my brother gave me an early birthday present of taking me to see chelsea v liverpool today which chelsea won 2-0 - convincingly in the end. after a good start liverpool just seemed to run out of ideas. the blues are still 15 points clear at the top of the premiership...
i've added a few pictures i took to flickr , but i love this one of my brother looking slightly pyscho after chelsea's first goal!
friday night i went to see a production of on the waterfront at wimbledon studio theatre put on by synergy theatre (review here). synergy was set up by my wonderful youngest sister esther who works in prisons and with ex offenders. i have seen various productions in prisons and theatres over the last few years. every time it is a very moving experience. the sense of pride and dignity the lads have frm pulling off a play is amazing. in the programme notes one of the prisoners had written about esther that she has an amazing ability to see the worth and goodness in every person - i thought that beautiufully sums up esther - she is amazing. my older brother dave and family also came and stayed with us friday night which was fun...
i got a result saturday afternoon of a free visit to see chelsea vs newcastle - it was via a business contact of my younger brother steve. the company has two corporate seats and no one was using them so when they were offered to steve he said he thought i could use them... i took harry. it was the first time i've sat in a padded seat at a football match! chelsea won 3-0 - without owen and shearer newcastle really didn't have much threat...
sat evening i went to see the latest harry potter film - having read the books and seen the first three i thought i would keep it going. i wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surprised and thought it was brilliantly done and had a great evening. ron was excellent. the film was pretty magical all round.
today joel was doing a 10k run in brighton with my brother steve. it was a beautiful day - sun coming through the fog over frosty fields as we drove down the A23. the fog cleared by the time we got to brighton. the run was along the front - the sea was still, the sun spakling on the water and joel and steve clocked 46mins which was pretty good. joel was doing it as a sponsored thing to raise money for his school trip to new york next feb.
jen has been speaking at the youthwork conference in eastbourne and has just got back. i think we'll watch motor cycle diaries on dvd tonight which has been on order from sofacinema, the dvd club we belong to, for about 3 months and has finally arrived (we are becoming increasingly disillusioned with them and may try another company as any interesting films on your list never seem to get sent). i almost feel like i've been on holiday it's been such a good weekend...
chelsea!
champions for the first time in 50 years.... wahoooo!
i searched long and hard to find if there was anywhere in denver i could get to see the cup final between chelsea and liverpool being televised. i eventually stumbled across an irish pub that was showing the england ireland rugby game in one half of the pub and the football in the other. due to the time difference the action started at 8am. it was quite surreal to be surrounded by a crowd who emerged from somewhere sporting either liverpool or chelsea shirts.
i was beginning to wonder if i should have stayed in bed when liverpool scored after 43 seconds. but chelsea then dominated the game and finally managed to score after 80 minutes. two more in extra time and a final score 3-2 to chelsea - up the blues!!!
chelsea are 10 points clear at the top of the premiership - unbelievable! a fantastic 2-0 win combined with arsenal losing to bolton has sent chelsea clear. surely they won't slip up now?... we (me, h and j) went to chelsea on weds to see them draw 0-0 with man united - in this spectacular season we have been to two games and seen two 0-0 draws! i took this photo of a chelsea fan walking to the bridge...
chelsea go top :-)
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