Christmas is almost here, apparently!

It really does not feel like the week before Christmas, not sure why but it could have something to do with Mel and I being too busy with other stuff to put up a tree and make the house feel festive this year. As we won't be spending Christmas at home it seemed a waste of time - time we did not really have with lots of work on. There are also tubes of filler and tins of paint dotted around the place ready and waiting to be used on the walls/ceiling/carpet! over the next few weeks.

This past weekend was nice, I spent all day Saturday preparing the spare room for painting. The hard work on the ceiling and walls is almost done, then for the easy job of slapping the paint on. I think we are going for a couple of shades of yellow but we've not found the right ones yet! Then I have to paint all the furniture cream, I've gone off pine and need to cover it up quick! Then we headed to Mels brother Jasons for roast lunch on Sunday which was nice.

This week is relatively quiet with only one Christmas party left, I am looking forward to some extra days off to get things done around the house next week though. New Year should be a big one with 30-40 of us going to The Foreign Office in Tunbridge Wells for a private party.

Have a great Christmas all and a Happy New Year! See you in 2008!

Tim

Slack posting... lots of work on!

It's been a while since my last post, with a busy few weeks gone by. Apologies to those (mostly abroad) who regularly visit for a catch up.

A few highlights for this week have been a trip to GBK for lunch, finally getting to see Transformers the movie (which I really enjoyed) and catching up with my cousin Naomi for lunch at a cool new Mexican place called Wahaca in Covent Garden.

The rest of my time has been spent either working at Yahoo!, working on my new touch rugby competition (in Brighton), working on business planning for tryasport.com (you see a pattern of working here) or going to the gym. But then it is winter and pretty wet and cold in London so time is best used indoors. Soon I will start working on the house too (which I have 3 days off between Christmas and New Year to do) so I can finally tidy up a few rooms that need some TLC.

My business partner and I think we will be ready very soon to gather some feedback from friends who are into sport on many ideas we've been developing for tryasport.com (which name may change due to recent changes in strategy). When we are, you will all be the first to know!

One thing I am very much looking forward to is the boxing match between Hatton and Mayweather. I am not usually into boxing at all but have got caught up in all the hype on this one and really hope little Hatton manages to hold his ground and knock Mayweather out! It's a 4am start to catch the fight Sunday morning though, ouch!

Thoughts go out to all those who've got Christmas shopping still to do, should have done it in Nov when the majority of people are still thinking about it!

Cheers
Tim