Things are going alright with the build and the brickie john whom is training to become an electrician he goes to college on a Friday is up to sill height and is progressing along nicely no major problems have occurred and no work as of yet as begun on the porch.

booked Friday off got to see if i can book the car in for its initial 1000 mile service think they lend us a c1 which will be fun to take for a spin want to go to spicemania and to sports world to get some black Diadora polo shirts for work which will make the wifey happy as she does not have to iron them need another half dozen,
i also need to buy some navy blue t - shirts for my hospital job as the ward is too warm when i have to wear the heavy duty polo shirts they supply.

considering getting a x-box 360 already flashed with ten games for £270 want to play gears of war and extreme condition not sure why these two games appeal to me they just do must grow up one day hehe and go on a diet and take more exercise etc etc .

Was my Daughter's 16th birthday last Saturday she and her girlfriends went out for a curry no parents and no inviting her younger brother who's 14th birthday is tomorrow .i was pretty pissed of i thought she could have invited him but she wouldn't no way,she we took him to the Toby carvery and had a pig out we both had the gammon with roast parsnips swede and roast potatoes i like my parsnips covered with honey which they don't do and then for desert he had ice cream sundae with all the trimmings plus 2 flakes and i had the fudge cake with pouring cream as always if nothing i am predictable.

Sun day after i had finished my shift at the hospital i took him to xscape at Castleford and went to Cineworld to see Rocky Balboa the 6th rocky film Sylvester Stallone as aged well but if it was made another couple of years down the line it wouldn't have been that believable it was as good as any of the other rocky films and it was a good film to close the Rocky saga.

2 cokes and a large popcorn for £7.90 am i getting like my dad complaining to my son ain't that dear compared to what you can get else where unlike my dad i was stupid enough to pay the price he would have gone without.

i can remember my dad not buying coffee in a cafe because the price they was asking he could have gone out and bought a full jar of the stuff Nescafe as well and supped it at home.
the bungee jumping at xscape cost £4.00 for 5 minutes he as four people on most of the time thats £192 a hour he is making if my maths is right ,i bet he is jumping for joy.

The builder didn't come yesterday but came today all the rubbish was cleared and the footings was dug out the front of the house looks like a building depot all the bricks was dropped off and two bags of building sand hopefully the concrete will go in for the footings tomorrow then i think they will have a day off for the concrete to set before they start laying any bricks for the cavity walls .

Have got to admit so far so good and they are working really hard and causing us minimum mess and distress and hopefully this will continue through out the build and it will run without any major problems or delays fingers crossed watch this space

They started dismantling the conservatory today one man came and commenced to demolish it unaided hopefully in a few weeks we will be smelling fresh paint the weather will be the biggest headache until its a sealed unit again we might be lucky and not have that much bad weather once the footings are in and the brickwork up the rest should be plain sailing fingers crossed.

The sale of the conservatory as fallen through so we tried to sell it on eBay no joy so it looks like it will end up in the skip we even tried to give it away to our next door nieghboughs they didn't want it and its in very good condition with sandersons blinds the full Monty.

It is being dismantled tomorrow and the work on the new one should start weather permitting anyway its all systems go.

Went into town at dinner time still pissed of with the job,bought some cheap films on dvd From Virgin and Hmv.
saw 1, the Usual Suspects , Torque ,Speed 1 and The minority report.

The dearest was £4.99 and the cheapest only £1.99 bought some umd films for psp fast and the furious 1 kiss of the dragon and Aliens 1 all £4.99 each and a Capcom arcade game which as the top 25 arcade style games on the one disc which was £14.99.

Bought a new dvd player from curry's for £17.99 made by matsui the sales assistant then tried to sell me a scart lead for £15.99 hehe of course i bought two not.There was not one included in the box.

Anyway for the price it ain't half bad its got a remote with it batteries not included the sales assistant cant haver known this because he didn't try and sell me any. it will play most dvd and cd formats and its half the size of a standard dvd player.

The building work is not going to start monday after all,what with the Christmas holiday and the weather the builders are running behind schedule so hopefully it will give us a extra couple of weeks to sort out lighting indoor and out the central heating and other stuff and to get more prepeared in general

the bathroom has just cost over £2000 and after the extension is paid for the money we made on the rented property we sold is going down faster than the England cricket squad..
didsell the old conservatry on to a work mates son for a £1000 along with the blinds flooring he as to collect and hopefully he will get it to his house without any hitch which should cover the cost af a half decent tv plus a new dvd and x-box 360.

Got my old pc which is not bad spec i upgraded it last year so i'm planing on using it as a media centre got over 50 gig of music and i will install a few of my favorite films.just upgraded my wife's usb wireless adapter she as already bought a worksation for herself good old Ikea at least you cant beat their blue carry bags for 25p each next time you shop there by half a dozen they are well handy

Back at work and hating every minute,cant get back into the swing of things and i'm clock watching most of the day .

yesterday went up to Rothwell Park and then to Roundhay Park so it was a nice few hours driving around and taking in the scenery and out of the office away from the desk and the mundane tasks involved in the day to day grind.

The bathroom re-fit is almost complete a bath panel left to do and there is quite a few tiles that will need replacing and i suppose i will have to fit this work into my busy schedule of things to do hard when i work 7/7.

The extension was suppose to start next week the builders which are doing the brickwork are behind with other builds due to the Christmas period and bad weather so fair dues cant kick of on one as long as its built right why worry give us time to get the bathroom back to spec will need the flooring sorting out as well and a few other fittings new light mirrors towel rail toilet roll holder etc etc.

New issue of Stuff magazine should be out now need to call in to Borders to pick up some reading materials as its taking longer on the bus these days it can take well over hour to get home a hour then i have the wife bitching i have been to the pub i wish , would be cool being in the pub than waiting for bus that dont turn up , think i will have to start taking my son's psp watch to watch a movie on the way home or play underground need for speed carbon the only game we have atm .

Kicking arse on Prince of Persia getting a level done every couple want splinter cell chaos theroy next can pick it up from computer exchange for £4 if it anit throwing it down at dinner time might have a walk in to town and pick it up its always too busy on a night when i leave work.

went on Evac training which is using a chair that can be operated by one person to enable a disabled person usaly who is confined to a wheel chair to be safely removed down any number of corridors and staircases to safety of the outdoors etc.
called into computer exchange and got the splinter cell game chaos theory i was after called into Ainsley's and got a danish pastry for coffee break.

the works canteen had chicken curry on the menu for lunch which i shouldn,t have had it with half rice and chips got to say was the best meal they have done in weeks.They recently have had a refit which got rid of the mouse's nesting under the kitchen unit plinths beggars beliefs, still knowing what i know i really should take sarnies.

Started back at work today after the Christmas break had to happen had a long time off ,still had not a bad weekend took lad up to Bumpys at Morley which was ideal for any young person wanting to start out motorbike riding it was £25 for a one hour lesson that includes everything from the bike a Kawasaki 125 helmet boots the lot both my son and myself was well impressed by the commitment of staff to the general facility's of the place.

my son had never ridden a bike without an automatic clutch before and he was quite nervous but he was fine and only stalled the bike once and didn't once part company with the bike we are definitely going back you can join pay for a years subscription i think it costs around £15 then you only pay £5.00 every time you want to ride providing you have your own bike and need no tuition.

sunday finished ripping out the garden sorted the bathroom out getting a new bathroom suite put in starting today hopefully will only take two days three days tops will have some tiling to redo which i can manage myself .

Just beat klompa first boss on Prince of Persia two thrones it was bleeding hard work though and i was getting a bit cheesed off as he has took some beating ,not sure if i am liking this game its to dark in places its pitch black and you cant see which way to go you have to feel your way in the dark its not good game play as such and its just plain annoying and of course the graphics are rubbish when you cant see the surrounding area a good way to lessen the cost of making the game in the first place.will stick with it if i can .

started ripping the garden to pieces took down the pagoda and took out the fish pond moved all the ferns and plants and took the rubbish to the skip which ain't that easy when you only got a C2 cut all the wood up into 2 foot pieces and bagged them up,

work starts on the extension on the 15th on the 8th we are having a new bathroom suite put in we do have the worlds smallest bathroom its just a bit longer then a length of a bath and the width is the bath width plus a wash basin with about a spare 6" at least it saves on lino and is easy to clean.

watched Crank it was ok i liked it was a change from most of the films i have seen recently and i thought the story line was different and it was quite funny in parts so when there is nothing happening on the telly go and rent it .

still no work till Monday yippee ,then its back to the grind and hustle bustle of council life got the forms to fill out for my yearly metro card the council needs three months to process them hehe my old one doesn't run out till April its not all tea and biscuits its coffee and muffins in our office .

New years eve went without a hitch didn't get drunk as i was driving had a couple cans of Budweiser over a four hour period saw the new year in with my wife Angela (NEW YEAR SAME SHIT I BET ) my son and my twin sister and her Husband and his Mother we was home for half twelve that's what you call partying no that's what you called being bloody married

Got the whole of the week of taking my son to get his motorbike trousers and top he is also buying some fox motocross boots,wants to go off road tomorrow need to get a tow bar fitted and get a motorbike carrying rack hope the little C2 takes the strain should be ok.

played on Prince of Persia took dog out this morning it was chilly but really sunny went out to main street and bought some pork chops for tea beans and oven chips also going to have a few cappuccinos with Jack Daniels for added flavor, and try to watch the good thief and crash which i have on dvd.

Not made any resolutions other than to watch the weight and to eat sensible try and eat more fruit and drink more water and get a life easier said than done well at least think about having a life is a start aint it must have pissed some god off in a previous life i guess bet she was a female one.