Arillas journal

Yesterday I arrived after uneventful flight to sunny and hot Arillas just before one in the afternoon. Heavy and Miss K were waiting for me and after quick application of Piz Puin we proceeded for a long leisurely lunch in Thalassa. Then a couple of hours of beauty sleep and we were ready to celebrate my B-Day in Armourada. Naturally the evening ended in the Coconut bar and this morning I felt it.

After a freshly squeezed orange juice at the hotel Marina's pool bar we spent most of the day in the sea as the weather is a total scorcher. Life is good indeed :)

Next update from Arillas

Taxi is on it's way and my bags are packed. Next update from Arillas baby!!!

Strictly come boxing

Strictly Come Dancing the new series hits our screens on Friday 18th September. But all ready the media is going on about it. Below Mac's view of boxer Joe Calzaghe's practise with his dance partner Kristina Rihanoff. Click to enlarge the pic.

'Shall we try that again. Joe?
But this time twirl her gracefully across the room... no uppercuts.'

Women truths

1. A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills... she has 14 kids but doesn't really care.

2. One of life's mysteries is how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs.

3. My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

4. The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes.

5. The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does.

6. The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

7. Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.

8. Sometimes I think I understand everything, and then I regain consciousness.

9. I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knickers'.

10.Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes!

11. Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like...'You know sometimes I forget to eat!' .....Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name and my keys, but I have never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat!

12.. The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.

13. I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day!

Sing when you're winning :)

This weekend has been beautiful weather wise and sports wise. England won The Ashes and my beloved Tottenham are back to the top of the Premier League after couple of days as no 2.

Lennon & Defoe celebrating

Life is good here in SW19 and the weather is going to hold the lovely temperatures for the next couple of days and then it will be off to sunny Arillas next Saturday morning. Life is GOOD indeed!

Go Miss Finland!

I have never been one much for beauty pageants, except maybe when I was a kid, but this year I think Finland has got a nice one competing in the Miss Universe competition. Of course the result is fixed and the decision is political as always, so no fun in that, but well done Miss Finland Essi for looking ever so blonde and ever so pretty!

Another holiday destination crossed off my list

The powers that be in Malaysia are going to flog this young lady who's "heinous crime" was to drink beer. She will receive 6 lashes on her buttocks, but they are alledgedly going to use a lighter cane than they would on a man. Well that's all right then...NOT!

This back ward country is now among the many countries that impose the ridicilous religious laws and wish to live in a year the sword and the stoning and is now most definetly off my possible holiday destinations.

I know better places in where to spend my money than taking it to these far away destinations where paradise is only as beautiful as their opressor, be it religion or a despot.

Rockin tunes

Rockabilly music was one of my first loves in music. There is this Finnish band called Francine and I fell in love with them with their 2001 album Fullahead. I have just aquired their latest album One Step Further and after couple of so and so albums they are back with nice and tight riffs that evoke all kinds of strirrings inside of me. Good stuff!

Pardon the pun...

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's Round Table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

3. A rubber band pistol was confiscated in an algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

4. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

5. No matter how much you push the envelope, itll still be stationery.

6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

10. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, You stay here, I'll go on a head.

13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said, Keep off the Grass.

15. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, No change yet.

16. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

17. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

18. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

19 A backward poet writes inverse.

20. In a democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism, its your count that votes.

21. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

22. Dont join dangerous cults, practice safe sects!

Saturday 15th August

Yesterday the ladyeez came around for a few beverages and Geraldinho joined us. Life is good :)

The cat can't read and the dog can't count

First there was the IAMS cat who can't read...



And now there is IAMS dog who can't count. Funny as funny things these adverts :)

The Dog Can’t Read a..
Watch the ad...

Quiet life

Not much is happening this week so nothing to report. Sleep. eat, tube, work, tube, eat and sleep. Still counting ;)

Tottenham 3 - 0 Olympiakos 09/08/2009

Monday statistics

Min has flown off to Finland this morning for a couple of weeks to see her family. That leaves me to water the plants and I will share the cat feeding duties with Mr S. But the important thing is that I will get on with the ever lasting countdown to my holiday in Arillas. ONLY 15 days to work and 19 sleeps to go before I get there!

Lazy Saturday

Today the sun has been out every now and then with temperatures of pleasant +25 degrees so I put my sun lounger out and spent some time luxuriating in the heat with my headphones on listening to my MP3 player. Geraldinho was never a far away and as soon as I vacated the lounger, she was on it and I didn't have the heart to ask her to leave. Life in SW19 continues nice and steady and there will be lots of loitering with intent in our garden as the weather man has promised nice weather for tomorrow as well. Life is good ;)

Ye olde photobooth pics

Min and I have been friends for a looooooooooooong time and it's always funny to look back to the days of yore when we were young and pretty, full of attitude and and we felt more or less immortal and invincible.

These pictures are from the time we lived in lovely Brighton and if my memory serves me correct, they were taken in the photobooth in Brighton station sometime circa 1989. Couple of decades later I can but let out a deep sigh and smile whilst shaking my head :)

Karelian space blonde

The first Karelian astronaut Timothy Kopra is currently residing up in the International Space Station. Finnish President Tarja Halonen had a phone call with him last week and he had said that he wouldn't mind having a proper Finnish sauna at his home. He also addmitted being a Finn at heart and accepted an invitation to visit the land of his ancestors.

Well, by the time he gets back from his space gig the proud Finn's have promised to send him a proper Finnish sauna so that he can sweat away the space dust. It must be good to be a Karelian blonde space man ;)

Waiting for Robbie

Lovely Robbie Williams has been working on his new long awaited album and looks like he will be appearing in an O2 arena near me sometime next year. Heavy has promised to attend as well so I best be able to aquire tickets the minute they come on sale. It has been way too long since the last time, which was brilliant!

Lazy weekend

Geraldinho has been hanging around our house since Friday morning and we have done much of a not a lot at all this weekend. Which is nice and life is good :)