Mike & Liz in London
The rollercoaster of living in London. Come & take a ride with us :-)
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Mr Independent @ the Park
We took Tomás to the park close to home and check out how determined he was to cross the bridge on his own.
New bed – New Photos & Video
A couple of weeks ago we bought Tomás a new bed as his cot was getting a bit too small for him. I guess the pics above give you an indication of how he has adapted to the new bed.
I’ve also added a little video of me playing with him (please excuse the super sweaty shirt as I had literally just arrived after cycling back from work)
2 videos from today – it’s the weekend!
Taken today as soon as I got in from work 😉 This is how Tomás relaxes before getting a good nights sleep 🙂
The BBQ in the rain.
On the 26th May we organised a B-B-Q at our place. The weather wasn’t great to say the least but the gazebo, the shower caps and the food really made it a success! Thanks to Liz & her firelighters 🙂
The balls! The balls!
I went to ASDA a couple of weeks ago and I bought 200 plastic balls for Tomás to play with, here’s the end result. 🙂
2 weeks have gone – Shame on me…..
Sorry for the lack of updates – but we’ve been somewhat busy in the last 2 weeks. Just a quick summary before the photos are uploaded though. We are now proud to have a french door in place instead of the old window in our room. It looks great and now allows us direct access to the garden and the bbq area. In fact in the very wet bank holiday weekend we had a barbie – no rain stopped us from entertaining and I can say for sure that the door is a great addition to the room.
Other than that we’ve also been church shopping: We have now attended the Gateway church twice – an Ichthus link church only 10 mins down the road & also New River Church – a City Gates church plant in Islington about 15-20 mins away. This weekend we’re gonna try Tower Hamlets Community Church. Photos are coming :-p
We’ve moved to new servers!
Well I finally decided to take the plunge and move the blog to a more reliable server. Let’s see how it goes. In the next few weeks I will probably convert the whole blog into using wordpress.
What did we do Bank Holiday Weekend?
A week before the Salvador concert Tomás, Liz & I headed up to see Dave & Sarah in Durham (North East). I took the friday off and we flew up on Thursday evening – needless to say it was a great time had by all.
On Saturday Dave & I did some Kite buggying in the morning (no photos I’m afraid) and in the afternoon we headed to Hadrian’s wall. Check out the pics below.
Pentecost Festival – Salvador Concert
Both Liz & I are big fans of this band called Salvador and finally they come to London for the 1st time ever! Here’s a video I found on YouTube – all I can say is that it was probably the best gig I’ve ever been to in my entire life.
After the concert we had a coffee and on the way to the tube station, guess who we saw in the street – the Salvador boys. Check out the pic below:
Left to Right: Edwin Santiago (trumpet, flugelhorn), Nic Gonzales (vocals, guitar) + me, Andi & Tunde
The art of perseverance
I have to admit is somewhat contagious when Liz adds something to the blog, I feel that I then have to add my little mutterings just to give it a bit of an edge. 2008 so far has been a very interesting year, my biggest challenge has been the muscle that I irritated on my left leg (and for the record I have no idea what I said to it :-)) Anyway last week was the 1st time I got on the bike for 2 months and that felt good (and a little cold too) – the doctor recommended that I continue doing sport but nothing too strenuous. The painkillers are working well and I’ve even got a referral to the physio (tba) – after 3 very different visits to the local GP. Yesterday I also took a little bit
of a plunge and decided to return to the squash court – nothing too intense, just a bit of light training with a friend which I can confirm did me some good.
As you know Easter we spent in Solihull with the in-laws and that was a great break. Getting away from London for a few days is a good change of scenery which freshens the heart and soul!
Work is busy as it’s the end of the month and the quarter and everyone needs stuff done b4 the quarter is over, but nothing that I can’t cope with!
Anyway, mutterings over, back to work, see you on the other side 🙂
Mike C