September 12, 2012

  • Peace and Quiet - I Hate It. July 17, '08

    Hi Guys!

    Well, Geoff's back on the train heading home to Dorset, and I'm tidying up after the whirlwind and looking forward to when he visits again next month. :)

    We had our day out in town yesterday ~ pretty sedate compared to our usual standards! Maybe we're both getting a bit older and more sensible. (Or maybe not. Hehehehe.)
    We called down to the Albert Docks... not a very good idea as there was the mother of all winds blowing, and it had taken Geoff longer than me to get his hair sorted out before we left the flat! We took a peek in the Tate Art Gallery, and I was chuffed to bits to see Rodin's "The Kiss" on display in the main foyer...

    We did mean to actually go and have a proper look around the Gallery ~ there's an exhibition of Gustav Klimt's work on right now, who I love, but at £8 per ticket and considering that none of his major works are being displayed, we decided to leave it. I might call down myself sometime ~ it's on 'til August 31st.

    After getting a bit of colour in our cheeks and coming away from the Docks looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards, we went for a mooch around the city center and had a couple of drinks in Wetherspoons. I found several more of my beloved Lambananas along the way ~ yayyyy!!

    Geoff didn't share my enthusiasm... hehehe...He thinks I've got a screw loose. But I think the same of him, so that's okay.

    (For the full set of Lambananas I've discovered so far, click here.)

    We spent the evening chilling out with a couple of beers and watching Liverpool FC playing a friendly against Luzerne in Switzerland. Liverpool won 2~1, the only saving grace in an hour and a half of telly that basically robbed us of an hour and a half of our lives... ZZzzzzzz....

    But! We did manage to catch Shane on Skype for a couple of hours too. I'm so pleased that my man and my bro have been able to get to know each other a bit during this visit ~ I think it's set Geoff's mind at rest a bit about the entire move to America, and that Shane isn't a mad axe murderer, but a decent guy! Brothers can be so  protective. But I'm not complaining.

    We figured we'd best get a couple of photographs of the two of us together ~ we won't get much chance again for a while. We decided the blow~up sofa would be a great idea.... but he couldn't quite get the hang of it....


    Then he tried to look all nonchalant, like he'd got it right the first time. Hehehe.

    Until I gave in and rescued him with a bit of balast on the other side.(The camera was very misbehaved. I took a couple of photos of the floor before I managed to get it balanced on the sofa right. But I won't bore you with those. Even I have my limits...!)

    And that's about that! He caught the train home at 10.30am, and I went shopping for a new suitcase ~ a nice, big, bright pink one to match my nice, big, bright pink chair, which yes! I've decided to keep! How could I not?!

    It's been a great few days, and he's enjoyed it too, especially having a trawl around Multiply and popping round to say hi to some of you. He says he will set up his own page once he's home, too. God help us all.... hehehe...

    Time for a quick coffee and a catch up with you guys, then I'll be trying on my new wellies which I also bought today, in preparation for a visit to meet Eccentricmare on Monday. WooHooo!!