Ye Dogs
Well, ye gods, what a day! Lord only knows what my horoscope had in store for me but I don’t doubt that the way it played out was probably a little more dramatic than the stars had in mind. Today was Adoption Day, meaning the day that I got to pick up my new dog [...]
Being good…
When I moved, a lot of my filing just got tossed into a box to deal with later when I could be bothered unpacking it. I decided to be all organised and put everything in box files but about halfway through, I found myself flagging a bit and slightly depressed by how astonishingly ugly a [...]
Patchwork Heaven Since 1911…. and extraordinarily cute dresses
Hello lovelies … I’m extremely excited about some new bedding I’ve just found on ebay: a couple of lovely patchwork bedspreads, one in pink and one in light blue & pink, which are just going to look outstandingly gorgeous in my new bedroom. (I’m especially fond of the second one) … and a snip of [...]
Home Sweet Home
Well, what a Christmas, chez Elemental Grace! I completed the sale of the house on Tuesday, which made for the best early birthday present of all time, and wandered down to see my new place on the way down to Cornwall for Christmas. The waiting was terrible, like holding your breath for weeks on end. [...]
Inspirational Rooms
In an effort to drag myself out of this ridiculous maudlin state of mind I have found myself in today for no particular reason other than the move, I have started to look forward and think about the cottage. I have an obscenely detailed spreadsheet that documents every last expenditure, no matter how big or [...]
Missing at Christmas
In a maudlin note, it’s been just over 18 months since D died. It has been somewhat on my mind of late, which I noticed as I have been throwing my toys out of the pram a little lately. I recently concluded that as we lost D quite early on in life, many of our [...]
The Wonder of Christmas Film
I have to admit to being a little distressed. In and amongst chatting about Christmas and things, I discovered that L has never seen “It’s a wonderful life”. Now while I was introduced to this film slightly later on in life, I feel obliged to share the joy of one of the best films ever [...]
Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails….
Last night, I nearly ran over a puppy. But I didn’t. I stopped in time, put on my blinkers and got out to have a look at the wee fella. Oh, you’ve never seen anything like it in your life. He was a little beagle x terrier puppy and he looked so tiny, cold and [...]
Just quickly….
I have so little self control, and most of it is currently trying to prevent me from buying this incredibly gorgeous clock by Roger Lascelles: Do you think if I grovel, Santa might bring it for Christmas? If you like it, you can find more on his website: www.rogerlascelles.com
Internet shopping does not a lesser present make
I’ve just received some money off vouchers for Pizza Express during January, and it put me into a money saving sort of mood, so I’ve updated my links with some handy money saving websites that might be of use to anyone who wanders across my site and hasn’t yet visited MoneySavingExpert and surrendered themselves to [...]
Web Ditherings
I’ve been thinking that it’s probably about time that I start having a think about getting a website up and running to showcase some of my photography and I think I’ve hit upon a design for it. It still needs some work with the logo area. I think duplicating and reversing the flower motif should [...]
Old Fashioned Values
Having read some horrifying stories recently about the behaviour of shoppers, and especially with the Christmas season in full swing, I feel obliged to lament the state of customer service, account management and client relationships these days. Whichever term you chose to apply to it, I am frankly a little appalled by the responses I’ve [...]
Vintage Fabric and a Need for Speed
YOINKS! During a surprising early morning phone call with a solicitor who is dealing with the sale of our existing house, we’ve just discovered that we have to be out of the house by the 9th of January, which is really not a very long time away at all and has thrown me slightly into [...]
Presents!
I’ve got the survey back for the cottage. There are some things that will need to be dealt with such as damp proofing, repairing a couple of windows, replacing some roofing but nothing too outlandish. Just waiting on solicitors, and by golly do they need a regular kick in the backside to get themselves in [...]
Top 5 Books
I did promise to put together a list of my favourite books a few weeks ago … it’s just a top 5 in no particular order but I will add to it as time goes by and my books gradually get unpacked from their existing cardboard library. When we were 6 (A. A. Milne):A favourite [...]
Defiant and Proud
I must rant. I must. Primarily because there are some people and the things that they do that I just can’t quite comprehend. I said yesterday that I left behind a doozer of a relationship about a year ago. It was the understatement of the century. To call it a disaster or a trainwreck would [...]
Fabulous darling, just fabulous.
To give a little background, I got out of a doozer of a relationship about a year ago (details not supplied), and have spent most of the time since rebuilding my life, confidence and self esteem and am getting back to a level where I generally feel happy, positive, upbeat and quite content with the [...]
Making Christmas
I’ve been thinking about Christmas. I blame the radio, starting to play Christmas songs already. Terry Wogan and Aled Jones, I hold you fully responsible for this, putting your Bandaged CD out already. Not that I can complain at all, the crisp air tells me it’s December, the music is quite fabulous, there’s an air [...]
Top 100 Reads – Book list
Shamelessly stolen from Second Hand Shopper – thanks Caroline BOLD = ReadNOT bolded = Unread 1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper [...]
Dusting off old hopes and dreams
It’s a funny thing really, how an off the cuff comment can have such a profound impact on your life, especially when it centres around something that you’ve known for a while but it hasn’t sunk in. I can’t go into a lot of detail on here but since the principle can apply to a [...]
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