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Happy New Year to you! Let's hope the world doesn't end in December as the Mayans are supposed to have predicted. Are you worried about it, Dear Reader? No.1 and her friends appear to be taking it all quite seriously, but I guess she has yet to live through the numerous predictions of world destruction that those of us of a more 'mature' vintage have done.I recall previous scares, prompted by

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... Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh, went December. Just like that. One minute it was here, and the next minute it's almost gone!●●●●●●How was Christmas in your world(s), Dear Reader? It is never as enjoyable for me when I don't have Christmas morning opening gifts with my (not-so) smalls, although this time I wasn't as utterly miserable as I was two years' ago. Hopefully in another two

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Hello peeps - how are you? It got dark very quickly here in the UK once the clocks went back, didn't it? But even though it's darker, it hasn't really been very cold until the last few days, so it's a weird sort of November. Anyway, on to our 'doings':●●●●●●We have had cause to smile at Georgie-cat this month. She has never had a cat bed or basket because I once bought one for my first cat,

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Hello ... hello ... hello ... hello ... hello. Did you hear that? That was the echo around my hollow-feeling blog. I wonder if I'll ever get back to blogging the way I'd like to? In the meantime, thank you for reading, whoever is reading. Yes, I know this post is late - the last week has been so busy, I just didn't get time to witter on. Sorry 'bout that. How was October in your parts? Like

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Where the hell did September go? :-O One minute it was the start of the month, and here we are at the end. Flippin' heck, I hardly had time to do anything! It's not going to stop me wittering on a bit though.●●●●●●Firstly, I must comment on the simply glorious weather we've been experiencing in these parts for the last week or so. I know Nature is tricking us into believing that we really did

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Hello lovelies, how are you? I hope you're as chilled and relaxed as we are here. How blissful is a whole month of not having to get up early? I think I'm going to find the school mornings quite difficult next month!●●●●●●This month I've done lots of clearing out - cupboards, wardrobes, etc. I've decided I need to buy some (more) storage - it's a never-ending quest to 'house and hide' a lot of

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Hello peeps. How did you find your respective July(s)? Is the plural of July, in fact 'Julies'? But that reads like something to do with a person called Julie, doesn't it? I really can't be bothered to ponder the matter - why ever did I go down this particular tangent?Right ... on to July's 'doings'.●●●●●●This month contains one of my favourite days of the year: The day I switch off the early

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Hello folks. How are you? Have you enjoyed June? In our part of the UK the weather this month has largely been utter pants: After such a warm, dry spring, apparently we needed rain. Well, we got it. Plenty of it. There was greyness and wind aplenty too. Thank goodness for those couple of heatwave days last weekend (my car temp gauge read 35°C (95°F) on Sunday 26th!) and a reasonable amount of

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Hello again. I can't believe my blogging has been reduced to a once a month round up. It used to be something on which I spent many hours a week, and I feel sad that I don't post more. On the other hand, I don't know from where I used to get the time - because I just don't have it now, that's for sure. In some ways I'm glad I'm not online quite as much as I used to be, but in other ways ...

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April 2011 - a very mixed month in my world. Although in our part of the UK the weather has largely been fabulous: we've had some wonderful spring warmth and sunshine (on 5th April, my car temp gauge read 25°C (that's 77°F!), along with the perhaps more predictable April showers, and chillier days, but those were in the minority. The school Easter holidays coincided with the most beautiful warm

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March - traditionally the month which sees the start of spring in my part of the globe. And I'm very happy to report that we did indeed have some lovely spring sunshine - hooray! Apparently this last winter in the UK had the least sunlight that we've had for a very long time, so we're all no doubt rather light-starved. I know I am.Anyway - how was March in your world, Dear Reader?●●●●●●I cannot

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OK, so technically it is March, but it's not my fault February is so short ... yesterday came and went and I forgot my round up :-O. So let's pretend it's still 28th February ... or even that it's a leap year and this is 29th, ok?!●●●●●●Blimey, that was a windy one, wasn't it? We had gale force 'doings' in my parts during this month. Wild weather is nice to listen to, or to view from inside, but

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So, that was January, then? Most of it, anyway. It was a bit damp and blowy; a bit cold; a bit grey, but most importantly another month of winter is over and we're heading towards spring. For me personally, it didn't seem to last half as long as January last year ... probably because I didn't feel quite as hacked off as I did last January.●●●●●●As noted in December's Round Up, poor No.1 had

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So ... December has been and almost gone, and with it, it takes 2010. In some ways a memorable year for nice things, but it will also be tinged with the memory of some rather difficult and challenging times. I am very grateful that there were good bits to offset the more dodgy months.●●●●●●Did you have a nice Christmas? As I posted last month, I was determined to be organised this year, and am

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I don't know if anyone remembers or not, but in the Wrinkle household, we take it in turns to choose the colour theme of our Christmas Tree. Last year, No.2 chose blue, silver and white to be the tree theme. In 2008, No.1 chose pink and green, which proved a challenge, but ended up looking very pretty indeed. This year it was my turn, and I decided to go for brown, bronze, copper and gold.

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Hello peeps. I know November isn't as long as the preceding month, but it's gone twice as quickly. We are now in the home straight, hurtling towards the 'C' thing of next month. How many of you are on the way to being ready in time? I was determined this year to start the shopping early, and am not doing too badly, thank you very much.●●●●●●Photo of thick frost on the bonnet of my carI see this

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I suddenly realised I haven't posted about a competition I entered (at Camera Club) last month. Once a year they hold a digital image 'Set Subject' Competition. The Judge (who is booked almost a year in advance) decides on the three subjects, and we each have to try to have a shot for each category for the competition. It was my first attempt at one of these Set Subject contests, and I found I

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Yes Dear Reader, it's that time again. I have accumulated a little list of searches that various weirdos people have asked of the great God Google ... and which he has, in his wisdom, directed here, to the Bloggy Bits. People tell me they enjoy these posts ... so here's the latest batch.Merkins and pasties. Hmmmmm, well yes I can see why this person ended up here since I did once refer to both

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Well, wherever did October go?! I don't know about anyone reading, but I seem to have been busy the whole month long - which in a way is good, but doesn't really leave much time for things like blogging. Apologies for the dearth of posts - I seem to be saying that a lot lately, don't I? Oh well - here we go.●●●●●●The month began on a slightly surreal note, when, after picking up No.2 from school,

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Last month saw the third (and final) round of the Open Subject Digitial Projected Image Competition (blimey, what a mouthful) at Camera Club.  As you may or may not remember, I had done surprisingly well in Rounds 1 and 2, and before the start of Round 3, was lying in second place overall by a single point. The guy in first place at the end of Round 2 now lives overseas, but because he was such

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Apparently August 2010 turned out to be the coldest UK August for 13 years. I don't know about September, but at the time of writing I'm chilly. Most years I try to resist the lure of wearing socks until at least the end of September; and some years that's pretty easy. This year I threw in the towel on the nineteenth day of the month ... there was no way I was standing on a football touchline

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As I said in my last post, Eastbourne has a reputation of being a place for those of more mature years, but I must admit, I first viewed it in a new light after watching 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' which is set in Eastbourne, with No.1 last year. All those lovely buildings and happening youngsters made it suddenly look less genteel and more ... vibrant than I'd ever imagined it. Now

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Eastbourne. It's one of those places with a reputation for genteel pensioners enjoying their retirement, isn't it? As a child I knew of it as the home town of my Great Aunt Doris's 'friend' Vera. We called her Auntie Vera. As a child I didn't realise quite what sort of friends they were, even though I knew they each wore a diamond ring from the other. Auntie Vera was charming and friendly and

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How was it for you, Dear Reader? We began the month with lovely hot weather here, but it got a lot cooler and wetter as the month went on. Whilst the gardens and farms needed the moisture, kids on school holidays didn't need it at all. I imagine up and down the land there are parents who are absolutely fed up that their kids have been stuck indoors, where they invariably squabble after a

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As I posted here before, my mum had one of those 'large' birthdays last month. You know the ones that end with a very rounded digit? The ones that you see hurtling towards you at an increasingly rapid rate of knots once you hit around 28?The question was, what would I 'do' to mark the occasion? When she had a big birthday 20 years ago, we had a party. I organised the whole thing, managing to find

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Where did July go? :-O One minute it was just starting, and here we are with it almost gone. I think the lovely hot weather we've had for some of the month has helped - apart from anything else, we wear less clothes, which means less washing and ironing. I'm sorry I haven't posted much; once the kids are off school, there seems to be even less time than there is when they're out at school for

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I haven't got much to witter on about, so thought today I'd post some pictures I recently took at Buscot. Buscot Park is a National Trust Property (with impressive grounds) between Faringdon and Lechlade on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border. (I love how it says on the National Trust website that you can get there by bus - "alight at Lechlade" they advise, which only leaves a 3¼ mile walk to

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Sometimes I do rather stupid things. I say stupid things. I think stupid things. Today, Dear Reader, was one such time.My mum is on holiday at the moment - cruising round Scandinavia with her sisters, celebrating her 'big' birthday. (I should point out they are cruising on a cruise liner, rather than just cruising the bars and other venues of the region, in an outrageously inappropriate pensioner

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Firstly, I must say sorry for not having posted much this month. I have spent a large chunk of the month busily working on a special project for Mum's 'big' birthday next month. I started this project months ago, but as I seem to have a habit of doing, I underestimated just how much 'work' was going to be needed, and how much time that 'work' would take. Anyway, it's done now, and I'll reveal

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Today folks, I want to talk about photography - specifically one 'type' thereof. It is a genre of photography called 'Street Photography' which basically involves taking shots of people going about their daily business. Photographers also call such shots 'Candids'. When I first started taking photography more 'seriously' I was very shy about taking shots of people in public. I sometimes saw

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May has been and has now almost gone. Is it a total lie that May used to be a month of lovely spring weather? My head wants to recall Mays of the past as gently warm, with the odd shower of light rain, but perhaps I am mistooken? This month the weather in the first half of the month was particularly cold, grey and wet. Which is not what we needed after the winter just past. It has redeemed

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Earlier this month the local Camera Club staged Round 2 of their open (ie no set subject) Digital Image competition. If you remember, Round 1 back in February left me a tad gobsmacked. After doing so well in Round 1, I felt I had to submit three good images for this next stage, and as usual agonised over which three images to put forward. I have a folder on my poota entitled 'Possibles' which

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It is with enormous sadness that I am making this post to say that our lovely, mad, friendly hamster, Herbie, has died. :( I wanted something to be 'there' in future blog books to mark his passing.He was born on 14th November 2007, and became a member of our family when my brother drove to Surrey to collect him from a hamster breeder there. This was a few days before Christmas that year, and my

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I'm sure most people reading this won't recall my monthly round up of June last year in which I posted a picture of a little pink cardigan I'd knitted for a new baby in the family of a good friend of mine. The baby girl, born on 22nd May last year is named Scarlett; here she is on the day she was born.Scarlett Isabella Kay is a stunningly beautiful little girl, and whilst she was always going to

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Bonjour mes amies, it's that 'time of the month' again - only my version involves little or no mood swing, bloating or bad temper. There's still chocolate though. :D I've only written three posts this month - sorry about that. I think the school Easter Holidays must've interrupted my weekly 'flow'. Anyway, here's April.●●●●●●No.1 had a birthday in the first week of the month and is officially

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I entered another Projected Digital Image competition at Camera Club last month - my second experience of photographic battling on a personal level (as opposed to inter-club contests). I haven't yet entered any of the 'print' competitions - hopefully one day I'll advance to that. Anyway, this latest competition was judged by the Chairman (who is actually a Chairlady) of the Club. Once a year, she

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Broadband and mobile phones - we all need them, but sorting out the various ramifications of contracts and allowances can be a right royal pain in the backside, can't it?My broadband contract is up in a couple of weeks, so I have had the obligatory - 'Are you happy with our service, and might you sign up for another year?' phone call from my current provider - O2. I let the guy do his full spiel

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It is now officially springtime ... hooray and hurrah. Isn't it wonderful to see some colour creeping back into our gardens and hedgerows? And we've had some real warmth in the sunshine too. It won't be long before I get the call to transfer my tootsies into flip flops, in which they will reside until at least September. :D●●●●●●I keep meaning to ask if any of you bloggy peeps are Gleeks?There

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I don't expect anyone remembers, but when we moved house (the second time) in 2008, I (re)discovered my old school reports, and said I would make a blog post out of them sometime. I found those school reports again recently, so here I am blogging the first batch. I'll just 'do' the Primary School ones today (for those in other parts of the world, 'Primary School' is where kids aged 5-11 spend

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No, no, no ... I'm not batting for the other side; although I have been invited by one of my Flickr contacts to join a group entitled 'Lesbo Girls'. What, I wonder, makes her think I might be that way inclined? :-O The same person invited me to join another group which "celebrates the sensuality of women". All the contributors appear to be other women, so I guess it's another lesbian group? I'm

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It's quite nice, when good and pleasing things happen to be able to put them on the blog. And now I'm into photography, to be able to add pictures of those good and pleasing things is a bonus. When the blog books are viewed in years to come, family members and friends might smile at achievements, and even (hopefully) admire my images. So ... I think it only fair to present a 'balanced' view of

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February being the shortest month of the year, would ordinarily mean it whizzing by at a rate of knots, wouldn't it? But this year it hasn't. I don't know whether it was the cold (and snow, hail, howling gales, sleet, and rain ... etc.) and general yuk-ness of the weather; or just me remaining a bit of misery guts, but it didn't go as quickly as I'd thought it might. Never mind, I've still

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How do you, dear reader, feel about vanity publishing? One reads lots of stories about publishers rejecting now-famous books: Perhaps the most famous being JK Rowling's original manuscript for Harry Potter being turned down by nine publishers before Bloomsbury bought it in 1996. But lots of frustrated writers who have been turned down by publishers, resort to self-publishing as a way to get

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Crikey, I have been meaning to write this post since Christmas, was sure I'd get it done by last weekend, but have finally got round to it. Those of you who have been reading for some time might remember that last year, we went to see Sleeping Beauty (panto version) at the Oxford Playhouse. The year before that we went to see Aladdin (also panto), also at the Oxford Playhouse. This last

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It's not often that I'm a surprised person. I don't know why that is - whether I am less surprise-able than other people, or maybe that my life has had fewer surprising things in it than is the case for some. But this week I was very surprised.I've been going to the local Camera Club for 7 months now, and have learned a huge amount in that time. From the visiting speakers and Judges, from

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It looks like January 2010 is on its way out, and I can't say I'm sorry. Thus far 2010 isn't shaping up especially well in my parts. I'm a bit of a miserable old Hector. Apologies for this mahoosive post - I have rambled somewhat horribly.●●●●●●This month I feel I must first mention the awful events we have all seen on the news following the earthquake in Haiti. Nature can be so cruel, and I

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For the past few months I have been - largely unsuccessfully - trying to lure birds into our teeny tiny garden. I think the fact that it started out as a rectangle of grass was largely to blame. I am trying to turn it into a 'garden' but progress is slow on that front - hampered by lack of time, energy and funds. My main aim in trying to get them to visit, is to take pictures of birds; I have

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I have been looking again at my blog stats - the numbers of visitors are way, way down on what they used to be, but that's hardly surprising given my recent history of being an absolutely crubbish blogger. I can't say those sorts of statistics mean much to me - as we all know, size isn't important. ;-)However, along with the numbers of visitors, there is still the endlessly amusing 'Keyword

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I'm sure bloggers overseas are getting a bit bored with reading about the snow in the UK, so if you're bored of snow, just click on somewhere else straight away: This is a snowy post!Before the big snowfall of February last year my kids had never really seen a good, big amount of snow. I know it's easy for us to look back and imagine things in our childhood, but seeing that snow last February

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The end of another month, means another round-up ... you know the routine.●●●●●●As usual I have loads of nonsense about which to chat this month. Where to start? Perhaps with a collection of photos:Those are all close ups of a very wonderful piece of work. A while ago I was lucky enough to be a runner up in a giveaway at Kellie Wolfsohn's blog Don't Look Now! For those of you who don't know her

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Just a quick post from me to say thank you to all those who left kind and encouraging messages on my previous post. I took a lot of your advice, and had a morning which involved eating breakfast in bed; having a long, lazy bath and pamper session, before heading over to my mum's.The kids came back to me at the appointed time, and presents were opened at speed. No.2 appears to have a properly

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Every year a local town holds a Victorian themed festive evening - in early December. Up until now I had only been a visitor, but this year No.2's football club were asking for helpers for the cake stall they were holding at the event. The kids were due to be at their dad's that weekend, so I thought 'why not?' and volunteered. Parents of the boys were asked to make cakes for the stall - I sent

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At the end of October, when it was his birthday, No.2 was given lots of gifts. One of them was a 'Pocket Howler' by Nerf. The general idea is that the Howler is thrown through the air which prompts it to howl (actually it's more of a whistle but let's not split hairs).This is what a new Nerf Howler looks like:Nice and pristine, with a rocket-shaped 'front bit' and nice blue 'fins' at the back.No

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One of the nice things about doing a bloggy swap is that not only do you get the pleasure of making something, and choosing other sundry bits for the person to whom you are sending. But you also receive a parcel of loveliness for yourself. And thus it was with Mrs Trasha's Rainbow Swap.A parcel arrived for me on a very grey day. The rain was lashing down, the wind was howling, and my mood was not

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Holy Moly - I know there are only 30 days in November, but did they have to go at double the speed of other days?!●●●●●●First things first, I'd like to thank Burby for this lovely award. I don't feel worthy of any kind of blogging 'recognition' at the moment, such is the cr@p quality of my blogging. To be honest, a part of me could quite happily walk away from it altogether; but I have a little

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A few years ago I was experiencing pain on the right hand side of my body. I pretended it wasn't there - like you do - but eventually decided it might be sensible to see the doctor about it. Off I went, and had a chat with her (this was my lovely old doctor, who died not that long after this bizarre episode. I have been struggling to find a doctor with whom I felt I could 'connect' ever since,

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A little while ago I had an email from Ms Trasha Lou asking if I would like to participate in her Rainbow Swap (Autumn 2009). I was very flattered, having been rather absent on the blogging front of late, and said 'yes - go on then'. It was quite nice to have a reason to sew again - I realised that I hadn't done any creative sewing for a long time. I've done some knitting, and I've done the '

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I promised the kids I would make a blog post about the pumpkin they worked hard on for Halloween this year. Last year I seem to remember pumpkins were in short supply, but this year there were positively oodles of them. We got ours in Sainsbury's - here he is:And from the top:Georgie cat decided she wanted to 'help':And when I told her she couldn't, I was rewarded with her 'yeah, yeah ...

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Flippin' heck - these round ups are coming round quicker than things which come round quickly!! The end of another month, and here we are hurtling towards winter at a rate of knots. It's been cold and wet, and I don't like it. The heating has finally been switched on, and there is washing draped over the radiators because we don't have a tumble drier. Roll on spring, that's what I say!●●●●●●

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... So goes the lyric to the theme tune of that old Aussie soap 'Neighbours'. I used to watch it many moons ago, in the days of Jim Robinson, Madge Bishop, Charlene and Scott, etc. Does anyone else remember Daphne, the stripper who married Des the bank manager? Then there was Nell Mangel ... I'm amazed I can remember any of it to be honest - although I definitely remember a lot of them had big

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Two or three weeks ago a local village opened up a few gardens of some of the residents to raise some dosh for charity. My mum is a real garden-lover - as you might tell from the pictures of plants in her garden that I've published here before. Anyway, ever eager for photo opportunities these days, I said I would accompany her on a tour of these gardens, hence this picture-heavy post.The first

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I must record here the bit of sewing I helped No.1 with over the school holidays. Her year were all given the homework of 'making a difference to the community'. They were asked to do something to make a positive difference to others. Various friends of hers did things like work in a charity shop, do odd jobs for neighbours, etc. No.1 said she wanted to do something for our local hospital -

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And so to another monthly round up. I don't know about anyone else, but these seem to be coming round a lot more frequently than they used to. How and why does time speed up like this as we get older? I guess it's merely our perception and a consequence of how busy we are (or aren't) but I wish it'd slow down a bit: I'm having trouble keeping up!●●●●●●Now you all know I'm not one to gossip, but I

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It's one of those things I've been meaning to 'try' for a long, long time. I've heard myself say it a zillion times, then one day a friend pointed out I should maybe stop saying I will do it, and actually do it. Said friend loaned me their old copy of CS2 eons ago to see if I could get on with it; No.1 took to it like a duck to water, but I'm ashamed to admit I didn't actually try - I was wary of

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I went to a meeting at my daughter's school last week, and one of the subjects discussed was the choosing of 'options' in the new year. She will soon be at that horrible stage of starting her studies before the taking of exams. She asked me what they were like, how long they last, what, exactly you have to do, etc. and was amazed when I told her that, contrary to most people, I didn't really

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Broadband is a wonderful thing isn't it? It allows one the freedom from worrying about the number of hours one is online, which is what happened - at least to me - in the days of dial-up.I well remember when we first 'got the internet' - I was at that time doing a lot of family history research, and could easily lose a few hours at a time looking through census pages, or browsing genealogy sites.

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Hellooooo! Can you believe it's the end of another month? Where did that go then? In fact I can't believe how fast these summer holidays have whooshed by. The kids go back to school this week! I have thoroughly enjoyed these holidays: the lack of routine, the company of the big smalls, and the freedom to 'be' in our home, as well as sharing nice times with friends and family.●●●●●●What's been

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Hello. It's me again. Back for another monthly round up as my blogging mojo has yet to resurface :( I think I have a fully blown case of 'Blogger's Burnout' ... I just did it too much. By the end of May I had over 300 blogs on my google reader and was trying to keep up with them all on a daily basis; it was just impossible to do, and I got my knickers in a knot about not being able to do it.

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Hello. :-D It's me. Well, obviously it's me, who else would it be?I think it was definitely the right thing to do to have a little blogging break, it was starting to feel like a chore rather than a pleasure, and I didn't like it feeling like that. I'm still reading blogs ('blurking' - a term coined by the lovely Chris), but not commenting very much. I've used the extra time the break has given

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Another month has whizzed by at a rate of knots, so of course I have 'stuff' about which to ramble. WARNING: Mahoosive post coming up - sit down, get yourself a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Right ... here we go:●●●●●●This month I have a housework tip for you: there's a first from me, eh? I'm sure you've all imagined what a houseproud, clean and tidy person I am? What I discovered was a way

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October 15th every year is, apparently, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day across the world. I didn't know that until I googled the matter. I anticipated that there would be some sort of date to mark this phenomenon as it's an extremely common but very traumatic event in the lives of millions of people - especially women - all over the planet.Miscarriage is defined as "the spontaneous loss

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No, no, it's not one of those ones which means you have to be home by 7pm every evening, and check in regularly with a Probation Officer; I was tagged by Joanne at Reasons to be Cheerful 1,2,3 with this meme. It is simply a list of questions but is too 'big' to slip into one of my round up posts ... here we go then:What is your current obsession?I have been obsessing over monkeys made from socks

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Do you remember me saying on my last monkey post that I was working on some special monkeys? And that I would tell you when they had been delivered to their eventual recipients? Well they are now in their new home and I can stop having a major panic about whether or not they are 'ok' because they apparently are. (Although would someone actually tell me if they weren't?)This special pair of

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The middle of another month, and as usual I have all sorts of bits and pieces to note.●●●●●●It struck me that you haven't seen or heard anything of Herbie lately, have you? He is still his funny little self - complete with bald spot on his nose where he keeps nibbling the bars on his cage.He's still baiting Georgie-cat too. I laughed out loud the other day when Herbie was in his ball, taking a

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The great thing about being a crafty person interested in crafty blogs, is that you get to be inspired. You see *stuff* going on that ignites a little flame of enthusiasm, and if you're lucky, that flame sits patiently on the back burner until you're ready to tackle whatever ignited it in the first place. Of course crafty bloggers make crafty stuff, and via giveaways it is possible to acquire

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I do love our cat. She has such a sweet nature, but is also intelligent, mischievous and endlessly curious. As well as a greedy guts. It's not often she will stay still long enough to let me photograph her, but this week she did - hence this photographical homage to Georgie (who is named thus because she was born on St George's Day (2005)).Sometimes, it is extremely easy to see how the domestic

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I think most blogs out there have some kind of 'statistical' software embedded somewhere in their code. I didn't have a clue about stats until a blogging friend told me about it, and pointed me in the direction of Statcounter. I signed up, copied the html into my blog sidebar, and have been quietly fascinated - and confused - ever since.Not only does the software log the number of visits to the

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Golly gosh ... how did April whizz by that fast? :-O Pull up a chair - I have loads about which to bore you yakker on.●●●●●●I did something new this month. For the first time ever - in my whole life - I bought a lawnmower. Really, of course, that is man's work, but since I had neither man nor lawnmower, I had to acquire the latter and assemble it myself. I don't think it's possible to acquire

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Do your smalls, if you have them, watch much TV? Mine watch less than they used to - largely because of the arrival in our home of pootas, Nintendo DS's, the Playstation and the Wii. No.1 has a fully-fledged addiction to the interweb (can't think from where she inherited that ;-) ) and her advancing age is reflected in the fact that she now enjoys watching such things as 'Friends' and 'The Vicar

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OK ... you seemed to like the last post about the kids and their cameras, so here's another one. Over the Easter holidays, we went round to Mum's. We were going to go on from there to somewhere picturesque, but the kids said they didn't really want to, so they decided they'd just use their cameras around her place. I liked this idea - it got them to look at things with which they're quite

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Time for another 'catch up' on the latest monkeys to have been created around these parts, and rehomed with new families. This time they are all girly ones.The first of the three is this one:Fruity-coloured stripey cotton socks, a plain shift shaped dress in turquoise cotton (with a ribbon trim) and a felt flower in her hair. (With hindsight, I wish I'd made more of a shaped neckline, I'll

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Here we go again then ... the middle of another month, and I've got a few 'bits' about which to post. I hope you've enjoyed a very pleasant Bank Holiday weekend.●●●●●●In a post of last year I talked about finding old videos, and watching them again. One of the films I found was 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. I didn't watch it at the time, I don't think I felt up to it. But last week I

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Wednesday, 8th April was the day that Mrs Locket chose for our first Bloggery Picnic, and what a lovely day it was too. The weather was sunny but breezy (making it a tad chilly when a cloud covered the sun) but picnicking bloggers are a hardy bunch, and the company was great. We were a bit late getting there (we had to wait for No.1 to finish doing her hair. Tsk) but were soon alerted to the

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Do you, Dear Reader, tend to read a book only once? Or do you reread the ones you've most enjoyed? I must admit that until now, I'd mostly been a 'once only' kind of reader, but that changed a couple of weeks ago.Back in January, I was reading a thread on the Books Forum at Digital Spy. The OP was asking what books fellow forum members remembered fondly from their childhood. After a spot of

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Since I got my current camera just over a year ago I have been gradually learning about taking pictures. Most of the pictures I take are crubbish, but they are getting better as I discover new 'things' my camera can do, as well as the things I can and should do to help it take better pictures. I think at some point it would be sensible for me to take a photography course of some kind, but in the

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Apologies for not having posted for a week, but I have had a small, yet perfectly formed virus with which to contend :-( I've been running a fever, I ache, and I itch all over (how bizarre is that symptom?) and my get up and go got up and went. Without permission. If anyone spots it lurking in the shrubbery, or having a quick ciggie behind some bike sheds, could you please deliver a stern

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-16683403148481898362009-03-23T09:00:00.001Z2009-03-23T09:00:01.610Z

No ... not that. I can't imagine I'll ever do that again in my whole life!No, I finally made a bag that I like. Alas, it's not for me, but I suppose I could make another just like it if I so wished. As many of you will know, it was Mother's Day here in the UK yesterday; I thought I'd make Mum a nice new bag. A bag with the taste of spring (or even summer) about it. A bag in bright colours,

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-87290030187576910402009-03-19T08:30:00.004Z2009-03-19T10:18:59.141Z

I had real trouble waking up the other morning. The dream I was having was so bizarre and weird, I could not fathom what, precisely, it was about. My alarm went off three times before I could force myself away from it and get on with the day. Even now, as I sit and type, it's still in my head. I wish it would go away - it was weird. Basically, I suddenly found myself 6 months pregnant. I know

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-5399464622328460232009-03-15T10:40:00.002Z2009-03-16T16:01:58.471Z

Exciting news early this month came in the form of an announcement by Mrs Locket that she was organising a Bloggery Picnic Party for the Easter Holidays. Bloggers and their offspring (and other sundry friends and relations) are going to be meeting up for a few hours of picnic and chat. If you fancy the proposition, simply click on the button below to go to Mrs Locket's blog and find out all the

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-67448076171925268162009-03-11T08:32:00.000Z2009-03-11T08:36:02.848Z

I have some more sock monkeys to show you. All 'born' here but have now gone to live with their new families. These have been made over the past couple of months (or more, actually) lest you think I've been supersonically whipping them up this last week. I've just neglected to post them until now.First up is this chap:He goes by the name of 'Nev' and was a birthday gift for one of No.2's closest

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-56593092908591234032009-03-07T13:18:00.001Z2009-03-07T19:44:14.731Z

Recently, No.2, in his own inimitable way (ie direct and with no sensitivity whatsoever) referred to my “moustache”. He quickly added that he was joking, but it was enough to have me running to a mirror to closely examine my top lip. Hmmm, perhaps I’ve been a bit remiss lately in attending to such things as unwanted cheveux or poils?There are, of course, people who believe we should all wear our

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-15231633849079303212009-03-03T10:02:00.000Z2009-03-03T10:09:16.120Z

One of the loveliest things about blogging is the people you 'meet' whilst you're doing it. I never, in my wildest dreams (and let me tell you, they can get pretty wild ;-) ) dreamt that the process of blogging could introduce me to so many lovely people all over this globe of ours.One of the 'best' ways of meeting new bloggy friends is to take part in swaps, and I have so far 'done' around 7 or

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-16736201582800013732009-02-27T07:33:00.002Z2009-02-27T09:28:37.606Z

I'm sure many of you will be pleased to know that my large pink breasts have left the building. Yes, the LCGB decided they were needed at St Richards Hospital, Chichester, where they are hopefully now teaching parents-to-be about breastfeeding.I quite miss them sitting around the place; but I still have the pattern so could always knit more. Would it be crafty perving if I attempted to alter

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-20995010852990447512009-02-23T08:33:00.001Z2009-02-23T08:51:05.503Z

And about blinkin' time too, I hear UK readers shouting. Blimey, it's been a bit of a long, cold winter here, compared to many of recent years. All that snow and ice has finally melted (only in the last few days though) and the sun seems to have remembered how to shine. It only does it in small bursts, peeping shyly from behind clouds, but there's no doubt it's there, and that it has a little

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-54486724566625299532009-02-19T12:00:00.002Z2009-02-19T15:23:49.193Z

I do love to learn new things. Not all new things of course, because trying to learn how to circumnavigate the Arctic Circle in a hang glider would not be something in which I'd be remotely interested. Similarly, should someone offer a course to teach the basic rudiments of how to build a petrol-driven engine, I can't say I'd be the first in line. Of course, if the teacher of said course was

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-47573122181972150292009-02-15T13:32:00.000Z2009-02-15T13:32:00.384Z

Do you remember that TV programme in which Loyd Grossman showed us round a famous person's house? And then at the end we had to guess who lived there? Well, imagine the strangled sounds of Mr Grossman's Irritable Vowel Syndrome guiding you round this property, and see if you can guess who resides in it.A bird's eye view of the roof looks like this:The 'tiles' and edge of the roof appear to

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-54575762650215835212009-02-12T04:00:00.003Z2009-02-12T08:10:10.316Z

More ramblings from the keyboard of yours truly●●●●●●Firstly, I must mention this: Because of my blogging habit I am much more aware than I perhaps otherwise would be, of the subject and extent of the horrendous bush fires in Australia this month. I read lots of Aussie blogs, and those bloggers have all been complaining of the recent extreme heat over there, so I knew the country was pretty 'dry

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-78008816414139612712009-02-08T08:59:00.002Z2009-02-08T09:17:10.110Z

For the past week much of the UK has been under a layer of snow. The reason you'll have seen so much of this 'news' on British Blogs is that it's not very common for the snow to be either as heavy or as widespread as it has been over the past 7 days. I saw lots of bloggy friends posting that their kids were off on Monday and Tuesday, but although we had snow, it wasn't bad enough for the schools

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-40134376141773169902009-02-04T08:22:00.005Z2009-02-06T22:22:39.463Z

I have seen quite a few bloggers, in the past, post about finding it difficult to find an appropriate title for their post(s). I'm not sure whether it's a good or a bad thing that I have never had that problem. The titles of my posts are merely a reflection of what any readers can expect to read about (and possibly see) in each post. Thus a post entitled 'Large Pink Breasts & A Little Stash

Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com179tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618053174363445477.post-76122597870167320742009-01-31T08:48:00.001Z2009-01-31T08:58:21.972Z

Here we are again then ... the end of another month. I didn't particularly enjoy January 2009 - perhaps the expectations I had of it were too high? It seems that so many people I know have had a tough month: It's been grey and cold and just generally miserable. I'm hoping February shapes up a whole lot better.●●●●●●We have had some snow this month - not a huge amount, but enough to make a few

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