Sorry I have been AWOL but insanity reigns...

..and I am feeling pretty shite at the moment, well sometimes anyway. As you know, I have bipolar disorder and while I am not on a major low, I feel I have nothing to give and feel rather dull at the mo! I hope to be back when my extra dose of drugs kick in next week, either that or I will be trying some laughing gas! 

My episodes always make me shop and in the present month I have acquired 4 pairs of leopard print boots, 2 pairs of leopard print shoes, 2 leopard print handbags, 14 pieces of leopard print clothing, 32 bottles of glitter nail varnish and 14 bottles of glossy nail polish! I think it is safe to say that I will mostly be wearing leopard print and glittery nails! Madness is not all bad ya know girls! ;-D

Please keep posting on your monthly makes as it cheers me up to see them! 

Monthly Make February..

Hey Monthly Makers, it is the first of Feb and the month of love! What do you plan to make this month? Natalie is co hosting February's makers group - Miss February - yo will find her blog HUNGRY HIPPE here!

Please pop over and see Natalie, she is strutting her stuff in a bikini and sling back as we speak in anticipation of her MISS FEBRUARY title!

YOU WILL FIND FEBS FLICKR GROUP HERE!!

Monthly Make 2012..How Are You Getting On?

Well ladies, the flickr group for JANUARY is filling up nicely with an amazing array of makes! There is a ticker picture in the right hand column but I urge you to look in the flickr group - you will be blown away by the amazing makes for January.

February's Monthly make is being hosted by Natalie of HUNGRY HIPPY blog. Anyone wanting to join the FEBRUARY FLICKR GROUP can sign up here!

Unfortunately I cannot copy pictures from January's makes and post them here as flickr protects all pics! So please do pop and have a look!

Don't forget, anything you make (other than a mess or a cup of tea) can count as your make, even a lovely cake or two! Makers are welcome to join at any time of the year, the sign up group is HERE!

Why Do Modern TV's Take So Long To Switch On?

This is my thought for today or at least my irritation for today! Mind you if this is all I have to irk me then  have a pretty good life!

When I had a huge 'old fashioned' TV with a back on it that was so huge it may very well have been the the bow of the titanic in a previous life I presses the on button an had a satisfying click and a weird electrical ping as the screen lit up and the TV was on - 1 millisecond and no hanging about.

Now that I have apparently 'upgraded' to a TV that is thinner than an after eight mint it is a different story. I press the on button on the remote and nothing, no sounds, no pings and no indications that remote control is actually working. This is were my problem begins. I re-point the remote while muttering 'come on you blood thing), sometimes this is replayed a few times, sometimes I brandish the remote with murderous jabbing action in the hope that it will speed up the switching on. If I am lucky after what seems like about ten minutes the lazy bastard eventually switches on with an attitude that would make a sulky teenager proud! You really would think that a modern TV would be faster! WTF!!

Has anyone else notice this or am I alone in my techno-gripe!

"Poverty Can Be Romantic.....

...In Black and White it Looks Like Art" Joan Armatrading - True Love. I am so loving the new programme Call In The Midwife. It deals with inner city deprivation in the 1950's beautifully.

Art or Deprivation? Romantic all the same!

Peg Dollies Galore.....

Yesterday I busied myself with my January Monthly Make! Here is what I made...

... little peg dollies! I really enjoyed making them too! 

Anyone wanting to Join the group can sign up HERE!

Thank you so much for all your very kind comments on my William. I would feel so guilty if I had not acknowledged his anniversary and let it go by without saying his name out loud!

In Loving Memory of my son William...

.. born sleeping on 15th January 1984. They say that time heals the heart.. it does not! I find it very hard to focus on a particular day of remembrance as William died on Friday the 13th of January 1984 and was born on Sunday 15th January after a very long labour. As today is Friday 13th it feels very much rawer than usual. I feel guilty if I acknowledge one particular day but at the same time it is very hard to mourn both. 

Maternity

One wept whose only child was dead,

New-born, ten years ago.

"Weep not; he is in bliss," they said.

She answered, "Even so,

"Ten years ago was born in pain

A child, not now forlorn.

But oh, ten years ago, in vain,

A mother, a mother was born."

Alice Alice Meynell