Mistletoe's Musings

I am in laid back mode.



Here is my day so far.
Got up.
Ate Danish pastry.
Noticed one of the Amaryllis had flowered.
Put meat in oven.
Watched Queen live in Milton Keynes on Sky Anytime.


Took pic of Amaryllis.
Changed batteries in camera.
Uploaded pic.

It is all blowy and rainy here, more like November than January. Never mind. Mother and I made a successful trip to Tesco. Their wind turbine thingy had been blown down in the car park o_O Quite a feat of destruction. Then she dad and me went out for lunch at the Anchor where we all had our dinners for £6.10 total. This was because I had booked a Christmas lunch that had to be cancelled because of the snow and I had paid a £30 deposit. I am stuffed.

Now that I have done this month's icon challenge I have other catchy up things to do e.g. Do the last round up of Ugly Betty; watch Season 3 of Bones to continue my study of Booth. I haven't actually watched that Season since it aired I think so that will be an interesting exercise. I have watched the first 3 episodes but not the whole season in one fell swoop. Ah a marathon in the dark days of winter. What a treat.

Currently there is footy on the telly. Chris Waddle, former footballer, is the co commentator. He's a Geordie lad and has a few interesting pronunciations. He cannot say penalty, which is unfortunate in a game where penalty kicks can be awarded. He always says pelanty. He he. He also pronounces Arsenal as Arznal. No one else in the world does that. Love him. He pulled no punches when England lost to Germany in the last World Cup and had one of the best radio ranting meltdowns you have ever heard.


Arsenal are currently winning. Athletic Bilbao are on at 7 o'clock, my Spanish team, and Sunderland play Newcastle tomorrow - not on the telly, though both of the other derby games being played tomorrow are; and Manchester Utd's game of course. ):

Here is my entry for Challenge 18 over at bones20in20  . This was a free for all round: any character, any episode, any season.

Resources:
Bones Daily
Bones Fans Online
Booth and Brennan Fan
Bones HQ Screencaps
Screencap Paradise

RULES
+ No Hotlinking
+ No alterations
+ Please say if you are taking
+ Comments very welcome

TEASERS:

   


( Challenge 18 Free For All )

The temperature was 11C this morning and so I went to the doctor's without a hat on.Let us hope I do not pay for such clout casting later. I have fed already. The spaghetti bolognese I made yesterday was so delish I couldn't wait until this evening to eat the rest and so it is in my tummeh nao.



Time to complete what we learn about Booth in Season 2. So let's head to the roundup.
( Seeley Booth the man: "You know more about duty and honour than anybody else I know". )

Stand by for Season 3 revelations.

A signing on the cards from Paris St Germain. Say nothing till it happens.
Also England became the first team in the world to win 8 T20 games in a row. Record breakers. Doesn't seem important though when you see what else is happening in Australia. I cannot imagine an area that big being flooded for so long in such a devastating way. My thoughts are with any readers in OZ land who have been affected.

I have been hard at it all day, yes all day, making icons. Nearly done after a great deal of faffing about. I have 2 that I am not happy with out of 15 which isn't too bad and 5 Artist's Choice still to decide upon. Leaving them overnight was a good plan as it allowed me to look with a fresh eye. Plus I was able to mull ones I hadn't settled on so that they turned out quite well. I have had two slices of toast and a mince pie and that is all. So I am making spag bol in the next hour. At least I remembered to get the mince out first thing this morning because the next time I looked at the clock it was 12.40. What?!? Where did the morning go? Well now you know.



Have you seen the new pictures from the Fox do of David? To be frank I don't think they're very flattering. He looks tired and his hair is wrong.
Observe:



Some were better.

 

Thanks  to setje at The Boreanazists.

Sunderland have a new signing! David Milliband the Labour Party leader's brother has joined the Board. Niall asked him. Hmm. Well he is the MP for South Shields and he does have connections abroad, so Quinny is covering as many bases as he can. Derby day soon. I can't wait. And Bones day next week. Squeeee.

In the meantime I gave No Ordinary Family a go. I can't decide what it is trying to be. It's not funny; the special powers are uninspired and the supporting cast is irritating. I watched two episodes and already I want to strangle the daughter. The lab assistant is Daisy with dark hair. They even used the rooftop from Judas on a Pole as a setting.  It needs to settle on a specific route. There's a DA who wants to live life vicariously; a suspicious lady cop (who immediately got killed off); a nefarious Scientific Company with a dodgy CEO; a nasty teacher who belittles the hero's son and a couples counsellor. Oh and the mysterious assassin. All in just two episodes with a bit of bitchy PTA thrown in.  At the moment it is too scatter gun and derivative: The Bionic Woman meets Superman the non-flying version. At least he leaps tall buildings with one bound.  Incidentally, how likely is anyone to run from wherever to Arizona without hitting a car? She did have a close encounter with a bike in her housing development but no one was hurt. So that didn't last long.

Lie to Me starts from the beginning of Season 3 again this week, but it has lost its charm for me. Has it been cancelled? Last I heard it was mid-season and on hiatus. So that means I have nothing to watch.

Off to cook now.

I have been to the shops without snow and only a little rain. Windy though. Brrrr.



Purchases for friends!
1. A Victorian style trinket box with a colourful enamelled looking bee on the lid.
2. A booklet of notes with a Mucha cover for carrying in your handbag.
3. Unpublished letters sent to the Daily Telegraph.

That's two birthdays covered and one of them isn't until the end of June. I'll probably lose it by then.

Purchases for me
1 An appointments calendar featuring British wildlife. Only £1.35 in the sale. January's picture is of a brown hare, the fastest creature to live in Britain. This was a timely purchase as the dentists rang yesterday to rearrange my hygienist's appointment because they are moving premises. So I need to write that down in February and now I can.
2. 3 pork pies at a saving of 50p. One for tea shortly.
3. An Americano coffee and a Cheddar and apple chutney sandwich for lunch at Vennels cafe Omnomnom.

I also checked out the game shop in the market but resisted the pheasants. However, I noticed they had genuine Scottish haggis in, so I know where to go for my Burns Night treat. The fancy deli shop was shut so I was able to resist all of their treats successfully. A fixture of the market place is Bimbi's fish and chip restaurant. It's under new management! The dynasty must have died or something because there has always been a Bimbi's. Bell's of Gilesgate doesn't have the same sort of je ne sais quoi.

Now, I must get on with this month's icon challenge at  bones20in20 . It's a free for all that I am finding very difficult because there is too much scope. Also, I have exceeded my Booth limit already which is reducing my choices in the wrong way.  Trying to remember which episode had which particular intern in it that could be useful as a substitute is taxing even my memory. Never mind. I have a few days to compromise and settle for less satisfying caps. Grizzle.

Were you excited by today's date? 11/1/11 or in American speak 1/11/11. I used to like writing things like that on the board. Kids always found it exciting. He he.


Oh, I hope you like my new header. It is keeping ne happy anyway.

1. The world at the moment. Full of loonies.
2. Christiano Ronaldo. Git. Don't like him. The sort of face I want to slap.
3. The Beckhams. 3 children bearing your genes are enough.
4. The crappy snow we have. All or nothing please, not this icy slush that makes your feet wet and cold.

I watched Sherlock Holmes this morning which may account for my crappy mood. What dreck; what unmitigated dross; what rubbish. The only recognisable features were the names and parts of the London skyline. It reminded me most of that Biggles film they made a while ago. Talk about taking your childhood and turning it into modernistic pap. Holmes and Watson spent most of their time indulging in fisticuffs, shooting at people and swordfights. Holmes was not averse to physical rebuttal, but only when all else failed, not as a first resort. The avatar of this was Dredger, a Jaws like character who resisted all assaults and spoke French.

The 'plot' was an Indiana Jones reject without the special effects or braggadocio and the solution which was revealed only to the perpetrator, lacked intellectual elan favoured by Holmes. Doyle will be turning in his grave. Although Moriarty turned out to be the real villain of the piece we never actually saw who he was. There is a sequel? I shall not bother. O Jeremy Brett where art thou?

Now on to cheerier things!!!



I defy you not to smile when you see this advert which is my current favourite. I think it's Brian Blessed's voice. That and the song: Fruit! Aaaaaa-aaah. and the apples cheering and the superhero on strings. Here y'are.


The sun has finally come out and the snow has gone off the road. Not before the bus had to go down in 1st gear and various people waited until it got to the bottom of the hill before following. Disgraceful that no gritter came, Not even for ready money. (another Importance of being Earnest quote referring to the lack of cucumbers at the market.)

I shall attempt a trip to Durham tomorrow if it keeps fine. I have no calendar to write my important appointments on so I remember to go to the dentist's etc. I got a very nice one in the market last year which I would like to repeat. Also I am in need of coffee in a cafe, possibly with cake or sandwich. I am feeling decadent.

Overnight move to Scotland again.



Clearly the gritter is not coming.



Mr over the road has created a new pile. Why he bothers I do not know. He's bought a new snow shoveller. My car is on the grass down the road because there was no room when I came back last night. It can stay there because the wind is blowing so it will be freezing.



Snow on the fields again. Mother Shipton, a well known (sic) prophetess from 600 years ago in Yorkshire would be proud of my predictions. Of course, she predicted the end of the world in 1881 so what did she know?

Liverpool under new management are currently losing 1 - 0 to Manchester Utd in the Cup via a dodgy penalty and captain Steven Gerrard has been sent off. Good start Kenny!

I am awarding myself a cookie because no one else has earned one. Indeed, there has been a deal of eyelash fluttering and appeals to my better nature which have, frankly, appalled me! Cupcakes have been issued, but really, I am appalled.

Hmmm. I seem to be channelling the perpetrator of the quotation I used yesterday. Here is more of it.

Ah! A life crowded with incident, I see; though perhaps somewhat too exciting for a young girl. I am not myself in favour of premature experiences.

This was spoken by Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. (Oscar Wilde) Tcha! Useless.



For a2zmom 




For melissasjack 

Sunderland went out of the FA Cup today at the first hurdle. Useless bunch, losing to a lower division team. Only 17,538 attended and I can't say I blame the fans for not turning up to watch Notts County. The fact Bruce started with only 5 first team players was a clue where his priorities lie, and mine, this season. We want top 6 so we can be in Europe next season where the real money is. I see Stevenage, a just promoted to League 2 team are beating Newcastle 3 - 1 at the moment with 2 minutes to go. That means all the north east teams are out as Middlesbrough lost to Burton Albion, a non-league team. Hartlepool lost to Watford. Ha ha ha

Liverpool sacked their manager Roy Hodgson today. Disgraceful. He had the job for 6 months having been voted Manager of the Season last year when he guided Fulham to European success. Kenny Dalglish, who all the fans wanted, has taken over as interim manager. In a way I hope Liverpool continue to be pathetic and the fans will get what they deserve: nothing. They hounded out their last two managers and have got someone in charge now who they consider one of their own. Well let's see what he can do with the worst set of players Liverpool have had in many a long year.

Small competition in today's post friends. Virtual cookies to the winners.



1. Which play features the quote in my subject line? Who wrote it? Who said it? Clue: I have played the role.

2. I feel like Mother Shipton. Virtual cookie to anyone who knows who she was. There I was yesterday remarking on the snow still being on the edges of the fields and what that means. This was half an hour ago:
( PICTURES AND A MEME OF SORTS THROUGH HERE )