A Christmas Day Engagement!

I proposed to Adele on Christmas Day and thankfully she accepted! We had a great day with our friends. The pics are a little taster.

Berlin (with a pinch of punch)

These were a gift from an old Indonesian guy who's restaurant we had enjoyed. Maybe it was little disrespectful.



Christmas Eve curry. I real delight!


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Berlin 21st to 28th December

Christmas

We're off to Berlin tomorrow for the festive holidays. It's the first time I've ever been away from home for Christmas. This pushed the last minute stresses of season forward for us. Visiting all the family and delivering and receiving our gifts hectically for the past few days.

I'd like to pass my wishes of a Merry Christmas to the cheery readers of The LE.

And a Happy New Year... (keep the change you filthy animal)...

Work

I've been worrking for myself now for the past couple of months. Last week was the first with no real work and this made me panic bigtime! Being self employed is a real stress. The number of things I get worked up about is unbelievable. One minute its no work, then its to much, then is deciding on whether I'm able to do a job I've taken on, having no concept of time scales, having the customer nose over your shoulders (thats a real anal pain). Even the quoting process is stressful. It leaves me breathless and paniced.

Bring back the call centres, the 9 to 5, the regular wage, the free holidays... Oh Lord.. what have I done...

Well maybe that last paragraph was a bit to far. But honestly I'm going to have to start meditating because I think its as close as I've come to losing it.

Recently I've been doing a lot of flooring, laminated and of the real wood variety. If you know anybody who would like a "fresh new floor for new year" point them in my direction!

Festive Greetings

How! Long Time, No Post.

There was a report today about the business of the blog and how there popularity will wane from next year. It could well be claimed that The LE started to wane this year. But not to worry.

I'm sure most people are similar to me in respect of checking certain sites without fail each day when you arrive into work or put your pc/mac on at home. I have a pretty strict regime and I rigorously check certain sites for what news may be new or for new posts fresh from the mind of friends or family.

Firstly I'll always click onto BBC Sport to check any footy news, thats number one. This will inevitably lead to checking BBC News. This is then followed by a quick check on Gmail, I'll then have a look at my brothers blog which happily, he updates a helluva lot more regularly than I do, I'll check The Muvs, I'll check the Empire site, then eBay (I'm selling all my posessions). Screenselect to see if I have a new dvd on the way. And this is often washed down with the bitter taste of my bank balance. I also sadly check this very blog hoping I've turned into a witty sleepwalking blogomaniac.

If anyone has any crucial sites I can add to my routine I'll be happy for the suggestion because frankly I'm sick of my routine.

To finish up I've put a few pictures below. Adele & I did a little tour of Eastern Europe this summer and this included a stop in Prague. When we got together our first trip was to Prague but in the winter. I took the first photo then and always thought Adele looked like a Ruski spy, I tried to recreate the effect on our second stay, the picture was taken on the same street but my angles were a little off. Adele's gonna give me ear ache over this because she ain't no fan of the close up, and even less a fan of close ups of her published on the world wide web, man! But I like them!