Squee!

[kerravonsen]

My eldest niece is coming to visit me today!

I haven't seen her for a few years; they live in Indonesia. She's fifteen now. This is gonna be cool!

Making bead jewellry is probably on the agenda.

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Hurrah! Have fun. I will also have a teenager in the house soon; mamatyger's eldest (14) is coming to visit me Thursday and Friday. I'm looking forward to it (if I can only think of how to keep her occupied).

[kerravonsen]

Well, we didn't end up making bead jewellry, just lunch. And we played a game of Elfenland, and I lent her "The Blue Sword", and we watched almost all of Ladyhawke.
And apparently she's 14 1/2, not 15 -- I was misinformed. Doesn't matter; she's bright, like her Dad.

But hey, something I learned in the past few weeks got put to practice! As she was driving me mad not being able to make a decision about what she'd like to have for lunch, and she said that she wanted to have something that I'd like, I put my hands on her shoulders and said calmly and seriously, that this was my house, and therefore what I've got is stuff that I like, so any choice is fine. No repeat of the incident in November 1998 which caused Annie to declare that I was indecisive...

Choosing the video took a long time too, as I had to pin down what she actually meant by "interesting".