Don't worry, Nev... once again, your computer's not borked - I'm playing catch-up again.
Well, Saturday night after I left here, I decided against watching "Hairspray", instead opting for the DVD of "xXx", starring Vin Diesel (I've not watched it for ages, and I fancied an ogle at his muscles) - just as well I didn't opt for "Hairspray", because I was asleep about halfway through "xXx".
And then was Sunday - my friend and I went ahead with our balloon release.... which wasn't the best success, unfortunately - but I can imagine our friend having a good laugh at our efforts! It was raining when we went out to the beach, and there was a little bit of wind... so we wrote our messages on parcel tags, tied them to the balloon, and let it go...
... and it blew up over the wall of the beach, and scudded across the car park.
So, we retrieved the balloon, removed the labels (in case they were weighing the balloon down) and let it go again...
... and this time it didn't even make it over the wall - it just scudded along the beach a bit!
Third time lucky, we thought - So we let it go...
... and it set off (slowly) along the beach a few feet... before the ribbon snagged on a pile of seaweed and stayed there!
At this point, we gave up and went home again - noting as we left that a family had just arrived with a dog - so probably one of two things happened after we left...
1. The kids decided to either rescue the balloon and take it home, or burst it.
2. The dog decided to play with it, burst it, and ended up with a high-pitched, squeaky bark!
Made dinner after I came home, and then watched telly. Did anyone see Orkney on "Songs Of Praise"? Isn't my home island beautiful?
Watched "Dancing On Ice" after - Now, own up... who voted for that bloody Aggie woman? You know, the harridan who comes and tells you how dirty your house is? Come on... she was TERRIBLE! Poor Sarah Greene was better than her! Comedy value is no reason to keep someone in - nor is the crinklies sympathy vote... GET RID OF HER NEXT WEEK!
Well, that's it for my weekend...