tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78008483807606219752024-03-13T15:30:26.225+00:00jumble and jellyLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.comBlogger915125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-78432924638281789762018-11-12T22:24:00.001+00:002018-11-12T22:24:53.459+00:005th - 11th November<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A short post this week as the end of it got a little weird.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watching - Rocky trying to adjust to wearing his cone. He had the snip last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took him back to the vets today, all is healing well and he's allowed outside once again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrating - with a sparkler. G's sister's birthday is on 5th November. As you can tell from the photo this year was a special one for her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family friend L (along with her son, daughter and son's girlfriend) created a wonderful two tiered bonfire cake and they also made this Guy and box of fireworks. Included were a set of mini sparklers, one for each guest at her celebratory birthday meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying - to look fierce with the help of these fangs. On November 8th 1847 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker">Bram Stoker</a> was born, so with the help of these photo booth props left over from Halloween we channeled our inner vampire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extraordinarily Grateful - to our wonderful NHS. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I woke up yesterday morning G told me he had been awake for a few hours with chest pains. What kind of pains I wanted to know. Not worrying pains he said. 26 years ago he had a viral infection which affected the pericardium and he said it felt similar. So he rang 101 for advise. They said because the pain had been there for a few hours they were sending an ambulance to check his heart. It arrived shortly afterwards and an ECG was done. The results were leaning towards another incidence of pericarditis but they took him to hospital so he could be thoroughly checked and the option of a heart attack ruled out. Thankfully after having various tests and seeing a cardiologist this was indeed the conclusion so 12 hours later I collected him from the hospital. He has some medication and needs to rest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's to a less dramatic week ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoying - the flame red colour of the leaves on the trees. There is a line of half a dozen of these trees in the car park near my place of work and they are a delight to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loving - the fact our bathroom is another stage nearer completion. The lino was laid on Tuesday which means it's an awful lot warmer in there now. I really love the differing shades of grey and silver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having the floor down also meant that the new to us piece of furniture which has been sat in the dining room for the past couple of weeks could be put into place.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found this pine child's size wardrobe on Gumtree for £35. The seller very kindly agreed to deliver to us for an extra £5. G painted it a shade called Stormy Blue and it's now home to our towels, bathroom cleaning products, loo roll and other odds and ends. Perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrating -Halloween with friends. This year we invited our friends G and M over with their two children J and G. S was in charge of helping them dish out the sweets to our treat or treat callers. It was a slow start to the evening but in the end I think we had somewhere between 70 and 80. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and whilst she did those I used a tube of black icing to paint faces onto marshmallows which I took in to work so we could have a sweet treat there too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying - out a couple of new recipes for breakfast time. During the week it's always two Weetabix but come the weekend I want to have something a bit different. With G on the Slimming World regime I have been looking at ideas on various websites and baked oats is a firm favourite. I made these on Saturday morning, they are flavoured with lemon fat free Greek yogurt. I served them with a blob of jam and natural flavoured Greek yogurt. Warm from the oven they were lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then on Sunday I made this jammy dodger french toast inspired by sarah_sw_recipes on Instagram. I didn't put in enough cinnamon so I know to increase that the next time I do these. This really filled me up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going - out in our, new to us, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">car.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes we are car owners once again. I detest the whole looking for cars thing. Both G and I have zero knowledge when it comes to cars. We have been half heartedly looking for a few weeks but the time had come to make more of an effort. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The result is that we are now KA owners.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are in the incredibly lucky position of not needing a car to get us to work. With it just being the three of us these days we now don't need a larger family size car.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the things we need to do can be accomplished (with a bit of forward planning) on foot, with public transport and online shopping, so it is a bit of a luxury having a car sat outside for the convenience of being able to pop out and get us from A to B when we need to do just that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering all of these things we wanted to buy something small and cheap to run and fingers crossed this will fit the bill just nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well these days the only original Roller in the band is lead singer Les McKeown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went to see them on S A T U R D A Y night (if you know their songs you'll know why I spelled it that way!) with my sisters, it was part of their birthday gift to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be dancing away to all my favourite songs whilst Les McKeown was on stage singing them was just the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to find this fabulous transfer on E-bay which made just the most perfect t-shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making - a new necklace. This was an illustration from the front of a vintage sewing pattern. I just love her hairstyle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wearing - it was <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pumpkin-day/">Pumpkin Day</a> on Friday and so there was only one choice of brooch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reading - a Christmas book. Saturday afternoon I was in the mood for something festive. I had a few books on my shelf to choose from and went for this one as it looked like a short read. It certainly was as I finished it on Sunday afternoon. By this time I had been out and bought myself another new Christmas mug, it was only 50p from a charity shop so how could I have resisted?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watching - The Bishop's Wife. It was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester">Elsa Lanchester's</a> birthday on 28th October which provided us with the perfect opportunity for another viewing of this superb movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrating - my sister's birthday on 24th. She knew about two of the items of clothing as she had chosen those herself but everything else was a surprise. As you probably remember we spend £10 and all items must come from a car boot or charity shop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of these items come to £9.97 in total.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mug, Gisela Graham mini heart dish and the cupcake decoration were all £1 each. The coaster, cushion cover and paper decorations were 50p each.</span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-33457791743883796542018-10-22T12:47:00.000+01:002018-10-22T12:47:46.438+01:0015th - 21st October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wearing - a little blue combo of a crown patterned top and a bunting strewn cardigan after the pregnancy of the Duchess of Sussex was announced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeling - a little blue at times too. Wednesday was the birthday of T's brother L who passed away a couple of years ago. When the children were little this would have meant a day trip to London for us all to catch up. Now being older and mobile T drove himself up to Norwich, staying for two nights to see his birth siblings and spend time with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying - not to succumb to the temptation of snuffling a cake (or two) on <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-cupcake-day/">Chocolate Cupcake day</a> and so deciding to go down the brooch route instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grateful for - the comments left on my last post which contained messages hoping we were all over our various bugs. Much appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watching - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel">The Marvelous Mrs Maisel</a>. G and I have watched 3 episodes of this so far and we are hooked. It's written by the creators of The Gilmore Girls and I loved that long series so it's really no surprise we are enjoying this one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rocky adores Graham and ignores me most of the time, but whilst we were watching this TV show last night it seems my lap was the spot he preferred. Look at the size of his feet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eating - steak and chips. Can't remember the last time I ate steak. We are lucky enough to work near some fab bars and restaurants and so a little gathering was organised for after work midweek. What a treat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loving - this late Autumn sunshine. To make the most of it the 3 of us took ourselves out for a walk on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the years we had done various sections of this trail, which takes you past some beautiful river views, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoping - for a little colour in the front garden come the colder months after I potted up this colander and a terracotta planter with winter pansies. </span></div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-60507437242285547012018-10-15T18:34:00.000+01:002018-10-15T18:34:11.237+01:0024th September - 14th October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and this strawberry for <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/strawberry-cream-pie-day/">Strawberry Cream Pie Day</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watching - talented people at the theatre. My birthday present to my friend T was tickets to see <a href="http://oneminutetheatrereviews.co.uk/current-productions/women-in-power/">Women In Power</a>. It's a new production, a collaboration by some very well known women and we were thoroughly entertained by the fabulous cast who acted, sung, played instruments and danced non stop for 90 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buying - little china treats from TK Maxx. I went in to look at the Halloween offerings and was very restrained and just bought one little bowl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Listening - to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Thoughts_(TV_series)">Second Thoughts</a> on Radio 4 extra as I walk to and from work. I loved the series which ITV made although I have no recollection of the series Faith in the Future which followed on from it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cooking - more new recipes. The syn free carbonara was a hit with all of us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes I can confirm the rare occurrence of us all eating and enjoying the same meal did happen once this week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Thursday I cooked Chinese lemon chicken and left Asian BBQ chicken marinading in the fridge on Friday morning for G to cook for him and S. You can tell he dished up this meal, look at the amount of chicken on his plate!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Both were given the thumbs up and will definitely appear on the new menus. All can be found on the <a href="http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/">slimming eats website</a> which I thoroughly recommend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Feeling - so pleased for working my way through a huge to do list this weekend. With G working, the weather being rubbish and S full of cold and staying in her PJs I had no choice but to be indoors and so used the time to get lots of little bits and pieces done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Watching - the return of Strictly. I'm ready for this year's competition to commence and once again become immersed in all the glitter and sequins.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-30985586257779850442018-09-17T21:32:00.001+01:002018-10-21T18:36:00.162+01:0010th - 16th September<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This past week I have been</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Listening - to the cricket and hearing Alistair Cook's final innings for England. The test series between England and India this summer made for such thrilling listening and it was made all the more entertaining by the sensational TMS team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wearing - a new to me blouse. Bought at the car boot for £1.00 this pretty lightweight long sleeve blouse is perfect for layering on these not quite summer, not quite autumn days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we walked along the front we looked at all the hotels and BnBs on offer. Some places looked very unappealing, dead flowers in plant pots and plastic woodland creatures stuck to walls were two of the things which did not enhance the kerb appeal and then others had little touches like this bunting hanging over threshold and it just made the world of difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Feeling - nostalgic for holidays of my childhood when we came across this row of holiday chalets. Love the very CK colours they have been painted in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eating - ice cream from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossi%27s">Rossi's. </a>I chose the natural flavour whilst G went for the peppermint and chocolate chip. So light and creamy. Delish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cooking - on Thursday I cooked a chicken curry using coconut yogurt for the sauce instead of coconut milk and as both G and S liked it that's one new recipe which will find it's place in the new weekly menu. G has lost another 5lb this week and there are many more new recipes still to try.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Walking - around Weymouth trying to see as much as possible during our weekend stay. The area around the harbour was very picturesque.</span></div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-73988142472653588862018-09-10T15:12:00.003+01:002018-10-21T18:34:42.727+01:001st-9th September<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week I have been </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reading - a Lidl magazine which was posted through the door. Liking the look of these cookie based bats for Halloween.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cooking - a couple of new things. <a href="http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/turkey-chilli">This turkey chilli</a> was a huge hit and will definitely be made again. G has joined Slimming World and has lost 5lb in his first week. I'm in the process of working out weekly menu plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Feeling - proud and anxious on S's first day of the new academic year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That first morning S was up before me and had a big smile on her face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She wasn't quite as happy to be called out of bed the rest of the week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Due to the problems she has had over the past year I was feeling more than a little anxious as the week progressed but I'm thrilled to say all went well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He said he had bought me something he thought I would like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like it very much and was really very touched that he thought of buying it for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wondering - if it's too early to add the pumpkins to the mantle along with the toadstools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Watching - Strictly Come Dancing to see who got paired up with who and how they all performed in that first team dance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This windmill is just a 5 minute drive away from us and yet we've never taken S here. When we got there they were conducting tours but we had just missed the start of one so we wandered off to a stroll in the woods. When we got back the sails were turning and the tours had ended so we sat and enjoyed watching the windmill in motion whilst sipping hot chocolate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enjoying - crossing a couple of jobs off the long to do list. I painted the skirting board in the bathroom so now we are one step closer to getting the flooring down and having a room finished. Such a good feeling.</span></div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-26113754760584722502018-08-30T19:11:00.000+01:002018-09-02T09:01:24.952+01:00August<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So here we are at the end of August. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just another couple of days left before that first day of school feeling hits and S stands by our front door for the traditional photo shoot and heads off on the start of a new academic year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The weather has been good during the summer break. S has been out and about meeting up with friends at local parks, she's been to the cinema a couple of times, mooched around town, been trampolining, met my mum for lunch, had friends to stay and gone on a sleepover.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plus in the middle of the holidays we had our own holiday when we took the Eurostar to Belgium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have well and truly fallen out of the blogging habit this month which is a shame as it meant I have missed the 10th anniversary of when I started recording our lives here at Jumble and Jelly. Although I don't post as regularly now as I did when the children were younger I can't imagine stopping because it's so lovely having a record of us and the things we do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am borrowing an idea I have seen on Pinterest and decided to write a round up of August using a series of prompts. An idea I can see me taking forward into the next decade of blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A French Affair by Katie Fforde. I took this away with me and read most of it on the train journey to and from Brussels. I wanted something which would be light and easy to read and I thought the title was very apt seeing as we had to travel through France.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How did it take me until I was 50 to read this book. I loved it. L-O-V-E-D it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Serendipity, a fluffy rom com with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale as <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/serendipity-day/">18th August was Serendipity Day.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800039/">Forgetting Sarah Marshall</a> as it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Kunis">Mila Kunis'</a> birthday on 14th August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To make a jelly in a seaside sandcastle bucket for <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sandcastle-day/">Sandcastle Day.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the darn thing didn't fully set and ended up a quivering heap on the plate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made lemon rice pudding meringue as a nod to <a href="https://nationaltoday.com/national-lemon-juice-day/">Lemon Juice Day</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made S some <a href="http://www.dinner4tonight.com/grilled-macaroni-cheese-and-bacon-sandwich.html">macaroni cheese and bacon sandwiches</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also made <a href="http://www.dinner4tonight.com/honeycomb-lasagne.html">honeycomb lasagne</a> and <a href="http://www.dinner4tonight.com/ham-and-mustard-hash-with-fried-eggs.html">ham and mustard hash.</a> The lasagne will be making another appearance but the hash won't as although G liked this S didn't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We made sure we included raspberries in our picnic lunch in Antwerp as this was the closest we could get for <a href="https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-raspberries-n-cream-day-august-7/">Raspberries and Cream Day.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Belgian fries. G liked them, S and I weren't that fussed. But the waffles. Well what can I say, we all loved those.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Silly things with my lovely daughter. It may not look it in this photo but she was laughing as much as me and G whilst we were posing for this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To Belgium. We stayed in Brussels and had day trips to Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges. We had a great time and I would thoroughly recommend a trip to Belgium to anyone considering it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One evening a couple of weeks ago we met up with some with friends and we took ourselves off to a local green where we enjoyed fish and chips for our tea. Their younger children played with S and we sat around chatting about this and that. A perfect way to unwind after a day at work and spend a relaxing summers evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On a great clue solving day out to Lymington. The <a href="https://www.treasuretrails.co.uk/">treasure trail </a>took us around the town as we worked our way through the puzzles. We got the answer wrong, but we didn't care as we had great fun trying to solve the mystery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let me introduce you to the latest member of our family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He's 18 months old and needed a new home. How could we resist?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was already named Rocky and of course we had to keep it but within a day or so we were calling him Rocky Road. Due to the fact he is always around your feet, especially when you are trying to walk down the stairs he is now being called Rocky Road Trip Hazard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Annoyed is how I was feeling a week or so ago after I discovered that now S's school will only allow girls to wear on of two 'official' style skirts I am expected to pay out £22.50 to purchase one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The reason this new school uniform rule is being introduced is because other girls were wearing skirts which were too short and didn't comply with the rules. So now the school have decided that all girls have to wear one of the skirts they deem as acceptable. Never mind that many girls did wear skirts which were within the uniform guidelines. It makes me so cross.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and a bottle green scarf in homage of <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-scout-scarf-day/">Word Scout Scarf Day.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This month marked the 10th anniversary of when we lost our dearest Dad. It feels utterly impossible that so long has passed since then. I still miss his dreadfully but will ever be thankful that he was my Dad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If I would find a lion suitable to photograph on <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lion-day/">World Lion Day</a> and then finding this smiling face on a door not far from the apartment we were staying in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I bought this Shaky album for 1 Euro whilst we were in Ghent. Bargain I'd say.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We used the cover for this year's take on <a href="https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-vinyl-record-day-august-12/">Vinyl Record Day.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although it hasn't happened as yet, in actual fact we're off to it tomorrow evening, G and I will be listening and warbling away when we go to Sing Along with Grease. Can't wait, what a way to end the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's all just a bit of fun G said to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nestled inside amongst a lot of shredded paper were the presents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They were all tagged and had to be opened in a specific order as G had bought gifts representing (mostly each 21st July) from 1968 when I was born until my 16th birthday in 1984.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1968- the song which was No 1 in charts on the day I was born. Des O'Connor and I Pretend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Sunday Times Magazine, printed with my birth date. I love the photo on the front and hope to get this framed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1969- when the world was glued to the TV and radio listening for updates on the moon landing I was having my first birthday. I now have a copy of the Daily Telegraph from when I was one. As you may know we like a good jigsaw here and this one we will save and be doing on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1970- Number one on my 2nd birthday was In the Summertime</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and where better to spend it than the beach so we have a night away to look forward to!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1971- A bit of glam rock with T-Rex at number 1 on my 3rd birthday</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and just look at the main article highlight in this paper printed on my birthday!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1972- He was bound to show up sooner or later, number one on my 4th birthday was Donny Osmond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1973- G chose to go with number 1 in the album chart for this year because of the David Essex link and so I now have a copy of That'll Be The Day along with the Look In magazine also showing the date of my 5th birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1974- I cried so much when I opened this Simplicity dressmaking pattern book. Although it isn't from 1974 it's what this represents which is so important to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we were little my 2 sisters and I would spend hours upon hours cutting up old editions of these catalogues. We would use these 'cut outs' to play beauty contests with. So many memories. G said this took such a long time to track down as they are quite hard to find. I'm so glad he was able to find this one. A very special gift indeed and I cried an awful lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1975- Oh how I loved the Bay City Rollers. G bought this satin scarf off of a lady who stitched it together the night before she went to see them play live back in the 70s. Along with the scarf I also now have the single which was number one on my 7th birthday and the July edition of the Rollers magazine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I should also mention here that later on in the day I found out that my sister's are taking me to see the band play live! The only original member of the Rollers in the band these days is Les but I don't mind about that, I'm just so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1976- More David Essex, let's face it, you can never have too much! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1978- I loved Grease from the very first second I saw it on the screen at the cinema. As well as You're The One That I Want, number one on my 10th birthday, G bought me this picture of Sandy and Danny singing that song surrounded by original film cells from the movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1979- a copy of the Radio Times for 21st July 1979 would have cost you 14p. What a bargain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and these two items of clothing which actually belonged to me and I used to wear!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparently G consulted my sisters and T, my best friend from school, to help him in his gift quest. During a conversation with T she told him that during the early 90s I had lent her this pink jacket and trousers as she and a friend were going to a 1980s fancy dress party. Her friend was a similiar size to me but had nothing suitable to wear. T has kept them since then, always meaning to give them back but just never getting round to it. The jacket is from Etam and the trousers from Chelsea Girl. The jacket still fits but the trousers go nowhere near me!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I unwrapped these clothes I remembered them instantly although I hadn't seen them for near on 30 years. Again they bought memories, and the tears, flooding back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As if these gifts weren't enough there was still one more. The final item in the box was a sheet of paper which had a crossword printed on it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Solving the clues revealed that G had arranged for me to go and visit my lovely friend S in Virginia after first spending time in Washington.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cue more tears.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn't want to appear ungrateful but how could I go on a trip alone to such a beautiful part of the USA, steeped in so much history, when I knew G would love it all too. I couldn't envisage returning and saying 'I've seen this and that' and 'we went here and there' and therefore not having shared memories of all these places.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S has been incredibly generous and said the invitation is open to me, G and S should that work better for us and for a time which suits us all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the moment I'm not sure of the who, how and when as we have had so many things going on and we have only been back a week from a really fabulous holiday in Belgium, but plans will be made you can be sure of that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday 15th was another weird and wonderful day. Who would have ever thought there'd be a <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/gummi-worm-day/">Gummi Worm Day</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Pinterest I found instructions for making 'dirt cups', which is just Angel Delight and crushed Oreos layered in a glass dish. Jelly worms were added to look like they were slithering out of the earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers">Ginger Rogers</a>' birthday on 16th July G and I watched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall_We_Dance_(1937_film)">Shall We Dance</a>. The story line was ridiculously flimsy but the dancing was sublime, especially this roller skating scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next up are three food based days. Tuesday 17th was <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/peach-ice-cream-day/">Peach Ice Cream day.</a> I made some ice cream and up until now I had completely forgotten it's the in freezer what with everything that's been going on. I guess we should try some soon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday 18th was <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hot-dog-day/">Hot Dog Day </a>so this meant there was only one choice for our evening meal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday 19th was Ice Cream Day. I knew what I wanted to do for this day and because I didn't want to run the risk of it being a cloud free day I made sure I got some photos a little ahead of time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">G and I were very pleased with our efforts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The day before my birthday I had intended to mark by <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-jump-day/">jumping.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew there had been a photographer called <a href="http://philippehalsman.com/?image=jumps">Phillippe Halsman</a> who at the end of photography sessions would ask his subjects to jump and he would snap them as they did so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He believed this act would reveal more of the genuine character of a person than the polished and styled one they may want to project to the public.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this is such an interesting idea.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may not have found the time to physically jump but I spent all day metaphorically jumping for joy at all the surprises my work colleagues laid on for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arrived at work to be greeted by colleagues singing Happy Birthday and my desk covered in banners and primary coloured paper decorations, cards and presents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the time ticked round to lunchtime they surprised me further when a table full of food suddenly appeared and we all enjoyed a buffet of party food. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my colleagues is an extremely talented cake maker and she made me this vanilla sponge cake. I told her it was the prettiest cake anyone has ever made me ever.</span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-52596896161546696112018-08-01T20:59:00.000+01:002018-08-03T08:50:09.762+01:00Malcolm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last week we had to say goodbye to our beloved Malcolm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He wasn't at all well during Sunday night and G took him to the vets first thing Monday morning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He had blood tests. They thought it may be his thyroid but that came back all clear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Could be the start of an infection they said.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They also mentioned a possible issue with his heart.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He had a injection.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was not himself Monday or Tuesday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wednesday he seemed a little better and ate breakfast which something more like his usual enthusiasm for food.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But Thursday he took a turn for the worse and we needed an</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> emergency appointment at the vets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S decided she wanted to come with me and I prepared her as best I could for what was likely to happen. She was incredibly brave.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I held Malcolm close and talked to him as he went to asleep and we were given a few minutes alone with him afterwards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loving them as much as we do we make that decision because we can't let them suffer and that's the thing you have to keep reminding yourself when you are missing them so very much.</span><br />
<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-31156555950902544012018-07-12T18:42:00.000+01:002018-07-12T18:46:32.533+01:00Classic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As there wasn't time on Tuesday to go out somewhere and eat we ate our picnic indoors instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The reason we couldn't have a lazy picnic in the park was because we were going to our last therapy appointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a very enriching experience and I'm heartily glad we did it together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">G has read the book and it's sat on our bookshelves for a couple of years waiting for me to pick it up and read it too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So yesterday I made a start, when I just couldn't bear watching anymore of the England football semi final.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can't quite remember what the occasion was but the company gave each member of staff a piece of Jasper jewellery as a thank you gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The firm's founder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Wedgwood">Josiah Wedgwood</a> was born on 12th July and so today I wore the necklace I had been given.</span></div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-25733203837504706632018-07-09T14:34:00.000+01:002018-07-09T14:34:23.730+01:00Pucker Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have enjoyed many of his movies, but honestly those phone ads are just dreadful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Cartland">Barbara Cartland's</a> birthday. My plan had been to wear a pink outfit as it was Ms Cartland's trademark colour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I am admitting defeat due to the weather. I don't have many pink items in my wardrobe and the ones I was planning to wear would have just made me feel too darn hot so instead later on this evening when I sit down to relax with a cuppa I'll nibble on a pink fancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-wafer-day/">Bikini Day</a> on 5th July is being marked with the consumption of these itsy bitsy teeny weeny sugar sprinkled biscuit bikini tops which S and I made together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The inspiration came from this <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/180355160060117210/">pin</a>. How clever of someone to have seen a heart shaped cookie cutter and think 'I know what I can make with that'.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-29327195006342797172018-07-04T16:31:00.002+01:002018-07-04T16:31:49.586+01:004th July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some dates the choice of occasion to go for is obvious.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For 4th July it had to be American Independence Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorted.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-27712223309816842462018-07-03T19:41:00.002+01:002018-07-03T19:41:53.298+01:00One, Two, Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday 1st July was <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/build-a-scarecrow-day/">Build A Scarecrow Day</a> and I took inspiration from Worzel Gummidge, the greatest scarecrow of them all, and enjoyed a cup of tea and a slice of cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks back I bought a new diary and spent a little time on <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/i-forgot-day/">I Forgot Day</a> to write in all the birthdays and other such important dates which I don't want to forget!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once home from work today I settled down on the sofa for a spot of tennis watching. A cuppa in one hand and a <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-wafer-day/">Chocolate Wafer</a> in the other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was followed by <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-pudding-day/">Chocolate Pudding Day</a> on 26th. I have a ton of recipes I could have baked but I had no inclination to stand in a hot kitchen so cheated and went for the simple and cooler option in the form of this yogurt. It was very tasty and is something which will now be a regular feature in our shopping basket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have used my mini sunglasses brooch in my daily activities on a previous occasion but it is too cute not to have worn for Sunglasses Day. Due to this I also marked <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/2018/06/27/">Pineapple Day</a> on 27th by switching my phone case to this new one which is suitably tropical for the day and the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We stay with the accessories for the next two days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are You Being Served's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inman">John Inman</a> was born on 28th June and his character was often seen sporting a tape machine around his neck, ready to whip off for a bit of inside leg measurement taking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/camera-day/">Camera Day</a> was on Friday 29th. I still remember how excited I was to receive my very first camera as a birthday present. It was a Halina camera with a great big green button on the top to press when taking the photo and when you wanted to take a photo with a flash you had to attach the bulb separately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">G was away at a music festival this weekend and I had ordered <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039840/">this</a> movie to settle down and watch on Saturday night to mark the birthday of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hayward">Susan Hayward</a>. It didn't arrive in time so maybe we'll end up watching it together at some point soon.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-68636268210389220002018-06-25T16:54:00.000+01:002018-06-25T16:54:24.045+01:00Other Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I showed him a picture on Pinterest of a wooden pallet converted into a planter and within an hour he had created one from a pallet we had in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From old bits of pieces of fencing a neighbour was chucking out G has made this little shelter for his bike. The long stick on the left was bought back home by T years ago after we all went out for a walk and it's lovely it's been incorporated in the design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not just the back garden G has been busy, he has also built a fence along the wall in the front garden to corral all our bins together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the original art work used to advertise a church fete we popped along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a lovely walk to the church and came home with two jigsaws</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two books read, both which has been on my bookshelf for the longest time. I've never read a Mavis Cheek book which I didn't enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one of Katie Fforde's was more enjoyable than the last couple of her I've read and I think it may be because it's not such a recent publication.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We got caught up in severe delays from Waterloo on the way home and didn't get in until 11.45 which made for a very long day indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday we went to <a href="http://www.eastleighunwrapped.com/">Eastleigh Unwrapped.</a> We've been going to this free arts festival for a few years now and it's always a great day out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our highlight this year was the <a href="http://www.eastleighunwrapped.com/shows">Happy Feet</a> show of 100 dances in 100 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A new addition to my dresser is this jug I bought whilst we were out on Saturday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has an Emma Bridgewater look to it and looks fab with my EB heart cup and saucer, but there aren't any markings on the bottom so I have no idea where it originally came from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought that it was held on 2nd June but in fact the 1st June is <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/doughnut-day/">Doughnut Day</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I got this breakfast idea from Emily who posts on Instagram under <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whatiateforbreakfast/?hl=en">What I Ate For Breakfast</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The following day (6th June) was <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/applesauce-cake-day/">Apple Sauce Cake Day</a> and if you click on that link it will take you to the recipe I used to bake this beauty. So quick and easy and one of the most delicious cakes I've ever baked. The recipe suggests using cinnamon but S isn't keen so I just used mixed spice instead. We use golden granulated sugar at home and I think this helped give the cake an extra boost in flavour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For <a href="https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-meat-free-day/">World Meat Free Day</a> I made myself and G these Marmite and mushroom tarts from details posted by another Instagrammer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kateveggiedesserts/?hl=en">kateveggiedesserts</a>. G doesn't like Marmite so I didn't tell him it was included, it just enhanced the flavour. Next time I shall add some cheese.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to do one of these album cover photos back on 23rd April for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> birthday but wasn't able to find a suitable record.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then whilst on the look out for one for Barry I found the perfect one as it had her face on both the front and back cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but with the photo on the back we were able to produce this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it was worth waiting for!!!</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-85038354841479794332018-06-14T18:21:00.001+01:002018-06-14T18:21:20.039+01:00An Ambush of Tigers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the children were much younger books featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mog_(Judith_Kerr)">Mog the cat </a>and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Who-Came-Tea/dp/0007215991">The Tiger Who Came To Tea</a> were firm favourites.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a wonderful memory of going to see the stage show of <a href="https://www.fromtheboxoffice.com/city/2957-london/JJ60-the-tiger-who-came-to-tea/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyPzq-cnT2wIVz0PTCh2IJApOEAAYASAAEgJz5vD_BwE">The Tiger Who Came To Tea</a> with T and S and us all joining in with some tiger aerobics. If you have young ones and you get the chance to go and see this show then do, you won't be disappointed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To mark the birthday of <a href="http://judith%20kerr/">Judith Kerr</a> today me, G and S have each made our version of The Tiger.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mine is on the left and looks a bit like an owl.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">G's in the middle looks like a fluffy pussy cat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">S's on the right is definitely the most like the original tiger.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-53646681637078370592018-06-12T22:19:00.000+01:002018-06-12T22:19:39.950+01:00Roses are Red<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-51839557926552612832018-06-07T17:27:00.001+01:002018-06-07T17:29:20.665+01:00Circular Walk in Brockenhurst<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not going to say too much about the walk we did in Brockenhurst on Sunday, I'll just let the photos do the talking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We ambled and strolled and because it was so very hot we took frequent drinks breaks meaning instead of the recommended 2 hours it took us 3, but we weren't in a rush so that didn't matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can tell from the photos there weren't many other people around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are very lucky to have such beautiful countryside just half an hours train ride from home.</span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800848380760621975.post-48549112312214582018-06-05T22:26:00.000+01:002018-06-05T22:26:05.326+01:00Oxford was our Third Choice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst S was off having fun in Paris G and I were going to go off and have fun in London.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We booked a night away through Air BnB but unfortunately the host needed us to change our arrival time to one which just didn't work for us so, mutually, we decided to cancel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then spent some time pouring over a railway map to help us decide on an alternative destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frome was chosen and new plans were made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the day before we were due to go the host, very apologetically, cancelled due to a double booking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at the weather forecast things didn't bode well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rain and thunderstorms were predicted for lots of areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it looked like if we headed east instead of west we should be ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea of a night away was shelved and a day trip to Oxford was our new plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With no set plan beforehand we ended up having a wonderful day out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On arriving in Oxford we made our way from the train station towards the city centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we walked over a bridge I spotted one of my favourite things, an information board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On investigation it showed a map for the <a href="http://www.oxfordcanalheritage.org/oxford-canal-heritage-trail">Oxford Canal Heritage Trail</a>, it looked interesting so we set off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trail is 3km long and we didn't make it quite to the end as we wanted to make sure we had time to see other parts of the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are ever in the area then I would definitely recommend wandering along the towpath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can also recommend <a href="https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/places/food-and-drink/delicatessens/t24-p564/the-hayfield-deli">The Hayfield Deli</a> should you need some refreshment along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To combat problems with graffiti in their local area a <a href="http://www.decreate.co.uk/?portfolio=oxford-canal-murals">project </a>was undertaken to decorate Frenchay bridge with various murals. This a snapshot of just a few of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took a bus back into the centre and were enticed into visiting <a href="https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/">Balliol College gardens</a> after seeing this tantalising glimpse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The weather was kind to us all day, no rain or storms, just wall to wall sunshine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">onto our next discovery which was the <a href="https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/">Botanic Gardens</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The huge glasshouses were fascinating, this is where we saw the tiny pineapples and the cotton plants.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beds outside were chock full of big blousey poppies which we took loads of photos of.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Situated by the river it really would be a perfect spot to enjoy a picnic lunch.</span><br />
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