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It’s just after 8am and I’m out in the garden with the laptop and a coffee. I think this is the hour that everybody seems to emerge – I can hear windows opening and voices – chattering about what needs to happen in order for the day to start. The dogs have been left outside,…
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This is probably a post that should be over on the blog with the photos, but I decided that this was the place I wanted it to be. I love nothing more than a rainy day. It’s even better if I’m sitting inside – a cup of tea in hand, cosy socks and slippers –…
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It’s currently 07:45 and I’m still in bed. However, I’ve already had my breakfast – I made porridge and a cup of coffee and brought it back to bed – so breakfast is finished. I’m now reading “The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories”, the cat is curled up beside me and ClassicFM is on…
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Background: I’ve been left with one cat and she is decided clingy and needy. If I sit down then it is an open invitation for her to sit on my lap – the exception to this is if I’m at a table/desk. Today is a bank holiday and this morning I started to read a…
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Yesterday I bought a “thing” – it’s a throw with a hood and mittens. It’s one of the softest things I have bought in a long time (normally it’s balls of wool). I spent most of the afternoon offering my purchase around for people to feel – it really is that soft! When I got…
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I love listening to the radio – I have one in every room in the apartment even the smallest room! Actually, that’s not exactly true – I did have a radio on my locker but retired it for the telly. What I mean by that is we get the radio through the television and the…
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Confession time – I hurt my hand from playing Nintendo 😦 At the time I was also making a baby blanket for my cousin, so the blanket kind of ground to a halt. Ok it wasn’t just that my hand/thumb was killing me – it was also the fact that I’d decided to make this…
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In the mornings we have sunshine on our veranda but come the afternoon the sun is out in the back garden. So this morning I had my breakfast out doors. Yes the weather has been that good over the last few days. Armed with my iPhone I took a photo but can’t decide which app…
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I’m really proud of myself – I’ve just put together a chair from Ikea. Himself was going to have a lie down so I decided to give it a go and I’m now sitting on it as I type – I’m soo proud of myself even if I did swear a bit every time I…