Beach Read by Emily Henry: January is a 29-year-old romance writer who no longer believes in happily-ever-after. Demoralised and broke, she moves into the beach house she inherited when her father died, hoping to lick her wounds and finish her current manuscript. But then, in a cruel twist of fate, she discovers her neighbour is … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading September 2020
I learned this week that the author Amy Krouse Rosenthal had passed way from Ovarian cancer. She was just 51 years old. Thanks to Cathy Zielske's online classes, I produced two albums based on Amy's book, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life - Me: The Abridged Version (in 2010) and Him: The Abridged Version (in 2014/15). Yesterday, I … Continue reading Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life | Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Someone said to me recently, "Tell me who you are."Hard to answer, that one.The title of this blog suggests that I'm at home all day.You know, with my feet up, drinking tea and watching Poldark on catch-up.If only that were true.I could say that I'm a mum who works in the home.I could say that I … Continue reading I Am What, Exactly?
Back in 2010 I completed Cathy Zielske's online class, Me: The Abridged Version and loved it.It's still one of my favourite albums.I looked at it again this week and realised that I had made a huge error.Lots of entries were cross-referenced to the Royal Air Force, but when I looked at the entries for 'R' … Continue reading Him | The Abridged Version
Two hundred and twelve posts this year.120,560 pageviews, approximately, in the life of this blog.143 followers, plus a handful of others who regularly comment but don't actively follow me. This blog had its ups and downs, and it turned out to be my quietest blogging year to date. Successfully completed were: Project Life ~ none of … Continue reading Blog Review | 2013
555 posts this year.82,000 page views, approximately, in the life of this blog.132 followers, plus a handful of others who regularly comment but don't actively follow me. This blog had its ups and downs, but overall, it wasn't a bad blogging year at all.Successfully completed were:Project Life ~ none of which was blogged, which somehow made … Continue reading Blog Review: 2012
454 posts this year. 41,268 page views in the life of this blog. 119 followers, plus a handful of others who regularly comment but don't actively follow me. This blog had its ups and downs, but overall, it wasn't a bad blogging year at all. Successfully completed were: Yesterday & Today by Ali Edwards for … Continue reading Blog Review: 2011
I'm in a rut with my scrapping and this blog, if I'm honest. I have so many ideas running around my head, but can't seem to make sense of any of them. However, I have managed to lay the foundations for two up-coming scrapping projects ...Me: The Abridged Version is all set to go in … Continue reading Laying The Foundations
Yesterday, Cathy Zielske talked about withdrawing her Me: The Abridged Version class from BPC and offering it up for sale via Designer Digitals.This was the first CZ class I did and it was superb. It's absolutely in the top 3 of all the online classes I have done in the last few years.And I had … Continue reading Me: The Abridged Version ~ Revisited
Another challenge from Shimelle at the weekend was to scrap the story behind the photo. I chose a photo of me refuelling our car.I've talked about driving in London before: here and here. It just isn't something that I do. I either walk or use public transport to get to wherever I need to be. … Continue reading The Diesel Shop
