Randomly Set

So you may know, we got engaged in November 2014 with a date set in September 2018 - so 4 years to plan. It's now the end of 2016 and time is now quickly running out - other than an overall idea of what we want to do, there is no real plan in place. All we knew was that roughly we'd do 10 days in Vegas, 10 days driving and 10 days in NYC (+ or - a day here and there).

A thread if anyone is interested... Here are my timelines so far... And I've not even started on Thursday yet. Over 100Gb, and 215 files! 85Gb (about 165 files) are in 4k! The rest is 2.7k.

Something I said I would not  listen to....  

Running behind again - sorry

Finally back up-to-date, and back on to some Country music.  

A blast from the past. I remember Dog Days Are Over coming on on the radio on the way home from work one evening, and I was nodding away to it. So time to see what a full album is like.  

Another album from the joys of playing GTA V. There seems to be a couple of songs either his or him featuring whenever I'm the Franklin character.  

Another album picked by the other half. Janet Jackson  

Apologies, I've gotten behind on these recently. Week 20 was another Jazz inspired album in the form of Miles Davis  

After a ton of research, I cannot find anywhere that advises on the spacing of what I have recently discovered are called "noggins". My initial plan looked like overkill, and from various online sources some even said you don't need them for decking as the deck itself acts as a noggin.

Over the weekend I was looking at the designs again, and decided to start adding measurements to the plans. That's when I noticed I got the front face wrong. Instead of being 8.1m, I did it at 8.0m. Not a massive amount, but enough that meant I needed to revise the plans.

Okie dokie, here we go. A short sweet intro. A couple of months back (well, maybe the end of 2015) we decided we would look at a new place to live. So we popped along to a show house on a new build and had a think. After a few months of thinking and looking, we've decided to stay put.

Moving from last week's Country & Western music, onto another big genre in 60s America - Soul/Jazz music.

Another late write up, sorry. Well this is another album I've chosen to listen to thanks to playing GTA V again recently :D

A late write up here. With the passing of Prince, it was only fitting that Week 17 would have to be a Prince album.

We're getting well into my AOTW "project" now, already on Week 16! This week is Lauryn Hill.

This week's album was a suggestion from another one of the lads I play pool with.

This is an album I've been meaning to listen to for a few years, but only just got around to it.

This one was a suggestion from my 75 year old pool playing friend. I've heard of them, but couldn't name any of their songs.... So let's see what it's all about.

Another week for a double write up (I didn't have the chance to write this last week). Week 12 was spent listening to Paloma Faith......  

Another album based on a suggestion by a forum member. Didn't have a clue what to expect - I have never heard of the guy (AFAIK) and didn't even know what genre he was/is.

Something different for Week 10 - nothing mainstream. For those who don't know, FAWM stands for February Album Writing Month ( http://fawm.org/ ). Adam is the boyfriend of a friend/ex-colleague of mine, and I've used a track of his in a video I created last year.

This weeks album comes as a suggestion from one of my best mates. After a conversation last week whilst playing pool, he suggested this album may be "suitable" for me. So here we are.

This weeks album comes as a suggestion from DampDog. After my AOTW listening to First Aid Kit, he thought I may enjoy this.

This weeks album comes as a suggestion from the other half. She loves Britney spears. So I decided I'd give some of her "newer" stuff a try.

I keep hearing their song "Silver Lining" on the Renault Kajar advert, so that's what made me decide to listen to this is my Album of the Week.

Someone I've heard on the radio, and an artist the other half listens too. I thought it was time to see why people go mad for her.

A late posting for week 4, this time, a Ryan Adams album.

This week's album is the first "proper" album I've listened to - ie, no YouTube "Greatest Hits" play list types.

So, for week 2, it was Nina Simone. Other than a few songs I've heard in the past - but didn't know she was the singer - I just couldn't get into it. Great for background music, in a strange kind of way.

One I have listened to many times in the past - and only because she has 2 songs on a NYC playlist I listen to now and then. Originally I thought she was someone from the 60s or something. But listening to this album, I realise she's more modern. 

I decided a few weeks ago that in 2016 I would try and listen to a different album/playlist each week. The idea is to try and listen to music I probably wouldn't have considered a few years ago - maybe it's a sign of age? If you have any requests on what I should listen to, post them in here. The only thing I will not listen to is that awful heavy metal stuff where it sounds like they have swallowed a microphone and are very angry (although I'd be angry if I swallowed a microphone).