Darrell’s Lunch Box

We’ve had a couple of questions lately from curious ladies (mostly) concerning matters of  a Darrell’s lunch box type nature …..

…. questions like how big it is and what effort he puts into it on a daily basis … so we thought we would take the opportunity today of laying bare Darrell’s lunch box for public consumption so to speak and put paid to all the conjecture concerning it!!!

So … today, Darrell will be taking to work:- two plums and a few carrots sticks, a Marmite and Dairy Lea Triangle bap, a Kit Kat and bag of Eric and His Friends mini chocolate biscuits which Sandra gave us for Christmas and an own brand peach yoghurt.  He doesn’t take a drink as he prefers to fill his bottle with “ambient” water from the machine when he gets into work and then indulges in a cappuccino from the canteen during morning break. 

Darrell prefers to graze from his lunch box during the day, thus ….. he will have his plums as soon he gets into work, followed by the mini biscuits at break time, at lunch he will consume his bap and dip his Kit Kat in his yoghurt for pudding (which I think is a disgusting habit) and finally he will have a mid afternoon snackette of carrot sticks to “keep his pecker up” when he is flagging!

What is he like??

Christopher Has Landed

A few people have been asking about Christopher, our first overseas adoption to the United States (we don’t do things by halves) …..

….. well, after being mysteriously detained in customs at Heathrow Airport for a week,  where he assures us he was well looked after and entertained, he finally arrived in Florida about a week ago.

His new family Dianne and Douglas are WONDERFUL and Florida is all he hoped for and more. He says he is embracing each and every new experience for us as he knows how much we dream of visiting America one day. He tells us that he has real freshly squeezed orange juice on tap, none of this concentrate stuff and is already addicted to Tootsie Rolls and all varieties of Hershey Bars!

….. and added that  Dianne and Douglas were thrilled with our gift of foam bananas as they are something of a rare delicacy in The States!

He says the weather is fantastic, the food portions mahoooooosive, Key Lime Pie being especially nom, nom, nom and the people just can’t get enough of his cute English accent. He can’t wait until Douglas takes him fishing along the Florida Keys as that has always been one of his long felt wants since watching Tight Lines and Gone Fishing!

We are soooooooo happy for Christopher and a little excited too as he says that in the short time he has been Florida he has been able to partake a little retail activity and has sent us a little something of an American type nature!

Next Door’s Snowman

Not that we are nosey neighbours …. but when Darrell was looking out of the back bedroom window he couldn’t help but notice next doors snowman and then couldn’t help but be very impressed by said snowman….

So much that he yelled for me to come and see …. and then we both decided that we needed to get a closer look ….

So while Darrell hoisted me up onto his shoulders and head …. I took the first peek over the fence.

And then I reciprocated, but didn’t thank Darrell for putting his left foot in my ear!

It wasn’t a perfect view but we had to agree it was a magnificent snowman, of which we were very envious and both hummed “We’re walking in the air.” for the rest of the afternoon.

Darrell’s Snowy Saturday Night Out To See Sarah Millican

Darrell very much enjoys an evening of comedy for a little robust laughter, so when the Voluptuous Sarah at work asked him a while back, if he’d like to join her to see Sarah Millican he didn’t have to think twice about his reply.

However, at the time of booking no one could have foreseen the snowfall we experienced on Saturday (except for perhaps. Derek Acorah). Naturally Darrell was anxious about Sarah having to travel so far to collect him, so he text her to say that if she was nervous on the road perhaps they should leave it ….. …… but Sarah is made of sterner stuff …….. and told Darrell not to be such a wuss and get outside to wait for her as she was almost there.

Which he duly did with a hot water bottle up his jumper, and a flask of hot chocolate, some hob nobs and suckie sweets, an emergency foil blanket, and spare pants in his back pack,  just in case!

When they arrived the show had already begun but thankfully they were not on the front row so their entrance was unobtrusive! 

When he got home Darrell said his that he and Sarah had had a fabulous evening, despite the snow and he had laughed so much that he was frightened his strategically positioned and hidden hot water bottle might fall out !!! (what is he like?).  he also said it was a bit like a works outing as the ladies from the PE department were also there.

The evening was made complete for Darrell because as he came out he was given two badges (for free) which were sort of part of show, which he said he would wear for a day or two and then put in his treasure box!

Let it Snow!

It snowed yesterday  ….. and it was sooooooo cold …but Nigel put up a robust argument to go out and play snow mobiles on the bike he had for Christmas, and as snow hardly ever happens, who were we to be party poopers …?

So we wrapped up warm and let Nigel have some time in the garden, and as you will see, he just doesn’t seem to feel the cold!

I think Darrell used the opportunity for a bit of posing as there was no real need for the sunglasses!

…. so I couldn’t help laughing and taking a cheeky snap when he developed a slight woolly hat malfunction while checking to see if the fish were OK.

It was very romantic watching everything slowly turn white and everything seemed to go very hushed …

Well, apart from Nigel vrooooooooooming at the top of his voice that is!

What is he like?

It’s Snowing In Wolverhampton

When we woke up this morning we couldn’t help wondering if we would get the snow that everyone has been forecasting and preparing for.

Well ……. it’s arrived and it's cold ….. Nigel is desperate to get out there and play ….. and Darrell is worried as he has a date and is supposed to be going to see Sarah Milligan tonight and so keeps popping outside to check on the size and velocity of the flakes.

Our apologies for background commentary, it’s the Wolves v QPR match on the radio, at times it was hard to listen to, but on the other hand we couldn’t not listen ....... we won 2:1 woooo hooooo!!

Granny Sheila’s Snowdrops

Granny Sheila’s snowdrops have come out in the garden.

They were her favourite flower and it will soon be her birthday, when we always bought her a pot of them.

We also wonder if they opened a little bit earlier because she knew, up in heaven, that it was Granddads special birthday this week.

We like to think it was!

Granddad Colin’s Birthday

It’s Granddad Colin’s 80th Birthday and we wanted to get him something really special …..

So we bought him an abundance for flora and fauna for his beautiful garden to make it all things bright and beautiful …….

…… and then Darrell managed to source, after robustly searching the internet, a DVD set of the High Chaparral for him to watch during the afternoons when it is too wet or cold for him to go out into his said garden …. we had a cheeky peek, because High Chaparral was before our time, back in the antique days and we liked the character of Manolito very much.

…. and finally Granddads birthday wouldn’t have been complete without one of our handmade cards ….. featuring us!!!

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY GRANDDAD COLIN!

A Kind Offer Of Fortuitous Timing!

"Yesterday Darrell had an e-mail from a gentleman called Oliver at Scribbler offering us a free personalised card as he thought it would be right up our road street cul de sac alley ….. how brilliant is that?

Naturally, Darrell’s response was resounding "Mais wee, s’il vous plait!" proceeded by much wracking of his brian brain type matter  thinking about what sort of card we should order. After much musing he decided that we ought to use it as a way on thanking Tallulah for all the kindness, attention and patience she has showered upon Nigel.

When we told Nigel of our plans his face was a picture, he smiled the biggest smile we had ever seen him smile! Darrell said he thought that Valentines Day would be an apt occasion to give Tallulah the card because, in his opinion, it doesn't have to be a day solely about things of a sloppy lovey dovey type nature, it can be an opportunity to show people how much you care about them.

He added that now we  know Tallulah a lot better and realise that she isn't quite the vamp we first thought she was, we know that there won't be any misunderstandings as to our intentions towards her, especially if the card was from all three of us.….
We thought that a card with us on the front would go down well, so we got Lucy to take several pictures of us and then choose the one where we all looked our best.

Then Darrell and Nigel spent a mahooosive amount of time on the Scribbler website making sure that Tallulah's card was perfect in every way,  with Nigel giving Darrell (we think) robust instruction on fonts and the positioning of the words.  When they were both happy Darrell let Nigel press the confirm button! 

It should be here in a day or two …. we are so excited!

Done …. The Both Of Them …!!

Last week I foolishly remarked that Darrell’s manly chest could perhaps “take” a medallion ….

I should have known better and kept my mouth shut because within minutes he was over the road in the paper shop, where Ali has a sort of lucky dip box.

….. and Ali sold him this duo of faux silver necklaces, which will no doubt make his neck turn green, for 50p the two!  Darrell said that although it was not the medallion he had in mind, Ali had persuaded him that the said “on trend” neck pieces reflected Darrell’s musical aspirations and dreams of auditioning for X Factor one day! Good Grief!!

But….. who am I to put Darrell’s little foibles asunder?

However, what I failed to mention at the beginning of this post was that Nigel had accompanied Darrell over to Ali’s, where he too was parted from 50p for a set of false eyelashes, eyeliner and eyeshadow for Tallulah. It seems Ali had convinced him that this was the sort of gift every girl dreams of!  Again …… Good Grief!!  Ali could sell snow to eskimos!!!