You have to go and LIKE Lotta Jansdotter
She is great fun with posting, about her studio, her projects, her products, her plants and her courses.
(she works with fabrics, dishware, candles, designs stationery, makes bags, writes craft books, etc)
Have a look at her site as well: jansdotter.com
and her shop
I got me some Sean Bean, Henry Fonda, Clint Eastwood, more Sean Bean,
And also:
some cute handkerchiefs, some paper, some clothing, and some knickknacks.
This is odd….
Isn´t someone with a (temporary) handicap supposed to be quiet and docile?
And shouldn’t this person just be still, read a book, and let me do the chores?
Well, this hasn’t happened yet.
My patient is mopping the floor with one hand, giving me instructions about sorting the laundry, commenting on the way I hang the wet clothes to dry, and basically, just using me as an assistant.
Somehow this doesn’t seem right… ??
Strangers on a TrainBy Alfred Hitchcock
Year: 1951
On this dvd both the American (shorter) version and the British (longer) version (supposedly homoerotic suggestive footage was taken out of the US version. We watched the UK version, and nothing struck us as homoerotic, so that must have been a sign of the times.
Great Hitchcock classic, about two people on a train, one of them suggesting they murder someone, the other person wants to get rid of. The wife-who-doesn-t-want-to-divorce for the one man, a tyrannic father for the other. However, the guy who suggests it carries out his murder, he murders the other man’s wife, but the other one thought the plan was just a joke. What to do now?
Where Eagles DareWith Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood
Year: 1968
A group of spies land in Germany, and need to infiltrate a castle to rescue an American general. A leading role for Burton, his part could have been a bit smaller, though. Eastwood had only a handful of lines to say.
Note: Were there really helicopters in WWII? We’ll look into that.
UPDATE:
From imdb.com:
The Luftwaffe did not fly American-made Bell helicopters during World War II. Yet, we see one landing in the castle square. The helicopter shown was in fact, a Bell model 47G, built in Hurst (Fort Worth) Texas and wasn’t even introduced until 1953. It can be recognized by the full bubble canopy, exposed welded-tube tail boom, saddle fuel tanks, and skid landing gear. The Luftwaffe never even saw or touched one, let alone had them in their fleet. The US Army had some operational Sikorsky R-4 helicopters late in the war, but except for a few prototypes in test mode, Germany had none.
You receive a message about an upcoming sale, with several interesting items listed…
You have made your choice, and ready to make a purchase…
That particular item, and also your choices B and C are all SOLD OUT! And even D and E are not available in the right size…
That just ruins all the fun of a sale..
*Grumble*
NOTE: alright, alright, I am aware I am grumbling in a privileged situation. It’s all relative.
I’ll stop now.
With fabric, for instance.
I made some very nice ’wear’ in my blue jeans, a bit of white, and a bit of a tear,
by putting myself on a concrete sidewalk, horizontally.
Well done, Simone!
(D*mn, can’t they make the sidewalk level?? That really hurt!)
I told him I had a day off, which we spent very productively, filling shelves with clothes, tidying up all other parts of the house which were full with clothes and old furniture that has been replaced.
I haven’t yet mentioned the fact that I have the rest of the week off as well.
He already asked me once what time I start tomorrow, and I said I’d check.
When he asks me again I think I will let him know I have one more day off. Or shall I inform him of the entire week straight away? Neh. Let’s stretch it a bit.
I discovered the birthday calendar was stuck on August. Sorry all you September/October birthday people. 
It is a lot of fun finding bags with purchases made two months ago! I have never had that experience before…
Clothing (not MINE, but that might be obvious)
As mentioned, the bedroom and the shelves are coming along nicely. I discovered I outnumber his clothes about 4 to 1. Oops.
I can either buy him loads of stuff to get a better balance, or I have to lose some. Due to lack of funds at the moment, I’ll start with the last option.
just hand over all the money you have (or don’t have) at the cashregister for all the things that (suddenly!) appeared in your shopping cart.
We had two shopping carts full actually. ahem.
We did need a bed, we demolished the old one.
We also needed a cupboard for all our clothes, some drawers, a mirror, some pillows/cushions, curtains, etc etc.
Tomorrow we will get the new floor, and then we will start with reading the manuals of all the Ikea products before assembling everything! 
We expect to be living at home again towards the end of the week…yay!
(I don’t get out much since we’re staying on the other side of town, there is no bicycle!), I was in a secondhand (one word) shop today.
There was only one fitting room, and there was a man in it, with the curtain open. I had several items to try on, so I positioned myself closeby but not too close, he was trying something on after all, so he might take it off at some point.
He was dressed in a large shirt with a loud print, and he was looking at himself in the mirror, putting the collar up, and down, straightening the sleeves and everything.
After two minutes or so he just turned around and casually walked away. In passing I mumbled “Are you all done?” but he didn’t even look. He was mighty pleased with himself and was simply strolling along as if he had just taken a small break from charming the world, blessing us with his presence. Just making sure he was still looking as good as he thought he was.
On another note: my selection fitted pretty well also, and I bought it all!
My other trip today was to the dentist. Passed with flying colours…
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay 
The cover was good enough for me to give it a go.
… out my wardrobe, in preparation for the work that will be done in our bedroom. The cupboard has been moved out this morning, and now I am sifting the contents. This is happening very slowwwwly because of the temperature today. But I´ll get there.
