Monday 27 April 2009

Chicks give us six anWii all having fun

Yesterday sunday the 26th our chickens gave us 6 eggs thats one each for the first time we were delighted. Had a nice weekend this weekend, visited freinds on sat night luke played epworth league winners on sat and lost 2 1 played well then on sunday played clee herons iuf they won the game they won the gradley league, beat herons 7 1 took the title off clee mariners by a point to show that they are the best team in the Gradley league, so thats a The scunthorpe Caparo Cup and The gradley league thay have won spo far a week today it is the County cup played at Lincoln City football ground.

Joe and I were back at aikido on Friday night went well. We then went out on our bikes on Sunday Morning for a 10 mile ride just to get Joe used to riding the racing bike. He did well.

I got my new bike on thursday Cinelli experience in red very nice took it over the wolds on Friday and did about 25 miles nice ride if not a bit windy.


The wii fit board came last week also so we have all been using it lots doing yoga running and various games very competitve and lots of fun.

No job yet I am applying for a postmans job in louth but so will hundreds of others, nothing els has come up.

vegetables coming on nicely potatoes carrots swede broccoli, cabbage sweetcorn has died off and I havent been as successfull with the other plants but got to give it a go.

Thursday 16 April 2009

A Momentus Day Our First Egg

Today I on the 16th of April 2009 one of our chickens laid our first egg, I was just changing the bedding and cleaning out the nesting box and there not in the box but underneath some of the straw was a tiny egg, I quickly text kate and let her know and then showed the boys and nowits on the windowcill in its own egg cup.

the weather has been crap this week not done much with the boys apart from played on the wii and poker, me and joe sat and watched knowing on the computer good beginning crap ending.

Great goal from ronaldo last night to put united through for a semi final meeting with the arse.

Joe phoned the guy about drum lessons today going on sat afternoon

Lukes team Discoveries Minteq won their last game 5 3 and need to win their final three to win the title

Kate away this week in Spain she was at Real Madrids stadium having a meal and sent some picture looks impressive.

My voucher has come for my new bike which I should get next week.


Planted more seed in the garden this week broc, cauli, cabbage and the plants in the greenhouse are coming on ok.

been listening to: Talk sport shuffle on my ipod depeche mode still likin the la roux track
been watchin, knowing , dexter, United beat porto, ronaldos wonder goal, britains best home,
been readin Gardeners world and watchman, twitter

Monday 13 April 2009

Its Spring and we have 6 chickens

April the 12th we got our chickens last week we got 6 in total 2 blue bells, one called blue bell the othe called hetty, two black rocks one called Enid the other called queenie on the account that she escaped the first two nights we had then over the fence, queenie??? I hear you cry Steve McQueen the great escape!!!!!! and two west sussex called Clucky and Doris they have all settled in well and seem content, i built their chicken coop for them and they seem right at home.

Kate had a nice week off last week we didnt do much apart from get our chickens plsy on the wii fit and play poker with the kids. She baked a lot chocolate muffins lemon meringue pie rocky road did a lovely sunday lunch for Nikki jon and brad and now she is in Spain dropped her off at humberside airport this lunch time back on friday.

Joe and Luke having a good restful holiday after a busy term at school\luke did well getting three awards for geography french and pe and joes parents evening went well, not up to much watching telly playing on the trampoline playing on the ps3 and the wii. Lukes football team is doing ok they are still on course to win the gradley league if they can win all their remaining games and are in the county cup final, clee mariners got a bit of a shock when we beat them in the league after they beat us in the cup they thought the league was theirs then they got beat off healing hotspurs who they still have to play again.

The garden is coming along planted a few more plants inthe border and sprinkled afew more seeds in, the veg plot is coming on onions garlic swede carrots are all sprouting had a bad case of damping in the green house and lost quite a lot of plants resown the seeds so try again.

getting used to the kitchen the house feels finished now and we are both delighted with it.

watching : heroes, dexter, football, damages excellent programme, gardeners world waiting for my free seeds, secret millionaire, the mentalist, robin hood and all the small things, grand designs which we are going to see in london looking forward to it

listening to kings of leon u2 loud guitars, elbow, la roux , whatever comes on shuffle

reading: gardeners world and watchmen