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A Royal Visit to the JubblyBubbly

Posted on 03/06/2012 by MrFoggJune 3, 2012

What a fantastic start to the Jubbly Bubbly party, her royalness queenie joined along with prince ginger, kate wossername that just married into them, Richard the Lionheart, the King and Queen and the King and Queen of Hearts. Since the theme was all things royal, it was hats off to everyone who dressed for the occasion (Mr Fink even had crochet chain mail, bonza).

The prize for the outfits went to Mr and Mrs CaddyFrog (sans wetsuit) who appeared into the BBQ complete with their own Pomp and Ceremony music playing in the background. The prize was of course an 18inch rubber duck that they could take into the hot tub.

Games ensued. swingball (where Mr Fogg absolutely thrashed LilFink), tennis (complete with the worlds worst built tennis net, thanks to the serving wenches), and the best game ever “drown the children in the hot tub”. Mr Caddyfrog was ever so slightly worse for wear 30 minutes after food (too much of the falling down water methinks).

So we’ve consumed a mass of dead animal so far and still a farmyard to get through. More of the hot tubbing and today watching the Royal procession go up the road, but somehow we won’t be joining in due to the typical British summer.

So raise your glasses and two hips and one hurray for the Jubbly Bubbly

Fit for Play?

Posted on 30/05/2012 by MrsFoggMay 30, 2012

Ah, must be Wednesday.

Hot tub delivered? Yup
Huge gazebo setup? Yup
All ready and set for party? Yup

Cue torrential rain, lightening and drowned gazebo. Oh boy.

Will it still be standing by the morning? of course, it’s built by the Foggies!!

Counting down to Jubbly day…

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Drought, Wot Drought

Posted on 29/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 29, 2012

Well JubblyBubbly Party is all set to go and no we don’t actually live in a hosepipe ban area, however to show solidarity to our Southern brethren, we have decided to fill the Hot Tub not with a hose pipe but by bucket and to make it even more of a sharing experience we are even going to let the guests fill it for us. Aren’t we kind, oh PS this actually holds 1,060 litres of H2O, better come early so that we avoid disappointment.

After all why have a party and not make your guest work for it. If you start on Friday night it should be full by Saturday afternoon.

Can you see me

Posted on 27/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 27, 2012

Test run for the gazebo, 9m x 3m, build time 45 minutes, argument time 15 minutes.

Now all we got to do is collapse it all and then rebuild again next Friday.

Menu, check, party games, check (quoits, spanner tennis, Bartenga, skittles and boules), sun, on order

BBQ Daddy

Posted on 26/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 26, 2012

Oh you lucky lucky peeps, The BBQ Daddy is back and firing on half a cylinder, well it is hot!

BBQ all cleaned and ready (no dead spiders this time Mrs Fogg). Hot Tub arrives in T Minus 3 days and will be sizzling at 39 degrees for the party.

Obviously we are trying the BBQ for you, just to check its all ok, oh and yes we will test drive the Hot Tub as well.

Get yer party frocks ready.

Nae Mare Stroud

Posted on 23/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 23, 2012

Yey my last visit to the fair town of Stroud, well technically speaking I have actually never been to Stroud since I have stopped in Rodborough, Nailsworth and Dudbridge. I get to leave my current company in but a few weeks and either take a breather or find another contract. The hunt is on then for the next role.

The hotel has been quite nice with good service and this is the first (and last time) I will see it in the sunshine.

Oh well, BBQ on the horizon next.

ShiteLock Homes

Posted on 19/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 19, 2012

Ever glad you never wasted the money going to the pictures to see a film, yup me too.

We downloaded Sherlock Holmes 2 and boy what a waste of £3.49. The first movie was innovative, intelligent and interesting, this however is slow, dull an boring.

I want my money back.

Tick Tock

Posted on 19/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 19, 2012

Yup only two weeks to the Foggy JubblyBubbly Party. As you can see the Hot Tub Time Machine is all prepped and ready to go. This year to comply with Health and Safety regulations, we will be appointing a Pool Safety officer for the duration, it will be their responsibility to issue arm bands and life vests before access is granted. Under legislation the officer will only allow one person access at a time and there will be no more than 2cm of water in the pool.

No alcoholic beverages or food will be allowed near the pool and a breath test will be required before you can enter the pool. Also no-one will be allowed to wear flippers or full scuba gear (Mr CaddyFrog take note).

I can see the smiles dripping off your faces already, Enjoy!

The Great British Ripoff

Posted on 13/05/2012 by MrFoggMay 13, 2012

Yup a rant this way is a coming Mrs Fogg!

A nice leisurely rise this am, where shall we grab a bite to eat says I, let’s try Burnby Hall Gardens offers Mrs Fogg. Now let me check, does it have food, yes, do you have to pay to get in and buy some food, well this is England isn’t it!

I find it rather annoying that you have to pay £5 each for the right to buy a coffee, but consider you can look at all the wonderful flowers, but I don’t want to look at flowers, all I wanted was a coffee, which all told comes to £6.50 with entrance fee.

Welcome to rip off Britain. Next time I choose.

Mindfulness

Posted on 12/05/2012 by MrsFoggMay 12, 2012

I started a new Yoga class last night. It’s only a local class with three other attendees and the tutor, so it’s very friendly. I’m by far the youngest attendee.

The new class is a bit more sedate than what I was used to previously but it’s great. A wonderful way to relax, stretch and unwind. Last night the lady who takes the class was speaking about the concept of Yoga. It is very much a way of meditating, using the breath to concentrate and forget for a time the distractions of life.

She made an interesting observation. In our busy lives, not everyone can take a class for an hour or two, and few of us take time for ourselves but we can all achieve some space. A simple five minutes to sip and enjoy a cup of tea, a few minutes in bed stretching gently and just focusing on breathing before the day routine starts. These are ways to take time to be mindful of our own bodies, our breath, our lives.

As much as I rush around working and never seem to stop, and as poor as I am at actually taking time at home to do some Yoga, she reminded me last night that is is vital to at least take that five minutes to appreciate my body, my mind and life. After all, just being able to do something as simple as stretch our arms out horizontally today may not be such an easy task at 90, the body is pretty amazing really.

Ok chanty hippy stuff over. Now, about that cup of tea

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