BLOG | MARCH 2008

OUT FOR LUNCH | Tuesday 18th March 2008 | 20:10
Finishing work at 10am might seem great but I'm fast discovering whilst it has its advantages it can be quite lonley. Now don't get me wrong I'm not complaining or saying I go home an do nothing thats not the case I have lots of work to do.

But working on your own is not inspiring at all, if you are reading this and you work from home you may know what I mean.

Today I went out with a friend who also works from home so it was nice to break the routine of a normal day and sit in a pub having lunch all afternoon. Now come the summer maybe thats what I could do take along my laptop hook upto their WiFi connection and away I go!

Actually thats not a bad idea!


THE START OF ANOTHER WEEK | Monday 17th March 2008 | 21:25
Well here we are Monday and it’s the start of another week and St. Patrick's Day. It always makes me laugh that all over the world people celebrate and say they have Irish Ancestry for the day.

When its St. Georges Day on April 23rd will we all be celebrating NO! it will be just another day. Sorry rant over...

I have just heard that we are set for bad weather again in the next few days with rain and high winds, great just what we need for Easter.

Speak tomorrow.

Chris.


MOWING THE LAWN | Saturday 15th March 2008 | 19:30
Apologies I did not have time to write a blog yesterday, the whole day just seemed to whiz past. Last night I went out in Telford, we started the evening with a Chinese meal then went for a drink.

Its strange how sometimes you can have a period of not going out then all of a sudden everyone wants to do something, last weekend I went to Birmingham to watch The Feeling at the Carling Academy the week before Wolverhampton where I watched Kate Nash.

I started tidying up the garden after the winter this morning, I have dug over the borders and cut back some of the shrubs and planted new ones too. I also mowed the grass for the first time this year. I'll wait until the warmer weather before starting any further jobs outside.

Tonight I’m staying in I’ve got a fair bit of work to do tomorrow, so I need some chill out time.


IT’S ALL ABOUT TIMING | Thursday 13th March 2008 | 22:45
I forgot to fill my car up with petrol this evening there’s quarter of a tank left but I normally keep it at half, the last time it went really low I was called away to report on a news item and in the time it took to go to a garage to get petrol I was delayed by 10 minutes this meant the competition beat me to breaking the story.

When you work in the media time is something you are always watching how long left on the song your playing, how long can I talk for before the next song or timing yourself to cross to the news or travel presenter at the correct moment.

I have to apologise if you phone in to the show and we don’t manage to take your call or it’s ringing for a while, it’s not because we aren’t bothering to answer it, but the case of working on the next item or getting ready to talk out of or into a song.

I stayed at the studio until 11:30 this morning that’s the latest this week, but there was quite a bit of work to be done. I came home did more for an hour then gave up until later in the afternoon when I worked on Fridays show content.

I’m planning what summer events are happening in the area and how they can be covered on the radio, stay tuned for more details of Oswestry’s Relay for Life… I will bring you more later in the month.

Time for bed it’s now 10:45pm, for me this is a late night now!

THERE GOES DOROTHY AND TOTO | Wednesday 12th March 2008 | 19:45
Its been another busy day today working on the new section of our website all will be revealed next week!

I didn't sleep last night, the wind was howling around the house, I woke around 2am to hear the sound of glass shattering. GREAT! I know all our neighbours have double glazing including my house and it didn't sound like that type of glass.

The greenhouse was the only thing it could be... there was nothing I could do so I went back to sleep, well tried too...

The alarm went off at 5am this morning, I was already awake! I left the house at 5.20am and took a torch so I could check what damage had been caused I shone the beam at the greenhouse it was all still intact... strange I heard glass breaking... I then noticed it was the garage window that had broke. I've spent some time this afternoon cleaning and boarding the window up until I can get some new glass.

At least the fences stayed up!

Speak tomorrow!

Chris.


LAZY DAYS | Tuesday 11th March 2008 | 21:50
I’ve had a lazy day today, the alarm on my phone went off at 5am, I arrived at the studios for 5.30 and spent until 6am updating the playout system with new adverts and songs etc.

It soon comes around to 6am then its four hours of my life that just fly’s by. It’s amazing just how quickly time passes when you are on-air.

The competition I’m running at the moment with the Build Center is doing really well with an unbelievable amount of calls and texts coming into the show, this morning was just amazing so thank you to everyone who does call me during the show. I only wish there was more time to talk on the phone.

I left the studio this morning straight after the show and went home to carry on with a website I’m working on. I think the weekend caught up with me today I fell asleep for a few hours during the afternoon. I was hoping that I could avoid sleeping during the day and just have a good few hours at night. I’m out all day tomorrow (Wednesday) so that won’t be an option.

I have spent this evening working on Wednesday’s show I spent half an hour editing the new Delia Smith cookery programme for use tomorrow. I hope it was worth it!!!

Until tomorrow…

WELCOME | Monday 10th March 2008 | 14:10
Welcome to my first breakfast show blog, the plan is to update page as often as I can.

I'm looking forward to settling in on the breakfast show having previously presented The Big Drive Home when The Severn first launched, I moved onto Mid-Mornings just over a year ago, now here I am on breakfast.

I'm hoping I quickly get into a routine, I set my alarm for 5am this morning then left the house at 5.20am this gives me enough time to get into the studio, write the weather and check my e-mails before the show starts at 6am.

The show runs to a schedule which I write the day before, each song and link has its place and helps the show run smoothly. Carlie arrives at the studio for 7am we have a chat about the show and if there are any problems out and about on the roads before Carlie goes live at 7.30am with the travel news.

Whilst the show is on air there is not much time to think about anything else, so I lock myself away in the studio until 10am.

Its just gone 2pm as I write this and I'm working at home on a new section of our website, its taking a while to set up but should be ready to go live next week.

I'll start planning tomorrow mornings show around 6pm this evening.

Speak tomorrow!

Chris.









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