Romantic
I picked this up while surfing on Blogexplosion


You are Galadriel, Lady of Light. You like nature,
especially trees. You are wise and people come
to you for advice. You are friendly to other
people, even strangers, even though the movie
made you seem like a monotonous dud, as far as
personality goes.


Which Middle-earth maiden are you?
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Dear Phyllis,

I'm writing to let you know that your comments have disappeared and I couldn't find your e-mail address. I did enjoy reading the Halloween post, now I have good excuses for not going trick or treating

Lots of love

Anji

Check up
I had my flu vaccination yesterday evening. While I was there I picked up a new prescription for everything else I need. I asked if I could stop the anti cholesterol medicine as I'm checking what I eat so carefully and the doctor said yes. Blood pressure normal (so it should be with the beta blockers!).

A tale from a small village
As you’ve probably gathered if you read regularly, L’Houmeau is a small village. We have two bakers, two hairdressers, a chemist, a lady who does dressmaking, post office newsagents/tobacconist and a small supermarket (four yogurts on the dairy shelf, if you are lucky). Having said that, not everyone knows everyone else.

Olivier and two of his friends were in the newsagents the other day looking at magazines. The owner of the newsagents doesn’t mind them browsing and keeps an eye on them If Olivier sees something he wants he comes home to collect his money (He lost his lost wallet before the summer holidays). A woman stormed into the newsagents and asked the boys if they had any money to pay, they answered no they didn’t have any money, so she ordered them out of the shop. Olivier asked her what the problem was and she told them crossly that they had stolen drinks from the supermarket. So the boys went to the supermarket to see the owner (they do go in there frequently to buy snacks and drinks) with the woman following. The owner of the supermarket turned to the woman and told her that she was accusing the wrong boys. Fortunately she had the grace to apologize.

I was pleased that Olivier had the courage to sort it all out. I told him that when I was 14 we were all expected to be football hooligans. Things don’t change much.

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Infiltration:: leak
   
2. Nice person:: Me!
   
3. Debt:: owe too much
   
4. Settle down:: find a girl, if you like you can marry.
   
5. Thomas:: The Tank Engine
   
6. Unforgivable:: broken promise
   
7. Medicine:: science
   
8. A year from now:: future
   
9. Neighbors:: friends
   
10. Dripping:: tap
    

Magic pencils
Olivier and I went to have our eyes tested yesterday. Olivier’s eyes haven’t changed, he just wears glasses for the TV, computer etc. I now need glasses that see close to and far, although I don’t have to wear them all the time.

While we were at the bus station I saw a woman in a bright purple suit and a crimson red scarf. She reminded me of the crayons we used to get when we were small, they were called magic crayons or pencils, I don’t remember which . The crayons were double ended with a different colour each end, you had to dip them into water and you could ‘paint ‘with them (people in those days used to think children were stupid). Lack of jam jars meant we used to lick ours. My favourite was the crayon with purple and pink. The purple suit and red scarf reminded me of those crayons.

I found this afterwards, is that why they were so tasty?

Project for the weekend
The coca cola recipe, infact there are a few. Let me know how you get on.
As found by Linky and Dinky

Star gazer
On clear nights I can see a very bright star, it’s to the south west and quite low down in the sky (don’t forget I might not be looking from the same position as you). Does anyone know what it is?

Gandhi
We finally watched the film. It was good, I didn’t even fall asleep, though we watched it in two sessions. However, I was left with some unanswered questions.

1. What background did he come from in order to have been educated in England?

How long was he in prison for?

You know where I’ll be checking out the answers.

1. his Father was a chief minister

2. He was imprisoned many times, but no longer that two years at a time.

( can't help thinking it's a good job he looked like Ben Kingsley)

Grrrrr
Some one clicked 60 times on each of my ads in the sidebar yesterday. Whoever you are, please don’t do it again. They turn up as invalid clicks anyway. One click is enough.