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The New House – The Finished Lounge | Using My Loaf
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The New House – The Finished Lounge. I am really pleased to say that we have finished decorating our lounge! We actually finished decorating the room at the beginning of December, and now that we finally have brought some curtains (its a long story involving several trips to Dunelm, a 700 made to measure quote* and a wrong sized curtain pole! Everything is done and ticked off our list! Plus all our furniture from our old house. Below are a few shots of the decorating progress –. And here is how the room ...
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2016 – Shutters And Letters
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December 31, 2016. It’s been a funny old year. Politics and dying celebrities aside, I’d mark it down as ‘pretty good’ personally. 2016 has seen me learn new things, try new hobbies and reignite old interests. And I’ve kept some up, too, even when I wasn’t sure there was a lot of point. It’s seen me give lectures at universities, and overcome impostor syndrome. October and November in Books →. 4 thoughts on “ 2016. And for what it’s worth, I think blogging resolutions are mostly useless – I s...Blogging ...
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Summer in books – Shutters And Letters
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September 26, 2016. 8220;My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence” – Edith Sitwell. It’s been pretty quite round here on the Western Front, hasn’t it? There’s been much going on behind the scenes but alas, very little of it exciting. On the plus side, I’ve got a lot of reading done recently…. M R C Kasasian, The Curse of the House of Foskett. Period murder mysteries are my thing. Alexander McCall Smith, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine. Marian Keyes, Angels. Susan Cain, Quiet.
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Art On Sundays – Shutters And Letters
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June 15, 2016. Back at the beginning of May I made a bit of a pledge to myself. Do more with my weekends. Get out. See things. Go places. Be brave, and go alone if there’s no-one to go with. Be brave, and go alone even if there is someone to go with. Well, if I’m completely honest, I’ve found myself struggling with motivation recently. My day job involves talking to. Not so much. I’ve mentioned before about how I struggle to. D my way through winter, but now it was well and truly summer and I was beginni...
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The New House – The lounge | Using My Loaf
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The New House – The lounge. Today I am going to share one of the more exciting rooms in our new house – the lounge/diner. You know that book that the internet loves so much? Well, Marie Kondo would be very proud of me because I have shed a whole room from my life! We have no dining room in this house. But you know what? I am not bothered because although the dining room. Is delivered in 15 weeks time! And when I say big, I mean big! We also have great views here, but Im sorry, I have closed the blinds in...
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And Then There Were Three…. | Using My Loaf
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And Then There Were Three…. 8230;Or four of us in the household now, if you include the cat, which I 100% do BTW! Please allow me to introduce Dylan Milo. He was born on Saturday 24/12/16 weighing 5lb 15oz at 3.08am. We are totally smitten with the little fellow and we are on a sleep deprived cloud nine high ATM! Just in the nick of time, eh! Plus it all worked out perfectly, as Rob was really looking forward to bringing him home in the van rather than the damp, ex learner vehicle, ancient crappy Vauxhal...
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The Understatement Of The Year | Using My Loaf
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The Understatement Of The Year. Babies are so bad for the environment and that’s my understatement of the year! Sod using public transport, not owning a car, recycling, buying secondhand, growing your own, eating less meat, being vegetarian/vegan or cleaning your house without chemicals. The best way to cut down your carbon foot print is not to breed! So to make myself feel slightly better I am using my blog as a therapy session (once again! Here is my list of shame –. The boiling the kettle constantly t...
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December Reads - LIFE AS UNUSUALS
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This months reads are fast teaching me that I cannot talk about books for shizz. I have no idea how these people write such long. Reviews on Goodreads (even spoiler-free reviews! And I am just here with “yeah, well, I, uh, just had a really great time reading those pages. So, five-stars. That feels right”. Or, if we are being specific to December it is: “I loved this book. The end”. Not great but not awful, just plain good. On to the reads of December! Let’s go people. A Gathering of Shadows. Now, restle...
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Life || How I Rate Books - LIFE AS UNUSUALS
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Life How I Rate Books. Around October time last year I decided I wanted to read more. I used to read a lot as a kid, in fact, I still have a huge collection of Point Horror. Books sitting under my bed at home I really should sell or donate them but all my childhood reading sort of fizzled out as I got older. By the time I left school, started college and went to university, I couldn’t tell you the last book that I had read. I could tell you what the last text book or journal was though! With reading more...
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In Loving Memory – Shutters And Letters
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July 24, 2016. One of the advantages of walking, as opposed to hopping on the bus, is how much more I notice. Rather than pull my book or phone out, I have an audiobook or the radio in my ears and taking my time means little things catch my eye. What a wonderful way to be remembered – there’s so many things I want to know because of her simple epitaph. Did she have adventures? Did she stay at home and push for things she believed in? Art On Sundays →. 5 thoughts on “ In Loving Memory. Lucy in the Clouds.
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