I'm rare, romantic and elegant!

According to this rubbish personality typing blog I'm introverted. It's strange, although I work in an environment where I regularly walk out in front of many people I haven't met before and talk to them, I consider myself shy and although the enforced solitary existence I now lead since I got push out of my home I hate the thought of going to cheerful parties and meeting new people socially.

Your Personality is Very Rare (INFP)

Your personality type is dreamy, romantic, elegant, and expressive. Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 6% of all women and 4% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

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Boss Time in Dublin

Dayo of the TFF and I went to two Boss gigs in Dublin, The first night was chilly with light rain. We were in seats half way down the ground. The gig was v. good. The second night the weather was much better. We queued for three hours and got right down the front, maybe one row back. Excellent show and I managed to snatch at least one good shot.
















A present for me?












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FECK NO IT'S A FECKING G*B*N!









All fixed up on an Epi Dot and making guitar faces!

Tim has a hammer

Leeds Castle

On Easter Saturday the kids and I met up with Steven and Karen and Joe at Maidstone's MacDonalds and we all went to Leeds Castle for an afternoon of kite making, adventure playground playing and maze conquering. Snow and winds did nothing to stop our fun. Great day out.

New Life

I haven't updated Spherity since Halloween. Christmas was a wash out with no fun whatsoever and by the end of January it was clear that something was wrong. Then Meris told me that she wanted out of our 14 year marriage. So I have moved out of the family home and been house sitting a friend who has been on holiday in India. I get to see the kids every other weekend and usually at least one night during the week. I have agreed to rent a place ten minutes from the family home but it won't be ready for a couple of months so I'm not too sure where I'll be staying till then. Having a new life to arrange is scary, hard work, confusing, unsettling but also provides opportunities to change the things I didn't enjoy or like about my old life. In the short term I have arranged to go to Cornwall for a few days holiday in March. I have also got a trip to Newcastle to see a band - Marah - in April. I will also be able to meet up with the Toontown chapter of the TheFenderForum. In May I will be go to see Springsteen twice in Dublin with my mate Dayo and it looks like the summer will see work trips to Athens, and Copehagen. So all in all lots of opportunities to take photos and see friends. My biggest concern about this separation is my kids. I love them dearly and want to spend time with them and it seems so unfair that I can't on a daily basis. I miss them terribly when I'm not with them. I hope that they will not be too unsettled by the change brought about in their lives. Last weekend we went to the cinema to see National Treasure 3. Hokum but fun and we all enjoyed it.



Kirsten becomes a teenager and Adam turn's eight.

Halloween 2007

Lake Louise

The last week of our holiday was spent after a hard two day drive from Ucluelet at Lake Louise in the Rockies. We stayed at Lake Louise Inn which we had stayed at five years earlier. We were disappointed on the first night to find out that the cookout season was over and the large gazebo where we had previously sat in front of an open fire and ate burgers and sweetcorn was closed. However most evening we took some drinks to the gazebo while the kids played at the treehouse and made wigwams from branches, grass and leaves. Most mornings we swam in the pool and in the afternoon went to the lake. One day we took to the lake in canoes. Kirsten, Adam and I reached the end of the lake. Meris and Hannah said they could've done had they wanted to....One morning I got up at 5am and went to take sunrise shots of the lake. Another day I hiked from Lake Louise up to Lake Agnes and then ran the three miles back down the mountain. Apparently deck shoes are not best suited to fell running and I gained a nice blister. The end of our trip came far too soon and we drove to Calgary and flew back to a grey Gatwick. The 17kg of excess baggage indicates we probably bought too much stuff while we were away but it will give us good memories of a fantastic summer.