I've finally worked up the courage to do something with the clay I bought ages ago (I don't want to waste it or just open it without really knowing what I want to do because it's air dray and dries quickly so it's not stuff you can mess about with for a long time) but now I need to buy more stuff. I need some cookie cutters (though I've just realised I have some from a plasticine kit - I'll have to dig those out to see what I have) and I need some pastels to colour the clay (it's white). I thought you had to do it with paints (which I have ) but it's less messy to do with pastels. I might also want to buy some moulds and a cutter oh and glue. I need to make a list.

Going on holidays soon (in a couple of weeks soon, not tomorrow soon). Not 100% keen but then I never am, really. With my mum, my sister and her partner and her 2 kids. About 7 and a half hours drive. Everyone is taking turns at being in the kids car. There's not much to do where we're going (if you don't like the beach) and the beach and I are not friends. I do not like getting sand in my crack or the sting of salty water. Dogs are going in kennels, mouse is going... somewhere. A lady from mums work said she'd look after it but I might ask my younger sister if she will (we're not leaving the dogs alone with her because she might go out all the time and they'll need to be let out for a wee). I think one of my dogs has a bit of an ear infection - I'll have to buy some ear canker stuff. It's not bothering him but it's all waxy.

Read a book called 'Poltergeist' by Kat Richardson. Was alright. I always say that things were alright without describing how 'alright' I thought something was. It was a bit boring with some stuff the author crapped on about. All the talk of the ferret was quite unnecessary and there was some stuff that she went right into that didn't make much sense. I thought the book was a bit creepy, though I doubt it would freak out anyone else. Poltergiests are just scary to me and especially the idea that we can make the phenomenon happen (it's not that we can make it happen but that we could unconciously make it happen and think it was a poltergeist and be scared the crap out of). I don't like thinking about ghosts. They scare me. In this book was the seemingly ever present black friend who has a family that knows about supernatural themes (usually this is someone from New Orleans but this character was from Jamaica and verrrry poor, limited attempts were made at writing in a Jamaican accent) and more very poor, limited attempts were made at writing an Irish accent and the Irish character had green eyes and was a witch. So there was a few paranormal story stereotypes. The girl was tall, didn't have enough 'meat' on her, didn't want to have children and had not very good relationships with men. A description I find quite common. It's described as being good for fans of Charlaine Harris (though I thought it was quite a different style to her books).