Well I haven't been here for a while! Did you miss me? Sorry about that but I've been busy making some new friends.
And here I am, hanging round with them, my new celebrity friends. (OK I'm pushing it a bit using the word 'celebrity')
So, there I am getting a big hug from Dermot Bannon. (You know Dermot, that guy from the telly who's always wearing a very fetching yellow hi-vis jacket)
And there I am again getting a squeeze (oh my word!!) from Francis Brennan - no relation! (You know Francis, that other guy from the telly, who wouldn't be seen near a hi-vis jacket, yellow or any other colour if his life depended on it.)
It was nice to meet both of them.
But I'm not sure which of my new friends I'd like to invite over to my house. Either way it would be a disaster.
I mean if I invited Dermot over, I might end up with my house so redesigned that I have to drop down a chute to get to my bedroom. Which would probably be a glass pod surrounded by a waterfall, or some other wacky design that he would come up with. And everything would be white and bright with clean lines and matching surfaces. And glass everywhere. Which would be great, until Rusty comes in from the park and shakes mud over everything, and then somebody would have to clean all that glass....
So my other option would be Francis. Well, that would also be a disaster, as I would have to have all my pillowcases matching and turned with the seams facing away from the door. (seriously!) And I'd have to have colour coded toilet paper in all the bathrooms. And he'd probably notice that I've never polished the brass surround on my fireplace! Yes that's never! And horror or horrors, there couldn't be any dust lurking in any corners. God forbid!! There would be no sweeping it under the carpet! (I don't have any carpet, that's why the dust is lurking in the corners...) And I don't know where I would hide Rusty. He would have to be banished. or at least hidden somewhere until Francis has left the Parish.
I think they are both too busy to be dropping in to my house so I won't have to be sending out invites any time soon. I did have a good chat with both of them, Dermot spoke at length about his new Volvo, and Francis told me all about the new venture he has in the pipeline.
I can't tell you any of the details of this new venture as it's top secret and I have been sworn to secrecy. But I can tell you that I will be first in the queue in September outside Dunnes Stores in Stephens Green to buy some floral patterned cups and saucers that will look lovely in the new all white kitchen, with glass, that Dermot is designing for me.
Bet you're all jealous now! But don't worry, when I get my new posh cups I'll invite all my old friends over for tea. (I'm not polishing the brass tho').
