Russian Dolls

34.Clean & Catalogue Russian Dolls...COMPLETED

I did this item ages ago...and now they need cleaned again..darn it!

Good Reads Times Two

20.Read & list 50 books..30/50
Two more books read..what more do you need to know? Except both these books were fabulously well written, moving and funny. Two of the better biographies on my bedside table.

Brand Name

26.Go see 5 theatre shows..3/5

Last Monday I went to see Russell Brand's new stand up show and it was amazing! Okay so it's not a theatre show as such but it was in a theatre and he was very theatrical..so it counts!
For a more in depth report on my 'nicht oot' see relevant post on my other blog.

Biographies Abound

20.Read & list 50 books..28/50

I received an incredible 14 biographies for Christmas.

These are the first 3 I have read and were all very entertaining.

Stand up comedian/TV presenter Alan Carr is one of my current favourite TV personalities with his very camp humour. His book tells in part about childhood and how being the son of a football manager wasn't easy as an effeminate youngster. It's all very lighthearted..no tragic tales here.

Bafta-winning Actress Brenda Blethyn is from a different generation and her story takes the reader back to a post war era when times were tough and the people were even tougher. Again it's funny but often bittersweet. It also charts her acting career and rise to fame which came later in life than some.

'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French is written in a slightly different style. It takes the format of a series of letters written by Dawn to signifigant people in her life. The letters are addressed to amongst others..her late father who committed suicide when she was 16, her adopted teenage daughters biological mother and her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders.

..What Y'Got Cooking?

66. Buy a new cooker...COMPLETED

Isn't it lush? All new and shiney!Now it's just a case of getting used to the new oven before cooking Christmas dinner! Thank goodness it's Gavin that does the honours or we'ed all starve.

Rebus Quartet

20.Read & list 50 books..25/50

I have recently read 4 'Inspector Rebus' books by Fife born crime writer Ian Rankin. I enjoyed them immensly and will most definately buy some more of this series. These books are set in Edinburgh, a city in which I lived for almost 5 years. They tell of the city's gritty underbelly much of which I witnessed myself in part...Edinburgh's not all castles and bagpipes!!

NaBloPoMo? Yo!

7.Take part in NaBloPoMo...COMPLETED

My blog posting had taken a back seat so I saw NaBloPoMo as an exercise in blogging. NaBolPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month and asks that you post every day throughout November. Half way through I struggled but fuelled by kind comments I kept on going and completed the task.

Hopefully now I will keep blogging on a regular basis and I will certainly do NaBloPoMo next year..anyone else willing?