Miscellany

I spent Sunday afternoon and most of Monday in London, seeing family. It was rather nice, and I got fed big pieces of meat and hugged a lot, and for the first time managed to refuse to go to church when everyone else did (which is a good thing). My brother is about to go to university (Cognitive Sciences, Leeds, in two weeks or so) and I gave him the fruits of my accumulated wisdom on the subject - such gems as 'Take drawing pins,' and 'Make sure you have some silly clothes to wear for costume parties and the like'. I still have to find him some small present-like thing to mark the occasion. Not sure what yet, thoughts welcome.

Have finished the beading on the sunhat, which looks nice but doesn't stay on my head too well. I have too much hair. Besides, it's barely sunny any more. I made a black velvet choker the other day, which I am very pleased with, since it only involved sewing a beaded applique thing to a ribbon and then attaching a fastener. It looks like it should be worn by someone in a cloche hat and a sheath dress with geometric designs on it. The beading on my yellow vest top is also almost done - just one tiny bit of red left. I'm really worried it will stretch too much when I wear it. I have nearly finished my mouse toy too, but I can't work out how to do whiskers. If I use thread the ends will unravel. :(

Robert will be home soon, and is not playing bridge tonight, which is nice. (The reason - his partner is ill - isn't nice, but tis cloud at least has a silver lining.)

Opinions, please: if I were a female Shakespearean character, who would I be? Name, play, and reason - comment away!