Been a while

Sorry, I haven't posted in so long. I wish I could say we've been really busy but in fact, our lives are just that boring, I had nothing to post about, lol. But now I do.

Last night Salford had a game so it was our usual 13 hour work day and not surprisingly, it was RAINING. And we lost. I haven't processed the photos from it either so that's about it for that topic.

Today, there was a City friendly being played in South Africa and they aired it on a big screen at the City stadium. It was also the opening of the new shop and release of the new shirt. They advertised it as "family fun" and were supposed to have lots of activities there so I went along but the whole thing was very disappointing. In terms of "family fun", they had soccer kick game set up (you know, kick the ball and try to hit a target), a man on stilts making balloon animals and a face painter. I thought it would be more than that - more games or maybe even rides. So we decide to go into the new shop but as we round the corner, there was such a long ling to get in, we decided to skip it. We were hearing some engine noises and wanted to check it out - I think it was a motorbike race - but it was £10 each to get in so we axed that as well, lol. The only thing left was to watch the game on the big screen. Only trouble was, they couldn't get the satellite working! Took them 32 minutes after the game had started to get it working. We stayed until half time but it was threatening to rain so we got out of there. All that to watch 13 minutes of the game! But I did manage to snap some pictures so here they are (Aoife was very grumpy!):

Liverpool ONE sucks...

We're definitely never going to the Liverpool ONE shopping center again! For starters, we didn't realize it was an outdoor shopping center and the whole reason we decided not to take a day trip to someplace like Chester was because the weather was forecast for rain today. I know what you're thinking: "Rain? In England?" Who would have thought, right? Well, it did rain and it was below 50 degrees! And I stupidly didn't wear my coat because I thought it was indoors and it's always warm inside malls. I was freezing the whole time.

On top of that, the shops were all the same as you'd find at the Trafford Centre (the big indoor shopping mall in Manchester) but not as many - the Trafford Centre is much bigger and more elaborately designed and decorated. If Liverpool ONE is really what they are calling "Liverpool's answer to Manchester's Trafford Centre" they have failed, big time.

I think Steve secretly enjoys going to Liverpool though - only because he gets to take punches at the scousers every chance he gets, lol. As we were leaving, he said "Once again, Liverpool never fails to disappoint!"

But we did eat at a restaurant themed as an American diner, which Steve loves. I got a new bikini for Jamaica which was only £16 ($24) and Steve picked up a book and a Derren Brown DVD at HMV. So it wasn't a total failure - but then again, we could have saved the 40 minute drive and walking in the cold rain and gotten the same stuff at the Trafford Centre! Hence why we won't be going back to Liverpool ONE.

It's pouring down but we won!

It was pouring rain today (of course, because it was a game day) so I spent most of my time trying to shield my camera from it. Even worse, the hardest part was trying to swap lenses without getting water IN the camera. I think I managed it because the camera appears to still be operating fine, lol. I got a few good shots despite the rain and even better, while I was attempting to dry my hair with the hand drier in the bathroom and injuring my neck in the process, the Reds won! Bring it on Salford!