Why The World Needs Rubbish Jokes

Why the world needs rubbish jokes !

Did you hear about the painter who needed anger management?

He was having trouble dealing with his emulsions....

What's Boy Georges favourite food " Korma korma  chameleon "

These are but a few in my repatoire, I'll not be going on the comedy circuit any time soon , if I start telling a decent joke then there is something wrong drastically wrong. The world needs cheese the world needs unscripted fun the world needs me.

Did you hear about the Mexican Carpet fitter ?

It's all about the underlay underlay ...

I've yet to stroll into the realm of knock knock jokes but I'm jolly well going to have a think on them ~ you lucky people ! I blame my humour on a myriad of reasons but it's my humour and I love it and feel that it truely is one of the things that keeps me sane and for me that's is key to help me managing my depression and anxiety. I don't want to take tablet s and that is my choice and my choice alone. Humour can risk us from the darkest of situations , I love for example Monty Pthyon I've really lost count of times that the Knights of Nee have rescued me from a sad abyss.

Humour has to grab me , others can be rolling on the floor in tears as something has tickled them something rotten and I'm just " I just don't get" . I do have a sense of humour bypass a majority of times and can't get many a type of humour but give me say the Goodies, Monty Pyhthon, The Fast Show , The 2 Ronnies , Fawlty Towers , Ealing Street comedies etc and I'm sniggering away with the best of them. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong time and that I'm actually older than my years!

Humour is personal but humour is also collective .

My husband likes Miranda where as I don't , I think it's blooming awful and I was secretly relieved when the series ended , neither do I like Michael Mcinytre but as I said humour is personal and it's also collective . As a family we enjoy Lee Evans and it has us howling and crying laugher tears.

So you see the world needs rubbbish jokes and the world very much needs me.

The Wonder Of Spring

Though my son didn't pass his driving test , he has got further than I ever had in learning to drive and I am so pleased that he has the confidence in his driving . While he won't have a car to go to university with as there is little  point as York has such great transport links . Learning to drive is such a great skill in life ! , it won't be long before my son is more qualified than me ! but not yet !!. It was I that found the driving school he's currently with however if if had been the first driving and there had been room he would have been learning in a pink mini with "Tammy" written down the side . I don't think that would have bothered him even though he raised an eyebrow when I told him. I managed to find another driving school where it was a lady instructor this time with a white mini.

And the path you take isn't always the easiest for instance I popped to the shops today and I decided to take the route that wasn't the easiest.

 

The weather is so gloriously today , I love Spring it's wonderful to see the emergence of the wild flowers such as the wild primroses.

 

To catch the woods reflection in the pond 

 

 

Spring is the prettiest pirate of all as it reveals its golden haul 

Close your eyes for a second then its Winter before you know 

Keep your eyes open to see it all 

The easiest route to what you need can be the muddiest of all 

The wonder that flies by as the butterflies glide by 

What a glorious day to see it all 

 

 

The ice cream you see that I'm afraid was just for me ....

 

I do love Spring as it highlights the fairies that are resting on my furniture I don't like to disturb them . I will at some point have a flick of the duster and spray and evict those fairy sleepers. I feel I'm almost getting back to me it's been 3 weeks since I lost my cat and Rollie was a very good indicator of the weather. If Rollie was outside then you knew it was the best weather ever in the whole wide world.

MiVue 658 Dashcam Review

The Mio 658 is a high definition dash cam at a reasonable price with integrated GPS and WIFI, The WIFI part of this is really special as it allows you to connect to your smartphone/tablet device . There is a free down loadable app ~ Mivue. And being able to review the footage on your smartphone is very slick indeed.

The Dashcam itself has a 2.7 inch screen and the touchscreen is very intuitive  , Mr T commented on the good picture clarity , it also works in low level lighting.

In the event of an accident you can send yourself /insurance company/police any footage in the event of an accident.And because of the integrated GPS everything will be pinpointed : route speed and type of impact. This I see very much as a huge plus point in this day and age as there are definitely more cars on the road as opposed to when my husband learnt to drive.

Setting up

Make sure you charge the dash cam before you set it up , it would have been useful if it had come with some residual charge. I'll start with the only down point that I can find about the dashcam and that is you can't the get power cable off easily not without taking the bracket off completely.

The technology that we can buy for nowadays is certainly better at whatever it needs to do be it smartphone to the not so humble wristwatch .One area where this is drastically evident is in car gadgets, where smaller things on our dashboard make for a clearer and safer view out of the windscreen. 

Once installed on your windscreen using the included suction-cup mount (ours has been up for two weeks straight and has yet to fall – a good sign, that). As soon as you start the car engine  the Mio MiVue 658 WiFi Dashcam will automatically start to record. What makes this dascsm stand out from others I've had is that it records the HD footage in the H.264 file format, meaning you can fit a lot more high quality footage onto a Micro SD Card. Speaking of which, you'll need one as the MiVue 658 does not come with one but they're cheap enough to buy nowadays.

It also comes with useful speed camera alerts and you'll finally be able to capture those stills from those scenic drives where as a driver you don't really get to appreciate the scenery .

MiVue 658 WIFI price and availability

You can buy The MiVue 658 Wi-Fi now for around £160 from most online retailers. Amazon.co.uk has at an amazing £149 !

Finding Your Craft Mojo

Many thanks to Jane from Onions and Paper blog for writing this for me particularly as I have lost my crafting mojo of late and I really enjoyed card making when I did it .


“I’ve lost my mojo!” How often do you hear that said? Well, here are some tips for finding it again (assuming you’ve already looked down the back of the sofa). My tips are written with crafting – in particular papercrafting – in mind, but the five point plan could equally well apply to almost any hobby. So I’ll give you the five points first and then go through them one by one telling you how I apply them to my own hobby. Then you can think about how you would apply them to yours.

1. Go back to basics
2. Do your research
3. Try something new
4. Buy something new
5. Take a break

1. Go back to basics

Think about what attracted you to the hobby in the first place, and how you got started – then go back and try to re-create some of those first steps, the ones that excited you and got you motivated to make it a regular hobby. In my case, I started off by watching the shopping channel on TV and ordering several kits containing everything except the glue and scissors. They were perfect for beginners, and I still have a little of some of the kits left so when I am not feeling inspired, I get out one of my oldest kits and make a card from it. Here is a card made using papers from the very first kit I bought from QVC, a Hot Off The Press kit.

2. Do your research

Look at the places you find inspiration for your hobby. For crafting, I have a small collection of old craft magazines, follow lots of blogs, and regularly visit Pinterest. Choosing a photo from one of these sources and then setting out to copy it is a great exercise – naturally I don’t always have the same materials, the same stamps or dies, or the same papers. And I might change a colour here, the position of a ribbon there, or the words of a sentiment. By the time I have finished, I have a completely different card from the one I am “copying”. For instance this card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest, and yet now it is finished,  the only resemblance is the heart shaped die cut.

3. Try something new

Try using the tools and materials you already have in a different way, one that maybe you’ve been thinking about trying, or one you’ve chanced upon during step 2 and not seen before. Thinking differently about what you have is a wonderful way to reawaken your creativity. Here I have used some papers and embellishments I have had for years to make a card with an unusual fold that I hadn’t tried before.

4. Buy something new

If you can afford to treat yourself, now is the time to do it! There’s nothing like having something new to play with for getting you in the mood. It doesn’t have to be a major shopping spree - for me it might be a craft magazine, a small die or a single rubberstamp. And once you have your new “toy”, resolve to  make at least three things with it while you are filled with enthusiasm.  I bought a craft magazine that came with a pack of printed papers in it, and immediately made six cards from thre papers – here is one of them.

5. Take a break

If you’ve tried all these steps and you STILL can’t find that lost mojo, then you are really not in the mood and you’ll probably be dissatisfied with anything you DO produce. Instead of trying to push yourself, take a break. It may be a few minutes, a few hours or a few days, it may even run into weeks or months, but if you truly love the hobby you will find that eventually you miss it and are itching to get started again. And if that doesn’t happen, then either you have really fallen out of love with the hobby or it wasn’t ever right for you in the first place. When that happens, it’s time to think about trying something completely different!

Interview With A Cat

We've only Jack now so he's going to step up with both paws and fill all the cat content on this blog , he's very vocal and we do treat him like a dog in some respects ~ well I do as he will sit on command to my Barbera wood house style

"SIT "

 

What's your name ?

Jack Black or Cat or "Oi you bl o o dy well get down from the kitchen surface "

What's your favourite food ?

Whatever you're having ...

 

 

What's are your favourite hobbies?

Sleeping , eating hide and seek and sitting in boxes .

 

I'm just waiting on my call up to the England Cat squad for sitting in boxes ..

 

Sitting in boxes is a real skill as there is varying degrees of difficulty ...

I'm hide and seek car champion 2016

 

 

 

Sleeping is an art form , I'm planning on making an art exhibition and of course I'll know that I'll win the Turner prize .

Does life emulate art or is life emulating me ~?

 

How do you feel about Ninjakillercat training ?

Well obviously I've some big paws to fill , I'm assessing the human bean prey and obviously the mortal enemy that is toilet and kitchen roll.

 

 

I've started my awakwardness by peering out the window of course tangling myself in the cream blinds ....

I'm working on my video interviews which will be with you shortly ...

In the mean time please asking me any questions I'll answer them as best as I can ~ it can be difficult typing with my paws...