No news from Brighton

22.45 And no further news to report............ 

Sunny Sunday in Brighton

So with no sign of Baby no.2 (Now over 6 days late!) We took the opportunity to head on down to the seafront for a short while - just to get out of the house (going a little stir crazy at the moment!)

We'd met up with friends of ours for the stroll and James is pictured here with his little buddy.

As you can see it was a crisp Autumn day with a bit of sunshine.......Brighton really is top notch.

Brighton West Pier in November

Just thought I'd share this pic with you. Using the new stitch facility on my Canon Ixus 750, here's a shot of Brighton West Pier taken today in November.


(If you use this shot - please ensure you track back or link to my site - ta!)

Saturday morning in Brighton

Tiswas used to be the staple diet of all kids who are probably now "thirty somethings". The sight of Sally James in a wet T Shirt used to stir the Dad's interest as well! It broke the careers of a few people you'll remember - Chris Tarrant, Bob Carolgees, Lenny Henry - to name a few. I get all misty eyed for Saturday mornings when I see the logo - the phantom flan flinger was a LEGEND, as was the dance "the dying fly" and I have a vague memory about a guy who used to smash a tin tray over his head to music - ah! Saturday mornings used to be so much simpler....

Still no news on the Baby front - Sarah is now 6 days late - there's talk of using an accupuncturist....

All quiet on the western front......

A night without any disturbance.....

No new baby - it's been an odd week at work - you almost feel a fraud as everyone asks "any news yet?"

I'm starting to sound like a long playing record

But hey - it's Friday yay! Remember this programme .... and click on the link

Crackerjack
THIS LONGTIME kiddie mainstay of a gameshow went through several mutations from its original (relatively) sedate desks 'n' buzzers '60s roots (with a few muted sketches and the Crackerjack Pencils as prizes - you couldn't just write in and ask for one, y'know, you had to EARN it!) complete with EAMONN ANDREWS, PIP HINTON and LESLIE CROWTHER. First, there was the discovery of music hall slapstick with PETER GLAZE, DON MACLEAN, JAN HUNT, LEIGH MILES, GILLIAN COMBER, BERNIE CLIFTON and hosts MICHAEL ASPEL and/or ED 'STEWPOT' STEWART, making up a "mess" of fun indeed. This also included the ever-present and always-cringemaking point where the cast broke out of some whimsical sketch into a full-on rendition of popular contemporary hits, eg. "Golden Years" and, unforgettably, Sparks' "Something for the Girl with Everything" sung by MacLean as he assaulted Glaze with an old boot. Then, far more ominously, the descent of that sub-TISWAS word 'gunge', with the camp STU FRANCIS ("Ooh, I could crush a grape, etc.") and the godforsaken KRANKIES, that wonderful husband-and-wife-dressed-as-man-and-schoolboy creepy duo all right-thinking kids loathed and feared (and yes, we are well aware of THE KRANKIES' ELEKTRONIK KOMIK (1985-6), but it's not getting a separate entry. We have our limits). They even dropped Double Or Drop - that hold-the-boardgames-plus-cabbages-if-you-get-a-question-wrong thing (but other staples such as the giant tuning fork lingered on). Theme tune in the closing years by Chas 'N' Bloody Dave again (cf COWBOYS, THE HAPPY APPLE etc.) "Lumberjack? No! Steeplejack? No! Oh, Uncle Jack! No!"

Thursday and still no Brighton Baby

Now we're really on tenterhooks - the baby was due on Monday and now it's Thursday!

Bored and fed up - Sarah doesn't know what to do with herself.

James on the other hand is completely oblivious to it all and gives you a wave just before he heads off to sleep.

So - no news to report as yet.....keep watching this space.

Church sign generator

My good friend Tim just sent me this excellent link - click here - its a smasher.....

Tim's outfit Nido Marketing are certainly worth checking out too....just click on the link

Hotels in Brighton

I've been asked by my sister to find her a hotel in Brighton - so that when the baby arrives (still no news yet!) they can stay over.

I'm also typing this to see if the new adsense sidebar I've installed starts to serve ads on hotels in Brighton!!!!

Dean Harvey finds clock on line stunner!

click here

Tidy.....

Thirty Something Blog

Amazing isn't it - I started this thirty something blog some time ago. I decide this evening to type thirty something blog into a search engine and there's loads of 'em out there.

And there was me thinking I was unique in some way shape or form.....

Still no news......

Despite her best efforts - raspberry leaf tea, pineapple, spicy food etc there is no movement on the new baby front :(

It's been an awful day down here on the south coast - rain, wind and more rain.....

Ended up playing scalextric with James and completing a few things for work

Remember, Remember....

We went to a small bonfire at Shave's Thatch which is near Woodmancote in Sussex.

A tenner for food and fireworks - even a mulled wine!

James was thoroughly excitable and absolutely loved the fireworks.....he was one sleepy boy by 9pm and went straight off to sleep on the car journey home.

Still no sign of No. 2, although Sarah has felt a bit wobbly all day - it's 11.30pm now so it doesn't look like a Bonfire Night baby!

.....and she won't thank me for it....

And here she is for all to see - just a few days to go before we become a foursome!

Digi cam is here

And this is the one of the first pics I've managed to take with it - good dontcha think?

Still no mini-me....this weekend I reckon.....

....we shall see

Digi cam and new baby on the way.....

A few twinges today but it's still a no-show by the new Harvey family member.

Took the day off work and took James to Westows. Quite a laugh - although I always suspect that when out of sight James is thumping some poor random kid.

Ordered a new digi cam a few days back and looking forward to posting few here.

Still the novelty of the web hasn't worn off with the arrival of broadband......