Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Generally I don’t as I think they set you up for failure. Instead I choose a word to live by. My word for 2016 is PLAN! I always seem to be juggling lots of things. The children, the house, my blogs, the PTA, the choir I joined this year and the sewing projects which keep me sane. I like to think I’m pretty organised, how else would I keep all those plates from spinning, but next year I want to start using a proper Planner. Up to now I’ve survived using the Evernote App…
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I’m sure I’m not the only person to be 100% freaked out by the phenomenon that is facebook. Friends Reunited – fine; Twitter – fine; MySpace – fine; but facebook is just too freaky. I am tagging people that I haven’t seen since High School, Uni and previous jobs that I haven’t spoken to in years. And, quite frankly, if we haven’t spoken in years, surely that was for a reason?! The more time I spend on it, the more friends I find, and subsequently find out what they are up to. It feels like school all over again. Am…
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Today the weather has been BEAUTIFUL for once, lovely and sunny and hot. We made the most of it and went for a long walk in West Wight. We started off at Yarmouth and after buying some lunch in a little deli headed off into the countryside. We managed 5 miles, passing through the outskirts of Freshwater, stopping off for lunch at Golden Hill Fort, before admiring the view and some scary military-looking architecture outside Fort Victoria. 4 hours later and we were back in Yarmouth eating some delicious Minghella ice-cream and feeling pretty pleased with ourselves.
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I have been too busy to blog lately. I spent last week on the Isle of Wight scouring charity shops for lovely vintage fabrics, doing lots of touristy things like Brading Roman Villa and The Brading Experience and spending lots of time with my mum, sister and nieces. I also bought some lovely Japanese magazines from ebay which I haven’t had the time to read. I’m hoping I can have a look through them before my new books arrive from Amazon. Finally I tried to apply for my provisional driving licence so I can have some more driving lessons. Then…
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Hooray, almost the end of my first day being 30. I had lots of presents including a nice new Orla Kiely handbag and necklace. I had lunch with my workmates and saw Spamalot this evening. Exhausting but lovely.
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literally and figuratively as today is the last day of my second decade. I was fortunate to take a trip on the Piccadilly Line to Cockfosters for the first time. I was on a course at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture which has a fab museum display and shop!
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A late night after too many pints at the Prince Albert, Notting Hell. Thank god it’s friday.
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We’ve had a busy few days; watched Keane play at Wembley, my sister visited, saw the Kylie exhibition at the V&A and caught up with some old school friends. Today we braved Brent Cross and spent over 4 hours shopping for curtain fabric! Weekends should be as long as weeks!
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We have now been in our new house a whole month. We under-estimated just how many trips we’d make to B&Q and the list of jobs done is keeping up with the list of things to be done. The back door has been replaced, the bath re-sealed, exterior lights fitted at the front and back, the garden fence replaced and half a tree cut down. We have paid for the pleasure of visits from the boiler man, shower man and gardener. The boiler was condemned, the shower was basically condemned, and the gardener pissed behind the shed when he thought…