Last Friday was my mothers 60th Birthday and tonight we’re all having dinner out in my sisters new house. I have to admit I’m looking forward to it. Her boyfriend (sisters) is going to be doing the cooking and rumour has it that he is rather good at it too. I promise I’ll take pics and post them.
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Sorry for the disappearance. It seems that February has been an eventful saga. The month started out with himself not feeling well and on his second visit to the doctors he was sent into hospital and there he stayed for several days. It seems to be his appendix but they didn’t take it out as he also has an appendicial mass (big infection) so they were trying to clear that before they go in. So he was packed off home again with painkillers and antibiotics. Hot on the heels of this was an event he was organising in work. He works for a book shop so he had people in for a signing – actually talk about starting at the top – well he had Neil Gaiman in with Amanda Palmer. The place was packed! I think all in all it was a good event although there were wrinkles that need to be ironed out at least next time it will be smaller and folk won’t be as panic stricken as they seemed this time. Oh yes I also forgot to mention we got tickets to see Coraline 3D. That was fun – in the end 3D hurts my eyes a little and I think the film for me lacked that small element of menace. However it is certainly something I’d watch again (non 3D).
The day we went to the cinema we also dropped in to the Cath Kidston shop. OMG! I think I died and went to heaven. It really was one of those shops were you’d just love to have the money that said “I’ll have one of everything please!” I eventually emerged with a laundry bag, a little purse and an oilcloth bag. I wanted to get the bag and everything else was a bonus.
So the Shop & cinema was on Sunday, the signing was on Tuesday so it was busy, busy! On Thursday himself got an email from Nicky in The Vintage Magpie to let him know that the bunnies he bought for me (I don’t have a credit card so I had to use him) would be sent out in the post on Monday. Well I was a cross between a pin ball and a basket ball – bouncing around all over the place and wittering Bunnies! to myself. Yes I’m really looking forward to them.
Speaking of wittering I’ve been twittering like crazy. This is me: mswalsh. Like I said it really is me just wittering – nothing profound I’m just aiming for slightly coherent. After that I’m happy.
I think I’ll leave it there. I still have one or two other things but I’ll mention them later – tonight/tomorrow.
Bye for now.
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Brief Encounter in showing in the cinema as part of the Jameson International Film Festival and I’m awfully tempted to take a half day to go and see it.
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Well when I say I bought – I persuaded himself to make the actual purchases as I don’t have a credit card or paypal account.
http://www.thevintagemagpie.co.uk/shop.html
If you scroll down the page you will spot the first bunny and she is Ava. I have a niece call Aoibhe and we are pronouncing it ava so when she is old enough I might consider passing the bunny along to her or I might just keep her as she’s so cute. However if you scroll a little further you will see the bunny that is destined for my bedside locker and that is little Rosie – isn’t she adorable? I can’t wait to get my hands on these little treasures.
Anyway enough of my avarice I have to go and cook dinner.
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In an effort to avoid having to drive we went into town to a flea market – (or should that be fleamarket?) Anyway we went off early as the market opened at 11am and we had no idea where it was being held. Well we had a general idea but once we hit the boundaries of general we were a little lost. We found the market and started to spend. I bought a white and red crocheted shawl (I know I could but doubt I ever will make one), a floral blouse and a pair of fingerless gloves. I’m particularly pleased with the gloves as I’m not fond of wool and these are almost a fleece type fabric. I’ll post a photo or two once I figure out where I’ve put the camera – yes one more victim of “I just put it down”. Himself bought two RiverCottage DVDs and a CD of somebody – I can’t remember.
Once we were finished in the market we wandered off to my sisters apartment and we got to mind my niece while Kay got ready to go out. Once she was ready she fed Aoibhe and himself told us we were cruel to be laughing at the poor child – but she was making faces and funny faces at that. She has 2 bottom teeth and she was rubbing her lip over them. Anyway after that she fairly flaked out so we bundled her into her pram and off we all went to the museum for a wander around. It was the first time that the sister had been there and although we did have to long there at least now she knows what’s there for the next time.
The only draw back to today is that our feet are killing us – him ’cause he was breaking in new boots and me ’cause I walked a lot. So home and dinner. Feet up to watch Larkrise – my husband almost referred to me as a spinster as I like the two spinsters in the episode have no children. Of course then sense kicked in when I reminded him that we were married and therefore couldn’t be a spinster. The cheek of him!! Anyway I’m just out of my bath and we’re listening to Mike Oldfield on YouTube.
It’s a nice way to wind down the weekend and build up to work tomorrow.
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I’ve been subscribing to a few blogs lately and the RSS feed gives me the last 25 posts. This is fantastic and had LOADS of lovely pictures so I’m having a great time looking at the with awe and envy. There was one picture I saw that had a set of shelves in them just beneath a window and they were white. They almost looked like they were for a childrens room. Do you think I can remember where it was I spotted this picture? My poor brain is melting and all I want to do is show himself the picture as I reckon something similar would be nice next to the dresser. It would be somewhere for the cookery and craft books to go.
I think I’ll have to go to bed as my brain is now refusing to function.
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Did I mention how fantastic I think my husband is?
If an opportunity presents itself he does his best to grab it. He has a passing acquaintance with Neil Gaiman and when he heard that he might be coming over for the Jameson Film Festival he wrote to him and asked if he fancied coming into the book shop while he was over. It would seem that he will.
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In September 2006 coming home from Weight Watchers we found 4 kittens playing with the traffic. We kept two of them and my parents rehoused the other two. Here are the little ladies that we held onto:
Daisy 23/08/2006
And here is her sister despite the name (she was sexed at an early age)
Oscar 23/08/2006
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Next came Tom in a matter of weeks – I think word went around the cat community that we were taking in strays. Affectionately called Tomtoms
Tom 01/01/1996
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I’ve just realised that I’ve never introduced the four cats that have taken a shine to living with us.
There will be pictures of the others to follow but to begin with this is:
Pip (01/04/04)
