IQ test

After taking the IQ test, linked from ant and caroline's blog, I am pleased to declare the following:

Congratulations, Bea!

Your IQ score is 131

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind.

fnm

is goin ahead. no baby.
so its still here, 7pm onwards.

no.... no news...

no baby yet.

in the meantime, this is quite an amusing things to see - i was only thinking the other day that its about time w bush's rival will start popping up in web based humour a bit more...

fnm: watership down

ooohh yes.
this friday, we show the classic from our youth, watership down.
whether we were scared of general woundwort, amused by the crazy seagul, freaked out by the trippy sequences, thrilled by the escape from efrafa or saddened to tears by the sad deaths that occured ("bright eyes.... burning like fire...."), this is a film that will surely be pulling at the sentimental, emotional and nostalgic heart-strings of us all.

this one's taking place at our house (3 freedom road, walkley) on friday 23rd july, starting at 7pm.
if the obvious gets in the way, there'll be a blog going up with the alternate address (so do check), but for now, bigwig, pippin, cowslip, hazel, fiver and friends (and enemies) will be appearing on the 28" (widescreen for what its worth!).

all welcome, bring drinks.

ahhh...

....ceilidhs...
i miss them.

photos are up...

in a rare display of punctuality and initiative, i've got the photos from last night up on the blog for all those who weren't there (and those that were). whole page of them here.
will have to have another mini party again soon with a keg of beer and the camper...

the ponderosa festival

hoorah

well the party was wonderfull - didnt feel i got to speak much to anyone - maybe needed more seats... anyway. it was great fun all the same... the home brew went particularly quick - i thought i'd have half a barrel left over to have at another party, but it had all gone half way thru the evening.
the van was a strong point on convergence/ convenience throughout too which was great...
 
but no - no baby yet, and no signs of labour either.
 
more news as it happens...

camper van in place...

its all coming together... picked up the camper van this afternoon. its now parked in the area across the road. she's luuurrvely.
guided tours and certain occasions throughout the evening....

home brew ahoy

have just tried a glass of the homebrew and am pleased to say it is at leats drinkable. although i think most of my home brew is drinkable, i may however be a little biased. anyway. if you fancy some, then there'll be plenty to go round. it is perhaps a little harsh and could do with a couple more weeks in the barrel, but it looks awesome

not such a great day today...

i didn't sleep well last night which has left me tired and cranky pants. i have snoozed this afternoon which was good but i think maybe my mind is trying to clear itself of junk before the impending labour and the concentration that i assume is required!

andy went for a job interview today but he doesn't feel it was all that good - as ever they wanted office experience and andy found himself in the same chicken and egg situation of 'need experience to get experience'.

i'm about to make a big chicken curry for the labour inducement party tomorrow night and then i shall try tidying - i could do with a splurge of nesting instinct!

i have noticed over time in blogging circles that some poeple get frustrated if others take a blogging break. that doesn't bother me too much as there are seasons for all things. illogically though i am bothered when everyone seems to be taking a season of not commenting. good for me to recognise this bothers me as it shows where i try to find my worth - oops!

it's raining here too and it's st. swithen's day and the bus driver told andy that if it rains on st. swithen's day it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights! good for the garden if not fo mental health!!

flyer...

labour inducement party update

i forgot to get a box of sierra nevada pale ale for the party, the order going in yesterday morning, so i asked if there was anything else i could buy off the stock shelves of the dev cat at cost price, and as luck would have it, the grimbergen opyimo bruno was available in large quantities. so we now have 12 bottles (actually 11 - i had one last night with laurence) - which'll be plenty at 10%. it was suggested it could be used as a toast at the party in the place of champagne.
so anyway.
things are progressing nicely for friday. will check the barrelled beer tomorrow i think just to make sure it'll be drinkable, otherwise a blog will go up telling people to bring their own beer...

midRange sessions

various artists
format: CD (coomb02)

In March 2002, Coombe records began a monthly event - midRange - dedicated to minimal and electronic sound artists working within the realms of electronica, mellow acoustic instrumental, ambient and field recordings and other forms of guitar and lo-fi music, shaping a sublime turbid undertone of moods, listenable in a silent - audience participating - environment. There were many artists creating this kind of music but limited outlets for them to be heard in concentrated surroundings.

Coombe have now compiled a cd of the artists who performed live at midRange or have been involved with us at some point to contribute some of their music to appear on this special limited edition compilation.

The cd will feature Midnight?s Silent Repose [UK], Yoshio Machida [Japan], Brown Sierra [UK], Dual [UK], . m u r m e r . [US], iD [UK], Paul Hood/Katsura Mouri [UK/Japan], Troum [Germany], Motion [UK], G. Richardson [UK], Slow Sound System/Posset [UK], Karina ESP [UK].

The artists appearing on this compilation form an exploration of the creative collision between a sound environment and the individual mind, originating a sculpture of layered and minimal gliding harmonies performed via live instruments, or constructed through self made objects and producing unique and engaging timbres. Often resembling incidental music for film, creating a brooding emotional response, this compilation captures a mélange of mood and imagination.

available soon...

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v good eve at the cask and cutler. not sure why more dont come. belgian's best beer at only £2.70 a bottle, england best beers @ £1.50-1.90 a pint...

so si wilkin's is taking what he calls a hiatii, a gaggle of breaks, a murder of rests, a sorority of sabbaticals, one of which being from leading worship, another being from blogging, so the deletion of his blog template was no mere mistake but a deliberate act of hiatus (?)...

and of course impending parenthod is looming, so you may never find us in such a far fetched climes at the cask & cutler. but then even farther afield places may find us home, once opun our camper is ours.
greenbelt, cornwall, wales, scotland, belgium, germany, bavaria.
and beyond...

and unlimited downloads helps... goonies, nirvana, be good tanyas, kate rusby, curve, breeders, sonic youth, alison krauss, mary whitehouse exp, pod, bigbrother etc...

ah, for the occasional mishap by the powers that be.

this is bea blogging - not andy! do NOT be deceived!!

so I've just got back from church and i realised that i (and we) have had an amazing week of God's presence, blessing and provision. i wanted to list some of the things as testimony is powerful and builds up the church. this list is not exhaustive - God has done much that i will forget to write, or am not even aware of...

:: provision of the beautiful whirly gig
:: provision of the finances for the beautiful whirly gig
:: breakthrough with emotions and attitudes towards impending labour
:: awesome time of intimacy with the Father in the cathedral - fresh revelation and many reminders of what God has done or spoken before!
:: ace time of prayer with diane and sharon for the three of us.
:: good time of mentoring with my mentor - felt really affirmed and encouraged
:: spoke to heather miller - at this end it felt beautiful and such a privilege
:: found cool desks for my bastilling table so put down a deposit
:: water leakage turned out to be less serious than expected and hasn't stained the paint work!
:: read andrew jones' blog and was inspired and fed by his doodlings on prayer
:: found a cute t-light lantern for 50p in a charity shop - i think it will belong with whirly gig

it's our labour inducement party on friday night (16th), starting at 7.30pm. there'll be curry and music and stuff. please come to encourage the baby out into this beutiful world!

After God's incredible provision of our beautiful whirly gig we are keeping our side of the bargain. This means we are selling my alto saxophone and our car.

The alto saxophone is a vintage SLM Gold Medal. I bought it 10 years ago for £750 and these things increase in value. I'm trying to get accurate valuation at the moment.

The car is a Rover 220 SD turbo which is 1996 P reg, 5dr, 51.3mpg. It's value is £2,081 (according to 'what car? online) but because it needs £250 work on it (as quoted by autosave), we'll happily sell for £1,750.

If you know of anyone who may be interested please pass on our details to them.

when it rains, it pours.

found that not only does our bedroom window leak water when it rains, but now our living room frame is somehow letting in water.
i cannot believe this!

the whirly-gig

a new addition to the family - the most amazing camper van we could hope for, is now pretty much ours. we have paid a deposit on the vehicle having been out to see it again this evening. we had a little trip out in her to wentworth and it drives amazingly well, especially considering it's 5 months older than i am! it can seat 4 people with belts, and can sleep at least as many, its got automatic gears, a 2 litre engine, good stereo, a fridge, a pop-top and soooo much character its untrue! in the past couple of years its been to cornwall, glastonbury, france etc.

so we've already got a years worth of holidays planned for her - greenbelt, cornwall, scotland, geneva (to visit my dad and jenny who've helped us out BIG time with buying it!), and hopefully sometime some breweries in and around belgium, bavaria and germany at some point.

And God's been amazing too in keeping it back for us - the amount of times we thought we'd lost it or just couldnt afford it, and it came back to us.

i've not been this excited about something we've bought in ages - more than the house!

so we should be able to pick it up mid next week, in time for the labour inducement party on the 16th... for now, the piccy will have to do.

overdue... but not late....

whilst the baby prayer shower happenend last week, i've finally got round to putting the photos of bea's henna tattooed tummy. hopefully you can see all the writing on it...