Right up my street.....well eventually....!

If anyone hasn't tried Google Maps new Street View feature then you need to!

Only available in a few areas of the U.S. at the minute, but would be amazing if they ever got it up and running here.

Of course people are starting to find all sorts of funny / bizarre pictures on their street tours. Click the 'Full Screen' option on each one;

- Here's one from outside the Google HQ
- A random bloke in San Francisco
- Speaks for itself!
- Entrance to Google's place in California, - even the cones are Google coloured!!

And no doubt loads more will start to appear around the web....

Still all quiet

Well the countdown might say this is the due day, but there's still no signs at all of Button making an appearance.

Never being one for letting Jen have all the attention it was me that ended up going to the hospital this morning with an infected eye! Yep it was the same hospital where Jen's meant to be giving birth. Typical eh, - went to the hospital as planned on the due date but for the wrong reason!!

Loose Ends

If I had a pound for everytime someone's tried to lecture me about how much my life is about to change with the arrival of the baby, blah, blah, blah, I'd be a seriously rich man by now.

I can't help but think though, that a few other things going on elsewhere in my life also seem to be drawing to a close in preparation, - it's bizarre...!

- Football. The end of the season, including cup finals couldn't have been timed better.

- TV Shows. The main TV we watch is American downloads (as we're too impatient to wait for the UK releases!). This week, E.R, 24, Lost and Heroes have ALL had their double bill season finales! Managed to catch all of them.

- Work. Even at work there have been a number of large projects recently that have just finished, and others about to start in a few weeks time. Obviously this one won't have gone to plan like the others if Button decides to delay his/her arrival!!

- Smoking Ban. July the 1st sounds nearly ideal for a smoking ban to start in England for a baby being born into the World about now.

I guess the main thing that never comes to a natural stop in my book is alcohol....As they say, "There's never a good time to stop drinking"!!.

Not long now

Well I've no idea where the last 9 months went, but Button's arrival could literally be any time now.

Jen's still doing fine - apart from a massive dose of hayfever kicking in at the worst possible time of year for her! It was her Birthday on Tuesday and it was certainly a strange one. What do you buy a 40 week pregnant woman?!?!!!
We managed to make it as much of an event as possible anyway, and went out for a meal etc.

We're all ready now and it's just a case of playing the waiting game.....

EDIT: I've just noticed that the rabbit at the top of the page is running out of ground..!

Red, 'Amber'......GO!!! *

After a hugely eventful year, it's a massive CONGRATULATIONS again to Ross and Pinar this time on the birth of their daughter Amber Charlotte.
They had a stressful couple of days leading up to the birth, but Amber's here now so that'll all soon be forgotten about. Keep an eye on their blog for more updates, pics, videos......

*Sorry - I know that's a terrible headline, but it's Ross that's the journo!

Star Wars Academy

Jen mentioned some posters around her work for a Star Wars event at a local high school where "the man who plays Darth Vader will be there". As any Star Wars fan worth their salts knows - David Prowse was also the 'Green Cross Code Man'.
I didn't have much fancy to go because I thought it would just be some plain clothed bloke signing stuff surrounded by annoying teenagers. (How old do I sound!). However one my mate's girlfriend lives at the school (Dad's the caretaker - still following this?!), and he rang to say there were load's of Stormtroopers there. Well that was enough for me to jump in the car complete with camera and Jen in Tow...!
I don't think the event had been advertised very well as there weren't many people there, - either that or the school decided it was too 'un-cool' or summit, but it worked out better for us! Photo opportunities galore!!
The costumed crew were all from UK Garrison, which judging from the website is of huge importance to it's members. They were certainly very accurate and imaculate costumes, and the way they acted combined with their digitally sythesized voices all made for a great effect.
Another of my mates turned up later with his 1 year old son, and the local press loved the photo's they got with the pair of them and the Stormtroopers. They'll be in our local rag next week.
I totally didn't agree with the way they were charging for David Prowse's autograph, but I wasn't too bothered as it's not what I went along for.

EDIT: It is worth pointing out that Jen is seriously not happy with being pictured in the same top in 2 consecutive blog entries!! (If only I was better with Photoshop!).

Where did the last 7 months go?!

Time is really flying now and all of a sudden there's only 7 weeks to go.

People have said that the last few weeks seem to take an age, but I'm starting to wonder!

Jen only has 9 days left at work (at the time of writing), and her hours are being reduced each week. - There's a lot to be said for working in the public sector I tell ya!