Delia Smith I am not!

Mental note to self ....

When switching on the oven (in particular one that is not your own) remember to take out the grill pan handles:




Oh well - instead of normal handles they are now paddles - unique, designer ones. I told Adrian I couldn't cook! Now he's learned the hard way!

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Truly Scrumptious....

Seriously, all I want to say is if you have never seen this show at the theatre or indeed the film then SEE IT!!!! A group of us from work went to see it last night and it was fab! The car was amazing! The show had everything a show should have - I loved it. I sang along to almost all the songs (I should be on the stage really!).

SEE IT. SEE IT. SEE IT. SEE IT.

What a fabulous night out.

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Let's Go Fly A Kite ...

So Adrian and I have decided that once a week we will have a proper "date" where we'll make an effort to do something a wee bit different for just the two of us. The first one was to La Dolce Vita - a beautiful little italian bistro in Hamble. We went on a Wednesday night which is live entertainment night and a man was there playing on his classical guitar all these wonderfully romantic songs - it was so perfect it nearly made me cry (nearly - but I didn't!)

So last week (friday) we decided that our date was going to be down at Southsea Seafront (which is a special place for us) and we would fly the kite that I bought him the other week. Adrian of course was going on about him being a scout and doing the kite flying thing when he was a boy - you know, like men do. I just recalled the time when me and my family flew our kite on Dartmoor and I managed to aim the kite so it did a nosedive right on Richard's head (very very very funny to watch him being chased by this kite!)

Anyway, here's me flying the kite:

What absolute skill!

And here's him flying the kite:
Up ....


Up ....


Up ....


and down it comes ....


Adrian "oh stuff it - I'm too old for this!"


So then as the loving and encouraging girlfriend I am, I got alongside him and we flew the kite together - aaawwwww!


We then had some chips, sat in our little "Darby and Joan" shelter on the seafront and it was all a happy ending.


Stick around for the next adventures of the Adrian and Clare dates! We're going to Port Solent this week but I don't think we'll be sailing a boat.

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A Whistle Stop Tour of my Weekend ....

Well last weekend I had my friends Jane and Ross come down for the weekend. It was really good to see them. we did lots!

Friday we visited the Historic Dockyard in the morning and got wet! Stupid rain! Then we went to Gunwharf, had lunch and then met up with Adrian so we could go up the Spinnaker tower. I love the tower because the views are brilliant. The Spinnaker tower was built to celebrate the milenium but wasn't actually opened until 2005 and on it's opening the mayor and guy who was in charge of it being built got stuck in the glass lift! ha ha! I don't think the glass lift has properly worked since! Anyway, it's still cool to go up and one of my special places to go.




There's a glass floor right at the top - you can walk over it. The men were being a bit wooselike:


So we went to Petersfield to lead the kid's club and then had a chinese at Adrian's - what a nice evening.

Saturday - God wet - stupid rain! However, we weren't going to let the the rain rain on our parade so we went to Beaulieu. It's got a Transport museum and we saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Wow!

And loads of other cool and old cars. Beaulieu would be a lovely place to go to for the day if the weather was nice. Next time I go I'm going to fix the weather.

At night we went to see Shrek 3. It was ok. Not as funny as the first but it was fine.

So Sunday, I went to Poole and finally did the meeting. My opening line was that I was so eager to be there that I came two weeks running (having come last week as well). It was lovely to be there - I love Poole, it's a cool corps. The kids stuff is fab.

Poor Jane and Ross had to deal with a lot of faff in the airport as they were flying back to Glasgow and there was all the problems up there due to the terrorist attack at the airport. However, they didn't seem to get back too late.

Meanwhile, I met up with the Poole lot at Moors Valley country park. I wore my wellies and splashed in all the puddles - it was wicked fun!!! We had a wellies club see:


So tonight, Adrian and I are going to Southsea Seafront to fly the kite and have a poke of chips. Am excited!

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