| Sunday, May 18th, 2008 |
| 1:21 pm |
sickybad
Have been ill since wednesday. I now have flu on top of my non-sinister lung condition. Flu which I have now shared with ianmcdonald. who was really pissed off because it was over the weekend. actually so was mine. I AM JUST SO FED UP BEING ILL!!!!!!!!!! |
| Monday, April 28th, 2008 |
| 2:36 pm |
lunchtime
I left my colleagues sitting outside discussing the reproductive qualities of bananas. |
| Sunday, April 20th, 2008 |
| 12:46 pm |
F..k.n A
white water kayaking!!!!! |
| Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 |
| 12:21 am |
tea in a china cup
Today I bought a tea set for twenty pounds. My mother and my aunts always collected royal doulton and my mother always said that these things were for use rather than show. So now I have my own. Spotted, I might say, by ianmcdonald on the way from the pub to the cashpoint in holywood in the marie curie shop. MADE FOR R HOGGS OF BELFAST 20 PIECE SET. we thought they were great. Stuck my head round the door and asked them to keep it for me this morning. Returned an hour later and they had everything wrapped.
NOW FOR THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW made for Hoggs of Belfast which went in the late 80s early 90s hand painted on transfer on bone china (you can see through it) McDonald industries thinks it is 50s 60s. Whatever it is absolutely beautiful and we will be christening it with a tea party this sunday.
I sat and stared at it all night. |
| Sunday, April 6th, 2008 |
| 8:48 pm |
yesterday once more
In addition to kayaking, it was also the day of the first broadcast of the sesame tree. So we were up at 6.30 so there. It was great.
Then we went out for ianmcdonald's birthday which was on monday last but which we celebrated last night because monday was the final night of the play. We went to the Ginger Tree on Donegall Pass and it was brill. |
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| Saturday, March 29th, 2008 |
| 6:08 pm |
the road to river cottage
My Mum arrived about half an hour ago with a roadkill pheasant which she had lifted. ianmcdonald has plucked it and is in the process of gutting it as we speak. I am upstairs feeling faint-hearted! The cats have no idea what is going on. |
| 2:55 pm |
In the words of the great Flanders and Swann.....
I found my horn...
From age 11 - 18 I played the French horn. This is an understatement as it was something of an obsession. when not in school i would practice for at least three hours a day. I reached grade 6 standard and played in orchestras and things all over the place. then after that the drama took over and the horn languished in its for nearly twenty four years.
AND NOW IT IS BACK!!!!! inspired by a book that Mum bought me for my birthday I have it all fixed up and have started playing again!!! I am in good company. amongst the other lapsed horn players in the book is Ewan McGregor. I have been listening to Dennis Brain practising out of my Tune a Day, which apparently Mr McGregor also used!
So there yare now. What do yiz think of that? |
| 1:08 am |
momentousness
At the age of eleven I took up the french horn the most difficult instrument in the orchestra. I did grade six. I played in youth things. I plaYED IN other things. I practised threehours a day when i cou.d. i reacheed grade six standard. i left school.
I HAVE NOW STARTED TO PLAY THE HORN AFER TWENTY TWO YEARS and it feels like a long lost friend. ianmcdonald doesbnt know what has hit him. I got the instrument sorted out and it is great. ianmcdonald by default through amazon bought me Dennis Brain aka God playing mozarts four horn concertos. listened three times the night as they say.
there ya go |
| Sunday, March 16th, 2008 |
| 11:42 am |
St Patrick's Day
Decided to develop our own sort of celebration for it. today I am going to bake a traditional tea brack. Have had all the fruit soaking overnight in tea and will probably do this this evening. Then tomorrow I am going with Mum to Saul where there is an annual walk from there to Downpatrick Cathedral which has a huge celebration. Then tomorrow night I am making proper traditional Irish stew because ianmcdonald said he had never had it - he had only ever had it made with beef which is just WRONG!!!! sO THERE. |
| Monday, March 3rd, 2008 |
| 2:05 pm |
The play's the thing
Friday night went. Saturday morning himself was taking part in a very interesting discussion on Kurt Vonnegut. There was a man who was association with NASA who was there too and various academics.
Then I dragged himself round boots so that I could buy makeup for the play and a trowel for putting it on with.
And then the play was a triumph! Apparently. it is "The Country Boy" set in rural ireland in 1959 when prodigal son Eddie returns home with his American wife (me). He has basically been a complete shite to me for the past fifteen years and it all comes to a head during their holiday. There is alcohol abuse, domestic violence, bullying - all sorts of things. And then at the end I have a four page long speech where i point all this out and then he changes and decides that he has been a shite and is going to make it all better. It is a bundle of laffs. In the meantime his brother decides not to come to the great old US of A after all and to stay at home and marry his girlfriend. So it all ends happily ever after. My part is quite demanding to put it mildly but it went well on sat and lots of people said very nice things about it including the adjudicator. Well actually he said he had no criticism which is praise indeed.
So roll on the rest of the festivals - Ballymoney on thursday night and Portadown on Friday. Oh teh drama. |
| Friday, February 29th, 2008 |
| 12:08 pm |
What a day
First night of play preceded by MRI scan. Still it could be worse. Am going for my giant polomint test just after lunch. Apparently you dont have to fast. At least I hope not as I am now eating vegetable rice. The play is "The Country Boy" and it is not the best ever written. It is our festival play.
something very strange has happened to this computer and I cant seem to write in proper lines. oh well. Will let yiz know how we get on. |
| Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 |
| 3:06 pm |
Adventures in Turkeyland
We stayed in a hotel calle the Angel's home in Sultanahmet. It was great. Very very very nice indeed. Staff were brill. food was brill particularly fish. They have two buildings and in one they have a roof terrace which has a fantastic view of the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia. We went to visit both of these, the topkapi palace, a bus tour round the city, the grand bazaar, ferry across to Asia, Taxim Square, the dervish house museum which unfortunately was closed for renovations, an old turkish bath, a fish market and lots lots more. It was brill. So it was. And that is official. |
| 2:40 pm |
Turkeyland
Just got back from Turkey land yesterday. We all had a fandabbydozy weekend. My mother thought it was brilliant that she got to see such a weird and wonderful place. We got the ferry to Asia. that was so cool. |
| 2:40 pm |
spammed
Has anybody else been spammed on live journal recently? |
| Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 |
| 1:11 pm |
eclection
went to a surreal concert on sat - group called eclection comprised of a chamber orchestra, a jazz/rb/rock group and a sacred music choir. the show stopper was the queen number Somebody to love. All the ELO ones were brill too. |
| Thursday, January 24th, 2008 |
| 1:36 pm |
hospital blog part a hundred
they must like me in there - they really must. Back in today to see the scary consultant. They like me so much that they told me I had to go back on my birthday so that they could photograph the inside of my stomach. Love indeed. I thought that I had gall stone symptoms but apparently it is highly unlikely. |
| Sunday, January 20th, 2008 |
| 6:12 pm |
My faith in human nature
Was somewhat restored today. I went to the gym and on the way in noticed a lot of feline activity at the edge of the carpark. A woman was feeding almost a dozen cats. I spoke to her and she explained that the cats were all feral and that she comes in once a day to feed them. She also takes them to the vets and has had them all "treated". They recognise her car and come over when it comes in. In fact they wait for her because she is always there about the same time. she has worked out all the family relationships, who is the alpha male etc etc and has names for them all. So there. |
| Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 |
| 11:37 am |
hacked off
With things. Mum got bad news yesterday about one of her friends and another one was already very ill. She is very distressed. I went round last night and spent some time with her. Really feel helpless. Not happy at all. |
| Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 |
| 9:35 pm |
christmas etc etc
Had mad oul christmas. Went to ianmcdonald's sisters house on christmas day with my mother. We played a mad game of trivial pursuit.
Was just in hospital for a short time this year - not up to my usual standard. But I have to go back later in January anyway. I have been having symptoms of gall stone stuff again but hopefully it is nothing.
Signed up for the "on track" fitness programme in Esporta last week. so I now have an excercise programme and will be going three times a week. Since last thursday I have lost three pounds!!!! Huzzah!!! And that was even with a huge dineer last night. Keep yiz posted. Bet you cant wait. |
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