Candle on, cup of tea beside me, it’s time for theeeeeeeeeeee… No question, Mr Thornton for me. And it’s all down to the man who played him. Post by scalpelgal I still haven’t watched UV, partly because all I need are the gorgeous Astrov gifs made by riepu10 No Armitage in these pictures, but I just…
Anniversaries are usually not on my agenda. I tend to forget significant dates – whether it is my own wedding anniversary (I usually only remember it on my son’s birthday – who was born five days after my wedding) or things like theatre visits (don’t ask me when I saw TC for the first time,…
The first round-up of the year is finally happening. Apologies for missing one last week – I was still in holiday mode and stayed away from the blog for a bit. But now it is time to see what has piled up since last year… Time for a clean slate new header: So, did anyone…
[The first post of the new year… is coming a bit late :-). Quite frankly, I have been a little bit down. Ireland is back in a proper, full lockdown, and the numbers are currently looking really bleak. I don’t want to go into it too deeply; suffice to say that this happy Henrietta finds…
It’s been a tough year for everyone everywhere, and so much so that I lack some of my usual enthusiasm to write a glowing end-of-year report that celebrates the highlights properly. The highlights seem to pale in significance beside the big negatives that characterise 2020. The global pandemic. The mental, financial and social strains that…
The bread for breakfast tomorrow morning is proofing. A Christmassy gingerbread dessert for dinner tonight is cooling in the fridge. The gifts for my favourite supermarket employees have been handed over. The presents are wrapped and under the tree. In many ways, the run up to Christmas 2020 has been much less stressful than usual.…
[Moving the weekly round-up to tomorrow because I don’t want to spam you with too many posts from me] I have good news. Our fundraiser results have to be updated – and raised. First of all, Armidreamer, whose fabulous RAbaubles were a hot seller in the fixed price sale, after the end of the fundraiser…
Two posts today because this is important – and timely. Especially after we wondered earlier this winter what had happened to Richard’s fundraising efforts on JustGiving. He has started a new fundraising page for a homeless charity. I'm fundraising for St Mungo's. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!…
I feel like a right tit. Turns out that the Audible Live chat with Richard that was announced for yesterday evening *was* actually released after streaming to all markets (as Herba, Esther and Nell have already linked to on their blogs). But not after I had worked myself up unnecessarily and been vocally annoyed about…
Good morning. It’s been a good few days since I last posted. What kept me away were work (yay – I am at a point where I am delighted when I have orders for translations or articles coming in…), and my Etsy shop. The latter is really giving me joy. It has been really busy…
Today you are going to get a bumper edition of the weekly round-up. That’s due to missing last weekend’s round-up – the fundraiser had me in its grip, so I completely forgot about it. However, that may possibly mean that today’s edition is particularly full. Let’s see what I have found… I snorted out loud…
I have just listened to the ‘inheritance tracks’ chosen by Richard for the BBC Radio Four programme. In case, like me, you missed the programme this morning where Richard was asked about his ‘inheritance tracks’, here it is: It is a really interesting little clip, with Richard not only telling us which tracks he’d…
For those of you who do not read on Twitter, I just wanted to let you know that our gift has been received: .@LOROSHospice What a wonderful gift. Thank you Sonja and to everyone who participated. ❤️🎄 https://t.co/nx2hdBMbzY — Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) December 9, 2020 A big thank you to Richard for acknowledging our Christmas…
And less than 20 minutes later – it is done. You can see our donations for yourself HERE. I have also announced this on Twitter and tweeted at LOROS (and taken the liberty of tagging RA in my tweet – just so he actually knows that we gave him a present 😉). In case you…
All auctions have finished and prices been paid. Etsy has been cleaned out, and the packages – all wrapped and secured – are on their way to the lovely people who won an auction or bought an item in the charity sale. That means that I am now ready to announce the final tally of…
