Life is Good

Last Friday, we saw a comedian live, Dara O'Briain - he hosts a show on TV called "Mock the Week". He was really funny. Then, on Saturday, Salford won an unexpected game against one of the best teams in the league. Pictures at my flickr site. So it was a good weekend.

Since then, the weather has actually been really good. This whole week is forecast for sunshine and highs in the 60s - even one day in the 70s! I think this will be the first time this year that the temp has reached above 70! Can you believe it's mid-May and this is the first time it's broken 70 degrees?

Volcanic what now?

So you may have heard that a volcano is erupting in Iceland and all the volcanic ash is flying over the UK and northern Europe, grounding flights for the last 2 days and no sign they'll be back in the air anytime soon. Here's the latest news on it.

Well, you could have fooled me because it's been really sunny here for the passed 2 weeks and there's no sign of it clouding over anytime soon! In fact, it was just after James and Ange left that the sun came out, lol, sorry guys! But at least the volcano waited until you were back home to erupt and didn't leave you stranded here!

Steve is sticking to his conspiracy theory that they're just using the volcanic ash as a cover and there's actually a terrorist plot they're trying to foil.

New Wish List

I've just discovered Amazon allow you to add stuff to your wish list from other websites! So my wish list can now be found here.

Catch Up

James and Ange have gone home (boo) but we had a lot of fun while they were here (yay). I posted about the mini Jamaica reunion but we were all talking about a real Jamaica reunion sometime next year (woohoo!). Apparently, Steve is now obsessed with the concept of all-inclusive, which he'd never experienced before. I think it was more the free drinks than the free food which appealed to him, lol.

Anyway, while Ange and James were here, we went to a Manchester City game. For thoses who haven't seen it yet, here is the cute picture of Ange and I with our faces painted!



And for those of you on Facebook, now you see how much quicker it is to post stuff on Facebook than it is to the blog, lol.

We also had a Salford rugby game while they were here and just had another game today too. Pics are here and a few below.

Mini Jamaica Reunion

While Ange and James are here, we went out to lunch with Paul, Jodie, Jodie's brother Andrew and his girlfriend Claire. And Aoife, who was, not surprisely, behaving badly, lol. We ate at an Italian restaurant called Zizzi. Here's a few pictures.

I am the clone tool goddess!

Plugging away at all those ancestry photos mom scanned in for me and I must say, I'm awesome with the clone tool at times! (Click for full image)

Is it the end of the world?

Two major earthquakes in quick succession and now this? What is going on?

RSPCA investigates mystery of starling flock that fell out of the sky

"The RSPCA is investigating the sudden death of more than 100 starlings that witnesses claim simply fell from the sky and landed in a front garden.

Julie Knight, a nurse, returned home from a shift at Glastonbury hospital in Somerset to find her small lawn in Coxley littered with scores of dead and dying birds.

The RSPCA has so far failed to find a reason for the birds’ deaths. Disease, toxic chemicals, poison gas clouds and flying into a building or power lines are all considered unlikely or have been discounted.

The birds were close together when they died as most of the corpses fell within the 12ft diameter of Mrs Knight’s garden. Several were still alive and had to be put down when a vet arrived.

Mrs Knight was told by a neighbour that the flock “fell” from the sky at 4pm on Sunday, half an hour before she arrived home. She said: “One of my neighbours said they literally seemed to just fall out of the sky. About 70 were dead straight away.

“She said it was like something out of a horror film. It was absolutely terrifying. The sky was raining starlings.” RSPCA animal welfare officer Alison Sparkes was alerted by police and discovered that most of the birds had broken beaks, broken legs and wings and abdominal injuries consistent with impact, but were otherwise in a healthy condition."