hats off, purses out

31Mar08

I read about this on tender[hooligan]’s blog here and decided that I wanted to also give this guy some coverage just in case his story touches anyone who reads Blue soup.
Nigel Hearden of Gosport, England, is currently part way through a sponsored walk from Gosport to Rome, a total of 1,200 miles in memory of [...]

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half a week to go

31Mar08

And then I am out of here.
I feel really weird today. Lethargic. Maybe it’s to do with daylight savings time? Maybe because my weekend was unexpectedly manic but thoroughly enjoyable and now I am down to earth with a bump again. I had toast this morning and that hasn’t helped.
Daily Horoscope for Aries
Although it may [...]

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we are sailing…

30Mar08

I’m still in the Middle of Nowhere, waiting to be fed dinner before I face the 120 mile drive home. I feel really good though, because Saily is so pleased with the results of our photoshoot. Some of the shots are just wonderful. She is a very pretty girl and good at ignoring the camera [...]

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babysitting

29Mar08

It’s a long story. I am supposed to be in London this weekend, but at lunchtime today, I had to drive down to The Middle of Nowhere to help The Mechanic and his sister, Saily Girl. And this evening, I ended up effectively “babyitting” his other sister, 14-year old Lizbeth… and her guinea pig.

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laughter: the best medicine

28Mar08

A lovely way to end the working week. Enjoy.

Radio 4 news hit by giggling fit
Hundreds of listeners have contacted BBC Radio 4 after newsreader Charlotte Green dissolved into giggles while reading a bulletin on Today.
She lost control after playing a clip of the oldest known recording of the human voice.
Presenter James Naughtie intervened as she [...]

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here today, goo tomorrow…

28Mar08

Remember this?

Well, now it looks like this:

Oops!
Had great fun smashing it against the filing cabinet though. The girls in the office wanted me to put my motorbike helmet on and them whack me over the head with it, but it’s quite a sturdy egg and I don’t want to damage my helmet because every time [...]

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boots are very uncomfortable to sleep in

27Mar08

So I discovered last night.
I woke up at 6.39 this morning still wearing one knee-high boot and with a packet of Boursin in bed next to me. It appears that I got peckish after going out and getting absolutely smashed with Mr Divorced. I must have gotten home and gone to the fridge to get [...]

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going for a ride

27Mar08

Mr TT (ah yes, remember him?) is still a daily highlight in the world of Soupy and he and Jose frequently prop me up with marmite on toast of a cold (sometimes hungover) morning. Today I owe him 10p because I am skint.
Anyway, DID I MENTION I AM LEAVING MY JOB?
Woohoo. A rooty toot toot. [...]

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note to a friend

26Mar08

Everybody needs a hug sometimes. Everybody needs to know that they are cared for. Everybody needs to know that it’s all going to be alright.
And even if alright doesn’t turn out to be quite what you initially hoped for, alright is what will come through in the end. A little bit of patience and some [...]

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clutch control

25Mar08

The reason you haven’t heard from me in a while (although it is naturally up for debate whether you even care) is because the heap of junk that I laughingly call my VTS decided to die on me over the weekend. A new clutch was in order. Luckily for me, I was stranded in the [...]

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