tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12402366435460713702024-02-08T00:24:51.296+00:00DREAMING OF THE SIMPLE LIFELalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-42025766681361258492012-06-24T21:14:00.000+01:002012-06-24T21:14:02.884+01:00it never rains but it pours ................<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Is it really almost four weeks since my last post?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Jubilee weekend was a damp squib in more ways than one ...... I came down with a cold which travelled to my chest so I spent half term coughing and spluttering and taking to my bed quite frequently. It was just as well that I had no minded children that week - I have taken the decision to resign from the Early Years Register and just stick with my school drop offs and pick ups, mainly because I have the grandchildren to help out with during the day and also because the demands of Ofsted regarding paperwork is just way too much. Apparently the number of registered childminders has halved since Mr Blair & Co came into power and I am convinced it's because of all their bureaucratic demands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> Right off the soapbox now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thursday of that week was my husband's keyhole surgery day as part of ongoing investigations into the problems with his knee replacement ..... biopsy results and next consultant's appointment is on 26 July. In the meantime his referral for the collapsed right knee came through with an appointment in Harpenden on 18th June with a different consultant, who didn't seem too impressed with the previous work on his left knee and immediately arranged for a total right knee replacement on 7th August. So here we go again ....... he was off work recovering for 6 months last time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We had only been back from the hospital for an hour when Ellie came screaming down the stairs saying she could see a fox in with the chickens. I charged down the garden in my best Moshulu slippers and to my dismay she was right ..... there were two of them and we were too late to save 5 of our 12 girls. In the piddling rain sliding around in chicken poop and mud I found the survivors huddled together under a bush and got them locked in their shed as quickly as I could. They were traumatised for a few days and egg production virtually stopped but as you can see now they have managed to brave the outside world again under a very watchful eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A lovely blogland friend was passing my way on the 17th and I was so excited about meeting her ...... <a href="http://dancingonabladeofgrass.wordpress.com/">Dancing</a> was born in Luton and went to the very same school that Ellie attends now and we share many memories of the area. Isn't it marvellous how blogland brings us together?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well my old bod had other ideas and threw a water infection at me just to top things off! I was so disappointed and our meeting just wasn't to be at this moment in time but we are both looking forward to the next opportunity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Following a dose of anti-biotics I am now getting back to my busy old self. My eldest has been visiting from Scotland .... yesterday he went with his sister and Ellie and Jack to the Lowestoft Air Festival. They had a great day in the sunshine and we are a planning now to go next year with a stay over so that we can enjoy the whole weekend. The children's parents were at Knebworth House for a Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert and I toddled off to Flitwick for the Originate Vintage & Craft Fayre. It was a very quiet day with a slow stream of visitors in the early part of the day despite all the advertising ..... I did quite well though and wasn't too disappointed and I had met some new like minded people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well I had a very early start this morning having dropped my son off at the Airport at 4.30 a.m. in the piddling rain yet again (thankfully it's only 5 mins away) and have an early start tomorrow as I have a new member in my after school possie and she will be arriving at 7.00 a.m. I'd better get a jiggy on and tidy up before bedtime.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-63078868645651896772012-05-29T21:04:00.000+01:002012-05-29T21:04:10.392+01:00Mission Accomplished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Inspired by all the red, white & blue that is everywhere at the moment I decided to sort out my stash of hexagons</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whenever I work on a project I keep every incy wincy scrap (because you never know when they could come in useful!) ..... in odd moments I sit and cut out hexis and store them in a box for when the fancy takes me to sit and hand stitch some more together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to keep a little bit of randomness to the design and based the central diamond shape on a layout in an old quilt book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is a mix of vintage and contemporary fabrics ..... the blues are from a Clothworks collection, the stripe is from a shirt that my friend had ruined while trying to remove a stain (her husband hasn't noticed yet), the red floral is from a vintage dress acquired at a car boot a couple of years back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The blue rose fabric at the top is vintage Laura Ashley and the plain cottons are new Klona</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't bother with wadding for a more lightweight summer throw and used plain blue cotton on the back. The outlines on the diamonds have been hand stitched with blue embroidery thread and some left over squares of the fabric machined together and cut to size to make the edge binding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I do love it when a plan comes together ..... I've managed to reduce the stash again and make something out of nothing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ooh forgot to say that the paper pieces for backing the hexis were all ready cut .... I found a big bag of them at a vintage fair last year .... somebody had precisely cut them from 1970s greetings cards, reader's digest letters and envelopes so there was some interesting reading as I went along too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now for the next mission ..... watch this space x</span></div>
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<br /></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-53904423749280505212012-05-27T21:39:00.002+01:002012-05-27T21:39:50.126+01:00Phew it was even too hot for these folks .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Passed this little gathering while driving around this morning ..... poor things in their wooly coats were huddled under the tree and bleating rather loudly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well what a contrast ..... we wanted some hot weather and boy have we had it this weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On sunny days like these there is only one thing a gal and her trusty partner can do ..... head for the hills and the car boot sales of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just look at that blue sky ..... the fields around our way are brilliant yellow with oil seed rape in full bloom (very sneeze inducing too) and against the lush greenery and clear blue sky the English countryside was at its best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We picked up a few bargains yesterday morning but were disappointed when we discovered the road to our second CB venue was closed for re-surfacing .... quelle horreur ..... it is in a semi rural location with several businesses along the road so they must have been extremely pleased with the local authority deciding to shut off the road for the whole of a busy Saturday .... in times of economic meltdown what are they thinking of????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This morning my little apprentice couldn't come so off I went with my trusty trolley all on my own ....... OH is still unable to walk far and he got a slap on the legs today when I discovered he'd tried to walk the dogs at 5 a.m. this morning .... thankfully he didn't get far and try as I do I just cannot get him to accept that if he fell who would find him (the dinosaur refuses to carry a mobile phone) ..... men !!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There were lots of sellers today brought out by the sunshine no doubt and I was soon filling up the car</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">On the way home I made a little detour to visit Hexton and on the way passed this chocolate box cottage and couldn't resist taking a picture ..... as much as I would love to live in such a beautiful house but with a husband of 6' 2" it just wouldn't be practical ..... the doors only look about 5' high!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A busy weekend here with a house full of small people ..... the two resident grands of course plus the others on Saturday afternoon while their parents went off to look for a new bed and yesterday just the two small ones while they went off to Wembley for the play off finals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can't believe Harry is 4 weeks old this Wednesday .... he is focusing and starting to take in what is around him and he had his eldest cousin watching over him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ahhhh ..... I fall in love again every time ..... with the sad news in the press today about innocent young children's lives being snuffed out I really cannot understand how people can be so cruel even in the most dire circumstances :-(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our new little man is thriving and if he can sleep through the din in our house he can sleep through anything. Nanny will be babysitting him and his sister next Sunday whilst the rest of the family head for Wembley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Quelle surprise this morning to awake to blue skies and dryness so there was only one thing to be done ..... head for the hills and the car boots of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We weren't particularly early (I had two of the other grands in tow) but we all enjoyed the wander around and the littlies were on their best behaviour. A few bargains were bagged and Jack was happy when he found yet another fire engine to add to his collection and Ellie found some gardening gloves for when she is in the garden with her grandad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nanny found a pretty Beswick toast rack and a pair of carved wooden Scottie Dog bookends</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now I can't wait till tomorrow morning to go off bargain hunting again this time just with Ellie who is becoming a seasoned professional and can spot a bargain quicker than me sometimes. We had just said this morning that a basketball hoop would be nice to put up in the garden and lo and behold she found one and it was just a pound .... just have to get someone to fix it on the wall now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did manage to get to our bigger CS last weekend and ended up blitzing their bric-a-brac shelf ..... I was in vintage heaven</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday afternoon was spent doing a few hours on the desk at Country Matters in Hexton ..... it's lovely to sit in the middle of a wonderful Aladdin's Cave of goodies with a cafetier of fresh coffee and chat to the visitors ..... even better when I am selling them some of my handmades!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This afternoon I have been finishing some cushion covers ...... I saw the cuckoo clock design in Mollie Makes magazine and decided to design my own grandfather clock and mantle clock to compliment it. Some old Aida and linen was dug out of the stash and teamed with some blue ticking fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week we have also welcome some more new additions to the family .... as if we didn't have enough mouths to feed my OH has acquired six Chinese Quail .... yet more eggs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We now have an unplanned water feature in the centre of the garden ..... we are on clay soil so it will take ages for it to soak away properly. It was such a shame because the children had just started playing down on the grass now we'll have to wait until it dries out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wednesday was wet welcome day to my 5th grandchild ..... Harry Lewis arrived at 11.50 am weighing a healthy 8lb 4oz and he is a little beauty even if I do say so myself !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Time has been spent sorting out the fabric stash and yesterday I sat cutting up scraps into hexagons for future quilt projects and I've been on a red, white and blue theme with the Jubilee in mind ..... I do have a correction to make here as my menobrain made me think that the <a href="http://northamptonvintagefair.blogspot.co.uk/p/jubilee-garden-party.html">Jubilee Garden Party</a> on 26th May isn't in Kettering but is in Northampton on the Kettering Road ..... must get to Specsavers !! Apologies if I confused anyone .... I seem to have confused myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well Easter weekend was a bit of a wash out .... I spent most of it in bed feeling as though I'd been in the ring with Tyson .... just as well the weather was rubbish too so I didn't miss much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was up and running by Tuesday which was just as well as I had three children to look after .... I have come to the conclusion that my old body just shuts down when I don't have anything to keep me busy ... funny how it seems to know that it just needs a flipping good rest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wednesday was a sad day .... the 48 year old mother of a child I used to look after lost her valiant battle with ovarian cancer and was laid to rest that day. As we get older it is natural process that we attend more funerals but this one had to be the hardest yet for me as I watched a beautiful, dignified and brave 13 year old read out a poem she had written especially for her mum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As a balance to a sad day my daughter received some good news .... she has been accepted on a midwifery degree course in Hertfordshire and is still waiting to hear from our local university. She has been working very hard on an Access course since September .... there is so much more work involved than when I did mine when she was a baby. So it looks like there will be two midwives in the family in a few years time. I am so proud of my girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mum rang me on Thursday morning to say that there was an old photo in a local newspaper and she was sure her mum and brother were on it. It was from 1949 when the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town ..... my nan was a staunch royalist and wouldn't have a word said against the Queen. Mum was right too ..... nan is at the bottom right of the photo holding my uncle in her arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ellie has a school project to complete on Ancient Egypt and we managed to find some books, a mummy pencil tin and a lovely plaster moulding set unused and complete with everything to make a tomb, sarcophagus and mummy. We're just waiting for the plaster and papier mache to dry and the decorating can commence tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Saturday was my 54th birthday ...... the day whizzed by (much like the last 54 years) with visits from family and friends .... cards and pressies to be opened and then a family dinner to finish the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Fortunately we had an extra pair of hands with us ... Ellie has been nagging to come with us and yesterday was her day. We had an early start leaving home at 7.30 and not getting back until 5.30 and despite this she behaved perfectly and was a great help. She found a new role as unofficial fair photographer and here are her pix to give you a flavour of the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am thinking about resurrecting my other blog <a href="http://auntywainwrightstreasures.blogspot.co.uk/">Aunty Wainwright's Treasures</a> ..... with car booty starting seriously this coming weekend I really do have to make some space around here ..... keep any eye out for some vintage goodies at very sensible prices !</span></div>
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<br /></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-45066031121127280462012-03-24T21:03:00.000+00:002012-03-24T21:03:42.768+00:00That car booty feeling is coming on .....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am lucky in that there is a car boot sale near to me every Sunday morning apart from Christmas Day .... it is under cover in a market so come rain or shine there is always someone there though have to say some days in the winter there are some desperate souls trying to flog even more desperate goods.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ellie and I did pop down to another small one this morning at the Watermill in Barton and we both managed to grab a few goodies. Ellie spotted a box of Baby Born clothes (I'd missed them so I am quite proud that she is learning fast and she is grasping that she can make her money go much further by spending wisely) and a recorder book. She has been learning to play at school and on Friday the two classes in her year performed a short concert .... I must admit I was expecting a bit of a racket but they were absolutely marvellous. They had obviously been practising very hard and hit every note in the right place and all looked very smart and focused.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These little cuties were tucked in the box in the photo below and I didn't realise what they were at first ..... the seller thought they were from the 1930s but although they are dressed in the crinoline lady style I am not convinced that the yarn is that old. I am thinking more 1950s. The little dolls all have moving eyes.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">From the same seller was this hand made milk jug cover</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fine hand crochet table mat with little cotton circle inserts that have been embroidered</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This little crochet dressing table mat has pale pink flowers around the edge</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and these two gorgeous little baskets are crocheted in the finest cotton ..... with a little sugar starching they will sit as freestanding decorations</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A vintage 1976 Blow Football game ..... only one ball is missing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and some of my favourite Art Deco glass from the 1930s ..... a carnival glass salad bowl</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A Sowerby frosted green glass dish in ivy leaf stand </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This time next week I will be another year older ! It will be a busy weekend as my daughter is taking me to Hampton Court Palace for the day on Saturday and on Sunday it is the first </span><a href="http://northamptonvintagefair.blogspot.co.uk/p/buckingham-fair.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Buckingham Vintage & Handmade Fair</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> organised by Ann & Trevor.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Do come along if you are in the area ..... there will be a wonderful array of vintage loveliness on offer from some extremely friendly sellers and of course the event wouldn't be complete without tea and homemade cakes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am busy making and popped to the Cath Kidston factory shop at St Neots yesterday for some fabric retail therapy .... much bargains there too as the two floral prints were only £6 per metre</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">One more week of school and then I have a break until the 10th April ..... much needed I must say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Don't forget to change your clocks tonight ..... Spring is most definitely here xx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-5277483578323961112012-03-05T21:20:00.001+00:002012-03-05T21:24:59.504+00:00Wow what a weekend!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My first born now lives in Bonny Scotland and as it was his 30th birthday yesterday he came down on Friday for a long weekend to celebrate with his partner and this time her two sons accompanied them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As there is simply no room at Lala's Inn these days an old friend of his put them up for the weekend and on Saturday we had a big family outing to London. Neither the boys or their mum had ever been to London before so we set off with the intention of seeing as much as we could. The weather was miserable as we got on the train ..... grey, misty and drizzling with rain but by the time we got off the tube at Knightsbridge there was blue sky and sunshine above us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First stop was the Science Museum</span> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv253/lalabibaby/KensingtonandChelsea-20120303-00420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv253/lalabibaby/KensingtonandChelsea-20120303-00420.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There was something for everyone to appreciate here .... my son has always been mad about aircraft and it looks like some of has rubbed off on the next generation ..... Jack loved the mini simulator and the grown ups and older children loved the real thing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There was even something for Lala</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When we left the museum we had a long walk through Hyde Park and Green Park towards Buckingham Palace</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had dinner in Leicester Square then managed to squeeze in Hamleys and Covent Garden before we headed for home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a contrast yesterday was .... we woke to torrential rain and then as the morning went on it turned to huge snowflakes which thankfully didn't settle. In the afternoon we had a family gathering for the birthday boy and there was only one cake for a aircraft fanatic ....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-73944478238671147132012-02-26T19:02:00.000+00:002012-02-26T19:02:33.030+00:00Oh what a beautiful morning ....... oh what a beautiful day<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fingers crossed that Spring has sprung ..... what a glorious day, most of it spent outside with the central heating turned off and the doors wide open.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Loads of this done</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the last of my daughter's belongings retrieved from the rental house ... most of which were the children's outide toys so they have been charging around the patio having re-discovered their bikes, scooters and footballs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A quick visit to the car boot this morning which was packed with sellers and a few bargains to be had by Ellie and me (yes I indulged with the words of my daughter ringing in my ears .... not more crap mum)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Ellie got a brand new with tags Tatty Puppy to add to her collection and yet another Jacqueline Wilson book. Both items had shop price tags of £12.99 and we paid just £5 for both ..... as we walked around I was explaining to her how much we had saved and we did a little mental arithmetic to work it all out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I found a sweet little Lloyd Loom type child's chair .... I have just the fabric for a new seat cushion and hopefully this will accompany me to the Northampton Vintage & Handmade Fair in 2 weeks </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then I found a box of Hornsea Fauna figures .... the lady was selling an old collection which were filthy dirty and had been living in her garage for years. I debated about buying a few and then thought to hell with it and made an offer for the whole box. There are thirty in all with only six that have slight damage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am such a saddo and love gently washing things like this ..... here they all are waiting to be sorted into keeps and ones to sell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now I am gearing myself up to a busy weekend next week ... my first born is 30 on Sunday and I have no idea how that happened .... how can I possibly be the mother of a 30 year old when in my head sometimes I am still 20 myself (although the old bones would say differently). He travels down from Glasgow on Friday and we are planning a day out in London and a family meal out on Sunday</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is one of my favourite photos of my two boys ..... my sister was getting married at the time and the eldest seemed to have a penchant for being a bridesmaid ..... he even went to the nursery picnic in the park dressed like it. No adverse effects from this forray into cross dressing which does make me wonder what today's parents are thinking of by encouraging their offspring to switch gender. He'll kill me for getting this one out and then stamp on me completely when he sees the one I have found for his birthday card ....... I knew they would come in handy one day ;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hope you have all had a glorious weekend too x</span></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-5237908885611661442012-02-23T10:32:00.000+00:002012-02-23T10:32:00.127+00:00A quick visit about a quilt swap ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIekpSJtGXhDEdBbGpRb6GisfLPxS2NNLe5A4bkY-5D6SiHaQsoDDj7kJcDH8Y0PQs4DB4iXZVJRMaJRi3ndWnfPwP9U9tMI7ruaKLgTFyJBeQlsPQwKIP4JnCGjqmMXg5-A1Xjp7X2c/s1600/lacey+quilt+group" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIekpSJtGXhDEdBbGpRb6GisfLPxS2NNLe5A4bkY-5D6SiHaQsoDDj7kJcDH8Y0PQs4DB4iXZVJRMaJRi3ndWnfPwP9U9tMI7ruaKLgTFyJBeQlsPQwKIP4JnCGjqmMXg5-A1Xjp7X2c/s1600/lacey+quilt+group" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dear Lacey over at Lace Hearts is organising a lovely quilt swap ..... it is quite a simple one with plenty of time to get organised so please follow the link and popover to </span><a href="http://lacehearts.blogspot.com/2012/02/quilt-swap-progress-on-block.html"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lacey's</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to read more and sign up if you can.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">A lovely way to ease out of winter into spring !!</span></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-64139923081276027992012-02-18T20:52:00.000+00:002012-02-18T20:52:02.560+00:00Spoilsports .....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Phew ..... can't say I am sorry to see the end of half term week and I will be so glad to get back to 'normal' (whatever that is) next week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We started the week with this</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> which led to some really reluctant ladies venturing out</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">By Thursday it had all disappeared as quickly as it arrived .... I love the first day of snow but once the deadly ice and dirty slush appear I've had enough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have had a quieter than usual half term with minded children but have had the additions of my daughter and her family moving in with us. The musical rooms game has come to a conclusion and we are all settled in our new sleeping quarters. The children have what had become my sewing room, daughter and partner have our room so they are next door to the children and we have moved downstairs. Method in my madness there too as I won't be the first port of call when they wake up on a morning!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Absolutely no crafting done whatsoever for a fortnight but to be honest I don't have the energy at the moment and I am trying to get my head around where I have put everything in the move around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Loads of de-cluttering done with bags going to the charity shop, lots of freecyclers collecting more bags and almost £700 raised in Fleabay sales. Which leads me onto the spoilspsorts title. This morning we went over to Hitchin for some shopping and my rotten spoilsport daughters wouldn't let me go into the charity shops! How very dare they ;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We ordered a cake for the 30th birthday of the first born who is coming down from Scotland in two weeks time and I will share some photos of that then.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am hoping to pop down to Hexton tomorrow to do a stock take and take some new stock and I really must start thinking about what I will take to the Northampton Vintage & Handmade Fair in 3 weeks time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope those of you with littlies have got through half term with your sanity intact and I will be listening for that big sigh on Monday morning at 9 am when they are all safely in school again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-60212779737415026922012-02-04T07:57:00.000+00:002012-02-04T07:57:03.548+00:00Versatile Bloggers<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The lovely Carol over at </span><a href="http://smileattheflowers.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Smile at The Flowers</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has kindly passed this award onto me and I am most flattered.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I discovered blogland quite accidently a little over 3 years ago and like most of you probably did, I lurked for weeks reading blogs and wondered whether to have a go myself. I finally decided that even if I talked drivel and nobody bothered reading it was a great way of recording my thoughts, feelings, make and daily life in a way that was far better than the pile of dusty diaries I found in a cupboard while doing my de-cluttering!</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are a few rules to follow having received the award so here goes :-</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(243, 242, 238); margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In the same post, include this set of rules.</span><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.5pt;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(243, 242, 238); margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="font-size: small;">Oooh and forward it to 15 other bloggers </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(243, 242, 238); margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.</span></span><span style="color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.5pt;"></span></span></div><br />
<div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background: rgb(243, 242, 238); color: #502b00; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Random...........</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><div> </div><div> </div></span><div> </div></span><div> </div><ol><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I can't </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">swim ..... much as I would love to just the smell of a swimming pool or sight of a large expanse of water gives me the shivers. I blame this on the older sister of a childhood friend who tried to teach us to swim when I was about 7 years old .... she took us into the deep end and left us!</span> </li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I have never had a bedroom all to myself. My kids laugh when I say this but I honestly haven't ..... shared with siblings when at home with parents and with husband since then.</span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> My husband and I (said in queenly voice) started going out together on 10 December 1973 while in our last year at High School, married on 1 November 1979 and here we still are in 2012 ..... we've had our ups and downs but hey ho that's life!</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I eat almost anything as my expanding waistline will testify but I absolutely hate kebabs .... you know the ones usually found chucked </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">up on town centre pavements on a Sunday morning .... yuk !!</span> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In a past life I worked for Thomas Cook in the days before computerisation .... they were just introducing Prestel as a source of travel information and I was known as the Prestel Queen.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I have something in common with Lily Allen, Mark Wahlberg and Anne Boleyn ..... go on google it, you know you want to ;-)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I have totally surprised myself ..... didn't think I would get to seven !</span></span></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I follow many lovely blogs but can only nominate just 15 of them for the Versatile Blogger award. I hope you will visit them all, you'll enjoy the experience:-</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://cheap2chic.blogspot.com/2012/01/rosy-posy-fleece.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cheap2Chic</span></a></span><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://thecraftytrundler.blogspot.com/2012/02/crafty-fun-and-3rd-blogiversary.html">Clover Cottage</a></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://faithhopeandcharityshopping.blogspot.com/2012/01/minute-make-valentine-lego-necklace.html">Faith, Hope & Charity Shopping</a></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://highlandsockies.blogspot.com/2012/02/daffs.html">Highland Monkeys</a></span></div></span><div><span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://the-home-bird.blogspot.com/2012/01/jungle-birthday-cake.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Homebird</span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hortensiadesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hortensia</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://hortensiadesigns.blogspot.com/">Lace Hearts</a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://myeastcoastlife.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo-scavenger-hunt-january-2012.html"><span style="color: blue;">Life on the East Coast</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://littlegems-world.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Little Gem's Diary</span></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">M</span><a href="http://menopausalmusing.blogspot.com/2012/01/wondering.html"><span style="color: blue;">enopausal Musings</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://mumssimplylivingblogat.blogspot.com/2012/02/cheeky.html">Mum's Simply Living Blog</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://mylifeinflipflops.blogspot.com/2012/02/so-sarah-ravens.html">My Life in Flip Flops</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://penny-blossoms.blogspot.com/2012/02/pressies.html">Penny Blossoms</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://postcardsfromthepp.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-hits-liverpool.html">Postcards from the PP</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://jilltaylor-thirdagemusings.blogspot.com/2012/02/february.html">Third Age Musings</a></span></div><br />
<div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know some blogs are "award free" so I have tried to check each one and hope I've not included any, apologies if I have and if you are too busy to fulfill the criteria, or don't wish to accept, I really won't mind xx</span></span></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-89982407031004390992012-01-30T20:56:00.000+00:002012-01-30T20:56:49.052+00:00Whoa there January ..... where have you gone???<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I think I must have blinked and missed it! January is almost over and I notice I missed my 3rd blogiversary and this is my 301st post. Must admit that it has been tricky because my DD2 has commandeered the lappy to do her college work on and I have had to put up with my eldest daughter's IPad which I think I hate with a vengeance, so uploading photos etc has been a nightmare.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Life at Lala's is about to turn upside down, albeit temporarily, as my DD2 and her family move back in with us for a while. They have been renting privately for a couple of years now and with trying to juggle working, college studies and two young children they have absolutely no cash left to save at the end of each month. On top of that the boiler in the property has been playing up since before Christmas leaving them with no heating or hot water and the landlord just seems to be ignoring the problem .... most unsatisfactory and the littlies are suffering because of it with coughs and snotty noses that don't seem to clear. They will be able to save enough for a deposit on some new shared ownership houses close to us hopefully.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So phase one of clear the clutter has begun. Several bags of excess crafty bits and pieces have been freecycled and good old <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lalabi-baby/m.html?item=380406926942&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&_trksid=p4340.l2562">Fleabay</a> has been used again today. Still got loads more but hey ho tomorrow is another day! I still have stock for the Vintage & Handmade fairs ..... my next one is booked for 10th March in Northampton and a new venue for 1st April in Buckingham.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can't look too far ahead at the moment because it looks like my husband will be having another spell in hospital .... he has had problems with his replacement knee and is being investigated for a bone infection .... x-rays, blood tests and radio-isotope scans have been done and we wait for his next consultant appointment on 23 February to find out how they are going to proceed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To make me really feel my age my eldest reaches another milestone birthday in 5 weeks time .... how did I get to be the mother of a 30 year old???? Seems like I was only 30 myself a few years ago ;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-63204903408124639852012-01-15T18:53:00.000+00:002012-01-15T18:53:58.066+00:00Such a perfect day .....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> ............ well actually a perfect weekend !</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday was the first Northampton Vintage Jumble organised by </span><a href="http://northamptonvintagefair.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ann & Trevor</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> .... the buyers were certainly champing at the bit and when the doors opened at 11 it was manic. A bit of post Christmas vintage shopping withdrawal I feel and they were certainly quenching their thirst (in the tea room area too ... it took me an hour before I could battle my way through the crowds to grab a cuppa !).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Not complaining though as a lot of old stock was snapped up, did a spot of bargain hunting myself and had catch up chats with the lovely sellers. Here is a collage of the day ...</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On our way home we stopped in Great Doddington to visit </span><a href="http://www.poppypatch.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Poppy Patch</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> .... a little bit of fabric retail therapy and of course to spend some of my cash</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The weekend just got better when I awoke this morning to another beautiful sunrise and sharp frost and trotted off to Hitchin for the Sunday car boot sale. There I was ambling along having just bagged some vintage cotton reels for a pound when I heard a voice beside me say we will wait 30 seconds. Wait for what I wondered ..... then it dawned on me that the church bells were ringing and when I turned to my left there stood Eric Knowles and a BBC film crew. They were filming the next series of Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is. Just around the corner by the river was another crew with John Cameron.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So good readers if you watch this autumn's series look carefully for a daft old bat in the background with a pink flowery shopping trolley and a sewing box tucked under her arm ;-)</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All in all a great weekend doing what I like best which was a great pick-me-up as my OH starts a three day week from tomorrow into March with a whole week off at half term. He also had a return visit to hospital last week about ongoing problems with his replacement knee .... looks like Mr Surgeon messed up and there is nerve damage so now he goes back for blood tests this week and a biopsy in February with the possibility that they will have to operate again to sort it out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Keep smiling :-)</span></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-44420962648812462682012-01-13T20:57:00.000+00:002012-01-13T20:57:21.892+00:00On your bike British Gas ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jLxzm0HfgkF4YKkXB-MpDjLXT8MdMFD-DKKtYDn6H0UtsfUSWc1TQ3OWoLZNXXOUk_4t30OAj7Ax1df2CqXnD4yNfEVMeZGoXmDhzkiKHZh4M7IArJ2W_U3V945UvuSy03Tb9ekNN3M/s1600/gas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jLxzm0HfgkF4YKkXB-MpDjLXT8MdMFD-DKKtYDn6H0UtsfUSWc1TQ3OWoLZNXXOUk_4t30OAj7Ax1df2CqXnD4yNfEVMeZGoXmDhzkiKHZh4M7IArJ2W_U3V945UvuSy03Tb9ekNN3M/s1600/gas.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How very dare they !!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had an e-mail this morning to inform me that my annual statement was ready to view online and that they had very kindly estimated my consumption for the next 12 months. For this privilege I was to be charged another £15 a month and they would be contacting my bank to amend the direct debit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whoa there ..... what the .... been here before</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I simply replied that I would rather turn my boiler off than pay them another penny and if they dared to increase my direct debit I would cancel it and transfer to another (rip-off) provider. I would be the judge of how much I would consume. I am being as careful as I can at the moment because Mr Lala is about to be placed on another period of 3 day weeks and as we are £160 in credit I thought they had a bloody cheek.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well what do you know ..... a response this afternoon with the usual diatribe but a result as they will not be increasing my payments. So if anyone else out there experiences the same thing with these overblown utility companies just get on your high horse and sort 'em out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I really don't think they need to antagonise their already disgruntled customers any more do you?</span></div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-211200215301711842012-01-06T22:46:00.000+00:002012-01-06T22:46:46.683+00:00Back to life .... back to reality<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well that's the festive season over and done with for another year .... all packed away till next time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The children were back to school on Wednesday and husband back to work to be given the wonderful news that he will be on a three day week again from 16th January .... he does get paid at basic rate so mustn't grumble but then will have to pay back the time on a Saturday when it suits the company of course. They seem to be gradually working towards an 'on demand' workforce that they can pick up and drop when the fancy takes them .... the permanent workforce is dwindling and being replaced with contractors at a much cheaper rate (no surprise there!)</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Good job I sneaked a visit to the Cath Kidston factory shop at St Neots last weekend ..... or Kid Caffrey as Ellie is calling it ..... she is getting to be quite a CK officianado having visited the St Pancras store last week too. She really needed a new school bag and pencil case apparently so soft touch nanny got caught again!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had just stepped in the door and who should we bump into ..... <a href="http://tillyroseblog.blogspot.com/">Tilly Rose</a> ..... also having a bit of Cath retail therapy. It was nice to have a chat and a little catch up and I really must get along to her new venture this year .... I just ran out of time towards the end of 2011.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They had a good range of fabric and I also treated myself to a little spring loaded tape measure and a glasses case.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">New Year ..... new start ..... I am going to concentrate this year on the Vintage & Handmade Fairs run by Ann & Trevor and my little outlet at Country Matters in Hexton. Unsold Christmas stock has been retrieved from Hexton and I am pleased to say that there wasn't a lot left and I will be joining the Vintage & Handmade Jumble in Northampton on Saturday 14th January with lots of clearance items including fabric, textiles, books, ceramics and some handmade items.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been stashing away blue fabrics for ages in the hope that I could get around to making a blue & white themed quilt for myself and this week made a start on cutting out the squares for the first blocks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">The first little bargain find of 2012 ..... a green leaf design Carlton Ware cup from the charity shop for one whole pound</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-11162833880437391122011-12-30T16:27:00.000+00:002011-12-30T16:27:53.819+00:00I was not alone ......<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post .... it would appear I am not alone (so pleased to hear it ladies) ..... wonder if I can talk them into being even more daring next year ;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of my Christmas pressies was a trip to London to see </span><a href="http://www.london-theatreland.co.uk/theatres/noel-coward-theatre/million-dollar-quartet.php"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Million Dollar Quartet</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> at the Noel Coward Theatre yesterday afternoon. It was a girlie day out for me, my mum, my sister and her daughter and my two daughters ..... alas my youngest daughter was struck down with S & D so Ellie came instead .... I am sure that girl put a spell on her mother as she was most disappointed when she learnt we were all going out without her!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We took a lunchtime train to St Pancras and as mum doesn't like going on the underground since the London bombings my daughter pre-booked a private 7 seater car which was waiting for us on arrival. The car was immaculate and the driver most helpful and he dropped us off right outside the door of the theatre.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The show was fantastic and we were not far from the stage so had a brilliant view ..... the cast all played and sang some rock & roll favourites.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You just can't beat the golden oldies ..... they'll still be around long after Simon Cowell's wannabees are forgotten. Can you imagine how it would have been if Elvis's twin brother Jesse had survived .... one of him is bliss and two would have been absolute heaven on earth!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the show our car was waiting to take us back to St Pancras ..... no longer just a railway station this place is now a shopping centre in its own right. The Champagne Bar just had to receive a visit and then we had dinner </span><a href="http://www.searcyschampagne.com/st-pancras-grand-home.php"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in the restaurant</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> before we headed home for bed. It was a lovely outing for the three generations of my family .... here are some of my own photos of the day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well we have safely got to the other side for another year ..... I love the build up to Christmas but always feel somewhat deflated on the big day itself. Why I ask myself ???? It could be because it has no religious significance to me as although I try to live a good honest life I am not a church person ..... or is it the anticipation and anxiety or fear of disappointment ??? I will find the answer one day I am sure and this year I was determined not to get dragged into the turkey and sprout fest that the supermarkets and TV chefs keep ramming down our throats. Am I just being awkward .... please tell me there is someone else out there who feels like this??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Having prepared a traditional Christmas dinner every year since 1979 this year it was time for a change and I threatened the family with the local Indian restaurant much to their dismay. I just couldn't face hours in the kitchen and then sitting down and looking at a plate full of food that I wasn't going to enjoy. A couple of days before Christmas my daughters announced that they had indeed booked a table for us at the Indian and off we went at three thirty for something completely different. I did have a giggle with an Indian lady and her husband at the market on Christmas Eve when she mentioned turkey ..... I said you'll never guess what we are having and when I told her it was curry she grinned and said she was having turkey as they have curry every other day of the year! So perhaps it wasn't just me who fancied a change.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The restaurant was all lit up with Christmas music playing in the background and it was packed! We had a lovely relaxed three course meal with coffee for £20 a head ..... compared with the £60 that some pub restaurants were asking on the day that seemed the real deal to me. It was delicious and I am so glad we made the break with tradition.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I can't believe it is nearly Thursday already and tomorrow I am off to enjoy one of my pressies .... a trip to London to the theatre to see Million Dollar Quartet ... better dust off my blue suede shoes coz there will be some walking around Covent Garden to do too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-65987260764327902442011-12-14T11:17:00.000+00:002011-12-14T11:17:27.151+00:00The Greenhouse, LetchworthThis is a brilliant <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/172358106187778/">community concept</a> run by Jenny and her loyal band of helpers aimed at bringing something new and vibrant to a beautiful and traditional town centre .... Letchworth the first garden city of England.<br />
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Following Mary Portas's report to the government on the decline of our town centres we need more initiatives like this rather than takeaways and estate agents !<br />
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Who do you blame for the decline ..... Town centre planners, large supermarket chains, greedy landlords, high car parking charges, internet shopping, recession ? Or is it a jumble of all of them ?<br />
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Right that's me off the soapbox ...... are you all ready for Christmas yet?<br />
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I'm not xxxLalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-16023358180265966132011-12-11T13:56:00.001+00:002011-12-11T13:56:38.709+00:00The Holly & The Ivy and of course the Mistletoe ...<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/6492386315/" title="11/12/2011"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6492386315_eaaa3e2d5f.jpg" alt="11/12/2011 by Lalabibaby" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/6492386315/">11/12/2011</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/">Lalabibaby</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>No people I am not looking for a snogfest this Christmas!<br /><br />When we were at the garden centre yesterday I spied these lovely bunches of mistletoe and thought I would have a go at growing some myself.<br /><br />Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that grows on a host .... apple and hawthorn are favourites so I have been rubbing the sticky berries into the branches of trees around the garden in hope that some of the little seeds will germinate and I will have some of my own homegrown in future years. I have tried it on cotoneaster, pyrocantha and a plum tree too.<br /><br />Fingers crossed !</p>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-57012272688332561872011-12-08T19:47:00.001+00:002011-12-08T19:47:15.965+00:00The kindness of virtual friends<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/6478169581/" title="08/12/2011"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6478169581_f42a86057c.jpg" alt="08/12/2011 by Lalabibaby" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/6478169581/">08/12/2011</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/">Lalabibaby</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I had a late delivery from the postie this evening .... a parcel .... but I hadn't ordered anything so what could it be?<br /><br />One very lovely lady, who shall remain anonymous unless she puts her hand up, saw this and thought of me. How wonderful was that!<br /><br />Thank you so much lovely lady xx</p>Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-11978047794175625952011-12-07T13:09:00.002+00:002011-12-07T13:18:02.609+00:00Oliver muscles in again .......<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalabibaby/6459753315/" title="05/12/2011"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6459753315_c59d6b0249.jpg" alt="05/12/2011 by Lalabibaby" /></a><br />
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While I was in the loft getting the decorations down I found this ..... A lovely vintage pine washstand that I bought around 8 years ago but had to take out of the room once grandchildren and minded children arrived. My wash set ( the basin and jug are - by Methven of Scotland and called Tom Tit and the guz is a Rathbone of Staffordshire) have been living on the cupboard tops out of reach from little fingers. About time they came out of hiding .... Oliver was his usual curious self and had a good sniff as if to say "what is this?'"Lalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240236643546071370.post-75118140499560938612011-12-04T14:41:00.000+00:002011-12-04T14:41:14.961+00:00Getting ahead of myself .....<div style="text-align: center;">Blimey I have excelled myself this weekend and have got the tree and most of the decorations up a day earlier than planned. Seems strange though this year without the snow outside to give that festive feel. Yesterday on my walk with the dogs I did some foraging .... some branches for spraying gold, pine cones and some sloes to make some sloe gin .... nothing like a drop of mother's ruin !</div><br />
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