...said the Ageing Hippy.

I suppose distance lends enchantment to the view. I don't suppose I would like the crowds and the mud. But there are so many other things.

We can't afford it anyway and I don't know that Pod would cope with the lack of sanitary arrangements.

Womad weekend I am going away with Tim and Gillian (yay!) and Buddha Field only sells weekend tickets, so I think maybe no festivals for us again this year.

On the other hand, Gillian, Tim and I are going to Wells, which should be fun. It will be after Gillian gets back from Vancouver and comes down to Bath. It will be over a year since I have seen either of them. On the other hand, I do speak to Gillian most weeks - it's Tim who is hard to keep in touch with.

Doll news: All being well, I am buying a nude Masher from someone. I have paid them the bulk of the money already. The last few weeks have caused me to do some serious thinking. I'm very grateful for all the support I've had from friends. The re-appearance of the Bupster cheered me enormously.

Ok. It's the New Year.
( more stuff, yeah )

I am really sorry - I'm very behind with replying to things again. We have been installing a new broadband connection this weekend (which worked surprisingly well) and then everything else went rather pear-shaped, as life has a habit of doing from time to time.

Now we're in recovery mode - S is doing the Observer cryptic crossword and I'm on the internet (hi!). I've just changed my email address as well (oh goodie) with all that that entails.

The excellent news is that I've had an email from my travelling nephew in Bolivia. I never did South America in my youth, but as a person with no progeny, it's very cheering to have a nephew who likes doing the same things I did! He and his girlfriend started in the States and then headed south...and sent us an Oaxaca blanket as a wedding pressie!

This is a shortie, so I won't put in an LJ cut. Must take more doll photos. Emma now has a body and a really eye-piercing yellow tracksuit (ouch!). Yuki is being traded, despite his new face-up being much better. I am still waiting for his head to come back from Spain. Have sold Miso to...you know who you are! ;) And have got a Souldoll Paris on layaway. The Yuki trade is a part-trade for a Unoa B-el and I am VERY excited! I think I may get a Classic Narae for him with a Custom face-up. I think the main prob with my original Narae was that, though beautiful, she had the default face-up (VERY basic) and NO eyelashes!

Also...whisper it...I am a secret admirer of Naomi and Grim. Somehow the petite girl with the large yet gentle boyfriend is very touching. Aw. I'm an old romantic sucker. LOL

I saw Joel Conrad yesterday. He is (or was) my cognitive behavioural therapist. We had a long chat about why I was feeling low.

I keep feeling deprived because I can't have things - treats. Anything from an iced bun to a doll to a French armoire.

Joel asked me about what my first months of life were like. Based on what I told him, he suggested that this is a powerful, pre-verbal feeling of something being denied. The only way to deal with it is to engage the rational brain as much as possible and to rehearse the logical thoughts which can reduce its impact.

Unfortunately, this morning I was caught unawares by a French Armoire in Bath. But it cost £500 and there is no way we can afford it.

I have started to feel deprived again (natch) and blue. Of course this is ridiculous, one does not need £500 French armoires! Although some people may know only too well the pull exerted by £500 ball-jointed dolls.

On which subject...no-one has bid on or bought Bernard (alliteration wheee!). I have got ten people watching the auction and one who has asked for close-ups but says she has not received the email I sent her (she's got a hotmail account, oh noes).

The funny thing is...writing this down has made me feel better! I can live without that French armoire! ROFLMAO

Ok, Stephen and I went out in the garden and he took some pics of me holding kkotmu. Her name is now Pomme. I've promised to send a picture to domado. Erp. Pomme is sitting on my PC now and she looks quite perky. Maybe I'll take a photo of that.

MUST get a proper TRIPOD! It's no good when both of us have shakey hands (it's the pills by the way).