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A Family Christmas – Part 2, Boxing Day

Posted on 27th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Part two of our family Christmas celebrations. We have had a very chilled-out day today, recovering from too much food, too much wine and late night chatting with the little Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Christmas, family, Xmas | Leave a reply

A Family Christmas – Part 1

Posted on 26th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Christmas is a time for family (blood or not, a family is who you choose to include) and a family Christmas is a beautiful time to connect and feel close Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Christmas, family, Xmas | Leave a reply

Merry Christmas or whichever mid-winter festival you celebrate

Posted on 25th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Merry Christmas! Be happy, be healthy and be kind to the people around you; they are the ones who love you the most. Remember those departed and remember them fondly. Continue Reading →

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Poor Vision – It’s expensive and has rubbish timing

Posted on 12th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply
Poor Vision

Poor vision requires something to correct it. Whether that is glasses, contacts or surgery, it always costs money. I have to wear glasses, my vision without them is terrible because Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged christmas budget, eyesight, headaches | Leave a reply

Future plans – The effects of past and present

Posted on 11th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply
Future Plans

What if the decisions you made yesterday affect your plans for tomorrow? If a choice you made to get to this point in your life affects the hopes and dreams Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged carpe diem, life decisions, mistakes | Leave a reply

Normality – It’s all in the imagination

Posted on 10th December 2014 by Mamie — 1 Comment ↓
normality

“Normality is a figment of someone else’s imagination.” I heard this phrase many years ago. I was sitting in a flat with a couple of people, after a night out, Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Mental Health, Normality, Perception of normal | 1 Comment ↓

Learning a new language, it’s all Greek to me.

Posted on 9th December 2014 by Mamie — 2 Comments ↓
A new language, Greek

I am learning a new language, and the language I have chosen, by circumstance and choice, is Greek. Why couldn’t I have stuck to the Latin/Roman alphabet? Starting my new Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Greek, languages, learning | 2 Comments ↓

Black work in blue

Posted on 22nd November 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

I have a new project. We’ve recently been changing and creating colour schemes for the different rooms in our house (plain white is the basic colour scheme across the whole Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged blackwork, cushion project | Leave a reply

Making Friends – the art and the science I lack

Posted on 17th November 2014 by Mamie — 1 Comment ↓
making friends

What gives one person the gift of making friends and another person the fear of making new acquaintances?  No, I’m not about to deliver a lecture on the subject, I’m Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged being an introvert, faking it, making friends, overcoming shyness | 1 Comment ↓

Absent Pets

Posted on 16th November 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

I miss my dog. Because we had to make the trip over here quickly, we were not able to bring our sweetie with us. We did find her a good Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged absent pet, Dogs, family member | Leave a reply

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