My Date with Download

I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks. I had two weeks off work, detached myself from my phone and the internet and enjoyed spending time with Gareth. It was my birthday, we went to Thorpe park, Great Yarmouth, sorted out all the paperwork etc for our house move and then....we spent six days at the long awaited and dreaded Download Festival.

Body image

Whilst searching something completely unrelated on the internet today I stumbled across this picture. At first it made me laugh but then I realised that I've probably never seen a truer illustration. 

I'm not suggesting that all men look in the mirror and see a sexy hunk staring back but a lot of men do manage to look past their growing beer bellies and see themselves as God's gift to women. I know that this is a massive generalisation and there are thousands, if not millions, of men who struggle with their body image but the contrast of the male/female image in this picture is what makes it so striking. Not all people, male or female, look in the mirror and fail to see their beauty....some fail to see that they have let themselves go and need to maintain new levels of fitness. 

Picnic in your living room

Yesterday was my birthday and the plan of action was a hard morning shopping followed by a nice relaxing picnic in the Abbey Gardens. However, it absolutely poured down with rain so we used our imagination and had a picnic in our living room. It was sweet. Not quite the relaxing afternoon in the sunshine that we had imagined but I had a lovely time regardless. Here are a few pictures of the grand event....