Old halloween pics

Thought as I was looking through photos you might like to see these......party across the road.

Snowman

These are pics of my Friday 7.30am snowman.

His head drooped a bit yesterday and then his face fell off today but I repaired it and now he is solid ice tonight. Could last til Christmas!!!!

Where Are The Pictures?

Hi Everyone
Good to see those who managed to make it to the gig. Where are the photos Kim? Too busy buying and wrapping prezzies I suspect!
Love to all
Ruth xx

Chatching Up!

Hi All
Don't get on the coputer that often, it's a fight with my husband who is obsessed with a game and is disillusioned with the evening telly these days ( although I am with him on that one......Celebrities?!???!!!??!)
Things are pretty much the same as usual here too. George comes home every Friday with increasingly more muddy clothes as the winter marches on! Tom is really enjoying his apprenticeship and comes home with new tales every day, although not as many new hair cuts as I thought he would.
Stacie ( my adopted daughter) has started a hairdressing apprenticeship in a west end salon(Head Masters). The travelling is killing her but she seems to be enjoying it.
I have started a new job and now run the breakfast and after school club at Vigo primary school, most of the kids seem cute so far and it's great to be home from work in 5 minutes!!
Oh, and Lee has decided to decorate the hall, stairs and landing from Monday..... what is he thinking this close to Christmas??
Love to all
Ruth xxx

Ooh, ooh, me too!

Hope everyone is well and gearing up for the upcoming festive season. You're right Paul, it has been more than a bit quiet here - guess we're all guilty there! Nice try with the meal, I think you're probably right about leaving it until early in the New Year. Good idea about meeting up at Mark's pre-Xmas gig, we'll certainly try to make that one.
Over at the Surrey branch of the family tree things have been pretty quiet. We're popping down (or is it across?) to Bristol soon to see Lauren and she'll be coming back for the holidays shortly after so that will be nice. Elena seems to having a amazingly packed social calendar ever since moving schools for 6th Form and doesn't show any signs of easing up in the run-up to Christmas, obviously! For me, things have been pretty hectic at work for the last few weeks with going 'live' with a new computer system for the whole of pathology. It's not been without a few serious problems so that has meant late nights (and some very early mornings!). Caroline has been doing really well getting pressies sorted out; we are going to risk Bluewater on Friday - wish us luck!
Anyway, hope to see you all very soon.

Simon

Wheres my family ?

Hello family i thought i was bad ! Nothing much to repot just decorating Jacie`s bedroom & the lounge got carpet & furniture cuming before XMAS ! Sorry not much luck with the meal left it a bit late to book 20 plus. Might ave to do it in the new year ??? see u soon Bruv PAUL xxx

hi tina here again, just uploaded a few pics of the last harris meal, for sum reason, i dont have any pics of mark, simon, caroline, george and the girls :(( but i do have sum of sleeping beauty,,,,,, i wonder who that could be!!!!!

new post coming at ya .... haha,,,,,obviously can only upload so many at one time, 2 more coming at ya's

yippee, tina has sorted it out, once again,,,,,,,,,,,,here goes........ last harris meal at the watermill, basildon - have managed to upload these three pics, but not allowing me to upload anymore, gona try a new post, c u in a min xx

Happy Birthday Boys!

Happy Birthday Andy and Paul
Looking forward to the Mexican tonight Paul
Ruth x

Hippo Birdie Two Ewes

I guess this is for Ruth *and* the twins (-;

confused!!

Just posted some piccies of my trip to Bath and Georges BBQ and the typing has disappeared!

confused!!

Simon's cat

Just thought you might like to see a piccie that Caroline took while I was in the garden this afternoon. Honey came up to see me (as usual) within about about 30 seconds of me sitting down - I thought it looked very sweet.

Drunken gig

A big thanks to everyone for making the long journey over last night. It was lovely to see you all there. Went back to Martin's house after and sat in the garden drinking brandy till 4 in the morning watching Kim taking a couple of the girls through one of her aerobics workouts in stiletto's! [the girls were wearing the stiletto's ].

Anyway hope to catch up soon with all.

Love Mark

Marc & Mark (or is the other way round?)

I thought we might have to cry off the gig on the 19th 'cos friends of ours were having a going away party that day (they are emigrating to Australia) but it has been postponed (the party, that is, not the emigrating).
Which is a long way of saying, yes we'd love to come. Any more details, Mark? I think the girls would be interested as well - would there be any probs with Elena (nearly 17!).

Catching up

OOOOOOOh Simon you naughty boy, you sound just like my students at school!!! Good to hear everyones news.
Mark, we'd love to come to the gig....what time? how many can I bring? is it tickets? tell me more!
Simon, good to hear the girls are doing well.
I have a liittle good news (and bragging) of my own. Tom has secured a hairdressing apprenticeship at Mid kent College and starts on Monday. George got 4 bs and 7 cs and moves in to Hadlow College on Sunday.
Love to All

Yep - I've been a bit lax too!

Honestly, I'm in front of the computer so much there's no excuse )-: Anyway, news from the Sutton chapter ...

We had two separate weeks away this summer - one in Kalkan in Turkey (v. hot but lovely) and one at Camber Sands (surprisingly good weather). Still haven't taken the photos off the camera yet, so you've all got that treat to come (-;
Two friends of ours are having a joint 50th birthday celebration soon with a weekend in Lyme Regis just for the adults, so that's to look forward too.

Lauren goes back to Uni in a couple of weeks starting her second year. She'll be getting into the real hands-on stuff this year so she's really looking forward to that.
Elena did very well with her GCSEs and we were very pleased. She got into Wallington *boys* school 6th form (yes!) to do her A levels because they did the subjects she wanted in the right 'combination'.

Mark - the gig sounds like a great idea, I'll certainly check calendars and let you know.

I've taken about 30 minutes to write this tiny message 'cos I've been distracted playing on-line games at the same time (who wants to act their age anyway!).
Anyway, speak to you all soon!!!

Hello

Been very lackadaisical on the blog front recently. Hope everyone is well. Shame we couldn't make it for George's birthday. The gig went very well. Been asked to do another one there, on the 19th of Sept. If anyone fancies it, it's at the North Star pub in Leytonstone. Would be great to see anyone.

We must all get together again soon. The old Tower arms must be back up and running now.

Currently nursing a hangover from last night. Was at a barbie which conveniently had a music studio at the bottom of the garden. Ended up with about twenty people in it, in the early hours of this morning, playing anything they could get they're hands on. Awful racket, but great fun! not sure if their neighbors enjoyed it as much though........

I'm not with it yet!!!

Just pressed the wrong button....and posted before I typed!
Thanks for comming to celebrate Georges birthday everyone, He says thanks for the prezzies, he shouldn't run out of T-shirts any time soon. He's gonna need them at college as 16 year olds don't know much about washing machines ( they wear jeans and t-shirts and wake them up in the mornings, don't they?)
Have to get together again very soon, with Mark and Kim too............how did the gig go Mark?

Good Party Eh?

Vandals from the woods

I like to feed the little birdies in my garden and I have no objection to the odd Sqidge sharing the nuts BUT they are SO gready they have to eat every last morsel and break all the very expensive "squirrel proof" bird feeders!!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE TO GO

Obvious question!

Ruth - Might seem a bit of a silly question but why are you trapping squirrels in the first place? Are you being besieged or something?

OMG! what now?

Have trapped our first squirrel over night. It is still in the trap, as all thoughts of shooting it have gone out of the window( just for the record I was never keen on this option!). All the bravado has disappeared and we are now talking to woods 10 miles away for it to make new friends!!!! Men eh?

Birthday Boy

Happy birthday Simon. Hope you had a good day. Was great to meet up with everyone, sorry we did'nt stay on for a walk. but as you probably noticed, Kim was in no condition for after lunch activities. In fact she was'nt even in a condition for lunch! She's a very naughty girl.

Hope to catch up soon

Mark x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON

Happy b/day bruv hope you have a good one x

After The Harris Lunch

Hello one & all just a quickie to say thanx to all that came sunday I LOVE IT when we all get together. Photos to follow haveing a bit of trouble with the computer. lookinf forward already to the next meet. xxx Bruv Paul xxx

Where are the piccies?

Hi All,
Just a quickie, too, to say what a great time we had on Sunday and what great weather too!
I just wanted to ask " where are the pictures that people took on Sunday?"
Would love to see some.
Ruth x

Nice to see you ...

... to see you, nice (-;
Just a (very) quick post to say it was good to catch up with everyone on Sunday and thanks to Paul for organising it!

Lunch

Hello all. Apologies for the lack of blog activity on my part. No excuses really, but have been rehearsing a fair bit lately for a few gigs coming up. Have an interesting one next sat. the evening before our lunch, with a band at the Grosvenor Hotel park lane in the main ballroom. Its some type of sports charity do. Was'nt going to name drop but can't resist it. Apparantly Imran Khan is doing a speech, some of the india and pakistan cricket team are going to be there, and much to Kim's delight(who's blagged her and her friend in) there's a rumor that Richard Gere is going to be there, but i'll beleive that when i see it.

Anyway looking forward to our get together on sunday. Hope everyone is well. Mark x

ps. Liked the youtube clip Simon

Simon's Cat

Yes folks - this IS Honey! So true it's uncanny (and they even got my name right!)

To The Harris Lunch

No probs family. To answer you simon i think its a better place you can have from a burger to a lobster & we have our own floor at the TOP with our own waitress. to answer ruth yes i am BURNT working in sun all day cant get out of it ! c u all at the WATERMILL xxx

Welcome back to the blog, everyone!

Yes, thanks to Paul for organising next weekend's luncheon!
Andy and Sian cannot get on the blog. I told them what to do last weekend but they are not too hot on the old computer stuff.......praps you could email them Simon and give instrutions...I think they just forgot their password!
You didn't miss the Christening 'cos it didn't go ahead...very complicated story which I'm sure they will tell you...pencilled in for August bank holiday now in the hope of everyone being able to make it.
How about this fantastic sunshine then...how many of you have sunburn???
Oh well, must top up the Pimms........
Ruth x

Thanks Paul

Thanks for sorting this out for us. I got the postcode you sent (SS13 1BW - handy for the sat nav) here is a link to a map. I couldn't find a piccy or a review - is it the same sort of place as the one we went to at Christmas?

Incidentally, how did the christening go, Andy? Got any photo's for us?

We are getting slack on this BLOG

Hello one & all just a quickie to let you all know we are haveing the HARRIS lunch at THE WATERMILL Basildon (pitsea) 12.30 onwards. It has 3 floors & we have the top one to ourselfs over looking the pesents below with our own waitress !

Bruv Paul

Update from Carshalton

Wow, Paul - 'nothing much happening' except a 60 mph crash! Are you OK - was anyone else in the car? Mind you, a bit of an up-market courtesy car is always a 'silver lining'.
We drove Lauren back to Bristol last Sunday so we had a bit of quiet one this weekend. We got to play a couple of games of Wits & Wagers at a 'gathering' round a friends house on Saturday.

Considering the weather was supposed to be pretty 'naff' I though it turned out OK. Played tennis this morning - I even got to put a coat of white masonry paint on the garage that we had rendered last summer and it 's been looking a *very* unattractive concrete colour ever since!
Elena did her GCSE Art practical exam this week. I think we've got a picture of the final piece - I'll try posting it. It's a sort of modern triptych with 3 pictures of a person (Caroline's grandad as it happens) at 3 different ages.

Wheres my family ?????????

Hello all where are you all ??? nothing exciting to report - i had a car accident on the A127 At about 60 - 70 mph hensce my cars a right off ! But i do have a new Volvo s40 2ltr Turbo diesel in replacement curtesy car. Have you heard Andy & sian are haveing a christening on 24/05/09 ?
Anyway somebody or anybody please write back.

Stage & Screen

The weekend of 14th was a fun one for us. On Saturday Caroline and I went up to town to see Twelfth Night starring Derek Jacobi. It was excellent - I hadn't seen this particular Shakespeare before. In fact, I say 'starring', Derek Jacobi's part wasn't the lead although he was very good. Viola, the female lead, was played by Victoria Hamilton who is in Larkrise to Candleford (the younger of the two sisters in the dress shop).

Then on Sunday, a whole bunch of us went to see Slumdog Millionaire which was *brilliant* - I can perfectly understand how it won so many awards at the Oscars.

Back at home, our house is rather full of sofas at the moment! We've bought a new two-piece suite but I'm having problems getting rid of the old one. I got as far as selling it on eBay but then the buyer disappeared of the radar. I put it back for a 'second chance' offer whereby the second place bidder get first option on it but they never got back to me either. Local charity shops don't seem too keen so I'll give eBay another bash, otherwise it looks like I'll be paying someone to take away. Sigh )-;

Where are u???

Hello Everyone
Just checking up on everyone to make sure ur all OK
Back at school after a week off
Took Lee to the Imperial War Museum on Friday.......most facinating place.......too much for a couple of old fogies to see in one day!!! Oh well, just have to go back!
George has done a taster day at the Hadlow college ( fishing) and is now sold on the idea for September, just gotta get the grades now.
Want news from everyone else now.....
xxx

Guess the snowman mouth

please see comments, for guessing wot the snowmans mouth was made out of......xx

The joys of getting old !

Hello family - been to have a MOT on myself and .......... high blood pressure , v\high cholesterol and when i got the telling off i was given a diet sheet. Guess what i couldnt read it ! whent for a eye test and YES i need glasses. (only for reading for now ) GOT TO SORT IT OUT

More fun in the snow

Could'nt miss out on the snow gallery!

Extra day off!

Well!
Just had a week off with a bad back...........Fun Wounds as Coral calls them!! and now another day off....oh it's such a hard life!

Winter Wonderland (tra-la-la!)

Just a couple of pictures taken from the comfort of the doorway. Don't you love this 'working from home' lark!

Snowy Ted in Feb

who can guess wot the red mouth is made of, answers on a postcard plzx

Both had a great night. Lovely to see all young and not so young. Posting a selection of pics. Must remember not to get port mixed up with water next time! A bit messy