Photo Every Day #107

Today Stark was invited for tea at my Mum's. We had a Chinese takeaway and he had a pigs ear! He's also out for tea at my Dad's over the weekend, so he has a good social life already!!

Song Of The Day: Sum 41 - Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
Reason: One of the bands that reminds me of my mid teens

Highlight Of The Day: Getting in bed!

Inspiration Of The Day: Knowing that being pleasant certainly pays off

Photo Every Day #19

Today was a poo day really. Just cos silly things happened and one person wanted to stir the pot. But we did have a nice takeaway and watched Jonathan Ross so it's all good in the end. We also got to meet our friend's new lady friend, who seems lovely, so that was a nice end to a crappy day.

Sweetheart:


Song Of The Day: Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Reason: Any band that are that beautiful should live next door to me. And walk round naked. Often. RIP The Rev.

Highlight Of The Day: Coming home from work.

Inspiration Of The Day: The Haunted Places website shows hundreds of haunted places across America. There are some truly beautiful buildings in there too.

Photo Every Day #282

I nearly forgot I had this photo to share! It's of nice, big red toadstools that I found under a bush at the Walled Garden. Apparently, the word toadstool is not the type of mushroom as I thought it was, but it's actually a made up word which is found in German folklore and early fairy stories. It relates to German stories in which toads sat on the mushroom in order to catch the flies that were trying to get to eat the mushroom itself. It also tends to be used when mushrooms are suspicious or poisonous. In other news, today was Asami's first trip to the vets. It didn't go down too well with her which isn't surprising to be fair. She had her first vaccination, was given flea and worming treatment and she had to have to ears swabbed and cleaned as the vet thought it looked like she had either ear mites, which are common in kittens, or a build up of wax. Either way, she has nice clean ears now, but has been scratching them all day as I think the drops must have made them feel funny. She's been very sleepy and is now conked out on a hot water bottle under a fleecy blanket.

Toadstool Ring:

Photo Every Day #252

Today I went shopping in Manchester with my Mum. I had no intention of buying anything but came back with two matching deer pictures, a green dress, a pink jacket and a cupcake! I'll upload some photos tomorrow! This evening I had my friends round and we had takeaway and watched X Factor. I think the X Factor is really running out of steam with this latest series. The format is so predictable that it's just boring to see so many talented people that they just all seem average. There are barely any auditions shown anymore, definitely no real crazy people auditioning like they used to have, no real advice given to hopefuls, no family interviews, even the sob stories are appearing as though they've been sent via the bland machine. I personally preferred the original format with more intimate auditions and with judges who know more about the industry as oppose to just being performers. However, it now seems to have turned into a huge bland fest where it's all about dramatics with no real climax. It's a shame as I did used to love watching the audition segments of the show. Maybe one day they'll bring back the old style!

Emerald Takeaway:


Song Of The Day: Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat
Reason: Love this song and he's a bit of a guilty pleasure as his style isn't my usual cup of tea!

Highlight Of The Day: A nice day with family and friends.

Photo Every Day #63

Today after work I had two visitors! My friends came over for takeaway, from our other friend's families Chinese takeaway, and to hang out. We played along with Take Me Out, ate junk and just had a laugh in general. Was a nice night and better than spending it on my own just monging about! I am also baking another lemon drizzle crunch cake for a meal at my Mum's tomorrow.

Seaweed:


Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Reason: Just love her voice, the lyrics and the retro feel to her music.