tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55582561981787529622024-02-07T06:35:19.195+00:00Jules Sew PrettyA little travelogue cum craft journal of my somewhat hectic life.Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-8071093382674477912015-03-13T09:28:00.002+00:002015-03-13T09:28:35.445+00:00Tea for two..So, I'll be visiting with one of my oldest and dearest friends in Philadelphia next weekend. We've known each other before we had children, through divorces and many miles and years between meetings since we first shared an office back in 1983. I had promised to make her a tea cosy .... a promise I forgot until last night!<br />
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I quickly whipped this one up from a fat quarter I just bought...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and then thought I'd better ask her what colour she would like..... the answer... blue, white or yellow. Hmmmm. Rummage through the old fabric stash....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and what better choice than a bit of vintage Laura Ashley, saved from my old kitchen blind, for a friend who shared my excitement when Laura Ashley opened a store in Arden, PA in 1984. Neither of us could afford to actually buy anything but we did enjoy browsing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy nearly the weekend.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-88549830433097523312015-03-11T07:57:00.002+00:002015-03-11T07:57:50.988+00:00Baking, decorating, visiting, knitting, sewing...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...it's all been going on this month. Cannot believe how quickly time is flying but since I declared 2015 the year of getting on with things I'm just cracking on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My sister and I are toying with the idea of applying for a stand at <a href="http://yarndale.co.uk/" target="_blank">Yarndale</a> this year. Time is running out for us to make our minds up but the thing that is flummoxing me is finding public liability insurance to the tune of £2million. Anyway, I thought I'd better start making some things just in case I do get a stand. So far I've produced some crochet rolls - this one is for me :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and a pram blanket, knitted in moss stitch with King Cole Funky Felt yarn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This I really did enjoy making despite the hole I now seem to have in my finger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Son number one lives in Dublin and he and his girlfriend are gearing up to move into their first home which has been gutted and put back together so I headed over there to help with the decorating. 7 rolls of lining paper hung - no pasting table so we improvised. The old knees took a battering and after 2 days up and down a ladder I have to say I was feeling the pull in the old buttocks too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They had no working loo either so my bladder control is much improved :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inspired by the thought of a trip to Dublin and son number two being home it was time for a spot of baking. Guinness Chocolate cake anyone?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The topping was supposed to be all over the top but the cake was still warm and we couldn't wait so served it on the side. Greedy, us? No way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As soon as I got back from Dublin I had a surprise visit from a dear friend from one of my previous lives. Gill and I have known each other since baby days back when I lived in Winchester so that's at least 28 years. We haven't seen each other for about 3 so there was a lot of talking to cram into just a few hours. We managed, especially over afternoon tea at Mallyan Spout Hotel. Four pots of tea later we headed down to the Beck Hole pub just to see if there was room in this tiny bar for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happily there was so we enjoyed a bit of banter, a lot of selfie taking and then sadly it was time to say goodbye. That's Gill's halo shining bright on the left</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another ray of sunshine in the month of March has been this little cute-pie. My god daughter and great niece, an absolute tonic on any day of the week. Her mum always has her hair done very nicely but Freya decided to try out all my hair brushes giving her the slightly more dishevelled look. Bless her little cotton socks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I'm heading across the pond at the weekend and hoping to have time for a little fabric shopping amidst all the meetings. Then I head to see another very dear friend in Philadelphia on the way back and that will bring us almost to the end of March. Where is the time going?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bunting didn't take me long to do... finding a needle small enough to go through the bead hole but large enough to fit the yarn through was more of an ordeal.. had to get the pliers out to pull the needle and yarn through the teeny tiny hole...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh yes, all those cds .. must get those digitised some time soon ... that's ideal button jar storage space :) As for A Casual Vacancy - maybe it's just me but I thought it was a load of old tosh, not a single character I liked - apart from maybe the guy who died. I shall not be watching next week.</span></div>
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Next on my list of recipes to try is this Finnish Pulla which I had when I was at a workshop in the forest at Haukilahti, near Tampere. We had a bit of team building fun in the snow followed by a walk in the snow laden forest, finished off (excuse the pun) with some coffee brewed over an open fire and freshly baked pulla. Delicious!</div>
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As I type this the sun is shining brightly in the sky and giving a hint of Spring, just around the corner. And talking about being showy offy .... how about last night's sunset? Just managed to catch it from the bedroom window </div>
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and then I'm going to shop for one of these (as seen in a 1940s photo display in Helsinki airport) to combat my high carb diet!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-64067978145019028702015-02-07T11:00:00.005+00:002015-02-07T15:40:19.951+00:00One door opens, another one closes ....<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Or pride comes before a fall or other such sayings. At least it seems to be true with baking and me. Feeling all puffed up with pride after my <a href="http://made-and-found.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">dearest sister</a> declared my tea cakes the best ever and I quote "I think I've died and gone to heaven" and feeling the love for all things Bake Off I thought I'd knock up Mary Berry's Orange and Sultana tray bake in readiness for a visit from said sister after work. Well, I don't know what went wrong but suffice to say, the birds are enjoying a zingy breakfast this morning. As I write this I have a batch of tea cake dough proving (hopefully) on the kitchen table alongside a batch of olive dough (another first) which I shall be experimenting with later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But I haven't been slaving over flour and a laptop all week. When I decided to make a new header for my blog rather than just taking a picture I got a little engrossed in crochet trims. So, after making this shell edging in the finest of fine threads..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was inspired to make a few different ones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A little bit of Petal trim in a slightly heavier yarn ..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Some ripple stitch all in single crochet ..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rather loving the Blossom trim..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So much so I tried it in a fine wool ..</span></div>
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It's funny how our perceptions of ourselves can be so different to those of others. I was recently told that I am a very talkative person. That struck me as funny since I think I keep most of my talk in my head, not letting it out of my mouth. It seems I am wrong. The talking escapes but mostly as a manifestation of my own shyness I think.<br />
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The past couple of years have been full of reflection. Some very sad things have happened to those close to me. Some happy things have happened too. I seem to have floated around it all, reflecting on what it all means, always wanting to take make things better but never really feeling part of the happenings. I don't want to live the rest of my life in this out of body state.<br />
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So, to resolutions. I've made some, I need to make more but my first is to live. Properly, for myself, not just for others. To find the joy and be part of it. This I have to do by myself, for myself. My recent appraisal at work has given me plenty to reflect on, not least that my eagerness to get things done, to resolve issues can be a negative trait. This came as quite a revelation to me so at the grand old age of 51 it's time to take stock, re-evaluate and move forward.<br />
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I have managed a bit of crochet - more in my next post but mostly I just read and admired the view and the warmth of the sunshine - a rare and much missed element of our Summer this year. </div>
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I'm back on my travels next week to Finland so I'm looking forward to some hooky time with a little cotton cot blanket (and well prepared for the ridicule that will be unleashed by my travel colleague - men just 'don't get it' on the whole but he's used to me dragging yards of yarn out of my computer bag while he watches film on his ipad). </div>
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Sponge:<br />
4 eggs<br />
225g self-raising flour<br />
100g good quality baking margarine<br />
125g softened unsalted butter<br />
225g caster sugar<br />
Finely grated rind of a large lemon (optional)<br />
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Line 2 x 8 or 9inch cake tins with baking parchment.<br />
Preheat Oven to 180C (170 for fan ovens) and since my new oven is very fancy dancy I selected the top and botton heat and no fan - get me!)<br />
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Cream the butter, margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. I have a Kenwood food processor but prefere to do this with the electric hand whisk (not entirely by hand as taught by Mrs Baker at Grammar School, tut tut). Whisk in the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour if the mixture looks like it is about to curdle. Once all the eggs are incorporated fold in the flour and the grated rind with a metal spoon.<br />
Divide the mixture between the tins and bake for approx 25 mins. This will depend on your oven but basically until they are golden and spring back when pressed. Cool on a wire rack.<br />
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I basically make this up as I go along but for this particular cake I used Bon Maman Wild Blueberry jam and made a frosting out of half and half softened butter and cream cheese (one small tub). I added lemon rind and sifted icing sugar until I reached the right consistency and level of sweetness. I have no idea how much I used though. <br />
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When the sponges are cool spread one with jam and the other with the frosting, sandwich them together and dust with icing sugar. Make youself a big fresh brew, cut a generous slice, put your feet up and sample your results - after all, the quality assurance testing is vital!<br />
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You can use different jams, omit the lemon, use orange rind, add fresh berries and use cream or a combination of whipped double cream and custard (extremely yummy and perfect with strawberry or raspberry jam - an upmarket Victorian Sponge - if Queen Vic could ever be considered down market).<br />
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I only do this to make my big sis feel better. She too is continually sorting and de-cluttering so I let her come round for a gloat at all my mess and make her feel better - afterall, what are sisters for?</div>
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x</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-69508822135181593382012-07-28T12:25:00.001+01:002012-07-28T12:25:03.033+01:00To Paint :)<div style="text-align: center;">
Thank you ladies, advice taken, to paint was definitely the right decision.</div>
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It's still not big enough to hold the complete shirt stash but it did give me great pleasure to place them all in the basket. Sad? Probably.</div>
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Unfortunately, I picked the wrong time to re-finish my old dining table. Taking off 23 years of wax and grime by hand in this heat took a fair amount of elbow grease and gave me a good cardio work out into the bargain! It almost looks line new.<br />
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I felt a tad nostalgic as I sanded away all the pen and paint from the countless hours the boys and their friends and cousins spent at the dining table, drawing Sonic the Hedgehog and the Thundercats ad nauseum but I'm in a de-cluttering frame of mind.</div>
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My youngest son is home from uni for the Summer and he's just said to me "you're just finding random jobs to do". I protested with a retort 'no, I'm just finally getting round to doing those jobs that have been bugging me for months now'. However, he may have a point and the reason my creative mojo is on holiday? </div>
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Everything I've come across so far that was not in its proper home has found a resting place in either the garage or the spare room. The intention is to get rid of the spare single bed - yes, there is a bed under all of that crap - return my dining room to a dining room and relocate my crafting upstairs. Now this room has been like this for many months now and is getting worse by the week. I think I may nearly be ready to make a start in here but I might have to have a stiff drink first. I plan on starting this week so if you don't hear from me in the next week or two send help!</div>
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This year has been much better, not so much travel and time to spend at home. I haven't been very crafty except for making a quilt as a wedding present for a very dear friend. It was a labour of love, finished 4 hours before the wedding and the cause of many callouses on my finger and thumb. But well worth the effort as the bride loves it.<br />
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My sister is now considering divorce and re-marriage so she too can have a wedding quilt! I thought that was a bit drastic so have promised her one for Christmas.<br />
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Well, after many attempts and much cursing because I couldn't successfully backtrack. When I made a mistake I had to pull it all back to the beginning so I think I'll just get on with this little baby blanket in simple trebles, made from Debbie Bliss Rialto 4 ply - so lovely to work with.</div>
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I'll miss it this year as I have to leave very early tomorrow but in true Brit fashion I'm doing my bit. I nipped into Pickering today for supplies and the place was already teeming with soldiers and folk dressed up in their 1940s finery.<br />
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Last week I popped back to Rio for a week - as you do :) It was a much quieter trip and I limited the number of Caipirinha I imbibed and also the amount of food I consumed as I really cannot afford to buy a whole new wardrobe in the next size up! I have to tell you, I felt a little like a celebrity as I sat in the airport waiting for my flight home - two little girls, after casting surreptitious glances in my direction for some time they sidled over and gabbled away to me in Portuguese about the crochet I was doing... and then, someone else took my photo! Clearly, crochet is mych celebrated in Brazil as shown by the wares on the street market on Copacabana beach<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was very glad about my purchase as we strolled through the botanical gardens as it was baking hot, despite being mostly shady. The orchid house was like a greenhouse despite being open sided</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000538.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took a bazillion photos but I won't bore you with them all but I would recommend the place for a visit. Plenty to look at and a lovely atmosphere</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000560.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gorgeous palms and clear blue skies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000565.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the way the trees grow along the beach front - I guess they are searching for sun as they are mostly in the shade of the high rise buildings that line the beach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000457.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another very familiar site in Rio</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000479.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Graffiti on every available space - most of it very artistic if sometimes a bit gruesome at times when depicting the problems of the drug trade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course, Christ the Redeemer is looking at you from wherever you are - there he is just a spec in the distance on the top of the mountain </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000488.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took a long walk along the beach and around the back streets on the Sunday morning which was very colourful - chillies anyone?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fruit and veg...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000413.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">oh the sea.... so inviting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000445.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The place is so mountainous that land is at a premium but they make their gardens wherever they can</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this doorway which also quite typical of the older buildings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb434/hoolia1963/P1000423.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is where all the rich and famous stay in Rio - I tried to find out how much a room is but there were no tariffs on the website.... Justin Bieber was there this weekend although I didn't see him - just hoards of young girls milling around wearing Justin t-shirts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I managed to do in the way of crafting were a few granny squares for a Christmas blanket. Now I have to decide what to take with me to do on the long, long flights I have over the next three weekends.... maybe some sewing this time as it'll be a bit hot for crochet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing you all good health and happiness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jules</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-15326932029643793662011-09-27T23:45:00.000+01:002011-09-27T23:45:46.340+01:00How sad am I?Thank you all for the words of encouragement. Just a little addendum:<br />
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Anne - I did go and buy some lovely wool (and a new vacuum) - have a couple of cushions to get on with now - should have one of the made by the end of the Rio trip.<br />
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Francine - I wish it was a break but it's another work trip. There are worse places to go in the world though and the weather should be warm.<br />
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Missy - I got a new Dyson - no Hetties or Henrys in my local electrical store and although I am having a little trouble with the tools I realise how badly my old one was behaving. It didn't owe me anything after 10 years of very hard service. I have lovely clean carpets now!<br />
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Bibbitybob (so sorry but I don't know your real name - must have a read through your old posts) - see above. I already spent £50 replacing the clutch last year and I thought it might be better and safer to invest in a new one as the old one was pretty much held together with electrical tape. It's a bit sad but it has given me enormous pleasure testing it out throughout the house.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'd post a picture of my very perky looking carpet but there's a limit...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you are enjoying some fab weather like we are here in North Yorkshire!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jules</div><div style="text-align: center;">x</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558256198178752962.post-18017005137516087732011-09-26T21:37:00.000+01:002011-09-26T21:37:26.635+01:00Seven years bad luck coming my way :(Thank you ladies for your kind and thoughtful comments. I may be very much in need of support in the coming months, nay years.<br />
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When I got home from work tonight I thought I'd do a few jobs to try and get the upstairs back in some semblance of order. I should have opened a bottle of wine and put my feet up with my crochet but no ....<br />
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.... instead, I decided to put the bathroom cupboard back up - no idea why because I don't even really like it that much. I took the mirror off the wall, removed the toothbrush mug from the glass shelf and hey presto, one cupboard on the wall. Mirror back up on the wall... then I'm not sure what happened but the glass shelf collapsed, the mirror fell off, made a nice dent in the loo seat, shattered into many pieces and the toothbrush mug also shattered. <br />
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Ho hum, resigned to my bad luck I started to clean up and phut, drrrrrr, pop, funny smell of burning and one dead Dyson stood forlornly on the bathroom floor. Sigh. I hope that counts as three bad things.<br />
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I do have one small tah-dah moment though ... hot off the sewing machine yesterday just seconds before big sis came through the door, one homemade gift to go with my birthday purchases from Finland for her..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't allowed to take any close ups or any of her face because she said she had .... very dirty hair! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I have 3 days to buy a new vacuum cleaner, sort the bathroom out and gather something together to occupy me on the long flight to Rio. Ash - yes, travelling and seeing new places, different cultures, nice people - all very lovely but completely and utterly exhausting. I'm getting too old for this game! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note to self: put more than one lucky dip on the lottery this weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jules</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to read your comments.</div>Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684868277030352937noreply@blogger.com4