I have had an absurdly quiet weekend. Which is probably a good thing, but I’m STILL even after all this time completely rubbish on my own. Missing Builder Bloke and my kids (who are with their dad this weekend) and therefore feeling sorry for myself.
Thank goodness for friends. Went to a girlfriend’s house last night to watch the final of “Britain’s Got Talent” and laugh about life. One of the girls there has been separated for even longer than me. She talked about how her Top 10 priority list for her ideal man has gone from:-
1. Hair
2. Shoes
3. Sense of humour
4. Money
5. Own car
6. Tall
7. Good looking
8. Kind
9. Good with children and animals
10. Likes to travel and eat out
To:
1. No toupes or long bits covering bald patches
2. No cuban heels or cowboy boots
3. Must have own teeth
4. No money? It’s fine, I’ll pay
5. Must not weigh over 18 stone
6. Must not be under 5’2′ (unless very rich)
7. No major personal hygiene issues
8. No major skin problems or life threatening illnesses
9. Not a paedophile
10.Not still living with his mother
It’s not good.
I got a text from my teenage son halfway through the day:
“We r thinking about buying dad some chickens for his birthday and a poached egg maker”.
Tempting though it is to go along with their ridiculous idea, I don’t think it would be fair on the chickens. My daughter’s retort when I said that it would get eaten by a fox and that he wasn’t at home much was “well, we’re thinking of buying him one for every year of his birthday so it would be fine because he’d have 48 left”.
My teenage son went to a party a few nights ago. The guy hosting the party lives with his Grandparents. Apparently his mother is in prison. When his parents split up, his dad moved almost immediately in with another woman. His mother was so incensed that she hired a contract killer to murder them both and got caught.
I have “Follower” envy. I proudly acquired a new “follower” today, but when I popped over to say thank you and look at his blog I was hugely jealous to find that he has over 500 followers!!! I on the otherhand have been teetering on the about to reach 50 mark for some time and getting all excited about it. Then, horror of horrors, today I’m back down to 48. I’m sorry to whoever has decided to “un-follow” me. But now I’m miserable about that too.
AND can you believe that California have banned gay marriage? CALIFORNIA? I thought they were pretty progressive.
Chimera
May 31, 2009hey hon,
1) I have only 7 followers (although with such discerning taste they count for ten each) so stop with the ‘follower’ envy or I will get paranoid.
2) checked out Siren voices and was blown away. His work is beautiful.
3) dad is back on wed and I’ll ask about your family BUT have a feeling I know someone who knew something more… Will do some asking around!
3) I am sorry i won’t be there in july but I’ll send you Dad’s contacts as he is brilliant doc (always useful out there!)
more soon and yesterday i was in gym and saw two women with no pubes at all..(the worst thing of all was them catching me staring…ergh gawd und himmler. yeach.)
More soon and keep writing!
T x
family affairs
May 31, 2009Hey Tanvi, glad you liked Siren Voices, he's amazing isn't he – YES PLEASE do some asking around need to know more and would love to see your dad when we're there. No pubes? Gross. Lx
karen
June 1, 2009Thank goodness for friends, indeed, to save you on a weekend! Hope your grandmother is doing OK in hospital? I loved the post about her. The Yehudi Menuin quote is lovely x