I’m doing it wrong

Usually I’ve written my Sunday entry by now – I like to make notes of any ideas I have, or any exciting events there may have been during the week, and most times I actually write it ahead of time when the inspiration strikes. This week however, the only thing of note that has happened is that interview I had, but I’ve already covered that in a post of it’s own… So… I’m struggling to think of things to write about.

Oh, I remember something now, the Live Arcade game this week was Game Room (essentially a collection of demos for rubbish old games), and it was free. That sounds good, right? Free game – free Achievements. Not really very many achievements, but some, 80 G’s added to your Gamerscore for free, nonetheless. To get anywhere near the full 1000 you need to pay for the individual games, and considering they are mostly priced the same as proper Live Arcade titles, it’s a bit of a money-spinning exercise by Microsoft there. Did I mention the games are all awful? Well, one or two could be construed as “classic”, but they’re mostly dog-shit.

Something else I could mention is that I’ve been re-reading the Harry Potter books this month, I finished Deathly Hallows the other night and I’m slowly writing up my thoughts on them. Expect those posts early April.

Bowling is fun

We went bowling yesterday to celebrate Lewis' Birthday. He is now 8 years old. It was great fun, even though I am rubbish and didn't win. I would like to join some kind of bowling team, if they'd have me. (Did I mention I am rubbish at bowling?)

Who likes privacy, anyway?

In what is turning into a weekly moan about the people who live in this house with me, I'm getting used to not having any privacy at all any more. It seems like every five minutes I'm being visited by a small child who comes in and moans and cries when I tell him "I'm playing a game which involves…

2009 Top 10: Moving House

Twice in one year no less! While not exactly a highlight, I feel it is significant enough to warrant a mention in the Top 10. The preparation for the move started way back in 2008 with me getting rid of pretty much everything I owned. I got rid of loads of clothes, 90% of my videogames and consoles (leaving me…
Pretty fireworks

Pretty fireworks

Claire got some fireworks for the kids (read as: Claire got some fireworks for Claire) and while I'm not usually a big fan of the noisy, cat scaring things, I thought I'd take some photographs of them. Ethan was delighted, though he definitely preferred the whoosh bangs to the sparkly pretties. Lewis was enthralled for a while, but you know…

Moving worries

I'm worried as to how the cats will take to a new environment, especially one with another cat, a baby and a small, excitable child in it. They are quite nervous at the best of times, but hopefully the lure of a nice big garden to play in will balance things out.

So, we’ve decided to move

We're moving out of my Mum's house to Jane's parent's house, which is in preparation for a BIG move in the future, when we're moving into a huge house with Jane's Mum and Dad, and Jane's sister, her sister's Husband and their two kids. The move is set for January 2009 and it should be interesting, to say the least.