tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60526836166566654442024-02-19T08:35:46.516-08:00My Crazy Mad WorldMy Crazy Mad World.
A place where I can share snippets of my days and glimpses of my life :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-65829279443246797682014-06-23T16:50:00.000-07:002014-06-23T23:24:28.388-07:00For Navy WAGS...Parcel ideas.<div style="text-align: center;">
It has come to my attention on a lot of the Navy WAG support pages that we enjoy sharing all things RN, So, I thought I would share a long list of parcel ideas for our men at sea x</div>
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PLEASE feel free to message me with your ideas that I can add to the list</div>
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Facecloth</div>
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Luxury soap or favourite shower gel</div>
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Spot cream...just in case</div>
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Toothpaste</div>
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Electric toothbrush head</div>
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Dental floss</div>
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Luxury sponge(men like them too)</div>
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Hand sanitiser</div>
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Aftershave</div>
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Bottom wipes</div>
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Cotton buds</div>
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Shaving Gel<br />
Hair Gel<br />
Mouth wash<br />
Comb<br />
Nail brush<br />
Moisturiser<br />
Nail Clippers</div>
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Noodles, super noodles, pot noodles(easier if you empty dry contents of a pot noodle into sealed bag)</div>
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Cous Cous</div>
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Savoury rices</div>
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Cup Meals(cupasoup, pasta in sauce etc)</div>
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Biscuits</div>
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Chocolate</div>
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Energy bars/breakfast bars</div>
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Nuts</div>
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Dried fruit</div>
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Mints</div>
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Sweets</div>
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Mini cereal boxes</div>
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Crisps(always check date as it can take weeks to arrive)</div>
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Crackers</div>
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Popcorn</div>
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Tinned(tuna, tinned ham, sardines etc)</div>
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Small rice pudding</div>
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Custard</div>
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Coffee</div>
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Tea bags(especially if they like a specific tea)</div>
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Hot chocolate</div>
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Syrups</div>
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Jams<br />
Coffee whitener<br />
Sauce sachets<br />
Mini squash bottles/packets(robinsons make nice little squeezy packs)</div>
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PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS FOR ALL FOOD ITEMS.</div>
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Vest tops</div>
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T-shirts</div>
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Boxer shorts</div>
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Socks</div>
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Vests</div>
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Cap</div>
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Gloves</div>
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Scarf</div>
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Hat</div>
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Your t-shirt(sprayed with your perfume or scent)</div>
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Sandals</div>
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Spare shoes</div>
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Umbrella</div>
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Mac in a Pac</div>
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Pyjamas<br />
Belt<br />
Swim shorts<br />
Goggles</div>
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Sunglasses</div>
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Blueys</div>
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Pens</div>
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Lube(for chaffing!)</div>
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Sun Cream</div>
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Hand warmers</div>
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Multi vitamins</div>
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Favourite bottle of beer or beverage(please check packing guidelines, and there is a alcohol % guide)</div>
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Family photographs</div>
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Diary</div>
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Mug(maybe with family photos attached, I did this and he loved it because it was large!)</div>
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Keyring</div>
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Book</div>
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Magazine</div>
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Amazon Voucher(Kindle/App purchases)</div>
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Cuddly toy</div>
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Kinky letter</div>
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Chewing gum</div>
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Paracetamol</div>
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Eye Mask</div>
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Ear plugs</div>
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Headphones<br />
Back Scratcher(because you are not there to do it!)<br />
Pack of cards<br />
Drawing pad and pencils<br />
Mini games(chess, draughts etc)<br />
Pain gel<br />
Blue tac<br />
Water bottle<br />
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Obviously there are so many more items you can send, I would love this list to get bigger for future newbies to the Navy or military scene.</div>
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Please remember to check for any restrictions regarding items you can send to each deployment.</div>
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<a href="https://www.gov.uk/british-forces-post-office-services#the-mod-enduring-families-free-mail-service-effms" target="_blank">Post Office Information</a></div>
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Happy Tuesday xxx</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-28493093019641532852014-06-19T14:19:00.000-07:002014-06-19T14:19:07.221-07:00Bon Voyage...<div style="text-align: center;">
PHEW!!! What a hectic few weeks it has been.</div>
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I haven't stopped and my head has definitely not had a chance to stop spinning.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Bonjour to Bon Voyage...</u></i></span></div>
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I met my husband in March 2006. St Patricks day to be precise.</div>
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I had been ill for 2 solid weeks and I mean ILL!!! </div>
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On this particular day I felt much better, my hair though still had essence of vomit giving it a distinct scent, my skin was still that lovely shade of grey and I hadn't bathed in the entire 2 weeks...yep! That ill!</div>
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I threw on some clothes(pyjamas and an old cardi), my slippers and headed to my friends house a few doors down.</div>
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As I entered I realised immediately she had company! </div>
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"Emma, this is my brother David"</div>
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BROTHER??? </div>
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WTH! My brain racked trying to think of any conversations we had, had in the 3 years of our friendship that mentioned a brother. I had nothing!</div>
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Then this 'thing', sorry it is the only way to describe it, scuffles into the kitchen...Of course this is when your polite side comes out. The pleasantries of the first introductions etc</div>
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"Are you trying to be a goth or something?"</div>
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WHAT THE HELL JUST CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH???</div>
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Who does that? Me! That's who!</div>
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"Trying.." He says...clearly much politer than me!</div>
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At this point I was still married. I was telling my then husband every day that I wanted a divorce but some people just don't listen!</div>
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Long story short, I didn't see David(Dai) again until a few months later when he just turned up at my front door for a "coffee" and the rest as they say is history...</div>
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<u>Some Strange Stuff!!!</u></div>
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When I was younger I said for years that if I had a son I would call him Pierce. Even when I was pregnant with my first child it was high on the list but something stopped me...</div>
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I married Dai Pearce!</div>
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For the last 2 years of my marriage I would have the same dream over and over, which I only ever told my best friend about.</div>
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I was on a ship, a navy ship and there was CHAOS! Sailors running everywhere, alarms sounding, when all of a sudden I am pulled into a room, bent over a table and, well...you have imaginations!</div>
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The first night that Dai turned up at my home(I was not impressed, it was 11pm, my door was open so he just walked in, and I was in my pjs wearing a turbi towel on my head!)</div>
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Well, as he left and I got up to see him out we passed a table and all of a sudden he(he was in the RN for 6 years and had left a few months before we met) bent me over a table and, well...you have imaginations!!!</div>
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I know all of this post is random and a bit naughty but I am going somewhere...I think.</div>
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In 2006 when I met Dai he told me from the start that he regretted leaving the RN and as soon as he had the chance he wanted to re-join.</div>
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He tried, every year. Every year he was turned away because the RN was "full"</div>
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At first I was supportive, apprehensive and then gutted each time this happened. Then I got to the stage where it was routine, and just part of our year.</div>
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He applies, he gets a no, we move on...</div>
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That was until 2012</div>
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In 2012 Dai applied again. He was told the same thing except this time he was told not to even bother in 2013 as he would get exactly the same answer.</div>
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4 months later.</div>
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January 2013.</div>
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I get a call.</div>
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"Can you tell us if David is still interested in re-joining? We are looking to place him in the marine something or other, and we NEED him asap!"</div>
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Confused? I certainly was.</div>
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Anyway he went through the whole thing...he got through the stages needed but the snag was he had a tattoo on his hand...this tattoo took a year to be removed!!! A Year!</div>
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I was convinced at this point that he would be told that it was too late...It didn't happen.</div>
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April 1st 2014</div>
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He is in. Not any part of the Marine unit, but in.</div>
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Goes off to base. Does Navy stuff.</div>
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May 2nd 2014</div>
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Confirmed shore based for rest of year...</div>
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May 19th 2014</div>
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Dai phones, tells me to sit down and informs me that on the 16th June he would be flying out to meet a ship for a 6 month deployment! I was floored!</div>
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It was like the ground just disappeared from under me. I couldn't believe that it was happening so soon, so little warning. I didn't know(and still don't) the first thing about being a Navy wife!</div>
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From that point on we have done all we can to prepare the boys for the change, the separation and the loss. It truly has been heart-breaking.</div>
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We have spent every penny we had on train fares for him, days out with the bugs, meals out for the two of us. Basically making the most of the little time we had.</div>
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This is why I have neglected my lovely little blog. It is why I have neglected all my wonderful blog friends.</div>
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May 15th 2014. Fathers Day.</div>
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I won a competition for entering Dai into a 'best dad' fb competition and he won!</div>
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£50 to spend in a restaurant that has just opened up(part of a chain, lovely to look at, average grub but AWESOME red velvet cheesecake that I could get in Manchester but not down here...so happy!)</div>
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It was our last day together as a family until December. I couldn't eat a thing and I was glad to be wearing sunglasses as I turned into a blubbering wreck. I just couldn't hold it in.</div>
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I was distraught. We have had a really rough time lately. Things in the relationship have been very strained due to some crappy events. Things were not 'fixed' and we had run out of time. </div>
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How do you say goodbye to someone when things are not 'fixed'?</div>
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He put smallest bug to bed, then he broke down. He played his last game of cards with the bigger bugs and held them so tight.</div>
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Then he held me. I don't know how I let go.</div>
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When he was in the Navy first time round he never had a family to leave. He never had to walk out of a home.</div>
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I know all this seems very melodramatic but it is how it is. We know it is not forever but it is a long time. It seems like forever.</div>
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As he waved his way down our path and into the taxi waiting to take him on his new adventure we all cried. I watched my eldest bugs break down. We held each other and reassured each other, I don't think any of us believed the clichés we were spouting, but they helped.</div>
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Little bug slept as we waved his Daddy goodbye.</div>
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And now we wait. Now we love. Now we get on with every day life as if every thing is OK. </div>
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Please let it be OK.</div>
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Fair Winds our Sailor. </div>
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Come home Safe.</div>
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We will be waiting.</div>
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Happy Thursday </div>
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xxx</div>
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Well even now as I am writing this I am in a hurry as I HAVE to get to sleep soon for another busy day tomorrow, but I had to pop on and say hello. I have missed the blogging world so very much lately and all the gorgeous, inspiring posts but I promise as soon as I am more organised I will be back with vengeance :)</div>
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For now I will share with you the exciting news that my friend has had her baby girl.</div>
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Ruby-Mae made her entrance into the world on May 25th.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-89104022947455654222014-05-05T02:14:00.000-07:002014-05-05T02:14:06.550-07:00A Sad Geek...<div style="text-align: center;">
When in life did being a geek become the coolest thing???</div>
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When did knowing all the Marvel comic heros become cooler than knowing the latest pop stars whereabouts?</div>
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I do not know the answers to this. All I know is I AM THRILLED!</div>
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I never really liked boy bands in school(although I was a massive Spice Girls fan...I am not ashamed. GIRL POWER!) I never conformed to the "must have" fashion style, or the latest sports wear. I didn't care if a boy fancied me or if my cupboards were filled with no frills food and my charity shop school blazer lasted me 3 years because I would "grow into it"</div>
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I was cool. I was cool because I had the confidence to pull off all these high school faux pas'</div>
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Some people didn't. I made friends with a lot of these people. They became cool by association, with their winkle picker shoes, daft conversations, sad fan fiction obsessions, AWFUL hair cuts and clothes that had seen better days 3 people ago.</div>
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Glasses were NOT the one. Knowing all about Star Trek was not cool, being teachers pet did not do you any favours.</div>
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THIS HAS ALL CHANGED!</div>
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HOW?</div>
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WHY?</div>
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I have no idea. I think programmes like the Big Bang Theory have helped, along with a lot of celebrities admitting they are closet geeks and tweeting pictures of themselves looking cool in glasses.</div>
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I have to say I love the geek revolution. I can have conversations with my boys that I actually understand. Turns out it is cool to be clever, comic books are awesome and Enid Blyton is for girls AND boys!</div>
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My eldest goes to a high school where all the kids remind me of shaggy sheep dogs with their untamed hair and heads facing the floor as they scuff their no name shoes by dragging their feet.</div>
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All their blazers look like they grew into them a few years ago or have a few years left to reach that goal.</div>
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They are gathering on social media sites, not to discuss the latest lipstick shade but to discuss the art and culture they see around them.</div>
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Here is to acceptance and friendship. May it long continue.</div>
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Good Morning all you lovely people. I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend and have all been well. Sorry for my disappearance lately...I could tell you why but then I would have to add a moaning tag to the post and this post is far too pretty for that!</div>
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It has been a bit crazy in these parts lately, there have been family visits, school holidays, baby showers and men in uniform...yum!<br />
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Lets start with flowers. Nowadays I buy fresh flowers ALL the time. In fact it is rare that I go shopping anywhere and not bring some home with me. I love them. But this wasn't always the case.<br />
Each time I am in my little kitchen snipping, and pruning a new bouquet or two and gently and precisely adding them to jugs or vases my husband always like to remind me of when we first met and the opinions I had on bought flowers.<br />
"A waste of money, all they are going to do is die! I would rather have something I can keep!"<br />
Yes! That was my opinion back then, but like I say to him now,<br />
"that was before my depression hit rock bottom and I realised that flowers are a beautiful way to brighten up your day, natures very own anti-depressant!"<br />
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This is exactly why flowers are now so important to me. To walk up my path and have a cheery colourful bouquet greeting me in the window is uplifting and immediately makes me smile, even if I have had the crappiest day. I am home and my home is lovely and filled with the simplest, lovely things.<br />
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Now on to something that has really brought a smile to my face. My best friends bump!</div>
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You call them fatty as the bump grows larger and larger. Moan when said bump doesn't kick on demand, and gently try and persuade them to add your name to bumps when they arrive...no? just me then?!?</div>
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This is the fat one...no this is Becky and she is positively blooming and nowhere near as fat as I was <strike>hoping</strike> thinking she would get ;)</div>
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I love my friend and I was so happy that I could do this for her, and hopefully it will be something wonderful she can treasure. A very pretty and yummy step on this journey xxx</div>
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I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter and blessings have befallen you.</div>
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We have had a lovely time. Peaceful, loving and fun family time.</div>
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Warm Carrot and Hazelnut cake x</div>
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Little chef x</div>
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Easter goodies x</div>
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Waiting for Easter feast x</div>
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Yes, indeed I did! I had a plan to plan a speggtacular Easter...</div>
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I have not fulfilled this plan. This plan did not come go to plan.</div>
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In fact it went the opposite. I have done practically nothing to make it wonderful, other than buy a daft amount of hollow chocolate eggs, eat a daft amount of hollow chocolate eggs and then replace said hollow chocolate eggs.</div>
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I am currently lay in bed trying not to nod off again today. I am hungover and I hate it.</div>
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You would think at 31 I would know that a few drinks by the chiminea on a lovely Spring evening is never a good idea.</div>
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The friend left after a couple of cocktails slurring her words insisting that she was leaving sober, the man spent most of the night hugging the toilet and whilst I was in charge of it, said chiminea crumbled! Other friend then says, "is that a mobile phone melting above the tea light?" Yes, yes it was. My mobile phone! 3 drinks people. 3!!!</div>
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Anyways, other than the disaster that was last night we have had a wonderful first half of the Easter break.</div>
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The kids have been busy enjoying all this glorious sunshine, the new pup Reggie has settled in wonderfully and I can't believe it has only been a week.</div>
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I have got lots of washing on the line and have read 3 chapters of my book. So all in all I think it has been very productive!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-24185710785578448792014-04-16T01:14:00.000-07:002014-04-16T01:14:58.891-07:00Bring on Spring...Part 1...<div style="text-align: center;">
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WOW! It seems like forever and a day since I last paid my poor little blog a visit.</div>
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The truth is, with all this awesome sunshine I have been very pleasantly distracted. We have been filling every day with outdoor activities or simply hanging out washing, taking advantage of the chance to reduce the electricity bill AND get that wonderful line fresh smell on all the laundry.</div>
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When I last blogged I mentioned my arm. I am pleased to say it is on the mend. Still not fully functional, I find crocheting or typing for too long makes it tense and can lead to temporary pain. It has made blogging almost impossible, I have missed it, but I am so glad that each day has been filled with fun and laughter...also a LOT of arguments since the boys broke up for the Easter hols on Friday ARRRRRGH! It makes me want to bang their heads together!.</div>
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There have been changes. The man went to serve our Country...and then came back less than two weeks later for the 2 weeks Easter leave! </div>
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He is the newest member to our little mad house. I AM IN LOVE!!!</div>
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Despite his old man features he is only a pup. 5 months exactly.</div>
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He is wonderful. A handful I will admit, but that makes me love him all the more.</div>
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He is a Parson Russell Terrier according to his breeder. I had never heard of them until Reggie came along.</div>
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So that is part 1 of the start of Spring. There is lots to say and share still but that can wait.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-45168606334757602642014-04-04T13:52:00.000-07:002014-04-04T13:52:46.947-07:00Very Quickly...<div style="text-align: center;">
Just popping by to let you know that I am adoring all your gorgeous posts. I just can't spend too long typing at the mo due to tendonitis. </div>
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Back to normal soon and you will actually know that I am popping by xxxx</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-52803224706924583442014-04-01T12:57:00.000-07:002014-04-01T12:57:57.497-07:00Tea for One...<div style="text-align: center;">
Today is the day a new journey began in our humble home and family. Today is the day I became a military wife.</div>
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My husband packed his bags and sailed(well got on a train) into the distance to begin(again...he was in it for 6years when he was younger) his adventure in the Royal Navy.</div>
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I did sit in the kitchen once I had waved him off(not literally as I had to get home and left him in the middle of town to fend for himself.) and looked at the two mugs from the morning cuppa sitting next to the sink, waiting for their morning bubble bath, and it did hit home a little that, that will not be happening very often. </div>
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Stunning flowers. These were from little bug(via Daddys wallet)</div>
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These were from middle bug(from his own pocket...used some of his birthday pennies)</div>
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Roses are grown up, complex. With a little time and care they open up layer by layer to reveal the ultimate beauty of all these layers combined...a bit like women ;)</div>
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So today was tea for one but dinner for dozens it seems...Small bug LOVES dressing up in his chef outfit(just like Daddys...except Daddy didn't like putting it on so much!) and making us all yummy treats. The problem comes when imaginary meets reality...sticky and smelly plates and pots where real food has somehow managed to sneak into play...</div>
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It looks like every toy in his room could dine out with him...and Mummy gets left with the washing up!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">“Sister. She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. ” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/82444.Barbara_Alpert" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Barbara Alpert</a></div>
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3 Years ago today I lost my big sister. </div>
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Sarah was 10 years older than me. She was my second Mum. When my little brother who is only 13 months younger than me, was born with a bi-lateral cleft lip and palette, it was up to my sister to take care of me whilst Adam got all the care he required and all the operations.</div>
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I annoyed her when I was growing. I destroyed her make-up(remember there was a lot of make up used in the 80s!) I sprayed all her hairspray whilst she was out(this led to me getting great at running when she realised this half an hour before heading out)</div>
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I followed her EVERYWHERE, I was her shadow.</div>
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When I role played growing up my name was always Sarah.</div>
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I looked up to her always...literally, she was 5ft 9, I am 5 inches shorter!</div>
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She was always there. From birth to her death. She was there.</div>
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I haven't got the best family as I have mentioned before. My sister and my brother are my world.</div>
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I have another older sister, I have 2 little ones. I have 2 little brothers but they are not what Sarah and Adam are.</div>
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When your whole life has been about a few people those people are everything. You don't ever have to be alone. You don't face things alone, you always have someone to share crappy jokes with.</div>
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Sarah was a character. We would go away for weekends and she would pretend I was her PA and she was a features writer for InStyle magazine. Somehow it always worked.</div>
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We got into the best clubs, mingled with celebs and got great discounts.</div>
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(We also got into a lot of pickles on these jaunts)</div>
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I miss her. I miss her so much. That is obvious.</div>
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I don't so much miss what we had, I miss what we could have had.</div>
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I miss all the birthdays we wont share, all the trouble we wont get into.</div>
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I miss finding out if her hair all would fall out because she changed it so often.</div>
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I miss her cheek and her mischievousness.</div>
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I miss having a big Sister x</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-8237387875060080012014-03-27T03:56:00.002-07:002014-03-27T03:56:25.506-07:00A is for Attempt...<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is my motto this week. I am scared by bold colours. I go from blog to blog and see so many gorgeous makes with so many bright and bold colours and when I go to my mountainous yarn storage I can never quite find the right green, the perfect shade of pink etc...</div>
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So, I apprehensively and thoughtfully picked out the colours I am going to use for a new project. My Summer Patchwork Throw.</div>
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I deliberated for aaaaaages, I kept putting colours back, picking them up, putting them back until my basket was full. I am still not happy with them, especially the yellow, but we will see what it looks like when complete.</div>
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I think adding the red was fine but maybe not next to the yellow. I am not going to undo it now as I need to be braver. I need to stop being afraid of colour and recognise that the only way to master it is to practise and be bolder.</div>
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This is where I am up to. I have gone for large granny squares on a 4mm hook. I LOVE granny squares and as this throw is for me I wanted it to work up quickly, be very easy as I want it large enough to fill my bed. Fingers crossed it will have a nice patchwork feel to it.</div>
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I was so pleased that in less than 4hrs I managed to get the first row of squares finished(only another 9 to go!)</div>
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I think that was only because the children were taken swimming and were all gone until early evening.</div>
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Later on last night(around 10pm) I decided that I wanted to start something else...this is a curse for many crafters out there I know. Something I hadn't done before...A shawl. After seeing so many beautiful ones around blogland and on Pinterest I really felt inspired and my fingers were itching.</div>
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A the beginning of last year I did my usually trick of seeing pretty yarn and impulse buying, this is a really bad habit of mine. I saw this yarn on a totally unrelated shopping trip to John Lewis. I got distracted from Grandparent present buying and ended up, as I so often do, in the haberdashery section. I loved the soft feel of the balls and the stunning warm but lifting colours.</div>
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Problem with it was, when I got home and looked at it some more and felt it and cuddled it, I had absolutely no idea what to make with it. It isn't the right weight for a blanket or cushion and I was in no way attempting clothing, so it got put away, out of site and I gave myself a smack on the hand for once again jumping head first into an unnecessary purchase.</div>
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Last night however, it became the PERFECT yarn for my shawl.</div>
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I have gone for a very basic granny stripe pattern. It is easy and as most of you know with my constant health moans easy is about all I can manage...</div>
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There is a superb tutorial at this <a href="http://solgrim.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/bestemor-stripe-sjal.html" target="_blank">lovely blog</a></div>
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You can see all those natural fibres bursting out. It is so perfect for warmth on Summer nights. </div>
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I could be making a huge mistake and kick myself later, but for now I am happily hooking with this sumptuous yarn.</div>
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I am hoping to have this finished for a dear friend. Fingers crossed.</div>
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Hi there. So what about this sunshine? I don't know about you but when that sun is shining I am filled with ideas and excitement before I even open my eyes, which is why it really, REALLY sucks to have the crappiest immune system ever!</div>
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Yep!</div>
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I am ill again!!!</div>
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This is getting sooooo boring. My house has so many messy spots which I am noticing more and more every day. I have redecorated at least 10 times in my head since being laid up.</div>
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I have spent thousands!</div>
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I have won the lottery, all different amounts and planned how to spend it and deliberated on how deserving family and friends are and how much they will get.</div>
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I have been on about 20 different holidays, some with kids and some without...</div>
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I have bought so many pretty things that in reality I can't afford. I have made Pinterest boards which display these desires...even made a holiday one(a girl can dream).</div>
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I have made soooo many cakes(and eaten them) and my decorating skills would put Cake Boss to shame hehe!</div>
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Obviously in reality I have been lay in my bed or on the sofa, feeling sorry for myself, crocheting and moaning. I have been drinking tea and eating out of boredom!</div>
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I have been enjoying marathon programme catch up. Mainly Call the Midwife and Sewing Bee, that has been one good thing. I am longing to learn to use my machine and Sewing Bee doesn't help this longing!</div>
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I think it is safe to say I am a little worn out with my own company. </div>
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I have been popping in and out of blogland and seeing all your lovely posts but I am so worn out that I get through some and then doze off again.</div>
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I have made a concious decision this morning after waking up without the ability to swallow and discovery of white spots on the tonsils, to spend the morning typing(albeit moany typing) on my little blog and upload some of the photos I have been snapping away at.</div>
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My little bug. We went to the cinema over the weekend(I started feeling really poorly half way through Muppets Most Wanted) he had to take Fluffy and Mickey with him and they thoroughly enjoyed it. </div>
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Something that has been a source of mindless entertainment...it gets boring very quickly!</div>
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Some flowers to cheer a girl up :)</div>
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The garden is getting a mini makeover. Just something to make this very small and ugly yard a little less of an eye sore!</div>
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More bright, beautiful flowers.(both bunches were reduced and count as medicine for sure)</div>
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I have looked for bargains everywhere. I spent a lot of money on my food shop, but I managed to buy enough for over 2 months for £400. I know that sounds like a lot but for a family for 2 months and it includes meat and all cleaning/household products, I am quite chuffed!</div>
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ooooo and another little tip. Right now we are in garden stuff season. Now, if like me you are not the greatest gardener but still find yourself browsing these aisles then despair not.</div>
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The bucket I am now using for yarn storage is a gorgeous pastel green and has the wooden embellishment on the handle. It was £4 in the garden section at Tesco!!! £4! If this was an indoor decorative item you would be looking at upwards of £10.</div>
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Yes I have definitely been Missing in Action lately. I am determined to find some time soon to sit down and read through everyones lovely blogs. Life just gets in the way sometimes.</div>
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This weekend has been a lot busier than anticipated.</div>
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There were unexpected indoor picnics(honestly this kid just gets on with it, I come downstairs and find him setting out the blanket and cracking on with sarnies. This isn't posed lmao!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-67890392518048860122014-03-12T07:57:00.000-07:002014-03-12T07:57:41.823-07:00Smile Worthy Delivery...<div style="text-align: center;">
I have had a huge smile put on my face today. </div>
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It started with a suggested page on facebook a while back. I get lots of these on my newsfeed, some good, some ridiculous(how to lose weight by eating frogspawn...well that kind of thing!) but this suggestion was right up my street. It led to a page filled to bursting with colour and creative wonderment.</div>
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I was hooked. Like was clicked and with each new post came an ooooo and an ahhhhh.</div>
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Falling in love with each new design, each new product. </div>
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The page was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolineroseart?fref=ts" target="_blank">Caroline Rose Art</a></div>
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Her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CarolineRoseArt?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> is filled with gorgeousness.</div>
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Caroline creates collages using mixed media and illustration, the effects from the paper cutting add so much depth and fun. It reminds me of being young and learning all about textures and making art fun and unique. Of course I really only managed cotton wool sheep and triangle and square houses hehe! </div>
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I have been longing for some of her colourful art for such a long time, but with moving and decorating I just didn't have the right space for it.</div>
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Then I saw the piece that was just right for me and my little bug.</div>
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Look how bright the colours are. You can see all the tiny paper cuts, so small and so detailed. This is just a print and yet you can still see the shadows of the 3D effect this kind of art produces. Caroline has made me fall in love with art all over again. The bright, playful images just speak to me. </div>
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He will tell me that he is just like Daddy sailing his boat, being brave in the stormy seas.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-15767549533739035952014-03-11T10:12:00.000-07:002014-03-11T10:12:27.978-07:00Taking 5...<div style="text-align: center;">
It has only been a few days but it feels like such a long time since I last went through all your lovely blogs. I keep popping on with all good intentions but I am getting so tired so quickly at the moment that I just can't read that much, but I will.</div>
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I have just got back from the reumatologist. I can't decide if it was a productive meeting or not. Was confirmed that it is Ehlers-Danlos, it isn't going to go away(have known this since I was 16!) I can't be put on any more medication as I am already on it all, I am being referred to pain therapy again but told not to get my hopes up. OT again, physio again, I have to see some other consultants in different departments to deal with the other symptoms with the condition and told that I should look into having a second opinion from a specialist...IN LONDON! It took it out of me going a few miles up the road lol.</div>
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Just feel that when you have something long term or for life that you kinda get dismissed. There is a sort of attitude that, 'Well you know you have it so what more do you want?' My weight has come on due to my conditions, I have lost the ability to take part in all the activities that I use to love, I can hardly walk without ten ton of painkillers or a week in bed afterwards, they tell me that I have to be really careful with the activity I do due to being so sensitive to pain as my body has gone through so many traumatic, painful events that it has made me extremely sensitive to pain(I don't really understand this, I am assuming it means all the dislocations, slipped discs, scoliosis etc) I think I am great with pain, but she said something like 'you can deal with the big pains but it makes everything else painful like little pokes and prods' which is true, it does hurt when the children hug too hard or someone grabs me even lightly. </div>
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I then get told to lose weight!!! Then I get told that losing weight is extremely difficult in my condition...I am just a bit worn out right now. I try my hardest to lose weight and it is a slooooow process. I use to have a lovely figure and when they look at me like I must love being overweight I want to cry and throw photographs in their face. I want to show them videos of me dancing and pictures of me playing with my children. </div>
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I don't want stupid advice on top of statements that include, 'you just have to play the hand you have been dealt', 'you are not getting better but hopefully you can find things that help', 'ooooo you have the bipolar on top of this so that is going to make things harder for you!'</div>
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I am sorry that I am probably depressing you all with this but I needed to let out a little steam. I am blessed in so many ways and I am so grateful for the life I have, the roof over my head, the children I have been blessed with, the love that surrounds me. That all keeps my spirits up, but sometimes when I wait ages for some answers and get nothing new and nothing concrete it gets to me and I moan.</div>
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I will be feeling better soon and much more positive(I might buy lots of flowers soon, they are awesome for lifting the spirit) and I will be popping by everyone's blogs to say hello and see all your gorgeous colour and creations, but for now I am going to curl up in bed with a Special K cereal bar and relax with a little hooking :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-65072149804619647292014-03-09T03:01:00.000-07:002014-03-09T03:01:11.618-07:00Lazy Sunday...<div style="text-align: center;">
I do try and make our Sundays very lazy but around midday I decide that everywhere needs a good clean. Today really does have to be a cleaning day. All that furniture painting led to sealant replacement, grout cleaning, cupboard 'organising' etc.</div>
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Firstly let me say thank you for all your lovely comments regarding our recent furniture endeavours. As I sit here typing I am enjoying the pretty and colourful crafty things that are in the corner of my eye. Goading me to make more and share more, so with that in mind I am going to share another of my little patterns.</div>
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You may remember my train journey a while back where I happily watched the countryside whiz past whilst hooking some cute little <a href="http://crazycolourcrochet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/brother-birthday-crochet-and-coffee.html" target="_blank">coasters</a>?<br />
Well I promised on that post that I would share my flat flower pattern.<br />
Flat is important to me...remember the <a href="http://crazycolourcrochet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/flat-hexagon-tutorial.html" target="_blank">hexagons</a>? Flat crochet items make great embellishments, home decorations, blankets, scarves etc. I love crochet flowers, all of them, but I find sometimes that they are just too fiddly or time consuming, especially when my brain is tired or not functioning to the best of its ability and I need something simple, soothing and pretty. Pretty crochet leads to satisfying crochet.<br />
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Before Christmas I was asked to make a flowery scarf from a customer on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmmaKatecrafts82" target="_blank">FB page</a>. There were no specific instructions so I had free reign over design. I took inspiration from pinterest, but do you think I could find a pattern that satisfied my simplicity? Nope. So in situations like these there is only one solution. Make your own.<br />
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To begin magic ring or if you just can't(like me) then ch2.</div>
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This shows your first ch.</div>
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DC 14 into the first ch. Join to beginning ST as shown.</div>
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CH 3+1 (this counts as your first DC, CH1), DC into same ST, CH1</div>
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You will have your first V stitch.</div>
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*Skip next ST. DC, CH, DC into next stitch* (shown above)</div>
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Repeat from * a further 5 times. 7 V stitches.</div>
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Join to beginning CH. You have to count up 3CH to find where you are joining your work. I have shown in the photos below how to do this. You have a plait type pattern when you chain and all you have to do is count up.</div>
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1 CH</div>
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2CH</div>
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3CH. Once you have joined, CH1 and turn your work.</div>
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This is the space in-between the V stitches.</div>
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1SC in this space.</div>
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In the V stitch *2DC, CH1, 2DC. SC into CH space* </div>
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You should now have a little petal mountain like above. Repeat from *to* 6 times, but do not SC after the 7th petal.(7 petal mountains)</div>
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This is where we are up to. Isn't it wonderfully flat and perfect for sewing onto that cushion, bag etc? You can leave it here for a smaller flower and/or small coaster(if using as coaster or bunting I advised a little starchy after care. I use spray starch. Pin to a rolled up towel so all is flat and happy and spray starch all over the flower. Leave overnight to dry)</div>
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SC in the space between the SC(SS for the first one) and the DC.</div>
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The needle is where you need to SC, the red hook is the CH space of the petal from previous round. I will quickly run through the pattern again in a second.</div>
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In the CH space of the petal mountain DC 5 times.</div>
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You then SC in the space between DC of previous round and the SC. The needles are placed where you need to SC.</div>
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It is a little blurry but I want you to see where the SC are.</div>
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2 new shelves for the kitchen(not included today as they are still drying)</div>
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The two darker chairs are my bargain buys. Now, I did think I had a red tablecloth with white spots but it turns out it got binned somewhere along the line. I was a bit reluctant to use this green one as, at first it looked a little garish, but as I wiped it down and added the place mats, stepped back and looked, then looked again I changed my mind on it. I have to say I love its retro theme it is bringing. I was zoomed back in time to my Grandparents house of the 80s.</div>
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Phew! You can see our efforts have been well worth it. I couldn't be happier right now...Well maybe if I had a different home and everywhere was gleaming, but with children flying around the home and the 2 kitties using everything(including us!) as a scratch post that is a dream.</div>
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and tips. Most were about food, I deffo do OK with food, I spend no more than £200 a month on food and household palava which for a family of 5 I think is pretty good, but I am definitely going to try a lot of the tips and see if I can get it lower. </div>
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I have however, been turning off TVs, lights and chargers a lot more. I have had a word with the children about excess toilet paper use. I have started up a food share scheme with friends and neighbours and I have sat down and worked to the penny what is coming in and what needs to go out and what's left etc.</div>
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When it comes to family I definitely pulled the short straw. I won't go into details but lets just say it is not a harmonious, loving group of people, But, when it comes to friends I have pulled every long straw there is. </div>
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I have so many people that I call friends, and they are. We are all there for each other and we have happy and sad times together. I have too many acquaintances to count, but you know what else I have? Best Friends! Yep! I said it. I took you all back to school and playing with your girlfriends and whispering to each other that today, "You're my best friend really, not Sheila!"</div>
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But I have them. I am 31 and I have 6 best friends. What makes them best? They are my family, not by blood but by friendship. ALWAYS there. Always making life so much better. I can only hope that in some small way I do the same for them.</div>
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One of these very special people is <a href="http://littlewelshhouse.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hazel</a>. Hazel is a creative force that has gone above and beyond friend duties.</div>
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Last year my eldest was due to start high school, because we had moved and I wasn't happy with the catchment school for a number of reasons I had to wait months for an appeal(we lost the appeal but magically one of the best schools in the area managed to find him a place...nothing to do with his high academic achievements!) during these months Hazel and her husband drove miles every Friday after being in work all day to tutor Jacob. Hazel is a dab hand at French, Spanish and was excellent at English Lit, lang and history! Her husband Edward is training to be a science teacher in secondary school. How lucky am I???</div>
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On Christmas night I ended up having to go to hospital for a crappy episode with the bipolar. This has been the worse episode in years. I had to go and stay with my brother in Manchester a lot, I was sleeping all the time, drugged up and feeling useless. Not able to do anything for myself.</div>
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No! She didn't rub my shoulder and say everything would get better, she didn't avoid me so she could avoid an awkward conversation. She came over one night, unannounced I might add, and with her she bought a MOUNTAIN of home cooked food! Days of work and effort cooking and baking for my little family! My freezer and fridge were filled. Homemade curries, pies, fruit crumbles, naan bread, shepherds pie. So much awesomeness! I also had a pile of goodies just to cheer me up(including her AMAZING mince pies with her own mince meat)</div>
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This lady is also incredibly talented. If you haven't had a chance to have a gander at her <a href="http://littlewelshhouse.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a> go say hi :)</div>
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even creating a cake recipe and naming it Emmatines after me!!!</div>
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All her own art!</div>
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I know I have posted today but I have a few more things that didn't fit in with the last post.</div>
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Firstly I would like to say a HUGE </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THANK YOU!</span></div>
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For all your lovely comments on my last few posts. I love reading your comments and it always a relief to know you are not just babbling to yourself. I don't always get time to reply to comments but each and everyone brings a smile and I appreciate that you take the time to read my ramblings x</div>
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Secondly I am on a mission. M is for March and Management and Money.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MONEY MANAGEMENT MARCH!</span></div>
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I am going to spend March doing all I can to spend as little as possible and start managing all my money a lot better. I don't know about anyone else but I have good months and bad months. Thankfully good months outweigh the bad but when I do have a bad month it leaves me chasing my tale a little.</div>
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So pay all bills, buy everything as cheaply as possible and save!</div>
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Please wish me luck and please send me any tips you may have on extreme thrifting...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18357885873510998827noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052683616656665444.post-53201649379050737172014-03-02T04:23:00.000-08:002014-03-02T04:23:22.240-08:00St. Davids Day Awesomeness...<div style="text-align: center;">
A belated Happy St. Davids Day to you all.</div>
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We had a fantastic day. We went to one of my all time favourite places. The museum of Welsh life, better known as St. Fagans.</div>
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It is just on the outskirts of Cardiff and it is a place filled to bursting with everything you need to see and know about Welsh life through the years.</div>
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The place itself is a collection of buildings from all over Wales that have been painstakingly dismantled brick by brick, each brick logged and numbered and then re-erected in St. Fagans. Many of these incredible buildings would have been demolished and lost forever if it wasn't for this great place.</div>
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We met up with our awesome friends. The wonderful Hazel from <a href="http://littlewelshhouse.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Little Welsh House</a>, her husband and her two fabulous rescue dogs Millie and George. </div>
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Awesome trees that have been trimmed back making them look like Whomping Willows(Harry Potter)</div>
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Bara Brith...I will share recipe. It is DELICIOUS!</div>
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A few hundred year old farm house. They were painted red to keep away evil spirits.</div>
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Sheep bum!</div>
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Sitting room in Farmhouse. I love the fireguard. It is so intricate and beautiful.</div>
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Where bakes are made in a traditional way</div>
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1895. This is already so incredible how the designs and rooms change and become so much more homely and vibrant.</div>
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1925. Photographs on the wall are a symbol of the effects of progression and scientific advancement. Reminders of the Great War on the mantle.</div>
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1955. Awesome original roller skates. Imagine the fun the child(or adult) that wore these had whizzing around laughing and screaming with joy.</div>
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These pictures are from the out building, some of these were made from old air raid shelters. Talk about making use of space. I would love this in my back yard. It is absolutely gorgeous. I could quite happily move in tomorrow.</div>
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The house of 1955. Times have definitely changed dramatically. These were no longer just somewhere to live, they were homes that could show off the disposable income that people were now acquiring.</div>
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1985 Have you noticed the even more extreme changes? Modern times require modern layouts...including a bath! OK it is in the kitchen but it is a bath. I think this house just shows how small these cottages really are and how ingenious the people living in them were to make the most of the space throughout time. Always adapting to the needs of the time.</div>
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The next group of photos is my second favourite part. This is a prefab. Prefab stands for prefabricated. They sprung up everywhere throughout Britain after the war. They were cheap and more importantly quick to erect. They were essential as so many families had lost their homes in the bombings of the war. Left homeless these buildings were so needed and appreciated.</div>
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Originally built as a temporary measure many of the families they were built for spent the rest of their days in them and many still stand today as family homes.</div>
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How gorgeous is this room? The stunning furniture, the quilts, even the knitted horse on the bed.</div>
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Not too sure about the curtains but I am definitely in love with everything else. Look at the detail on the floor...don't you just love the hat and scarf too(I like how even back then it was clear that the bedroom is the womans room...dresser for her, wherever there is space for him!)</div>
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I think there a few of you that have just fallen for this kitchen! </div>
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I appreciate how much effort goes into the detail of all the properties at this magical place.</div>
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Each part and each building is a trip back in time. You can imagine the people, the faces the work.</div>
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This is a pattern that I came up with one night when I had, had enough of using my brain following other patterns. If it is already out there surfing the WWW then apologies but I haven't found this pattern on my travels and in case you haven't either then here is a tutorial...</div>
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I am using Rowan Linen yarn which is a sturdy DK therefore requires a 4.5mm hook.</div>
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but a little conversion is...</div>
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Chain(Ch) =same</div>
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Double Crochet(DC) =Treble(UK)</div>
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They are the only stitches I use in this pattern.</div>
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To begin Chain 2.</div>
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DC into the first chain(this will become the centre) Ch1.</div>
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*3DC, Ch2, 3DC into next space. 3DC into next space* repeat to end.</div>
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SS to join to top of Ch3. Finish and weave in ends.</div>
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That is it! How easy is that? I hope that it is an easy to understand tutorial. It is my first so please, anything I have missed or messed up PLEASE let me know xxx</div>
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Hugs Emma x</div>
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