Life: Me. Now.

 

1. Talk about playing with my emotions. They say Mad Men is coming back for a fifth season, giving me a burst of happiness, them they cut off my legs with a few buts. Like: not until March 2012, possibly no involvement from creator, shorter episodes and the loss of one or two main characters… like Joan. What?! Listen as a fan who has been anticipating seeing how this show ends I would rather they just leave it at 4 seasons than give us disastrous final one. Why AMC? Why?!

2.Soca performer Bunji Garlin cut off his locks. The world did not end and he looks hotter than hot. Dare I say younger? And his barber is an artist. Look at that fade and his beard? Loving it.

3. I have been getting a little too excited over the glimpses of sunshine in London. It has been short and sweet and making me fiend for Spring time. But its time to exhale and calm down a bit. Today and tomorrow’s predicted rain has brought me back to reality. I live in London.

4. Tweeted and Facebooked my encounter with Idris Elba on Sunday and finally had to admit that I am a groupie. Five seconds after I had squealed, ran around in a complete circle and watched his fine being make a hasty retreat, I was on my phone tweeting away. I should have stayed calm, gave him that dazzling smile and asked sweetly for a picture but alas I am just not that refined. Pure fandom took over. Maybe I will have more control next time? I live in hope

5. So I am officially in search of 3.o. My second car has gone to scrap heap heaven and London tube maps and TFL have become my constant companions, again. Its amazing where you can go with car in ten minutes that takes triple the time with public transport. Irritating but a prime example of when life gives you lemons, its time to make lemonade.

6. Settling back into life after a few ‘grenades’ went off around me and in the process learning some valuable lessons about life. I used to say that nothing surprises me anymore. Well you will never, ever hear me say those four words again.

7. Which? has once again solidified my love for them. Yesterday they launched a super complaint against debit and credit card charges. Funny enough in Feb when I was looking for flights to Paris is when I experienced first hand these ridiculous card charges. For one ticket there is a different charge depending on which card you use. What made me laugh was the fact the visa electron cards are now the one which incurs the least expense. Why is it funny? I remember when I had that debit card years ago that it was not accepted by anyone, especially online. Now its the card of choice. Hilarious! Thank goodness for consumer watchdogs.

8. Libya. As I tweeted the night of the first air raid, no 100 page document, impassioned speech by leaders or defiant denials will convince me that this not just about securing this country’s oil supply. The West just wants to make sure they are on side with whoever is in charge. Oil is the sole reason they have put up with Colonel Gaddafi for the last few decades anyway. And President Obama here is one more thing to add to the list for the upcoming election fight. I am pretty much ignoring the Libya stories now. Japan still needs our help.

9. Men are from Mars and women live on the gorgeous planet of Venus – my take on the famous saying and one that I now believe in 200%. It actually helps to start from this point and just see every conversation, act, moment you have with the opposite sex in this way. This is what every single relationship self-help book is about. So save your money and just accept the fact that men and women just see life in opposing fashions. Some how, in some deep biological, spiritual manner some of us manage to fall in love and make it work despite all the differences. That is a beautiful thing to see. Whether or not I will ever get there is still in limbo.

 10. I have become that person who starts a book and never finishes it. I’ve become that writer who wants to write but never actually composes the first line. I am letting the very things that make me …me, that deep, creative, word- obsessed part of me be sucked up but the rigors of adulthood. Yes I have more do but I need to find that time however hard it might be. That is the girl who started this blog. I am on a mission to find her become that person again

11. One of my favorite columnists Lucy Mangan (from the amazing Stylist magazine) does a good job of summing up my conclusions on writing and relationships – http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/article/1096/%22all-romantic-notions-are-based-on-lies  Please check out this great free style mag.

12. Officially I have agreed to disagree with everyone on the topic of Chris Brown. For the record I like a lot of his songs. I did before the Rhianna abuse tragedy and I have afterwards. I am also a person who likes to forgive and give people a second chance – we are after all just humans. But I am adamant about the fact that I do not think he has truly dealt with his anger issues or genuinely dealt with what he did. He like so many other people have made excuses as to why he beat her up. From the day it happened he has been carrying on like normal (jet skiing, holidaying, etc) and just doing the minimum of what the court ordered and saying his PR wrote for him. Yes Rhianna aided this by going back to him for a while and acting like the ‘incident’ was just a glitch. I am in the camp that even if she was the demon/man tempter/wicked woman people paint her as he had no right to punch and bite and beat her up then run away. I feel sorry for them both as they have come from homes where this behaviour was the norm and really need therapy to not keep repeating their parents mistakes. His album Fame is no. 1 and his talent is being praised but I beleive that the GMA incident proves my belief that Chris and the people around him have not dealt with his anger and its source. Remember you heard me say, this is not the last time he is going the strike out and one day his actions will have even worst recuperations. This is the praise of fame and the same ‘ole’ tale for child stars like the Lohans and the Miley Cypruses and the Chris Browns, they just do what they have to stay on top but don’t get the real help and guidance that they need.

Best of 2010

My mantra is “Where has the time gone?”. I seem to say it every day. Then when I try to recall what has happened through out this past year I actually snatch memories from one or two years ago. Time has meshed into one big glob. Do you find so as well?

With that said I decided to do one of my favorites things on the last day of 2010. A list! And since the title is a dead giveaway let me begin…

BEST FILM

Inception: I went to the cinema with little information about this film. In this era of hyper  accessibility to opinions and facts and a general over load of knowledge I wanted to watch it with no pre concieved ideas. Little did I know that my little plan fit in perfectly with the plot. I was rewarded with an edge of the seat, no-idea-what-the-dickens-would-happen-next roller coaster ride. My BFF and I barely took a breath from the moment we sat down to the final scene. We looked at each other and grinned like idiots because it felt good to watch a movie that was not predictable or conventional or just normal! I grew up watching Leonardo DoCarprio and it has taken me a while to accept him as a male lead. He was a teenager in my head for a long time but since The Departed he has successfully graduated in my psyche and his role in Inception cemented that. Its not a movie that I will watch again though. Like Atonement it is best experienced once. I doubt that those emotions that I tumbled through the first time would reappear again. I would instead try to dissect and figure it out and try to make sense of something I believe should stay a mystery. So if you havent, please take a look and tell me what you think.

A Prophet: Though released in 2009 I finally watched it this year. When ever I have described it to someone the words “Some criminals are born but others are made” are the first that come to mind. I am a proud francophile. So the moment I saw the poster around London for this film, it was number one on my To Watch list. It was worth it. An epic prison drama that gives you an insight into the French penal system. A microcosm of racial and criminal tensions. We see the transition of a young Arab as he serves his sentence. It is epic as it carefully, painfully maps the man he becomes. This is not two plus hours of Prison Break action but a study of the creation of crime kingpin. I loved it. Tahar Rahim is a brilliant actor.

BEST TV SHOW

Justified: I have enjoyed many good shows this year but Justified is the one that I have watched each episode at least twice. I am intrigued by Raylan Givens and the the people who surround him. It is really is like advertised. He is like a cowboy sheriff transplanted in 2010. But Rayland Givens has a lot more going on behind that cool exterior he exudes. He is menacing with gun and observant to a fault. What gives the show its intrigue is watching Rayland slowly reveal with is going on under that cowboy hat of his. The show is comedic as well as drama full. There is enough swearing and gun violence to let you know that it is not a network production. There is a new case every week but they usually become the background to both Rayland and Kentucky. It is his home state and one he had no plans to return to until… Some episodes are light hearted fare and others are dark and violent. But Rayland Givens is such an interesting character that you want to know more about him and the regulars. A dose of southern lawmen and what drives them. Shown in the UK on Five USA and returns to US screens on February 9th.

Sherlock:

When I saw the trailer  my first thought was:

“It better not be the the great great grandson of Sherlock Holmes because that is just lazy.”

So imagine my delight when his name is said and there is no recognition from strangers or corny questions like “Are you related to the famous…” Yes! He is truly a modern day sleuth. The first episode brilliantly introduces Dr Watson into the picture and gives us a lovely mystery to solve (though I must confess I solved one little part before the man himself). I am a sucker for the screen graphics that show us his thoughts and text messages and basically how his mind ticks. The rapport is easy and natural between Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Benedict is weird, wonderful and mysterious all in a modern way. New episodes in Autumn 2011!

Downton Abbey: I love this show so much that I faithfully watched it every Monday morning during the month I spent in T&T. I can not say it enough. I heart period dramas. Why it appeals to me so, I have not a clue. Even more intriguing is its window into the lives of the servants. Amazing insight about the hierarchies ath exist on both levels of this house. Every character is watchable. For me there were no small roles in this drama.

It proven once again why ITV drama out shine the BBC versions. Over the Christmas weekend BBC gave us Upstairs Downstairs – an update of the beloved series. I did not like it. It was glossy, stilted and two-dimensional. That could be blamed on the fact that it only had three parts but I disagree. Shows like Sherlock came in three episodes and endeared us to all involved. Upstairs Downstairs 2010 gave us a rush job of a show that often felt emotionless and unreal. The highlights were the portrayal of the King’s abdication, the butler and the Cecil Beaton scenes. Thank goodness Downton Abbey returns for a second season in 2011.

BEST SOAP

Coronation Street: Granted I do not watch all the UK soap operas so I am comparing it to its main rival BBC’s Eastenders but Coronation Street delivers the KO for 2010. In a year where both shows celebrated milestones and premiered Live episodes it was difficult not to compare. EE has descended into repetition and prozac inducing storylines. This year’s Christmas episode is a prime example. A one note plot that saw Stacey Branning finally leave the square in a limp form. A pity as she is a great actress that deserved a departure that mirrored past christmases eg when the video tape of her affair with Max was discovered.

Corrie on the other hand gave us explosions, falling trams, a hammer to the head and an amazing live action hour. Everyone (except the OTT Fizz. She may well have turned me off childbirth) did an exceptional job. I am not ashamed to say that I was on the brink of tears for most of the show. Molly in particular had me constantly having to remind myself  that it was not real. For a character who I have been indifferent to since she arrived in the street to move me so in her final minutes is a testament to how good an episode it was.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

The Good Wife season 2 – Please watch it. There is a reason it keeps being nominated for awards. It is full of great cases, complicated emotions and evolving characters. And this is just the mid way point in the second series.

Friday Night Lights – It is good TV. Sad that even in its final season it does not get the accolades it deserves but unfortunately not every critically acclaimed series does. Some like The Wire only receives love after it has faded from the canvas. Start early and watch from the very first episode.

Donnie Walhberg – In Blue Bloods he is a revelation. Still dancing and singing with NKOTB but stepping up his acting in this family police drama. He’s convinced me that he is an actor now. Funny how his brother Mark’s monotone performances get more love instead.

James ‘Jimmy’ Darmody – Does anyone else remember Michael Pitt in Dawson’s Creek? It’s hard to forget those pouting lips and curtain drapes hair style but thankfully with age he has become a better actor. His portrayal of Jimmy in Boardwalk Empire is study on the complexities of man. Jimmy is at once a loving son, educated fellow, proud ex soldier and father tangled with a cold, angry killer with a taste for violence. The people he loves and hates are clearly defined at the beginning of the series and we watch those securities unravel and see him struggle to keep those parts of his personality in separate boxes. How can he be so emotional yet so heartless. It’s enough to keep me watching from week to week and he is the highlight is this complicated series.

BEST DANCE

Yes. I had to put a category for this dammit! And how could I do an entire post without YouTube clips??? Kara and Artem you were amazing this year and this dance moves me every time:

TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN (2011)

I am looking forward to it so much. Dreams are delicious but making them into a reality is even better. And while I charge through this new year there a numerous films and TV shows to fill those less busy times (rare but I make it happen).

Above Suspicion – Deadly Intent: One detective drama that I have enjoyed in the last couple of years is ITV’s adaptation of Lynda La Palante’s Above Suspicion. It has all the elements that I love in british TV dramas. Gritty, ordinary, imperfect characters void of Hollywood’s unrealistic gloss. Granted Kelly Reilly is gorgeous but she like the others are like any other person you could walk by on the street. The cases are scary enough and complicated enough to keep me guessing. It has had poor reviews yes, but I have enjoyed it for all the reasons it has been criticised! Its back on ITV on Monday 3rd January for three nights. See the trailer here: - http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/abovesuspiciondeadlyintent/

Southland: This show is emotional. Seriously. You feel like a LA cop and by the end it’s a job I do not want. There are two seasosn to catch up on. Season 3 starts next week in the USA.

Living in a soapy world.

I heart soap operas. I have from a very early age. As a child my morning TV started with Sesame Street (that will be the subject of another blog!) at 9am followed swiftly with ‘Young Doctors’ then ‘Sons and Daughters’. Yes my soap obsession started with Australian daytime TV! I can, if you ask me, breakdown the big differences in American, British and Australian soaps and how they reflect the cultures they are supposed to represent. But I will keep this post fluffy and trite instead!Thirty years later I still have my addiction but in a different form. I’ve been slowly letting go Eastenders and embracing the Sunday morning Coronation Street omnibus. And recently I have started to watch General Hospital

via YouTube! It is brilliant. I don’t have to waste an hour on the characters I have no real interest in but just 10 minutes or less a day on my favourites. So it continues. It is as fun as an intriguing book. You just get lost in the storyline. And with the Internet you c

an catch up and find others with the same obsession within a few seconds.

So am I the only one with soapy love? Any of the ones below look familiar?

My soap land history:

• Young Doctors
• Sons and Daughters
• Santa Barbara
• Young and Restless
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• Home and Away
• Eastenders
• Neighbours
• As the World Turns
• Another World
• Days of Your Life
• General Hospital
• Coronation Street

Blogging when I should not be…

…but isn’t that the best time? Who knows what will come out of my mouth (via my hand) while my hormones are in disarray. So here’s a list of the random things going through my mind today:

• Leighton Meester’s shoes (see pics attached)
• Men who talk to Goats
• Nurofen
• Ledisi singing ‘The Man I love’.
• Internships
• Teeline shorthand
• Babies
• The guy I sat next to at church on Sabbath. He seemed sad and I wish I had plucked up the courage to speak to him.
• Costco
• Crazy voicemails left by psychos
• Jason and Sam in General Hospital
• Tithing
• I don’t feel like studying today!
• My empty bank account
• I haven’t been to the cinema in yonks!
• Why oh why did I look? I know I should not have now that image is burned into my brain.
• Hmmm chocolate.
• What should I wear?
• Legends of the Fall
• Crematorium article
• Now magazine
• Flights to Malaga are how much??
• John Mayer’s ‘Dreaming with a broken heart.’ Ever had a dream like that?
• Cat in a hot tin roof starts December 1st
• Vege Lasagne
• Pain!
• I love how my hair looks.
• The post office and a drop off done in 15 minutes. I love you 2.0
• Random quotes from ‘Dancehall Queen’.
• I can go an entire day without looking at my phones. Hmmm maybe its time for a blackberry. At least there are other things I can use it for.
• Nobody cooks like my Mummy.
• The Wire 100 Greatest Quotes…oh You tube you have acquired a new addict.
• Maxwell. Who didn’t go see him last week?
• Two more months to go.
• Is Roy dead on Corrie?
• I need to read The Silent Man. I feel like I know John Wells personally now.

Seriously I can go on and on and on. My brain never shuts off. Can’t wait to read this back in a few days!

Things that make me think hmmmm.

• “All those who cry at weddings say I.” If that survey was done I would have to stand up, raise my hand and say ‘I’ at the top of my voice. It’s an involuntary act that usually occurs around the point when the bride walks down the aisle. I alternate between grinning inanely at the bride and staring at the groom All the while tears start to escape. Its’ a beautiful moment watching them smile at each other, their eyes transfixed. The exchanging of the vows and the groom ‘My wife and I’ speech also cause the same reaction. Tell me a decade ago that a wedding would evoke such emotions and I would have laughed. It made no sense to me then. But now I know that it is touching to witness people you know make that commitment to each other. Its 90% happy tears with 10% longing mixed in. I don’t know if I will ever be that bride gliding down the aisle.
• Only in America can a plan for health care reform cause such turmoil. Yes I am simplifying all the intricacies of this bill but its basic premise is better coverage for those who currently can not afford it. I guess ignorance is indeed bliss as people like myself who exist in a system that offers ‘free’ health care can wax poetic about its merit. My American counterparts have no such experience and some are instead reacting with fear and annoyance. I think the ever amusing Sarah Palin sums up the hysteria best with this statement:

“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’….”

Death panel???? Let the madness continue.

• Spent a lovely evening with one of my best friends from High school. She is exactly the same person despite the more than ten years we have not seen each other. It was fun reminiscing and laughing at all the memories we share. We are the same teen girls wrapped up in thirty year old bodies. It a strange thing this growing older lark. Your mind feels eighteen but your body and age says differently. We look like our mind’s eye thank goodness. And though I often question my maturity I am beginning to accept the beauty of being young at heart.
• I still rather watch TV on my laptop than on the box itself. My television must feel quite rejected. I’m currently watching ‘True Blood’ (Me watching a vampire series, shocks me too!) and ‘Entourage’. Waiting patiently for ‘Gossip Girl’. Starting ‘Mad Men’ from season one. And still have to buy season 5 of ‘The Wire’.
• There are five books sitting in my bedroom unread. This is fact that is akin to the world coming to an end. Me of old would never have allowed a pile of unread literature to pile up in my vicinity. There are even a few unread magazines in my rack. I haven’t listened to an audio book in months. Seriously this fit of madness HAS TO END. The week I have allotted to end the backlog is 31st Aug to 4th Sept. No work or studying till the next week. I can do it. I mean I used to read a book in a day every week! Time to get back to my book- worm incarnation.
• Why does the sun wake me up every morning but an hour later its grey skies and chilly weather? Welcome to the classic English summer. Fifteen plus years on and I still can not stand it.
• I love 2.0 but he is costing me a bundle. Conclusion – sometimes the things you love the most end of costing you the most!
• Apart from reading, writing, travelling and movies I have found a new favorite thing. Stage managing! Random I know but it is fun making sure everything runs smoothly. I even loved running back and forth like a mad woman. It is fun discovering new skills.
• A friend suggested becoming a ‘yes woman’. Basically saying yes to all requests no matter how out of my box they might be. I think I will take up the challenge. It may make me more spontaneous and challenge my numerous fears. Let’s see what happens!
• Who really attacked that couple in Tobago? My instincts tell me that it’s not the man they arrested. I think that the international pressure to find a culprit lead to this man’s ‘confession’. This is not the first brutal crime to occur in beautiful Tobago. The fact that this couple is still alive is a miracle as others have not been so lucky. It saddens me that the evil of this world has seeped into tranquil Tobago. And this will not be the last time unfortunately.

Oscar Delight

I liked it. For the first time in years I did not struggle to stay up. I was alert until 5am. I enjoyed Hugh Jackman’s hosting. The musical numbers were ace. The set design was intimate. It was fin. BUT was an hour too long. So bits seemed like filler to me.
Those that stood out:

• Hugh. Sexy Australian beast that he is. His charm oozes. Bring him back
• Ben Stiller channeling Joaquin Phoenix.
• Will Smith’s charisma
• Tina Fey and Steve Martin
• The musical medley
• Five Past winners presenting to new winners. Fab idea.

What made me cringe:

• Jennifer Aniston seemed nervous. But she always seems uncomfortable at big events to me. When she was married to Brad she was always hiding behind him.
• SJP sliding as she walked on stage. Was scared for a minute.
• Cuba Gooding Jr ad libbing his speech. That man irritates me. Grow up!
• The camera panning to Brangelina to get their reaction to everything.
• Robert Patterson. His eyes and scowl scare me!
• E! Guiliana and Ryan’s constant gushing!Best Dresses:

Best Dresses:

• Taraji P Henson
• SJP
• Angelina
• Anne Hathaway’s red carpet dress
• Viola Davis

Worst:

• Marisa Tomei
• Penelope Cruz
• Beyonce
• Special mention: Alicia Keyes wig. Why?????

I was happy for Slumdog but I was disappointed that CCOBB did not win more. It was a great film and in a year without SD it would have won more accolades.
BTW I still have not seen Slumdog bloody Millionaire!!!!!!

2008 – Where did the time go?

I was saying to a friend this weekend that I clearly remember this time in 2007 when I was making plans for the fantastic year 2008 would be. I maybe even wrote about it on here. Now its 12 months later and if Im honest not alot has changed. Yes there are great memories. Just a few that come to mind are:

• Paris twice. An each time I fell in love with it more. Nothing like the Spring time in Paris.
• Antigua and Shay beautiful wedding.
• Driving! I feel like I have been doing it forever.
• A black man becoming President of the United States. I NEVER thought I would see that happen. But it did!
• Rediscovering my love of writing and reading. I had let them both fall away for a couple of years but then I fell back in HARD. There is no feeling like it.
• Watching each of my close friends and family members reach a milestone in their lives. Whether it was their own home, new baby, marriage and/or job it was a pleasure to celebrate with each of them.

Some hard times:

• Trials at work.
• Having my feelings bruised by a boy, again.
• Being broke…..really broke.
• Having to grow up over night.
• Changing dynamics with a once close friend.
• Turning thirty one. I plan to never feel so sad about a birthday again. I will celebrate all others from now on.

And thinking about 2009:

• Being a better friend.
• Embracing my fears.
• Being more outgoing.
• Reconnecting with the lord.
• Being a nicer daughter and sister. I am a moody ‘so and so’ with my parents and brothers and I have no reason to be! I love them and they are all so good to me. I need to reflect that more in my interactions with them.
• Finding a church to settle in. I spent too much of 2008 moving from one sanctuary to another.
• Using my talents. I am a good writer. I will even say I am a great writer. I need to start using that forever talent of mine a meaningful, fulfilling way.
• Finally go to those places I have been putting on my ‘One day’ list. I can’t go to all my at least one!
• Never give up on love. Yes I have been hurt and the memories are still raw from each cut but I believe that my best-guy-friend-future-lover-god-chosen-mate is out there and we are slowly inching towards each other. I look forward to the future adventure.
• Smile more and worry soooo much less.
• Truly, sincerely, enjoy every moment. Too often my head is in the clouds and not in the present.

The Lord has been good to me in so many ways. And those outdo every difficult moment that has happened. I am excited about 2009. I hope you guys are as well! x

Another List!

• So its pretty much happening, I’m going to see the 44th President sworn in. Yes we won’t be innnnn the ceremony itself but close enough to feel the love. Seriously I can’t wait.
• Getting a tingle of the Christmas feeling. My house is still lamenting that we won’t be in Trinidad (ticket too damn expensive!) but I’m determined to make a nice dinner and have a rest.
• I drive everyday now and I see the difference it has made to my driving. I am braver and drive faster and I’m basically having such a great time.
• I hate early sunsets
• I am sleepy as soon as I wake up in the morning. Winter blues or not earlier bed time?
• Office shoes online rockssssssssss. Check it out http://www.office.co.uk/
• Actually rocking my hair back, like away from my face. I haven’t done it in a few years and I like it. Maybe I am beginning to accept my face, finally
• Please read http://www.blackgirlslikeus.blogspot.com/ Their blog entries are funny, insightful and often seem like they are reading my mind.
• My fav blogs have been updated and there are three new ones, Carib Lime, Harlem Loves and Jeremy’s Real Talk. Three wonderful friends of mine and I know you will enjoy what they have to say!
• My ‘ignant‘ moment: I like TI’s ‘What up’. I have no explanation for it. Forgive me.
• Should I go travelling for three to six months? There are places I really want to see and I keep putting it off. I think I should save up, plan well and go do it. I have met so many people who have and have enjoyed the experience.
• Match.com or Adventist singles? Time to try something new I think.

• ‘Brotherhood’ has started again…happy. ’24′ special this weekend….giddy. ‘Friday Night Lights’ still makes me cry…..TV is great again!

What the new week brings…

• Most of the family is off to TO for a family wedding. I’m sure it will be lovely and story filled. Maybe next year eh?
• I have always liked this quotation and have decided to frame it in my room:

“Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don’t need money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt, and
Dance like no one’s watching.”

• Office move has now given us a fantastic view of the London Eye and the top of the Houses of Parliament. A couple of my favorite London sites, so despite the disruption I love my new focal points.
• The facebook group for my old high school in Trinidad made me so nostalgic this weekend. The pictures of the school and my old teachers made me want to turn back time. I plan the wander the grounds when I go there at Christmas.
• Rove is unwell and it has me sad. I can’t wait for him to get on the road again. (And yes I am referring to my car)
• Favorite celebrity baby name – Levi. Less favorite – Knox, but it is growing on me.
• Finally paid for my Sept holiday. The lord is so good!
• Looking after the ‘pretty babee’ last week taught me that I can handle the day shift but when they like to wake up when you need to sleep? That bit is going to be hard!
• Here’s a link to an interview with my cousin Shay. Her art work and cards are fantastic (some examples on the left). So please check her out:

http://yarnobsession-2.blogspot.com/

An another one….

Yes I know I am posting like mad today but I had to say:

• Train Dude has disappeared. Did he read my blog? Has he moved? Ok so maybe it was as simple as he is now taking a different train but still…train dude is gone. I miss him (saying it in a stalkerish voice)
• A few shows I missed from my TV list – Knight Rider, Smurfs, Crimewatch, Family Affairs, Katie and Peter (all their reality shows are my guilty pleasure), Big Brother, Half and Half, One on one, Clueless (the series), FallGuy, Desmonds (great English black sitcom), Holby City, st Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, Bonanza and Perry Mason. I will stop there before you start wondering how I ever got the chance to read or doing anything else.
• I understand why but I am still bitter over HRC so I wish Obama wasn’t helping her pay off her debt. Yes, yes, a true christian example is what I am, lol
• I am trying my best not to be sad.

That’s all.