The First Full Day

Breakfast next day and there was a shock when we discovered that Admiral’s floor guests only get to use a separate breakfast room at the discretion of the management and they were not so generous on this occasion so we had to queue along with many others to have what I can but describe as a very basic meal served by indifferent staff.

Today was our day to be doing photographs and movies which we did quite well albeit we did cancel a planned trip back into the Disneyland Park for some night time movie making. Matt spent some time winding Daisy up and she, in turn, wound him up. None of the kids were wearing warm enough clothing but it’s not like they have to listen to me.

Didn’t really do that many rides today, was not really in the mood. We made a point of watching the Lion King at Videopolis which was totally excellent.

The highlight of the day was the ride we had in the balloon high above the lake which afforded us an amazing view of the entire area, I mean, truly amazing, breath taken, just about as many ‘wows’ as it is possibly to attribute to one experience.

Our evening meal was at Planet Hollywood which I viewed with some trepidation but it was unfounded. They have redeemed themselves some way with this evenings experience with them. Not enough that I shall believe they are over their terrible service, high prices theory but who knows, maybe they have?

Budget Day

So, we have the ‘Let’s buy a whole host of gullible voters day’ with George Osborne. No doubt we’ll be told how employment is rising, how the deficit is falling, how we’re all so much better off now than we were (compared to what?). We’ll be told that there are still tough times ahead but that only a Conservative government can steer us through them. It will be pointed out how inflation remains low, how not raising duty on fuel has helped everyone as is seen by the current lower prices at the pumps (it’s going up again George). In short, I should listen to this budget later and decide to vote Conservative in May but, I won’t. Labour certainly did nothing to avoid the mess the country got in but they didn’t cause it. They made the mistake of trying to be too conservative, allowing high finance the freedom to cause a catastrophic cock up for which they took zero responsibility. They made the mistake of allowing Gordon Brown to take the job of Prime Minister, one for which he is totally...

You Bloody Idiot

I had a really enjoyable time in Meltham with Stan and Pete, even that walk against the wind up the pub on Saturday evening in a blizzard was fun. On the way there I thought it’d be fun to take some pictures of the car in the snow. I had not realised just how windy it was, I seriously thought my door was stuck when I tried to open it but it was just being pressurised by the forces outside. I am lucky really the wind had not been behind me else the door would have been ripped off. On the way back on Sunday I paid a visit to Sue in Sheffield. I like Sue and she is a great conversationalist. The journey was not without incident as the satnav kept failing and crashing and just became useless. I eventually tracked the problem down to the loudspeaker connection for the mount and once I’d removed that it was stable and guided me well to Sue’s door. I am really happy to report that the steroid injection I had last week as helped ease my pain. I still have the pain but it is not restricting me ...

Not a good day

Today is a very emotional one for me. I have no idea why that would be the case but apparently it is. For a day that had nothing pre-arranged this one has turned out quite busy. First, I agreed to take Matt for breakfast though I wasn't really hungry. He was being quite argumentative in the morning about some thing or other, I don't recall what exactly but some matter of politics where he was going to argue the toss whilst knowing little or nothing about it. But, even so, I was quite upbeat as Jermaine had gone to school on time ... no, scrub that, i was upbeat until I yet again had to tell Zoey to get her arse out of her room, downstairs, do her chores and get to school, that is when this day started to go downward. I spent way too much money on a new doorbell, true, we needed one but not one that cost nearly £50! This too has not helped. I went to see a garage that can fit parking sensors to my car, all well and good but they needed me to supply paint to match the circles up ...

Steve from England

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