Peter and Princess

I happened to see Peter Andre & Princess from a distance promoting his new perfume when I was out shopping recently.

I'm not usually interested in celebrities, and didn't stay very long as it was strange to be surrounded by so many screaming girls, and VH wasn't very impressed. However, I enjoy watching Pete's ITV show - because whatever he's like as an artist, he's a good Dad and has beautiful kids. I find Princess really cute; she was jumping around, signing autographs and looked really happy. It's a strange childhood she and her siblings must have growing up in the public eye. It's a shame I couldn't see Junior and Harvey too.

Lake District

I haven't blogged since I was 'marooned in Montreal' and a lot has happened since then. I travelled around the country -Manchester, Reading, Newcastle, London, Nottingham (all for work) and my favourite by far - the lovely Lake District. We saw lots of sheep, water, mountains, museums and plays, and ate delicious cream teas.

The Lake District is so beautiful (we stayed in Keswick) and I really want to go back. There are so many fantastic places to visit in England, I love it here!

Marooned in Montreal

What kind of name is Eyjafjallajökull for a volcano? Here is how to prounounce it if you are curious. There is something quite surreal about volcanic ash from this impossibly named Icelandic volcano causing chaos throughout the world. Airlines are losing money, many people including Prime Minsiters and Presidents are unable to travel, or stranded, and it is affecting the economy.

On a much smaller scale, here I am, marooned in Montreal, whereas I should be at work in England... I was meant to travel back home Thursday 15th April, but instead I am (fingers crossed!) flying back on Wednesday, nearly a week later than planned. Perhaps I should have felt happy about the volcanic eruption- yippee an extra week of holidays! - but surprisingly being trapped somewhere out of your control isn't as fun as it may appear to be. I feel a little bit like Dorothy must have felt in the Land of Oz, except I don't possess any ruby slippers to help me return home. At least I have somewhere to stay, and for that, I am grateful.

The weather here is sunny at last so I can make the best of it and extra, unexpected holidays.

Proper blog post at last

I haven't blogged properly for a while. I didn't even blog about my Breton Christmas. Actually it wasn't very 'Breton', but it was celebrated in Brittany with family including Sky. We gave her a new toy reindeer which she loves. Sometimes she picks it up and throws it in the air if she wants to play. She is good at human manipulation, and has recently developed a little 'cry' she uses if she wants attention. As in the news today, dogs are actually very intelligent. I am not sure how many words Sky knows, but it is quite a lot. Recently however, she only seems to respond to them if you there is the possibility she may get some food in return. As I said - she is clever.

Now unfortunately it is back to reality, back to work, and back to the snowy weather. It was snowing before we left, and it has been snowing again since yesterday. Heavy snow too. Unlike VeggieHubby, I am no fan of the snow. Yes, it is very pretty but it just causes problems with travel to work. The roads were pretty treacherous last night as I was driving home from work. Even though there were gritters out my car span out of control onto the oncoming traffic and I was lucky that both me and my car were fine. The roads are much worse today as there is much more snow now, and it will get worse tomorrow as more snow arrives, and the snow starts turning into ice.... I think I'll be working at home again.