No more changing at Shenfield

The move to London was yesterday, so from Monday no more changing trains at Shenfield ;o)

There is one bloke who gets on my train at Ingatestone (where I used to live incidentally) who always (well nearly always) takes my seat when I get off the train (I cant blame him because I would do (and have done) the same thing too ;o)).

If Im feeling particularly evil tomorrow I will sit in my usual seat when I get on the train and not get off at Shenfield!

Seriously, it was quite sad packing up all the bits last week, one of the companies on our floor I was quite friendly with...

We had the crates delivered on Monday morning, and because our office was quite small the crates were left in the outside corridor, anyway the lady from this other company said to me Monday afternoon "do you know whos moving out?" I then said it was us and she said "so when were you going to tell us?". I said in all honesty that I was going to tell her next time I saw her in the toilets (the well known "hub" of "whats happening" the world over ;o)). Isnt it funny that anything of importance is always overheard in the toilets.

Friday afternoon after everything was packed I said goodbye to the other company and made sure I said goodbye to the buildings receptionist too.

So what things am I going to miss about sunny Romford? How comes people (myself included) think putting the word sunny in front of a dreary place will instantly make it nicer?

I will miss being able to buy cheap fruit (stuff that is class 2) in Sainsbury's (the shops in London will only sell the nicer looking stuff), and James will be gutted that I wont be able to check the coinstar for him.

Those of you who are vaguely interested in how Todd Carty is doing in Dancing on Ice? Not interested? Tough, Im going to tell you anyway ;o)

Todds skating had slightly inproved although it still looks like Susie Lipanova is holding him up. The choreography actually had stumbles built into it but Todd still managed to add a few of his own ;o), but he looked like and said he was thoroughly enjoying it.

The commentator Tony Gubba was laughing so much that he couldnt read out the judges scores properly. Todd managed to survive last week but how much longer will this continue?

The other thing that Im sure you want to know is did I get to the packets of two custard tarts before the not so phantom tart knapper? Well sorry mate but I had already set my sights on the white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake slices, and the one I had last night was really yummy.

Heres a picture of the self scanners or fast track scanners as theyre called in Sainsburys in Brentwood kindly taken by James when he went there with his Dad on Wednesday. This website is of a similar vein although our scanners dont have the adverts yet (Im sure theyre not too far off).

We have been watching Masterchef for the past few weeks, James made me really laugh the other week when we were watching one episode and he said I really want Alice to win. I thought yeah thats fair enough...

...so James why do you think Alice should win? Is it because she is an innovative cook? no... is she using unusual ingredients? not particularly... No, its because she is a fellow Tefal Head ;o). Im sure Alice was really pleased with his support and the reasoning behind it!

A little teaser for you...

...me and James may be on televion. I applied for us to be kitchen diners on Market Kitchen last year, Id forgotten all about it then a few weeks ago I got an e-mail asking if we would like to be diners the next day but unfortunately it was too short notice. I got an e-mail earlier in the week with a load of dates in February. Anyway weve been booked into a filming in a couple of weeks time.

I now have to fill out their questionnair and cant wait to tell them that my favourite chef is Ronald McDonald, my favourite dish is Turkey Twizzlers and chips, and with their question "how good a cook are you?" to say Im ok if it comes with microwave instructions ;o).

Has anyone been to Edinburgh? Ive just booked to go there for a couple of nights ;o).

I weighed myself this morning and was well chuffed that Ive lost another pound and am down to the weight I was when I came back from our holiday last year, so only eight pounds to go ;o).