Archive - She, who knows nothing

The first time in fifty five years!!

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-27 – 13:50:59

Sorry fellas, I know this won't interest you!
but for the first since I was about five years old, that's fifty five years, I actually have nails of a decent length at the end of my fingers 88|
I have never even tried to grow them before, I was quite happy just chewing away!
I never tried to grow them this time either it's just that lately my sub-conscious has prevented me from putting anything 'foreign' into my mouth!( if you know what I mean )
So now I am the proud owner of nails that need manicuring, a delight i've never experienced before :DD

Perhaps I should hire a little man like this one to give me 'the works'

Painted nails

or maybe something a little more subtle like this

I'm still around

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-23 – 19:29:15

Hiya, I am missing out on so many of my 'friends' posts lately that no matter how I try to catch up when I do feel like logging in I only manage to get around a few...Sorry!
Normal service will be resumed shortly..I hope :roll:

I will probably do an 'update' tomorrow afternoon as I have an important
appointment in the morning.

I did manage a little post this morning though over..HERE
Catch you all later XX

Breaking news! high winds in Benicassim

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-18 – 08:31:32

Benicassim is a small beach town on the Costa De Azahar located between Valencia and Barcelona. The Festival takes place from Thursday 16th July until Sunday 19th July
A cross between a music festival and a summer holiday with your mates, Benicassim's popularity has soared in recent years due to its guaranteed hot climate and lack of rain plus the attraction of a beautiful beach to laze around on during the day in typical Spanish siesta style. Four days of indie pop and electronica across the Main Stage and several smaller stages in tents will keep your thirst for music well and truly quenched. Bands start around 6pm, headliners hit the stages around 1am and DJs keep the party alive 'til 6am, meaning Benicassim is ideal for all those who prefer to stay up all night and sleep all day.

At least that is the plan!!!

I got a text from Bella about an hour ago saying there were extreme winds all night and the music was stopped at 10 pm because of unsafe stage cancelling all the main acts!!! people were packing up as tents were blowing everywhere. Fortunately theirs is still on the ground!
She's worried that the festival won't go ahead tonight either but as there are no forecasts for winds on any of the weather sites i've told her to hold fire and stay put for a while as it may pass..

Latest text says the arena is out of bounds as they are working on the stage so they are heading into the 'old town' with the optimistic thought that all will be resolved by 6pm this evening!

Deary, deary me ...the trials and tribulations of a rock music festival fan :))

p.s
I have resignedly cancelled my stewarding and camping weekend at Warwick folk festival for next weekend which I was looking forward to immensely
I guess i'll just write this summer off completely!

Snaps from my garden today

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-16 – 19:13:25

The sun shone this morning so I took some pics..

The neat well tended areas of the garden from a couple of months ago are running a mock now

It seems a little late but t'old man discovered his first red tomato of the season in the greenhouse today

Answer to lies all lies

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-03 – 20:00:24

To clarify...two statements are true, one is a lie :roll:

Statement No 1 is true

In the early 1970's I was a single parent living in a in a Camden council estate and had a 'daily help' job in a mansion block overlooking Regent's park. It turned out to be the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Cohen. She asked me to prepare vegetables for dinner and when she saw me wielding the kitchen knife she showed me how to shred the cabbage with my hands and scrub the potatoes with a nail brush!

Statement No 3 is true

I did once briefly date the manager of John Otway and Wild Willy Barrat.
I used to hang around the Roundhouse bar on Sunday afternoons (jazz sessions) and met him there...he took me on a date to the newly opened Camden Palace to watch Otway and Barratt perform live.

So that leaves No 2 as the lie

It is actually 25 years since I gave up drinking alcohol not 15
Bella was a baby and needed a sober mummy

Most of you got it right but was it because you thought I still drank alcohol ? ..or have I mentioned it before

I'm losing it

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-03 – 17:35:20

I've had to edit my last post therefore creating confusion within myself...as Bushka pointed out

I wrote
"One statement is the truth and the other two are lies"

instead of
"One statement is a lie and the other two are true".

I did say to La_Spice that I couldn't apply myself to anything lately, just goes to show I was right

I'll still post the result of the now revised last post soon though!

Lies all lies

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-03 – 13:03:41

I'm about five days too late with this 'Captain's challenge' but never mind here goes!

Which one of these is the lie...?
One statement is a lie and the other two are true.

No. 1

I was once taught how to prepare vegetables for dinner by the late Mrs Jack Cohen(founder of Tescos)

No.2

It is fifteen years since I last partook of an alcoholic beverage

No. 3

In 1977 I dated the then manager of John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett (google them if you don't know who they are)

Answer revealed this evening

A clean sweep

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-02 – 19:03:57

I thought i'd spend the day resting today?

Did I?

Did I ummery!

I spent the morning sorting out my cupboards..well sorting out anything belong to Bella, things she chose to leave behind when she left for uni seven years ago, as well as household items we have been storing for her for when she has a house of her own.

Hooray, after three years of living in a tiny rented flat that day has almost arrived for she and her fella will receive the keys to their very own permanent home tomorrow, a three bedroom 1930's semi in Greater Manchester.

It is a slightly bigger house than the one she grew up in so there's no excuse for not taking everything including uni work, portfolios, bicycle and old guitars etc!!!...and YES..there will be space in my wardrobes, garage and loft at last...something it has never known....I wonder how long it will take for me to fill them up again

A working wednesday

by isadora101 @ 2009-07-01 – 21:07:46

I walked into the U3A spanish class this morning, the first time in six weeks...the OAP's(bless 'em) were really pleased to see me
One of their number, a friend, has been keeping them informed of my progress and so they were really pleased to see how I was much improved from the report given to them last week.
The pattern is that I have two really lousy weeks then one where I feel relatively human
The class is a self help group so the members bring articles to translate etc. One guy had recently returned from holiday in Spain where he went to church on the Sunday so he brought the readings from the Mass to translate, we learnt the words for 'disciples' and 'commandments'
Not really what we all wanted but each must have their turn

When we had finished translating that another member of the group decided we would do a role play in booking hotel rooms by telephone.
I excelled in that as I had it off to a fine art!

"See you in a month or so" I said to them as I left
"OK petal" they replied