I was sooo looking forward to seeing Whitney Houston's return to our screens, so we sat down in front of the X Factor tonight. It was awful :( So sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman in such a bad way. Some of the bits she sang were great, but she was out of breath, her dress was too long and the back came undone, and she seemed out of it. When she was interviewed at the end by Dermot she really looked high or drunk. Last week it was Robbie Williams who looked spaced out when he performed, also in a come-back. All I could think was "Don't do drugs, people!". I had had my doubts when I saw Whitney's interview with Oprah last night, but on that show she sang her new single I Look to You so beautifully that the boyf went and downloaded it immediately! I feel so bad for her and wish her all the best in fighting her demons.
In other news, and to reply to my sis, the tattoo will be completed Tuesday! I was just thinking people might be wondering, actually, when she posted her comment ;) At least this time I know what to expect, eh? The other day when I was at the hospital to see my old colleagues, one of them spotted it through my shoe and told me she was thinking of having one, especially as her daughter is dating a tattoo artist. The other two ladies were slightly less enthusiastic and one of them sniffed "I don't think tattoos look nice at all". Oh well, it's a good job I don't place any value on anything you say then love, I thought. She's not the nicest of people, but I am always civil to her because "my momma taught me better than that" LOL!
I've just missed House because I was on here doing our grocery shop. I could hear it but didn't follow it very well... but I heard the boyf say "He's BACK" at the end of the episode so I expect it'll be back to normal next week.
Changing the subject totally, can you believe it's nearly Halloween? Then it'll be Guy Fawkes and it's downhill all the way to Christmas... We still don't really know if we can afford to go to France for Christmas with the family. I really hope we can. Claire's dead excited about Christmas already, and I know she loves seeing the "vitrines" of the Parisian department stores every year. I have potentially signed up for an Advent Sunday swap (rather than an Advent swap that is way more than I'm prepared to commit to this year), and maybe now I decide on my own schedule I will even manage to do a December daily or Christmas countdown scrapbook. I try and do it every year but being in full-time work with a 3 hour daily commute made it hard to find the time. I've just realised, by looking at that link a bit more carefully, that the key to this album is to set it up in advance so that you just have to add to it daily in December. Why did I never realise that before? Doh!
Anyway, it's late, I'm just waiting for the tumble dryer to finish and then I'm off to bed. Nite nite.
So, so sad about Whitney. Drugs are such bad, horrible thing. I hear ya, finding the time to do the December daily is always hard, but it's so much fun! You should try it this year. I think I'm going to give it another go this year :D
Posted by: Maria | 10/22/2009 at 07:54 PM