Olympic Games opening ceremony

Keith and I have just been sitting in front of the television totally entranced for the past half hour. The reason? We have been watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Neither of us are great fans of the Games and that is probably as much as we will watch during the coming weeks but we were both amazed by the artistic and technical effects. I have certainly seen nothing like it before. The whole thing was perfectly choreographed, the music was fantastic and the artistic and technical flair behind it, sheer genius. If you missed it, look here and play the video. Give yourself a treat!

What type of blogger are you?

I was browsing the ether earlier today and came across this little quiz which is supposed to tell you what category of blogger you are. Most people I know would say the 'insane' category, but they just don't understand, not being bloggers themselves! I have tried to convert them but without any luck so far.
Anyway, if you'd like to try the quiz for yourself, don't forget to post the result afterwards!
You can see mine at the side. Hmmmmm.........

And yet more!!!

They've been reading my blog - they must have been, and now they're ganging up on me. It's an organised assault - on my nerves! This morning's specimen had quietly insinuated itself into the bedroom. There it hung, swaying slightly, on the bedroom ceiling, grinning triumphantly - well it probably was. I didn't actually get close enough to pick up on facial expressions.
I gave myself a very positive talking to. "It's a lot smaller than you," I said.
"It's probably far more frightened of you than you are of it." ("Are you sure about that?")
"It's not actually going to do any harm, now, is it?" ("Yes it is, it's going to move, it's going to travel round the bedroom, it's going to grow into a bigger spider. Maybe, one day it will drop on me from a great height like the ones in our Australian friend's story.")
Well, there was only one thing for it - it was either the hairspray and hoover method (You don't wanna know!) or call in the cavalry. Men - they're just SOOOOO useful! :)

More spiders

Tales of my bravery when faced with a spider in the bathroom the other day seem to have spread far and wide. The sequel to the tale is that yesterday there were 2 more, also in the bathroom but this time I despatched them to that great cobweb in the sky! Well, you get fed up of being brave after a while. The novelty wears off :)
I was also on the laptop yesterday evening with 2 moths and a daddy long legs flying round my head (the back door was open) so I'm not all bad. I did let them survive!
Last week, a young Australian was in the shop regaling us with stories of his encounters with spiders back home. He happily reminisced about huge specimens falling from the ceiling onto his face while in bed! Bit of a passion killer really......

Anyone for Blogrolling?

Having had the bloggrolling html on my blog for weeks, I have suddenly worked out what to do with it (Yes, all-right, slow on the uptake, I know!)
So I have now put my linked blogs onto it and very proud of it I am too. There it is sitting elegantly on the right. However, these things never go smoothly (it's taken me all evening to do this!) and for some reason it wouldn't let me add Magz and Anytown NHS Trust so apologies to them but they are still there as links.
Anytown NHS Trust is brilliant - it tells you just how wonderful the organisation behind the good old NHS is. (Be afraid....be very afraid!)

Warm and comfortable?

I just visited Gemmak's blog and found an interesting little quiz which she had done, so I thought I would have a go too and, guess what - I got the same result.
Can I suggest that in my case, it's not totally accurate??? And that's as much as I'm saying :)

cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed


What Sign of Affection Are You?
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Bus stops and golf

We didn't go very far afield today. First Keith decided he'd like a quick bout of golf practice. I had said I would be interested in trying it out too, being a complete and utter novice, but - hitting a ball with a stick, how hard can it be? I thought. WRONG!!! It's much harder than it looks - but it's also good exercise. Mind you, Keith didn't do too well either, between you and me! So, after a quick stint at the driving range, we began today's meanderings - this time around Chirk and the area around Llangollen Take a look here
We had a lovely drive and saw some beautiful scenery. I never cease to be amazed at the wealth of amazing views and places to visit on our doorstep. As we were cruising up and down mountains, we came across this.....


Very strange, I thought, but no, Keith had the answer as usual. You may recall an earlier discovery of the bus stop on the way to Pentrefoelas. Keith did mention that the prehistoric Welsh were a very forward looking race, well, here, if you needed it, is even more evidence (he said). A prehistoric bus stop for the 22 bus! Amazing or wot!!!
On the other hand, he said, Douglas Adams could have put it there as the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything - maybe it is 22 instead of 42.
(And maybe that's going just a bit TOO far!!!)