Oliver's Blog

Vicky phoned me up today at work to let me know that our delightful daughter had very cleverly used her potty to do a number 2. However she had then proceeded to pick it up and use it as if it were a crayon before walking over to mummy and declaring “come and see mummy, drawing with poo”. Apart from the mess all over the sofa, Poppy required a shower and two baths. There was also evidence to suggest she may have eaten a bit of the poo too. So, Poppy, in return I will be telling this story to any boy you ever bring home as a favour in return!

So, to my mother and father – buy leather, and buy cheap… Poppy will visit your house soon I’m sure!

Seeing a storm brew over the Bristol channel was pretty cool. I was watching out of my office window as a twister came down to meet the sea for a couple of minutes before it shot back up to where it came from. Neat!

House news…. none to publish yet – but there are ideas brewing so watch this space.

… is the Casio Protrek PRW-1500-1VER watch. It looks like this:

Yes… it’s huge especially on my little arms, but it’s proper James Bond. Compass, barometer, altimeter, thermometer, tidal calculations, a funky backlight that automatically turns on when it’s dark and you lift your arm to look…. and, it’s solar powered! And it tells the time too. Having given up my SPV m700 all round excellent gadget phone, I had to compensate in other areas obviously – and the watch took the hit this time.

Oh yes, and I have a pretty good wifi signal in this room too:

Well, this evening I treated myself to a KFC Hot Rod Box and a viewing of “The Dark Knight” which is aaaaaaaawesome if anybody fancied seeing it… 10/10 without a doubt.

We had a nice evening at Hall Green Stadium last night taking part in a bit of gambling malarky. It was to celebrate Vicky’s friend Marie’s 30th birthday and was a great success. I put all the bets on and Vicky took the winnings… I’m sure I must have been doing something wrong there.

Before that I had a joint birthday meal at my parents… joint with my little/bigger brother and am now fully stocked up on clothes for the next few years. I’ve kind of become accustomed to this time of year as an opportunity to refresh my clothing to whatever my brother / sister / parents advise me are in fashion now. I’m looking forward to testing out my wifi detecting t-shirt in various locations now as well… my sister assures me people will not point and stare at the bright blue flashing lights on the front of it. Now I just need to find motivation and a gap in the rain to wash the car.

Our buyer withdrew his offer today as he’d found a different property. Never mind, we’re back where we started! A bit disappointing as we’d pretty much made up our mind over the property we liked the best and were eager to get things moving, still, I’m sure there’s someone else out there interested.

And yesterday I saw the Google street view car! It went past me in the opposite direction as I was going down the M4 westbound after work, so chances are my Scenic will be seen between junctions 37 and 36 once the images go live.