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  • High School Halloween Music Hall

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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:56am EST

  • Castle Bromwich Community Festival






    The last few months I've had little time to blog as my time has been momopolised by setting up the Castle Bromwich Youth & Community Partnership and planning and organising the Castle Bromwich Community Festival, and what a success it was! The weather was glorious' [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 2:32am EDT

  • Time Flies

    I never realised it had been so long since I posted anything on this blog. Life has been very busy and challenging in a positive way. Eric and I founded a Youth & Community Partnership earlier this year which aims to improve relationships and understanding between [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 4:20pm EDT

  • Tackle it Tuesday

    Tackle It Tuesday Meme


    "Home is not where you live, but where they understand you."

    I have to hold my hands up and say that I'm a bit obsessional. I have two ways of coping with things, I either immerse myself in a' [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 5:27am EDT

  • Bravery Is Not Being Afraid To Be Afraid


    "And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do." L. Neil Smith





    My Dearest [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 2:02pm EDT

  • Sounds, Smells & Tastes of Childhood



    I was sitting quietly this afternoon drinking a cup of coffee and the only thing that I was really conscious of was the sounds around me. Nothing was very loud, there was no television or radio playing in the background so the gentle whirring of [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 10:18am EDT

  • Learning to Love Yourself



    "You can't touch it, but it affects how you feel. You can't see it, but it's there when you look in the mirror. You can't hear it, but it's there every time that you talk about yourself. This important, but mysterious thing is your self'" [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 3:57pm EDT

  • Tastes Like Home



    “Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.”

    Part of me will always remain tied to my childhood and life as I lived it back in the 1960s. A major part of that is [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 10:53am EDT

  • Feeling Complete



    If I could give you one gift, I would give you the ability to see yourself as I see you, so you could see how truly special you are.
    -- Author Unknown



    I once read a quote that went [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2009, 2:32pm EDT

  • Welcome to the Age of Intolerance



    "Where are all the children? It's just like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after the child catcher's been out." That was my stepson's girlfriend's reaction when she first came out with me around the area where we live. I'm not surprised. It's always seemed to me [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 4:01pm EDT

  • Memories of Dad



    I don't know why, but some reason whilst I was pondering what to blog about today my thoughts turned to my dad. My father died on the 3rd March 1978 and my memories of him are somewhat faded. He was only young, 42 and my' [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 2:18pm EDT

  • Idlelescent



    I'm not the only person in our household who has been afflicted by the highly contagious lazyitus. Since reaching his teenage years Ashleigh seems to need constant sleep. This seems really alien, as his younger years were spent never sleeping; we were lucky if he' [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 4:44pm EDT

  • Lazyitus



    It seems that every day the news reports on some frightening statistic that shows that the health of the nation is declining. There is always some new initiative aimed at making us more aware of preventative measures that will protect us from heart disease, cancer, [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 3:17am EDT

  • Childhood Remembered



    Eric is one of those people that can do anything he tries. At least that's what he tells us. It isn't a case of his working at it until he learns the skill, according to the stories, he just believes he can do it and [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 8:07am EDT

  • Worry Wart



    No matter how old I get, one thing that I've never been able to overcome is my ability to worry incessantly. I don't worry about the normal things that most people worry about, I worry about pointless inconsequential things that other people wouldn't give a' [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 6:05pm EDT

  • SW America 2005

    Eric and I like to travel and it is our hope to visit every state in America. We have been lucky enough to have already travelled extensively throughout the South Western states which we love. In March and April 2005 we spent three weeks ttouring around. It had been our [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 3:30pm EDT

  • What is love?



    Before I met Eric I never thought that I would spend my life with somebody. I was content with my life and I wasn't looking for anybody to share it with. Eric and I met through work. When Eric first joined the firm where I' [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 12:23pm EDT

  • A Time to Reflect



    We're always told that we should consider how we would want our funeral to be, well in advance of old age. Having arranged and planned Auntie Vera's I have to agree. It is really hard trying to put together a ceremony when you don't know' [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 6:07pm EDT

  • See How I've Changed



    I was fifty in March, hardly seems possible as inside I still feel like the 18 year old that left school 32 years ago. In many ways I have changed beyond all recognition from the person I was then. I will now speak occasioanlly something [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 2:53pm EDT

  • Second Time Lucky?



    Eric and I seem to have spent the last year attending funerals. Last year we went to three and a few weeks ago we went to another, so, it is a pleasant change to be planning to attend a wedding instead. My stepson Carl gets [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 11:18am EDT

  • Photoshop



    Although I do a lot of digital scrapbooking, I have to admit to having always struggled using Photoshop, preferring to use the much easier user friendly Digital Image Pro. However, I recently decided that Photoshop was just something that I would have to learn and [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 5:43am EDT

  • Charles George Laney

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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 6:24pm EDT

  • My Family Tree

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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 1:15pm EDT

  • Edith Millicent Laney nee Neighbour



    My Uncle died recently and my cousin has found some photos in a shoe box that I've never seen before. He's sent me copies of some of them and they've evoked some memories of my Nan who I was always really close to.

    Whenever' [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 12:58pm EDT

  • Photographs



    My Nan always used to tell me that when he was younger my dad would be happy as long as he had well maintained hair and a clean shirt. She'd say that he would stand at the mirror combing his hair and telling himself how' [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 4:31pm EDT

  • 20 small things



    I've enrolled for a Jessica Sprague Scrapbooking and Journaling course which has made me focus on updating this blog. Time seems to fly and I don't realise how long it is since I last posted.

    The course I've enrolled on encourages Scrapbook layouts with' [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 12:43pm EDT

  • Family Stories



    "Heirlooms we don't have in our family, but stories we've got."

    Ever since I've known Eric he's told me stories about his Grandparents in Devon and his Grandmother's brother, Uncle Walter. Neither I, nor Eric had any real way of knowing the truth of' [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2009, 11:35am EST

  • If You Don't Have a Dream




    To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you conform to something else is an achievement, but if there’s one thing that the last year has taught me, it’s to live my life according to my dreams, balancing being a [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2009, 11:57am EST

  • This Time of Year - Heads or Tails Meme



    Christmas has never been my favourite time of year, it always makes me feel quite sad and lonely. When I first met Eric we used to spend boxing day with my sisters and brother and their families. We would each have a stocking with extra [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2008, 4:28pm EST

  • Second Star to the Right and Straight on till Morning



    This is my attempt at Challenge 3 on the Artarazzi blog. The challenge was to use the photo of the parrot fish below to create a piece of digital artwork.



    I used it to create the path in [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2008, 5:51am EST

  • Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven



    This is my attempt at this week's challenge on Artarazzi.

    Eric is a Governor at a local Junior school and he is always telling me what a delight the children there are, brimming with enthusiasm, delight in the world and good will towards' [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2008, 4:52pm EST

  • Memories of Christmas Past



    I've had a lovely afternoon looking at old photos and remembering good times. A few years ago we spent some time in Florida on holiday with my sister, Tammy and her friend. We hired a villa and spent a couple of weeks visiting the theme' [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2008, 1:29pm EST

  • Christmas Traditions


    For many years we have spent the early weeks of December holidaying in America. We absolutely love this. It is so relaxing, away from the crowds rushing to do the Christmas shopping, shops in America are so much larger and better staffed and shopping is effortless. [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2008, 6:27pm EST

  • A Celebration of the Life of Vera Knibb

    Despite continually promising that I will update this blog regularly, I still go missing for weeks at a time. Eric's Aunt died on the 1st December and her funeral was today. I've always hated funerals where the Eulogy or Tribute is given by a Vicar who never met the person [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2008, 4:57pm EST

  • Let Your Hands Do The Talking - Heads or Tails


    Anybody who has spent any time in Italy, Spain or the Latin American countries will know that some Nationalities talk as much with their hands as with verbal language. Similarly, Eric seems to find it impossible to speak without using his hands. Nothing wrong with that, [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2008, 1:47pm EST

  • The First Sign of Madness - Manic Monday






    I was walking back from the shops the other day when I became aware that I was talking to myself. Nothing unusual in that, I often catch myself muttering my thoughts out loud. I remembered the phrase adults [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2008, 10:43am EST

  • "Cracked Pot"



    Ever since I can remember I have had recurring dreams about being abandoned or destroyed because I am not physically perfect. I don't really know why this seems to play on my subconscious, I am not aware that it bothers me any more when I'm [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2008, 7:02am EST

  • Shattering



    I don't know why, but when I'm really stressed I have this ability to destroy anything electrical around me. It usually starts with the lights flickering as I walk past them. At first I thought this was just a coincidence, but we've tested it out.' [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2008, 3:45pm EST

  • Thank you for being there for me



    As anyone who reads my blog will know, I've been struggling with events that have happened this year. My life has been a rollercoaster and as yet shows no signs of changing. But, through it all there have been two people who have always been' [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2008, 2:40pm EST

  • Slice of Life - I See A House Nobody Else Sees





    I see a house nobody else sees.

    I see the ghosts of my own past, feel the feelings I used to feel when we first came to live here. The décor and scents - tell me I'm home, but' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 5:18pm EST

  • Memories of Autumn - Heads or Tails - Stories in Hand







    "If you're afraid of change, think of the beauty of Autumn."

    For me there's something special about Autumn. The nights drawing in, the nip in the air, the dampness and the colourful leaves floating [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 5:48pm EST

  • Stories in Hand - Self Confidence


    "Self confidence gives you the freedom to make mistakes and cope with failure without feeling that your world has come to an end or you are a worthless person."

    "But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self-confidence, and try" [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 1:28pm EST

  • Diabetes Awareness Month - Diagnosis Changes Everything


    Let food be your medicine, and medicine your food.

    Hippocrates


    Life has a way of throwing the unexpected at me. One minute things are going along normally, well as normal as my life ever gets and then suddenly everything changes, totally unexpectedly and [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2008, 5:11pm EST

  • Learning the Art of Relaxation

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    "Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE'" [...]

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    Posted: October 11, 2008, 7:07am EDT

  • When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going


    I don't think either Eric or I will forget this year in a hurry. It has been tough, but rewarding. My attitude is to face life head on and roll with the punches. Nothing stops me for long and each little set back just makes' [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2008, 12:53pm EDT

  • Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things


    Heroes come in all shapes and forms from the individuals who stand up for what is right and refuse to give into violence and threats, to a young child who saves his father's life by responding appropriately to a life threatening fit, to a elderly' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2008, 3:46pm EDT

  • It's a tough existence being a child with a disability nobody understands


    " It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid. "
    Susan Hampshire

    It [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2008, 6:26am EDT

  • Cause or Effect?


    "In spite of illness, in spite of arch-enemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way." Edith Wharton

    I've been' [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 5:14am EDT

  • If Trees Could Talk

    The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go, and so many generations pass into silence, that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  • I will never forget


    A little while ago I made contact with my dad's cousin through genesreunited. She had a number of photos of my Nan and her siblings that I'd never seen and she sent me copies. My Nan was always extremely important to me. She was always [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2008, 11:48am EDT
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