Yesterday, Jonathan and I went to Aylesbury after having a greasy breakfast at a cafe near Towcester with John, Sarah and Andrew who stayed over last night when we got back from the pub. We basically went on the fast free internet and I fiddled with my older page and also my links page along with other stuff like writing email to do with the Interview tasks to be an interviewer. Only 2 of us out of the 6 who actually replied to the first task have answered this second and latest task so far, so at the moment, only 2 out of the original 18 have completed both tasks. And apparently the number of applicants who actually join interview could be as little as 2 out of the 6.

But anyway. On the way back home, even though it was late, (because we left about 20 minutes after Big Brother finished, which was about 11.20 by the time we got in the car to head back to Northampton) we talked about all sorts of stuff, including the way I feel I'm not very honest in this diary. I don't tell lies, I just don't say everything. Mainly because of bad experiences with my first online diary, which I abandoned for several reasons. It got me thinking how I'd like to be honest with something again, so I can look back and see how honest it is, and what I really was feeling. But the paper diary is so awkward and lumbersome. It's much easier to type than it is to write, so Jonathan suggested having a locked diary, just for me on Diaryland, which at first seemed a little weird because I've sort of grown used to the idea that an online diary is a non-private one, but after a while, it seemed like the most logical choice... I can update anywhere with an internet connection, I don't have to carry it around with me, it's easier to link ideas together... so I think that I'm going to get one. I just hope that it doesn't interfere with Widescreen, because I love updating this diary, and seeing the responses people give and so on. So I guess I'll start this anonymous private diary and see how things go. But don't ask for a password, because I won't let you have it, because it'll be just for me.

I've been picking strawberries and raspberries from the garden, and there were quite a few today, filled a whole punnet with the two. So I decided to do something nice with the old ones that were in the fridge, and blended them up with cream, (single of course) milk, a bit of sugar and some Archers peach schnapps. We can have that as a nice fruity cocktail tonight with our pasta with tomato, onion, mushroom, pepper, ham pieces and smoky sausage (and anything else I can get my hands on!). For afters we have a nice sponge cake with cream and jam in the middle, and I've chopped up strawberries and put them inside to form another layer, and drizzled some sauce without the Archers over the top, and then put the top sponge layer back on.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I'm really looking forward to tonight's meal. So I've not had any lunch today, just an apple, a few strawberries, a bag of crisps and an apple pie. OK, that practically was a whole lunch. Damn. ;-)

Is it me, or was Diaryland down for a while today? I couldn't access any pages at all, and google was acting funny as well and not loading. I knew it wasn't the connection because mine and Jonathan's websites loaded ok. Still, I am aware they work ok now though, because I've set up an account.

I've done quite a bit today: helped Anne trim down some trees in the garden, done her shopping with Barbara, sorted out stuff for food today, and prepared the pasta so now all I have to do is cook it, and made the cocktail and sorted the cream cake, put the dishwasher on, picked strawberries and raspberries from the fruit cage, put some washing on. Left to do: empty the dishwasher, sort out washing once it's done and stick on another load. Do some washing up. Do some HTML for new page as really can't stand those templates. Andrew, do some more! Or get someone to do some more for you. ;-) I suppose they serve a purpose. Ho hum. Um, eat tea. ;-) Eat cake. :-) Drink cocktail. Mmmmmmmm!

OK, I'm signing off now.

Tata!