(Of Course, ... I Was Already Loved ...)

Uh-oh! I'm in trouble!

La Nadine, the effluent young lady who recently changed the colour scheme on her blog to the amazement and joy and dizziness of us all, read my post from yesterday and was duly offended.

As is her right.

I was amiss in neglecting to state yesterday that Ms Fits is not the first person to link to my blog. That honour (or sickness, as the case may be) goes to La Nadine, whose grotty mouth and rancid night-time activities have well-and-truly earned her a high ranking on my 'Nasty Friends' link list.

So why did I neglect to mention her yesterday?

No reason.

In fact, I remember with some fondness the thrill I received when I first saw that La Nadine had placed a link to my blog in her side menu (which sounds like it could be painful, but it really isn't). I was so delighted that I'd been 'accepted' by one of my fellow bloggers - and not someone I already knew in the real* world - that I sat in awe for a few moments, staring at my own name in her link list, and just 'basked'.

'In the glow', kind of thing.

It was a glorious moment, and one that, until Ms Fits did likewise the other day, has not been repeated since.

Also, while Ms Fits determined that I should be placed as link # 21 on her blog, La Nadine was kind enough to list me as link # SEVENTEEN! That's awesome.

And speaking of me being loved (which is sort of the theme of this post ... kinda), my good friend Riss gave me a belated birthday gift today which she (together with her husband and another friend of ours) had on back-order from an overseas supplier since well-before my actual birthday. So no points are lost for the timing or anything. And check out what it is!

Those of you who remember reading this post will see how wonderful these three friends of mine really are to me!

But like I said yesterday, there's an official Birthday Party Wrap-Up post to come, complete with at least one photo (I hope), and the many other gifts I received, some of which are, of course, Muppet-related.


* Although which world is now more 'real' to me is open to debate ...