(bea)well, it's monday again! unfortunately i feel really tired but nevermind - we had an AMAZING weekend to blame! the weather hasn't been anything to rave about but it has been dry - we watched the extended version of Lord of the Rings on Saturday afternoon and then in the evening we watched Harry Pottoer 2 at the cinema - turned up at 7.50pm but couldn't get into a showing before 10pm! Both films were great - LOTR a bit better that HP2 but then I suppose that would be expected. LOTR seems very timely at the moment - the one we watched at the weekend has an interesting line that goes something like, "many that deserve life are given death and there are some that are dead that deserve life". It really made me think about the death of Myra Hindley and the reactions of people in our country towards her and her imprisonment. I went into the guardian archives and read some things about her and the murders and even some writings that she did herself. i don't feel angry or bitter - i feel incredibly sad and sorry that she never was able to know freedom. Apparently she had planned to go and stay in a Roman Catholic Convent on her release but it seems thta cigarettes and bad health got the better of her.

LOTR 2 is out next month - the trailer looks incredible, and again is very timely - almost eerily so! In the trailer we see Strider talking to a king of the people who is saying how he refuses to risk open war, and Strider responds by saying, "war is upon you, whether you risk it or not". Andy has a lot to say about this and I'm sure he will tempt you with his tit-bits of thought in this blog, but for me, I just see so much war everywhere - in relationships, families, countries, cultures, terrorism, religion etc and it is foolish in my eyes to even assume that we are not likely to go to war. i hope that we don't - my cousin Tim is training at Sandhurst and it really worries me about where he might get sent to in the event of war breaking out. I also think that there must be other otions, which have not yet been exhausted, for peacekeeping. While we were in texas there was a press conference we heard about which said that 18th November was a proposed date for war on iraq. Well, that's today and it would seem that we are not going to war... yet.

My Dad called us on friday to see how we are doing - he is a wonderful Dad and i'm really looking forward to spending time with him at Christmas (probably doing a jigsaw!)

I don't have a lot else to say! Those of you from texas who are reading this will be excited to hear that we made mexican breakfast yeaterday and it was amazing! We had some friends round to share it with and thay totally agreed with how lush it was!!!! Lots of love to Pinks if he has joined you - I hope you're not takng him skinny dipping!!