the builders cuppa...

just a funny today...sugar cubes for the builder / architect / engineer in your life...

the keepers...

so there i was randomly trolling the facebook feed for anything of interest...and i saw this...

a trio of screenprints hanging in the flat of an old friend from uni who is still living in edinburgh...so i declared my undying love for the stag..."it's truly awesome"...

and my declaration lead me here...studio alto...the studio of chris dobson, a practicing architect who dabbles in the wider spectrum of graphics and product design...

it is his series of screenprints entitles "keepers of scotland" that truly captivated me...sadly, they're all sold out...

the overseer...

the explorer...

and my favourite...the monarch...

when your big cartel store is dealing these again i'm on a need to know basis...

new years resolutions...

so i took a bit of a break from the usual new years resoluting for a week or so there...threw myself in at the deep end today...

i saw this on an old work colleagues blogspot the other day...and the image below seemed terribly apt indeed for my bad self...

sooo...on top of the blogspot revival here's a few more aims nay resolutions...

to take mc wife to graceland...

to visit a top notch dreamy hotel in london...

to meet someone who inspires me...

to run a half marathon with the thought of possibly attempting a marathon if the half marathon and i have a mutually agreeable and beneficial relationship...(note to self: been working in corporate america for a wee bit too long maybe)...

so anyway...i took myself out for a 3 mile jog earlier this evening...and about halfway into i was feeling so proud of myself for surprising myself and getting that far, didn't my shin split go and start to annoy me and there was me half crawling, half walking, half running back...anyway - nothing but a mere barrier to break through...30/40 mins in the gym tomorrow should help that...

i'm on a 14 week plan to be able to run a half-marathon...so please god i'll do it...

and with the half marathon plan comes a change in the diet...nothing drastic, just less crap, more salads, more water...etc etc...notably - less bread...

and then with that didn't i spot this earlier today on the cool hunter...

fecking bakery's...

the rise of the designer bakery...clever title cool hunter...

ok...i has gots to go...drooling over the keyboard here and i can't afford to replace the one i have due to "soak" damage...

what are your new years resolutions...???...

happy new year...

well folks...

do you remember your wee man from armagh who moved to arkansas and he had a good auld blog running and then he kinda just disappeared off the face of the earth...

well fear not...

here's me...back and ready to rock on with all things blogtopian in 2012...

so you see...august kinda came and went, and then september brought with it a whirlwind trip to ireland...and then i got caught up in razorback football season and then we were out of state for thanksgiving and sure all in all didn't i have a wonderfully busy fun 2011...

some highlights to come...

but here's me...back on your blogrolls...

we do...

"i wish we had a fabulous bathroom"...

"but we do have a fabulous bathroom, it just happens to be from the 60's"...