Lady Norma of Twick

2007-05-22T17:15:00.000+01:00

I'm sure you all hate me by now................. Sorry. have been a bit preoccupied lately. Have some cool pics to upload soon.
Hang in there..............

2007-03-19T19:25:00.000Z

We went to see these gorgeous Cheetah 'Cubs' at Spier today. Teenagers more like. Loads of American touristas. We got there in the early afternoon so the little guys were getting ready for their siesta. Cute.

2007-03-18T19:55:00.000Z

The view from Cape Point is pretty spectacular. The wind was blowing so hard that i lost an earring. Hmmmm........
Another joy to behold is the Red Tide sweeping the coastline. So swim if you like water teeming with crazy breeding phytoplancton or not....

2007-02-22T19:58:00.000Z

Such a small world.
Bumped into a guy i used to work with and haven't seen for a good few years. He has a darling little boy and a TV series called the Cocktail Kings. Pretty cool and really happy for him. It's on Discovery and they are headed for the US next.
It seems like everyone i know is somehow related or about to go into business with someone i know! Maybe London is that small or all my friends are in the same industry. Doh. Need to get out more i think.
Adrian is working late, so i am at a computer at his work killing time until he clocks out.
Looking forward to our visit to SA on the 15Th.
Some sun and surf and relaxation after a hard year at the grindstone.
Saw Gordon the-international-man-of-mystery yesterday. He and Oscar flew to Zurich this morning for their week of skiing and freezing. That is if they can get high enough up in the mountains to get any snow! The weather all over Europe has been so warm, that most places are snow-less.

2007-02-14T13:57:00.000Z

I'm arriving on the morning of 15 March and will be in P-town for a few days and then on to Cape Town. I leave again from Joburg on the evening of the 28th. Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train.

2007-02-08T14:54:00.000Z

Well now. Yes, it has been a while and i have missed so much..........Ollie walking, Charisse travelling and chanting.....
I have started the new job and am having a cool time adjusting to life in retail.
The store is great and all the produce is fantastic and there are 2 large(sacred) white cows outside. :)
There are two camps at work, the Supermarket Mafia and the Foodies.
The latter is made up of staff who have worked in Delis and or just love their food. They are all slightly round people as a result. The Mafia all used to work for large supermarket chains over here and so have that corporate mentality and the whole quantity instead of quality attitude. Having infiltrated both camps, i have taken up go-between duties and as a result get told everything by everyone. Just the way my Jewish soul likes it.
My love of the public has not increased, but my skill has. I had the most awful nit-picking bag/hag in a crappy mood come in the other day and by the time she left, she was smiling and had told the store manager how wonderful i was. Unfortunately, it means she will be back.
There is a lot to be said for being indoors for winter.
Today is my day off, and it snowed most of the morning. I have been watching the pristine beauty of it turn to black mulch under the groaning skidding wheels of cars and boots of cold sniffling pedestrians. All this, from the snug centrally heated luxury of Adrian's flat.
I did venture out once this morning, to get my hair cut. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.......
'Because we're worth it!'

2007-01-07T11:57:00.000Z

New Year, New Job..........
I am leaving the Bakery and going into Retail.......
Hooray!
My new job is a 20 minute walk from my house and is with an organic supermarket/indoor farmer's market type thingy.Quite excited about it and can't wait to start.
Hope y'all had a Happy New Year and are now back to the grind with glee or at least fortitude.

2006-12-27T14:19:00.000Z

Christmas is over and all the scraps of goose are eaten and the Stilton is cringing in a stinking pool of cheese juice in a corner of the kitchen.
We had a lovely Christmas dinner that should have been a lunch, but the gargantuan goose that i bought was still solid as a rock at 11am on Christmas morning and had to have emergency defrost surgery.
Doh. We finally ate at 5.30pm. Yum and worth the wait anyway.
I wore a Santa hat and refrained from screaming Bah!Humbug! at the top of my voice. Tee Hee.
I tried to phone the Family in SA, but the bastards were on the beach. Nice.
For those who care, i am handing in my resignation with a dash of glee on my first day back at work. All change here. I will be moving home too. In with Louise in Raynes Park - a few stops down the line. So all Joy. Leaving a crappy house and job in one! Hooray and Jingle Jingle, i feel joyous at the thought.
Hope everyone had a happy festive season and that you have all recovered from the feast. x

2006-12-23T08:02:00.000Z

Ho Ho Ho.
It's freezing and misty and I'm going to be outdoors all day being Merry and spreading that Christmas cheer. Oh yes.

Tomorrow i am off and am going to be spending the day cruising around town and getting those last minute goodies for Christmas lunch on Monday. Joy.
I foolishly decided to cook! We are having Goose and the works. Got given so many yummy things by the people i work with down at the market, that we are all going to be fat by Boxing day!
Nigella Lawson was on the radio a while ago spouting the merits of goose fat for cooking your festive spuds and now there is a nationwide shortage. Nice one. Where do you think she gets those curves?
The whole eat-as-much-as-you-can-until-you-can't-move mentality over Christmas makes me a little queasy just thinking about it.
Gluttony......I'm twice the man i used to beeeee........traa la.

2006-12-05T16:52:00.000Z

I feel so much better. Whew.
I'm still going to take it easy this week and am chillin' at home and making myself Spelt Bread and maybe some Brownies?
Having a day of baking and reading.
Bliss.

Tomorrow i have to go to Adrian's flat and take delivery of ........................the amazing...............the Gorgeous.................the Red Leather SOFA!!!
Every Design Boy's dream couch, apparently.
It's not the ikea one, for those of you who were spellbound by that particular Living room Legend.
The proud owner has told me that it's like sitting in a Diablo. ( flash car/penile extention...Sorry.)

So far, my other plans for world domination have been placed on hold until after Christmas.

2006-12-04T22:18:00.000Z

Dragged Myself to work this morning and dragged myself home at 4pm. Felt like death anyway and they don't deserve me.

2006-12-03T17:24:00.000Z

The cutest nephew in the world!
Have a look at Claire's blog for photos.x
Happy Birthday Moocher.

2006-12-02T11:28:00.000Z

I had a tense 20 minutes trying to help Adrian change a tyre on the car today.
All those manly gadgets like jacks and things............

I have been off work this weekend because i travelled on the underground last week and so am entirely to blame for being struck down with yet another disease contracted in the confined, sweaty, overly fragrant space that passes for a train carriage in rush hour.
I have given up and have taken sick leave. Normally i try to soldier on, but really i can't be F**ked at the moment.
So it's DVDs and hankies and chicken soup.

2006-11-20T21:25:00.000Z

Yes, That Diwali party was cool. Indu's sister Muni made green chili pakoras.....with whole green chills in them.
She did warn me that they were a little hot.
I was half way through one before i had to stop and gulp a glass of wine to stop the tears.
The rest of the food was the usual mind-blowingly scrumptious affair.
It's so much like being at a Jewish house for supper. Every time i cleared my plate someone would appear next to me with more food and a strong need to fatten me up with it. Gotta love it.
I have taken the weekend off and i am spending the whole week with Adrian at the flat. We will be touching up paint and putting the carpets in and cleaning etc. Loads still to do, but by the time we are done, he is going to have the snazziest little pad in town. Oh yes.
Work has been hectic and i did a first aid course in between. I can now diagnose severe and sudden death.................

2006-11-18T22:17:00.000Z

This is the Creature Adrian made for me.

2006-11-04T18:45:00.001Z

Going out to Indu's sister for a belated Diwali party tonight.
Loads of gorgeous food and fun to be had. More anon. x

2006-11-01T19:06:00.000Z

Halloween.
The street around my house were athrong with tiny terrors last night.
Witches, ghouls and vampires as well as a few fairies and princesses.(The ones who couldn't bear to be ugly even for one night. I feel that these may have been the really frightening ones........)
Luckily I live in a nice neighborhood and didn't have to lock all my doors and windows and sit in a darkened house like some unfortunate Londoners.
I took a few photos which I will upload later.

2006-10-23T22:19:00.000+01:00

Have a look at this fab Website.
Yum yum.

2006-10-23T18:45:00.000+01:00

Birthday Flowers.
Back at work today after my weekend off. Hooray. Spent most of it in bed and on Sunday spent a really cool day with Adrian. We went to one of my favorite pubs in Notting Hill
and then to Cousin Adrian's house for more food with Oscar and Indira.
Would have been so much better if it hadn't rained like a son of unmarried parentage, all day.
With each step, a squelch of cold, dirty, London street water got washed up the back of my trainers and against the inside leg of my jeans and then by some nasty twist, into my shoe. The 'Flare' shape of my jeans acted like some sadistic funnel and my shoes, socks and half my jeans were drenched by the time I got to Cousin A's house.
I had a fight with the other Adrian on the way and smashed my crappola umbrella against the pavement in an effort to calm myself. Didn't work.
My family are all wincing and thanking their lucky stars/deity of choice that they were on another continent. Don't blame them.
Bad fit of the evils.
Indira kindly lent me her hair and tumble dryers so the return trip was only mildly uncomfortable.

2006-10-21T00:32:00.000+01:00

Happy Birthday to Jason and I for today.....um.......... yesterday actually, looking at the time!
I hope you had a cool day, J. I know Reese is missing you.
Thanks to all of you who sent me texts, cards and calls etc. Love you guys.
Had a nice day, despite the early signs of decrepitude.
Still sick and annoyed about it.

Ate so much yum birthday food that i can't sleep!!

2006-10-19T19:02:00.000+01:00

Went to the doctor today because I can't hear anything with my right ear.(is that grammatically correct?)
She first stuck that icky light thing in the other ear, gave me a 'that's the good ear?' look and proceeded to prescribe antibiotic drops for both ears as my entire head seems to be housing an infection straight out of Dickens.

I'm out for dinner ce soir avec Mon Amour et The Inlaws.
It's Adrian's 30th birthday celebration, so let the champagne flow and may the rain let up for 5 minutes so my hair stays pretty and my mascara stays put.

He's the cutest 30 year old I know. X
( except for me, naturally, but I only have 4 hours and 40 minutes left anyway.)

2006-10-12T20:50:00.000+01:00

So I was like delivering to this like uber amazing and hip hairdresser in like London and the manager and some other gorgeously coiffed guru said I have like great hair.
Ahem.
I then stayed 5 minutes too long and got told that my colour needs a detox.
Over it, dahling.

2006-10-11T09:54:00.000+01:00

2006-10-04T19:23:00.000+01:00

Are you all enjoying the Sudoku?
I am such an addict at the moment.
Finished painting the cupboards in Adrian's flat today.
Man, that place is going to look so cool when it's done.
I will post pictures in November after the kitchen has been put in.
Still trying to decide what to get him for his birthday on the 19th.

2006-10-03T22:28:00.000+01:00

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE has been re-published recently and Adrian bought a copy the other day. For those who are scratching their heads right now, it's a little bit of childhood nostalgia. It is a book I read when I was little that left a strong impression on Adrian too.
One of my favorite things about my work is the children I get to see. I am peddling that self same nostalgia. Those kids are going to grow up and remember really important things like the Bread Lady and her Chelsea Buns.
Some are so proud of themselves when they come up to me with their little hands clutching the money their parents have given them. One blonde little boy can't say the name so he has come up with "raisin bunnies" instead. There's another little girl with fat cheeks and blue blue eyes who is too shy to pay for them herself and always comes with her dad. I get such joy out of this and a little homesickness.
I forget sometimes what an amazing family I have and how much I miss them and all my friends from back in the day.
Love to you all and thanks for all those happy memories and little bits of bliss.

2006-09-30T23:57:00.000+01:00

I took this with my phone while driving over Battersea Bridge in London.
Such a wierd effect with the sun turning into a little ball.

2006-09-24T21:43:00.000+01:00

Adrian used to pee out of his bedroom window when he was little, for no other reason than that he could. Drove his poor mother to distraction because of the yellow stain down the outside of the house.......

Busy weekend. Loads of running around and stuff.

2006-09-17T16:52:00.000+01:00

Oh what a day........
High time i took some bloody weekends off!!!
So tired................

2006-09-13T17:43:00.000+01:00

Check out the link to Chris van N's band.
Loving your work, man.
The dodge biscuits on myspace are funny too.
Hey, i saw Basti too.x
www.livingston-music.com

2006-09-13T17:07:00.000+01:00

I almost cried when I saw this.
The cutest Nephew I have ever had.
He is crawling now and I'm sure his fond parents are chasing the little bugger all over the house!
And the dog is scared..........

2006-09-12T10:15:00.000+01:00

Started a new Market in Balham on Sunday.
Sold out and had a really fun day.
It was a bit weird, because I used to live there with Nick and haven't been back for years.
It is such a groovy little place. All the customers are young and have small children and way too much disposable income and all of them were decked in their finest Sunday Bling. Nice.
The guys running the market own a Deli/foodstore a couple of streets away and they are just soooooo into it! Bouncing around like puppies and wagging their little tails with joy.
They are a really cool bunch.
If you live near-by, it's worth a visit.

2006-09-06T13:18:00.000+01:00

People on the underground are so funny to watch sometimes - When you are not in a hurry and they're not in your way....
I was on the way up the Jubilee line escalator at Waterloo when I noticed that the guy ahead of me was shaking his hips in a barely restrained way.
Not epilepsy, but ipod.
He was listening to music and trying not to boogie.

As I glanced over to the escalator going the other way, I found that almost all of the other cattle class commuters were doing the same thing.
An underground, silent disco, punctuated by security announcements that no one can hear because they are all plugged into their pods.
Party on..........

2006-08-24T16:50:00.000+01:00

I feel like someone has strapped bolala tape to the inside of my throat.
Nice one.
Have had flu for days now, maybe months, can't really tell anymore....
Oh woe...........

2006-08-20T19:20:00.000+01:00

After the mayhem caused by a little splash of water last week, i was spared being 'taunted a second time' by my trusty Wellies.
Functional and so fab, Dahling.

2006-08-15T10:51:00.000+01:00

Accident prone?
I took a swan dive out of the back of my van on Sunday.
Beautiful to behold, but luckily for me few people actually witnessed my graceful exit and subsequent contact with tarmac. I have bruised my shoulder and underneath the cute little Disney plasters on my left hand are two nasty holes where grit took up temporary residence.
The dent in my shin hurt the most.
I will admit that my lip trembled like a girl.

2006-08-12T20:45:00.000+01:00

Indu is cooking up a storm downstairs. Yummy yummy.........................
She has made the most scrumptious of mutton currys and I'm famished.

London is the same as ever. A little colder today and really windy. My tent got dragged a couple of meters today and me with it!!!!
Luckily nothing got wet.

I am going to Ade's Auntie Muni for dinner on Monday night, and so get to meet another member of the family. The boys take the piss out of me because apparently i dress like Muni and this is not a good thing.
Another home cooked Indian meal to look forward to. Man, i am spoilt this week.

Where do all the hippies go when they grow up? Not sure about all of them, but some of them run markets.
The woman who runs the market that i do on Saturday mornings is a nutter, but the sweetest thing.
She has a mass of bird's nest hair and the good earth under her fingernails.
She always cheers me up and today was no exception, what with the run away tent and all.
She's ditzy and just adorable.
I have made some super-cool friends at these markets. There is a guy called Phil who drives a fork lift at B Market and again, the nicest nutter on the block. I give him Eccles cakes and he tries to run me over.
This Friday, is our annual Market BBQ and we are all going to get pissed together and eat loads of food that we don't really want!
All the Traders donate what they sell - ours will obviously be bread.Duh.
So, we get to eat the country's finest produce in the grand old market and schmooze with the locals. It's fun.
My tummy is rumbling just thinking it.

2006-07-28T09:02:00.000+01:00

A photo of me at work. I will put some more on flickr too.
We had a thunderstorm last night and adrian and i got soaked walking home! Have left my shoes out to dry because the insoles were floating off!!!
Forgot what rain was for a minute.

2006-07-26T17:12:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys 'n Dolls!
Use this link to see some more photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/petitpois
Some of them are really old.
It's Luke's birthday tomorrow, so Happy Happy Bro. Love you.
I had a natter with Chris van N yesterday. Hopefully i can meet up with him soon. His Mom is out here for a visit.

2006-07-23T22:07:00.000+01:00

A little slice of Portugal.
I have just got back after a little break in Vilamoura.(South Coast)
Spent the whole time in a bikini and in and out of the pool. Bliss.
May have eaten a bit too much of the delicious piri-piri chicken and chips though.
Lost a little weight as a result. Ouch.

2006-06-27T22:01:00.000+01:00

I have lost my mobile. Almost severed another limb too, while attempting to board a train on the underground this afternoon.
Put my hand out to stop the door closing on my face and have damaged my wrist just a little. F$%$%&^&^%£"!^&*^$$%&&*()*(!!
Anyhooooo............
Always loved Peter Pan.............

2006-06-26T19:23:00.000+01:00

I was talking to my boss E.... today and we were discussing the fact that people's roles (male and female) have become distorted and as a result everyone is unhappy. Men are not able to be men anymore and women still want to be looked after or at least feel that their men are strong, so that they feel protected, whether emotionally or whatever. The lines of equality being drawn, it now seems chicken to step back behind them so that you can have peace at home.
I have this horrible conflict raging all the time. I want to be independent and have a career and children and a happy family life and a nice house and most of all someone to share this with. Notice that I put that last but made up for it by using 'most of all'. E.... is dynamic and high functioning and at a very young age, becoming a force to be reckoned with in the London business world. Her own father, who works in the same industry and has always been a strong supporter of women in business, said to her recently that he was proud of her and what she has achieved, but would not want to be married to her because he would find it too uncomfortable.(and not just for the obvious reasons!!)
Her last boyfriend couldn't handle it, even though he knew what he was getting into from the beginning. So what do you do?
Do you assign his and hers roles so that you each get to be 'The Leader' in some aspect of your combined life?
Do you play soft for the man who wont accept your strengths?
Am I just being difficult?
I have been accused of being too hard by boyfriends and male colleges. If I was a man they wouldn't even have blinked. I'm only too hard for them because I'm a girl being hard. And what exactly constitutes 'hard'?
How do you re-balance something so out of whack? Was it ever balanced to start with? No, I guess not.
This is me, shaking my tiny fist at it all.

2006-06-21T21:13:00.000+01:00

It is Claire's Birthday today. Happy Happy to my favorite big sister.
You are the most wonderful, brave and fantastic chick i know. Adore you.

2006-06-07T16:23:00.000+01:00

Rock climbing is so cool. I'm going again on Friday. Such pain, but worth every broken nail and sore toe. Ara and Sam and I had such fun doing it last week.
It's indoor and near Hammersmith, so a bit of a trek to get to from my side of the world.
I also have an appointment with an optometrist on Friday morning, because I have finally decided to brave contact lenses! My eyes have got bad enough that I can't cycle/ climb without them. Had a new eye test and they are going to give me lessons on how to put them in. Doh. I feel like such a tool and did a very competent impersonation of a dizzy blonde while getting my eyes checked. I also had a bad hangover, much to the amusement of the French man with the painful light in my eye.

Adrian(the Amazing and Superduper)bought me a really cool pair of yellow peep-toe shoes from Topshop. Only I wasn't there to try them on and they are too small. I tried the next size up and they are too big. F%"^! The Random Sizing Department. Somewhere in Korea is an entire family of girls in yellow heels. I say good luck to them and their weird feet!
Kate, check out their website as I'm sure you will like some of their stuff.
www.topshop.co.uk

I have been getting some blissful sunshine at the markets and am looking forward to some more this weekend. I have hired 3 extra staff members and now plan to put my feet up, as it were. Fat chance!

Cycling and climbing and being so active, I'm sure my family are wondering if I need drugs or an intervention. You will all be shocked to hear that I wake up at about 6am most days without killing anyone.
Also had a really cool haircut.....More anon.

2006-05-21T16:49:00.000+01:00

Oh man, the rain is getting to me........
England is in the middle of a drought/water crisis and it has rained solidly all day. While some are rejoicing, those of us who had to stand outside all day are cursing them and the weather!!!
The brother and the cousin came to visit me at the market today and I was so busy, I didn't have time to chat to them.
Oscar the wonder-jeweler has made some cool new fangled earrings and I was privileged enough to get a preview.

Missing the Familia and feeling like i need a career change again. Bored now.
Any suggestions?

2006-04-15T21:09:00.000+01:00

HAPPY EASTER and all that.

2006-04-07T19:14:00.000+01:00

Spring has sprung in fair Londinium! I took a long bus ride to Hammersmith yesterday and the heady scent of petals, petrol and cheap perfume left me slightly dizzy. My destination was a sports center with the largest indoor rock climbing facilities in London........Nay the UK! Ara has convinced me that climbing high walls, with only a little rope to hang oneself by, is infact fun.
Hopefully this will help compensate for the other passion I have discovered - Marks and Spencer's Coconut Bites. Oh so yum.

2006-03-31T21:23:00.000+01:00

Back at work and feeling it.
Already had a minor skirmish (and thanks to the guru Helene by the way,) but it has all blown into a dusty corner for now.
I'm letting it get cold and saving it for service at a later date.
Hell hath no fury like a Henning crossed.............
Whew.......Way too dramatic for a Friday night.

2006-03-13T21:02:00.000Z

The end is nigh.............
Two more days of blissfull sunshine , beaches and biltong. Completely forgot that i love that stuff more than my french manicured toe-nails. Doh. Must go out tomorrow and buy a truck load.
"You love ice-cream...... You cannot live without ice-cream........"
(This is said in an Arnold Swartzeneger accent-quoting from ,my now favorite cartoon, INVADER ZIM)
Sigh. The last thing to be thinking about now is going back to work and the massive feats of rabbit out of hat pulling that i will be engaged in on my return. Out damn thought.
I have discovered a secret baby handling device. Oliver the wonder-nephew was distracted for simply ages today by a pink polka dot t-shirt that i was wearing.
Even James 'the Baby Whisperer' Henning couldn't have kept him that entertained.
The power is MIIIIIIINE!!( Zim again)
I think you can download episodes from www. nick.com .

2006-03-12T18:30:00.000Z

This is the expression that has been on my face the whole week. Could be the heat? Maybe the rash? Probably living in a small house with a million other people? I think that maybe, this is my face in repose and i didn't notice before?
Oh well, hopefully the wind won't change dirrection.
And this was in a holy place.
Oliver's christening.
He screamed, oh did he scream.
More anon............

2006-02-26T16:52:00.000Z

Oh Man, the cutest baby alive!!!
So proud of Sarah and Steve and the Olster.
Can't wait to see you guys.
Land on Thursday and can nie vag nie!
Hooray.
I'm so excited, i feel a bit sick. Maybe that was the 2 hot chocolates i just drank?

2006-01-17T15:24:00.000Z

Our staff Christmas party was on Sunday night and had a Wild West theme. Imagine loads of chefs and chicks dressed as cowboys, sloshing beer while trying to line dance to achey Breaky Heart and not getting it right. The YEE HAW's were getting a little grating by the end of the night. Fortunately, I was too blind drunk to notice. So embarrassed. Had the nastiest Monday morning in the office trying to focus on my computer and not really coping.
I was going to apologise to the photographer whose camera almost died because I got carried away with a water pistol, but then I saw the photos that he posted on our staff site and I think he's had enough revenge.
Oh well.

Annabel took these ones. This is ma holster and ma drink, pardner. Yee Haw.

2006-01-11T00:43:00.000Z

So the new year is well and trully up and running etc etc.....
Happy Birthday to Gordon for the 6th. My darling brother is now 15!! Hells Bells, how they do grow when you aren't looking. :)
This was his first day at High School. Love you, Done.

2005-12-28T10:16:00.000Z

Spent Christmas at the cousin's and had a really relaxed day. Ate too much food as you do and drank too much Sailor Jerry as you do and fell asleep on the couch, again, as you do. Tee Hee.
We roasted a leg of lamb that I got at the market and loads of vegetables and Indira made some yummy potatoes to go with it. Oskie made pancakes with ice-cream and Green & Black's chocolate spread. To die for.
Claire sent me this pic of my nephew. Ta Daaaaaaaa!
Ollie Niss, you are gorgeous!!!

2005-12-19T16:18:00.000Z

Hey there, Chickens.
Adrian is in LA, soaking up the warm weather and getting pissed at ice hockey matches and i'm freezing my little butt off outdoors at the markets.
What is wrong with this picture?
Yes, Londinium has frozen over and the wind is howling through the streets and up my trousers.
I had dinner with his parents last night and had a really cool time getting merry and hearing hilarious stories of when they were children.
Mommy, ask me about the huck fin episode.
Anyway, Ara (ex housemate and busom bud) is still in Nepal and having the most outrageous time of it. Check out his blog if you feel the need. Not for the faint hearted or puritanical.
www.arasarafian.blogspot.com
Missing the Family like mad and longing to clutch my nephew to my heaving bosom and screetch ag sveeeeeeet while i smother him. Don't think i met Auntie Emey, but that horror story has haunted me for years. Yigh!
Love you just a little more than my new ipod nano christmas present.

2005-12-02T08:00:00.000Z

Ollie Niss decided to grace us with him presence in the wee hours. I can't believe that my little sister has had a baby! Horaaaaaaaaaaay!!
That kid is toast. He'll be spoilt rotten before he can even say it!!
Love you guys and well done!x

2005-11-29T15:54:00.000Z

A couple of pictures to amuse you. They were all taken with my mobile, so excuse the crap quality!
The first is of Charlie and Millie at the market(borough) and the second is of my lovely buns! Tee Hee. The third is of our stall at Borough Market.
I have a cool video on my phone of the royal visit, but the photos were terrible. People kept jostling me and the bloody royals wouldn't stand still! Anyway.
Have just been offered a job at Silwood.
Damn them.
I can't come home now!
If they had bloody thought about this last time i was in SA i would have said yes.
C'est la vie.
I got my earings from the Bro this weekend. They are beautiful guys, so thanks so much for my birthday present. Each one is a .25 stone, so 1/2 a carat between them.
They are all sparkly and pretty and i now understand the magpie instinct that women develope.
Diamonds are cool!
Oskie has made them so that i can add things to them later - like another diamond on a little drop or a pearl etc.
Bow down and worship the Skern.

2005-11-24T16:49:00.000Z

Hello.
Been slack about updating this puppy.
Adrian has immortalised me on film - well, TV anyway and in an unusual guise.
He has a nic-name for me and has made a creature that reflects it! My family will laugh as they notice the similarity between this and all the last ones!!!
You can call me and I'll let you know what it is because it's a little silly and I don't really want to share it on the net!!!!
Anyhooo.... The creature that he has created has been put into a little alien pod in an episode of Doctor Who. For those who don't know, it's a TV series set in space and has Billie Piper ( Minging ex-pop star turned actress) in it.
I think it's so cool. The actual matt-painting that he did for it is beautiful anyway.
Portugal was very cool. The Family are uber cool and his mom cooks like a demon.(Not the demonic way you cook though, Meen.x) Villamoura is a bit like Umhlanga (spelling?)
and the food was about as dismal as the shit I saw at it's namesame in Pretoria.

The Charlie (HRH) is coming to the Market tomorrow, so I'm going to curl my hair and paint my face and wear a Sex Pistols T-shirt.

Tina Taylor is coming to London on the 16 Dec with her brother and we are setting up a little reunion. Hooray!! Louise, Tina, Magda, anyone else want to go? Call me.

That's all folks.

2005-10-26T14:05:00.000+01:00

I'm dying!........
The dreaded lurgie has crawled down my throat and taken hold!
Woe is me......

2005-10-16T07:43:00.000+01:00

My man is the most wonderful thing in the world!
Yes, you can all puke now.
I am going through that highly regrettable stage where I can't stop telling all my friends, and random strangers, how cool he is.
He drove me all the way to work this morning because I missed my train and would have had to wait at the station for an hour for the next one.
Go London Transport, you bunch of $%^Â£"*(.
I tore up to Camden after work yesterday to meet up with Charisse and Kay and get Adrian's birthday present. Can't tell you what it is yet, in case he reads this.
He then dragged me off the train i was about to go home on and took me out for dinner.
Having just stuffed myself with Nando's peri-peri et fritte,I had dessert for a starter (trio of creme brulee a la pretentious French stylee) and cheese as a main course.
We went to Cafe des Amis in Covent Garden, which has a groovy little gem of a bar downstairs and a fairly disappointing restaurant upstairs.
Now it's off to the Market in the van with my arm out the window and my gut touching the steering wheel. Nice one, darling.
I'm seeing Reese and the K later again for girly catch-up in Kingston.
Those girls are the coolest.

2005-10-11T16:23:00.000+01:00

Happy Birthday Oskie!!
Thought i would get in on the act and wish the dearest Bro a long life etc
Love ya.x

Norma - Cathederal and Umbrella

2005-10-04T19:32:00.000+01:00

Norma - Cathederal and Umbrella, originally uploaded by Lady Norma of Twick.

Hooray. At last. Having fun figuring this out. All you Tekkies can stop smirking now.

David and stonehenge

2005-10-04T19:23:00.000+01:00

David and stonehenge, originally uploaded by Lady Norma of Twick.

So now we know how it works!!!!!

So much easier than i thought it was going to be to get this bloody photo thing sorted.

Old dog and new tricks. Huh. Piece of pish!

This is David Russell, Adrian's Dad.

2005-10-04T18:59:00.000+01:00

My Birthday is coming up. Hooray the big 30.
I've decided what I'm going to do about it.
I have invited everyone to a cool little restaurant on the Northcote rd in Clapham. Cheap and cheerful and the pizza is great so all the wheat eaters can get on down!
I will be having the usual, melenzane with rocket salad and pesto and a sh*t load of wine.
Sunday lunch, so that everyone can get mashed if they want and still wake up on Monday morning for work without feeling too rough.

So that done and I don't have to wash up afterwards or even lift a dessicated finger.
(they are getting dry because the season is changing as rapidly as an angst ridden teenagers moods.)

I'm not feeling weird about turning 30. Maybe the night before I'll have a panic attack and get with the program, but for now I actually feel pretty good and settled in my skin.
I'm waiting for Adrian to get here, and we are going out for dinner.
Such a honey.

If anyone reading this feels left out because they didn't get a group mail or txt about the birthday bash, chill and call me because I probably just forgot you.
If you are still friends with me at this point in the game, you must know what I'm like by now!!!

2005-09-30T15:20:00.000+01:00

Another day another 50p.
Sigh. Whoever invented office work should be dragged out into the street and shot.
Boring.
The weather sucks too.
Making eccles cakes all day and answering telephones. ( Eccles cakes are traditional English cakes made with a type of mince pie filling and wrapped up in puff/flaky pastry) Quite yum.
Oscar rang me yesterday and asked what i wanted for my birthday.
As you know, i'm turning 30 in October and so i'm getting a grown up present.
Oscar the Master Jeweler is going to make me something pretty.
Really happy about it. My family are just the coolest.
I've been thinking about how lucky i am to have them instead of some of the horror relatives i hear about all the time!
So cheers.
Must run, apple compote about to send out for my local fire brigade. Doh.

So long and thanks for all the Photos

2005-09-29T02:15:00.000+01:00

Doh. So that didn't work.
Anyway, I went to Stonehenge and Salisbury yesterday avec Adrian's dad, David.
Really cool. Stonehenge is smaller than I expected and don't those Tors get windy!
The cathedral at Salisbury was great, but then I do love them. All those tombs and vaulted ceilings.
We decided to have a quick look at the boats in Southampton too, so we ended up touring a fair amount of country side, including a little of the New Forrest. There were New Forrest Ponies walking around wild and some fat wild pigs too. Beautiful place. Oh for a million pounds and an estate agent.
David is Lovely and looks about 20 years younger than he really is!
Nice to get out of London!

Green Monster Van

2005-09-26T13:36:00.000+01:00

Cool, getting the hang of this, i think.
This is a pic of the van that i drive through the crowded streets of Londinium.
It's a bit of a truck, but i love it!
I also love the double-take everytime some macho driver glances up from his wheel as i pass.
Ha Ha.
Mine's bigger than yours, Mate.

Joining the Bloggers!

2005-09-26T11:02:00.000+01:00

Morning.
Finally given in to the temptation.
All are now welcome to read whatever crap i feel like posting and comments welcome.
Hooray. Let's see if i can keep up with this. Bit rubbish when it comes to this newfangled internet thingy.
Later Amigos, Familia et all.