I have been TAGGED……

By my good friend Anne in Oxfordshire…..

I find these very hard to do so hope its not too boring to read

What I was doing 10 years ago… living at RAF Marham

Five things on my to-do list today:…..  easy day today,give my Easter eggs out,pack my car, go to work, buy some fish,drive to Cambridge.

Snacks I enjoy: Olives, Grapes, Pineapple,Muffins.

Things  you  would do if you was a Billionaire: move to Cambridge 🙂 Give up work and do more walking. look after all the people I love.

Three of my bad habits: Worry too much about the future, worry about being rejected. unable to relax.

Five places I have lived: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Yorkshire, Norfolk.

Five jobs I have had:  WRAF, Waitress,Voluntary work, Tesco.

five people who I would like to tag.

Leslie at The Pedalogue

Cherry pie

Liz  at finding life hard

Knifepainter

and Emily .

Sally Twitter’s for 2008-03-19

  • feeling better after one small headache turned into one massive migarine 🙁 #
  • No gym for me today head still delicate after migraine 🙁 #
  • Now at college but dont feel ready for tonights test 🙁 #
  • wow the whole class got 100% in lymphatic test 🙂 #
  • Think I may go mad this week end and treat myself to a nice pink jacket from Rohan …. an easter gift to myself 🙂 #
  • just looking for my skipping rope 🙂 #

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Sally Twitter’s for 2008-03-18

  • What a beauty and half price too – photo at http://twitxr.com/sally/updates/16487 #
  • @emjo yes great news will be good to see them again 🙂 #
  • off for a much needed hair cut and colour 🙂 #
  • left some of my massage cards at hairdressers….. see if i can get any customers 🙂 #
  • I am now Twittering using Ping.fm! #
  • 30 mins done on my thigh trainer….. #

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Muffins are cool…

Geoff sent me this link about muffins which I found interesting……..

When I  bottle my sloe gin, I have decided that I am going to make muffins with the sloes.

Could be a very interesting flavour. 🙂

Muffins enter typical UK ‘basket’

Cafe in Regent Street

Spending on muffins and smoothies reflects cafe culture says the ONS

Fruit smoothies, muffins and portable digital storage devices have all been added to a typical basket of UK goods, used to measure inflation.

Frozen vegetarian ready meals, CD singles, "stubbie" lager and 35mm camera films are to be removed, the Office for National Statistics said.

The ONS updates its 650-strong basket of goods and services annually, to better reflect public spending habits.

The basket is used to calculate the Retail Prices Index.

The ONS said the inclusion of fruit smoothies and muffins was reflective of a growing "cafe culture".

"Fruit smoothies are included as the emerging market of healthy soft drinks continues to rise in supermarkets," said the ONS.

It added that muffins were being included for the first time to reflect the fact that snacks such as croissants and cakes were being bought when customers bought coffees in cafes.

The removal of Top 40 singles from the basket reflects the fact consumers are downloading music more, said the ONS.

The prevalence of digital cameras means consumers are buying far less film, which explains why the 35mm film dropped from the basket.

In contrast, spending on portable digital storage devices has grown. This includes memory cards and storage sticks, mp3 players, mobile phones and computers.

BBC iPlayer

Five weeks ago I missed a TV program I wanted to watch, called The Last Enemy.

That’s when I discovered  BBC iPlayer .

Every week I have been able to download this program onto my laptop and watch it at my convenience.

Its been a great thriller and I have really enjoyed watching it.

BUT and there is always a BUT I have just realized tonight was the last episode and was very disappointed with the ending.

Although I expect its been left open for a follow up series.

Out with the country set….

When we left the Outdoor show we made our way to a small village just off the A14 called Hamerton.

I thought I lived in the middle of nowhere but this is even more remote.2338094358_a9e28c3e97

We had been invited by friends to the local wine tasting evening, to be held in the village hall.

An evening to be spent amongst the locals , mainly farmers and from the steel family 🙂

Louise did the talk and presentation of 6 wines all from Argentina.

First it was a Cava then 2 white, a rose and 2 red, one of them being oak smoked.

I am not really much of a drinker, but all wines were very pleasant, Geoff particularly enjoyed the oak smoked red.

A great evening w2337259591_73f0b4d38fas had by all.

The following day we had plans to meet up with more friends at Grafham Water and cycle round it on a tandem, but much to my disappointment the weather had turned bad so this had to be cancelled. 

Instead we had a guided walk around Hamerton and saw to our amazement how much flooding can be caused by one and a half inches of rain.

So a great day after all  🙂

Rest of the photo’s can be seen here…. http://flickr.com/photos/geoffjones/tags/160308walk/

Walk route can be seen here…..

http://wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=106385