Friday Fragments - April 29, 2011

Good Morning!

I've been up for five hours now - got up early to watch the royal wedding.  It was gorgeous and every bit as spectacular as I had hoped.  So sad Diana never got to see her lovely boys grow up and get married.  It's impossible to look at William and not see his mother, he has her eyes.

It's been quite the week.  Last Friday closed out with horrendous storms ripping through northern St. Louis County.  Everybody I know has a story of where they were when the tornadoes barreled into town and knows someone affected.  We are all grateful and amazed no one died.   Then yesterday my friends through the south are reporting even greater damage and loss of life.  I don't know who did it, but Mother Nature is PISSED OFF and we had better start making amends quickly - hurricane season is just around the corner.

In geeky news, I will be reformatting a server in the not so far future.  That always sounds much more harrowing than it really is.  The key is to have decent backups of all of the data.

While I'm on the subject of backups, have you backed up your computer lately?  How about your blog?  It's been a little too long since I've done any of that myself.  But seriously, save your work frequently and have a reliable back up.

Okay, back to work for this chick.  I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of visiting everyone now that I'm past the auction slog. 

Royal Watch

Is anybody going to voluntarily watch the wedding tomorrow morning?  Most everyone I know thinks it's all gibberish, but personally I love it.  Of course I love weddings and I enjoy seeing the royal family so it's all quite groovy in my book.

My plan is to get up early, curl up on the couch and be able to claim I watched it live.  Pretty much the same as I did when Charles and Diana got married.  I might even call my mom in the wee hours so we can share a little commentary with each other (think I came by this interest because of her?)

I'm not dressing up nor am I fixing anything special or British.  Nope, just snuggled up on my couch with the remote in my jammies with my eyes barely open.

So, are you in the group who doesn't give a hoot or will you be following the hoopla?

Royal Wedding

Do you care?

Most people in my circle not only don't care, but really wish the news would quit reporting every single fart from Will and Kate.  Most would rather watch Charlie Sheen rant and sink further into his psychosis than learn about any wedding preparations.  Me?  Totally love it... and quite honestly, I wish for Charlie's sake someone would lock him away because the cameras are feeding his frenzy and only hurting him further.  This is a family issue and the public needs to back off or we're going to see him planted six foot under quite shortly.

But back to the royals.... love them.  I sat up to watch Charles and Diana's wedding.  Because it was the day after my birthday I can tell you their anniversary was July 29 1982.  I also watched Sarah and Andrew's wedding.  And I cried when Diana died, bawled like a baby when I watched her funeral - her sons walking behind her casket totally did me in. 

I'm not a fanatic.  I won't be buying any souvenirs and certainly not that fake ass ring that's advertised all over TV - FUGLY.  I doubt I will be attending any royal watching parties, but I'm pretty sure I will park my ass in front of the TV despite the bitching and moaning of males in my home.  I just love the whole idea of being a princess - you'll have to take it up with my inner four year old.