mr Thomas must be looking after you well at least. Are you all fully moved in then now? what´s on the DIY/decorating list?? can you give me a little, tiny taster of DH news?? i was looking the the tv guide here the other day....they have DH but with different actresses. was trying to work out from the picture who would play who, but only Lynette was obvious (looked harrassed and was wearing worse clothes than the others).
You´ll be home tomorrow i guess T bagsicles....hope the flight was ok. you´re everywhere at the moment....are they going to give you a rest after India & Hong Kong?? My Spanish is improving, i can communicate, but i think i sound a bit stupid. i so wish i´d finished the course now!! am going to try and keep learning when i get back....want to do a linguaphone home course together :) ?
I miss you all soooo much! take care and speak to u soon!!!!
love, love, love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ah, i love reading the blog! i feel like i know exactly what´s going on & can picture you all going about your business :)) (extra big smiley face for sally!)
i bet your hair looks loooovely sally apple! same colour still? Has Paulo laft for NY yet? hope you had lots of fun still....
how was toy fair natalie woozle? hadn´t heard about 6 nations....but had heard about shilpa & big brother - apparently India requested an official apology??! craziness.
how´s Steve´s business going Sianie?? if he´s off to client meetings on horrendously snowy, nasty days he must be doing ok...? have you got used to signing James-Royle yet?
Hope your pasta was yummy Rozzie Muffins, that lovely Mr Thomas must be looking after you well at least. Are you all fully moved in then now? what´s on the DIY/decorating list?? can you give me a little, tiny taster of DH news?? i was looking the the tv guide here the other day....they have DH but with different actresses. was trying to work out from the picture who would play who, but only Lynette was obvious (looked harrassed and was wearing worse clothes than the others).
You´ll be home tomorrow i guess T bagsicles....hope the flight was ok. you´re everywhere at the moment....are they going to give you a rest after India & Hong Kong?? My Spanish is improving, i can communicate, but i think i sound a bit stupid. i so wish i´d finished the course now!! am going to try and keep learning when i get back....want to do a linguaphone home course together :) ?
I miss you all soooo much! take care and speak to u soon!!!!
love, love, love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Quiero una cerveza por favor!
Hola beautifuls!!
Am having such an amaaaazzzzing time! just got back from a 5 day trek in Torres del Paine national park. still travelling with Gerry (Irish guy) and between us had to carry all our food and camping equipment for the whole trek. am shocked i made it, but really proud too. enjoyed it so much, i wanted to start again as soon as i´d finished (except that my legs would probably have dropped off at that point!!)
It´s pretty cold here, have been wearing a vest, thermal top, 2 fleeces and a waterproof to walk in....was snowing 2 days ago.
Also did some ice hiking on the Perito Moreno glacier last week, was MASSIVE. looked like a really huge, interestingly shaped piece of polystyrene! T, you would have liked it - at the end hey gave everyone a glass of scotch whisky with a chunk of glacier ice in it! it´s a shame you weren´t there, mine went down about as well as it did in the Jamesons factory!!
Have been telling Gerry all about you guys (and showing pictures), he says he feels like he already knows you....if you get a strange, bearded fellow turning up that knows all about you, you´ll know who it is ,)
India sounds really cool T! you must be about the only person i´ve heard of not to come back with delhi belly! the Hong Kong offer sounds interesting....no ideas when they might be thinking of?
how´s everyone else? still happy and healthy? Feeling settled in new houses?? haven´t looked at the blog yet, will check there in case youév already told me all this :) ....will copy this message into the kitchen too, in case it´s easier...
ok, will sign off now. heading south to Ushuaia (most southern city) this evening. still travelling with Gerry, but meeting up with some others i met in Buenos Aires too, so should be fun :)
love you all lots and lots!
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Am having such an amaaaazzzzing time! just got back from a 5 day trek in Torres del Paine national park. still travelling with Gerry (Irish guy) and between us had to carry all our food and camping equipment for the whole trek. am shocked i made it, but really proud too. enjoyed it so much, i wanted to start again as soon as i´d finished (except that my legs would probably have dropped off at that point!!)
It´s pretty cold here, have been wearing a vest, thermal top, 2 fleeces and a waterproof to walk in....was snowing 2 days ago.
Also did some ice hiking on the Perito Moreno glacier last week, was MASSIVE. looked like a really huge, interestingly shaped piece of polystyrene! T, you would have liked it - at the end hey gave everyone a glass of scotch whisky with a chunk of glacier ice in it! it´s a shame you weren´t there, mine went down about as well as it did in the Jamesons factory!!
Have been telling Gerry all about you guys (and showing pictures), he says he feels like he already knows you....if you get a strange, bearded fellow turning up that knows all about you, you´ll know who it is ,)
India sounds really cool T! you must be about the only person i´ve heard of not to come back with delhi belly! the Hong Kong offer sounds interesting....no ideas when they might be thinking of?
how´s everyone else? still happy and healthy? Feeling settled in new houses?? haven´t looked at the blog yet, will check there in case youév already told me all this :) ....will copy this message into the kitchen too, in case it´s easier...
ok, will sign off now. heading south to Ushuaia (most southern city) this evening. still travelling with Gerry, but meeting up with some others i met in Buenos Aires too, so should be fun :)
love you all lots and lots!
xxxxzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just got told I look like an elf...
... Although i'm hoping she said elf and not ALF to be fair!?? Had all my hair cut off this week - 'tis very short, I quite like it although I have to keep looking like a toff and putting the collar up on my coat to keep my neck warm!
Apart from that, not much exciting stuff to report - Nat covered most things! The most excting thing to day is deciding where we should go for lunch?!
DH this week was awesome - Roz'll fill you in!
Am heading home for the weekend, so our poor little flat will be empty :( - yes, I have learn't to use smiley faces, although still don't totally approve!
Hope you're having lots of fun Stephi - just drop us a line when you get chance or send a smoke signal or something just so we know you are ok?!
Lots of love xxx
Apart from that, not much exciting stuff to report - Nat covered most things! The most excting thing to day is deciding where we should go for lunch?!
DH this week was awesome - Roz'll fill you in!
Am heading home for the weekend, so our poor little flat will be empty :( - yes, I have learn't to use smiley faces, although still don't totally approve!
Hope you're having lots of fun Stephi - just drop us a line when you get chance or send a smoke signal or something just so we know you are ok?!
Lots of love xxx
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Hot soup for lunch today please!
This morning has been eventful:
woke up and it was snowing (although that was no supprise as the weather man had been predicting it for days!)
had to decide with Steve if he was going to try to make it up to York for a prospective client meeting, in the end we decided yes after a gorilla style research attack at 6:15am that involved the TV, Radio and shocking bad GNER rail website
wanted to go back to sleep but decided to get up an hour earlier anyway.. to do some extra work!!!
on the way to the docs had to navigate really slippery pavements infront of trafic jams, slipped more than once and at one point walked into a dageriously low overhead shrub! Quickly decided to get off the main road as Im sure people were using me as a source of incar-entertainment.
went to the docs about a cut i have on my lip, turned out not to be a cut but a bloody coldsore - really gutted and wholey blame my sister for spreading her deseases
on the way to the train station decided to get a tea and something yummy for breakfast, what a good idea untill I sliped yet again and spilled boiling hot tea over my left hand
So im only just onthe tain to work and feel battered and bruised already! Fun-oh-fun :)
woke up and it was snowing (although that was no supprise as the weather man had been predicting it for days!)
had to decide with Steve if he was going to try to make it up to York for a prospective client meeting, in the end we decided yes after a gorilla style research attack at 6:15am that involved the TV, Radio and shocking bad GNER rail website
wanted to go back to sleep but decided to get up an hour earlier anyway.. to do some extra work!!!
on the way to the docs had to navigate really slippery pavements infront of trafic jams, slipped more than once and at one point walked into a dageriously low overhead shrub! Quickly decided to get off the main road as Im sure people were using me as a source of incar-entertainment.
went to the docs about a cut i have on my lip, turned out not to be a cut but a bloody coldsore - really gutted and wholey blame my sister for spreading her deseases
on the way to the train station decided to get a tea and something yummy for breakfast, what a good idea untill I sliped yet again and spilled boiling hot tea over my left hand
So im only just onthe tain to work and feel battered and bruised already! Fun-oh-fun :)
I can't think of a title for this blog
Hey peeps,
So it's all a bit quiet on the Metaphorical kitchen front this week, I guess we are all extremely busy bunnies!! Not much really happening I'm afraid Steph, although we are starting to wonder where you've got too, we are missing you very much and hope that above all you are keeping safe and having lots of fun.
This week we've been to the Pizza Express Jazz club to watch Sally's cousin Tom Cawley play with a jazz group, he was awesome!!! On Tuesday I went to see Blood Diamond, a fantastic film and Leo Di Caprio is sooooooo hot, I don't know what he's been doing over the past year but it works for me!
Desperate Housewives was a corker last night, but I'll leave it to Rozzi to write about that in her journal, you would be proud of her she has written reams already.
Today we had snow again, serious snow this time, 12-15cm in some places, but alas not in London, most of it had disappeared by the afternoon, but it was very pretty this morning when I left the house and nearly ended up falling on my butt! I'm going home to IOW this weekend, got quite a lot of travelling coming up so I thought I'd better squeeze in a weekend at home. I'm planning a long run if I can stand the weather I really need to bump up my marathon training I only have 3 months left! And I'm hoping to watch the England Rugby match too, in case you haven't heard Steph, we won against Scotland in the 6 Nations last week, Johnny Wilkinson made an amazing comeback! This weekend we're playing Italy so a win should be on the cards unless we really screw it up.
O.K I'm off to Salsa now, got to keep 'the moves' going I haven't been for a while.
Send us some some new Miss Stephanie when you can.
Lots of love and hugs
Nat Xxxxxxxxxx
So it's all a bit quiet on the Metaphorical kitchen front this week, I guess we are all extremely busy bunnies!! Not much really happening I'm afraid Steph, although we are starting to wonder where you've got too, we are missing you very much and hope that above all you are keeping safe and having lots of fun.
This week we've been to the Pizza Express Jazz club to watch Sally's cousin Tom Cawley play with a jazz group, he was awesome!!! On Tuesday I went to see Blood Diamond, a fantastic film and Leo Di Caprio is sooooooo hot, I don't know what he's been doing over the past year but it works for me!
Desperate Housewives was a corker last night, but I'll leave it to Rozzi to write about that in her journal, you would be proud of her she has written reams already.
Today we had snow again, serious snow this time, 12-15cm in some places, but alas not in London, most of it had disappeared by the afternoon, but it was very pretty this morning when I left the house and nearly ended up falling on my butt! I'm going home to IOW this weekend, got quite a lot of travelling coming up so I thought I'd better squeeze in a weekend at home. I'm planning a long run if I can stand the weather I really need to bump up my marathon training I only have 3 months left! And I'm hoping to watch the England Rugby match too, in case you haven't heard Steph, we won against Scotland in the 6 Nations last week, Johnny Wilkinson made an amazing comeback! This weekend we're playing Italy so a win should be on the cards unless we really screw it up.
O.K I'm off to Salsa now, got to keep 'the moves' going I haven't been for a while.
Send us some some new Miss Stephanie when you can.
Lots of love and hugs
Nat Xxxxxxxxxx
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