tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266850992012-02-02T17:36:29.838Zlyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.comBlogger11921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-72919689471784486782012-02-02T17:36:00.000Z2012-02-02T17:36:29.845Z

There is something in the air, a strange feeling of anticipation. All winter has been fairly mild, but the first few days it has been very clear and quite cold. I have had to scrape the car and the thickness of the frost has been quite impressive!! The photo above was the frost on the roof of my car!! This afternoon I received a Met office alert predicting snow throughout the Eastern area (and

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Last week I tried painting a design on a sheet of glass, and then sandwiching it between two pieces of glass. It was then fused. When it started out it was blue, green,brown and yellow, as you can see the brown turned into green and the yellow washed out. But I am still pleased with the result. I don't think that Wedgwood or Royal Doulton have anything to worry about!!! I have decided to slump

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I have had a very productive weekend on the bead front. It has been a few weeks since I was able to get back to the torch so it was nice to spend a bit of time having a go!! I really feel that I have started to make progress, I have a large lentil press and all of a sudden I am able to make lentil shaped beads on a regular basis, which is such a relief!! I am even happier with these, I have not

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Tonight I am pleased to report that Mum has arrived home. Just like all the small things in the NHS it was traumatic and long winded. The return to home process started yesterday. She was prepared for the off in the morning, bags packed dressed and sat in a chair waiting for 'transport' . There she sat all day, fretting and uncomfortable waiting for the trip home. Eventually they told her at 8pm

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-70735862744468717502012-01-23T23:36:00.000Z2012-01-23T23:36:38.820Z

Mondays seem to come around very quickly, already we have done three weeks on our course. Tonight the instructor arrived late as she had unfortunately had an accident in her car. She was distraught (as you might expect) but she wouldn't go home and leave us to it. Poor thing, cars a write off but she and her other half are OK thank goodness.  So we eagerly looked on the shelves to see what had

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-35779751585773302362012-01-21T21:33:00.001Z2012-01-21T23:03:26.814Z

I am glad that this week is drawing to an end its has been a very busy one. I have had a full week at work with lots of different meetings and cases to deal with and all the time we have been helping Laura decorate and get ready for her house move. All week Tom has been at the new flat with Laura painting and cleaning, gloss and emulsion its been a massive job and its still not fully finished .

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Last week I attended my very first kiln formed glass session. I made 5 coasters by way of experiment and I went back last night to see the results. Well it was a mixed bunch but on balance I am happy with them for a first go!! The one on the left above originally started out as an experiment, copper oxide for bubbles plus I made some small copper coils. I squashed them down and spread them

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This weekend it has been action stations, trying to get Laura's new flat into some sort of condition to move into. We got together a band of people to help us and we went in and started on the place. Every room needed painting. The painting was yellow from previous smokers. It took an age to scrub everything off. The windows, the walls, the ceilings, everything was covered in it. The decorating

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-65211108975886399752012-01-10T22:32:00.000Z2012-01-10T22:32:19.528Z

I have always wanted to say that I have been to Uni, last night I got my wish and I started on an evening course called 'Kiln formed Glass' ! I was soooooo excited to be trying out another form of glass work.Debbie and I arrived early in completely the wrong place and eventually found where we needed to go. Our tutor was waiting for us in the Art and Design Faculty (get me all technical and

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As part of Beth and Tom's Christmas present I bought them tickets to the FA Cup third round tie between Peterborough and Sunderland which is being played at Peterborough. Its not too far away, around an hours drive, so they went off this morning planning to grab a bite to eat before heading into the ground for a 3.30pm kick off. Beth has been very excited and has texted me on and off all day. So

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-70769126587631432642012-01-06T22:39:00.000Z2012-01-06T22:39:22.392Z

It was bad enough to have to return to work after New Year, but I have come down with an awful, cold/sore throat/cough thing. The full works with headache and feeling shivery. So for the first time in a long time I have had to take a couple of days off sick. I would like to say I am feeling better but I'm not :( could be a long weekend in bed for me. My friend who we spent New Year with is also

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-70556836514589314372012-01-03T08:45:00.000Z2012-01-03T08:45:44.504Z

Well there goes another Christmas holiday, all my plans of having a nice break with a bit of time to do some glassy stuff has passed me by in a whirl of hospital visits, shopping trips and housework. We had some good times, visits from and to friends and getting Dad out of hospital were the high points, spending Boxing day in A and E was a low point, I am hoping that one isn't turning into a

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Last night we went to celebrate New Year with our long long time friends Madeline, John and Grace. Every New year for as long as I can remember we have been to them or them to us. Lately since the kids have been older we have had a theme and last nights was 'Chavs' . So bring on the baseball caps, chunky chains, tattoos, red lip stick. tracky bottoms, high heel shoes, the works!!!  I went as an

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-74956194307939593812011-12-31T13:30:00.001Z2011-12-31T13:50:03.445Z

Here we are again, New Years Eve, the whole year stretching out ahead of us full of promise of excitement and new things to see and do. I am looking forward to the holidays we have planned, an 8 night cruise to the Fjords with our friends Madeline and John, a couple of weeks in Ireland with the family (booked for 5 of us but who knows how many will end up coming along!!) I have Mr Tesco to thank

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-84175649086675633112011-12-30T13:14:00.000Z2011-12-30T13:14:42.476Z

Its been an 'odd' Christmas to say the very least. We have had all the usual good stuff such as the very nice tins of Roses and other sweeties, we have had all the other stuff to deal with as well.  Because of the situation with Mum and Dad we have been busy and trying to sort things out to everyones satisfaction. Dad has had an op, but this has not worked. They had assumed due to his

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Christmas started well, we had a great afternoon/evening                                           on Christmas Eve with our friends Tina, Rod, Emma, Stuart, Dan, Kate and Bobbie. We had dinner and settled down to get the weekend off to a great start with a few drinks and some board games. Bobbie wasn't keen on eating her tea, so she spent a fair bit of time trying to avoid eating. When she

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Christmas time, a time for partying and having fun, well I have already started!!! Yesterday we had our 'works' do, a nice meal followed by a few drinks. This was followed by some of the 'ladies' trying out one of the gifts. We always exchange joke presents, a mixture of home made and shop bought funnies. Well the biggest hit was a double seated space hopper !!! I am not really sure what

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-12035626701951936092011-12-19T08:28:00.002Z2011-12-19T08:28:48.916Z

Where has the weekend gone?? We had a great night around Rick and Dinas, not seen them for a while we got there around 6.30 and before we knew it it was 1.30am!! There was much laughing (mainly at Dina and Hillary who were in combat over the 'rules' of a board game) It was very entertaining.  The food was lovely and company great. When we left theirs in the early hours we had to content

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We have planted the Christmas tree in the living room so its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Tom got the boxes of decorations out of the loft and we were a bit shocked to find that a few things had been nibbled!! So it looks like we may well have a mice up there again. I think that they get up the cavity wall into the loft. We haven't heard anything but there was definite evidence

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-46312752991671860672011-12-13T08:36:00.002Z2011-12-13T08:36:45.165Z

I have tried to be organised this year and make my own Christmas cards. I enjoy making them but always seem to run out of time. So this year I took them with me when we went on our cruise in May and made them then!! I have quite a lot of Christmas paper and last year in the sales I found the toppers, so it was a construction job with a bit of glitter and ink!! It was quite easy

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-8596337410817380532011-12-11T16:56:00.001Z2011-12-11T17:00:29.162Z

Every year I like to take a few shots to mark Christmas, usually I try to take them a little earlier so that I can include some of them in relatives Christmas cards. With one thing and another they have been seriously delayed this year so I will just keep them for scrap booking!! Last night on the way home I popped into Martins and bought a magazine, the guy on the counter was giving

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-44657626016040255952011-12-10T16:55:00.001Z2011-12-10T17:32:45.933Z

This year I have spent quite a while in Amsterdam this year, but this was the first time that I had been there at night! Most people associate Amsterdam with the Red Light District and although we were fairly close to part of that, it wasn't too obtrusive and photographs are positively discouraged in those areas!! There were still plenty of pretty evening scenes to take in. The photo above

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-34095973509884850242011-12-08T21:49:00.001Z2011-12-08T22:17:00.190Z

On the last morning in Amsterdam we called into a department store and went to the Christmas shop. They had a stunning array of decorations in all sorts of colours. I found a couple which I bought as a souvenir of my time away, but I was also a bit cheeky and snuck a few photos with my iPhone! Although they were beautiful they were also very very expensive. I loved the pink ones above

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-92229971855884421282011-12-07T13:45:00.001Z2011-12-07T15:03:25.152Z

 Strange how time seems to fly and already we are heading towards Christmas! For the past goodness knows how long I have had a pre Christmas trip with three of my girl friends. This tradition started when the children were young and we managed to sneak a weekend away at Centre Parks, but as we have got older the lure of throwing ourselves down water chutes in freezing cold weather has

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-72162203517573742342011-11-30T22:22:00.001Z2011-11-30T22:51:25.984Z

Today I worked very hard, starting at 6.15am and not finishing until it was late. It was cold and it was windy. I wasn't paid for this work. I stood up and let people know that I think the deal offered by this government to make me work longer, pay more and take home less of a pension was not something I consider to be a good deal. In the proposals I miss out in every single way. I earn '

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-63166601134521388172011-11-28T08:29:00.001Z2011-11-28T08:37:10.029Z

I have been having a go with my new torch, its super speedy and sometimes its a bit too fast for me!!! So its been a case of practicing until I make something I like. I have tried some different shapes and sizes. The beauty of this new torch is that it assists rather than hinder, I have tried out different glass and for the first time I have managed to make transparent glass look OK. I need

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-38995036175969106872011-11-26T10:25:00.001Z2011-11-26T10:38:54.489Z

Happy Birthday Beth!! Beth is now 15 and my run of family birthdays has come to an end until next year. Beth was very lucky to have received a beautiful birthday 'cupcake' from the resident Copperfields baker, our neighbour Karen. She really did a fantastic job, just look at all that Delicious icing sprinkled with red sugar hearts, Mmmmm!!! It was a huge hit, we took some around to

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-29647363713375211042011-11-21T08:07:00.000Z2011-11-21T08:07:48.833Z

I nearly always have my trusty IPhone with me and since up grading the camera is really quite good. Still not brilliant at reducing camera shake but much better than the first version. I went for a walk yesterday and tried it out on a few of the remaining leaves. I was particularly pleased with this one, its really close up and you can see the little hairs on the edge of the leaves, I

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-72265698593752105262011-11-19T16:17:00.001Z2011-11-19T16:39:21.440Z

This morning I was surprised to receive a lovely bouquet of flowers from Mum and Dad. I've not had flowers for a while now so it was great to have something to brighten up the house. This morning I was woken by the sound of workmen, Dad was having his fence replaced and Uncle Ed, Daniel and their friend Lee came over and started work. During the week I had ordered the panels, and new

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-85500010857089029452011-11-17T21:22:00.001Z2011-11-17T21:37:21.242Z

We finally packed up our boxes and took them down to the shoe shop. As we arrived the collection lorry turned up and all the shoe boxes were loaded onto a cage, cling filmed into place and loaded onto the lorry. I spoke to the man who was collecting and he said that there were 61 from the shop and that these were all going to be heading for Swaziland. I had thought that they were all headed

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-42532481202631549842011-11-15T09:00:00.000Z2011-11-15T09:00:07.221Z

Beth and I try and do a shoebox for Christmas, most years we are able to do that. Last year we were tripped up by the date and missed the deadline. We are better prepared this year!!! The idea is that you wrap up a shoe box in Christmas wrapping paper and then you fill it with little gifts suitable for the age group that you choose. This year we have chosen and boy and a girl in the 5 to

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-69037926495078091302011-11-13T22:06:00.001Z2011-11-13T22:19:51.968Z

This past year there seems to have been a huge increase in Magpies. I have put a bird table in my garden with fat balls, seeds and a string of peanuts. The Magpies came down and demolished the fat balls, nicked the whole string of peanuts, including the string! Finally they all tried to hop on board and knocked over the bird table. Now the leaves have gone I was surprised to see this lot

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-24522967279810532202011-11-12T08:35:00.001Z2011-11-12T09:18:45.271Z

This time last week we were starting out on our adventure in fact we were nearly there. This weekend I am in the process of trying to recreate the set up from last week!! During the week Debbie and I decided to upgrade our hot heads to Minors which means we also had to take the plunge and buy an oxygen supply to go with it.  Our equipment arrived during the week in several huge boxes. There is

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-20576726629785293592011-11-07T20:37:00.000Z2011-11-07T20:37:14.233Z

This weekend my friend Debbie and I went on a course to learn how to make beautiful beads and fantastic jewelery. It was a very intensive and informative weekend and I would love to be able to do it all over again. We went to Malvern setting off at 6am Saturday morning. We arrived for business around 9am and got down to it at 10am with a cup of tea and an introduction to the Lusherie and

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Well Halloween was great there were loads and loads of really cute little kids all dressed up. We had loads and loads of people calling most were with their parents. I went around with Beth and the neighbours and between them they had quite a haul of sweeties!! I think that this year is likely to be the last one that Beth does, she was more of a supervisor this time rather that a taking in

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-59548860931717141402011-11-02T08:30:00.000Z2011-11-02T08:30:02.480Z

We have been very lucky with the weather this autumn, we have had lots of warm gorgeous day and the trees have been stunning and very colourful. There are lots of berries on all sorts of trees I hope that isn't a sign of a hard winter last winter was tough enough!! This time of the year is special, all of our children are born in the autumn and I can still remember going

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-75201336367484377482011-10-31T10:00:00.000Z2011-10-31T10:00:10.326Z

Here we are again, Halloween. I really enjoy this celebration and love going out with Beth and the other kids in the street watching while they do their trick and treating. Last week we had a little party and our neighbour helped all of the little children that she child minds to scoop out a pumpkin and make a 'Jack O Lantern'. One of the little ones told his Dad that he had great fun

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-89781023765792176402011-10-29T20:04:00.000+01:002011-10-29T20:05:57.093+01:00

For the past few weeks at work we have been lucky, lucky because Barb makes cakes and Lauren has decided to join in as well.  Barb had to make a coffee cake, but she doesn't like coffee so she tested it on us, being a bunch of honest people we kept telling her it wasn't quite right so off she went and and made another and another. We eventually had to own up and tell her they were all perfectly

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-52958709012558910722011-10-23T23:35:00.002+01:002011-10-23T23:35:41.319+01:00

When we were in Holland I decided to buy a chandelier for our bedroom. I had seen it years before and wished I had bought it then, so after thinking about it for years I finally made my purchase.  I thought that I had posted all about it before, but it seems I haven't, so here it is in its full glory!! As you can see its very bright and fits right in with the rest of the room!!!

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-75145888000461692542011-10-22T14:18:00.000+01:002011-10-22T14:18:12.694+01:00

I am entering my busy birthday season, two down now and one to go!! On the 19th Laura turned 26. TWENTY SIX !! OMG where has all that time gone?? It really doesn't seem very long ago that she was a little girl who chatted non stop, who ran around organising everyone and everything. Now, in her own words, she is the wrong side of twenty five!! So we asked her around for her birthday tea

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-64675759555336826762011-10-16T11:17:00.000+01:002011-10-16T11:17:48.636+01:00

One of the best things about my job is that I get to attend conferences all over the country, This time it was a conference at Chester. I drove up on Wednesday and arrived late afternoon. This hotel would have been perfect for Tom as it was right next to Chester Race course.  Unfortunately on the down side it was also situated on a train line. The first night I had left the window open and

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-3932149092512335622011-10-12T09:46:00.000+01:002011-10-12T09:46:16.194+01:00

Where does the time go???Can it really be twenty one years ago that Carl was born??? I can still clearly remember the morning that it all started off and the speed it happened. Labour started around 8am I was already in hospital as my blood pressure was up. They decided that he was showing signs of distress so cranked things up, Carl was born at 11.43am. I was shocked it was a boy I had

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-4028863352887702102011-10-08T20:02:00.000+01:002011-10-08T20:02:03.806+01:00

This week has gone by in a bit of a blur, last weekend we were soaking up the last of the sunshine in the back garden and this weekend I couldn't get my washing dry!! Again its been a bit of a roller coaster ride, Dad was taken ill during the week, I was just getting ready for bed when we had the call. We ended up down the hospital where they treated him for an obstructed bowel and

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-49002300566496742982011-10-02T11:37:00.000+01:002011-10-02T11:37:10.065+01:00

Its been a while, I have no idea how life seems to take over and we end up with loads to do and not enough time to do it in. The main problem has been that Beth has wanted her room re done in a more adult style so that has involved getting rid of the high bed, which we have managed to do. That happened in a rush, I advertised it and then it was gone the same day. Tom steadily painted the room

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-42681037271125303472011-09-23T23:34:00.000+01:002011-09-23T23:35:03.232+01:00

This week seems to have flown by, last night we took a trip to Ikea in Enfield/Tottenham to measure up some furniture for Beth's soon to be newly decorated bedroom. It was the first time we have visited Ikea in Enfield and we were surprised at how close it was. We were there in 45 minutes on the way up and going home only took 30 minutes. Beth has been working hard to empty her bedroom of all

lyzzydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696932806108871836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26685099.post-56011492840049016302011-09-19T23:39:00.002+01:002011-09-20T08:28:33.770+01:00

Things are starting to look up!! Mum has now been out of hospital for a while but two weeks ago she hit a really sticky patch, a combination of the pain she was in plus a Doc who prescribed her drugs that were far too strong for the situation and that resulted in a dreadful down turn in her ability to do anything. In fact it was quite shocking to witness her decline. Mums leg had been giving her

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While away on holiday in The Netherlands we go close to lots and lots of birds. There were the usual suspects at the beach - seagulls. They were bold birds coming right up to you and looking for food. The one above stood next to me for ages, not in the slightest put off by the bloke in the below picture!!!! There seemed to be a constant show of bare bums on the beach and not just the

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On Friday Laura and I headed up to York for team building weekend. The good part was that it was Laura's team building and I was only there in a support capacity, so I could have a wander by myself . We had dinner at Ask on Friday evening which was lovely, the restaurant was spectacular huge dining room, with glass chandeliers in a previous life it must have been a grand meeting room.

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Carl has been back from his adventure in Africa for a while now and up until now I have not had the time to blog about it, so here goes!! He carried out the climb in August and we are all very proud of him.  He has said it was one of the hardest things that he has ever done and that it is unlikely to be something that he will repeat !! He said it was an eye opening experience a country of many

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One evening we all headed for the local beach, the talk of the camp was the spectacular firework display planned to start at 9.45pm. The couriers told us that we would have a good view from the local beach. So we trotted off down there to witness this spectacular. The sunset that night was outstanding..... It seemed to take ages to get dark, by the time it had we had been nibbled by the midges

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I really can't believe that three weeks off of work have flown by and tomorrow I am back into the fray, I think its going take a while to catch up on everything I am sure by lunchtime I will have forgotten my holiday!!! We took a few trips into a nearby town called Leiden, as always it was raining so we took a look around and then found the main street for a spot of retail therapy. Even though

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Since getting back the weather has been brilliant, once the washing was done we got out in the garden and started to get that into shape. Carl and Tom worked really hard putting in a border of bricks, digging up some roots that were left over and generally doing manual work. I helped by giving clear and concise directions and supplying the occasional glass of water!! I am very please with the

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I am sinking under a pile of washing that has taken over my kitchen,Its daunting at the moment as there is so much to do, We have emptied two of the cases and to add to that there is washing from Carl's Africa trip. He had made a start but there were only a couple of days between that and flying onto Amsterdam so I have a bit of a back log. I am at the stage this morning of not knowing what to do

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For the first time in an absolute age all three kids have arrived on holiday together stand by for non stop entertainment !! We collected carl from the airport after a 30 minute flight now preparing to watch the third re enactment of 'grease' the Duinrell version!!!

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Free wifi is a blessing !!! We have had a good first few days with glorious sunshine today back to form with rain!!! We have shopped in Leiden and are now heading back soaked!! Fingers crossed the weather improves . Planning on hitting Amsterdam later this week x

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This weekend I seem to have been non stop busy but I have not very much to show for it. This morning we hit Stevenage and bought bits from Poundland, home bargains and Dunelm Mill. I have put it all away and now have tomorrow to pack everything up in preparation to our few days break.I have finished the washing and tomorrow it will be go go go!!!We are still having summery weather so Beth has

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Yesterday Mum visited home for the first time since March this year!! It was a major arrangement by the Hospital. I was there when she got there in the ambulance. It took two drivers, two physios and a social worker! Once they had got her over the thresh hold in a wheel chair she was able to walk to the arm chair in the front room. She sat and had a cuppa while the physios went upstairs and

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I can't believe it was twenty five years ago that my friends Madeline and John got married. I can so clearly remember the day, I was one of the bridesmaids sporting a trendy perm, Laura was ten months old and we all had a fantastic day. Madeline wore a beautiful dress, lace and very demure. We wore jade green.I have found a few of the earlier photos.The celebrations started on the Hen Night which

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We have been having a few hot days (which have been followed by some very variable and wet days!!) Beth has been desperate for a paddling pool, so we have obtained a 'birthing pool' from Emma and set it up in the garden!!! its been there for a few days and Beth has been in everyday (as long as we top it up with hot water!!) I am quite impressed with it and I am very tempted to get myself one of

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Carl has been in Kenya for the past 5 days, he has been on a three night safari and tomorrow morning he starts the travel to the start of the climb. He has prepared well and has loads of equipment so I hope all goes well. So far he has raised a total of £1,180 its not too late to sponsor him, please visit his 'Just giving' page and support him. Thank you.

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This afternoon I took Carl to Heathrow airport, getting ready to go did not go without incident. Because he has a climb as part of the trip, he needs to take the right gear including boots, sleeping bag and sleeping mat, he also needs warm gear and safari gear. So at lunch time he had realised that one suitcase was not enough and we didn't have a suitable second case (for that what he meant was

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Well our garden is finally tree free, I admit to having a pang of regret having them removed, but its for the greater good. The fence is up and the stumps have been removed. The garden is covered in sawdust but I expect that will disappear over time. The grass is looking pathetic mainly due to lack of rain!We have decided that we want a border so that I can grow cottage flowers and lavender to

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This week our garden has undergone some radical changes, for quite a few years we have been thinking about having the trees on the left side of the garden removed. The people originally in this house must have been tree freaks because when we moved in the back garden which only measures 20ft wide by 30ft long had a huge silver birch, an apple tree, a fully functioning and heavily fruiting plum

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Today we had a street party. Its been an age since we have had a street party and it was great to see so many present and past neighbours!! We did have an organising meeting last week, but all we did really was had a few drinks and a spaghetti and meatballs dinner!!! Any how it came together and we had a brilliant day!So who were the movers and shakers??? This year we had no representatives from

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Last weekend Dad and I went out and found him a new car. He wanted something that was a bit higher and a little more comfortable than his corsa, he likes our Zafira, Ruby, so we went and had a look at a few of those!! He needed an automatic and this blue one fit the bill. This week it has been converted to hand controls and he is now up and running. The brakes are little on the sharp side, but

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This past week has flown by. Much the same as the weekend. Already facing another week at work. We went over to Bishops Stortford to see Mum this afternoon and she as down in the dumps. She has been there a month and has been making fantastic progress on her best day she walked 46 steps which is really good. Trouble is she is fed up with being in hospital and wants to be home. That seems to lead

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Last night I went to Wembley with some dear friends. My friend (Karen over the road as she is known  in these parts!!) managed to get some much sought after tickets for Take That The Progress Live 2011 Tour. We headed off around 5 pm after a nice sandwich tea with juice lovingly prepared by Karen. We had booked the car park the night before and when we arrived were pleased to find it was minutes

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The weekend takes ages to arrive and then in a flash its gone. We look forward to it all week and then in no time it has passed us by. I really wish they were longer. The past week at work we have been bombarded with pension issues. I had expected to be able to retire at 60 when I started my working life all those years ago and as such I have paid into several pension schemes to enable that to

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I am determined one way or another to try and get tickets to see something in the Olympic next year, I have failed on the original allocation and I have failed in the second chance allocation, so now its down to trying to win some in a draw!!! Beth's School is bidding to be able to carry the Olympic Torch in the run up to the games, so they need people to bid for them, you can help them out by

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Well it had to be done, while in the north west of the country we decided to take a trip to Liverpool. I had never been there before but I have childhood memories of what I think Liverpool is like.The memories started when I was at Junior school long before computers were invented, when doing a project for school involved actively tracking down the information required by visiting library's and

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I am now home again after a very good conference, there was the usual combination of boring staff with loads of far more interesting stuff and only one card vote!! I do enjoy national conference, you see all sorts of people and learn all sorts of things!!This year they had some great T shirts and Steph managed to bag a free one, it wasn't until we looked at it we realised it was small and not one

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Uploaded by www.cellspin.net We took a walk down to the conference centre it's a spectacular building! It was my turn to go in first and it was the usual mixture of the business of the day plus the first few motions. At lunch time I met with an old friend Skelly great to see her again!!! Tonight we will be 'networking' !!!

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This weekend has been a complete wash out, we have had heavy rain and then some more. Carl has been trying to get his tent dried out after the camp last weekend. It has been erected on the trampoline and although the outside is dry the inside had gallons of water trapped there. I have turned it over and I hope that can be packed away some time soon.Mum seems to be settling in well at the new

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Yesterday I had an interesting day at work, we went to Chelmsford and ended up in an interview with a solicitor for around 6 hours!! It poured with rain and the return journey by satnav took us to all sorts of places that I had never heard of before. It should have been a simple journey but we ended up in country lanes and it took an age to get home. After work I went around to see Laura and

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I have had a very pleasant couple of days away at a conference in the not so sunny town of Reading. It rained and then it rained some more, but it didn't matter. I had a day of speakers and and workshops yesterday followed by pre dinner drinks (with a dress code of smart!!!) followed by a nice dinner with more wine and then after dinner drinks!! I had a very nice time!!Today was more of the same

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I sometimes wonder what is going on and how I come in for all sorts of problems. This week has seen my daughter end up in hospital with an emergency operation. On the plus side it was dealt with quickly and efficiently. She had a pain in her back, which turned out to be an abscess, she had been put on heavy duty anti biotics, but these didn't have much of an effect. She ended up going to Accident

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This weekend has been frustrating to say the very least. Last Thursday we started to have problems with our Internet connection. It was off more than it was on and it was annoying beyond belief!!! I called their status line and they said they had a problem in our area and they were anticipating repair 'soon'. Here we are four days on and its still more off than on. Virgin have promised a rebate

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I took this little video when we were leaving Flam, Its a place that I would like to return to one day.The scenery all around the village was beautiful.It reminded me of some of the scenes from the old film, Jason and the Argonauts!!The water was so still and the reflections of the mountains were stunning.Just look at those snow capped mountains in the background, those little houses are so

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The next stop was Flam, beautiful Flam. This tiny little village right at the end of the Sonngefjord. It is a wonderful place even in the pouring rain. We arrived in the early morning, we had booked a trip from the ship excursion desk, the trip didn't leave until the afternoon, so we braved the rain and headed out to the village. It was so pretty with tiny brightly coloured houses dotted around.

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A big part of the life on board a cruise ship is the food. There are restaurants and buffets and lots of different food to tempt you. The chefs make a huge effort to present the food in fun and interesting ways!!On the top deck there was a pizza bar and there were all sorts of bread based decorations.This is a very passable seal with Olives for eyes.One of the afternoons we were at sea there was

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We arrived in Bergen around 9am. The port was a bus ride from the town, so we queued up and got on the bus. Again it was pouring with rain and just a little bit chilly. Once we had been dropped off we were given a plan of the town and we wandered off to see what there was. Right in the middle was this lake and a fountain, very pretty with lots of little houses dotted on the hill behind. We walked

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We arrived in a very wet and blustery Amsterdam. I was quite shocked to realise that we had actually arrived right in the centre of Amsterdam, I was looking out of the window when I saw the building which I can only describe as looking like a ski slope, glide by. It was then I realised that we were going to be berthed behind the central railway station. We have been there several times before and

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I can hardly believe that we have had our holiday, its been and gone and we really had a great time!! I was worried about going with MSC as they really have mixed reviews, but people who review them fall into two groups, those who really love them and those that really hate them. I went with an open mind and I wasn't disappointed. In fact they are a good value company that have great service and

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We have docked at southampton and the luggage is being unloaded we are now waiting for the go-ahead to get off, lots of hanging around . Carl has also landed and is making his way back to cockfosters for collection. Can't wait to get home and start all the washing !!!!

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We finally got away. Several hours late after the Port authorities refused to sign the ship off as fixed so we are now running several hours late. The cabin is lovely the food has been great!! Tom felt a bit off yesterday but is fine today. Have really enjoyed today on a bus tour and a walk around Norwegian seaside Market thank god for wifi at macdonalds!!!

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Last weekend I was on a roll bead wise and I managed to do something I had not done before, I made two beads on a single mandrel. I only have seven BIG mandrels so by doubling up I was able to make enough beads for two necklaces. The problem is keeping the first bead warm enough while making the second, you have to keep sticking it back in the flame. I got quicker and braver as the session went

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Saturday we went to Nicky's 40th Birthday party. The poor old girl is knocking on a bit now. We stayed for a few hours in the afternoon and saw the emptying of the first barrel of 88 pints of beer. We had taken dad so we headed home before it got any cooler (sat in the shade was a touch chilly!!)It was lucky that Tom wasn't drinking as I hadn't realised just how alcoholic the jug of Pimms was !!!

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The first leg of his holiday is over, he has now landed in Sydney, Australia. He seems to have been lucky with his flights, this is the second one to arrive slightly early!! I expect they are both tired there is something tiring about sitting on a plane for 12 hours.  Both of the flights I have been able to track on a flight tracker on my iPhone which is amazing technology!!Just before he left

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This weekend has gone in a flash !! Why does that always happen??? Its been quite a productive one. I have been beading and because the weather has been so blustery I have been washing.  I managed to wash and dry all the bedding from Carl's room including quilt, under blanket and sheet and quilt case. Put them on the line and they were dry within the hour!!I tried a new technique to make a glass

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This week has passed in a bit of a blur. I have been working and then afterwards we have had something to do each evening. This has made the week fly by. Carl seems to be having fun in Hong Kong, its definitely a place I would like to go to now that I have heard from him and I am happy that he is OK. He has posted a few photos on face book to prove he is there!!! He posted this one on the

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After a day where the car was in dry dock while they tried to decide what was wrong with it we were faced with a trip to the airport in Tom's car. The Megane is a nice car, but its not big on rear passenger space and the boot space is also restricted. Add to that the problems with changing the headlight bulbs (you have to remove the wing to get at the bulb) I was not looking forward to cramming

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I feel some what under pressure at the moment, I am pretty certain that I must have done something bad to bring down all this 'poop' on me!! Last year we booked to take a cruise with Mum and Dad, due to Mums fall they had to drop out leaving Tom, Beth and I to take the trip. We have been looking forward to it for the past year. Well today with around 10 days to go I woke up to the news that the

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Carl is now in training for this venture, his sponsorship is starting to take off, but he could really do with raising a bit more. He has plans to run some lucky guesses so the Cubs and Scouts can take part for one pound a go. Every little helps!!So please pop along to his Just Giving page (HERE) and support his venture. Thank You

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Today Mum has made a step forward, she has been moved out of her cosy bay on Lemsford ward and into a new ward in The Princes wing. This new ward is a step forward as this is the place that you go to have more physiotherapy, intensive physiotherapy. Last time she never made it into this ward, they decided that she would never be able to learn to walk in the short amount of time that they were

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Since Tom has been a house husband he has been able to spend more time looking after the garden. He is gradually getting there, his weed identification skills are improving. His greatest success is the clematis planted against the side fence. He has spent ages nurturing them, trimming them and generally looking after them. He has been rewarded by a couple of stunning plants bearing beautiful

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The above photo is for my friend Karen, she is an Ace Baker and I was telling her about another friend (Anna) who has made this cake for her daughters birthday. It looks stunning and if there is a baker who can pull it off, its Karen!! So take a look at this BLOG full of great cake ideas!! My week has been a strange and somewhat difficult one. Mum has had good and bad days in equal parts. She has

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For around the past month or so we have had a very curious visitor, a pigeon that we have called Buddy. We are not sure if Buddy is a male or female, but we think 'he' may well be one of the birds born in the tree in the garden last year. He has been hanging around for some while, he always appears to be hungry and has even tried to eat the fat balls left out for the blue tits!! Last week he went

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So here it is in all its glory, with all its handmade imperfections but I LOVE it!!! I am not saying that in a big headed sort of way, but I have spent the past few months trying to perfect my skills and this is the first major product. I have always loved the big hole beads and people are always commenting on my 'usual' necklace, so I have decided to make sets that will go onto a silver chain.

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I am still trying to perfect making a heart shaped bead, I am finding it a bit difficult, I am not sure if its the press that  don't like or if its just that I am not cut out to make hearts. These I made yesterday and although they are getting better they are still not what I can see in my minds eye. I might sell the press and look at another shape heart.I have also tried out button making and I

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Yesterday Keith and I had another meeting at the QVM hospital in an effort to sort out the complaint that we made to them when Mum was resident a couple of months ago. We made our complaint they had a meeting with us and listened to what we had to say. We then waited for them to reply to us in writing addressing the points raised. That never happened despite us chasing things up it went into a

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