Thank You

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This is the old patio at the back of the house, right outside the living room. The big sliding door you see here was broken so we had no access to the back garden from it, until a few days ago. 

I just wanted to say thank you to all my blogging friends for sticking by me. I've been away from the Internet for some time because of personal illness,  my kids' illnesses and a highly complicated house move. I've obviously not been able to do my daily blog trawling and have not visited my friends' sites as much as I would've liked. In fact, I'm still only surviving on half-time blogging related activities because (as you can imagine) I'm still emptying boxes and clearing the garden.




Our new house is very old and has been neglected for a very long time. After the old lady who lived in it was moved into a home, her family rented it to people who, among other things, liked to punch holes into the walls and ceilings. Many of the windows didn't open so we had to end up changing all the old ones for new. All the carpeting has now been pulled up and today we're having a brand new boiler fitted, something we didn't even know we would've had to do.

Many of our pictures are now up on the walls, but they'll soon have to come down again when we start work on stripping the old wall paper (held on by sticky tape in some parts) off and preparing the walls for a fresh coat of paint.

Here's to a whole lot of work!

Ads That Haven't Stood The Test Of Time

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As I get older, I've noticed more and more that television ads make less and less sense. I often wonder if it's my ability of comprehension that's at fault, or whether advertising producers and printers are targeting an entirely different age groups from my own.

I want to think the latter is correct. After all, I'm a bright enough bunny, right? Here are some ads that prove my point. Advertisers have to cater for their audiences. These ads below would be either out-of-place, politically incorrect, or totally offensive if shown these days. So the next time you see an ad you don't understand, be comforted in the fact that you're mature enough for advertisers to feel they can no longer fool or entice you with their less-than 'perfect' products.

We're In!

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This is the picture of an empty, unloved living room in the sad, ignored house we hope to fill with colour and love, and the noise of our family

So, we moved house on Saturday and have finally cut all links with our old place. Of course, we have boxes still piled high and some building work to get done, but all our worldly and not-so-worldly possessions are finally all in the same place.


There were many complications and our phone still does not work, but hey, it could be a lot worse. Thank God, I can now look forward to blogging (at least part-time while I paint and decorate), but by the end of the week, I'll be able to visit all my friends to say hi to you again.

I'm very excited at the prospect and will be working very hard over the next month to rebuild all my links and contacts I now seem to have lost in the last 3 weeks or so.

It's very difficult to express how hard the last weeks have been, how all-encompassing and sometimes totally frustrating it was for us all. This is why my husband and I have promised each other, no more moving until we retire to Mexico!