10/07/2005
Royalty, rage, and celebration...
Attention was paid in today's Sunday newspapers to the way our new Duchess of Cornwall has been transformed into a veritable fashion icon for 'ladies of a certain age'.
I have to admit to watching this change with a mixture of awe and envy. There was a time when it wasn't easy to like Camilla PB... but I have to admit that I rather did, if only because she seemed to live in the same happy chaos I do myself. There was also the 'no airs and graces/no nonsense' manner, which she still espouses even after her elevation to the Mount Olympus of society.
Oh, if only someone would come along to my 'wardrobe' and throw out all the rubbish- (and I would be naked!)
I need someone to tell me what to wear- what colours suit etc etc... All I ever hear from dh is what doesn't suit me- or horrified exclamations from the children... No one ever suggests what might help to right this horrible state of affairs.
I just want someone to arrive with a clothes rail of gorgeous things- all of which fit perfectly and make me look amazing... OK, then, at least better!
Our duchess looks like a proper duchess, she does (imagine cockney accent- which I can't do any better than you, in all probability- unless you come from Bethnell Green- prize to first reader from BG to contact me!)
On to rage... Bloody four hours... sorry, temperance readers of a nervous disposition- but that's how long it took to get this all-singing, all-dancing, wireless enabled laptop to love the web hub I set it up with... Less Presents, more Tender romance, if you know what I mean!
But guess where I'm writing from now....!! Sitting on the sofa in my sitting room, that's where. And yes, of course I should be off-line on a Sunday evening, but I'm so thrilled I wanted to share!
Which is more than could be said at 3 this afternoon when the whole system went down, and a little sign popped up to say my server couldn't do anything about it until the 20th July. Took me ten minutes of blaspheming before I realised that was the date they could send a man out to fix it for me.
A man?
Pah!
Is there nothing this author can't do?
Yes, can't cut a loaf with a banana
But I digress.
Nothing like a challenge to get me going. But still say, Minimus's much cheaper model does the job just as well...
Love to all, and happy reading everyone!
Susan
I have to admit to watching this change with a mixture of awe and envy. There was a time when it wasn't easy to like Camilla PB... but I have to admit that I rather did, if only because she seemed to live in the same happy chaos I do myself. There was also the 'no airs and graces/no nonsense' manner, which she still espouses even after her elevation to the Mount Olympus of society.
Oh, if only someone would come along to my 'wardrobe' and throw out all the rubbish- (and I would be naked!)
I need someone to tell me what to wear- what colours suit etc etc... All I ever hear from dh is what doesn't suit me- or horrified exclamations from the children... No one ever suggests what might help to right this horrible state of affairs.
I just want someone to arrive with a clothes rail of gorgeous things- all of which fit perfectly and make me look amazing... OK, then, at least better!
Our duchess looks like a proper duchess, she does (imagine cockney accent- which I can't do any better than you, in all probability- unless you come from Bethnell Green- prize to first reader from BG to contact me!)
On to rage... Bloody four hours... sorry, temperance readers of a nervous disposition- but that's how long it took to get this all-singing, all-dancing, wireless enabled laptop to love the web hub I set it up with... Less Presents, more Tender romance, if you know what I mean!
But guess where I'm writing from now....!! Sitting on the sofa in my sitting room, that's where. And yes, of course I should be off-line on a Sunday evening, but I'm so thrilled I wanted to share!
Which is more than could be said at 3 this afternoon when the whole system went down, and a little sign popped up to say my server couldn't do anything about it until the 20th July. Took me ten minutes of blaspheming before I realised that was the date they could send a man out to fix it for me.
A man?
Pah!
Is there nothing this author can't do?
Yes, can't cut a loaf with a banana
But I digress.
Nothing like a challenge to get me going. But still say, Minimus's much cheaper model does the job just as well...
Love to all, and happy reading everyone!
Susan
