Giveaways
So many fab people are having giveaways at the moment: First up we have Becca at Life in Technicolour is hosting a giveaway – the prizes are handmade by her fabulous self. To enter go here and look at her... Continue reading →
Stuff to sort
BEDA Day 31 (My 30 Days – Day 9)
So today is the 31st August that means that today is the last one for BEDA – eek How quickly did that month go by – then again by roughly a whole month of posts you are all probably really... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 30 – (My 30 Days – Day 8)
I’ve just noticed that my prompts are in the wrong order doh! Day 8 should actually be Day 6 if you are going by Becca‘s List – hopefully this is the only hiccup! My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: What’s in Your... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 30 – Bonus BEDA
Photo Girl Originally uploaded by hannypants A while back I went for a chat with a company upstairs from my current office – they were interested in my photography skills but I didn’t have the editing skills etc that they... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 28 (My 30 Days – Day 6)
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you. This fab couple are my Grandparents on their wedding day. They were married in September 1961. There’s a story that my Grandma tells me... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 27 (My 30 Days – Day 5)
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: Favourite superhero + why they are your favourite. Erm I have no idea lol. I grew up watching X-Men and Transformers with my brother – do they count as super heroes? I liked Storm and... Continue reading →
My 30 Days – Day 4
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: A picture of you as a kid + 7 facts about your childhood. Okay so I’m cheating here – I’m double posting today so that I’m posting at the same time as Becca and Koree... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 26 (My 30 Days – Day 3)
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: A habit that you wish you didn’t have. When I’m concentrating I stick my tongue out the side of my mouth, only a little bit but people notice sometimes lol. According to my Dad I... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 25 (My 30 Days – Day 2)
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: Your favourite season + what makes it your favourite. Autumn or Spring – I can never quite make up my mind lol. My friend told me that Spring was better because plants and things are... Continue reading →
Bonus BEDA Day 24 (My 30 Days – Day 1)
My 30 Days Today’s Prompt: Recent picture of you + the meaning behind your blog name OOTD: 24th August Originally uploaded by hannypants So today I took my photo as I actually wore a skirt to work – although after... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 24
Becca at My Life in Technicolour has started a challenge – with a blog prompt for each day. It’s called My 30 Day Challenge. And I am going to do it in September. These are the 30 Day prompts and... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 23
Can I use this post to point out how lovely That Boy can be? I’m so mean that I often point out the stuff he does that annoys me or upsets me but don’t big up the stuff that he... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 21 and 22
Due to the craziness that has transpired over this weekend I will be having a combo post rather than separate. Day 21 Started with a trip to Costco with The Kiwi. Got there, had forgotten card, thank goodness for temp... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 20
Today was the last day of holiday club. Tomorrow is prep for the fun day Sunday is the Fun Day and Monday I go back to work. On Wednesday I think it was I was thinking over stuff and every... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 19
A while back those lovely people at FuelMyBlog offered the chance for a Threadless voucher – you just had to review VoucherHub – well I signed up and kept meaning to write my review – but in that way that... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 18
It’s just over half way through BEDA and apart from the hiccup with That Boy being ill, I seem to be doing pretty well with keeping up. This week has been completely crazy lol. Every evening, I’ve been at one... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 17 (Part Two)
I read quite a few blogs and so many people are getting involved with the 4 Simple Goals project that Elsie at A Beautiful Mess started. I’ve also seen it here, here, here and here. As I’m doing 101 Things... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 17 (Part One)
My friend posted this on Facebook earlier today and I decided to share cos it’s awesome! This is like a half post so I’ll be back with a longer one later 🙂 Continue reading →
BEDA Day 16
Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 15
{ Reading makes you grow ,, Originally uploaded by B a r ش a I always thought that I read alot but the more that I look at my 100 Books list I seem to have slowed down. I managed... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 14
I found two fab dresses on the supermarket website – I just need to go have a look see if they have them in store (to make sure that they fit and that the comment of “knee length” is actually... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 13
Yesterday afternoon Rickie directed me to India Knight’s Blog and her list of ultimate comfort reads. When I’m poorly, if I’m not sleeping then reading or watching a DVD tends to be next on the list – mainly because reading... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 12
Evening! Okay so on the other side of the world it’s the morning but there we go. I need your help. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of it but I’m going to talk about It Starts With Us and... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 11
So today is Wednesday and I’m sure I should be writing some really deep and meaningful post but I’m having a really bad day and really don’t feel like writing tonight. I’m going to read in bed in a few... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 10
That Boy is working on a full set now. After the rapid response vehicle and ambulance on Sunday he then decided it was time for a police car and fire engine. Okay so he didn’t so much decide – he... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 9
Lots of things to share and not so much time lol. 1. GrrFeisty is hosting another giveaway! You can find lots of details on her blog: here. Prize 1 -“Sew Darn Cute” by Jenny Ryan. Fab book about sewing cute creations-“Best... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 8
I failed BEDA. I claim extenuating circumstances. That Boy had to go to hospital yesterday afternoon for about four hours. We got home about 10:30ish and by the time we had some food, watched Sherlock and chilled out it was... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 7 (101 Things Recap)
Having been doing 101 Things since the end of March I decided that it was about time that I had a recap of what I’ve done and what is left to do. I’ve managed to lose 5 of my goals... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 6
After my bonus posting yesterday I’ve got to today and have no inspiration lol. Well I do have a little but it’s all about work stuff so I’d just be boring everyone (it was a bad day and I’d like... Continue reading →
Bonus BEDA Day 5
Because of my super-efficient posting at like 10 past midnight this morning to welcome in That Boy’s Birthday I now have another post to write this evening as well. (You are either really lucky because you like my posts or... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 5
Cake! Originally uploaded by hannypants So about half an hour ago That Boy asked me had I blogged for Day 4 and my response was “Yes, Why?” I think he’s made it his little mission to make sure that I... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 4
Another nice and original title I know. It’s lunchtime as I write this post rather than the evening or last thing before bed like I tend to do! It’s cold. I don’t actually know if it’s cold outside as I’ve... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 3
I’ve resorted to the fact that if I’m going to post for every day in August that I’m going to go with Day# each time until I think of another title. It’s Tuesday and this is in the background while... Continue reading →
BEDA Day 2
(Yup nice original title lol) Today it’s Monday. Why do you get that Monday Morning Feeling where you wish it was the weekend and really struggle to get your brain back into gear for work related stuff. After my post... Continue reading →
It’s BEDA Time
I’m not sure I am going to be able to keep up with this but it’s BEDA (aka Blog Every Day in August, a phrase coined by the fab author Maureen Johnson), I will do my best to keep up... Continue reading →
Reading (Possible Spoilers)
BTW having almost finished this post I realised that there to a certain degree may be spoilers regarding The Hunger Games. Now hopefully the image below is big enough (or that the maybe spoilers are so far down the page)... Continue reading →
A Super Awesome Giveaway
I found a new blog to read today. My fab friend Kaelah has lots of buttons along the edge of her blog and one there takes you to a blog called Under Those Neon Lights. Well… Ashley (who writes Under... Continue reading →
Clothes
Okay so I pretty much live in jeans, trousers or shorts – I’m not really a fan of skirts or at least I didn’t use to be – skirts are growing on me. These are some things that I really... Continue reading →
Writer’s Block or Just a Funk
Okay I’m going to try and not dwell on this as much as I can because that would be boring and you’d all close your internet windows. I think it’s writers block but then again I’m not sure. Maybe I... Continue reading →
This Is The Week That Was
I’ve been having one of those weeks I think. I spent most of Tuesday when I was at home watching Eureka and trying to write a blog post – I kept trying to summarise what we had got up to... Continue reading →
Blog-A-Palooza
The ever so lovely Danielle – aka Biscuit-Girl – is hosting this fab giveaway – I would sit here and describe everything that is up for grabs but I wouldn’t do it justice so take a look here. Be sure... Continue reading →
LOTR
This week I’ve watched LOTR: The Two Towers and now I’m watching The Return of The King. I was looking for a map of Middle Earth to see where all the bits where in relation to each other then I... Continue reading →
Allsorts
It’s Thursday. Technically it’s my Friday for this week – but then I am working next Friday so it’s kinda like I work a split week lol. (yup 4 on 1 day off this week 4 off 1 on next... Continue reading →
Wedding Wednesday (A response to Kaelah)
There are a few blogs that I read every time there is a new post and most of the time I drop a comment and leave it there but I decided to join in on this one lol. The super... Continue reading →
To Dye or Not To Dye
The before semi natural look lol. I think my hair is reasonably close to it’s natural colour but when I compared to the chart thingy there is a red tinge to some of it now lol. As I write this... Continue reading →
Day 1147 (2nd July) – Day 1149 (4th July)
I’ve started putting the actual date as well other wise I get confused when catching up on a couple of days in one go. You were away this weekend with the young people which was nice to have the space... Continue reading →
What I Don’t Get…..
Again I started commenting on someone’s blog and my thoughts got away with me. My friend Rickie posted a list of “12 Things I Don’t Get But Everyone Else Loves” and most of them I agree that I don’t have... Continue reading →
I Got Tagged! – You’re It!
There are a few blogs that I go and read but haven’t made it to my RSS yet (mainly because I need to clear it out a bit first lol) One of these is Life in Technicolour by Becca. She... Continue reading →
My Weekend Part 3
So on Saturday as part of my 101 Things and just because I would like to go to an event, I went to London for the Girl Geek Day in Regent Street. Having been at Zoza’s sisters thing I was... Continue reading →
What Does The TV I Watch Say About Me….
Kaelah asked this: So, my point is, What TV Shows Do You Recommend?! I like drama, romance, romantic comedies, comedies, etc. Maybe I’ll just pick back up in the middle of Entourage? Hmm… Help a girl out! So I started... Continue reading →
An Award and A Tag
This award comes with the following rules: 1. Thank the person who gave you the award. 2. Share ten things about yourself 3. Pass the award along to 10 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are... Continue reading →
Fill In The Gaps
I’m working on a long post about my adventures from the weekend but for now I have a small post to fill in. Amy over at Finding Everything Lovely posted these questions at the end of her post and I... Continue reading →
My Weekend Part 2
So I make it to the top of the stairs at Covent Garden tube and headed for the door. I got to the outside world and the heavens were opening all over the pavement lol. I put up my umbrollie... Continue reading →
My Weekend Part 1
So this weekend turned into a bit of a spontaneous adventure. I found out about the Regent Street Girl Geek event maybe about two weeks ago and thought I would sign up for it. Then on Tuesday I got an... Continue reading →
30 Questions
Firstly yes I know I am lazy but I have extra blog posts to cram into this evening lol and 18 minutes of charge so that could be part of the challenge as well. In an impromptu turn of events... Continue reading →
Review: Rebound Bag Tag
Most of the time when I’ve been abroad I’ve been by ferry (I was lucky enough to go on Eurostar back in May but that’s a whole other story!) back in 2005 I went to Turkey for a week. It... Continue reading →
Day 1129
Movies: SATC2
So SATC2 takes us back into the lives of Carrie, Charlotte, Sam and Miranda, it’s two years on from the end of SATC1. Carrie and Mr Big are like a proper married couple and have an apartment on Fifth Avenue... Continue reading →
Funky Vintage Clothes
Okay so this might be a little confusing and you might need to read it twice but it’ll make sense in the end. My Goddaughter’s other Godparent has a fab and talented girlfriend called Anna. She’s recently posted her Spring/Summer... Continue reading →
Dat 1121
Day 1120
You are a sleepyhead! This morning I got up and went out, when I returned at about 12 you were just getting up. Me, Hazel Fairy and Mini Fairy were going to go see The Princess and The Frog but... Continue reading →
Day 1119
Although given the weather a BBQ might have been more appropriate – we had a roast dinner sat at our garden table (it didn’t look like this one – It didn’t cross my mind to take a picture while tucking... Continue reading →
The One With The Summer Range
A while back I hosted a giveaway to win one of these journals. I received one of Katie’s Newletters today telling me about her fab summer range that came out today. How cute are these?! I love the notelets/cards that... Continue reading →
The One With The Post
So this week has been a bit of a post fest lol. First I got this fab hairband, I purchased it from KaelahBee’s Etsy Shop And these clips also came from there: (just one in the picture though) Kaelah has... Continue reading →
Day 1117
I made dinner for once rather than cheating with a ready meal or takeaway – It’s tricolore pasta (what ever we had in the cupboard), a dollop of tomato sauce, chunks of cheese (the lump was too small to grate... Continue reading →
The One With A Blog Badge
With some lovely help from Kaelah at Little Chief Honeybee I now have a blog button. There should be the codes in the side bar if you want to post it on your own sidebar or something 😀 Continue reading →
The One With The Good Life (in multiple senses)
I was brought up on a few random TV shows and bands including Donny Osmond, David Cassidy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton amongst others. Most of these fell by the wayside but there are some that still... Continue reading →
Day 1110
Today is a binary number – it’s 14 in Base 10 and I’m not even going to try Base 12 it confused me! If I was clever, I would be telling you what 14 is in Octal numbers but thats... Continue reading →
Day 1108
This evening we did food shopping – hehe yes it was exciting enough to blog about but was stressful lol. It was quite funny when I tried to race you down the freezer aisle – except flip flops and the... Continue reading →
Day 1107
Today was Sunday. Church was good, The Gibb was preaching about Jesus walking on the Water. It was okay but I got distracted lol. After Church we went to our friends for lunch which was lovely because we had home... Continue reading →
Day 1105
Today was really busy at work today. Chatty Ali and The Big Cheese were on a mission to try and get lots of bits and pieces done before they head off to Rochester at the crack of dawn on Sunday.... Continue reading →
The One With The Splat Nav!
Last Year at the 140 Conf in London I met a lovely girlie called Leila – I’m not sure what made us stop and talk to each other but it happened lol. She sent me a tweet asking me to... Continue reading →
Day 1104
Normally today would have been band practice but it was cancelled for our band as Mr W is playing in the other band and our pianist couldn’t make the rehearsal. Instead I was going to go to the cinema but... Continue reading →
The One With The Bubbles
This afternoon while I was at work I had an email appear in my inbox on my phone, I checked the email and it was a comment from Katie on my post about the funky necklace that MissGeeky had on... Continue reading →
The One With The Speech Bubble
How awesome is this necklace? Okay so it’s a little out of price range (€72). I originally saw it on MissGeeky‘s Blog – she has also posted some other ones that you can see here. You can find the whole... Continue reading →
Day 1100
Today is Sunday so we had church this morning. I was on band so was up the front for the first half of the service, you were sat in the normal spot playing with Nat. The Gibb preached today on... Continue reading →
The One With The French
Since I was at lower school I’ve been learning French in some description. My Dad tried to teach me some but because I didn’t really have the space to practice it, it kinda fell on deaf ears as such. Then... Continue reading →
Day 1099
We had a really lazy day and started the day at about midday lol. Sleep is good! lol We got up and went to the supermarket – we placed an order for a shed cubby hole thing to go in... Continue reading →
The One With The Childhood Memories
The theme of todays New Friend Friday is Favourite Childhood Memory I have so many lol. I think these are my favourites. I was about 11 or 12 and we had a whole bunch of snow – which was kinda... Continue reading →
The One With Cookies (and Friday5)
(Image links to Source) I had a read of Becca’s Blog and she’s posted a Meme called Friday 5 – each Friday 5 questions get posted on a theme and then lots of different people from all over the interweb answer... Continue reading →
Day 1098
Yesterday you came home with our new car. Today it gets insured and I get to drive it. Yay! Okay so that sentence doesn’t show how excited I was lol. We got back home and while I waited for you... Continue reading →
Day 1097
Yesterday we celebrated 3 years of marriage and something came to me today while I was at work – I love writing about our adventures and things like that but I wish I wrote to you more – I tend... Continue reading →
Day 1096 (May 12th)
I’m working my way backwards now from that first post. At Lunchtime the car broke down and wouldn’t start. I phoned you in a bit of a flap, you were really understand even though I was stressed and a bit... Continue reading →
The One With The Trip to Paris (Part 3)
I’m back! The lovely Ally commented about how I should visit La Defense if I go back to Paris, hehe Ally, this is the part for you (or it might be the next one depending on how long it takes... Continue reading →
The One With Miss Indie
The lovely girlie aka Miss Indie aka Mandy is hosting this *AWESOME* giveaway on her blog. Having reached her 100th Post she’s hosting this swap – so many goodies to be had! –HERE’S HOW TO ENTER– 1. Follow my blog... Continue reading →
The One With The Trip to Paris (Part 2)
Part One was here. After booking in at the hotel we abandoned our stuff and headed off for a wander. We started with the main place I wanted to visit. This thing: I think it was one of those things... Continue reading →
Day 1092
At the crack of dawn this morning my Mum came to get us to take us to the train station so that we could get the train to London then catch the Eurostar to Paris. I would write more but... Continue reading →
The One With The Trip
Eiffel vs. The Sky Originally uploaded by Toni Blay Hopefully with the wonders of the internet, this post will appear tomorrow morning while I am on the Eurostar going to Paris. So I get that seeing as I was off... Continue reading →
The One With The Books
So I found a link on Twitter to the blog of Hana. She had posted this survey today so I decided to join in. (Add you link to the board here) 1. My favorite book growing up was: I loved... Continue reading →
The One With My Birthday Cake
Birthday Cake 1 Originally uploaded by hannypants When it came to my birthday party I decided that I wanted a proper cake. An individual cake that wasn’t like any store bought cake. So I asked my friend Becca – she... Continue reading →
The One With New Blogs
I found lots of new blogs from here there and everywhere. Some I have pretty pictures for – others are just links 🙂 Finding Everything Lovely First up is Finding Everything Lovely, I love her blog – there are so... Continue reading →
The One With The Story
Okay so it’s cheesy and tends to be attached to one of those chain messages but it’s too adorable. the ART of Holding Hands Originally uploaded by ajpscs A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty and... Continue reading →
The One With Script Frenzy
So I didn’t manage to complete the page count – I though 100 pages of script would be so easier – how wrong was i?! It was easy to start with and I thought 3.3 pages a day would be... Continue reading →
The One With The Chocolate (and Love)
Having given up chocolate for Lent the first thing I wanted to do on Easter Sunday was to eat a Crème Egg and enjoy it. So when I got an email a week before Easter offering to review chocolate by... Continue reading →
The One With Results
Hello one and all I’m sorry for the delay, although there was wifi at the conference centre it hadn’t actually crossed my mind to take my MacBook with me. With help from random.org I was able to find a winner... Continue reading →
The One With Bullet Points
Today is a strange one. AGAIN. Okay so normally my post would be like “Woe is me, life is troubled and I feel like pants” but apart from my lungs and sinuses not being on the same sheet as the... Continue reading →
The One With The Thinking
Week 3/52: “To teach is to learn twice” Originally uploaded by ilovestrawberries (Carmi) I’m not really sure why my brain keeps coming back to the same ideas but I’m sure there is a reason there. Every so often I start... Continue reading →
The One With The Erm
Okay so I am sure that I really ought to write something really productive but I’m sorry people I can’t be bothered lol. I did however find this very funky picture on Flickr when I was looking for something else.... Continue reading →
Protected: The One With Low Self Esteem
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The One With Dot.Robot
So all this week while That Boy has been away I’ve been reading Dot.Robot by Jason Bradbury at any given opportunity – I nearly finished it last night but I decided I needed to sleep lol. I finished it this... Continue reading →