Anna helped me sort out music for the YP Band today. I told her it would take a couple of hours - seven hours later, we decided to call it a night - thanks Anna!

The hills are alive! A great show, although Maria didn't really do it for me... Is it mean to write that?

Shattered. I can't look at this photo without yawning.

Have I found the book with the most boring title ever?

Met up with my friend Patrick today - hadn't seen him in yonks. In the past, Patrick has had some difficulty smiling for my photos - but didn't he do well today? (I didn't realise he would be smiling, so that explains me over-compensating).

Today was a fairly dull day, spent by my computer... So I couldn't really take a photo of anything else. And I appear to be in the middle of typing the word 'hnu'.

I'm attempting to go to bed earlier - aren't I doing well?

It was great to meet up with some friends from Germany in London today... (Well, Kersten's not German, but I know her from Germany). A couple of others couldn't make it, but we took them along anyway. This is in St. James' Park (one of my favourite spots in London, and a place I take anyone who comes to London).

Fish and chips! (OK, I had pie and chips, but it's from the fish and chip shop).

Yay! (See here).

Three generations out grocery shopping (my Nanna, my Mum and me).

My bid to be more arty. This blue was well nice. (You can take the boy out of Essex...).

My first night in for AGES. And it was great to settle down with my book!

This is my Dad's trombone, which got him rather a lot of attention in the meeting today. Poor Dad had been suffering with a cough and in the middle of Now Thank We All Our God, he coughed INTO the trombone while playing. The noise was so loud that everyone was laughing. Poor guy!

In the car on the way home from Susanna's birthday bash. It was a great night! And, tired as we were, you wouldn't believe how many attempts it took to get a photo both of us approved of...

Susanna's birthday party. Woohoo! (You may notice Glyn in the background, but I zoomed in and checked. His finger is on his nose).

Mitchenstein gets arty again...

In all my years of being in London, I'd never been to Portobello Road, so I decided to go and check it out... Pretty cool!

I took a lot of scenic photos when I was in the Faroes, and it dawned on me that I never do that here. So here goes:

A Rossi's ice-cream block. One of the (many) perks of being a Southend boy.

We had a three-legged race in the meeting tonight, but I had to organise it and didn't get to take part. Until I got home that is. (Not all the legs are mine).

Double birthday party for Stacey and Katie. Good times! Can you guess the theme?

On my travels today I passed through Deptford. And I discovered that it was the oldest passenger-only station in London, so I thought that deserved a photo... I forget why now, but here it is (and my brother's patiently waiting for his older brother to get on with it).

Maybe the time has come to unpack my case from the Faroes...

John is mega-tired, mega-relieved and mega-happy.

I made an impulse purchase today... And now have an empty wallet.

Snow over the beautiful plains of... Benfleet.

Today we used some crackers left over from Christmas, and I was the only one festive enough to keep the hat on all afternoon...

Up bright and early to see whether the sales had anything to offer... They didn't and I went home.

My plan to eat healthily in 2009 hasn't got off to a great start...

Me and me Ma on our traditional New Year's Day walk.