Can you smell smoke?

So last night i was sitting watching telly when i got a sniff of smoke... so i went round the house smelling each room to find the source of the smoke. at first i thought it was the oven or maybe even Jo's hair straighteners. the smell got more intense but there was nothing in the house so i opened the front door and was greeted by this scene!















the restaurant next door to us is being renovated and has had several large skips out the back of it over the last few months - last night their skip went up in flames!
my first reaction was to call the restaurant (its on speed dial) in hindsight it probably would've been better to call the fire brigade first....
my next call was 999.















after a few minutes they had it all sorted and the drama was over.....















So that was a little bit of excitement for our otherwise standard Saturday evening!

New TV

we got a new TV yesterday.... 36" widescreen




i was joking with my boss that it would look great in my front room, if only i could get it up the stairs!
he said, "its yours for £50"
needless to say, we (lloyd and I) struggled with it up to the flat....

Its flippin huge!!!! i had to get Jo to pose next to it so you can get an idea of the scale!