The kids have broken up for Easter so no need to do the school run. Therefore, I chose this week to walk to work every day.

For those thinking I chose this week as there are only 4 working days (because of Good Friday), I worked on the Bank Holiday. No rest for the wicked!

Went to Worden Park in Leyland last week and had 3 short trips on steam trains. They’re not full size steam trains but what the heck, I never said they had to be.

Great park to take the family to, lots to see and do and the train rides are free.

freerice.com

I’ve finally done it! Half a million grains of rice donated via freerice.com.

The quickest way to complete this task is to change subjects to the multiplication table. I got to the stage where I was answering too quickly and the site stopped responding because it thought I was a bot!

Bought a t-shirt from The Tees Shop – huge selection, reasonable prices and fast turnaround.

Here is a photo of the t-shirt I bought (taken from the Tees Shop website as I didn’t want to model it!), non-geeks will not understand.

Geek t-shirt

As I write this, I’ve completed 45 items out of 101. That leaves 56 to do which is terrible. Number 2 on the list is to donate £5 to charity for every item not completed so I stand to lose £280 thus far.

Expect updates! I’m determined to rattle off many more.

As today is Mothering Sunday, I decided to cook a meal for the family.

Starters: Pate, crusty bread and salad.
Main: Peppered steak and chips.
Dessert: Profiteroles.

In ‘Come Dine With Me’ fashion, I scored 20. My lad scored me 7, my daughter scored me 8 and my wife a measly 5!

Yay, retro time.

Bought a Rubik’s Cube and solved the blighter! It takes me a few minutes to do. When I was around 14 years old I could solve the cube in around 30 seconds flat, no exaggeration! I used to squirt Fairy Liquid into the mechanism to make it slide easier.

Tried to teach my kids the cube but alas, it doesn’t have a screen and it doesn’t connect to the internet so they’re not interested. So I will do my best and post a retro image:

Rubik's Cube

The Wigan Food and Drink Festival 2012 took place in March.

The Continental Market was in town for several days and was superb as usual.

One day I had a kangaroo burger for lunch (as you do!) and another day I purchased a box of hand-made fudge – all good.

Since the formation of Save Wigan a couple of years ago, I’ve objected to several local planning applications.