As usual in the Birchwood family household every minute counts and Sunday is no exception. Today we have gone to meet the bedroom furniture designer. It is amazing
the range of things on offer, I got a hydraulic clothes rail so that I no longer have to stretch on tip-toes to get at my clothes. The shoe-rack is designed so that you can pull it out like a drawer so no more blind searching underneath the clothes. Every inch is useful. The inside of the closet doors have hinged mirrors so that I can move the mirrors around. In general, things are looking up. At the moment it has only bare walls as you can see but tomorrow Monday it will be the time when the kitchen furniture will be fitted in, and also the bathroom furniture and shower too. It really is very exciting to see it at this stage, where its no longer plans and dreams but the real thing.
After so much bureaucracy with the council of what nail was allowed and which one wasn't and after intensive renovation from top to bottom of this historical and listed home, the project is finally coming to be completed! in what I estimate would be another two months. Considering it was two years ago when we first started its really wonderful to come to see it at this final stage.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
A message for my sweet sister
Patty querida cuenta conmigo con mi amor y carino especial para siempre estas en mi
corazon y mis pensamientos de tu hermana Maria
corazon y mis pensamientos de tu hermana Maria
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Heir Hunters, Christmas in Oxford
Today, the series will be shown in the History Channel, Hector will appear tonight at 7 p.m. on an aparthaid case from South Africa. Whilst the new series of Heir Hunters will start on BBC this month or at the beginning of February don't know yet.
Anyway, Christmas in Oxford was absolutely wonderful! we stayed at the Randolph Hotel where they used to film the Inspector Morse T.V. series. The attention was really superb. It is an old fashion hotel where you have to dress up for certain formal evenings and there was live entertainment every night with someone playing the accordeon one night or someone else singing romantic songs the next evening where we could dance and on this particular night, as I was dancing with Peter an 80 year old stopped us at mid dance because she wanted to dance with Peter. Peter and I were stunned! Peter told her that his feet had an ache and that we were just about to sit down. Diplomacy at its best because we had just began to dance. No sooner had we sat down at our table, when a real bold 70 year old woman tried to pull Peter to dance with her, she was tugging his shirt saying that life was too short and he should come and dance with her. I don't know what these ladies had in mind... a toy boy ? I was looking at this scene with real amusement. Again, he made his excuses. Peter was looking quite fetching that night with the clothes I chosen for him which by the way, he didn't particularly wanted to wear, as he is not really fond of dressing up with a tie and suit but it was a formal night and so we both had to make an effort but I think with the pulling power Peter had wearing these clothes he is looking at these clothes with other eyes now and I have to watch out for predatory older women! He was looking at me saying: "can't they see that my wife is ten years younger than me? why would I want to go and dance with a woman that is two decades older than myself? they could be my mother's age, it really was astonishing! I can only speak for myself but I wouldn't dream of asking a man to dance with me, specially if he was with his wife. Oh wow! what a night.
The next day, on boxing day we went to the theater to see a panthomime: 'Cinderella' oh what fun!! I had never been to a panto before and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The best thing is that it had amusing things for children and adults alike it was just wonderful and really well made too. The clothes, the theater backgrounds, the storyline, the singing everything was really great and it was only two minutes walk from the Raldolph too. Our hotel manager had bought two rows of seats for the guests of the hotel and he made quite sure we were having snacks at the interval as an enormous box with assorted chocolates was passed around. When we left the theater, someone from the hotel was sent over and as he opened the door to let us out of the theater he told us that refreshments were awaiting for us at the tea-room in the hotel. I have to say I have never eaten so much in my life! I had to skip some meals because it was breakfast, lunch, tea-time and then dinner everyday. I don't think anyone could eat all that every day. I have never felt this pampered anywhere I have been to. For instance, one of the staff must have heard that I have trouble sleeping at nights and on that night, I had a spray mist that helps you sleep on my side of the bed, plus a stress-relieving hydrosoak from Molton Brown a really wonderful treat to relax.
We met some really nice couples too, who go there every year and I can see why, the atmosphere is really happy one and traditional too and its sad when its time to leave, a really worthwhile treat.
Anyway, Christmas in Oxford was absolutely wonderful! we stayed at the Randolph Hotel where they used to film the Inspector Morse T.V. series. The attention was really superb. It is an old fashion hotel where you have to dress up for certain formal evenings and there was live entertainment every night with someone playing the accordeon one night or someone else singing romantic songs the next evening where we could dance and on this particular night, as I was dancing with Peter an 80 year old stopped us at mid dance because she wanted to dance with Peter. Peter and I were stunned! Peter told her that his feet had an ache and that we were just about to sit down. Diplomacy at its best because we had just began to dance. No sooner had we sat down at our table, when a real bold 70 year old woman tried to pull Peter to dance with her, she was tugging his shirt saying that life was too short and he should come and dance with her. I don't know what these ladies had in mind... a toy boy ? I was looking at this scene with real amusement. Again, he made his excuses. Peter was looking quite fetching that night with the clothes I chosen for him which by the way, he didn't particularly wanted to wear, as he is not really fond of dressing up with a tie and suit but it was a formal night and so we both had to make an effort but I think with the pulling power Peter had wearing these clothes he is looking at these clothes with other eyes now and I have to watch out for predatory older women! He was looking at me saying: "can't they see that my wife is ten years younger than me? why would I want to go and dance with a woman that is two decades older than myself? they could be my mother's age, it really was astonishing! I can only speak for myself but I wouldn't dream of asking a man to dance with me, specially if he was with his wife. Oh wow! what a night.
The next day, on boxing day we went to the theater to see a panthomime: 'Cinderella' oh what fun!! I had never been to a panto before and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The best thing is that it had amusing things for children and adults alike it was just wonderful and really well made too. The clothes, the theater backgrounds, the storyline, the singing everything was really great and it was only two minutes walk from the Raldolph too. Our hotel manager had bought two rows of seats for the guests of the hotel and he made quite sure we were having snacks at the interval as an enormous box with assorted chocolates was passed around. When we left the theater, someone from the hotel was sent over and as he opened the door to let us out of the theater he told us that refreshments were awaiting for us at the tea-room in the hotel. I have to say I have never eaten so much in my life! I had to skip some meals because it was breakfast, lunch, tea-time and then dinner everyday. I don't think anyone could eat all that every day. I have never felt this pampered anywhere I have been to. For instance, one of the staff must have heard that I have trouble sleeping at nights and on that night, I had a spray mist that helps you sleep on my side of the bed, plus a stress-relieving hydrosoak from Molton Brown a really wonderful treat to relax.
We met some really nice couples too, who go there every year and I can see why, the atmosphere is really happy one and traditional too and its sad when its time to leave, a really worthwhile treat.
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