Cooking dinner

Well... I havn't had a lot to blogg about the past few days... but to day I had my day off and after a productive day getting caught up with jobs around the house and getting a hair cut I decided to make tea for me and my mother.

on the menu was.....

Beef olives with Lovely roasted tatties smothered in English mustard, Stuffing, Carrots and Yorkshire puddings...

Was a real treat! Here are some photos...

Wish you could smell it :)

Yet again MORE SNOW!!!

Ok.... so this is just getting ridiculous.
Its been 3 weeks since the snow started and its never shifted yet!
Today at Jim Reid Vehicle Sales the agenda for the day was to move ALL the cars out of the yard as we had the diggers coming in to clear the whole yard....

here are photos from the day.....

This sounds like an easy day doesn't it.... but ill tell you it was no picnic!

First thing was to try and clear off the foot of snow that covered the cars, only problem was that the first layer of snow they fell on the 3rd of January was just a nice thick layer of thick ice! which was hard to get off the cars...

Second then we had to scrape the windows so we could then see the number of the car which then allows us to match the key car with the key.

Third get the keys and open the cars row by row to get them started.... while we did this it was about -5... and the cars had be covered in snow for a few days now.. some of the doors were frozen shut which then meant we had to get warm water to pout round the doors to get them open!

Fourth, Once the cars had been running for a short period of time we then attempted to get the snow or should i say Ice that fell on the 3rd of January off the cars... now the heat from the inside of the car had warmed up the body of the car the ice was slightly easier to get off!

Fifth, we had to then dig the car out of the snow which surrounded each car which was well over 10 inches and even more in some places.

Sixth, Eventually we manage to pull each car, one at a time, out from the yard while one of us drove and the the other 2 pushed and then parked them in to the customer car park.

That was the cars now clear of snow and deiced. The digger driver then cleared all the snow from the yard and piled it up round the side of the yard... the piles of snow will last till August I reckon! ha ha

By this time it was about 12:30 noon. so time for a quick lunch. By the time we had taken care of some phone calls and sold a car we then headed out to move the cars back into the yard and guess what!
Yip you got it more snow and in the time it took us to move the majority of cars back to the yard the was about a fresh 2 inches fallen! By the time we had got allt he cars back in the yard, Lined up and all the keys back in and job finished it was about 4PM

so I was a crazy day and all the hard work we had done felt like it had all been undone when that lot of snow came again!
I just hope that this is it finished now!


Hope you enjoy the photos!

A walk with Hollie in the snow...

Well today has been crazy.
Today at aprox 11AM I moved one of the cars that had been sitting under the canopy all night and was totaly cleared of snow out into the car park. Shortly after I had done this the snow came on.
by about 1PM There was 3 Inches of snow lying on the car....
And yet it carried on to snow!

I tell you it was madness...

This evening I went for a walk with Hollie as she is staying here for a couple of days while the snow is bad so Fi and Rich don't have to try and journey back to Kemnay when the roads are as bad as they are.
Anyway, this walk.... we went out the gate and headed through the car park, I think this was a challenge in it's self for even wee Hollie here is a photo in the car park.




So we headed round towards the river and landed up in snow that came up to MY knees! so that would be a good foot of snow for sure! here is the photo of Hollie Bull dosing her way through the snow.



It was rather hard work, so we quickly made our way to the nearest path that was cleared... and to give you an idea of how deep the snow is off the path.....



The snow too the right had been piled of by a snow plough that had obviously passed in the morning but the snow was the same depth as that at the other side of the of the pile... like I said... It came up to my knees!

Crazy.....

Hope you are all keeping safe on the roads!

Another day with more snow....

Soo another day.... back to reality after the long break off work at new year...
But I stand corrected, Turned up at work this morning just before 8AM to firstly drive the car in through the gates in to about a good 8 inches or so of fresh snow! This snow came up above the bottom of the car so the front bumper was acting as a bit of a snow plough and as you could guess the car didn't last long and I landed up stuck in the middle of the carpark.

First job of the morning was to start to clear the snow which was hard going, a very good work out! was starting to think I was going to turn into the hulk and burst out my shirt and Jacket!

Here is a video from First thing this morning....
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=410672910413&ref=mf

but after having a good go at it Jim ran into the digger driver from D&E Macky contractors from round the corner from us and he came to clear the yard for us! was amazing that what took us like an hour he did in like 2 minuets. It's Crazy!

He is a wee Vid Liam Took....
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=410567995413

So that is work...
I was on my way home to then get stuck on the entrance into the car park at the house in Kemnay, so once again i was out the car and shuffling more snow. I got the car into the middle of the carpark then decided to just abandon it and go for tea... I then went out to clear the carpark after tea so i could get the car in to find that everyone else on tge street must have thought it was a good idea too and tried getting their cars out.. so I spent more time helping them get their cars out and cleared of snow!

Here are some photos of Kembhill Park!

More Snow...

Well well....
Today was the last day of my holidays so it's back to reality tomorrow.
Not such a bad thing, as sad as it sounds I do miss work when i'm not there!

But like I said today was my last day so had to make the most of it... after spending the morning saying cheerio to Jen and Linda and got all tidied up I then spend the remainder of the morning with Laura watching TV and surfing Facebook.... That was then followed by lunch from JG Ross in Kemnay then the afternoon was spent making a Igloo with Laura, Liam and Ian.

This was great fun! it's been years since i last made an igloo!
Wee used a big plastic box and packed the snow into it to make the bricks which then were placed one on top of an other to create the walls AND the roof of the igloo! Was FAB!
Here are some photos.





Like I was a great afternoon, felt like a big kid again!

After we had finished Jim ( Laura's dad ) after taking some photos decided to join us for a snowball fight which was rather entertaining indeed! 3 against one though... no soo fair!

As we all sat inside after tea and watched TV the snow had started again outside and in the past 3 hours there has been a good few inches fallen, and as i look outside now the sky looks heavy as it continues to snow....

Here is a photo I have just taken.



It's just taken from the back door but all the paths that were clear and the roads that were clear are now no longer clear! As i drove home from Laura's at 9:30 PM there looked to be a good couple of inches lying even on the roads! It was not good to drive on! And Laura has informed me that the academy is closed to transport pupils tomorrow!
Just as well! but it's crazy to think that the headlines are that the worst is to come!

Anyhoo! Hope you all stay safe with all the snow!

:)

Ok... so this morning I awoke, and on my journey to the bathroom to have my shower like i do every morning, I once again found Abbie ( my sister linda's dog ) had left a wee present for me. this is the 2nd time she has left a present for us in the morning during this festive period.
Incase you haven't worked it out, Abbie had pooped!
This is not normal for Abbie to do this as she is really a very good dog and the reason for her leaving these presents was because she wasn't feeling well and after church this morning we arrived home to a very peilly wally Abbie Babbie!

Linda phone the vet and we got an emergency appointment in Oldmeldrum where Abbie got a few injections to help with this infection she had. So through out the day Abbie has been very sleepy and here are some photos of her through out the day!

I Hope Abbie gets better soon! She is away home to Glasgow tomorrow :( but i'm sure ill see both Abbie and Linda again soon!
Was good seeing them and i'll miss them when they leave!

:)

Aberdeen Panto...

Well as you can see for the ticket above, today we went to see the panto in Aberdeen.
This was the Christmas get together with the cousins of the Sutherland variety from Fraserburgh. Normally we would go to them in Fraserburgh or they would come through to Kemnay for the day but this year we decided to do something a bit different and headed to the Aberdeen Panto followed be a delicious meal at Frankie and Bennies in the new shopping centre in aberdeen, Union Square.

Back to the panto....
Just the weekend before Christmas Laura and myself went down to Glasgow for the weekend to stay with my sister Linda and I surprised Laura by giving her a few tickets to Beauty and the Beast... now these kind of things are not really my cup of tea...
But both Beauty and the Beast and Aberdeen Panto were both very good and the enthusiasm put in to the acting at these things were great... I just don't know how people can stand up there and act in such a cheesy way making a fool of them selfs for the entertainment of others.

Like I said after the panto we headed off to frankie and bennies and we caught up with the cousins and heard what they been up to since we last saw them! was great to see everyone again as this is not a regular thing because apparently the kids have all grown up and are now doing their own thing and now live scattered across the country... but it great when we do get together.

Hopefully we will see them again soon in the not too distant future!

And thanks Mum, Dad, Uncle Ian and Auntie Elizabeth for treating us all to a great day out...
It's much appreciated!

Thanks! :)

My First Post....

Well it's the 1st January 2010.
It's a new year and as normal last night my Mum and Dad had there usual hogmany party at the house in Kemnay....
This is a anual party my parents have at the house, inviting friends and family to meet together and join in some games and fellowship as we enter into the new year!

The past few years It has turned into tradition for my dad to say a 'few' words to reflect the year that has past us by.

So last night after 12 O'clock we all took a seat with our drinks ready for a toast as Dad did his wee speech.
His blog was something that kept cropping into the conversations all night as his blog is full with so much information about places he has been and relatives and Friends who have been on holiday and keeping tabs on his blog would maybe help people when it comes to a certain game that is always played at new year in the Buchan house hold at this party!

You might wonder what the blog would have to do with anything... but the wee speech is normally about my dad's memories of the year. Something i only really realised last night when he was doing his speech was that I often look at his blog and more often than not look at past memories that my Dad had blogged. Things like holidays we have been on, wee projects he has done and grandparents who are now no longer with us...

I felt I would really enjoy to do this too, no so much from the writing side of things, as those of you who do know me know that I am no the best when it comes to my English! but having those memories blogged I thought would be a great thing to do so that maybe..... someday.... sometime..... in many many years time.... show my kids my memories and share with them things i enjoy. I have had great enjoyment out of following my Dad's blog. so thanks Dad!

Hope you and mum have a great 2010!

So there you go! A wee insight into why i am starting a blog as a new years resolution in 2010!

let's see how long it goes :)