Photos are Like The Ghosts Of Christmas Past

 I caught myself in the mirror the other day as the mirror seems to be the only one capturing my image at the moment and it is only a fleeting hold.Wouldn't it be be beautiful if our memories danced on held within the world of the mirror like a pictorial book for ever posterity.If you catch yourself thinking gosh wasn't I youthful or beautiful then .. then stop you still are and your worth goes further than skin deep.Do let yourself be captured on images as it is so important and self reflection is one of the things that lets us grow.You can have all the Christmas blogging guides in the world telling you to buy this or that or go do this experience but I tell you go capture within your current covid tier rules the world around you.It could be that banana bread recipe that failed or that puzzle that had the missing piece in it.

I am forever in posterity with ones that have gone and ones that are still here , here I am prior to my diagnosis of autism bucking the trend that autistic people don't smile.But with kind hearts and loving moments I do smile and I am smiling now as I keep looking back on the time that was and the time that will be.

Photos can be like the ghosts of Christmas past in the best possible way , so go get captured and remember to live laugh and learn.

Appliances Of Doom 2020

 I think there is an almanac somewhere foretelling of the trauma my household appliances will behalf in 2020 as I am sure I have been cursed by the technology fairy I mean how else can you explain it all !Well it first started with the dishwasher that just up and died with no warning and on a Sunday roast day too I mean talk about rudeness ! SO a new dishwasher was ordered and well that in itself was fraught with trouble as they delivered the wrong one and then it took such a long time to get the correct one.

Drama over or SO we though for then the kettle decided to have a nervous breakdown and I had to order a new one and the new kettle is wonderful it is one of those old fashioned types but cordless and reminds you of the one that your Nan used to have.

But wait roll on a few lockdown pandemic months and low it acme to pass that the oven decided to blow up in a strop and so we had to go to the fish and chip shop that dad.And we had n oven for a few days we could have had it sooner but we didn't want to shell out the extra £5 to get it here sooner.

All was quiet in the house nothing stirred not even a mouse till the other day I decided to ue the tumble dryer ) sorry polar bears ) and wouldn't you know it the door fell off.SO we have had to order a new one , I am not saying I am cursed but I am now whispering sweet nothings to my washing machine and fridge freezer and I think my husband is starting to have a complex not only over this but all the appliances going BOOOM BOOM BOOM .

PS I also managed to run over the cable of the vacuum and shredded  the outer cable .... 

SO if you need me I will be weeping in a corner !

Have you had worse luck than me with appliances of late ?

Only Fools Rush In

 Only fools rush in they say and mop themselves into a corner and they same goes I have to say for tidying the garage , I just went in one for one thing and four hours later I had tidied myself into a corner.I think garages are the elephants graveyards of the home because stuff fit either goes in the loft or if it comes out the loft it goes into the garage.And the stuff you do keep if the stuff of your kids and the stuff you hope they'll take with themselves when they leave home ( son is still at home eating out of honey nut cornflakes )

I have sorted loads of stuff out and been busy eBaying , it is amazing what people will buy and as they say 

"One mans trash is another man's treasure "

And I am awfully good at spotting things in charity shops and buy it for myself and then sell it on when I am bored of it and want to change the decor , that way it keeps my decor fresh and I love being an eclectic sort of person.Yes I miss charity shops and the mooching round in them and also I miss antique shops and the like.

The Snippings Of Autumn

It is Autumn and I find myself thinking how the Dickens do we get to here but here are we none the less , I have my supermarket order set up so hopefully fingers crossed I won't have any problems getting what I need although there does seem to be panic .After months and months of trimming my hair myself .. I say trim more like cut then trim trim trim , having gone from long hair ( to my shoulders ) to a bob my hair was starting to look wayward.So wayward in fact that my hair could have set up its own progressive rock band and had a number 2 hit mainly because it was held of the top spot by some catchy tripe that will end the singers royalties for years to come.

Did not really do much at the weekend other than watch the rugby as my family had it on and drop some Savlon off to my Father In Law and show his 95 year old near sighted partner how to operate their new washing machine.It is well worth remembering that the little things we do in our indepeendce is so vital to our well being and our mental health.

Win An Apron

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Get your flour at the ready one because it is Lockdown 2 , I have the opportunity for you to win this lovely apron By Phillipa Bandurek Bradbury, she is a wonderful artist who is based in Cambridgeshire.Within her art she works in ink, watercolours and acrylics.I admire anyone with an artistic talent though me avoiding the washing up is not going to pass for  Tracey Ermin art instalment.Anyway back go Phillipa's art ! You can see Philippa's work both on her instagram page  and her Etsy page 

The apron is 65% cotton and 35% polyester and has an adjustable neck and waist straps as well as a handy double pocket on the front. You can also buy a greetings card in the same hare design and is priced at £16.99

This pretty item also comes as part of a deluxe hare themed gift box. The gift box contains which costs £29.99:

• Hare Apron-Printed with adjustable neck strap and waist strap, and pocket at front.
• 3 x Hare note cards/greeting cards. Blank for your message
• Beautiful unframed watercolour hare print(A5 size) printed on 300gsm silk card

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2. Employees of Philippa Bandurek Bradbury,Ninjakillercat blog or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.

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4. Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are via Ninjakillercat blog

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13. The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

14. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.

15. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by [English] law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of [England].

16. The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current [UK] data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party.

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Disclosure : I have not been compensated for this post in anyway , thank you toPhilippa Buradek Bradbury or allowing me to run this competition.