one week

That's how long it is until I am off work for one week and one day. We are going on a mini-break to Scotland, the west coast, then on the way home we are driving in totally the opposite direction to go to Ediburgh to see Russell Brand and then we are heading back down so Mr T can have a day of pancakes on his birthday, the jammy bugger.

love love love

No, not a Valentine based post, just some things I love, I moan on this thing all the time, thought it was time for a change, in no particular order.....

1. Music - anything, everything but not Scouse House, if you do not know what I am talking about, consider yourself and your ears very very lucky. I like all music, I love gigs, the second the band start to play and everybody in unison has that same rush, Wildhearts gigs are the best for that, I am rarely without my ipod, I have to have music around me at all times. Ooooooh and I am finally getting to see Motorhead, albeit not till November but still I am excited, I will unbearable by November I am sure. My first ever single purchased with pocket money was the re-release of Ace of Spades, it was love at first chord.

2. Shoes - typically girly I know but I do love them. Never let you down, unless a heel snaps or those times when you get your stiletto stuck down a gap in the pavement and have to wrench the shoe out, whoops I am not supposed to be moaning.

3. Baking - I cannot stop baking, I do it constantly, muffins, sponge cakes, brownies, flapjacks, tiffin, biscuits, shortbread, lemon / lime / grapefruit / anything meringue pie, banana bread, its a rare occasion when there's nothing I have baked taking up space in my freezer. I can't stop, Mr T can't stop eating so its a good combination.

4. My bed - best place on earth, not one for those who have feather issues, mattress, mattress topper, feather bed, feather pillows, feather cushions, feather duvet (x2), it is like being the princess in the princess and the pea. It is cosy and definitely where I want to be most of the time.

5. My friends - without them I am nothing, with them I am me, myself, they are the most important, always there. I love them to death, they are quite simply the best friends a girl could ever wish for.

6. Mr T - he's a bit odd, currently thinks he's Bill Oddie/David Bellamy/a twitcher, he's bought a bird feeder, it's his latest garden based fad, the day there is a squirrel swinging from the bird feeder (attached to the pear tree with a complicated system of rope and pulley - no joke) is the day the novelty wears off but for now he's happy, he's had two different coloured tits on it so far and it's only been there since Sunday. Sometimes I despair of him but I wouldn't change him for the world.

7. Hotels - any hotel, doesn't have to be 5* boutique, a little B&B in the middle of nowhere is just fine, anywhere I get to take a suitcase or weekend bag to, which leads me nicely on to nr 8...

8. Mini Adventures - Mr T, his mini, a map and I, our most fun times are made up of this combination. We drive for hours and hours, I navigate, he drives, we listen to music. Currently we have a game, I put my ipod on shuffle, he has to guess who the artist is. He's not very good at this, he is apparently too busy concentrating on the road, no excuse if you ask me. Its fun, we drove to the Snake Pass, the most dangerous road in Britain, there was a camper van infront, we had to go slowly, Mr T did not like that.

9. London - where my heart is.

10. 17.30 Monday - Friday - home time. Enough said.