Amazing two weeks!!!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Becster

Oh wow I have had the most amazing two weeks!

Firstly we went to the Belgian Grand Prix. It was a bus trip from North Wales so we were on a bus from North Wales to Hasselt in Belgium. Very long trip! Especially as we were starting out at 3.20am! We arrived in Belgium in time for the evening meal. There were only 16 of us on the trip including one of my friends from work. We stuck together for the whole weekend and it was a brilliant experience! On saturday we pitched ourselves at the straight after Radillon. Got to see all the cars doing their qualifying lap. Michael Schumacher crashed out just after our straight and we got to see him pass on his way back to the paddock. Was amazing! Adrian Sutil also crashed out on our straight so I got to see the truck take his car away. The only thing about qualifying – it rained so much!! Thankfully we had bought special rain coats and waterproof trousers!

On sunday we decided to move to the straight near Pouhon corner. It was an amazing race! Shame that Vettel won but yay Mark Webber came second! The only thing I regret is that we didn’t go down to the track. But at least we got to see the race and experience the sights and sound of a F1 race. The noise that those cars make is incredible!! It was sooooo amazing!

Anyway, got back on tuesday and Red Bull posted on Facebook that they had a competition to win tickets to the Red Bull Speed Jam in Cardiff on saturday 3rd September – Mark Webber would be there! I entered it thinking I’d never win but I might as well give it a go. Winners were to be notified by wednesday evening. I hadn’t heard anything by thursday morning so I didn’t think more of it. Friday lunchtime I got an e-mail saying I had won tickets!! MR was saying that there was no point going as I’d have a less chance of meeting Mark Webber in Cardiff than I did in Belgium. Well shows you how little he knows!!

I persuaded MR to come with me so we headed for Cardiff (a 4 hour drive from us!). I had tweeted Mark Webber the night before to ask if he was doing any autograph signing sessions. He didn’t reply but an events co-oridnator from Walkabout tweeted me to say Mark Webber would be doing a Q&A session there at 6pm. So we went to the Speed Jam. It was fantastic! We got to see Mark’s F1 car but as we were queueing to get our photo taken with it they had to wheel it away for Mark to do his run. So we went to sit at the side of the start area. MR was readin ghis new book and I was watching the crowd. Suddenly I noticed this man walk in front of the barriers and I noticed it was Daniel Ricciardo!! (He’s another F1 driver who currently drives for Hispania and is the RB reserve driver). He walked through the crowd towards the motorhome. I got his autograph – he signed my Belgian programme!

So I went back to sit down and I spotted Mark Webber also doing the same so I legged it to try and catch him! He didn’t stop as he was walking through the crowd so I didn’t get an autograph or anything! I was so disappointed but was so happy that he walked right past me!!

We watched the karting race and the Red Bull Matador stunts. Then we watched Mark do his lap and his donuts! It was awesome!!! I was so happy to have seen that. By this time it was about 5pm and we needed to be back at Walkabout for 6pm. So we took a taxi and got there and was in front of the queue for Mark’s Q&A. He was going to be on the stage so I went to stand at the bottom of the stairs so I could grab him for my autograph!! And thank god I did as I managed to grab him!!!!! I got so giddy and excited! He signed my Belgian programme and I got to touch his arm!! I said I was a huge fan and that I was so happy to have met him and wished him luck to beat Vettel in Monza!! He then did his Q&A session and he had some signed baseball caps which he threw into the crowd. Guess what?? I got one!! Well actually MR got one but it’s mine!!!

It was SO worth going to Cardiff!!!! On sunday I would just start smiling everytime I thought of it! I MET MARK WEBBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Doggy swimming!

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Becster

Took the doggies for a swimming lesson yesterday!! Gemma fell in a lake a few months back and I think she’s now scared of water. Megs is also slightly apprehensive around water. So I decided to book them in with the local hydrotherapy pool. It was good! I got absolutely soaking wet!! I have some videos but can’t seem to get them from my mobile to the web!!

MR and his mate were off to a tournament today so I was up at 6.30am… went to work for a few hours. It’s been a busy week or so and went in today to get a few of the smaller jobs done and out of the way. Thankfully my assistant is back tomorrow which will be a massive help!!

Was home at midday and finished my mock exam. I haven’t been able to answer two of the questions as I didn’t have the legislation with me. I did cheat a bit as I haven’t even opened the books yet! :/

Catching up with Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model. Some of the girls are really pretty but some of them are just way to skinny! Some of the girls had their spine sticking out – why is that sexy? It’s just awful! Eat something for gods sake!!!

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F1 TV Coverage

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Becster

To copy my thinking on the news that came out today about the future of Formula 1 tv coverage…

I’ve only become a fan of F1 in the past few years and it is thanks to the excellent BBC coverage – the BAFTA WINNING BBC COVERAGE! The build up show is as much part of the spectacle as the race itself.

This is a very bad move for F1 fans. I honestly cannot see why this is “good for F1 fans” – how can it be? We’ll be getting a build up coverage on Sky News which will be riddled with the stupid news updates and football scores!! We’ll probably have adverts during the most exciting bits. Oh and to top it all we’ll have to pay for the privilage!!!

Why on earth do the BBC keep 10 races? Who the hell wants to watch half a season??? And who is to decide which races are best?? I mean what would have happened this year had Valencia been chosen over Canada??

Let’s hope that the teams can appreciate that at the end of the day the sport won’t get anywhere without us fans. Football can continue on Pay to view channels as the actual football grouns are accessible to fans. F1 races are not accessible due to weekend tickets being so expensive….

F1 is going to lose so many fans because of this. Very sad day for F1….

So as you can see I am majorly annoyed by the news.

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Passed the exams & test drive a Z4

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Becster

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! I PASSED MY EXAMS!!!!!!! Only just scraped through but who cares I passed!!! :D :D :D And as a treat MR booked me in to test drive a BMW Z4! It was brilliant! It’s my dream car and I’ve never driven one so we thought a test drive would be a good opportunity to show whether I like the car or not. And as I said, I LOVED it!!! Apart from the teeny fact that it was an automatic – what the hell is the point of an automatic car?? The whole fun of driving is to be able to feel the engine purr and change the gears!

After the test drive we went for lunch to Wetherspoons which was ok – they’ve changed the menu so now I can’t have the lovely spicy noodles anymore. There is still a spicy noodles meal on the menu but it’s not the same. After that we went into town and there was a craft & food fair. We happened to stumble into it as we were looking for a games shop for MR. It was nice atmosphere and lovely weather. We went into a cake shop to have a browse for wedding cake ideas and got talking to the owner. She happened to be make a batch of cupcakes and she gave us one each – for free!!! – as a tester. Very nice but I think we’ll have to back to see whether she has different sort of icing. I also bumped into a school friend in the very same shop. Although we’re friends on Facebook, I haven’t actually seen her in almost 10 years!!!

It was the German grand prix today. Exciting stuff! Thankfully Vettel  made a mistake and he didn’t get a podium! First time he hasn’t been on the podium this season!! AND Mark Webber got a third place! He was first at one point but due to traffic after a pit stop didn’t manage to capitalise on the new tyres. But yay fantastic that he beat his team mate!!!

Lovely day today. MR mowed the loan and it looks much tidier. Was standing in the doorway looking out at the garden and the only thing that’s missing is some garden furniture such as a bench!!

Watched the first Cars film on saturday. Was really good! I’ve seen it before but hadn’t realised how good it was! Also, MR pointed out that there were two famous cameos that I hadn’t noticed before – Jeremy Clarkson as Harv (in the UK version) and Michael Schumacher!! Awesomeness! :D

It feels weird that I’ve had such a good weekend compared to the horrible goings on in Norway. I really don’t understand what’s wrong with the world. And I haven’t got any words to write about it… just so wrong.

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Results Day

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Becster

Well it’s exam results day today. They release the pass list on the website at 9pm this evening. I was feeling quite ill this morning thinking about it. It didn’t help that I was at an audit course. Suprisingly the course was very intersting and took my mind off it. Plus it helped that my boss decided we could leave early. :)

Haven’t updated in a while. Not been up to much really. The doggy run has been built and is very handy. I think they love it! :D

Went to see the new Harry Potter film last night. Was very disappointed! Now I knew that Snape was kinda important in the whole story and that his importance would be revealed in the final film so my disappointment came in the fact that there was so little Snape screen time!! (I’m an Alan Rickman fan!). So yes very disappointed. At least it was better than Part 1!!

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Nice Day

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Becster

Had a half day off work today. We’re going to see a film this evening so I wanted the afternoon off so I could come home to let the doggies out for a bit. I’ve just had the rest of the lasagne for lunch and having a bit of a sit down catching up with some TV that’s on the Sky+. Currently watching Graham Norton Show with Tom Hanks, Simon Pegg and Nicole Shertzinger (sp.??). Haven’t been this excited in ages!! LOVE Tom Hanks!! :D :D <3 <3

Not sure what I’m going to do this afternoon. Might go into the garden and trim some of the trees. My sunflowers are growing!! :D Have 4 little seedlings now. Exciting stuff! :)

{additional} Had to leave earlier as the dogs were trying to have a go at my washing! Yeah so I spent this afternoon out in the garden with the radio on. Managed to get one bush chopped down and the garden looks a bit bigger now. The reason I’m clearing is to make room for an outside pen for the pups. Currently when we’re at work they are locked in the garage but there is no window in there so I feel a bit cruel for keeping them in all day. So hopefully the pen will be great for them.

It was really nice to be out in the fresh air doing something. In the old house we didn’t spend much time in the garden because it was rather small and was in a bit of a state when we moved in. This garden is bigger and was in a good condition when we moved in. So I’m trying to keep it that way!! Clearing up doggy poops is the worst bit!!

I’m having a panad now and watching You’ve Got Mail whilst I carry on with my cross stitch bookmark. This project has been on the go since about 10 years! I will finish another at some point. I’ve only put the Sonic project to one side whilst I finish this bookmark as I desprately need a bookmark! {/additional}

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Things to Do Today

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Becster

Well I had a list this morning of things I’d like to do today and things and things I should get done today. Not sure by now whether I actually did anything!!

Wanted to do
- play Fantastic Dizzy (preferably all day!!) *
- take doggies for walk
- go to Dunelm to buy some lime green candles

Should have done today
- some revision
- clear garden of doggy poops
- tidy up
- go food shopping

* didn’t play with the old Yolkfolk but played a bit of Sims 2 instead! :D

So I got a little bit of both done. Went into to town to buy some paving slabs as a base for the doggy pen. It was soooo hot! MR had a wonderful (!) time lifting up 18 of these heavy slabs into the car and then back out of it in the heat! It was 32⁰C today! Thank god I didn’t buy those ice lollies in Tescos otherwise they’d have melted in the car! Quite surpsied that the candles didn’t melt to be honest!

European Grand Prix was today. No prizes for guessing who won, same old same old!! We had intended to watch it. We even had it on the telly but because it was so hot we fell asleep and didn’t see much after the first two laps! But we saw the end and even the commentators said it was pretty boring race. I’m glad that my man Mark Webber got a podium finish though! :D

Terminator 2 is currently on the telly. I don’t think I’ve actually seen it to the end and as much as I would love to watch itm I really have to go to bed because I am exhausted!!!

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New Layout

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Becster

Yes I have a new layout! First time I’ve tweaked a WordPress theme. Pretty pleased with myself! It features the lovely Mr Mark Webber (Australian F1 driver)! A bit dark but I like it!

Had a busy week this week. Went up to see Taid this evening and also went to see Nain as she’s in hospital with a slipped disk (extreme back pain). She was much better this evening and hopefully allowed home tomorrow.

We have finally set a date for our wedding! September 15th 2012!! We’ve decided to go for Caer Rhun Hall which is a beautiful old country house. It’s used for weddings and it’s also an accountancy college. It’s where we met! We’ve spent hours in the place so it seems to be the perfect place for our wedding! We’re going to meet the chef and co-ordinator on the 9th July as we’re going to try and get a bit of a discount!! :D

Been over at The Q*Bee a lot this past week or so. They’ve started some awesome groups and I’ve joined the pixelling group. Not very good at pixelling but I’ve joined as I do enjoy pixelling and want to improve.

Also, I’ve set up the old Mega Drive in the back room and had a bit of a play on Fantastic Dizzy which was my favourite game whilst growing up!! :D Happy days!!!

(I should also start revising soon!!!!)

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Busy busy busy

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Becster

Well I had to take my Taid to a hospital appointment so I had the day off. Went to a seaside town on the way home and had a lovely all day breakfast and a nice walk. I had never stopped in the town before and it was actually really nice.

Went back to Taid’s house and cleared out some of my old stuff. Mostly it was my old school work books and files. I’m currently sorting through them to put them in the recycle or shredder. So MR isn’t too pleased with all the boxes that is now sat in the back room!! We’ve only just cleared out the others!! Haha!

I then went into town and bought some compost to plant some sunflowers in. The sunflower instructions say that I should sow them in May but I thought I’d chance it now as it’s not a usual June. We had a hail storm last week!! So I’m hoping that they’ll grow! :D

I’m starting my slight health kick! Trying to eat healthier options for lunch. Had fishcakes with some rice and veg this evening. Very nice! Going to try and have a chicken salad for lunch tomorrow. With a bit of dressing of course! :)

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Stuck In A Rut

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Becster

I’m currently bored. Nothing seems to change. Go to work, come home, watch a bit of telly, walk the dogs, play a bit of sims whilst watching more telly, go to bed… and so it continues. I have plenty of things that I should be doing e.g. should be revising. But I’m just bored!! I think I need to find new places to take the dogs… change of scenery.

I’m also tired of feeling tired. I’m always feeling knackered. My doctor says it could be as a result of the thyroid tablets but I thought that the whole point of the thyroid tablets were to stop the tiredness.

So I’ve decided, I’m going to become more healthy. I’m going to start by doing some exercise. I’m going to start jogging with the dogs. Only trouble is I need to buy a sports bra that fits me. Then I’m going to change what I eat. Try to eat healthier things… or really, just try to cut back on takeaways and eat more fruit. I’ve even considered joining Weight Watchers as I really do enjoy the Weight Watchers range from Heinz.

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