i've had quite a productive morning and i've not even left my bed. these mornings are the best types of morning. - that was the blog i started yesterday. today i slept till 12. it was even more productive. =]

today is my dads birthday, not that the whole world needs to know that, but to me its relevant and in 5 years time i'd like to be able to look back at this and go o.o i remember..i bought him the river cottage meat book, which he's wanted for while now, i ordered it from amazon but i think i forgot to change the name on the parcel so it will be addressed to me. oh well im sure they'll tell me its arrived and then i can tell them they can open it.

today is.. saturday, which means last night we went laterne laufing and the night before julie's mum and garreth arrived which makes the total number of people in the house up to 9, which means the bus has reached its full capacity when we go out, which is quite a squish really, especially with all the prams in the boot.

laterne laufen - a german tradition whereby people walk down the street behind a marching band, with lanterns and sticks of fire, traditionally hosted by the fire brigade, who carry the firesticks. i would have a picture to post but i think my camera batteries have died becuase even when i charge them they only last about 2 minutes.

today we went to mobelkraft, where you couldnt actually buy anything, becuase its a national holiday here to celebrate the unification of east and west many years back - i think 19 or 20ish. but they open the shop so you can browse the furniture and eat cake and drink coffee.

then we came home and had a wonderful roast with yorkshire puddings, and apple crumble with custard - the apples we picked off the tree this afternoon, very cool! sadly custard doesn't grow on trees.

anyway this is turning into one of those long boring blogs, and i will stop =]