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Another weekend has rolled by with a snap of the fingers and December is knocking at the door demanding the milk money. House has been a tip since we went on holiday so extracted the layers of dust and crap. Nearly filled both wheelie bins with rubbish. Rented ‘Bad Santa’ on DVD which turned out to be okay. He really was a bad Santa and would certainly get a fish from the Christmas penguins. It was a Coen Brothers film but didn’t deliver the presents I wanted. Caught up with Harry Potter – not personally but on the big screen. Goblet of Fire is one of the best books out of the series and the longest so it was always going to be a shoe-horn of a plot. As soon as the pre-credits rolled, about 3 chapters were missed out and the pace never stopped to breath. Liked the animation of the dragon clinging on to the roof tops plus the ‘clip round the ear’ humour. My favourite voodoo doll victim did well as Voldemort with his snake-like nose. However my imagination and description from ...

Grotto7 Originally uploaded by Ginger DJ . Last weekend was spent with Kerry's family in Plymouth and Exeter. First up was with Donna, Kerry's sister. Didn't have much of a plan Saturday but started with me surrounded by kids looking at me and Morgan playing Nintendogs on the Gameboy DS. Headed into town and visited Santa's Grotto as a treat for Morgan, our favourite (well only) niece. It was the local Co-op department store, Derrys that hosted the Xmas HQ on the 3rd floor. Signs from the ground floor directed us using penguin foot prints leading us upstairs. We played the investigating game with Morgan to guess which animal left the prints though she missed a vital clue that the walls of the grotto had penguins on it. Ice Age, the animated film was being played as a tenuous link with Santa. As we queued up I made up a Christmas law that stated 'good children received nice presents and bad children received fish from the Xmas penguins, which Morgan la...

Lego pirate Originally uploaded by Ginger DJ . Weekend was a return to the source to catch up with parents and friends. Norwich blows any city away for choice of good shops and seems the council is grasping it with greedy, commercial hands. A new Oracle/West Quay clone has sprung up with an entrance opposite the new library and St Stephens which almost completes a shopping circle. The Castle Mall will soon become a ghost town of failing chains, Christmas shops and random pine furniture stores that pop up overnight. Thank god for Dogfish and Elements for some decent, independent style for clothes. It had been awhile since we’d last visited the shop and noticed Craig from the last Big Brother had signed the wall along with Huggy Bear from Starsky & Hutch. Ever since he’d worn that Manilla Gorilla t-shirt (which Kerry bought a year earlier) we’d guessed he shopped there. Went looking for some Xmas present ideas and ended up in Jarrolds where we saw the above (pictured) t...

We can see its you Kev Originally uploaded by Ginger DJ . Been a little uninspired lately to do anything with the blog. Last weekend was Guy Fawlkes night which was hosted again by Trev and Vivs. Having the most backyard of any of our friends it was fortunate for everyone to offer again. We followed their invite request to the letter and bought some fireworks. Took over an hour to find some decent ones in Southampton but ended up just yards away from our house at the local shop. Their large inflatable rocket on their roof and huge banner across their window saying FIREWORK HQ gave it away. We checked out the shop's video of all the fireworks for sale so we knew what to buy. Shopkeeper instantly gave us discount so we bought over £100's worth for £65 which consisted of a 61 shot cake weighing a tonne, 2 rockets which needed air traffic control clearance, a tank sized shell that could pleasure the loosest of cannons and some sparklers. Only Trev and George contrib...

What Pirate magazine November Issue Originally uploaded by Ginger DJ .