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Laney chanllenged me, assuming it was possible to send letters back in time, to write a letter to myself - aged 13, so here goes.Dear Stupid,No scratch that, I haven't been stupid yet, that is still to come.Maybe I should warn myself about my first BIG mistake I was to make in my life 3 years later.As I sit here, debating how the hell to tell a strong headed teenager what she shouldn't do at the

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My eyes opened, it was 07:45. For the first time in I can't remember how long, I slept right through the night. Not once did I get up to use the bathroom. Not once did I awake and wander in the half light down the stairs to the kitchen in search of a drink of some description to quell the humungous thirst I had.As I lay there, eyes wide open, I listened intently. Trying to force myself to

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I stole this from Laney, who in turned took it from AkelamaluHow long did you date? We dated for 16 months and had a baby before we moved in together, and we married 6 months later.How old is he? He's 46, 5 years older than me, which I always thought would have been great as we would retire in the same month of the same year... then the government said women had to work til 65 and that put paid

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Well, we have reached the last stage of the AS Photography course, the exam question.I have decided to do the question on portrait, god only knows why, it is probably my weakest area in photography. Actually, I do know why. Prior to seeing the exam question, I had booked the studio and arranged with my neice to shoot her in several of her dance outfits as a 'padding' to the first unit of work

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Another part of my environment unit. I wanted to do some woodland photography and decided to visit a large wood quite near me.As a child, I lived opposite this wood and spent hour after hour roaming, romping, playing and generally hanging out in this wood. I always loved to be there. Carpets of bluebells in the spring, with nearly as many primrose. Hills and hollows to explore and a myriad of

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This shot, inspired by one of my friends who had seen a similar photograph during his research, worked perfectly. We had taken some during daylight to get the feel for the right angle, but by the time dusk arrived it was raining so there weren't many people around. I think it works well as it is though.St Paul's Cathedral, via the Millennium Bridge

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In an effort to put some posts up on my blog, which have been sadly lacking of late, I thought I'd share some of my photographs with you that I have taken for my AS Course.For the environment unit, we had to research and then photograph different aspects of the environment. My final images are all of the shoreline, but working through the unit, I also photographed other environments.This is one

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About 4 month too late for a white Christmas! This is my back garden today.

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I know I have been away for ages, and this will probably be the only post for ages to come, but I thought I would just jot down a little of what life has thrown at me lately.As regular readers know, I was diagnosed with ME at the beginning of September last year, and following meetings at work with every sick note I took in, things turned, shall we say, less than hospitable in December. Basically

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We've all heard 'The Rules', as seen from the woman's point of view, you know, Women are always right, Women can change the rules when the please, PMT makes all the rules nul and void...etc.Well, my cousin gave me this list of 'The Rules' from the man's point of view. I hate to admit it, but they may have a point!!! (shhh, don't tell 'em)The Man RulesThese are our rules! Please note.. these are

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Another little gem I found in my inbox. Apparently, a self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation."You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one" the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear.

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I did this last year, looking back at 2006, hell, that seems like such a long time ago! Anyway, I thought it would be good to do it this year too and see how my life and my outlook on it has changed.What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?I met a blog friend that I had known online for about 2 years. Began an AS Course. Obtained an A* grade for a GCSE. Dedicated a lot of time and

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All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal; the epilady, scissors, razors, "Nair" and now...the wax.My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours:"Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet."So I headed to

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I had an email from a friend this morning with the link below. It explained that it was a simple game involving flying a helicopter and it was so simple because it only involved holding the left mouse key down to fly up and releasing it to come down again. Easy or what?It did however say that if you were in a busy office you should NOT forward the email to co-workers as it was very addictive.With

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Now that Christmas and the New Year breaks are out of the way, I am again concentrating on college work.I saw an image which inspired the beginnings of my current work, but I evolved it considerably to end up with the image below, which I think will be the last image I need for my current unit of work.My idea was to create an image of a woman, something fairly strong but very simple and to

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Lots of you wanted to know how the images in my last post were created, so this post will give you all the information you need, not only to understand how they were created, but to have a go yourself. It really is simple.The images were created from nothing more than smoke. Yep, really. The clue was in the title folks!!I was going to write up a brief description on how to do it, but thought it

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Some of you may remember the photo I posted of bubbles, a very creative shot I produced after reading 'how to' in my camera magazine. For those of you that haven't been visiting since 2006, you can find it in my post 26things January 2006 . The only equipment needed to produce the picture was a pint glass, straw, washing up liquid and a bit of time.Well, this month's magazine provided another of

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I know, I know, you're all fed up with seeing those damn fireworks on here... or maybe no-one is visiting anymore cos it's been so long since I posted!!!As I don't have the energy to blog, but am missing you all so much I thought I would share a couple of pieces I have been working on for the current unit of portraiture and the human form in my AS course. If you haven't already guessed, this is

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A few photo's from a firework party I went to last weekend.

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These are a few of the photo's from last weeks wedding shoot, as promised. As you can see, the shots at the reception, in very low light, leave a lot to be desired, but it was the beginning of a very steep learning curve for me!!

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MARRIAGE I know, I know, it's almost a week late, but my regular readers will know why and you are all very supportive about my severe lack of scheduling recently, for which I thank you, and again, apologies for not being able to visit you all regularly. xAs you know, I have just shot my first wedding, so I thought I would catch up with ABC by posting a wedding photograph depicting the marriage

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Thx to everyone for your encouragement and comments over my photos, you guys rock.The trip to Middlesbrough went well, although there was no time for sight seeing, it served it's purpose and was very worthwhile. Of course I paid for it yesterday and spent the entire day doing absolutely nothing!Have been recouperating so that I have the energy for tomorrow, Saturday, when I am shooting a friends

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Health:Up and down, changing day to day. On Friday I had the best day I'd had in ages, and was feeling quite positive that I would be able to start my return to work in a fortnights time when I see my GP again. Then Saturday I had the worst day I'd had in several weeks. It's so bloody frustrating, I just wish I knew how much longer it's gonna take to recover. This is seriously doing my head in! A

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London Day 1 can be read hereDay 2 began at 7am, after about 4 hours sleep for the both of us following our inability to stop talking the night before and actually go to sleep!Today, we were going to meet our American blogger friends Cherri & Hardin. We had to be out of our hotel by 10:00 but were unable to check into the new hotel until 11:00. We sat in the breakfast room chatting some more

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LILY Lily's are one of my favourite flowers. They are just so beautiful.I love to watch as they begin to open from the bud and the fresh new stamens make their way into daylight. Smooth and virgin. Close and careful regular inspection will show their wonderful transition as they begin to split, and turn themselves inside out, revealing the most wonderful, pollen encrusted stalks of any I have

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KNOTS Some of you will remember the B is for Bark I did in week 2; this week, partly due to lack of time and energy to shoot for K, I decided to post from some photo's I shot on a day out with my Mum to Groombridge Place about 3 weeks ago. Many of the trees there are 400-500 years old and they have fantastic textures and patterns in their barks, so I found myself photographing them.I know I am

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So the morning had arrived. Finally I was going to meet my very good friend Laney. My daughter dropped me at the station at 09:40 and I caught the train at 10am for Charing Cross. I was a little nervous about travelling across London on the tube on my own, with 2 changes to make, but it turned out I needn't have worried 'cos it was actually really easy to get from one to another. I was also

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I have been such a good girl, resting up and following the doctors orders. It's not like me to sit and do nothing, absolutley nothing. It drives me crazy. I hate not having half a dozen things on the go to think about and accomplish. It seems like such a waste of time to while away the hours, day after day, doing sod all. I know it has to be this way to get myself back to a fully functioning

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JAY Thank you to everyone who has left me comments of good wishes and happy thoughts, it is very much appreciated, and I am trying to keep my activities to a minimum, I have to beat this thing, sooner rather than later too.Once again, I will have to apologise to all the ABC contributors that I won't get the time to visit, but I just know they will all be fantastic.OK, I was gonna rest, honest, I

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Firstly, I need to thank all of you lovely people that have taken the time to stop by, and leave comments on my 'I is for ...' post, and apologise for not having responded to you all individually. Secondly I need to apologise for not having gotten around to seeing all of your efforts for last Wednesdays ABC posts.The reason - I have not been feeling too bright. I mentioned this briefly in my

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IRIS It's just past midnight on Tuesday night, so strictly speaking it is now Wednesday, and as I am out for th entire day tomorrow I am posting now. I may be a little late getting around to checking out all your ABC posts this week, but I will get there!!I struggled big time for this weeks letter!!!As of yesterday, the only option I could think of was 'Injured Footballer' after snapping a well

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Each year, for our wedding anniversary, G and I try to spend time together to celebrate, at least since this kids were old enough to look after themselves we have.Last year, some of you will remember the post I did about our trip to London and the Champagne Flight we had on the London Eye, courtesy of our kids.This year, I booked tickets to go and see STOMP the musical in London. We have both

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I'm bored as hell. Stuck at home, 'resting' on doctors orders, trying to recover from a 'viral' infection. Most days I am just too knackered to sit here for more than half an hour and have let the housework slip!I thought yesterday, I would donate a couple of hours to it during the morning and see how I felt later in the day... big mistake! Anyhow, whilst tackling my kitchen floor, I moved my

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... HARBOUR These shots are from the top of the 'White Cliffs of Dover' over-looking the harbour.I took the photo's because of the striking contrast between the stormy clouds and the serene calmness of the sea; two of my favourite things to view when I have a camera in my hand.

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Golden RetrieverAnother canine supporter at the Sunday morning football. He was just so gorgeous, I couldn't resist taking my eye off the game for a few shots! * * * * * * * *In view of the fact that there are so many fantastic photographs being posted every week for Mrs Nesbitts ABC Wednesday, and as a thank you to all of you who have been so very kind about my own photo's, I have devised my

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FootballI know I'm cheating here, but I couldn't decide which photo's to use.So here a some shots I took last season...... and here are some shots that I have taken in the last 2 weeks. The lads are playing a couple of 'friendlies' in preparation for the start of the season.Last year was the first time I had tried to capture sport in photographs, and the first couple of matches I did as a way of

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As promised, here are a couple more of the photos I took on my travels last weekend for Wednesdays 'F' word, that I won't now need either!!I am putting them up, not because they are technical works of art but for no other reason than I think they are fun! Ooh, another 'F'!!!!So remember people, when you're on a ride, be careful whose pointing a camera at you!!!Something a little light-hearted to

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Following on from yesterdays post, here are a few of the photos I took at the Hythe Canal. There are a lot of ducks there, and as I was walking back towards the car, the sound of splashing caught my attention. Apparently, it was bath time in Duckland!One of my favourites:Tomorrow I will post a few photo's that I took at the 'F'air on the green near the canal.

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The sun shone today, about time, so I decided that whilst G was playing golf I would take my camera on a little trip out. My mind has been trying to come up with something for next Wednesday's "F is for..." post, so off I went in the hope that I would find some suitable, interesting photographic opportunity to fulfill it.5 minutes away from my first destination, the beach (where else), I

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The GCSE Results were sent out yesterday!!As some of my longer term visitors will know I took a GCSE in Photography last year and I have been anxiously awaiting the results.We received this email this afternoon from our tutor:Dear Photographers,Well done on the fantastic results this year!!What a clever lot you all are.I've never had quite such good results from a GCSE group before so give

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ELEPHANTI don't know where my love of elephants came from, but somewhere, sometime, somehow, I grew very fond of them. I think they are just so big, strong and so amazingly powerful, yet they look so calm and soft-hearted and docile. Almost like they are being very modest about just how strong they are.This collection of 'Tuskers' and 'Henrys' has grown over the years, and now totals somewhere

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Following on from last Mondays part 1 which can be read here... and ended:..... That was the first time I really saw his softer side. He liked to keep this personality trait well under cover. He didn’t like people to realise that it existed and rarely displayed it in public.....At some time in the next couple of months, whilst we were at a small, village located disco, a friend of mine, M, took a

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I went to watch my sons footy team yesterday in their first pre-season friendly, of course my photos will also be used in 'F is for...' so I can't show them to you yet, but this adorable puppy was just the cutest ever.

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It's official! I'm 100 today. No, wait a minute, I'm not 100, but it's my 100th post, and I'm glad that this is the entry to hit the mark.We all have different reasons for starting our journeys in the land of blogworld. Mine was to counterbalance another side of my life which had consumed way to much of my time, thoughts and sanity, especially my sanity. A place to be light-hearted, to share some

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Darts.Darts in a Dartboard, if only I had asked him to throw at the Double's instead of the Bulls Eye!20 years ago, G and I used to play darts regularly for respective mens and ladies teams, and played for a number of years.Last year, our pub started a darts team for the Wednesday league, which is now mixed so men and women can play for the same team. We bought a new dartboard and played a little

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I first met G 23 years ago, as a friend of my then boyfriend, and I was attracted to him almost instantly. Back then he had long hair, gorgeous, piercing eyes and a smile that melted my heart from the very first time I saw it. He was easy to talk to, but I never flirted with him, I was much too young and innocent to do such a thing, I’m not even sure that I really knew how to flirt at 17. I had

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G went off this morning to play golf and I was sat here feeling subdued. I had a lot to say, but no words to convey any of it.The weather was glorious, so I wandered into the garden and I could hear the bees busily collecting pollen from various flowers and shrubs. I grabbed my camera, put the long lens on and went on the hunt for said bees.With a severe lack of words, I leave you with the

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1. If you could remove one evil from the world what would it be ?Cancer. It is such a totally destructive illness, even though it has a higher survival rate than it did 20 years ago. I would be surprised if there is a single person that doesn't know, or know of, someone who has or is suffering at the hands of this cruel illness.I personally, have already lost a very good friend to it, he was 42

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I couldn't decide what to photograph for this weeks entry, and procrastinated for so long that as of yesterday evening I still had no new shot to blog and I had to go to a training night which would take the rest of the evening!On my way home from work, the sky was a lovely bright blue and the abundance of white, fluffy clouds depicted the bright summers day we'd had perfectly. I thought I would

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I've been tagged by Evening with this Meme. I was initially thrilled, this is my first ever tag, but now I'm not sure what I am going to share with you, as I scratched long and hard to come up with my 100 things entry.Rules:1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.3. People who are tagged need to write their own

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So, it's Friday again, which can mean only one thing. Time to scratch my head and wonder what the heck I'm gonna do to come up with a 55-fiction that is actually worth the blog space it takes up, and thats not very much!!I couldn't decide what to write about, so I took a look at the suggestions (thx guys) which were made after I requested topic ideas on a previous 55. This one was put forward by

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I am stuggling today, to stay awake and concentrate. Work is very quiet, unfortunately, and I am in serious danger of dropping off to sleep!Yesterday was a busy day in the office, worked like a beaver. In my re-ignited efforts to lose weight and get fit, I left the office at 5pm and drove straight to the gym.Quick warm up on the bike, followed by some stretches, then straight onto the arc-trainer

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'B' is for... BARKI have a White Poplar Tree in my garden, which is very mature, and the bark has a very rough texture.It splits easily, which provides a huge amount of housing for the woodlice and a myriad of other, unmentionable creatures.The birds love it though. I use this tree to hang my bird feeder and fat balls in so that they are well fed. I love having the space to be able to sit out in

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My first great neice was christened on Sunday at the same church where my Mum remarried 10 years ago. It is a beautiful church and the weather was pretty good, dry at least.My son was one of the Godfathers, his fifth now. People always seem to ask him, he is such a natural with kids. Maybe it has something to do with still being one himself!!Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple of my photo's

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Well as you can see, I have been very busy over the weekend, I hope you like my new place.I checked out the link offered to me by Laney, (as well as a dozen or more Google gave me), and realised it was the same site I checked out about a 6 months ago. There was one template, with 3 columns, which I was particularly fond of and I downloaded the file.Having backed up my then current blog, I started

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I'm bored with my blog. No.. wait, don't run away. I'm not bored with writing in it, just bored with it's appearance. I have this urge to give it a make-over, but don't really know where to start.Any suggestions anyone? Where's the best place to get a new design for my blog, something a little bit more jazzy, modern and bright. I don't know much about how these are done, so I need an '

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Thanks to Denise for coming up with this idea of Photograph Wednesday and for letting us all join in. I love photography, and this will give me a new reason to grab my camera and get out there!So it begins, with the letter 'A'I have photographed an Amaryllis that has flowered beautifully in my dining room. It was given to me by my favourite Auntie when I visited her last month as a surprise.

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Thanks to Mrs Nesbitt for sharing her friendship badge with me. It was all her creation by the way, and I, like her, wish you all to post it on your own site too. You will find it in my side-bar.Lets see how far we can extend the hand of friendship in this wonderful space called blogsville.

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Over the weekend I went to watch my neice perform in her dance studio's end of year show.Now 13, she has been dancing since a very early age and still enjoys every single second of it. Dancing and performing seem to run through every single bone of her body. I have not watched her perform for at least 3 years, maybe a little longer, and what I saw at the weekend was absolutely amazing. She has

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Pondering what topic to pick today, I thought of happy happenings and emotional events. Should it be orgasms, break ups, death?Whichever one I choose I somehow don’t think that I will have enough words to convey what is on my mind, it is so cluttered with life. 55 fiction this week should be 155.

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This just about sums up my week.Jumped in the shower, washed body, washed hair, shaved underarms.Johnsons Silk & Shave, or whatever its called, all down my legs, razor in hand.Gently shaving every inch, of my .. ouch! Shite, beggar, feck, blood. DripTry to finish shaving before the shower tray turns red. Gently, gen ... OUCH!! Damn, shitebuggerfeckinhell. More blood. Drip, drip.Get out, towel dry

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Anyone that has been here for the last 9 months, will probably remember a post I did about a face recognition programme that I found via a link in Miss U's blog at the time. If you haven't yet read that entry you really should whizz across now and read it before continuing here , it will make you understand totally why I have now repeated this exercise, and why I am blogging it for the second

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What does that mean, Tour de France? (1 x ?, for Dan)Excuse me for believing it meant a Tour of France, my french was never that good at school! So, who decided it was a good idea to start the Tour of France in England??? (3 x ??? for Laney)Some of you will know from previous posts, that I am a member of the Kent Search & Rescue, a voluntary group which can only exist and continue to help

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Thanks to those of you who gave me suggestions for 55 topics a couple of weeks ago. This week I have used one of Laney's.£10 for the first three. The fourth is mine. Ball 5, Oh God, it’s there too. Heart beating, breath held, I hardly dare look. Shaking. Eternity. Ball 6 is …….YES. NO. YES. Double check, triple check. ALL 6 in one row.My dreams, lay before me on the ticket clenched in my

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A quick post, for IT Barman, and anyone else who wants to know"Concorde finger WTF"?

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I seem to have a huge blogging brick wall of late, and so I am going to post this list that I have been working on in fits and starts for the last 7-8 months. I have seen this lists on the blogs of others, some friends, some random, and I always find them interesting. It was meant to be 100 things about me, but turns out I'm not that interesting and after all this time I have only managed 60!

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As you know, I occasionally like to share the dreaded email 'funny' with you all if it appeals to my sense of humour, then I guess it might appeal to a wider audience too.One of my college friends from last year sent me this beauty. I could almost have written it myself!!! All male readers may like to hit their 'back' button at this point!This is an actual letter sent to American company Proctor

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The evening was warm, having just finished the darts match, a couple of friends, G and I headed back to our local pub for a swift one before heading home for the night.The mood was jovial. Other friends in the pub when we arrived greeted us cheerily and the guys were exchanging banter, like only guys can.I had a very interesting, and hopefully rewarding conversation, with one of the football lads

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Today's entry is quite possibly the best entry I have ever written.Unfortunately, the brick wall that stands between me and the typed word will prevent you all from ever reading it!!So instead...A news piece here in England caught my attention this week. Entitled "2 year old girl joins Mensa", it made me wonder how the hell that could be possible.Here is the version from the net:Brainy toddler

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A little bit about my holiday to Tossa de Mar. Tossa lies at the heart of the Costa Brava, 95 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border.Apparently, Hollywood arrived here in the early 1950s, shortly before mass tourism, putting Tossa on the map with the shooting of The Flying Dutchman starring screen idols Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra, and a statue of the

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This may be my final post before I leave for my holiday, and as it's Friday, I used that as my subject to base my 55 on.Don't write to many entries each in the next week, you just know I'm gonna have to read them all somehow when I get back.On a final point ... don't miss me too much ... what do you mean you'll hardly notice I'm gone? HOLIDAY ROMANCE The attraction was instant. Her heart pounded,

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The week is half way through and my mind is firmly on my upcoming holiday.I fly out to Spain on Sunday and still I only have a packing list in my head. That really isn't a safe place to store anything in my world! More stuff gets lost in there than in the Bermuda Triangle, I swear.I really should start making a list, on paper. Better still I should actually start putting things in a suitcase.My

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I have one friend, (no, I have a few, but this is about one of them),well actually it's my husbands boss, who emails me absolutely EVERYTHING he gets. He obviously has a group setting on his email and just forwards everything without a second thought. A lot of it is not very funny at all. Some of it is quite amusing, but the point is, there is no assessment in what he forwards. Normally I guess

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What do people really mean when they say "How are you"?Life lately seems to have revolved around people and their unfortunate medical related problems. It never fails to amaze me how different people react when faced with the unthinkable, and it has made me think about this question again.My thoughts, obviously, are very much with TME at this time and the magnificently positive attitude she has

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Crikey, Friday has come around again so quickly! I'm sure I can't have had 7 sleeps, 7 eats and 7 ... well, I can't believe it's been a week since my firt 55-Fiction.Fiction is not my strongest writing form, not that I don't have imagination, but writing about feelings from the heart and experiences in life, is always easier for me. However, spurred on by the encouraging comments last week after

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I have enjoyed my last year at college. I have always loved learning, and the creative side of me has basked in the challenges I have faced with this new art form of photography.Many of you have shared my journey with my blog entries. I think I spared you all from the macro flora project, apart from the lily stamens I posted in one of my 26things entries. It was one of my favourite bits, I

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Is an object with sentimental value any less valuable to the owner than an object which was purchased for 10 times the amount?As one of those people who put more emphasis on family, friends and non materialistic things in life, I too have one or two material items which have a far, far greater value to me than their monetary worth. This picture, that I took for a 26things entry in March is one

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I have been at it again. Although I understand it's a blog thing, I have stolen this from Michael's and Cathy's site, I hope you don't mind, but Cathy, the last trilogy of 55-fiction you wrote was so powerful as was Michael's 'I can't drive - 55' that it inspired me to try one myself.I wrote some Haiku a few months ago, and whilst I don't have Miss U's or your talent for writing I do enjoy it, so

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I was rummaging around blogland the other day, like you do, and stumbled across one of those annoying yet unavoidable quizes on a blog I was reading. You know what I mean, another one of those, quizes, yet somehow you just have to read the questions and provide your hyperthetical answers.Then, as if taken over by some alien being, you click it. That link. The one that takes you to the page FULL

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You gotta love 'em.They are just so full of information. Trouble is, I think I'll just take a quick look, being inquisitive the way I am, (for inquisitive substitute nosey cow), and then I find the clock has fast forwarded and I just lost another hour!!In the beginning, it's like a game I guess. A giant puzzle. A who's who? I want to know these things, how, when, where, why?Of course I am talking

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I think I brought my kids up well. I taught them about love and friendship, about caring for other people. I armed them with values for family, life and money. I hoped I instilled in them a sense of purpose and integrity and above all else to know what they want in life and go out there and make it happen.When a child is born, he knows none of these things, they must be learnt.Example: If you

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Last year I wrote about a site, for UK users, which provides free financial information called MoneySavingExpert.com. It covers everything from which credit cards, mortgage companies and savings accounts are offering the best rates, through the minefield of how to track down the best insurance deals on cars, home and travel. It offers sound, unbiased, plain speaking information on how to

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I have two things to say.1. Apologies for what follows for anyone who is bored of seeing my photographic efforts this year and DIDN'T ask to see more.2. The rest of you - you brought this on yourselves!!!At the request of many of you, (who am I kidding, I don't even have 'many' readers!!), at the request of a few of you, I am posting some more of the photographs that I have been working on for my

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One week to go!Just one week left to finish my exam work and complete my sketch book.I have finally chosen and printed the half dozen or so photographs that I now have to mount and am at last feeling slightly less stressed by it all.Not that I have stopped worrying about getting it done in time, but at least I feel I am much closer to achieving my goal now I have made some decisions on which

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Another news story on my homepage caught my eye today, and made me wonder what I would have done had I found myself in the same situation as poor old Mr. Brandrick.It's the age old question: "What would you do if you were told you only had one year left to live"?I cannot imagine the turmoil this kind of news creates in one's life, or for that matter in the lives of those closest to you.Apart from

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Still suffering from a severe lack of time to write, I thought I would cop out and share this email with you all that my daughter sent me following the earthquake in Folkestone last Saturday....IT Barman, I just know, being a local, you are going to find it as funny as I did, but I hope it gives the rest of my readers a bit of light relief too.An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit

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WOW! What a truly eventful weekend!!Friday night, went out with the girls. Did all the usual, round the pubs, girly chat, drinking games, dancing to the live music in some bars, then went for a Chinese meal.I was busy chatting away to one of the girls I had never met before, we were getting on like a house on fire, but then I would hear "Come on, drink up slow coach". Looking round there was a

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OK, I am being very lax in posting... so little time, so much to do.Inview of this, today, I have cheated. I have stolen this entry, right out of the pages of Miss Understood, seemed like a good plan, on account of the fact that I have a zillion and one photos to edit and nearly as much work left to do on my exam!The idea is a Personality test. Why don't you all have a go too? Click here and see

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While writers block is turning out to be rather more of a hinderance than usual, I came up with a backup plan! I'm resourceful like that!OK. So I came up with a plan completetly by accident, give me a break.I logged onto the internet this morning and my home page had the headline: 33 killed in college massacre This story has been all over our news, and I guess it will be for the next week or more

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In my last entry Miss U said she liked the photograph of my house and wanted to come and stay, which of course she is welcome to, anytime.I did however mention to her that I have a small guest house she could stay in if she wanted to visit, and promised that I would post the pinhole photograph I took of it.Now my brain is in gear, I realise I am not back at college for another week yet, and so,

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OK, so I may be a little late, but I got here in the end!!Several of you have asked me what happened to the second pinhole photograph I took and have been patiently waiting for me to post the results.Well...I developed the picture at college a couple of weeks ago, duly washed it and let it dry. I was pleased with the result, at least there was an image, and eagerly scanned it and saved the

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OK. I have been interviewed by the lovely Miss Understood, so here are the questions:1) Single women…the ones who never seem to be able to find the right man…often envy their married friends and the lifestyle they lead. The company, someone to love and support them, someone to just curl up with on the sofa, someone to take them to B&Q or bring them a cup of tea in bed. Do you, or have you ever

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So, the pinhole camera, how did it pan out?Because the 'negative' is made on light sensitive paper inside the tin, it is very important to keep it in pitch black. Any light that seeps into the container will render the picture useless. You don't see it until you develop the negative, but then, there it is, as black as the ace of spades, right across the paper. Nothing but black.Bearing this in

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OK. The pinhole experiment will be blogged soon, promise. But today I have something else on my mind.How many times do you read an employment vacant advertisement that states something along the lines of:· Must be able to work on own initiative as well as being an effective team player.· Must have good communication skills and be able to work in a stressful environment.· Must possess a good sense

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Laney, you are right, I am VERY busy and yes it has been a while since I checked in here. In view of your comments, here is the first instalment of the pinhole camera exercise, that I had written already. I was going to post it after Thursday, when I have had a chance to take my 'negatives' into college and process them to see if I even have an image there. Who knows? Also, I had photographed (

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Oh yes. A brand, spanking, new, shiney, camera.I know, I know, it seems a little unfair doesn't it, after all, I only got my digital SLR in October last year. That camera has already seen so much action. (No, not that kind!!)First I took it to London to show it the sights - The Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge raised, the Gherkin, The Tower of London, Piccadily Circus in the rain, The London

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I just love the weekends, working Mon-Fri 9-5, means the weekends are mine, all mine, to do with as I wish.Saturdays are varied, but usually on Sundays I get up early (ish) and then go and watch my sons footy team play. This week however was a bit different.I have just brought an E-TTL flash for my SLR Camera, which arrived in no time at all and I decided to give it a trial run down at the beach

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I've done it. I have applied for a new job. Well, when I say I have applied, I have filled the form in barr one question, but it's nearly done. The job involves fitting, testing, checking and removing electronic tags. Monitoring from home, (I assume they provide the equipment), reacting to any breaches which are highlighted by the system, investigating the reason for them, and completing

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It's time again, time to post the 26things for last month, at least the ones I photographed. I have to say, I did much better this time round, with a mini splurge right at the end I have ended up with 17 I think!Here goes -1. PHOTOGRAPHY The cover of one of the books I bought in order to satisfy my thirst for knowledge on how to produce good photographs and how to use photo imaging software to

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OK, I was sorta challenged to do this... I think.. at least if I wasn't challenged I stole this from Miss U who in turn stole it from rn_buffoon... so here goes!What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?I started this blog. I lost over 2 stone at weight watchers. I began a photography course. Celebrated my 20th wedding anniversary and my 40th birthday. Became a great Aunt!Did you keep

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