Chesney does Panto….. Ooohhh no he doesn't!
SO I left you with the complete update of the end of 2007 and a very hungover wife. One week on I still have a hungover wife.
This week has been dominated by my new diet obsession (thanks to Mel for slapping my gut in Walkabout last night to the Kaiser Chiefs singing ‘I Predict a Diet’). This blog will soon sound like Bridget Jones’ Diary with regular weight updates but so far so good and you are currently reading the words of a very hungry man with stiff gym legs.
I’m back onto the routine of good food with the lunchtime wrap being the highlight of my day. I’ve discovered a good chicken & couscous curry mixture that is easy to knock up but my main pride is my mint yogurt – I’m genuinely shocked it has taken me 28 years to discover that mint yogurt is as easy to make as mixing mint with yogurt and it’s fat free! Wahoo!
Friday came as a bit of a shock this week – I had no idea it was the weekend; the most shocking news however came in the form of employment. Stuart delivered the news that means from the end of February there will only be one member of the Geoghegan family in gainful employment – and it’s the Scouser!!!! Yes, Stuart decided that he’d had enough of his job and may apply for the job of handyman for the nursery.
On the nursery front things are continuing to gather pace. We have two viewings of nurseries for sale this week with one on Monday and one Wednesday. I have a habit of always going for the first thing I see (eh Pezza?) so don’t be surprised if the hunt is swift!
This weekend brought several joys. The first being the 9th Annual Soccer AM Dance Off. Slightly different from our dance offs in the sense that novelty dancing is banned but highly enjoyable nonetheless:
After Soccer AM is was time to kiss the wife goodbye as she was off out on a works’ do (and she thought recruitment was bad) and I prepared the flat for the arrival of the masses for this was Andy & Duncan Forbes’ birthday weekend and we were off to watch Dick Whittington at the Lowry starring none other than Chesney Hawkes as Dick himself.
We warmed up with a few shots of random stuff that I found in the back of the cupboard and a few ciders and went into the theatre. Upon entry we saw the sign that broke our hearts:
“Chesney Hawkes is indisposed this evening and his part will be played by Scott Taylor”
We were devastated but decided to give it a go. It didn’t gt any better as Scott Taylor came on signing The One and Only and didn’t know the words. As the panto went on it got 100% better with typical panto banter and blue jokes such as, “Alice loves Dick!”
It continued to get better as I finally recognised who this Scott Taylor was who was playing Chesney – it was none other than the bloke who played Danny Rawsthorne in Dream Team – the best player ever to wear the Dragons’ shirt.
During the interval we discovered that Ches has this vomiting bug doing the rounds and that Rawsthorne only had 2 hours to learn the part. The second half (post another Magners) was also very entertaining with Darren Day putting in a fantastic performance as King Rat and a dance off happening in the stands.
It was then to town via Lime Bar at the Quays to get the night going in Walkabout. It was the usual formula of Jagerbombs and watching Stuoobs sweat on the dancefloor.
A great night had by everyone.
It’s now late Sunday night. Pezza’s struggled through the day with a mixture of dehydration and guilt over her works do. Apparently singing Harold Shipman songs at a hospital work night out doesn’t go down too well!
Today is one of the worst days of the year, it is the day that the tree must come down and we are now firmly plunged into the middle of winter with 75 days until the next BOTT religious drinking festival – Good Thursday: when Jesus died so that the world could have 4 days on the lash!.
Love n hugs
Andy
xxx
PS the remaining holiday photos are now on Facebook
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