Strange things about me

When I'm ironing, towels just get folded, as do tea towels,and sheets, and even underwear....but for some reason I ALWAYS iron my handkerchiefs
I think it might be a throw-back ..you know well brought up young ladies always have a freshly laundered handkerchief.
I really don't know why I do this, but do know it is quite an odd quirk.

what a fix!

I haven't watched "From Popstar to Opearstar" for the entire series, but I have spotted that the entire thing is to me a fix.
Take Tonight. Joesph sung a very demanding piece, and from what I saw very well, whilst Joe sang an easy piece. Surprise, surprise....Joe gets through. The Joe in question to my knowledge has had no success as a popstar, since he won whatever "reality" TV show .
No disrespect to him...but...he is young, and he can undoubtedly sing, yet has made no impact on the "pop" world, perhaps opera is where he will find "proper" fame..rather than the dubious fame a "reality" TV show winner experiences?
That's enough of me grumbling....the show is a fix...but it has helped me appreciate opera.

I'm very pleased.

Oliver has finished his Masters in Physics, and has got a first. I'm very pleased for him. I knew he could do it.
He came home last Saturday, and yesterday he flew to Northern Ireland to visit a friend he made whilst at Uni, after spending the weekend with Steph, he's planning on taking the train down to Dublin. As he puts it, "I might as well do while I'm there!"

New baby

My neighbour has had her baby. It's her second and she's been lucky in having a girl this time. I know she wanted a girl. So now I have to sew buttons on one of the baby jackets I have been making. Also another colleague has had her baby, another girl, and another neighbour has had a baby girl, too. Later on I'll post on my craft blog Fidgetty Fingers with a picture
There is a picture of the baby hats I have been making. As Edwin is having a "get together" tonight I may get around to posting a picture later on today, because at 18, I think they don't really need me around so much....perhaps just to produce a bit of something to eat around 10pm.

Asthma

I was diagnosed as having asthma around 2 and 1/2 years back. I really wish I didn't have it. This year I seem to be reacting to the pollen. At the moment my sinuses are aching so much, and I am dreading the moment when it comes lose and travels south. Am struggling to breathe and feel quite miserable. I wonder how long it will take for me to be used to it, and be able to predict bad days...and do something preventative in advance?

Some people are just SICK

I have started to follow Alice Pyne's blog. She is a 15 year old girl who lives, as the crow flies, very close to me. Quite a way by road though.
She has been getting for want of a better word "sick" comments on her blog.
I was always told, if you can't think of anything nice to say, don't speak.
These people leaving nasty comments are having to purposely make their comments. It's not as if blogs don't allow you to leave them unless you comment.
Mind you, I was also told as a child that "empty crates make the most noise". (That saying dates back to when crates were usually metal and all bottles were returnable and made of glass).
I have read what Alice has blogged to date, and she's a very brave young lady.
My only thought on the nasty comments she is getting, is what goes around comes around. And if you are hurtful to people you shouldn't be surprised when someone is hurtful to you.

Spam folder in 24 hours

I thought I would leave my spam folder for 24 hours to see what I was offered. I was looking for scam type e-mails, and I did get a few.
Without further ado, here's the list;

1. 2 lots of medication for "gentleman's problems"
2. 14 chances to "test" an i-pad 2
3. 5 parcels of which I need to confirm my details in order for the parcel to be delivered.
4. 11 chances to have my palm read.
5. 3 people who NEED my help in order to get their hands on their inheritance.
6. The remainder were varied between letting me know that my bank account...(That I Don't bank with!) ....is being suspended to chances to buy Replica Louis Vuiton.[Hope that is how you spell it]