Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 4:30PM 
Have finished my bracelet this afternoon, the extra beads having arrived from the Bead Merchant this morning - excellent service. I particularly like the way the lime green twinkles through the darker beads which sit on top - nice design. Would make it again, but wouldn't say it's much beyond what I think of as mind-numbing beading - a little on the repetitive side. 
Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 11:22AM From The Times, this morning:
"On Royal Deeside, the Queen can slow down and rarely ventures outside the castle grounds. When she did pop in to the tea room in the nearby village of Ballater, she was accosted by a tourist. “You look awfully like the Queen,” she was told. “How very reassuring,” came the reply. "
Full article here
Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 11:08AM 
We're off to a wedding anniversary party later, and stumped for a pressie, I resorted to looking up what the 20 year anniversary is described as (if you know what I mean). China, I discovered. So, got them two cups, saucers and spoons.
Trouble is, we like them so much it's proving hard to give them away.
Friday, April 7, 2006 at 3:23PM 
Have so very nearly finished my bracelet and have run out of the embellishment beads. Huh. Sadly, it's not quite long enough to go around my wrist, so I can't just finish it there and make do, either. I will email The Bead Merchant and request more but am sorry not to be able to be done with it this afternoon.
Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 1:32PM 
We bought ourselves a small laptop last week, for using when we're on our travels. Trouble is, it doesn't have a case and looks a bit vulnerable naked. So this morning, I've made it a sleeve.
I have to admit, it's a bit WI-ish and smacks of a tea cosy. Could hardly be described as funky, unlike these but it will do until I find something better.
This brings to mind a WI story. Several people were gathered for an area meeting about health and safety and the chap leading the discussion described how he had gone to a WI office to do a risk assessment and had found - shock, horror - a fire door held open with a brick. This was bad enough, but believe it or not, said he, the brick had a tapestry cover! Sharp intakes of breath all round as eyes swivelled to try to identify the guilty party. No problem, for someone stood up to have her say - how dare he say such things about that doorstop? Didn't he know the difference between tapestry and needlepoint?!
