Sibling Dear Sibling

5.Arrange brother/sister day out ...COMPLETED

I am after much thought considering this item..done. My brother and I met up in Edinburgh just after his birthday and had lunch. I think considering my health issues and his ever changing work rota ,thats as good as its gonna get.

The photo is us sibs, back in the day. The 'day' when we were about the same size.. he's now 6' 2" to my 4' 6".

The Reader

20.Read & list 50 books..37/50

Okay so I haven't updated my reading for a while...here we go..

The Dynamite Kid (Brian Blessed autobiography)
Just Julie (Julie Goodyear autobiography)
Fools Rush In (Anthea Turner autobiography)
Hello (Leslie Phillips autobiography)
Our Betty (Liz Smith autobiography)
Spilling the Beans (Clarissa Dickson Wright autobiography)
My Life in Words and Pictures by Helen Mirren

...can you spot the running theme?

Denim Is Done

78.Buy a pair of brand name jeans (that fit!) ...COMPLETED!

I know it looks like I have abandoned this blog but believe it or not I am still working away at s few items on the list. Thankfully I have a completed one to report...I got me some jeans! I bought 2 pairs of Fenchurch (yes that's a brand name for those not so hip!) jeans..and the best bit is they fit me. Okay so maybe they are an inch too long and I need a belt but hey I can live with that!

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.