So, in the tradition of getting Louise awesome Valentine’s Day gifts, I’ve come through once again! i told Louise some weeks ago to take some time off work over Valentine’s Day weekend so we could go to London. On Friday we travelled to London for our weekend away. Of course, London was only a stop on our onward journey to Paris via Eurostar!

As you might expect, we did your usual tourist fare, although is was -1C the whole weekend, which was punishing! So cold in fact, that the head of my tripod fell off (the supporting metal frame contracted and came apart from the glue).

At Sacre Coeur we met Keith Wood and Gabby Logan filming a bit for the rugby coverage later in the day. Louise wasn’t pleased to hear about Wales’ comeback and win against Scotland… especially since the text reached me in Notre Dame and I may have let out a whoop of joy.

The hotel we were in was the Ampere, which was pretty much right next to the metro. Everyone else in the hotel was Irish (including Gordon D’Arcy’s mum) and in town for the France game on the Saturday. I told the barman I was supporting France; he gave us complimentary cocktails!

On Valentine’s Day itself, we did something very romantic. We went to see a lot of dead people at the catacombs! Seriously. It was a rather spooky place, as you’d imagine, though the aura of mystery was shattered by some American tourists walking behind us who were being obnoxious and a bit disrespectful with their “posing” with the bones.

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The roads of the United Kingdom just got a bit less safe – I passed my driving test this week, courtesy of Martin Jones, who’s a driving instructor in Swansea

This is step 1 of my plan to own a Ferrari completed. Step 2 is upgrading to a house with a garage; step 3 is actually saving up for the Ferrari. I think I stll have quite a way to go…

For the very few of you who don’t follow me on Facebook (not Twitter, for I can spot the signs of addictivity a mile away) some brief snippets of information

Business is surviving the economic downturn – website design seems to be fairly recession-proof though the number of enquiries has dropped in recent months. Still happily working from my home office in South Wales. I have found myself missing London at times, though a well-placed rush-hour tube journey when I was last there reminded me why I wanted out so badly.

Few minutes ago, I wrote a quick post about code bloat and SEO – Cubecart is user friendly and tries hard to be SEO friendly but I do find that code bloat has a negative effect. A whistlestop tour of some minor changes I’ve made to 2 Cubecart websites – H2D Hair Straighteners UK and H2D Hair Straighteners Australia – the results of which should be self-evident in a few weeks.

On a personal note, I’m getting married in just over 6 months. They say it’s the most stressful day of your life – if preparations are an indication then I believe that. I’m also learning to drive, which is a whole different kind of stressful. Big life changes ahead!

Time for my annual festive re-written blog post.

There it was. Over and out.

Seeing as it’s September and I haven’t blogged since May, I figured it was time I updated everyone about the status quo. Some major life changes have occurred

• My fiancee Louise is now a Doctor
• We’ve moved from London to Llanelli, South Wales…
• …and bought our own house
• I get married in November next year

In addition to this, MB Web Design has acquired a number of high-value projects to keep me busy (and has kept me busy) for months.

Life is treating me very nicely. I’m busier than I anticipated, given the various DIY tasks owning a house causes, but that’s so much better than having nothing to do and pimping for business, surely?

So, what’s happening to this blog? Evidently nothing for the time being. Having a website with a decent-sized archive gives me a convenient platform on which to test some WordPress templates I’m putting together, so the primary function of this site is to test the themes and give people a live, working demo.

That’s me over and out for now – it’s Saturday evening and I am working, of course.