
Had a fabulous day yesterday and will explain here. Firstly the pages sprinklled through this prompt are pages made for the month in my life book. I would call it a mini book but it is quite fat now!
We had promised ourselves a trip to London for ages and as we are having a holiday at home we took that trip yesterday. We drove part way up, parking at Sunbury and then getting the train in to waterloo. We usually drive into London, park and then do whatever we are doing. It was far cheaper to do this - the train fair and the low parking costs were way less than the petrol (the angst) the congestion charge and London parking. So much better.
We went to see what the chances were of going on the London Eye first and we were first in the queue for tickets and in the first car of the day. It was a hot sunny day and visibility was good. I had expected to be disappointed and although it was not earth-shatteringly fabulous it was a good trip and I am glad we did it.
The thing we really went up to do was to do the open top bus tour. We have done bus tours in a lot of cities, especially in the US in places such as NY, Dallas, Washington etc. I had lived in London for 4 years and had wanted to do it then. So yesterday was the day. It was nice to be on the top of the bus as there was a little breeze on what was a blisteringly hot day. We opted for the live comentary and were so glad we got a wonderful guide for almost all the tour. (He changed to have his lunch break and the guy we had for the remainder was not a patch)
He was a genuine cockney, incredibly proud of London, England and his heritage, very very funny and so unbelievably knowledgeable. It was a fabulous tour and we learnt so much and had a great time.
500 pictures later and we were off the bus, back on the train and we headed out to Staines to the Outback Steakhouse.
Now the Outback is one of our favourite places to eat in the US. There are only 3 in the south of England and Staines is our nearest and so we were very keen to see if it was as good.
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n a word, no
It was not a patch on the US restaurants, though the menu was almost the same. It was expensive and lacking any of the nice touches. I guess it is for the best. At least regular trips to Staines are not needed now.
The good news is that as a response to my blog about Starbucks I have since found out we have one due to open soon quite close to home ... and even closer to work. Mmmmmm - I can see THAT becoming a problem.

Now - for the first time in a couple of days I have had a chance to play and have been looking at the prompts from Shimelle for this week.
One of them really tickled my fancy and I have been having a play. I loved the concept of a superhero alter ego. I could do with one of those so I had a play at making my superhero alter ego.
So meet SuperHead
She would be totally unflappable in any situation no matter how bizarre. She would be able to dispense words of wisdom at any given time, whilst juggling a dozen alternate responsibilities as well. She would have true x ray vision, able to see into little girls minds and hearts to a) know who was telling the truth when two children fell out b) see where a problem with learning lay so she could ensure learning was right for every child and c) know who had chocolate when we had picnics so she could pick her seating companions well.
She would be able to mark with both hands simultaneously and regulation documents could be read, understood, acted upon and filed in a special 2 minute slot at the start of each day. She would be immune to putting on weight when consuming school puddings, could deter sales reps with a single flick of her cape, take 60 assemblies a term with no planning involved and would always have the right props available. Her ability to calm down anxious/irrate/upset/disgruntled parents would be legendary and she would be a marketing whizz One flap of her cape and rain would stop for every playtime and ensure no wet school trips or cancelled sports days. OFSTED would ask her advice and know they never ever needed to inspect any school she was in charge of as it would be exemplary. Oh and she'd be able to magically move school holidays around to suit her other commitments and never need to miss out on anything major like a friends wedding or a free holiday because it fell in term time.
Now I had two goes at creating Superhead. The first was the obvious play on SuperTed but let's face it - even when you squish him up his body ain't fab. It's fine for a bear but heck - we are creating fantasy here so my second attempt - sexy superhead is the one I am going for. I mean all of those superpowers above AND a great body. What's not to like! Shimelle - thanks for such fun
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