Not a good week

I got a cold from my mother-in-law via my son, which has now turned into a secondary infection as per usual, and conjunctivitis also from my son and husband plus other ailments I can't mention. Oh joy!

My laptop was pronounced dead by the local PC repair place. They offered me a newish IBM Lenovo for $1300 but I may as well hang out for one bought pre-tax from Dell. Probably be better than the old for half the price.

On the bright side, Ryan continues to entertain although he's been a bit picky about food lately (maybe contagious too). Keeps hanging out for jelly.

Bhutan national dress

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Originally uploaded by Robubble

Here I am modelling a half kira, wonju (blouse) and toego (open jacket-like garment) for only the second time. I bought them in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu near the end of our trekking trip to the country in April 2003. The other photo of me in it at our hotel in Paro has been viewed a number of times on Geocities so I thought I would revive it. The fabric is very comfortable being silk and cotton but I haven't tried to move extensively in it. A majority of Bhutanese women wear it daily since it was introduced as the national dress in the 17th century to give the Bhutanese a distinctive identity. It and the male equivalent, the gho, is required wear for Bhutanese at all formal occasions and visits to government and religious buildings. Smaller versions form the school uniforms.

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Conversation all gone dry

My skills in this area were never the best but now they seem to have deserted me. Probably something to do with spending all my time in the company of a person who's verbal output consists of a parroting of animal noises. I say 'baa' he says 'baa'. My Dad claims he said 'out' the other day but he hasn't repeated it. Any suggestions for conversational enhancement accepted.
Ryan, said boy, is now one and is content to get about on all fours, especially with knees up bum in air. He's in no hurry to walk unaided, which is fine by me. He's fast enough already. And he's usually a very happy smiling companion.

Necklace

As promised, a photo that features my new necklace, bought in the Perigord town of Sarlat for my last birthday - the next one is in three weeks!

New glasses and longer hair