Films I wanna see...

There are some great films coming up. OK I know they are not deep and meaningful, but who cares...

All trailers are child safe, any you fancy??

Knowing

Monster Vs Aliens

Transformers 2-Revenge of the fallen.

Race to Witch Mountain -Can anyone remember these Disney films from years ago? So excited they have made another.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Shamlessly postponed form last year this finally gets released this summer.

These are just some I'm gonna enjoy watching on the hige screen

Fire them all!

The Apprentice returned last night. A bunch of people with the egos the size of Britain.. Not only do they not have a clue they would sell your Granny and turn on each you and each other in a instant to get ahead.

Add to that the two stooges.

I know it's early days, but maybe they all should be fired?

Let's see what happens....

A tale of 2, 3 or 4 cities...

I'm not much for London really, I like going down there to see a show for the weekend. We've seen the sites many times and they are impressive but to be honest all I think about when I go down there is how rude the people are, how crowded the place is. Not too mention how expensive it is (£33 for 5 drinks I'll have you know!) Plus why are people always rushing?? The amount of times people actually push past you is laughable.

My favorite city in the UK is Edinburgh. Even though it's a capital city there is a charm there that I don't find in many places. The people are friendly and it isn't that expensive.

I love San Fransisco when was there a few years back. Picture prefect, with that charm factor again and people who are just happy to help.



Las Vegas is totally different, bold brash and like nothing you have seen before. I can totally understand why people say they hate it, but to me it's a great place to go. It has a different kind of charm and as long as you accept it for what it is you'll be fine. The Edinburgh and Las Vegas pics are from the Internet, I do have some stunning ones....somewhere! Where are your favorite cities to vist?

Fabulous...

We all had a great time in London this weekend. The hotel was lovely with a not so bad view ( the tip of that domed building as seen in The Apprentice was the view from my window!) With a big fat breakfast buffet to boot....yum!

Priscilla Queen of the Desert.. Was one of the best theatre productions we'd all seen in a long time!

The screen to stage version transferred over really well. Concentrating more on the comedy, it was still very moving in parts. Jason Donovan was terrific, but the real star was Tony Sheldon who played aging transsexual Bernadette. When the show started the first half just flew by and it was impossible not to sit there smiling. An absolute feel good show.

There has been a lot of criticism about this being another "jukebox musical". It was much more than that, the musical numbers didn't seem to be just there for the sake of it. they really added to the story (Don't Leave Me This Way was sung at a funeral) and the way they were delivered made you think they were done especially for the show.

We all loved it, and really wanna go again!

Theatre trip...

Off to London in about an hour for the weekend, well one night to be exact. Going to see the new musical Priscilla Queen Of The Dessert! One of my fav' films has had a theatre makeover and by all accounts it's pretty good (I'll tell the truth later) But there's a sample here (child safe don't worry)

Staying in a hotel near London Bridge and the London Eye so I hope we have nice views, not pretty car park or wall scenery.

Bah humbug!

What is it about jobsworths?? I work in a shop and serve the public. We, from time to time get asked to do things that are by far the norm. Is it a pain? Well yes sometimes, but I always do what I can so the customer goes away happy. With things ranging from Soda Bread with no butter, sugar, milk in to a ginger syrup sponge without the ginger and syrup. OK things can't always be done, but other things we try to do.

The binmen at work won't empty one of our bins because they are not supposed to (even though they are emptying a bin that contains the same sort of rubbish) You see we pay for that one to be emptied, the one they leave is next to that one, but still remains on the side of the road untouched.

Went out for a meal and the vegetarian choices have the option of either salad (boring) or jacket potatoe. "Can we have chips instead?" I ask. "Sorry sir it's only salad or jacket on those options". "But the meat eaters get the option of all three...chips salad or jacket" I reply. "If you want chips you'll have to pay the extra". The meat eaters don't have to pay I say getting a bit more angry "not really fair is it?". "It's the till you see sir, there's no option on it for us to change the side order for you". Getting even more annoyed I ask "well can't you just replace them?". "Sorry no, this is from head office".

One word-Arrrggghhhh! It's not like this everywhere of course but it does seem to be getting more and more common.

Why are things like this so much trouble, and are they really too much trouble? We really should take a leaf from our American friends where nothing is too much trouble.

3 hours of my life I won't get back...

Went to see Watchmen last night. At nearly a bum numbing 3 hours it was hard going, and totally not worth it. 3 hours of my life wasted!

Is there a Chocolate Brownie shortage and why did nobody tell me?

We make the most gorgeous Chocolate Brownies at work. Soft squidgy with the most amazing chocolate fudge icing on the top. Well we normally make about 3 trays a week (approx 35 per tray) This covers the shop and various outside orders.

Today I made another 3 trays, giving us this week a total of 10 trays! There was a Farmers type market at Sandbach school which we supplied bread and cakes for two days, so loads went there.

After Christmas most people seem to be on diets, so I normally cut down on the cake type products. But since January the one thing that's flying off the shelves is Chocolate Brownies. Is there a shortage I don't know about??

Please excuse the picture I had to post one, but these are not the ones we make at work, they just look very smiler.

Want your say? Do it this way...

I was having a conversation with a fellow blogger about people who protest and how they find the time, and we can't find anytime for things like that and if we did would there be any point?.

We need to have our voices heard even though it seems a lot of the time there's no point bothering. Well my friend has signed up to the website below. It's a way of giving our opinions and getting paid for it (always a good thing in my book) Just subscribe and they send you different surveys with each survey they credit you and when you reach £50 they send you a cheque. It's a totally official government scheme, check it out below to see if its up your street. I've registered and got a £1.00 in my account (no bank details are required).

http://www.yougov.co.uk/panel/

Films I've seen...

It seems I've not been to the cinema in ages, but over the past few weeks I've caught up a little.

Friday the 13th

Remake of one of the original slasher films. Gruesome, nasty and with some great jumps. The original freaked me out at the time (I was about 8!) This pretty much does what it says on the tin....although they did change the main plot twist (yes there was one) but gave us another anyway.

I really like agood horror film with soem great scares, this has it all if you are into these sort of films.

The International

Won tickets for this on signal. Not bad, way too long. With conspiracy upon conspiracy the film flagged in the last hour. Plus Clive Owen overacts way too much.

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood not only stars, but produces and directs this tale of Racism, faith, friendship and sacrifice. Not as violent as I thought it was going to be (only one or two unpleasant scenes) this was fantastic! Thought provoking and well acted. The best film I've seen in a while.

Thoroughly recommend this one.

"Walt Kowalski is a widower, grumpy, tough–minded, borderline–hateful, unhappy old man who can‘t get along with either his kids or his neighbours, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in top condition. When his neighbour Tao, a young teenager, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Tao‘s family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that ruin their neighbourhood."

Kinda scared...

I'm off to see the Dancing on Ice tour again this year. The skaters have been revealed....

Kyran Bracken, Todd Carty, Chris Fountain, Melinda Messenger, Roxanne Pallett, Ray Quinn, Zoe Salmon, Suzanne Shaw and Jessica Taylor.

I don't know if to be pleased or slightly scared about Todd though.

"Did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins"?

Had as great evening last night with Anne from work. For Christmas I bought her tickets for Blood Brothers. A show I've seen few times and one that Anne has wanted to see for nearly 20 years! It was fantastic! Kinda reminds me of "The Book Thief" as the ending is given away in the opening scene. Something that still puzzles me, anyway when the ending comes it's still a shock. Many people were walking out of the theatre with tears running down their faces (my Mum has seen this three times and has cried every time!), even Maureen Nolan who played the brilliant Mrs Johnstone was crying during the final bows. The musical is both funny and heartbreaking. With some brilliant singing and acting.


Before the show we went to my favorite Italian, Portofino and had a fantastic meal.

Anne really enjoyed the show and said it was worth the 20 year wait!

"A Liverpudlian West Side Story, Blood Brothers is the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity."

A question for all you cooks out there...

I'm after an egg less sugar glaze. It's for the Hot X buns at work and I can't find any in any of the books we have there. I want an egg less version that will sweeten up the tops of my buns and any other bread in the future!

Basically we really shouldn't be using raw egg on the top of any products (although the heat from the bread will cook the egg, you never know)

Does anyone have any ideas?

Chasing Cars...

My friend is a huge fan of vocal group Blake. Not exactly my taste, but they have fantastic voices and it's not a bad album to put on and chill with.

Well I love Snow Patrol's Chasing cars and they have covered it on the their new record. Totally different from the original. Nowhere near as good and in my opinion and it's missing something. But the version ain't that bad check it out here.

Fright night...

During the night on a Farmers as you can imagine it gets really hot. I usually open the front shop doors to let in some much needed air. Thing is, it's the middle on the night so I always barricade the doors with chairs and baskets. That way I can tell if anyone wants to come in. Usually I get someone stopping by the front door and shouting in "everything OK?" Which is very nice that people want to check up on you.

Well Saturday night I was working away and I heard a thud. Looking into the shop there was this complete stranger standing inside, just about to help himself to some bread. It was shock to see some one actually inside the shop at 2am! Instinct kicked in, and I shouted "No...get out...NOW". As I got closer it was obvious that this guy was either completely drunk, completely high or possibly both. Without thinking I grabbed him by the back of his coat and frog marched him out, warning him that if he comes back I'll be calling the police. After shoving him out I watched him completely stagger up the road, hardly able to put one foot in front on the other. How he managed to get past the chairs and baskets is beyond me...walking was a real hard thing to do!

I locked up the doors for another few hours, but after it struck me how nasty things could have turned out...he could have turned violent, had a knife....anything.

I've been doing these markets for goodness knows how many years and this was the first time this had happened.