Burnt Bananas

Up early again today (well for me anyway!) as I've a few things to tidy up before the photographer comes over to take Phil and my mug shots for the local paper. It doesn't take long to pilfer things away and have a quick bit of breakfast, and finally get myself tidied up a bit too - all in enough time to sit down and watch a bit of the goggle box whilst waiting for snap happy man to arrive.

We've been watching the american equivalent of DIY SOS, a program called Extreme Makeover : Home edition. And well it just goes to show that if you're in America, bigger really is better. With the UK program well they limit themselves to one or 2 rooms in an already existing house and give them some new decor and the like and on occasion may rip out a wall or two - but the american version is a whole lot more interesting. From the episodes I've seen so far, they usually demolish the house completely and then rebuild it in 7 days, pretty incredible really when you consider that in the UK the average laying of bricks per day is about 10, and thats if you can find a builder that isn't a cowboy. All in all pretty entertaining stuff :)

The photographer arrives and so after lots of "look at the camera", "try not to blink", "stare into each others eyes" (Yep, I nearly went bozzeyed with that one) he reckons he's got enough shots to satisfy the paper, and winds his merry way homeward bound.

So without any interruptions to the day it means we can now get about doing stuff which needs to be done. For me that involves getting tea at tesco and weeding the garden once again (I'm seriously considering graveling the whole lot!) whilst Phil watches the Grand Prix (apparently the crash on the last lap made the other 58 laps worth watching).

We have a BBQ despite the weather becoming a little overcast, and for dessert I stick bananas on the coals until they are nicely black on the outside and squidgy in the middle - one of my favourites, but not so popular with Mr. Phil. And whilst were eating we watch Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - which is quite good and includes an typical over the top, face contorting performance from Jim Carrey.

Posted by Abi on the May 29, 2005 9:36 PM