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Lets scrap The Good, The Bad and The Ugly



Also the theme for the Design Experiment this week so a double whammy here :)
The squares are to match the patchwork of things that make up the complex person that is me. The journalling is pretty much the same as for June 24th, our Good,Bad & Ugly day, just cut down a little to fit into the space available.

Scan seems to have comeout a bit wonky - don't know why. Sorry...

June 27th

"Past, Present, Future"



In the past I have been:

a daughter

a granddaughter

a student

a post-grad

a friend

a lover

a biker

a bride

Right now I am:

a mother

a wife

a home-maker (yuk - hate that description)

a boater

a taxi-service

Some day I hope to be:

affluent

fulfilled

a photographer

a grand-mother

well-travelled

free

June 26th

"Me , Myself and I"
Billie Holiday



This is me - overweight, underpretty, imperfect, struggling me!
And I think I'm finally starting to be OK with that.

I've only been doing 365 for a little over a month but looking at the way I view myself and realising that so many other people have such similar issues with self-image is starting to make me feel more at ease with what I look like. Or maybe it's just that looking at myself instead of hiding from photos and mirrors has made me more comfortable with my appearance.

I still wish I was thinner, had better skin, definately better hair, and I so often think that I'd be better putting my face on before I take photos. Actually none of these things are difficult - I could improve all of them if I chose to. Maybe as I keep doing this project I'll start to make the changes. Actually realising that I'm not beyond saving has to be a good start. I doubt that I'll ever think of myself as beautiful in any way whatsoever, but at least I am starting to be OK looking like me.

Most of the time.

June 25th

"See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil"

See No Evil:
I try to see the best in people as much as I can. I try to make allowances when people are being grouchy or behaving 'badly' towards me and I try to teach my girls to do the same. I know that I make allowances for family when things in their lives are difficult and I know that I behave irrationally when I am struggling with things in my life. If both those things are true then the most likely explantion for others treating us badly is that they have other issues that're bothering them. Most of the time if we know the person even a little bit we probably have some idea whats really eating at them - and a little bit of thought is way better than taking things personally and getting needlessly upset.

Hear No Evil:
Oooo - that's a hard one!
I hate missing out on gossip and I love catching up with what's going on in everyone's lives. Yes - I even read Hello magazine sometimes. The one thing I despair about with my husband is that he never takes the blindest bit of notice what's going on around him so if I want work gossip I have to chat to his mates instead. He's beyond hope I'm afraid - lol. Saying that I'm not interested in rumours or gossipy gossip - I guess I'm just nosey about everyone else's news...

Speak No Evil:
Ok so I love finding out what's what but I don't believe in spreading anything malicious or personal. And I never tell secrets.
My kids all say that one of my most irritating sayings is the one Thumper's Dad uses in Bambi: If you can't say something nice then don't say nothing at all. And it has to be said in the naff drawl that Thumper uses to have maximum irritating effect on the kids - he he!

June 24th

"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
Show me your 3 sides!



The Good:
Hardest one to do as I rarely see my virtues and when I do I'm never really sure if they are my true virtues or just me being big-headed.

I'm tolerant, accepting of others and prepared to believe the best of others most of the time

I'm a good Mum - I have strong relationships with all four of my daughters and I must be doing a pretty good job so far as I get very positive comments from school and other people they meet about their attitudes and behaviour. More importantly they all seem happy and well-adjusted most of the time

I'd like to think I'm a good friend. People seem to come to me when they need to talk and I hope that I can listen without judging and maybe even help to make things seem a little clearer at times

The Bad:
This one could go on for ever! Aren't we all so much more aware of our bad points than our good ones:

I'm a terrible housewife. I always have a huge washing pile, a huge ironing pile, an untidy kitchen and a things I can't seem to find when I only had them yesterday

I'm such a grouch when the place is messy! (yes, I totally know it's my own fault)

I'm far too impulsive about things and always hate having to face the consequences of my impulsive actions

I find it hard to say 'No' to people when they want me to do things. Even when I'm way too busy, way to tired and I don't even want to help out.

The Ugly:
Have you seen the photo at the top of this post!

I put things off all the time! Everything!
Sometimes I'm just distracted and forget things, somtimes I'm just too lazy and don't want to do stuff. The worst is when I have something to do that is hard to face then I just don't face it until I absolutely have to. It always makes things so much harder to deal with and makes my life so much more stressful but I just don't seem to be able to get over this horribly frustrating part of myself. Writing this out has been hard but actually facing it will probably do me good. I should deal with it one tiny step at a time I guess. Maybe today is the the day that I will make the change and stick to it. OK, decision made - first step is from now on I'll always be 5 minutes early to pick up the kids from school not 5 minutes late (wish me luck)

June 23rd

"Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
In the beginning I misunderstood
But now I've got it, the word is good"
The Word - Lennon and McCartney



We are nothing without love.
My life is nothing without those I love.

(old photo and a little bit fuzzy but still one of my favourites)

June 22nd

"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one"
Imagine - John Lennon



I would love to think that one day people could share the world without strife and war. That we could all live together in peace and harmony, respecting each other and the earth that we live in. That everyone would have enough to eat and a safe place to live surrounded by love and happiness. That everyone would be happy enough with life to not yearn for possessions.

However, humans are passionate by nature. We feel things strongly and deeply. For the world to change so drastically would mean a whole change to society - and for that I suspect we would need to change basic human nature. I'm sure that some people are able to live in peace and not desire any more than they have, but that seems to only work for very small groups of people and often ones without immediate families: the life of a buddhist monk seems a perfect ideal but is it actually realistic if one has children and the stong desire to see them happy and safe.

I love having passion in my life. I think that our ability to feel things deeply and to be driven to change that which is bad around us is a part of what makes us human. I'd keep that over a world with 'nothing to live or die for' any day.

Plus - a world with no pretty new shoes....
Ever....
No thanks :)

June 21st

"Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream,
It is not dying, it is not dying

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.

Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being

Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing

And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving

So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning"

Tomorrow Never Knows - Lennon



Hmmm - is it a good idea to go where my thoughs on this prompt take me or will it all get far to philosopical and self-indulgent?

To me these words sum up a large part of the way I believe in the world. Am I a spiritual person - possibly not in the traditional sense of the word but I do believe that there is a strength and awareness out there that is bigger than the sum of us. And by us I mean *everything* living on this planet.

'Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream'
Each day I try to find time to turn off my mind from everyday concerns and reach out to the world around me, to connect with the stream of life that encircles the planet and links us all. The feeling of peace and oneness that I get from just being part of this earth centers me and helps me to deal with the things that life throws at me. Sometimes I forget to take this time out and I soon get far too miserable and feel small and useless, isolated and lonely. I do 'lay down all thoughs', I do 'surrender to the void' and I do get a much better sense of the meaning within little things around me.

Love is definately all and it should include everyone. People who seem cruel and mean are often just troubled and misunderstood. Maybe if they knew how to cope with their lives they wouldn't feel the need to hurt others in the ways they do. Maybe they don't even know they hurt others at all...

'And ignorance and hate mourn the dead' - well yes - to me death is a change of state. I still talk to relatives that are no longer living with us and I feel that they hear me and help me. I feel their love still supports me. To me the life force that runs through this earth and, the spirituality of the earth, is made of all that are, all that have been and all that will be. Sort of like a spiritual version of the law of conservation of energy.

'But listen to the colour of your dreams' - I do belive that if you want something strongly enough, if you truly beleve it will happen to you. If your dreams are strong enough they will become reality. Your strength of will can change your path.

So I'll play along with this game of existence until I reach the end...

...and who knows what new beginning I'll find when I get there.

June 20th

"It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright"
Hard Days Night - Lennon

What kind of day have you had?

6.40 - get up & make coffee

7.00 - wake the girls

7.15 - take fresh coffee to hubby in bed

7.30 - check today's prompt and say 'hi' to the other 365ers. Order a new phone to pick up from Argos later today.

7.45 - find DD3s cello bow (on the ironing board of all places). Wave goodbye to youngest two girls and hubby.
No school run for me today as DD2 has sports day and DD1 is still on work experience

8.30 - wake DD2

8.45 - realise DD2 has no intention whatesoever of going to sports day (she doesn't want to sit around being bored all day apparently) so get grumpy with her. Do let her stay home though as she only moved schools a month ago and probably won't be in any of the events

9.00 - wake oldest, fill the dishwasher and put it on

9.10 - hang out the washing and pull a few weeds out of the gravel near the washing line

9.30 - teach oldest how to make butter icing for her leaving day cake (last day at work experience today for her)

10.00 - make another coffee and read a couple of chapters of my book while DD1 hennas my hand ready for the solstice

11.30 - hang next load of washing out & say hello to the first of my day lilles to flower this year

11.40 - put a dark load in the washing machine

11.45 - check bank balance, realise I'm skint again. Buy lottery tickets!

12.00 - check up on 365 thread and finish my slayer task

13.24 - go outside and spend a couple of quiet minutes knowing that the moon has just risen for midsummer (even though I can't see it for the buildings to the East of us)

13.30 - make a quick sandwich and grab some fruit for lunch

13.50 - take oldest and her cake to work

14.00 - drop into Argos to pick up the phone and choose a pressie for youngest to take to her party tomorrow

14.20 - go to the bank

14.30 - stop in my favoutite spot of the churchyard for a little while to talk to the trees and make a charm to bind my hopes into reality before the midwinter solstice. Say thanks for feeling better about me most of the time now (that was my last solstice wish)

15.50 - go meet the two youngest girls at school and stay for youngest's last violin lesson before her exam next week

17.00 - buy ice creams for the two youngest and stop at the lido for a little play (and a coulpe of chapters of book for me)

18.00 - pick up oldest from work and drop her home

19.00 - take youngest two to karate lesson and do a little crochet while I watch them

20.30 - stop at the shop for a milk and bread as I know we'll have run out by now

20.45 - Make supper, eat, get youngest two to bed

21.30 - watch last night's Boston Legal

22.30 - fall asleep on sofa

sometime later - wake up, drag myself off to bed

June 19th

"When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four."
When I'm sixty four - McCartney

A great lyric to reflect on relationships or maybe the future



I've know this man for 22 years now and there's another 22 until I'll be 64. I know I will still love him then because loving him is easy to do. Even though at times I seem to see nothing of him, even though at times he drives me crazy with his inability to make a decision or even pick up a phone, even though I'll never ever love anything about him from his ankles down! We've both learnt the art of compromise and we know each other well enough to realise when our other half needs something extra from us - at least I like to think we have. It's not a perfect relationship all the time but it suits me very well and I have never found myself wanting anyone else since the day we met.

Keeping a relationship strong can be hard at times; life gets so busy and stressful that it can get in the way of people just being with each other for the sheer fun of that. On the rare occasions that we get a little time just the two of us it sometimes seems like we're a bit lost as to what to do, even what to talk about, without the ever-present chaos of our family around us. We used to go out on 'dates' when the kids were younger just so that we could get a little us time - sometimes I think we need that again now but we don't often have a whole evening where one of the kids doesn't need dropping off to some club or other.

At the end of the day the kids will only be with us for a little longer and we'll have the whole of the rest or our lives to be just two again. I certainly wouldn't give up what we have now just to get those days a little sooner.

June 18th

"In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello"
Penny Lane - Lennon and McCartney

Time to reflect on where we live



I live on an amazing boat called Parbold. She was the last working horse-drawn boat in this country, still working in 1960. When we found her she was sunk in a basin in Bedford and she cost us £500 to buy from the owner there. We had two kids at the time.

When she came out of dock (after being completely replated below the waterline and having a steel cabin added to replace the 5 layers of rotting wood and roofing felt that made the old cabin) we had 3.5 kids. There's still a load of work to do before she's anywhere near finished being restored but somehow life, and lack of cash, seem to get in the way far more than I ever imagined they would.

If I'd know how long it'd be before she was finished would I still have bought her? You bet! I love this old boat of ours despite cursing her regularly when she eats odd socks and hides my car keys and despite the awesome amount of work I still have to do before I can call her finished.

June 17th

"I heard the news today, Oh Boy"
A Day in the Life - Beatles

What headline made the news for you today?



Headlines of my life today:

The biology GCSE paper wasn't too bad and she guessed right about a red blood cell's reaction to being dunked in distilled water

Only a weeks 'til smallest's first violin exam. Hope she'll be ready in time....

My cricket-playing girl runs like a penguin in pads - cos the pads are way too big and they fasten right behind her knees. Made me laugh watching her though :)

Our phone is totally dead - so we can't answer anyone calling us. Doesn't stop it ringing though!

My style seems to be developing and I'm quite proud of the CJ pages I've done today. Still needs a little more before it's finished but it's not half bad

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Day 166 we relived our childhood memories.
Scrap and journal your memories.


I cheated and did day 167.
Live with it :P

June 16th

“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) - minister, civil rights activist



There's nothing like lying in the warm sunshine and feeling that warmth seep deep into my bones to make me feel indescribably at peace with the world. If that warmth and peace is accompanied by the knowledge that I have no pressing chores and no-one needing my attention for a little while then even better. If all of that is part of lying on the grass with a good book and those I love close by playing, reading next to me or otherwise at peace with hthemselves then I would say that I as close to 'unutterable fulfillment' as I am likely to be in this world.

June 15th

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) - playwright, novelist



These are my treasures: my constant reminders of my choices, my life, my values.
One was given as a promise when love was young and fresh.
The other was given freely and unexpectedly when love was more reflective and less impetuous.
Both mean the world to me.

June 14th

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) - marine biologist



This photo was taken a few years ago by DH and I have always hated it becaue I look so huge in it. However, I never deleted it and it does catch me in one of my moments of total childishness after hurtling down the slide as fast as I could.

A child most definately needs lots of adult company to show them to wonders and mystery of the world but the company of children is also so valuable in reminding us jaded old adults that of the very same things. How often do we get so wrapped up in the chores and stresses of everyday lives and forget to do the silly, simple things that bring joy: to run just for the fun of feeling the wind rushing past us, to blow bubbles so we can admire the beautiful colours in them, to hug someone spontaneaously just because being with them at that moment in time pleases us so much.

I'm not sure who needs whom the most....

June 13th

“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
Wayne Gretzky (b. 1961) - retired professional ice hockey player



But what shots do I take these days?

When I was younger I did lots, achieved lots and thought that the world was my oyster. Now my biggest achievement seems to be finding the kitchen surfaces and the living room floor on the same day.

For the last 16 years my world has become increasingly smaller as my childrena have taken up more and more of my life. However, now I see them becoming independent people. My eldest will soon be away from our home; this summer she will be living and working away for the holidays. Knowing that she will come back for her last year of school helps and I am so pleased and proud that she is taking this step for herself. The others won't be far behind as the years seem to fly past so quickly and I wonder what I will have left of myself when they are grown.
Who am I without them?
Who would I have been without them?
What shots would I have made?
What shots would I have scored?

More importantly is there still a chance for me to take some of those shots and score? And which shots should I even aim for? A happy life, definately, but what would that mean on a practical level? I can't just sit home for the next twenty years until Iain retires and we can have fun together. Can I actually live my life at home on my own filling my time with gardening and crafts and find enoungh in that? Could I actually get a job that fulfils me and challenges me? A string of little part-time jobs is my lot at the moment and that is not enough to inspire any prospective employer to take me on.

Bah - maybe sometimes I just think too much and worry too much.
What will be will be and when it is my time to find 'my thing' it will turn up. I do believe that the world has balance if you're just prepared to let go of everything and trust in Karma.

June 12th

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ”
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - novelist

My aspirations fluctuate so much.

I aspire to being redundant but still loved: to see my children grown and strong and to watch them live happy and contented lives surrounded by whatever makes them happiest (I'd like that to be loving families of their own but that is not for me to choose)

I aspire to being valued: I would like to be able to get a job where I can see that I have achieved something. I know that I shouldn't judge myself by my achievements but I do and that is not something I've ever managed to change. Being a mum is great but it doesn't proove to me that I have any intrinsic value. Actually, at times, just ebign able to get a job would be good but I don't seem to be able to even managed that.

I aspire to happiness: to being happy in my own skin - that's a large part of why I joined 365 in the first place. It might mean that I need to lose weight and it might mean I just accept that I am fine how I am. Either way, one day I will enjoy being me!

I aspire to joy: to seeing the joy in everyday rather than getting bogged down in all the chores and the demands. To be able to take time to smile at the passing moments rather than worrying that I have left something unfinished

June 11th

“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”
George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880) - novelist



This is one of the very few people who have never ever judged me and always just accepted me for who I am. She sees me clearly and even if we don't talk for months (or even years) it never seems to matter. We met when a mutual friend dragged her to my 2nd wedding anniversary party - she was 15 at the time. She never left and for that I am very grateful.

June 10th

“ 'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ”
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), novelist




Stay is a word I miss. A friend that I can drop in on is something I miss. When my kids were pre-school there were other mums I could go visit when I was lonely. Now those people have moved away or got jobs as the kids have got older and things have drifted apart. I have a couple of people I could be close to but when they are home my kids are home and I'm running around like mad. Yes - I know I should make time to see people but it's just so hard. And so often when I need a friend to talk to I don't want to bother people or get in their way.

I love my family to bits but sometimes a little female company would be good to unwind with. I do miss that closeness that you get from female friends that really really know you.

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So who is your favourite Momiji?

Soul
Your soul is a good one, i know when it shines in your eyes
I like motorbikes

June 9th

Clever Clogs
Once upon a time there was a clever clogs and her name was you
I like boys who wear glasses



Clever Clogs?? I don't know about that. I'm traditionally clever (good grades at school, graduated university, blah, blah, blah) but I'm just me. Does having a higher IQ/better education make me smarter?

When I look at some of the choices I've made it definately does not.
When I look at others around me that have a more ordered and peaceful life it definately does not.
When I think about the things I could have achieved and the things I am doing now it definately does not.

On the other hand - I have spent the last fifteen years being able to home with my children which is a blessing, although it was never what I expected I would do with my life. And my kids seem to be growing up ok - so maybe I am a clever clogs after all...

Actually, ask me in another ten years or so when they are all grown and I'll let you know how it worked out.

June 8th

Smiling
Sweet dizzy girl you make me always smiling
I like gingerbread and tap dancing



When I'm tired or miserable this girl grins at me and tells me I have to smile otherwise she'll Do The Ballerina! Then she balances (usually badly) on her right leg whilst holding the other up behind her, with her right arm pointing forwards and a stupid grin on her face. It never fails to make me laugh.

And she really can't sulk. When she tries all we have to do is look at her and chant 'There's a smile under there' and she grins. She hates the fact that she does it but she grins and her sulk is gone. Long may it last!

Gingerbread - usually looks wonderful but is almost always disappointing when you get to eat it.
Tap dancing - uurrgghhhhh. Makes my skin crawl (even when it's not done by precocious little kids in too much make-up).

June 7th

Higgledy Piggledy
Somedays when life is quite higgledy-piggledy then you are the only person who can help
I like cheese on toast and palates



My life is completely higgledy-piggledy at the moment. I suspect it will be for a while to come. I'm not a great homemaker and I hate schedules and routines so I'm pretty bad at imposing them on my family. It's allowed my girls to grow up as very individual people with strong personalities and a good sense of their own selves but it's terrible for the more mundane things like finding a enough teaspooons or a matching pair of socks on a Sunday!

I dream of having a beautiful ordered home like the ones you see on TV (or the ones I see working - I'm an estate agent in a reasonably posh area so almost all the houses I visit are like showhomes). However, my total disregard for any sort of conformity lead me to choose a boat as our home. Not only that but I insisted on one that had been sunk and needed restoration. Seemed like a great idea when I only had 2 preschool kids but now here we are with chaos on all sides and six lives going on inside our small half-finished home. Saying that - I don't really want to live anywhere else and when Him Indoors has suggested moving to a house I've found myself despondant at the mere thought of it. However, if anyone has a spare million or so to buy the barn conversion I was showing on Saturday....

Oh - and the guy in the doll. That'd be Him Indoors! Sometimes I feel we're not as close as we should be. I miss the times when we were just the two of us, talking and laughing. Now we hardly ever managed 'just the two of us' except at bedtimes. The most important time of my days at the moment are first thing in the morning when I can reach out to touch him as he still sleeps, and last thing at night when I can curl up againt him and relax because I'm realy, truly home.

Cheese on toast - yummy! Especially with sweet chilli sauce under the cheese.
Palates (pilates?) - palates have never really entered my consciousness in any way. Pilates seems like a good idea. Maybe I'll try it sometime.

June 6th

Soul
Your soul is a good one, i know when it shines in your eyes
I like motorbikes


eye image by christophe huet - phenomenally talented digital alteration artist

If my soul could shine out through my eyes I hope it would look like this. Inside I feel all young and sparkly and full of hope. On the outside I feel old and saggy and tired. I keep telling myself that life will quieten down and the sparkly me will have time and energy to play agin. Hope that day comes soon.....

I miss motorbikes. A long time ago in another time and place I was good friends with a few beautiful bikes and one beautiful biker. They looked after me and let me have fun. I miss the freedom of those times occasionally but that was then.

And this is now.

June 5th

Lovely Day
We lie on our backs watching the clouds. Our lovely day
I like old black and white movies, travelling to far off lands



I'm possibly the only person in the world that doesn't like old black and white movies. I just don't have the patience for them.

Travelling to far off lands is something I'd love to do, something that has always fascinted me. I've seen most of Europe but nothing any further away. One day when the kids have left home, when my days aren't so full and my bank balance isn't so empty, I'll make sure I get to visit as much of the world as I possibly can. The only thing is I don't want to be a tourist, an outsider looking in. I want to see how other people really live, how other cultures deal with the world and to go to places where other people aren't.

Until then I'll be contented (reasonably) with the beauty I can find in this little country of ours.

Oh - and the clouds...
There's one that looks like a rather cute dinosaur grannie with a bonnet on looking through our roof hatch right now :)

June 4th

Dizzy
Counting the stars brings dizzy and laughing
I like knitting and techno



I love being dizzy! I love spinning around like a kid until I fall over (preferably not on the roof of the boat) and I love rollercoasters as long as they are very fast and/or very twisty. Thing thing I want more than anything else in the world - the first thing I would buy if I ever won the lottery, would be a freefall parachute licence. That is without a doubt the most wonderful and awesome thing I have ever done - but I know I would spend all my time up there if I could.

Knitting - my way to de-stress as it takes up just enough of my mind to stop me going over and over things when they are bothering me. And have you seen the gorgeous yarns out there - my yarn stash is so much bigger and more strokeable than my scrapping stash.

Techno - Are you joking? Noise for the sake of noise. guess I must be getting old - he he :)

June 3rd

Momiji Dolls Week
Chatting
Your chatting with me under the sky makes me always smiling
I like disco and thunderstorms



I never stop talking! Put me with friends or anyone that I feel comfortable with andI'll chat and chat for hours. And there is nothing better than catching up with and old friend that you've not seen for ages. This weekend I was lucky enough to be able to do just that - my Mum's wedding brought together friends and family that I see sp rarely - some that I've not sen for years and years. It was so good to meet up and catch up - I MUST make sure that we don't lose touch again.

Discos - well, I love dancing but I don't think the music I like dancing too would ever be called 'disco'.

Thunderstorms - adore them! I love to stand out and feel the power of them, the rain pounding on the skin of my up-turned face, the lightening flashing, the thunder rumbling around and the winds tugging at my clothes as I stand and enjoy the moment. One of my favourite memories is of being in a campsite in Switzerland in when three thunderstorms converged from different valleys and met at the lake. My Grandad wouldn't let me go outside to be with the storms but watching through the window of the caravan was almost as good :)