Things worthy of note from a quiet Geordie bride-to-be

Sorry for the silence folks. I've been a bit pre-occupied. I have noticed a few things worth blogging about but just never quite got around to it. Facebook might have something to do with that but I prefer to blame the wedding. Anyway, here's a summary of thoughts I have recently had.

1. Our house went to auction last week but didn't sell. Still, it was strange having lots of random strangers wandering through our house. We met the landlords. They seem nice.
   
   
2. I have had a hen weekend and a buckette party, both of which were lots of fun. The photos of the hen weekend are on Picasa at My Hen Party. The buckette photos will find their way up there just as soon as I get the chance. Those of you on Facebook will have already seen them.... the handcuff photos will be joining them soon but unfortunately the Hairless is attempting to ban the ones of him perching on the Buddha's head whilst taking a photo.
   
   
3. Cress is a really strange thing to serve as garnish with a crusty croissant and jam at breakfast, don't you think?
   
   
4. Writing wedding vows is one of the most challenging aspects of wedding planning.
   
   
5. Heard of Blackle? Any thoughts? The jury is out over whether this is a reasonable attempt to address some power conservation issues, as the research was based upon the use of CRT monitors, which have mostly been replaced by LCDs these days. One of the arguments I have heard against Blackle is that light text on a black screen is not so good for the eyes. Apparently that research was done back in the early 80s. Other arguments against Blackle are that it is not actually created by Google and is a commercial product, which uses the Google search engine and is designed to earn the site money from AdSense. They certainly seem to have attracted a lot of attention through a chain email campaign - who hasn't recently received an email explaining the virtues of Blackle? I've had two. Alternatively there is actually a Black Google. I wonder if they released this in response to all the hype surrounding Blackle. Personally, until Firefox and Google update their toolbars, or the whole of the Google suite, and LinkedIn and Facebook and many other websites follow suit, I fail to see the point. I really don't sit on the Google search engine interface that much. Just my personal opinion.
   
   
6. Facebook is addictive and is taking over my life. But it's a great way to keep in touch. If you're not on there, get on there... especially if you're one of my lovely friends who I never get to see. Go on, I'll buy you a drink.
   
   
7. We still haven't found a house to buy but we have at least until the end of August in our house. Until it sells (or doesn't sell) who knows what will happen after that. It's all very up in the air. Am I bovvered?
   
   
8. I'm about half-way through reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and if anyone dares tell me the ending I will never speak to them again. And if they happen to be a total stranger who doesn't care whether I ever speak to them, I shall hunt them down and haunt them before dividing their soul and sticking it into a horcrux (please look beyond the fact that you have to kill someone to stick your soul into a horcrux, you HP die-hards). I was about a third of the way through before I got really into it and last night I actually got a bit freaked out and couldn't put it down even though my eyes really wanted to close and send me to sleep. Oh damn the release of this book coinciding with my wedding. I think I might have to write to JK and complain. The nerve.
   
   
9. I hope all of you in the UK are not having to swim to work and have not suffered flood damage to any of your personal property and have a full and working supply of tasty tap water. Crazy weather.
   
   
10. Is this rude?
    I was in the hairdresser's last night for my final colour before the wedding. My hairdresser was really busy which was disappointing as she seemed distracted which is not what you expect as a bride-to-be. In all the films they're made such a fuss of that this is what you think is actually going to happen in real life. At least she did a good job of the colour, as always.
    
    However, she did decide to tell me that the woman she had recommended to put my hair up for the wedding was not a qualified hair dresser. She asked if it bothered me. I said not really, it's not like she's cutting it or colouring it. She's just putting it up. My mam used to do that when I was a kid and she's not a qualified hairdresser.
    
    Anyway, towards the end a different hairdresser rinsed and dried my hair and we got onto the subject of the wedding. She asked who was doing my hair and she actually pulled a face at my answer as though I'd just offered her a bowl of tripe as a yummy treat.
    
    Is that rude? I thought so. She then went on to tell me about a wedding a year or two ago where she did the bride's hair and this other woman did the bridesmaids and how it was "disgusting" and messy. Is that a bad thing to tell a woman a week before her wedding? A bit rude and insensitive, I thought. A weaker girl than me, or one more concerned about her appearance would have gone home in tears, freaking out, wondering if she had time to find someone else. As it is, I am a tad concerned but I'm more affronted that she had the nerve to be so rude. Comments?
    
    
11. I am getting married in one week and one and a half hours.