34 - Barefoot in the wilderness

34

This weekend, I turned 34. Lucky me :-) Adam gave me a strawberry-flavoured chocolate pig, which he had bought with his own money. My parents got me some stuff from Amazon, including the excellent CD e.p.onymous by Bellowhead. It’s English folk music – but played by a 10-piece group on instruments ranging from fiddle and squeezebox to cello, mandolin and full brass section! Foot-stomping music played with soul.

Anne managed to pull off a coup, though. Normally terrible at keeping secrets (well, she is!), Anne managed not to tell me for 6 months what she had planned for my present. Those who’ve been around here for a while might remember my waxing lyrical about a tea shop in Harrogate that I visited on holiday earlier this year. Well, it turns out that Betty’s do a mail-order service, and Anne got me four of the mammoth Fat Rascals, which were just as excellent as I remembered! I had the last one today :-(

So, when does middle age start, exactly?

pax et bonum

Article posted at 7:48pm on 24 October 2005
Category: Food, Life, Music, Struggling, General

Middle age is the indefined period between the time you feel like you have time for everything… and the time you wish you had done everything…. :P

Ruth (URL)
9:41pm on 24 October 2005

We’re already there love – we celebrated your birthday by staying in, eating a ready meal and watching a pay-per-view film – and we were so pleased that it was so much easier than going out…

Anne () (URL)
11:03pm on 24 October 2005

Happy Birthday John!

Middle age is something that only happens to other people, I wouldn’t worry about it :)

Sven (URL)
11:23pm on 24 October 2005