A Wee Dram or Three

It's Margarita Time.........or Not!!!!

Beach Party, Anyone??

Weather here is not being kind.....warm..77F....light showers.

Not ideal conditions for ripping up and re-laying patio!!

Got about 3sq metres done.....5 million to go...at least, that's what it seems like!!

Laying, spreading, levelling, firming sand!! It comes in around 60 pound bags, which, when you get to my age, are **!!!!!**** heavy!!

I've got my own private beach at the moment, sans sea!!

Think I'll get me a deck chair, mix a Margarita or three, and reeeee....laaaax!!!

Decisions, Decisions.....

I'm still checking flights & hotel prices for various locations in USA. So far I've looked at Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Florida.

Tammi reminded me that the 2008 Millblogs Conference is on at the time I would be in Vegas, but I would really like to visit places I haven't already been.

LA is a tad expensive for my budget.

New York is relatively cheap, (in the nicest possible way!) and also good for shopping.

Florida is within my budget, and I have never been there.

Gonna check a few more places out before I come to a final decision.

Slow News Day........

Not a great deal happening here in "Moderation"....started to rip up the patio and lay a fresh bed of sand....ran out of sand......decided to call it a day.

Still checking flight & hotel deals for September.....

Thought I'd post a couple of piccys to fill the gaps.....

This is a view across the River Mersey through the arches of the rail bridge.
You can just make out the Welsh mountains in the background.

This is the Road bridge spanning the River Mersey from Widnes to Runcorn, the Rail bridge is behind.

Planning ahead Part ll

Just had a quick look on-line:

1. US Airways Manchester - Las Vegas - Flight + 6 Nights at Circus Circus = £624.92.. Downside is 6hr+ layover in Philly.
2. Delta - 3hr 30mins layover Atlanta (Out) 6hr layover Atlanta (Return) £890.52
3. American Airlines  - 1hr 35mins Layover Chicago (Out) 1hr 40mins layover Chicago (Return) - £799.42

Looks like American Airlines win.

Planning Ahead

I am still uncertain as to whether I will still be working after this weeks leave.

Based on the premise that I would still be working, I have booked another weeks leave from 15 Sept to 21 Sept.

If I am still employed, I intend to visit USA for the week, if I am not working I may extend the visit to one month!!

I am now going to look at flight and hotel deals.

Just have to decide which part of USA to visit!!

R&R Part ll..........

I've been working hard all morning, now....I intend to relax......in the garden.......in the sun.......with a bottle of Beringer Sparkling Zinfandel....mmmmmmmmm!!

Wish you were here

Cheers!!

New Album

I've posted 21 piccys of the tall ships under sail.  Quality is not so good but they will give an idea of  what each ship looks like with sails hoisted.

This "Resting" is hard work.........

I don't know why, but I seem to work harder when I'm on leave than I do when I'm at work!!

Managed to clean half the house, do laundry, grocery shopping, mow lawn.......

Also spent a couple of hours copying photos, and now about to spend another couple scanning them to pc.

Once that is done I will post them in a new album, meanwhile, here's a taster.......

(excuse the quality, but these were scanned from a magazine)

I have another 35 to scan!!!

R & R

OK, my leave officially started at 5pm.  Tonight I intend to completely chill out. Steak and a bottle of Zin for supper, followed by a few wee drams and a couple of DVD's.

Tomorrow I have a pretty full schedule apart from normal housework.  I need to mow the lawn, weed the borders, re-lay the patio, put some captions to the Tall Ships photos, scan and upload the photos of the Tall Ships in full sail, so y'all can see them at their best.

Of course I'll be having a couple of wee drams, goes without saying.

So now I'm off to cook me a steak!!

Ciao