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I apologise if my Facebook posts offend you!

just recently one of my friends commented that someone on her friends list had sent an email to her explaining that she was deleting some people from her Facebook friends list and that she was one of them, we all thought that this was so bizarre! Meanwhile one of my Facebook friends had posted that she was deleting some people as she was sick of hearing about the lives of some people, as their posts where boring her and they should get a life!

This was quite a while ago, and yesterday I noticed that she is no longer my friend on Facebook, well I'm sorry if my posts bore you and my life is not as exciting as yours clearly is. However I would like to point out that whilst you are entitled to your opinion you have no right to judge, I have used Facebook for many years now, yes I update my status regularly I voice my opinion regularly, and I keep in touch with people who I love who I would not be able to see regularly by doing so, for many of us who are single parents, or who have partners that work away it is our way of being able to keep in contact with other adults, whilst getting on with our daily lives, some of us don't work in the normal 9-5 type jobs with an office full of people to interact with, some weeks when my kids where small I would spend days not talking to anyone older than school age. This was when I discovered myspace, and the power of blogging and chatrooms as a way to keep from going mad!

I know some people find it boring to read that we have discovered a new soup, knitted a new pattern or listened to a new song, well if that's the case then use the drop down menus and just mute that persons feed! There is really no need to be so bloody rude! Or just quietly delete them as a friend and say nothing!

As I said I'd only just noticed that this person had gone from my list, probably because they rarely posted anything, and when they did and people send them best wishes they never replied, to be honest what was the point of being on Facebook anyway! The whole point of it is to interact with others! Why be surprised that we mention what we had for breakfast! Maybe some of us don't have another adult here to tell!

Maybe some of us can't call our mum and tell her when something funny has happened with her grandchildren, but we can write a post and tell our friends, and we can look forward to a reaction from another human being when we are feeling lonely or feel that there is no one to talk to.

So just for the record, I've had bacon and eggs for breakfast,
The washing machine is going, I am writing this on my iPad, I am having a back massage tonight with my man's sis in law my good friend Nicky, I will probably Skype with him later, he's not my friend on Facebook as he gets all my news first hand anyway, and due to the fact that we both forget what the heck we are saying half the time, repeating it just one more time would be overkill! And his head would swell and probably explode if he read how many times I bigged him up!,

Location:Ludlow Rd,Southampton,United Kingdom

Again its been too long!!

Ive not Blogged in ages! I am appalled at myself! but my excuse is that I am happy and have nowt much to moan about! thats my excuse and Im sticking to it!

My Knitting life is full and varied, Ive been teaching myself new techniques thanks to several books that my lovely man bought me for xmas,

this book had me hooked, and I sat for several days casting on and frogging until I actually managed to suss the concept! not sure that I will ever actually use this and make anything, but I was determined that it wasnt going to beat me!
I must say that I started to feel a bit stupid on day two when it still didnt click, and I was still frogging and restarting! then I had a Yoda/Luke moment and used the force so to speak! I was giving in too easily and not actually reading the pattern properly! Never assume they say! and I was assuming!

After that I was sailing along nicely, its quite a dense fabric, and Im sure one day I will make a blanket out of lots of sock yarn squares, But as I'm not really a jumper person I doubt that Id ever use any of the patterns.

I also had this book the dress on the front sold it to me, I love this kind of look, and there are several really nice pattens in this book, I would rather knit in the round and from the top down if I possibly can, I hate seams, mainly beause Im really rubbish at them, and haven't yet had a blinding revelation as to how to make these things look good, mine always look wrong to me, Im never really sure as to which stitches im supposed to be joining! so subsequently I always try and knit things that dont need joining or at least are joined but picking up stitches which I can do rather well.

testing this off line blog writer

blah blah blah!! just checking that this thing is working for when i am in devon and cant connect every day!

Get the Aviva deal!!??

Has anyone you know actually saved any money with Aviva? They must spend a small fortune on their adverts which are really funny, and they advertise all over the press and the Internet saying insurance from £180 ish quid, my £236 renewal arrived for my car insurance from Sheilas Wheels but I decided to do my normal research and see what else was available, Aviva was my first port of call as they really make you think that they are going to give you a good deal, so I key in my details, age, 48, no claims bonus, full!! Years driving, many more than not!! Claims in last 5 years (or actually any years) none! Driving convictions in last 5 years, none!

Quote £689!! Nearly 4 times more than the one I have!! WTF!!!

Now they keep emailing me and asking me why I didn't take the offer up!! What is wrong with these greedy people!!


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Still waiting!!!

Sat drinking coffee (now there's a surprise!!) crochet in lap, working on a variation of www.stitchdiva.com stash blanket, I say a variation as I've only got an 8mm tunisian hook at the moment, waiting for mine to arrive from the States, meanwhile

This is emerging! I'm hopeing that the 16 skeins of Noro I have will give a decent size lap/chair blanket!


Totally loving the colors as always with Noro, and I'm sure with a good blocking it will be softer and squishy.

There's still a week before JP comes home, thank the heavens for skype I say! It makes it so much easier to have a conversation with someone 7 hours in the future when you can see them as well as hear them! Off down to Branscombe on Thursday can't wait to be sat by the sea again! I've dreamt about it all winter!! The kids aren't so happy being dragged away from their friends this year! But tough!! I love it there! And can't wait!!

Location:Langhorn Rd,Southampton,United Kingdom

Today I am mostly.......

Learning Tunisian crochet, I've had 8 skeins of noro sat waiting to be made into something for ages!

So I decided to destash by making an afgan, well I've started and totally defeated the object of destashing by ordering 8 more skeins from eBay! It looks so beautiful! The ones I've ordered are a different colourway and hopefully they will merge nicely.

Tori A La GaGa!!

my girlie is obsesed with all things GaGa at the moment, she lives breaths and listens, watches reads and sings, and of course takes pictures as she goes, she is a funny little thing, totally self obsessed for the most part as are most teens, but im proud of her and her twin Bro all the same.

Finished!! two at a time socks rock!

Happily wearing my two at a time socks, I know it's taken me a while to finish these but I've been a tad distracted these past few weekends! Not that I mind in the slightest! in fact I'm loving being distracted!

Once you get your head around the concept of knitting both socks at the same time it's really rather easy! And also means that I no longer have one longer than the other!

I could have started the yarn in the same place on each sock but I rather like that they match but they don't! I suppose that's just me though! And my weird sense of how I see things! And want things!

Off to slimming world tomorrow, and if I've not put on a couple of pounds I will be most surprised!
Dinners and lunches out this last weekend and kaths birthday yesterday will have taken it's toll! However Im back to proper eating now and that's what it's all about!

Went to the most fab Indian restaurant on the IOW on Friday night, called SWAD and was adventurous and had my dinner chosen for me! (now that's trust!!) and tried a vindaloo! And despite what everyone thinks you cam actually have them at whichever strenth suits you rather than mind numbingly hot as we all presume! It was the most awsome curry I've ever eaten! And I'll certainly be trying dishes other than my normal chicken korma in the future too!

How life can suddenly change!

Having now had 3 weekends in a row of lovely times I hadn't realised just how lonely I had been before! Hadn't actually realised that I actually do need company, someone to laugh with every day!

I thought that I was happily single, that i didn't mind being 'the other woman' that it was all
Okay, but it just wasn't! Right now I am loving having someone to make plans with! Loving not stressing about when the next message would arrive! Loving the whole uncomplicatedness of everything! Loving that I am
Making a difference in someone elses life too, how things can change in just a short space of time! How closing some doors will magically open others! Life is indeed most fastinating!


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