The Cameleonz

The week started very nicely...in bed! We slept like logs after our busy weekend and before we knew it, it was already the afternoon!! We're going on holiday in the summer, so we paid off some of that in town. Can't wait to see some sun!! Lis is so excited for the holiday, that she decided to browse the internet for some hotpants. Having emailed the company asking for them in her size, she soon discovered what she had ordered...a picture of Kate Beckinsale in hotpants!! No wonder they were so cheap!!

Not quite what Lis thought she had ordered...

On Tuesday, Marcus topped up his ever expanding tattoos. The portraits of musical legends began in earnest- Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and Mr Elvis Presley himself. The pain continues!! The plan after that was to head to the gym, but we ended up falling asleep for hours. We didn't quite make that workout!!

The following day we had a meeting with the local press regarding our new involvement with SAAS as patrons. We were also making the first steps towards promoting a charity variety show on 22 May. We didn't realise there was going to be a photographer there though! We weren't looking great, and when he took us outside to do cheesy poses with a paper aeroplane, we thought it couldn't get any worse. Thankfully it didn't!! It was a good day though, and it's great to spread the word of The Staffordshire Adults Autistic Society.

In the evening we jetted off to Burton for a rare treat- seeing someone other than ourselves sing!! Vicky was very good, and a very nice girl too but, of course, not as good as Lis. Only joking. Lis really wants her microphone though as it was covered in crystals- it was gorgeous!!

Marcus was taught a lesson on the guitar on Thursday by Lis. Despite learning the whole verse of a song, he still sounded like a three year old when playing it. Still quite a long way until he can call himself the new Jimi Hendrix...

The pressure of learning guitar (badly) clearly put Marcus' head in a spin, so we got an early night before a nice early start on Friday, when we headed down to Worcester for a meeting with some songwriters about co-writing some new tracks for The Cameleonz. What was meant to be a relatively brief meeting ended up being eight hours of us chatting and eating loads of lovely food!

Sadly, the journey home was not so great, as we ended up being on the notorious M6 car-park, before being diverted miles out of our way. The strangest thing of the diversion though was having two men who were walking infront of our car on the dual carriage way!! In the end, an hour long journey took three hours. Perhaps we would have been better walking ourselves...

On Saturday night we had a gig near Wakefield. We had a brilliant night and there was some crazy dancing going on (and not just from Marcus)!!!

After getting back from our Wakefield gig really late, we had to get up bright and early on Sunday for an afternoon disco. It was for the kids from a council estate in the local area to help raise funds for a community group that we are members of, called "Haregate in Action", which is the estate Marcus was born and raised on. The event was a success and the kids all seemed to have fun, which is obviously the main thing.

As it was Valentine's Day, we ended the week by having a romantic take away and watching a film. The perfect way to relax and unwind!!

Thanks for your continued support,

Marcus & Lis
xx