Welcome back!

This weeks POTW Comes from…drum roll please…Alan at 9to5alternative. 

“This sunset photo is from Istanbul, Turkey, and I took this last summer. LOVE that city.  You should definitely visit.  Alan.”

We have in fact already been to Turkey, not to Istanbul though.  I would go back again as it was a really interesting country, but I don’t think we’ll tag it on to the RTW trip.  Europe is quite accessible and cheap from where we live so it’s probably a place we would cram in to a few weeks after the RTW trip (if we come back hehe).

A beautiful photo, I especially love the composition with the bird about to fly accross the sun!

Entries are already lining up for next week so if you’d like to join in just email me a picture.  Go on…you know you want to!

I would just like to apologise for my slack posting / commenting this week!  I’ve been extremely busy!!  (Note to self - must try harder this week!). 

I was so lucky to be in the right place at the right time for this photo.

Lusty Glaze  Beach - Mar ‘09

The First “Getting To Know You” Post

Ok, so I thought it’s about time you got to know me a little better.  It’s all very well to post about a variety of things but if you never really know who the person posting is you might not be inclined to stick around.

Itunes / Ipod / Iphone (anything Apple) “Most Played” (Top 30 - it started out as 20, but I felt bad for the 21-30s)

30.  TwentyFourSeven - Artful Dodger

29.  Black Jacks - Girls Aloud

28.  All Night - Damien & Stephen Marley

27.  Freak Like Me - Adina Howard

26.  Fools Gold - The Stone Roses

25.  Wifey - Next

24.  Fix Up Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascal

23.  What I Want - Daughtry & Slash

22.  Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse

21.  In the Dark - Tiesto

20.  Blaze of Glory - Bon Jovi

19.  Nancy Boy - Placebo

18.  Forever Young - Youth Group

17.  Oh My Gosh - Basement Jaxx

16.  Who’s Got The Match - Biffy Clyro

15.  Beautiful, Dirty, Rich - Lady GaGa

14.  Naive - The Kooks

13.  Jenny Don’t Be Hasty - Paolo Nutini

12.  Broken - Amy Lee / Seether

11.  Let’s Stay Together - Run DMC / Jagged Edge

10.  Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts

9.  Fade - KimBlee (Hed Kandi)

8.  Take Me Home - Starskey

7.  Champagne Supernova - Oasis

6.  Insomnia - Faithless

5.  Babe I’m Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin

4.  There For You - Damien Marley

3.  You’ve Got The Love - Candy Statton

2.  Closer - Kings Of Leon

1.  Raindrops - Stunt

Well…there it is…possibly the most random bunch of songs I’ve ever seen!  I could’ve gone to 40 but then I would’ve had to reveal the most hideous item at number 34 so decided 30 was enough!

These aren’t my most favouritest (excuse the made-up words) songs (of my whole 26 years) - some of them are just my borderline OCD shining through and others were just phases I went through, but there are several there that would make the “all time favourites” list that will come in the future!

Are there any that have surprised you?

It looks as though we may have had a setback

I’m still hopeful it’s only minor and temporary, but only time will tell.  Jamie is self employed and, with the way the economy is at the moment, has had no work for several weeks.  Unfortunately as Jamie becomes an honorary housewife (despite making every effort to find work) the world still turns and the bills still come rolling in! 

I blame this for my recent lack of writing inspiration as I don’t tend to be able write when I have things on my mind (this is probably more of a reason to write, but I find it impossible to dwell on the bad things in life and so would rather not post about them).

Anyway, this may have set us back a few months and so we may end up not being able to travel until towards the end of the year, which isn’t the end of the world but it is a bit disappointing.  Hopefully Jamie will be able to find some work soon and we’ll be back on our feet!  We are going to continue investigating for our travelling plans as one way or another we are definitely going, be it in 6 months or 12 months!!

If you have a favourite picture “of the week ” - be it a sunset or anything you just really life, email it to me and I’ll post up the best one from the week (obviously linked to your site!).  This is my favourite this week, taken over the weekend.  My hometown is definitely a great place to take photos! x