Do You Feel Christmassey?

A month today will be Christmas day! Do you feel Christmassey? I do :O) It's the adverts on TV that get me started lol These are the ones that do it for me ...

The World's My Oyster

We had a great time last night with Jean & John. Spent the evening talking and laughing and reminiscing about the holidays & nights out we've shared over the years. It was good to see them again :O) They couldn't believe how grown up the girls were. It was a shame Lisa wasn't with us but I did as I was asked on the phone the other night & sent them lots of love from her.

I missed 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here' so caught up with it after work today on the ITV catchup website. Not sure I would like to be in the Australian jungle but it's very entertaining. If I had my pick I would love either Esther Rantzen or Joe Swash to win :O) I'm loving Ant & Dec and all their corny jokes, they crack me up. Definitely a modern day Morcombe & Wise.

On the subject of entertainment, I've just caught up with Stephen Fry travelling across every state in America. I didn't realise how beautiful & diverse the country is. It made me want to pack some sandwiches & a flask, buy a Winnebago and set off on my own adventures. I wouldn't even need to ask Andrew if he wanted to come because I know the answer would be yes. Alas, I think I will just have to put with reading Mr Fry's book for now (yes it's on my Christmas list along with the Mamma Mia DVD) and see if that will quell my wanderlust.

Even the words on HSMSHS this week have been worldly orientated. Today's word is French so this is from the days when the girls were little, well younger than they are now & I had no idea how to take a decent photo lol. I bet you can't guess where we were :O) Back to this country now and we have been experiencing some very fine weather this last few days which has resulted in some absolutely gorgeous sunsets. Photos courtesy of number 3 daughter. Bless her heart, she's never moaned once about having to have her tooth taken out. Here's the offending tooth for the record ~ now you see it, soon you wont. Last but not least tonight, did you know it's Rene Magritte's 110th birthday today! Who? Did you say who? Well a couple of things have snapped into place today all thanks to google. One of my favourite films of all time is the 'Thomas Crown Affair' (yes the one with Pierce Brosnan) and I've always been intrigued by the picture of the faceless man. I now know the artist responsible for the painting was, none other than Mr Rene Magritte himself. Not only that, Paul Simon sings about Rene & Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war & I've always wondered who these people were. Voila!

An Evening Of Entertainment

I watched more TV last night than I've ever done in one sitting I think. Watched Strictly Come Dancing but not sure what happened as I don't know who was voted off? Watched X-Factor and although a couple of the songs made me cringe a few of them were OK. What's with Diana's voice? Why is she still on the show? Oh yes, I'm not allowed to moan because I didn't vote. Not sure why anyone would want to throw their hard earned money at this stuff when there are much worthier causes if you ask me. But, in the name of entertainment, it was good watching. Then at the end of the night I sat through 'We Are Most Amused'. To quote 'The Times' ...

The Prince of Wales was subjected to a series of jibes about his lengthy wait to inherit the throne from some of the world’s highest profile comedians at a gala to celebrate his 60th birthday last night.

Robin Williams and Bill Bailey sang Birthday Blues, a twelve-bar blues song improvised backstage in 20 minutes, which depicted the Prince looking miserable while sitting in bed with the Duchess of Cornwall. The reason for his bad temper, they sang, was that “Your mother’s got two birthdays/ And you’ve only got one”.

The Prince, who attended the We Are Most Amused gala at the New Wimbledon Theatre in southwest London with the Duchess and Prince Harry, was also serenaded by Eric Idle, who adapted the lyrics to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. The former Monty Python comedian suggested that the Prince needed to cheer up about his wait for his coronation day: “If you’re 60 years of age/ And your mum won’t leave the stage.” The Prince, who occasionally rocked back and forth in his seat with laughter, was also told to “get a life” by Omid Djalili, a comedian of Iranian descent.

“I’ve done the Royal Variety Performance twice,” he said. “Prince Charles was there both times. To me, that’s not variety. Get a life! You don’t have to keep watching Iranians. That’s what you’ve got MI6 for.”

My own review of the proceedings ~ Shoot Joan Rivers, she is awful. Keep Bill Bailey & Omid Djalili as they were the only two that made me laugh and give Eric Idle a knighthood for a fantastic finale.

Edited to say: Lol your supposed to watch the dancing on Sunday evening to find out who's been voted off ~ you just can't get the staff can you ;O)