We plan to celebrate this evening (and commiserate) since Craig managed to bag a really good job today.  Starting on April 1st (yes it is a real job and not an April Fool’s joke, or we hope not anyway!)  its back to stuff he knows lots about  – taking the mickey out of everyone around, practical jokes, being argumentative – oops I meant to say software development.  So, now all the practical aspects kick in – we need another car again for instance.  Then there is the sharing out of the chores – and I thought I’d managed to avoid them!

But is the dream over, our escaping the rat race and seeing distant shores??  Well, not so much over as on hold until we rebuild the coffers a little.  We’ve still lots of dreams and plenty of plans in place and we will make each one happen – of course a large windfall at this stage would assist with the plans (ps any rich distant rellies out there wanting an orphan to claim?).  We did try to claim Craig was the original inspiration for Tin Tin or of course Jimmy Somervilles love child (and if you know who we are talking about it would take some leap of the imagination for that one) but unfortunately he lost his hair before we could get the claim to court – so lost out there!

But, back to the grind then, at least until October when we do the Folk Tour.  And as to me – well, one month as Head of IT and I’m quite proud to share with you all that I have managed to lose the entire original support team – yup every one of them has resigned (hoo harr, I’m NASTY).  So fun and games all around me at the moment.

Spike, the flabby lay-around is now on an enforced diet which  might have been as easy to offer him a gastric band or something, lots of faff weighing out bits of food only to watch the cat devour it in seconds and wail for more. 

And this week we mourn the last of the Pear Dare, supped earlier on by yours truly – delish!

So, to the weekend, a fab meal planned by sexy chef Craig, champagne to celebrate his new job offer and plenty of laying around doing nothing.  Enjoy the weekend everyone.  Next week for us workers its a shorter one!!

What a hectic last few months it’s as if Christmas was years ago (me so sad I love Christmas time).

Lorna (aka BossLady) has been working her little socks off whilst I get to play “howsebeetch”, you know general stuff; cleaning, cooking, ironing (all this and no man boobs either).

We were recently hit by a nasty flu bug (my first in 4 years), but now we are back up to full speed and enjoying the weather in cold, wet Yorkshire (oh Tyddyn we miss you so). Poor little Spikey has put on so much weight with not exercising and the vet reckons he has a dodgy ticker (amazing that she gleemed this info after listening to his heart beat fast whilst ramming a thermometer up his jacksy, think my heart would race a little too!!).

So what else is happening in “chez allan”, well Lorna is busy booking and arranging The Folks guided tour (we even added some little fun pictures to their page on the site) and we will add the best bits of video from the tour.

Me, well besides my chores, I have been chatting to a few companies about using my wealth of knowledge (shhh, stop laughing now) on Projects, so who knows we may even have to share the chores soon (Lorna even had to ask me where we kept the pots and pans the other day, shows how much time she spends in the kitchen).

At the end of this month the Barty’s, well 2/3 of them anyway (no little H) will be paying us a visit and I’m hoping to get the BBQ out for a bit of ritual animal burning.

Anyhoo, let us know what is happening with all you guys.

I suggested this morning that we went off to visit the shops.  A brief car trip to the York Designer Outlet for a wander around inside seemed a good idea so off we went.  The intention was window shopping only!  Hmm, one new coat, a suit and several tops later, it seemed sensible to get out of there while the bank balance was still unaware of the ££s I’d just spent.

The best bit…..got a pair of new jeans in a Size 8 – woo hoo, haven’t been that since my school days (too bad its the American size, but I’m not telling anyone but you about that!)

Well hello from the new and improved Our One Big Adventure website.

It has been a while since we managed any updates, but we is on a roll now (hopefully anyhoo).

So 2008 was a wonderful start, I suddenly became an adult, well a child in a man’s body anyway, celebrating the anniversary of my 39th birthday only in the style that we can, back in St.Lucia for a glorious period of time. every day consisted of 3 solid meals, wine with lunch, cocktails during the day and champagne at night.

Lorna (the most wonderful wife ever) had booked a helicopter transport from the Airport in St.Lucia to the hotel as a surprise, along with a days sailing, searching for whales, snorkling and champagne at the sunset. We stopped again at the East Winds Inn, which I have to say is second to no other hotel for service and food quality. On the way over I was forced to wear an 8inch badge with flashing lights on it, which got a few giggles and plenty of alcohol from the cabin crew.

Back down to earth now and Lorna is now the Head of IT (no surprise there really, she is good at what she does) and we are enjoying time in a little village in Yorkshire (it does not compare to the wonderful cottage in Wales where we spent a year). Thanks to the Barty’s for the calendar with the most wonderful views from our old property (brings back so many good memories).

And now we are busy planning the summer vacation (ooo yes), with a visit to Vegas and a road trip with the Folks from over in that there Ireland.

Plenty of things happening to keep us busy at the moment, learning to play cribbage (or being shown and forgetting the rules immediately, thanks Stu & Jen). I’m learning to ride a real motorbike instead of a twist and go, so if you see me on the road, better leave a lot of room, still struggling with gears at the moment.