A horse walks into a bar. "Too late," says the bartender, "we're joking about the pope now." "He's right," sighs Richard III

Well, it was a good weekend. I had a course in London, the kids had fun on the Golden Hinde, and we picked up my Mother who kindly agreed to look after the kids.  Come night time, we went to a birthday party were we had a great time together.  I may have drunk a bit too much, but it was still a great night playing games with good conversation.  Come the morning, and it was a great morning today, the kids had loads of fun with my mother while my wife and I had a lie-in.  I got to ride my bike, something I need to do a lot more and we went to the West Mersea Oyster Bar.

And once again, just as it has been the other times that we have been there it was a great meal.  As has happened almost every time I have eaten there, there was too much food for me to eat and as has happened each time, I have been annoyed that I have not been able to eat the food.  My daughter took great joy in grossing me out by sucking out the brains of the prawns she was eating!

Afterwards, a walk along the beach.  Now when we decided to go, it was sunny, but by the time we left the house, fog had fallen.  It had lifted by the time we went for our walk, but it was bitterly cold and the kids while they enjoyed the walk, were disappointed that they did not get to spend time playing with their kites.  They got to wade in the water and have a run around, but with them being unwell at times in the last few weeks, we took them back into the warm.  And while my mother kindly agreed to look after the kids again, my wife and I went out to watch a film!

I Give It A Year was a surprisingly good film.  Like many films that are made to target the American market, it had a view of the UK that seemed to tick many boxes, posh characters, stately home and a London setting.  But, it had a sense of humour that appealed to me.  We loved it, though many would find it too sick and twisted, I suspect loads of others would say that it struck a very fine balance.  It had the right amount of sentimentality and I thought that considering it could have gone all so wrong, it struck the right balance.  I might even be tempted to get the soundtrack!

And of course, it made for a pick me up, which I needed after Arsenal were dumped out of the FA cup.  To quote the Guardian "Great teams always find a way to win, no matter what. Arsenal keep finding ways to lose." Which is getting depressing. Arsène Wenger has said the season is not over.  And he is right.  We have to fight to finish in the top four, but we are not going to beat Bayern Munich over two legs.  All we can hope is that Chelski and the Scum drop points and we do not drop anymore.  But lets, face it, that is not going to happen.  I would love to be proved wrong on this though.  Apparently David Moyes may be a possible contender to take the managers role at the club, though I think that Martin O'Neill would be a great catch.

Anyway, time to go, take care all.