Adam Bird - My Personal Blog

DIY in the Bird family, as a rule does not come naturally. I remember my Gramps decorating more than one room for us when were kids, if not it was his friend ' Simo '. Dad's philosophy was always to get somebody in, whilst my Mum would always go ahead and do it anyway as it was always too expensive to get someone in professionally. When we painted the flat it was always a simple affair as the walls were brand new and so along with the ceilings and woodwork required no attention. All was required was for either Stephanie or I to paint! Painting is fairly simple as far as DIY goes, and we didn't come across too many problems. I did attempt to put up some shelving prior to Oliver's room becoming the nursery and as a result drilled into possibly the only place in the whole flat that was undrillable due to some kryptonite , or equally Impenetrable material being placed behind the plasterboard. Decorating the new house therefore is a somewhat higher level of DIY ...

It has been a long time since 24 season 6 finished, and I still haven't had the boxset yet, instead deciding to wait until Christmas. However, on one of my recent web treks I come across the countdown for season 7 trailer, which will be released in a week's (from now) time! Click here for the link! What makes this link even more interesting is that it gives you a very sneak synopsis of series 7 - CTU disbanded, set in Washington and the biggest shock for Jack is the return of an old friend whom he thought was dead.... If it is who I am 99% certain it is, then season 7 cannot come quick enough!!!!

Gillingham face a long trip north this Saturday as they head to Carlisle, where last season they fell to a 5-0 defeat. It has not always been an unhappy hunting ground, as this video from the YouTube archives shows! *Note, that the first goal, is a typical Gillingham effort, which is one of the main reasons Priestfield attracts such numbers on a bi-weekly basis. If your reading this from Facebook, you can click here instead to watch this clip.

A lot of talk around the blogosphere over the past few days has been about Rugby vs Football and the merits of either/or. Being a massive football fan and not that interested in Rugby you would have thought that I would have stuck my flag firmly onto the football side of the argument. The English Rugby team deserve all the plaudits that they are getting at the moment and in doing so highlight everything that is good about Rugby and everything that is bad about football. This video from YouTube sums it up perfectly. Based on such overwhelming evidence us football fans can hardly disagree that there are some fundamental flaws with the current state of the game. However, here is another video, courtesy of YouTube to remind us why we fell in love with the beautiful game in the first place.

I have been without an internet connection at home now for nearly a week, and it really feels as if I am missing something vital from my life - it is a really sad state of affairs, but what would we do without the internet on a permanent basis? For those waiting for Oliver's Year in the Life photographs they will be uploaded just as soon as Sky deliver me my new router, which we are unlikely to be able to pick up until Saturday! In the meantime I can still blog from work, which is a little bit of a relief seeing as the new house has started to take vital importance in our lives right now. Having been empty now for six weeks, and with our holiday and other things cropping up we haven't been able to get as 'involved' as we would like. There has also been a little bit of breathing space required to let Tower Homes market the property and let them find us a buyer, which in all honesty has been a complete disaster. Considering that three properties have been sold over the p...

On October 1st 2006, a little (and slightly venomous ) old lady reversed into the front of my car whilst coming out of her drive. Despite the fact that I had seen her coming and stopped to let her see me! Not particularly terrible in terms of damage or personal injury, but it was just so avoidable which makes it so damn annoying! We are still awaiting the final outcome between the two insurance companies, so I probably cannot say too much, and I certain will refrain for expressing some of my more colorful views about this particular lady on the web! However, fast forward exactly one year to October 1st 2007 and low and behold, Stephanie, sitting in traffic, hearing a horrible screeching of tyres whilst sitting in traffic on the Wainscott Bypass looks in her rear view mirror and sees a white van heading straight towards her. Knowing that impact is imminent she braces herself and grabs hold of the steering wheel. The van swerves but still hits, quite hard, sending her forward into the...