Kaitlin Bailey

Sitting watching feel-good movie The Holiday (Jack Black, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Kate Winslet) with a glass of cold crisp white wine and some M&S cheese tasters! Have had a long and tiresome day so needed to put my feet up and be unhealthy!

My favourtie actor in this movie by far is Jack Black. It is great to see a calmer but still funny and charming side of him. I find that most of his movies he seem to go a bit overboard with the acting... or perhaps that is what he is like in real life. And I think Kate Winslet is a perfect match playing his love-interest. I must admit that I do find 'the other love storyline' of this movie (Jude Law/Cameron Diaz) a bit annoying, however Cameron Diaz is great as always.

Going back to my glass of wine and some more feel-good movie!

Been a bit lazy lately in doing any new posts. I have worked a lot and been a little bit stressed. Too much to do really and too little time to do it in.

Have enjoyed a very chilled day, lounging around and reading a book. Very unusual for me these days. It seems that I am just running around like mad to get things done and there is never room for any down time. So today has been a real gift to myself. So it has been me, a big duvet, the sofa and a good book watching the wind blow things past my window. Absolute heaven for me. Think I will head to bed early now and get a good nights sleep while I am so relaxed.

Good night!

This is the weather I have been waiting for. The almost too hot with not much of a breeze. Fantastic. During the daily walk through the park I saw people lounging around in their swim wear - brave!

I have been getting on with some work in the garden this evening and discovered that the first strawberries were ripe... so sweet and juicy and still warm from spending the day in the sunshine. I can not wait until there will be more!

I have managed to wear my flip flops and sunglasses today! Seems that the weather forecast was right for today at least... it has changed again and now they are predicting rain, rain, rain for at least the next 5 days. What happened to no rain before Sunday? It seems I am just asking too much.

I spoke to someone in Scandinavia today who said it was so hot and dry they were having problems with forest fires. Not that I want it to be that dry here but I am willing to swap some of their heat and sunshine for some of our rain. A couple of days worth at least! It would help all of us.

It seems like we have been hit by continous rain even though the forecast every day for the following few days is sunshine? And then to top it off the rest of Europe have very warm and sunny weather... not a rain drop in sight! I spend my days speaking to lots of people across Europe for the research I am doing and they all keep telling me how warm it is! I want to wear my sunglasses and flip flops again!

PS. I just looked at the weather forecast on the BBC website and it says sun tomorrow and all the way until Sunday. I bet you it is still raining tomorrow.

What if we all could vote for the next US president - it would only be fair as US politics seem to affect the rest of the world. I came across this today which allows everyone in the world to give their opinion on the matter! http://www.communitycounts.com/globalvote/

You can vote for John McCain or Barack Obama - it seems that the developers have ruled Hillary Clinton out of the running as the Democratic presidential candidate though... what if it turns out to be her and not Barack Obama that gets to run for president...

If you want to show your opinion, go and place your global vote. You will be able to see each country or city's preference as well which can be interesting. They should do a similar global vote on Mugabe!

A word of advise: Don't Google your ex! Having recently been reconnected with some old school friends online, my thoughts went to think about other people that have passed through my life... old work colleagues, ex-boyfriends, old dates. This made me turn to google and I tried to remember some names.

Obviously the more common names did not give much as it is like looking for needle in a haystack, but some of the more unusual names gave direct results. One of my exes was found very easy - there was a picture of him with his arm around a woman looking very cosy. I recognised her as the same woman that was with him when I bumped into him about a year after we went our separate ways. Well, that is ok I thought, they are obviously still together and happy. Good for them. Then I did the mistake of actually looking at the date of the picture... and realised that it was taken while we were still supposed to be a couple!!

Did I notice anything - no! Did I have any suspicions at the time - no! I was travelling a lot for work, and was even stationed abroad for a few months. We basically did really just have a long distance relationship at the time so how would I notice it? I remember him actually being very jealous while I was away, calling and sending text messages asking me if I had been seeing someone else while I was away. Of course I did not, but this jealousness was what really killed our relationship in my eyes. He seemed so possesive and trying to be controlling. I never realised he was acting like this just because he was the one having an affair(or at least I think so now that I have seen the pictures).

On another search, I remembered the name of one disastrous date many years ago that I had forgotten about. It was a blind date ok and those can be pretty horrific under normal circumstances. Anyway, this guy now seems to have predicted that the end of the world is near and have even published the date for it to happen. Made me laugh, and at the same time I made myself the promise to never google an ex (or even old blind date) again. I just don't want to know what lunatics I have been out with. I will however carefully google any future dates just to be on the safe side!

It is fantastic how a week of sunshine and warm evenings make you forget what a miserable and non existent summer we had last year! It actually feels like it has been this nice and warm along and those cold April days seem like a fiction of my imagination.

So now I am spending my self employed days working outdoors, going for long walks at lunch time to make the most of the sun and see changes from day to day in trees and flowers and wishing that this will continue for the next 6 months.

Nothing wrong with wishing...

It has only been a 4-day working week but it feels so much longer than that. Having worked long days all week, I am about to call it a day... but hey, there is more work to be done. Just not enough hours in a day! Not sure how to get everything done that needs doing. Problem is that I am waiting for other people to come back to me so I can proceed with plans. Why are they taking so long? What is the problem? Seems like an endless circle and I am getting drawn into it further and further... Making promise to myself - no work this weekend! Only relaxing allowed!

This sunshine is fantastic. I have already forgotten how miserable last summer was... well, almost forgotten...

In the last couple of days, the my plants have been thriving. The first round of roses are budding, the tulips have literally just appeared today and I have noticed differences in the plants just within a couple of hours. It is amazing to see.

Well, I can not wait to see what surprises my garden have in store for tomorrow!