tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559590643853071012024-02-20T05:54:52.656+00:00Becky's Scrapbook BurblingsAll about me, my scrapbooking, photography and life in generalBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.comBlogger870125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-83761875147447267062018-08-03T07:30:00.000+01:002018-08-03T07:30:02.293+01:00And she's in!I know! It has been months since I have blogged! Life has just been too busy but today I thought I would share with you some final pictures of Penny's annexe. She finally moved in at the beginning of July and is now truly settled.<br />
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The first room to be completely finished was the bedroom. We had a slight hiccup when I bought the extra tall wardrobe from IKEA by mistake but it fitted and Penny was thrilled to have the extra space so all was well! This is looking into the room from the hall.<br />
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And this is taken standing by the window.<br />
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The bathroom is compact and bijou! But it has everything that is needed and is just what Penny wanted.<br />
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Even down to the litter tray for the cats when they go to stay with her!<br />
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Hugh and I are very proud of the living area as we feel we really got the design perfect (well actually we are very proud of all our designs!). We spent ages with scaled down pieces of paper moving things around to make the most of a small space. This is taken standing at the doorway looking into the living room.<br />
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Penny did really well with all her interior design choices - it is really light but at the same time warm and cozy. She also has an air conditioner which has been perfect this summer!<br />
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The kitchen has so much storage space - we really have maximised every inch of space we had available.<br />
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And lastly the hall. This photo is taken standing in the living room doorway.<br />
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This photo is from the bedroom. The bathroom door is next door to the bedroom, almost opposite the front door.<br />
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So, after 5 months she is in! At times it felt like it was never going to be finished and yet at other times things happened really quickly. We were extremely lucky with our builder - he and his crew/subcontractors were superb and we could not fault any of them. Penny is extremely happy with her little home and we are too!<br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-9603793880322413612018-05-05T07:30:00.000+01:002018-05-05T07:30:05.934+01:00Country Living Spring Fair <div class="yiv5161863560MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525278925090_10219">
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weekend I spent a very pleasant day with Wendy and Sue at Alexandra
Palace at the Country Living Spring Fair. I had never been to one of
these shows before – Sue suggested it as they get Country Living
magazine at the chiropractors
she works at and they got an offer for reduced price tickets! Ever ones
for a bargain we quickly booked up 3 tickets! We had been to Ally Pally
before for craft shows so we knew where we were going and that it was
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Sue
and Wendy arrived at my house at 10am and we jumped into my car and I
drove us up – it only took about an hour to get there which was not too
bad! Parking was easy and we took the shuttle bus up to the exhibition
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whole exhibition was very sedate compared with a craft show! It was
very relaxing walking around – there was a brass band playing and lots
of lovely interesting stalls to look at. There were a couple of stalls
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meandered around for about an hour and then stopped for a coffee and
to people watch! After our coffee we attacked the stalls again! There
were stalls selling jewellery (many unique designs which was nice),
clothes stalls, furniture
(I’ve found Penny a nice step stool to buy for her annexe), antique
items and food stalls with quite a few samples to try! Most of the items
were a bit pricey if you weren’t looking for a special present but it
was fun to look at everything and chat to the
stallholders. We decided it would be nice to have a photo in the arbour
on the Country Living stand and a very nice man came and did the
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around for a little longer before leaving just before it closed at 4pm.
We were trying to take a selfie by the huge magazine cover when a lovely
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I recommend it? Yes, it was a lovely day out but do not expect to get
any bargains! There were definitely some lovely bits and pieces to buy
but you do need to have deep pockets. Oh yes, and all the staff at Ally
Pally were absolutely
lovely – very friendly and chatty, which made the visit all the more
enjoyable.</div>
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There have been big strides in the build since the last update!
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Firstly the windows have been put in….</div>
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And Penny had to have a go at pretending to drive the digger!</div>
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As did Hugh!<br />
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There has been work going on inside too, with studwork going up to make the rooms…</div>
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Electrical
cables and pipework for the central heating has all been installed too
but there isn’t much I can show you for that! And then last week the
door was installed and now it really looks like a little house!</div>
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plaster to dry and then the bathroom can be installed and we can start
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Penny
and I had the kitchen designer in from Wickes last week and this
morning we are back at Wickes to see her design and to (hopefully) order
the kitchen. We will be coming back via the flooring/tiling showroom to
order the flooring for
the living area/hall/bathroom and the tiles for the bathroom. I am
slowly beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Penny is
getting more and more excited and cannot wait to move in!</div>
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Oh yes - one more thing ... Penny passed her driving test this week!</div>
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Last
Saturday I spent the day at the EKScrappers Crop run by <a href="http://talesfromthescrapheap.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Karen.</a> I
love getting to spend the whole day scrapbooking and chatting with like
minded ladies. Karen also puts together a ‘class kit’ which we have the
option to buy.
The kit comes with papers and embellishments and the step by step
instructions to complete the page. Karen completes the page
first so her beautiful examples are always on show for guidance too!
There is no obligation to buy the kit, but I always
do! This month the papers were from Stamping Up and involved some fussy
cutting which I love. We made two pages .. this one..</div>
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I also took along some page kits I had made up previously and completed these pages:</div>
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I had the inspiration for this layout on my Pinterest - I must make more use of all those layouts I have liked and pinned!</div>
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This is one of my own designs! The pinwheel had been in my stash for years and I am really pleased that I used it up!</div>
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When we saw this pub in Blackpool Hugh kept reciting the poem and so I had to take a photo of him outside and scrapbook the story. I did not have enough room to write out the whole poem, but managed to fit on the relevant part! If you click on the photo below the layout will appear bigger and you can read the poem.<br />
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Penny a contact lens check up, so it’s all about the eyes this weekend!
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Well,
I think having run Spotlight Saturday for well over a year I am going
to change the name. Although I intend to still post once a week on a
Saturday I am going to take away the Spotlight Saturday title then I
won’t feel obliged to
post on a Saturday and guilty if I don’t manage to post on time! Last
weekend is a point in case – I totally forgot to write a post on Friday
to go up on Saturday as it was Good Friday. When I realised on Sunday I
then felt it was too late to post so ended
up doing no post! So, here we are, on a Saturday but with a new post!
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So,
what has been going on in the Gotch household? Well, the build, which
is the major thing in our life at the moment, is still going on although
we have been held up by the weather again – this time the rain. However
we have had the water
board in to lay in a new supply to the house with a T junction to go
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This
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outside our house! We also had half the road blocked off – pretty
impressive eh?</div>
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We
had to have a complete new supply put in as the original supply, which
runs under our house right to the back where the kitchen is, was made of
lead and the stoptap indoors could not be turned off for fear of the
tap shearing off and
the utility room being flooded! And how long has the stoptap been like
this? Oh, that will just be the 25 years or so since we moved in! We
found out it was like that the day after we moved in when Hugh went to
plumb in the washing machine and we had a bit
of a flood and he could not turn the water off indoors and had to find
out where to turn it off in the road! Anyway, now we have a shiny new
supply with a stoptap handily under the sink in the kitchen which we can
easily turn off and it is all in place ready
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Willow was actually very brave and went outside for the first time since the build began and visited the annexe!</div>
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of weeks ago so we popped over and took some lunch. Ben and Amy also
joined us so it was a lovely family get together.</div>
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I
am also very happy to report that Penny has got a job! It is part time
at Costa in Rayleigh. We are absolutely thrilled for her. She does not
have a huge number of hours to start with but we are hoping that as she
proves herself they
will give her more hours but it is a really good start and we couldn’t
be more proud.</div>
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We
had a relaxing Easter break – well we couldn’t do much because of the
rain! Hugh and I went and saw Pacific Rim 2 – Uprising. It was
surprisingly quite good! We also went out to do some shopping in
Basildon and I chose some new glasses
and we had lunch out in Debenhams. Hugh did get into the garden to give
one of our borders a makeover.</div>
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that is where we are up to! The driveway is being dug up this week in
preparation for the block paving going down and the floor is being put
in this week too in the annexe. Windows and doors are being ordered and
electrics and gas pipes
being put in. It is all very exciting and Penny cannot wait to move in! </div>
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Today I am off to Karen’s crop near Colchester so will hopefully share
some layouts with you next weekend. Hope you have a good weekend
whatever you are doing.</div>
Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-36736889338606414392018-03-24T07:30:00.000+00:002018-03-24T07:30:24.647+00:00Spotlight Saturday - a layout shareGood morning! Happy Saturday to you all. How are things with you? Building work is coming along well here and I will share that with you again soon. This week has been a bit of a mixed bag for me - I met up with a good friend for a meal, at last. We had been trying to get together since December but life kept getting in the way so it was great to meet up again and catch up. Unfortunately when I got home half of a back double tooth fell out! That wasn't fun! The emergency dentist has patched it up and I am going back on Tuesday to see my own dentist to try and save the tooth.<br />
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The last few weekends have been busy but I still managed to get some layouts done.<br />
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This one was done after I watched<a href="https://youtu.be/jcXjbeHHGPg" target="_blank"> Jen Schow's </a>first Youtube video on her 'Use it or Lose it' series.<br />
As you can probably tell, it focussed on using wood veneer! I've still got loads left though!<br />
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This next layout was loosely based on an old Inkie Quill Youtube video, again about using up old stash, this time odd Thickers. With this layout I was able to use all those pesky numbers that you get at the bottom of the sheets and only ever use 2 or 3 of them! <br />
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And finally today a layout using my Glitter Girl collection for these lovely photos of Penny and a wrestler she met. I loved using a quote as the title of this one.</div>
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Oh yes, and I had a 'helper' one Sunday too!</div>
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If you like watching scrapbookers on Youtube I can highly recommend Jen Schow and Inkie Quill - they plus Nicole Jones, Shimmelle and ScrappyNerdUK are my most watched and where I get a lot of inspiriation for my layouts. Now I'm off to watch some Inkie Quill! Have a lovely weekend!</div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-75739368508577916702018-03-17T07:30:00.000+00:002018-03-17T07:30:19.582+00:00Spotlight Saturday - update on the buildSo, it was all going swimmingly and then this happened ...<br />
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This meant that <i>nothing</i> could be done to the build! They were at the stage where the concrete needed to be poured for the foundations so that sure as hell was not going to happen!<br />
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Fast forward a week and the snow had melted and the ground had thawed. This arrived...<br />
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Then this happened...<br />
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And we finally had foundations!<br />
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These then had to go off before brickwork could begin. That begin just over a week ago, the day Penny went into hospital to have her tonsils out. When we left it looked like the above photo. When we got back at 5.30pm ...<br />
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We could not believe how much they had got done in a day and even though Penny was feeling pretty rough she had to have a look...<br />
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Her expression was priceless!<br />
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And now, just over a week later, we are here!<br />
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It's all getting very exciting! However there is now <i>more</i> snow forecast for this weekend so we are not holding our breath that things will be moving forward quickly next week. Hopefully the snow will either come and go quickly or not come at all! Next week the roof tiles should go on!<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed this little update. I'll be back with some more photos soon. Have a great weekend!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-25238153824012323692018-03-10T07:30:00.000+00:002018-03-10T12:11:25.019+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Winter Wonderland!A couple of weeks or so ago I mentioned that I had finished scrapping all my Christmas photos. Well I had but I had not shared them all with you! I thought you might like to see what I did with all the photos I took when I went to Winter Wonderland with Sue and Wendy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this pink paper and was happy to be able to use it up. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large metal snowflakes were from Christmas crackers last year!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I liked using the frame on the top photo of this layout.</td></tr>
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And then I still had LOADS of photos left! So I decided to add a pocket page which goes in with the main layouts. <br />
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I used both sides of the pocket page and I am really pleased with the result.<br />
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Do you use pocket pages with your main 12x12 pages? I think I may do this in the future if I take too many photos to scrap (which I usually do lol!).Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-52084495675800751132018-03-03T07:30:00.000+00:002018-03-03T07:30:20.698+00:00Spotlight Saturday - The Forgotten Gardens of Easton LodgeA little while ago I saw a post on Twitter about the snowdrop open days at <a href="https://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/" target="_blank">Easton Lodge</a> and immediately pencilled them onto my calendar as a morning out for me and Hugh.<br />
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Last Sunday was the 2nd of two days they were open. The gardens are run by volunteers and only open on a few days a year, but they are well worth the visit!<br />
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<em>'The Gardens of Easton Lodge are an idyllic </em><em>haven </em><em>(Historic
England, Grade II listed). They have been partially restored to their
former glory by a team of dedicated volunteers and the owners of Warwick
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Sunday was <i>very </i>cold, but beautifully bright and sunny so we wrapped up warm and drove the 40 minutes to the gardens. It was £4.50 each which we thought was very reasonable. The volunteers also had a little 'cafe' there with bacon or cheese rolls and hot coffee and tea.<br />
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The snowdrops really were beautiful - unfortunately they really did not show up too well on the photos! We spent about an hour walking around, looking at the millenium sundial...<br />
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The carving made out of a dead tree which had been left in situ...<br />
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The Italian garden.....<br />
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The walled garden...<br />
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And we went up the treehouse...<br />
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The queue for hot drinks was pretty long, but fortunately I had put a flask in our car so we returned to the car and had a lovely warm coffee before we set off...<br />
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This made me feel very much like Hugh's late parents as they <i>always </i>had a flask when they went out for the day!<br />
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We had a fantastic morning walk and I am very keen to go back again in the summer to see the garden with its summer clothes on. There were lots of picnic tables dotted around so it would be fun to take a picnic lunch. As it was, on Sunday we went off to the Toby Carvery and had a relatively Slimming World friendly roast dinner - and it was yummy!<br />
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If you live locally enough to visit I would thoroughly recommend a visit to Easton Lodge Gardens, but do check first if they are open - they are only open on 9 days a year! And have a read up on their website about the <a href="https://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/the-gardens/history/" target="_blank">history </a>- it's fascinating!<br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-40083893586857142052018-02-24T10:33:00.001+00:002018-02-24T10:33:03.068+00:00Spotlight Saturday - layout shareHi! Well the building work is coming along and I will share more of that next week. This week I thought I would share with you some layouts I have made during the past few weeks. I've not had a huge amount of time to scrap, but I did go to the EKScrappers Crop at the beginning of the month and made these three layouts with the class/kit from Karen.<br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee;">I have had a little time on the past couple of Sundays to do some scrapbooking at home too. I've been concentrating on getting my December photos scrapped which I have now achieved so I will be scrapping some photos from the summer when I next craft.</span></div>
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I am hoping to get into my craft room tomorrow for a while - I am watching Criminal Minds Beyond Borders on Netflix at the moment whilst I scrap. I love having a series to watch when I scrap and this one has got me hooked!</div>
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Anyway, I am off for a walk in the sunshine now - it's freezing outside but gloriously sunny so going to make the most of it! Hugh and I may even go out tomorrow for a walk! Whatever you are doing this weekend I hope you have a relaxing time.</div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-85980430420602738412018-02-17T07:30:00.000+00:002018-02-17T07:30:29.606+00:00Saturday Spotlight - the big build!Sorry if you came by last week and there was no new post - things just got too hectic!<br />
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If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you will know that we have had building work start this week - we are demolishing our garage and a couple of other outbuildings and replacing them with a small one bed annexe for Penny to move into.<br />
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So this was my view when I was standing at my kitchen sink.<br />
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And now we have a digger and dump truck onsite, which Ben would have LOVED when he was a little boy!<br />
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We also have a portaloo onsite for the builders to use so they don't have to come indoors!<br />
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So far I'm really impressed with our choice of builders and am hoping that they continue to impress us! One week into the build things are going well and I have had to go out and buy more coffee lol! These builders are coffee drinkers not tea drinkers - which is probably just as well as my tea making is not very good!<br />
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So, I will be updating my blog regularly with how things are progressing with the build. Penny is, of course, extremely excited about it all and has been out with us to choose her kitchen and is having a lot of fun choosing tiles, paint and wallpaper/borders. The main build is due to take 6-8 weeks, so hopefully by the summer she will have moved in!<br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-7304569518832632092018-02-03T07:30:00.000+00:002018-02-03T07:30:06.573+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Penny graduates!Last Friday saw us down in Canterbury to see Penny graduate wtih her MA in Prose Fiction. We arrived Thursday night and stayed in the Premier Inn. On arrival I went to Penny's room and painted her nails for her! We had arrived late so eventually got to bed after 11.30pm!<br />
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Friday morning after breakfast we had time to kill. We had decided to pop on our clothes from the previous evening, have breakfast and then go for a walk into Canterbury and have a mooch around the shops.<br />
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It was very chilly and I was able to get a cheap scarf from Primark to wear with my coat for the graduation and let me tell you I was really pleased I had it! We got back to the hotel at 10.30ish and went out separate ways to get ready. Once I was ready I left Hugh to pack our bags and went down to Penny's room to keep her company whilst she made herself up and got ready.<br />
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We checked out of the hotel just before midday (the latest we could) and made our way to the University Library where Penny had to collect her gown, hood and mortar board and have her officical photo taken.<br />
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Once she had picked them up she changed into her beautiful boots, which have a very high heel and were not particularly good for walking long distances in but hey, they looked good!<br />
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Then it was off to the hall for the official photo to be taken. Penny of course chose the book backdrop for her photos! We are still waiting for these to arrive but I took a sneaky one whilst the official photographer was doing his thing!<br />
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Penny and I had been tweeting photos and comments all morning using the CCCU hashtags for the day. In the entrance hall they had a board showing the tweets and mine and Penny's were both up as we walked past!<br />
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We then made our way over to Canterbury Cathedral where the ceremony was going to take place. We got there nice and early so that we could take our photos. We whipped off our coats whilst taking the photos and tried not to shiver too much!<br />
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Then it was time to go into the Cathedral. We were not allowed to take photos during the graduation ceremony but there was an official one which we bought afterwards.<br />
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After the ceremony we returned to the Uni to hand back the gown etc and to go to the reception. We only stayed there for about 20 minutes as none of Penny's fellow graduates attended so we didn't know anyone! We had however booked a celebration meal at Bill's in Canterbury so walked back into town to have our evening meal.<br />
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We had a lovely meal together and then made our way back home. It had been a fantastic day and we were (and are) extremely proud of our beautiful, clever daughter.<br />
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Now, if anyone knows of a job going part-time in retail or admin that is local to us Penny would be thrilled to take it! She has been job hunting so hard for the past few months and so far nothing has come to fruition. I am sure it will soon, but if you can help we would appreciate it! <br />
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So what have I listened to? Well, I have found that when I am driving to and from work I really enjoy listening to Young Adult fiction. Last year my favourite duology was Dreamhunter and Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox. These stories are set in 1906 in a world very similar to ours except for a special place where only a select group of people can go - they are called Dreamhunters. The story follows the family of Laura and Rose and their involvement in this place and how the government is using it to control the popluation. I really enjoyed this duology.<br />
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My favourite series was The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. This series is a 'sci-fi' retelling of old fairytales. The characters are based on Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel. They are extremely fun stories to listen to and this year I have also listened to two stand-alones based on the series.<br />
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I like to listen to all the stories at 1.5 speed. Penny can't understand how I can listen to it and get what the narrator is saying! I find it really easy and it means I get through the books faster!<br />
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I am currently listening to Midnight is a Lonely Place by Barbara Erskine. This is an adult historical fiction book I actually own but I am loving listening to it being read by Rula Lenska. I also like to listen when I am working out in the gym (I must go back, haven't been for ages!) and also when I am doing the cleaning and cooking.<br />
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I do also read paperbacks and books on my Kindle. I have a paperback on the go downstairs to read in the evenings or any other time I am at home downstairs, a paperback at work to read in my lunchtime and a book on my Kindle which I read before I go to sleep.<br />
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And THAT is how I manage to read so many books in a year! I know that some people would get the stories muddled reading like that, but I am not one of them! Let me know, do you like audiobooks? Do you have more than one book on the go at any one time?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-58990530644707724312018-01-20T07:30:00.000+00:002018-01-20T07:31:18.007+00:00Spotlight Saturday - a spot of scrapbookingHello there! Have you done much crafting yet this year? I have completed quite a few layouts, most of which I am really pleased with. They are all using photos taken during December.<br />
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I gathered together all my Christmas papers and embellishments, grabbed the photos I wanted to scrap and spent a very happy Saturday evening making up page kits.<br />
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This has meant that when I have had some free time to scrap the decision making process of what papers etc to use has already been done and I can spend the time creating the layout.<br />
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Consequently I have created quite a few layouts over the past few weeks. I usually only find time to scrap on a Sunday afternoon.<br />
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However last week I was off work with an ear infection and towards the end of the week, when I was feeling a bit better, I did allow myself to go into my craftroom and have a play.<br />
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I still have quite a few layouts left to make for December. We had a very busy month making memories.<br />
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I still have the photos of Winter Wonderland, Harry Potter Studio Tour and of course Christmas Day itself to scrap.<br />
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Of course I also created a December Diary again this month and it is full of some of these photos too, but with far few embellishments and shorter stories. I really don't mind scrapping a photo twice.<br />
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However, I would really like to have most of them done by the end of January/beginning of February. It really feels strange to me to be scrapbooking photos of Christmas any later than that. Which is strange because I don't think it odd to scrapbook summer holiday photos in December! How do you feel about scrapbooking photos of Christmas after the event? Do you save them up to scrapbook the following year? Do you just scrap them when you feel like it? Please let me know!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-14216750274416337422018-01-13T10:36:00.001+00:002018-01-13T10:36:52.470+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Recording MemoriesFirstly a very happy new year to you all! I can't believe that I haven't blogged since 16th December! We had such a blast over December and made so many happy memories but basically that meant I didn't have time to blog! However, I have now planned out the next 6 weeks, so I'm back!<br />
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Today I thought I'd talk abour recording memories. As you know, I am a very keen scrapbooker and photographer. I also, in the past, used a video camera - a lot. Back in the late 80's and through the 90's video recording was such an important part of my memory keeping and then it just fizzled out. I think it fizzled out because of two things, one was that my children were young adults and just didn't want to be video'd any more and also that recording memories changed with the advent of smart phones. Once we had those we would do a flash recording lasting only a few seconds, up to a minute and then it would be saved on the phone. I have also made sure that these files are saved on my computer as I would hate to lose them.<br />
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However, all those memories, starting with our wedding in 1987, Ben being born in 1989, Penny in 1991 and their formative years are mostly on VHS and I cannot watch them. We did buy a VHS to DVD video/DVD player back in the early 2000's and I did transfer some video to DVD. However there is still this lot that needs sorting.<br />
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I have gone through all the VHS tapes and worked out what needs transferring. This has involved watching some of the DVD's to find out what was on them - it was wonderful and I need to do this more often. I laughed so much at Ben and Penny aged 6 and 4! Here is a short clip which I recorded off the tv as I was watching and sent to the family on Whatsapp which gave them all a giggle!<br />
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Anyway, I have found a store online that does converting to DVD and I have sent off the VHS of our trip to Australia in 2000 to see how they do. If it comes back ok I shall box up the rest and get them transferred and then binge watch them! This is a job I have been meaning to do for about 5 years and this year is the year. After all, if I leave it much longer I am worried that the VHS tapes may degrade to the state where they cannot be copied.<br />
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Have you got VHS tapes? Can you watch them or have you had them transferred? Do you do much video recording on your phone? I'd be interested to hear :)<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-62994976657119988902017-12-16T07:30:00.000+00:002017-12-16T07:30:11.334+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Oh what fun we had!Wendy, Sue and I try to go out a few times together each year apart from spending one evening a month together crafting. We decided this year as one of our trips to go to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We gathered at my house and walked to the station and caught the train to Liverpool Street. From there it was a relatively short tube ride to Marble Arch where we safely crossed the very busy road into Hyde Park.<br />
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We had arrived just after 11am and it was not very busy at all! This meant that we were able to have a leisurely stroll around and get our bearings.<br />
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If you haven't heard of Winter Wonderland it is basically set up with a 'German' market with lots of stalls selling Christmasy stuff, fairground rides, an icerink and a couple of different shows you can watch. We enjoyed looking at the fairground rides although we didn't go on any!<br />
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We even came across a 'barbecue train' which of course I had to have my photo taken in front of and send to Hugh!<br />
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We had booked to go into the Magical Ice Kingdom at 12.30 - we had thought it was cold walking around outside - it was nothing to how cold it was in there! It was minus 11 centigrade!<br />
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However we thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the ice sculptures and took many photos until our fingers and toes got so cold we had to exit!<br />
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Having exited we really needed to warm up and have some lunch. As basically all the lunch places were outside we left Hyde Park and went onto Oxford Street and found a branch of Ask Italian and had the most scrumptious lunch and got toasty and warm! We then went for a wander up Oxford Street, looking at the window displays and then we went into John Lewis and up onto their rooftop garden for a while.<br />
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As time was getting on we then returned to Winter Wonderland as we had booked to go on the Giant Observation Wheel at 4pm.<br />
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Now, I am not a lover of height and I don't like swaying things at heights! Err, what is the Observation Wheel? Yes, a swaying high thing!<br />
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However I managed to take a selfie with the view in the background, a few photos of the view as the wheel rotated and some photos of Wendy and Sue who were sitting opposite me!<br />
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It was a fantastic view, but I was really quite scared! However, watching Sue and Wendy trying to take selfies and cracking up over the process soon took my mind off it! Once off the wheel darkness had really fallen and the Wonderland did look really pretty.<br />
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We had another wander, had a coffee (for Sue and Wendy) and mulled wine for me! We finally left at just before 6pm.<br />
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It had been such a fun day. We had laughed and laughed. We had walked miles! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and were really grateful to Hugh who picked us up from the station in the car! Now I have hundreds of photos to scrapbook in the New Year! Have you done anything fun with friends or loved ones this festive period?<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-39891288481154835722017-12-09T14:15:00.003+00:002017-12-09T14:15:26.043+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Harry Potter Studio TourThree years ago I went with the family to the Harry Potter Studio Tour for my birthday and absolutely loved it. You can read about it <a href="https://beckysburblings-beckyg1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/photo-heavy-post.html?m=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Since then there have been some additions to the tour including the Forbidden Forest and Platform 9 3/4 along with, of course, the train. Added to this the fact that I wanted to see the model Hogwarts in the snow and the Great Hall set up for Christmas, I decided that as Hugh and I had a long weekend break booked we would spend the day there and have some fun!<br />
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The Great Hall was really impressive set up for Christmas. We even got to see the Christmas puddings flaming!<br />
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Moving on from the Great Hall we spent a leisurely time looking at many of the sets and enjoying finding little details that are not so obvious on the film. It was nice this time too that there were 'cast members' who were stationed at some of the exhibits and gave you additional information.<br />
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We were really impressed with the first 'new to us' exhibit of the Forbidden Forest.<br />
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The spiders were excellent! They moved up and down into the tree canopy and there was some great theatrical lightening too!<br />
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And Hugh and I met a Hippogriff! We did bow to it so as not to offend it!<br />
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After the Forbidden Forest we came to Platform 9 3/4 and this made Hugh very happy!<br />
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There were lots of photo opportunities on the platform and a very nice American tourist also took a photo of the two of us!<br />
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As you can see, Hugh and I managed to push our way through the wall to get onto the platform!<br />
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Hugh found his luggage on the platform - well it does say HG (I think it might be Hermione's) lol.<br />
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And of course, what Hugh liked best, the train.<br />
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As we continued our tour we came to the outside lot area and loved the fact that they had fake snow falling. Also the fact that you can now go into the house on Privet Drive and see the front room with all the letters in it.<br />
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We had to have our photo taken on the bridge again of course.<br />
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And Hugh had to have a sit in the Ford Anglia and also ride Hagrid's motorbike.<br />
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We finished our tour with viewing the fantastic model of Hogwart's Castle which looked absolutely beautiful in its winter coat. It really is a stunning model.<br />
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So we had a wonderful day out - marred only slightly by the fact that on our return journey the M25 was closed and so a trip that took only about 75 minute to get there took us 3 hours to get home! I can thoroughly recommend this tour and if you haven't been for a few years there are definitely enough new exhibits to make it worthwhile going a second time.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-39962768103341181322017-12-03T20:43:00.001+00:002017-12-03T20:43:24.929+00:00Spotlight oops Sunday! - A crafty good time!Oops! I forgot to write my post on Friday so that's why there was no Spotlight Saturday this week. However that has meant that I am able to tell you about the crafty time I have had over the last couple of weekends.<br />
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Last Sunday I spent a lovely day with Wendy and Sue at the craft fair in Maidstone.<br />
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We arrived at about 11am and were having our first walk around looking at the stalls when I turned round and who should I see but Sandra! We have never met before but as we turned round and looked at each other we both blurted out the other's name!<br />
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It was so fun to meet up with yet another blog friend and we have found that we don't actually live too far away from each other and so are going to meet up in the New Year for a cup of tea and a nice catch up! Oh, and yes, I did spend some money on a few bits and pieces too!<br />
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Then onto yesterday when I went to the EKScrappers crop. I found this crop through Karen who is also a blog friend and who I sat next to when I went on the Bloggers' Retreat. Whilst chatting I found out that she runs a crop monthly only about a 35 minute drive away! I was thrilled to be invited along and have now been to 3 crops.<br />
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Yesterday's was the Christmas crop and we all took food and had such a fun time. We also celebrated Patty's 80th birthday with a cake!<br />
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AND I got to meet yet another blog friend, one I haven't seen since we met up when Deb came over to London all those years ago, the lovely Denise.<br />
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All the ladies at the crop have made me feel so welcome and I have such a fun time there. Karen also does the most divine classes using papers I wouldn't necessarily choose. This time we had 5 classes! I had to complete 2 at home as I didn't have time to do them at the crop. I will try and take some photos of the mini book and double page layout I did, oh and the card, but for the moment here is my little village.<br />
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Anyway, tomorrow Hugh and I have the day off and we are doing the Harry Potter Studio Tour for the second time but this time it will be all set up for Christmas which we didn't see when we went in June about 4 years ago! Really looking forward to it. Hope you have all had a good weekend and I'll be back hopefully next Saturday!<br />
<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-32436324829236425042017-11-25T07:30:00.000+00:002017-11-25T07:30:07.275+00:00Spotlight Saturday - My weekLast week started well on Saturday (well I know Saturday isn't the begnining of the week, but for the purposes of this blog it is!) with a trip to Sutton near Ely in Cambs to visit my school friend Jane at her house and also Ann. We all first met on the first day of secondary school aged 11 - 40 years ago! We have remained very good friends ever since. The last time we met up was April last year so it was great to get together and catch up and also to see Jane's house as I had never been there.<br />
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Sunday saw us get up early to get jobs done, including making the Christmas cake.<br />
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Sunday afternoon Penny, Wendy and I went to a wrestling match in Harlow - it was great fun!<br />
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Monday after work Penny and I went for a really good 30 minute walk.<br />
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Tuesday we found out that we had got planning permission to build an annexe for Penny to live in - more about that though another day!<br />
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Thursday evening Hugh, Penny and I went to a local garden centre where they were having a German Market. We had a fun evening - we bought quite a few bits and pieces for Christmas, had some waffles (Hugh had wurst!) and a lovely glass of gluwhein!<br />
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Friday is my day off and I spent the morning cleaning and then had a facial - bliss! I had a delivery of some Christmas votices from HeavenScents and lit one - it smells wonderful!<br />
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Today we are off to do some shopping in town and then tomorrow Wendy, Sue and I are driving to Maidstone to the craft show to hopefully spend some money on some stash!<br />
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Oh and just to say that following my post last weekend, if you would like to join in and as Ruth put it just have a part of you in the photo, or if you just want to use the prompts to take Advent photos, please feel free to still join us! We would love your company and to see your Advent photos. <br />
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Hope you have a good weekend!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-57297400639968330792017-11-17T10:36:00.001+00:002017-11-17T10:36:06.105+00:00Ooh! An exciting THING for Advent!!Too often we are not in photos. We take photos of loved ones, pets,
places but never hand the camera over to make sure that we are recorded
in those memories.<br />
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This Advent things are going to change!<br />
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Penny and I
challenge you to join our #Adventselfieaday to ensure that you are seen
this Christmas in those Christmas photos!<br />
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Please join us over on
Instagram where we will be posting our selfies. We are actually going to
do a selfie with both of us in the photo but do join in just with an
individual selfie or with your pet, favourite toy or whole family! Just
make sure that YOU are in that photo! The prompts are shown below and
you can also find them over on our Instagram pages <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beckyg1/" target="_blank">BeckyG1 </a>and
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pennygotch/" target="_blank">@PennyGotch</a>. Please use the hashtag #adventselfieaday so we can find your photos. We look forward to seeing how you interpret these prompts, so get out your selfie sticks, your remote controls and timers as we look forward to seeing YOU in Advent!<br />
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Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-24577262682925779792017-11-11T07:30:00.000+00:002017-11-11T07:30:21.595+00:00Spotlight Saturday - Blog FriendsHow wonderful it is when you actually get to meet those friends you have made over your blog. I have been privileged to meet quite a few blog friends over the years, firstly when <a href="http://beckysburblings-beckyg1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/when-bloggers-meet.html" target="_blank">Deb </a>came over from the States and also only this last <a href="http://beckysburblings-beckyg1.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/spotlight-saturday-bloggers-weekend.html" target="_blank">September</a>. THEN I found out that <a href="http://www.melissagross.com/" target="_blank">Melissa </a>was going to be in London in November - oh yes! I had to try and meet up with her. I had no sooner sent her an email than I got one back asking if I, and 4 other of the bloggers were free to meet up for lunch. Of course I said yes! I immediately booked a day off work and last Tuesday took the train up to London to meet Melissa and her hubbie Robbie in Covent Garden.<br />
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I arrived far too early - I always do! But that meant that I was able to have a mooch around Covent Garden which was lovely and tourist free!<br />
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I came across these three lovely Pearly Kings who were selling poppies and they kindly posed for me.<br />
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And there were some wonderful looking window displays too.<br />
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Anyway! It was nearly time to meet at the restaurant when I bumped into Ruth! We had a bit more of a walk around together and then got to the restaurant just before 12 - Melissa and Robbie were already there. We were soon joined by Jacky and Mrs Wookie.<br />
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We chatted and laughed and ate and chatted some more. It felt like meeting an old friend even though I have never met Melissa in real life before - she really is a lovely lady and her hubbie is great too.<br />
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And of course Robbie was the perfect gentleman and took a group photo for each of us on our phones or cameras - thanks Robbie!<br />
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It was then almost time to go our separate ways, but earlier Ruth and I had spotted an establishment that we had to take Melissa to as it was the perfect photo opportunity.<br />
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I think I can say that we all had the most wonderful time. I do like meeting up with blog friends and hope that I can continue to do so in the future. So thank you Melissa for getting in touch, to Ruth for booking the table and to Robbie for treating us to lunch.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-3445818302442551912017-11-04T07:30:00.000+00:002017-11-04T07:30:00.279+00:00Spotlight Saturday - More adventuresFollowing on from last week's post, after visiting Blackpool on the Friday we had a very restful night at the hotel followed by a good breakfast and then set off to Southport. We fancied a walk along the pier - the 2nd longest in the UK, the longest being local to home, Southend. We were incredibly lucky with the weather and athought when we started out walk it was cloudy, but the time we got to the end of the pier the sun came out although it was still very windy.<br />
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At the end of the pier there was a penny arcade. The majority of the machines were the traditional ones which required the use of an old penny. There were machines to change your money up so of course we had to do so and have a go on a few machines.<br />
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These two were fun! They were both animatronic and gave us a giggle, especially the laughing sailor which brought back memories of the laughing policeman which I saw on Southend Pier when I went as a very little girl with my Grandad.<br />
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As the skies had cleared Hugh was able to use his binoculars to good effect and saw right over to Blackpool in one direction and the wind farm and Wales in the other.<br />
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Of course, if there is a train around Hugh manages to find it! We didn't think that the Lake Railway was actually running but on our return from the pier we found that it was, so we had to go on the little ride.<br />
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After a sandwich lunch bought from Morrisons (last of the big spenders we are!) we set off to Liverpool.<br />
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After our trip there in May we knew that we wanted to go back to look around a couple of the museums. We really wanted to look around the Maritime and Slavery Museum - I told Hugh I knew where they were and marched off to take us there. We looked around and found a train - oh what a surprise....<br />
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but then realised we were in the Museum of Liverpool and not the Maritime Museum! Ooops! So off we went as we only had about 3 hours before they closed. The Museum of Liverpool will have to be looked at in more detail another day!<br />
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The Museum of Slavery (in the Maritime Museum) was very interesting and thought provoking, made more so I think by having been to Mauritius in November and having seen sugar plantations.<br />
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The rest of the museum was just as fascinating and I loved the section on the Titanic and its links with Liverpool, especially the bits about Ismay as he was a distant cousin on Hugh's mother's side of the family.<br />
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Having spent a couple of hours at the museum we made our last stop the Cavern Club, where the Beatles were discovered. Well, let's tell the truth here, I got it wrong again! I was not on form! We ended up in the Cavern PUB to start with!<br />
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We realised our mistake however and after a quick drink there went across the road to the Cavern Club! <br />
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The live music was great, the atmosphere fantastic and we had a brilliant time. It was VERY hot down there though!<br />
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It was then time to leave Liverpool and make our way to Ashby de la Zouche where we had another Premier Inn booked for the night. We stopped in Uttoxeter on the way for a most delicious Indian meal (found again through Trip Advisor). We finally arrived at our hotel at 9.30pm - another great day and another 17,000 steps walked! Sunday saw us drive back home and spend the afternoon relaxing. A really wonderful short break away.<br />
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I'll be back again next week to share some layouts I've made recently and look out in the not too distant future for some exciting news Penny and I want to share with you all!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-50652697143556400992017-10-28T07:30:00.000+01:002017-10-28T07:30:01.705+01:00Spotlight Saturday - Blackpool and those illuminationsHello followers! Sorry there was no blog post last weekend - I came down with the most horrible cold and really didn't feel like sitting at the computer to make a post.<br />
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However the weekend before Hugh and I travelled up to Blackpool to see the Illuminations. The Blackpool Illuminations are something I have heard about all my life but never seen and neither had Hugh, so on the Friday morning we packed an overnight case and tootled up to Blackpool. It took us just over 5 hours which wasn't bad and after checking into our Premier Inn we drove into Blackpool, parked up and went for a walk. We were lucky that the tide was out and we were able to amble along the beach - it wasn't raining but it was blowing a gale!<br />
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I had converted some Tesco Clubcard vouchers into tickets to take us to the top of the Blackpool Tower. We saw a quite entertaining short film and then it was up in the lift to the viewing platform. There was a glass floor on part of it! I did manage to walk over it - Hugh wasn't so keen!<br />
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However I did manage to persuade him to stand on it and got this photo!<br />
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After looking at the views for a while it was time for some food and we went to the most fantastic fish and chip shop which came recommended via Trip Advisor and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone going to Blackpool!<br />
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Food finished we went and sat opposite the Tower to wait for the lights to be switched on at 6.45pm. At exactly 6.45pm they turned on! We then walked from the Tower all the way down to the Pleasure Beach enjoying the lights as we went.<br />
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Arriving at the Pleasure Beach we went to the tram stop and caught one of the vintage trams to take a trip all along the front to see all the lights.</div>
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The tram went a lot further up past the Tower and we saw lots of tableau lights which we didn't realise were there! That was a lot of fun. <br />
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The tram took us back to the Pleasure Beach which was just where our car was parked. We fell into the car and then I noticed on my Fitbit that we had actually walked 17,000 steps that afternoon and evening! We were exhausted and collapsed back to the hotel where we both slept really well!<br />
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Saturday saw us take a trip to Southport and Liverpool, but more about that next week!<br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-80345839709208616072017-10-14T07:30:00.000+01:002017-10-14T07:30:47.719+01:00Spotlight Saturday - a book box unboxing!This weekend I have something different for you. A video! I have done an unboxing of my box of books and other goodies from And....Relax Book Boxes.<br />
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You can find the book boxes here at<a href="http://www.andrelaxbookboxes.co.uk/" target="_blank"> And...Relax Book Boxes.</a><br />
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This is not a sponsored review and I have not been paid. It is my own personal review and I purchased the box after reading their web site and having purchased previously their Bargain Box - which really is a bargain and I can highly recommend that too!<br />
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Off to read a new book now and enjoy a coffee and some sweets then do some colouring lol!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488962127399687968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255959064385307101.post-46347475282584503492017-09-30T07:30:00.000+01:002017-09-30T07:30:11.879+01:00Spotlight Saturday - Hugh's hobby!So, <a href="http://simplyalexa.typepad.com/trimmingthesails/" target="_blank">Alexa </a>left this comment on my post last week:<br />
"I was intrigued to read about 'our' crafting - what does Hugh do?" and I it made me think that I don't think I have ever shared wtih you what Hugh's hobby actually is. You probably know that he is mad on trains - after all, every holiday we go on in the UK has to include a steam railway! And for his special birthday 2 years ago he got to drive a steam train!<br />
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But the steam trains he likes the best are Great Western Railway trains. And to be able to carry on that love, he has a model railway! Well, he has a model railway in the making! For as long as we have been married he has been collecting trucks, coaches and engines for his GWR model railway and before that, as a child, he had a train set. Now that 'train set' has its own, rather large, shed!<br />
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The track was completely laid about 10 years ago, but in a different shed. We then needed that shed for more mundane uses, so we bought Hugh this much larger shed and he started again! There is quite a bit of track laid, and he is working on the scenery now too.<br />
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Hugh loves to build and paint the models to go onto the layout, the houses, church, school, station, gas works and so on.<br />
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This modelling he actually does indoors, at his craft table and then when it is finished it is taken up to the shed to be put into place.<br />
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He even paints the figures - painting their clothes and features - such tiny details!</div>
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As you can see, there is still quite a lot of work to be done on the shed and it is a large shed! But Hugh is quite happy pottering about up there and if it is ever finished he can then run the trains around the tracks!</div>
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He also builds engines, coaches and trucks and then repaints them to GWR colours. His craft trolley is actually a second hand tea trolley with fold out leaves. That means that we can roll it out of the lounge when we have guests! And he is NOT a tidy crafter - which makes me feel better lol!</div>
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This is his latest project - a snow plough coach which he basically created from scratch. Scratch building is one of his favourite hobbies, whether buildings or rolling stock - he has quite a few 'projects' on the go! </div>
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So when I say 'our crafting' that is what Hugh is doing.Thank you Alexa for asking! Hope you all have a relaxing weekend - Hugh and I will be crafting :)</div>
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