I had a really lazy time last weekend. The weather wasn't conducive to any outdoor activities and I probably could have done with the rest anyway, but I did spend a lot of my time in my chair reading the papers and watching TV. The best part was watching Thistle on BBC Alba on Sunday, complete with Gaelic commentary, as they beat Cowdenbeath to reach the Ramsdens Cup Final, where they will meet Queen of the South. Bizarrely, the final isn't until 7th April.
We watched Animal Kingdom on DVD on Saturday night. A bit grisly it was - Jo wasn't too keen on it, but we sat through to the end.
I made up for my lazy weekend a bit with 2 days in a row at Bannatyne's on Monday and Tuesday - the first time I've done that for a long time. I've found it a bit of a motivational struggle this past year or so to go to the gym - you know you should, but often you just can't be bothered.
Jo's big sister Mary arrived on Tuesday. Like me, she felt she needed a bit of a rest and, as a result, she and Jo didn't really get around all that much this week, but it was nice to see her anyway. We - Jo, Mary, Ross and I - went to the Burnett for tea on Wednesday evening, where I snapped the Twitter Sisters together:
Not Mary's best photo - a kind of world-weary, resigned look on her face.
Last night, Jo, Mary and I went to the Deeside Drinks Emporium for another wine tasting evening. This time it was Spanish wines - but only one Rioja. Five of them were white and they were OK, but the 3 red ones were nice.
Mary's gone home today and this afternoon, Jo and I are heading to Ullapool - a new adventure for us - some walking, some sight-seeing - and a beer festival to boot! What's not to like? I had to forgo my ticket to see the Steve Miller Band in Glasgow on Sunday night, but I didn't mind really. The ticket's still available if anyone wants it?
Looking ahead, we have a Headbang next Friday and we're going to see the Jags for the first time this season - at Falkirk - the following day. The weekend after that it's the Stonehaven Beer Festival, then the following weekend we're back in Edinburgh for the Wine Gang's (http://www.thewinegang.com/live/) Christmas Fair again. Jo's signed us up for a few of the Masterclasses - including wines of Lebanon, of all things!
After all that, it won't be long until we're off to Oz for Xmas! We have to arrange our Scottish Christmas Dinner first of all - probably on Sunday 16th December. That's the day after I'm scheduled to go down to Newcastle for a Premiership footy match. Going to have to fit in our group golf/squash Xmas dinner party some time as well. Whew.
I'll finish with a rare photo of Kelly and Chris all dressed up at a mask ball:
Looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks' time.
