The past two nights I've had the pleasure of attending two great shows here in my home town.


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When my eldest girl was just 6, all she wanted for her birthday was a Snow White costume. I sewed my little heart out and made a stunning creation of blue velvet, red satin and gold organza. I was thrilled with the result, and the look on her face was worth the late nights and sore fingers.

Fast forward ten years and nothing has changed. All my ( Read more... )

This is an ode to perhaps the best executed pairing I have ever seen on television, and also to one of the best episodes I have watched in a very long time.

The show I'm putting in the spotlight is The Office, and the couple, Jim and Pam.

What is fantastic about Jim and Pam is that there were obstacles they had to overcome to be together. People ( ( Read more... )

Movies... I see a fair few these days, mostly with my movie buddy shammymacc. Today was Silver Linings Playbook. I really liked it... She didn't. I hope the cake we shared afterwards made up for that!

As I said, I liked the movie, and it was exactly what I expected (based on the preview I saw months ago). I liked the rather accurate depictions of the daily ( Read more... )

I'm an angst whore at heart, and there's nothing better than a TV show with huge lashings of UST and the delicate dance of two people finding their way tentatively toward one another. Glee have excelled at this before, and they will again, I'm sure, and I know I'll be there lapping up every moment from my lounge chair.

I love Kurt and Blaine as a ( Read more... )

I went to the movies today with my daughter and her friends, where they were also meeting two boys. My instructions were to pretend I didn't even know her! I think that failed when she left me at the candy bar with more food than I could handle, but after parting with a handful of Twisties (a savoury snack food) I disappeared into the woodwork.

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I have just been given a new iPad for work. I think I am in love!

It's everything I never realised I needed/wanted, and makes all my social networking so much easier. I think typing on it is even quicker. Now, if only I could run adobe photoshop on it, I'd never need a laptop again!

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