Monday, 9 November 2009

Not such a good weekend

Not such a good weekend for little Ruby as she coped with 2 new teeth breaking through on her jaw gums, a nasty ear infection, tonsillitis and if that wasn't bad enough for her, the antibiotics she's been taking have given her a painful mouth infection. Poor, poor, little bubba.
She did her best to put a brave face on things and still kept on clapping, throughout the weekend and even stood up, un-aided, in her cot for the first time at home.

Elsewhere, we've been loving our new bedroom windows, double glazed - draft and sound proofed. We popped over to the Kilburn car boot sale, saw a strange pile of dolls and bought an orange topped toy we've named Andy. We all went for afternoon tea and cake at my sister Jane's, who was celebrating her birthday and on Saturday night Andy and Becky took us out to dinner, for a lovely meal at Kensington Place. Some TV presenters, who Andy likes, were also there and he asked me to take their picture while they were outside, having a smoke.

On Sunday we said a sad farewell to Becky, my cousin, who's been staying with is for the past 5 months. We're going to really miss her, she's been an absolutely perfect house mate and the house already feels a lot emptier without her.
To top the not such a good weekend, we were also sad to see Lucy voted out of X Factor and Jedward (although, I'm sorry to say, actually did perform slightly better in the sing-off) have gone through to the next round.













Thursday, 5 November 2009

Doors

We're just about to get quotes to replace our front door but before we do we need to find a design we like, in keeping with the period of the house. So on my way to Tufnell Park today, I photographed doors, from Kensal Rise and Queen's Park, to help us choose. I think we like the second door down the best but should definitely be painted black.

























Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Finally got to see 'Fantastic Mr Fox' last night. I knew I would but I absolutely loved it, utterly delightful and I can't wait to see it again with Ruby. It's as good as anything Wes Anderson's done before, the soundtrack is typically brilliant of his films and the cast of voices (George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Swatzman, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon) are perfect. I especially enjoyed the recurring use of the sound effects from 'Man in the White Suit', the bandit masks, the use of the word 'cuss' in place of expletives and the way the characters eyes welled up at emotional moments.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Weekend

We mostly spent this weekend at home, entertaining and looking after a house full of guests including the Zimmer family and Becky's friend Emma. But we did manage to get out on Saturday afternoon for a wonderful long lunch with Stephen and Sarah at Stephen's house.
Ruby made a major breakthrough while we were there and stood up, un-aided, by herself for the very first time. It's just the latest in a number of recently aquired skills. Her latest thing is clapping and she's loving giving everything, that makes her happy, a little round of applause.












The Lexi

What a truly great cinema The Lexi is and they have a fantastic ceiling.