Huge appoloiges folks!! I know my latest entries have got boring because its been all Troika - ebay sales BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!

So I must explain how this all came about recently, and some of it is a tad bit embarracing! But before the embarracing bits here is how my love of Troika started and it was all but forgotton untill about a month or so ago!
My Grandma Milly Short was a delightful old lady (I loved her much more than me other Nanna) She had a wicked sense of humor, and loved to read me the horror type stories of The Brothers Grimm! so she was always there for baby sitting duties! She would let me stay up late and watch her favorite Coronation Street and tell me silly stories about my dad as a baby, which always made me giggle! In her youth she had been a brilliant tailoress, amature Opera singer and a genius whith her treasured Mandolin!!...and if she was babysitting me at her flat she always let me watch Dr Who!! (black and white telly though) and indeed enjoyed Dr Who herself, bless her.....
...and she had this Troika coffin vase on her sideboard!
As a child I had been totally fasinated by it!! Its odd shape, and the colours seemed to change in different light and every time I looked at the paterns always looked different to me! As a 5 year old I found it very beautiful...she never let me touch it though, saying my Grandad had payed a fortune for it in the 60's and it was an anniversary present. Sadly my Grandad Short died about a month after I was born in 1967 so I never knew him. But there was this beautiful vase always holding my attention every time I visited her for a game of Domino's or cards! As I grew up I wanted some of this gorgeous pottery for myself but it was only then that I realised just how expensive it was, and it was only ever sold at the Heals shop in London, so it was a bit out of my reach...sadly...I had forgot all about the vase untill....Then on Vicky's 41st birthday she got totally p***ed!!!!!!!!!! and I mean REALY drunk (I think I had 3 bottles of vodka on my birthday alone!!) *hangs head in shame* but I am not used to drinking this much and when I finally decided to sober up, I had the hangover from HELL!!!! apart from the dry vomiting, it felt like I had a million elephants bouncing round my head, and even Sirius was discusted with me! He trotted into the bedroom probabally to see if I was still alive, and when I tapped the bed for him to jump up, he just threw his head around in discust and walked off!!! I couldent blame him, I was a total mess.....Anyway, Derek got me some rehydration powders and gradually I began to come round, but I stayed in bed, because I dident trust my legs to carry me anywhere, but staying in bed meant I had to watch unbelivabley boring daytime TV and just read to try and take my mind of feeling like s**t!....I think it was the programm "Flog It!" and I had been watching it "sort of" but at the end of the show the presenter said....
"and one little gem to look out for at the moment is Troika pottery!"
and sure enough he was holding a Troika coffin vase not unlike the one my Gran had, had!!
My head pulled up like I was a puppet on a sting!!! and the memories came flooding back...so I decided there and then that as soon as I was better I was going to check the prices for Troika on ebay!!
My recovery was a slow one!
But eventually I was better, but only to find myself with a terrible cold! I went to see my Doctor who diagnosed Tonsilitus (or somthing liek that) and said my drunken escapade had lowered my imunity, and gave me a slap on the wrist....
The next thing I was sat with my laptop and I brought up Troika on ebay, and was pleasently surprized by the prices, so basicaly that is what kicked me off on my Troika binge!....about 10 years ago I got very drunk and during that recovery I was watching daytime TV and picked up an amazing recipie for chicken breast stuffed with Dolchelata cheese and wrapped in Palma ham, baked, with spring onion mash, and steamed Asparagus!!!...so the moral to this tale??? Hangover, daytime TV watching does have its uses!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!