h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

[Amy P]

roast beef with roast potatoes, carrots and sprouts and onion gravy for dinner tonight
it's a bit of a change for us to have beef to tell the truth, we usually choose pork for a roast but the beef looked really nice at the butchers the other day.

Tomorrow we are determined to do some Christmas shopping and get it behind us before the crowds realise that it will be the festive time of year soon and mob the shops, I've just had a tidy up of Ephraim's room today so I'm feeling a bit better now, sometimes there is just so much clutter that it drives you potty,

we need to have a proper clean and tidy in the living room this week but unfortunately I will be out all week till evening each day so it will mostly fall to Joe to tidy before his birthday party on Saturday, it's not actually his birthday that day but it was the best day for us to have people round,

I haven't baked scones yet, it may be a rhubarb crumble rather than pie but its not that big of a change,

Ohh and Christmas market at Manchester on Tuesday
first time I will have gone

Anthea

[Amy P]

well we managed to do some Christmas shopping when we got home it appearers we have missed three parcels yay
one from royal mail that's fine I'll go into town and pick it up probably on wednesday but maybe tomorrow
then there is one from parcel force they left it with the neighbour, the nice one not the crazy one which is always a relief
three... well three was DHL and it got sent back to there centre in Manchester... Trafford... middle of no-where so I had to call them and arrange to pick it up in Lancaster when I go into college
hopefully its the bottle of rum i got for mums christmas I don't know if she actually drinks rum but the bottle was shaped like a pirate pistol which is always cool

so after reading KBs journal I also purchased some stollen (well that's my excuse) I don't know how long it will last before we eat it all although I don't really like marzipan

off to Manchester tomorrow for the christmas market so undoubtedly will get a few sweet treats, perhaps something for in the stockings, although talking of stockings I can never get them to stay up so I have to wear the suspender sort but that feels awkward for general day use, and I got a ladder in my favourite pair which leaves me with the non-suspender ones (holdups?) and fishnets.... am I channelling 2legs?


Anthea

[Amy P]

well the christmas market was nice if a little repetitive, you dont really need to move past the town centre to see a bit of everything...
well except the macaroon stall £1 each... and Joe's little brother kept insisting they were pronounced mac-a-rons which is just wrong

we got off at deans gate, a hideous brown tiled interior with some sort of polytunnel connection to a tram stop and walked the rest of the way to the main site just outside the town hall, the sausage thing is nice (bratwurst?)and I had apple strudel and bought some ginger bread oh and a chocolate coated banana on a stick... so that was fun
then we went to travelling man where i bought a paper construct skeleton and the newest expansion for gloom

then we eventually got home after they got the paralytically drunk man off the train. I had a lovely warm shower and finally got round to dying my hair - more undiluted ribena rather than csi photo-shoot red...

spaghetti on toast for dinner, didn't feel like much after all that bratwurst and other stuff (although we havn't actually eaten the gingerbread) now to quickly make a final edit to the essay for tomorrow

Anthea

[Amy P]

well I didnt get home till eight,
the printer decided it didnt want to work this morning
and I am absolutely exhausted so I shall be going upto bed I think
sorry this is so short,

Dr Anthea

ok so class went on till half seven tonight
Half seven!
my tutor was very impressed with my essay on changing services within current frameworks
one or two minor changes to make
we found out or human physiology tutor is quitting as of next week so we dont even know who will be taking over that lesson as of yet
sometimes I wonder if I'm even destined to finish this course or indeed if there will be a course to finish

Anthea

I just hope there are enough lifeboats for everyone.

well we actually managed to finish on time today
I've finished my ucas application and I'm feeling relatively relaxed about that now,
off to build a paper skeleton with that we picked up at travelling man the other day
then we've got to tidy up for Joe and Bens birthday get together tomorrow
one thing i have noticed is that the weather is getting a lot wetter and windier
so I hope everyone else is wrapping up warm, unless your lucky enough to be in one of these warm places...

Anthea

Look at you, with good essays and ucas forms, and working around the timetable that keeps changing,

never mind the spanner chucked in with your heating earlier this month and all that entails keeping house and home, which is enough without the spanners if I may say so

Good for you for *all* your accomplishments

and for the amazing person you are

How is that skeleton coming along?

and love to you all, Anthea, Joe, Ephraim and Charlie Bear

Good that things go well. I hope you have a nice birthday party.

Here it's also quite cold at the moment. We had the first snow of the season this year, not a lot, it didn't stay on the ground, but the flakes were pretty. At other times we had a nasty icy wind.

[Amy P]

well it's the 30th so the end of najopomo,
honestly I cant remember if i actually managed it or not

finished building the skeleton, gratuitous use of split pins...
and the party went well we played some fun games
and the ipad updated to ios7 which is quite ugly and silly looking

Happy December to everyone

Anthea

Oops... mssed this one


mmm... gingerbread... good call, I have* to buy some gingerbread for Christmas! was going to make some, but I had real trubbles finding a gingerbred man 'cutter' the right size in teh shops


I awas find the hold-up stockings far easier to wear, and more comfortable than stockings plus suspender and less inconvenient than tights guess it depends on sizing, and how well therefore anygiven pair, at agiven size, actually fits ones lgs, to whether they stay up, nicely, without being uncomfortable hmmm.... most of mine are pretty cheap ones, nothing wildly fancy or exotic, because I'm cheap when it comes to paying money out on clothes and things
damnit... I want gingerbread now! and well done for completing it, if indeed you did... did you log each days post? (I frgot after the middle of teh month, to post a link to teh main page)

[Amy P]