January 5th
I really like Pho’s spring rolls.
The restaurant is called Pho but the Vietnamese street food Pho is pronounce Fu. Confusing no?
My First Answer.
Well here is my first answer of the year. Only three hundred and sixty four to go.
I think I will post them on each day. It might be interesting and it will mean I have to post more often which is not a bad thing.
For the record I managed 300 on the first day which is not to shabby.
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New Years Resolutions
For Christmas I got two books for Christmas from my lovely wife.
One was my diary for 2017. Which this year I have decided go with a Purple Moleskine Daily planner. I want to create a shelf full with different colours for each year. Other planners/notebooks are available though.
The only down side is they only supply three stickers with the diary and you can not buy them separately. It is the only annoying point with them. I do have a number of stickers now though from various types of diaries I have had.
The other book my wife got me is a little different. It a 5 year journal that asks you question for each day and give five different slots on each page for each year. I thought it would make an interesting long term project to do. Especially as I will be reaching my fortieth birthday in the last year of it.
Inside Cover is really pretty.
Resolution for the new year.
Philosophical question.
It is made by Potter Style apart making me thinking of sartorial sister site to Pottermore1. They are a imprint of Crown Publishing Group. Which it self is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House. And Describe as producer of ‘High End Gift Books’. I cannot complain as the quality of the paper is excellent.
Whilst trying to write this post I ran into two difficulties. First was my wife was not well and borrowed my mac to play Subnautica in bed. And second was of a more technical reason.
The weird thing is.
Coming up to three months on being married. And the thing only just getting used to is wearing a wedding ring.
I don’t normally wear jewellery and having this thing on my finger felt really weird to begin with but I am just starting to get used it.
On an early day I left my ring in my jeans and Steff washed them. It looks ages to find it but it had survived unscathed.
Steff was the one who has come the closet to losing her ring. She wore it in bed and took it of whilst she was sleeping. For about four days we constantly searching for the ring as we were worried that one of the cats had eaten it.
The rings are Damascus Steel and White Gold from SICraftDesigns on etsy. I’ve always like damacus steel and found the only one place on etsy in uk and is based in Scotland. I was going to go with a damascus steel and gold band but just as we order they added a new design to the site. My wife really liked it and want one to so we would have matching rings.
Sam the owner was super helpful as we had left it rather late in ordering the rings. He got it to us with days to spare and my wife loved how they had turned.
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Cats About the House
My wife and I are now the proud owners of two bouncing hissing kitties.
Two boy kitties named Furrz and Purrwin 1.
They are still upset from separated from their mother. Every time we get close they hiss at us. I think we will wear them down with our love. But now I am slightly sleep deprive as they make so much at night. I thinking of buying them some Kitten Mittens just to get some peace and quiet.
[Update]
They seemed to have settle down now that we have had them for almost the six weeks. Also we have found out Furrz is a girl which we did not see coming first but it made sense of lot of little incongruities we had seen. She is still an Archduke though and we respect her live choice.
Furrz is the timid one and Purrwin the Extrovert.
Furrz is the athlete of the two. She run and jump leaving Purrwin in a tizzy. Both like to go in to the window sill in the bedroom but have to navigate the dreaded curtain. Furrz always manages it with one elegant bound but Purrwin not so much. At first me and Steff thought she didn’t like being touched but she likes attention but when she wants it. She is tiny with a curly tail.
Purrwin is the overly attached cat. When I go to work he will meow at me and get upset. And when I get home he’ll be super excited. He also has massive paws so he going to grow to be a huge cat. He not quite so elegant when climbing and will fall off things regularly. Also lot more aggressive. Ninety percent of the scratches on my arm are from him. But that was when we first got them and I don’t think they were picked up as kitten. Now he is amenable to being picked up.
I’m looking forward to my first Christmas with a Wife and the Cats.
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Sleeping after a hard day of cat destruction.
The two of them actually using their expensive cat tower
Furrz Being Scared in her Shark bed
The two huddled for warmth on the sofa
A tired Purrwin after a hard day scratching my arms
Purrwin relaxing.
Purrwin showing his beans
Purrwin with a ring on his head for some reason.
Furrz hiding on my scarf.
Purrwin getting a stroke. Also notice the cushion matches the curtains.
Purrwin watching the F1 with me.
Purrwin watching the F1 with me.
Gratuitous bean shot.
Purrwin chasing F1 Cars
Close up of them sleeping under the table.
Sleeping under the table
Update From The Carter House Hold
Well I have not updated this blog as much as would I like.
With wedding, My father being rather ill and My Wife being ill has left me rather stressed out. And as well as having a full-time job my candle has been burnt at both ends and bit in the middle.
I have been working on blog posts but never had time to complete them.
What I do not want to do is release them all at once and not be able to keep up with that routine in the new year.
So I am going to take it easy over christmas and post couple of the larger pieces. I will also try and post a number of shorter posts as well.
Speak Soon
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Mr and Mrs Carter
Well now I cannot see the TV.
I got married on the 28th of October to lovely lady called Stephanie. I now refer to her as ‘Mrs Carter’1.
It is a strange feeling. Nothing has changed in out relationship but it does feel different. I explained to some of the people I work with it good kind of different. Mainly I put it down to now wearing a wedding ring.
It was a good day. My best man did a great job of distracting me when I was waiting for my other half to make an entrance. Standing in front of my closest family and friends waiting was one of the most singular experiences of my life. Their staring at me was one of the most stressful things I have ever had to experience.
As soon as the ceremony was over and my wife and I were led out of the registry office a weight that I had not noticed had been lifted of my shoulders and I could relax.
I spent the rest of the day in daze walking between groups of family and friends as they congratulated me. It was nice.
When I went back to work many colleges congratulated me as well. Even customer and colleges I did not
Me and Daz. Because of Him I met Steff
My lovely wife.
Me and my dad
Me and my wife after the ceremony.
know well congratulated me. I always found the experience strange so I would smile and say thank you as sureness of the experience over whelmed me.
Now I am married to my best friend and love of my live.
And I am happy.
Soppy I know but true.
Peace out peeps.
Locks and Keys
Well over the last week my front door lock borked.
On Saturday I went to see Akira at The Electric Cinema courtesy of my brilliant Fiancée. I had great time and we were really decadent as we booked a sofa.
But.
When we got home I locked the door and felt softer then usual. The next I tried unlock the door to go to work the next day I found I could not. This left me in strange position of having call my work to tell them I was locked into my flat. Not out.
I managed to break the lock.1 I ordered a new cylinder lock from Amazon2. Fitted without issue. But I found the issue was with the sashlock case and not with the cylinder.
I took the sashlock out the door and apart only to find out that a thin piece of metal had broken off. These tiny piece of metal functioned as spring on the lock mechanism and made sure the lock fully engaged and disengaged. Now it was free the lock had greater range and had come out sync with the key cylinder. I managed to jury rig it so we could use the door but someone had to be on the inside if it came out of sync again. My lovely Fiancée took this job whilst I went to work but on Friday I had to go to work and Steff was going to home to visit her parent. After much research late at night I ordered a new lock from Safe.co.uk but the delivery company they used completely messed up. They failed to deliver it the wrong address and then cancelled the delivery on the next day. The guys at Safe.co.uk were really helpful3. I was able to use the jury-rigged lock and use it without too much issue.
But first time I used to it without Steff being inside the lock got stuck again.
At this point I gave up and got the professional out. A nice man name ‘Dan’ came out from Timpson Locksmiths and fixed the door within about 30 minutes. He was a lot more professional than the last locksmith I had call out.4.
Now that I can get inside my flat without any issue and my anxiety level have dropped I am acutely aware of how my background level of anxiety is actually quite high. I can only attribute this to my wedding with is only 11 days way.
Oh god.
A Notice here, A Notice there.
