tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70671132668709638762024-03-13T03:39:14.052+00:00TwelveTales of life behind the Grey DoorLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-29852800574600701252014-01-01T22:31:00.000+00:002014-01-01T22:31:13.824+00:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-29429377155480342982012-09-10T22:19:00.002+01:002012-09-10T22:19:25.413+01:00Weekend Rainbow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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LxLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-36253645690515771542012-09-02T14:44:00.000+01:002012-09-02T19:08:23.476+01:00The end of the Big Hush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Since our return from Cornwall the children have been at home for just 4 sleeps as school holiday's are juggled alongside G & I working. G has also clocked up a week in Germany & just over a week in Canada in the past 3 weeks.</div>
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In the past I've often loved the silence, the chance to get on & do in peace & quiet. But this time I've found it hard. I've underestimated how after a difficult day at work, conversations about play ground friends & Pokemon from the Small's provide a balance to the days palliative care conversations.<br />
I've felt a little lost from the usual routines, and envious/sad/guilty at listening/reading about others times with their children. I don't know if this has a lot to do with my 11 year old starting seniors in a couple of days. It doesn't feel like two minutes since he would be sitting on the toilet with his feet dangling far above the floor. Now he's like Bambi - long limbed & awkward, and about to embark on a whole new experience.<br />
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After a particularly long stint away my son, then very small came toddling into the bedroom. A blotto almost under the covers G had arrived back in the night.<br />
With a squeal my little one shouted "Mummy there's a strange man in bed"<br />
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We had part of the bank holiday weekend together, just me & G. We pottered through some of the jobs that I needed him to help with - Loft Clearing. Reminiscing through boxes of CD's. G had more CD's of shame, my collection was defiantly more eclectic & random, but together they charted the past 20 years of our lives.<br />
And we Sunday breakfasted out, at the little French Cafe in town, feeling terribly grown up & pampered....<br />
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Then for the rest of the week I was home alone. I pottered &mooched/mopped, but didn't really achieve much, just worked & made my way through the biggest pile of ironing. Waiting for Friday.<br />
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Now Friday has been & gone. My Small people are back & so is G. They have had a good time at Grandma & Grandpa's. Life is back to its normal rhythm. The cyclo cross season has started & the 11 year old has gained his first war wound of the season. I have pile of muddy lycra to wash. The 8 year old squeezed every drop out of Saturday playing with the girls from next door. It's noisy again.<br />
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A 50 mile Bike ride from our hospice through the Peak District to Flagg and back, to raise money. The hospice I work for needs to raise 2.7 Million pounds a year on top of local health funding. It provides care for people across the whole of North Derbyshire, at home, or in the inpatient unit as well as a beautiful day centre.<br />
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So on a very Sunny Sunday, my little man, his Dad, and 2 other 'lads & their dad's' donned their yellow team shirts & peddled for pounds - along with another 59 cyclists willing to go the miles.<br />
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At 11 he was the youngest cyclist, for what was an adult aimed event. It wasn't an easy ride, taking in some of the White Peaks as well as popular spots such as Chatsworth House. The atmosphere was fantastic - as with any group of cyclists there was an air of competition, but also the sense that this was something special. There were people cycling for loved ones, others to support a local charity.<br />
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To say I was proud was an underestimation of how I felt. So many people have supported him in fundraising, people I have never met have given generously. Friend's, family & colleagues all wishing him to do well. There was a whole lot of love going on. For me it was also the knowledge that at 11 years he realises he can give, it may not always be easy, but he can make a difference, even now. That life isn't always about him, it's about a mindfulness and awareness of others needs. He gave honestly & simply. That's a big thing in my book of life.<br />
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They started as a team of 6 and finished as a team, one of the youngsters struggled, but the togetherness was the deal, and it is sportsmanship at its best. It's not the first time I've seen these growing boys work as a team, there was a moment on a tour in June where one cyclist rather than lap his team mate, put his arm out and pushed him across the line. Giving.<br />
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Anybody who knows me would tell you I am happy to pootle around country lanes, villages & our small town. I can drive on the M1 - 2 junctions, 3 roundabouts to IKEA - 3 junctions & 2 roundabouts to my bestest friends house. Ask me to drive to Sheffield, Derby or any where else & I go into meltdown. Total meltdown, even with the aid of a sat nav, I am a bag of nerves. </div>
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So I must have been overtired, deluded or hormonal when I decided to drive to a family christening </div>
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After an interesting nights sleep (the 8 year old talks in her sleep, & pinches - rather too well as I found out). We awoke & got ready for breakfast. 40 minutes later, one Ribeana spill down the only clean blouse a certain 8 year old had, face soap, trouser press, hairdryer & borrowed iron we finally made it. </div>
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My brother is lucky enough to live a very short drive away from the sea. 10 whole minutes away. You may feel my jealousy as I type this (in a sisterly way). </div>
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Oh I have beach envy. Serious beach envy. The call of the sea is something I cannot resist.Especially when he is already there with his eldest little one.</div>
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Now she just rocks - as only a 2 year old can. Utterly beautiful. Enchanting with her chatter. Totally adored by the 11 year old. I even said to my brother that I couldn't believe he could make such a beautiful child (in a sisterly way)</div>
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Huuuuuge excitement here at Twelve</div>
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Our first Strawberries of 2012</div>
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& 2 of the variety I particularly like.</div>
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Twelve months ago I wrote <a href="http://lovefromlydia.blogspot.co.uk/2011_06_01_archive.html">this post</a>. I asked if people wanted to join me in my journey as I turned Twelve around.<br />
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Then the Mars Bar power lifestyle caught up with me, and I had to learn to <a href="http://lovefromlydia.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/life-in-slow-lane.html">slow down</a>.<br />
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I'm getting there, & hope you wont mind if I show you the changes. It's been a slog at times & I still have the 'room of doom to tackle', but its also been fun, creative, fulfilling and the changes are working for the family as well as me.<br />
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Twelve is looking good. I'd love to share it with you.<br />
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LxLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-77475318727857815842012-06-17T21:12:00.002+01:002012-06-17T21:12:35.240+01:0016 Things<div style="text-align: center;">
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I love the underground. It reminds me of being a child, my Nana would take me from Romford to Seven Kings or London. The woosh of air & noise. The smell. It brings it all flooding back. </div>
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I've read about this shop & seen picture's. It's an Aladdin's cave of gorgeousness.</div>
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Quite possibly the best ever display of aprons</div>
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So pretty I wouldn't want to wear for fear of getting dirty.</div>
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Liberty</div>
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Mixing old with new</div>
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A sense of being in design history</div>
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Some very gifted exhibitors</div>
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Who's giant meringue's were as delicious as the staff were freindly</div>
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Ribbon Excitement</div>
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I think I am a possibly a Pipe Cleaner modelling Genius</div>
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The 11 year old won 1st Prize</div>
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He never shared his chocolate egg</div>
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He lives his life in the slow lane. </div>
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Can you see his 'bra'? It's to protect his frontage from stone chips.</div>
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Early evening stroll along the Waterfront, scooters for the small people.</div>
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And a Bucket Tree</div>
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This traditional sweet shop was beautiful </div>
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Getting ready for Summer</div>
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LxLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-59173405108875432342012-02-21T23:19:00.000+00:002012-02-21T23:19:42.970+00:00I Heart Pancakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, that's me, captured by a very clever friend. Looking like the love child of Miss Piggy & Kermit in my green mac (a patients relative once told me I looked like Shrek too....)</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I gathered together my closest friend's, those who have known me forever, who have grown through adulthood with me. There was a girlie night out at the local Chinese, plenty of coffee, tea and nattering. Plenty of laughing & reflecting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The years of being 30+, babies, feeding, toddlers & tantrums. Lack of sleep, feeling so very tired. Old challenges now behind me. Life is a huge journey, and I'm excited to be looking at life in a refreshed way. These will be the years my children will be nurtured into adulthood. My G & me, keeping hold of what brought us together in the first place, not losing sight of each other. New challenges to face. Plans being made, adventures to be had, memories to make & capture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I dropped the ball labelled blogging - just for a while, just till I got used to juggling the balls that are part of being a mummy, wife, homemaker and nurse again.<br />
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After a 3 month break from work, I'm back. Nearly a stone lighter, rested & blood sugars nicely controlled, I feel the best I have done for years. The overwhelming feeling of exhaustion has gone. Its been a funny few months, but I consider I am lucky, its been a wake up call to look after myself, not just those around me.<br />
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And its good to be back at work. I have a job I love, its stressful but rewarding beyond measure, I get as much as I give, and feel privileged to be a small part of peoples lives at a difficult time.<br />
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I felt rudderless without work, I am so used to having a pattern, a rhythm to my days. I now realise that a big part of me is defined by my job, I've nursed now, for longer than I haven't. I missed my colleagues, the social chit chat & humour (we have that by the bucket load) & my patients, their families.<br />
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One of the blessings of my time off, has been looking at my work home life balance. I am fortunate to work within a very supportive team, and am now working my 4 days over 5. This means that in January I will be collecting the smalls from school each & every day. No more after school club pick ups at 5.30pm, & the pressure to get through tea, homework, baths & brownies/scouts before the 8pm bedtime.<br />
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Now I will be able to balance doing a job I love, with having good quality time with the people who mean the most to me in my life. How good is that?!<br />
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October & November have also been deliciously busy months - We've celebrated the changing seasons <br />
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My beautiful girl turned 8 - Celebrating with a vintage tea party & decorating cup cakes....<br />
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And my amazing boy, well he is now a still Lego obsessed 11.<br />
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And as life settles back down, and Christmas approaches, I am looking forward - looking at shaping Twelve into the home we want to be in, looking into making life simple & good. Looking forward to balance.<br />
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Do you want to join me? I so hope so!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's been a whole lot of baking & mess creating here at Twelve over the past 2 weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From a Smurf Toadstool for my best friend's 5 year old....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To a mahoosive 72 cupcakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A 'Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning' for a very good charity was being held where G has his office, & my boss also retired last week (nothing to do with me!)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">::Lemon Meringue::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">::Raspberry Pavlova::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">::Lime::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yum! & surely there's 1of your 5 a day in each those fruit themed cupcakes....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I still find baking very enjoyable, even if the pleasure is not in the eating anymore.... And for my efforts, G brought home an apron he won at the coffee morning - Thanks babe! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The 10 year old also had his school trip to <a href="http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/about">Kelham Island</a> in Sheffield last week. There were requests for 1940's style clothing and strict instructions on a WW2 pack up for lunch. Thank goodness for Grandads gardening flat cap & Uncle T's wooly socks....<br />
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Now my boy is growing, he has hollow legs when it comes to food. So I kinda knew that even with a thick white bread & jam sandwich, and the biggest English apple I could find, it would not keep him going till tea time. So after an internet search on baking WW2 recipes, we decided to have a go at grated carrot (& my finger) biscuits. They were surprisingly passable, and even his friend's ate them - or they may have just been hungry too....<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So lunch was all tied up in paper & string, and packed into a paper bag.</div><br />
Ahhhh, look at him racing into the car - eager to go on his trip... No way had he just told me to 'give over mum with the camera'. No, he never would, not after all the effort I'd put in...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lx</div>Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-6649316659465476472011-09-18T00:20:00.000+01:002011-09-18T00:20:12.764+01:00:: It was good in Cornwall :: Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rather than try & get wet suits dry overnight for packing we decided to have a 'dry' last day, and the family vote went to the Eden Project. It's a firm favourite with the 10 year old, although we've learnt to space visits out every couple of years (so overkill of the domes). For the smallest one, its still very exciting, she doesnt remember much from the last visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We ate lunch in the Eden Bakery, the new self serve restaurant, under my-kind-of flying critters. Food is prepared in the main section, and customers self serve a portion on a plank of wood, help themselves to a hanging cup, fill, eat & drink. At the end, and you tell the staff what you ate, & pay up - according to one of the staff there is a 95% honesty rate.<br />
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And the food was delicious....<br />
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I so want some of thease....<br />
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We ran out of time, but will be back. The Eden project isnt a cheap ticket, but once registered, the tickets are valid for a year, and you can get a really good, activity packed day out of it, with no sneaky extras to pay for...<br />
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Then we headed off to Sam's on the beach at Polkeris. It is our favourite place to eat in Cornwall. The other half to Sam's at Fowey, it has been created out of a beautifully converted old Lifeboat house. Dinner looking out over the harbour. Bliss.<br />
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And waffles outside - now he really looks happy....<br />
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We squeezed every sun kissed last drop of the evening down at the tiny harbour, soaking it all up....<br />
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:: It was good to see the smiles on my 10 year old as he scampered like a mountain goat on the rocks ::<br />
:: Water, sand, rocks. All he needs ::<br />
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:: It was good to revisit Polzeath Beach::<br />
:: Our family works well on the beach, we've developed a rythm that suits all :: I have my tent, to shelter me from the sun & in which I sit & read, watch, cuddle & nourish from ::<br />
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:: Its also good to slow down and watch & listen to the smalls people, eaves drop on their conversation, take in their growing personalities - ponder on what their future holds, whilst sometimes still wishing I could have them little again ::<br />
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:: I asked G ? When did the 10 year stop shouting out the make of the tractor that passed us on the roads? Something that was so much a part of his early years, has stopped & I hadn't realised till now. Then I notice a 7 & 10 year old reading the cartoon strips in the Daily Mail - and laughing, as only children can, at the silliness of adult humour ::<br />
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Can I also add a big thankyou for all your lovely messages on my last post - & also say 'Hello" to Jayne, thankyou so much for your comment!Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-10123562934432956122011-08-16T00:51:00.000+01:002011-08-16T00:51:04.964+01:00Life in the Slow Lane....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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As small one plays with shadows....<br />
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It's good in the slow lane once in a while.<br />
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Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-45817685129530158942011-06-20T17:19:00.000+01:002011-06-20T17:19:24.992+01:00Twelve in Chaos - But it's all good...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWpC49ncUUY/Tf9wvaR4mAI/AAAAAAAABoA/af__7E8q35A/s1600/IMG_6417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oWpC49ncUUY/Tf9wvaR4mAI/AAAAAAAABoA/af__7E8q35A/s400/IMG_6417.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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OK, so when I first started blogging in 2009, it was about finding balance to my chaotic working mum, life.<br />
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I wanted to find a balance, to have my cake & eat it. Work hard, but have a lovely home, that had 'me' stamped on it. Not a practical sensible home, but one where there was order balanced with creativity amongst the small people & G who also happen to live at Twelve.<br />
I wanted to balance my caring roles as a mum, wife, nurse & housekeeper, with the creative person that nearly went off to Uni, the book reading Lydia, who somehow wanted that Enid Blyton life for her small people.<br />
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Somehow 2010 went astray with life changing events that overwhelmed & shifted dynamics. 2011 is shaping up so differentley.<br />
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Now I have to be honest - It's took years to fall in love with Twelve. Yup, I must sound an ungrateful monkey, but I loved beyond measure, my old house.<br />
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A 3 bedroom terrace, 100+ years old, that was quite literally falling down when aged 24 I brought it as a newly qualified nurse. I was maxed out on the mortgage, working full time & extra in nursing homes on the side, but with help from my dad & his toolbox, a freindly ex called G (who claimed to love DIY & was pretty good at it too), I got there. I loved every wonky wall, the high ceilings, the neighbours, the stripped pine dressers, the nooks & crannies filled with just lovely 'things', the curtains made from ticking & duvet covers by my mum. It was homely.<br />
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Switch to 18 months of marrige & a new baby & we realised the house wasnt working any more for us. So by off chance, on the way to Mum & Dads on New Years Eve 2000, we drove onto a new estate in the next 'village'. There, in the smattering of snow we peered through the windows of the show home, of the house that is now 'Twelve'.<br />
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We broke our necks to find the money, took a risk, & I went back to work when my little one was 3 months old, to help finance the move. At the time I was struggling, numb from wonky hormones.<br />
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When we finally moved in the realisation of the new straight walls, low ceilings, new neighbours, new furniture - New Flippin Everything hit me. And I missed my old home.<br />
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Fast forward (10 years this August) & I am now in love with Twelve.<br />
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It's took years to find how I wanted my home to feel, to feel comfortable in its skin, rather than just functional. I think a home is always evolving to meet the needs of those in it & perhaps the reason why I have finally fallen in love with my house is that now, over time, it has finally evolved into meeting some of my emotional needs too.<br />
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G has come to learn how important it is for me to create my home, & that my need for some organisation & control, is so that I can cope with working & him being away a lot. We had some really good converations in Cornwall, of what we wanted for now & the future for us as a couple & a family & it was good to hear each other.<br />
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I also feel like we as a family are moving into that 'memories for the future' territory. O & S are 10 & 7, just about the ages where I can recall really strong childhood memories. I want to have a home full of love, laughter & good memories for them to take into their future, much like I had.<br />
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& then the penny dropped.<br />
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It's ok talking & not so ok fretting about not getting it right, but at some point, something has to change to get that balance. Try as I might, G wasn't wearing the 'I'll give up work & make sure that your tea will be on the table at 6pm' argument, & i swear he nearly left the country (again) when I mentioned baby number 3, and the saving on childcare me not working would have.<br />
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So, for the past few weeks, armed with coffee, coke & a cry of "Sleep is for the weak" I have been turning Twelve upside down. It is now a home that works, all the rooms have a sense of purpose & reason - there are no 'lost' rooms.<br />
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I can now appreciate the newness, and have learnt to adopt my decorating style to fit with it.<br />
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I am tired, but it is a good tiredness, one of achievement. There are still weeks ahead to go, but Twelve is taking shape, the smalls are loving the shift round of rooms, and I am falling in love all over again with my house that feels like my kind-of home.<br />
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I'm also kind-of likeing G too, after all this man puts up with my pebbles in a jar, and has relented & gone up ladders this weekend to paint the stair walls, when he admits he doesn't really like DIY, and would much rather be working on his bus.<br />
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Ah, yes, our bus. He's in the final stages of turning from a bus to a camper. We are excited beyond measure, & I can see Enid Blyton type days ahead in him.<br />
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& sweet peas. I could never grow sweet peas at my old house. They are my favourite summer flower. But they grow well here at Twelve.<br />
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Tells me something, no?!<br />
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If youv'e made it to the end of this post, Thankyou. I'd love to share this journey, would you be interested?<br />
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</div>Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-77458077741497270532011-06-09T21:24:00.000+01:002011-06-09T21:24:33.041+01:00Wise Words Found<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span>Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-11456355146855472662011-04-17T23:49:00.001+01:002011-04-17T23:55:17.098+01:00Twelve Goes to Cornwall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DMAn7nu6pU/TatYV-4Eu_I/AAAAAAAABmA/mmSJa3CJAM4/s1600/IMG_5821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DMAn7nu6pU/TatYV-4Eu_I/AAAAAAAABmA/mmSJa3CJAM4/s400/IMG_5821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the next week, we have left Number Twelve and are living here in this beautiful cottage</div><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been a firm favourite since we discovered it last Easter - </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With toast almost the same size as small person</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> All in the most glorious sunshine - It felt like August, not April</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst Tall One people watched</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then drove to Portholland stopping for an ice cream from here - </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and walked from the East Harbour to the West Harbour</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where Small Person made freinds and painted Pebbles</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Tall one found Towers on the beach</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then it was back home for a sunny evening tea</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">& G proving he's still got the touch with the ladies....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I am looking forward to the rest of the week, time to unwind and have time with those I love most in the world..<br />
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It's been a tough week leading up to this break, one thats made me want to wrap my arms around my familly & squeeze them tight. One thats made me count my blessings<br />
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Do the same to your loved ones, wherever you are, and be happy in the moment.<br />
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LxLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-56636862587098875462011-04-11T22:51:00.002+01:002011-04-11T23:02:18.091+01:00The Best Things in Life are Free......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Heart Shaped Ice Cubes in Lime Cordial in a Green Glass ::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Wild Daffodils on the way home from the Dentist in Grindleford ::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Spirea Branches - From a weekend of Gardening ::</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: A Smattering of Summer Freckles - Sun Kisses for a Seven Year Old ::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Discovering the Dicenta in Full Bloom after a harsh winter ::</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Open Windows letting in a Warm but Fresh Breeze ::</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Forget me Nots - From the Garden ::</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Blue, Blue Sky ::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Musscari from the Garden - In an old school Milk Bottle ::</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Tiny Blooms against a Ben Simmons Clock::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Colour ::</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Sunlight Sparkles up the Walls & on the Ceiling - My Favourite Place for an Afternoon Rest :: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:: Handmade Mothers Day Card from my 7 Year Old ::</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Yes, I really do look like this! ::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This weekend, I heard <a href="http://youtu.be/obJygNaMY3s">Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross</a> on the Radio <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you all a week of Free Best Things</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-49268607489332745992011-04-01T00:14:00.002+01:002011-04-01T07:14:09.293+01:0031 Things for 31 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. How the time has flown since my last post - 31 days ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. The 10 year old has completed all 7 Harry Potter Books</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Suprise & Delight at finding the Earagon Books for £1.99 (thankyou Louise for pointing me in the direction of them)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. I have discovered the delights of Saturday morning shopping with Tea & Toast in a cafe with my 7 year old, and having the time to sit & listen to whatever is foremost in her mind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. I drove to Barnsley (3 times!) for a 3 day communication course. Okay, this is huge for me, I don't like driving to new places, especially motorway driving. I had to be Very, Very, brave....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. I survived being videoed with an actor for a role play session during the course (inner thespian truly released).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. We've had glorious sunshine here in Derbyshire, and oh how the first blast of spring sunshine lifts the soul!</div><br />
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8. First picnic tea of the Summer<br />
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9. The ice cream van starting its round again - Its been calling for 10 years & heralds summer arriving. That's 4 99's with sauce & sprinkles please...<br />
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10. Rediscovering Marmalade on toast. A forgotten pleasure.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">11. Having our first barbeque of 2011 (eating indooors though)</div><div><br />
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12. Spring bulbs flowering in the Sunshine<br />
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13. Spring flowers & Shadows<br />
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14. Lemon Easter Cupcakes<br />
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21. Choosing Curtain Fabric for our bus (we went for the red & blue on the left).<br />
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22. Legless Barbies<br />
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25. Red Nose Day Silly Socks - Dare I admit that I glued the pom poms on whilst my daughter was wearing insitu - with a glue gun? It wasn't till she quietly mentioned how warm it was that I realised the glue had slightly seeped through her socks. My daughter has had her first leg wax.....<br />
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26. Red Nose Day Cookies for the 10 year old.<br />
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27. Finally after over a year (seriously), taking 5 minutes to glue & fix the bed angel. One happy small person.<br />
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28. Smug smile to self at the double headed tulips from the village green grocers.<br />
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29. And big excitment at finding Parrott Tulips in the Grocers a week later.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">31. To this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thinking about the adventures we hope to have in him as a family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Life has been busy, & sometimes its easy to forget the pleaure in the day to day ordinary things, as well as taking pleasure in the extraordinary.<br />
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Hope you have all had a good 30 days, and thankyou so very much for your lovely comments you left on my last post - I hope to get back to you all soon.<br />
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LxLx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-67379039980930755782011-03-04T00:14:00.001+00:002011-03-04T00:16:50.199+00:00:: I :: Heart :: Books ::<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now I have to admit, dressing up days fill me with terror - Have I got the right day? is usually the first thought, as I sneak a peak at other children on the way to school </div><div style="text-align: left;">:: Yes, plenty of Dorothy's and Superheros ::</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then there is the panic as small one says she wants to be a mole. </div><div style="text-align: left;">:: Not a princess - no, that would be far to easy, as we already have plenty of princess clothes ::</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a flashback to the time I sent my 3year old to school as a Knight, the only one in a homemade costume, and his teacher kindly pointing out, that his tin foil covered wellies had shed all over the Nursery. </div><div style="text-align: left;">:: No prizes with the teacher there then, despite the 3yr old wearing black glittery tights in leui of chain mail trousers ::</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And then the reminder by the husband that small person is worried about wether her outfit would be ready.</div><div style="text-align: left;">:: As he boards a plane for 3 days away - & I am juggling work, smalls & house ::</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I am a mummy who responds well to pressure though. Thankfully, rolled up big brother's trousers & waistcoat come in handy. A Blue Peter moment with the pipe cleaners, and </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">:: Ta-Da! Mr Mole and a happy small one ::</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a child I read early, and grew up with my nose in a book. Being sent to my bedroom was bliss in a house of 6 children... Childhood memories of Enid Blytons Faraway Tree, & Wishing Chair. Reading my mum's 'What Katie Did' books. Tucking my book under the duvet, so I could read in the light summer evenings when I should have been asleep. Teachers reading, and leaving us at the end of day, wanting the next chapter....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Growing up with books full of romance & passion, thinking, hoping that life would immitate art....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Still now, I read whenever I can. There is always a pile of books at my bedside, inviting, tempting me to pick up and read... Distracting me from the house work, taking me away from the day, quietening my mind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">:: How I dislike a book that doesn't grip me, or limps to an end. Frustrating. What a waste of anticipation and excitment ::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like a book that I learn from, or that takes me away, challanges my preconceptions. A book that makes me laugh, or one that makes me weep. A book that I can still feel days/weeks after I read it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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:: I am lucky to have one natural reader. She loves her books almost as much as her mum ::<br />
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The 10 year old has been far different. He struggled to read initially, with the concentration of a gnat, reading just wasn't his thing. Unless it was short factual reading. Big hits have been the annual Guiness Book of Records, or books about inventions, tractors, dinosaurs....<br />
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But a story book? No way, never, not on your nellie...<br />
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:: Until Cosmic Boy - which rocked his reading world ::<br />
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Superficially I have to admit, I liked the shiny jacket, & I really was just trying in desperation.... He picked it up, and didn't want to put it down. I had to listen to potted snippets at the dinner table. I realised he may have some of his mum in him after all. I gave thanks....<br />
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:: Then his honorary Aunty L bought him the first two Harry Potter Books ::<br />
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Now there is no stopping him, one Amazon shop later and he is on the penultimate book. He sets his alarm in the morning, so he can read for an hour before school.<br />
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:: Now I am looking for the next book to feed him ::<br />
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Well you can't have it all ways, & really his bed time reading is quite interesting, and could be worse....<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Finally, I have discovered this book - It is a gem, and I think it deserves a post of its own....</div><br />
:: Perhaps you will indulge me? ::<br />
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Love Lydia xx<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Lx @ Twelvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067113266870963876.post-39464820941050757952011-02-23T15:33:00.002+00:002011-02-23T15:38:22.300+00:00Love :: Friendship :: Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love :: For the man who took me away to the City I Love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Freindship :: Being joined by our mutual freinds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love :: My Favourite Department Store</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love :: Big bunches of my favourite flowers, that wouldn't survive the plane home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love :: For the man who carried a Bag of Bulbs home </div><div style="text-align: auto;"><br />
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Love:: In the moment - My son, who loves his bed, I-touch & Harry Potter books,<br />
& who at 10, still loves Eyeore beyond measure (tucked under his arm)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">::Friendship - Half term sticking with best friend</div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Friendship :: Thankyou cards for having another little friend to play</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Friendship:: The colleague who cared enough to bring me flowers </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Freindship - Because she recognised that I am struggling with work at the moment</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Freindship:: When an unexpected gift arrives from a blog <a href="http://diane-heartshaped.blogspot.com/">freind</a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Love :: Made with Love</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Love :: Our new arrival - before he left sunny California for damp Derbyshire. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">:: Love & Freindship - Looking towards days full of Love & Freindship::</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lx</div><br />
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