Friday Find

As someone whose almost entire knowledge of New Zealand comes from Flight of the Conchords, I was charmed to find out that there genuinely is a toothbrush fence tourist attraction there.

Things I Love Thursday

Hello reader, I hope you’ve been having the most fantastic week. Here are some of things that are giving me an ear-to-ear grin this week:

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This week I am loving work that doesn't feel like work. I spent most of this afternoon baking ready for 'Messy Church' tomorrow.

I also love that my Sister-in –Law has had a lovely relaxing birthday. Most days she has to balance work, running a house and two pre-schoolers practically single handed, my brother’s job takes him away from home quite a lot, most weeks in fact, and she deals with it all without whingeing (too much). I’m so glad she was able to have a ‘day off’ and enjoy herself.

A “thank you” from my youthlings- Makes all the effort and sacrifice worth it.

Feeling like every song I heard and every movie I watched this week was exactly about my life. Hilarious and sad.

This playable ‘Angry Birds’ cake that a man made for his son’s sixth birthday. I love the sheer effort this man went to:

Scrubs dance montage:


That's all for today guys and gals, now it’s over to you. What’s making you feel warm and fuzzy this week?

Thoughtful Tuesday

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
- Lord Byron

Happy Monday reader!

One of my best friends has given me an award! It's nice to be appreciated. It is my first award on this blog and well I’ve been called a lot of things in my time, I’m not sure I’ve ever been called ‘stylish’ before so I was honoured to be chosen. Thank you so much lovely lady.

This award comes with a pre-requisite (with great power comes great responsibility…) namely that I pass it on to three other bloggers I consider "stylish" so without further ado here’s a list of bloggers whose style I love:

Moyra at ‘Creating my life’- I admire her outlook on life and her honesty. I have so much admiration for the way she admits on her blog when she’s had a tough day or she’s in a bad mood, not in a sitting around moaning way, she’s just courageous enough to put it out there- admit it, own it and move on. That’s before I even mention her artwork. A truly talented women; she creates beautiful and original pieces as she says in her own words she's 'always exploring, creating, making'. Mo’s blog doesn’t follow the crowd she creates her own style.

Kerri- is so inspiring, she's following her musical dreams and creating the life she wants to live. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to stowaway and follow her journey; through her blog I mean reader I’m not a crazy stalker honest. Her writing is absolutely dreamy, she’s super talented and uber stylish to boot.

Lastly but certainly not least

Allie who blogs at ‘Hyperbole and a half’- Her blog is half webcomic, half memoir of all the bizarre and/hilarious experiences and observations of its creator but it's wholly and incredibly funny.

I’d also like to second R’s nominations for Yen and Knittynat. There are so many things I could say about these lovely ladies, and indeed about R herself, reader but R says it so eloquently that I’ll just refer you there. All three ladies are more than deserving of this award and well worth a read.

Thanks again R -even though I feel totally slightly undeserving, I'm just happy to be nominated, it was the perfect antidote to my mondaze funk xx

Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday...

This morning I received a Christmas present from my lovely friend knittynat.

A beautiful brown paper package tied up with string.

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Not pictured is my giddy, excited and impressed face opening it (not enough hands). Thank you beautiful natty and merry pretendchristmas everyone.

Friday Finds

A new gem from the whimsical world of Tom Basden:



Today’s Friday Find is mostly brought to you by the fact that I have been humming ‘Amy and the Horse’ all day

Here is this week's list of things that are making my heart flutter! (It's a good one, too!) :

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Inspiration on a new way to present something (especially after you’ve been racking your brain for hours)- It's shocking how much more creative you have to be when you face the prospect of people who won't hide the fact that they're bored or quietly go to sleep in the corner of the room if what is happening up front isn't relevant to them.

Of course this week featured a very special day, which I couldn’t go any further in my love-list without mentioning… yes reader, I hope you had a very happy St Wanda’s day

This quote:

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Hearing about all the projects my friends are pursuing. I am lucky to be surrounded by talented, clever and creative people. I especially love seeing all the pictures, both in-progress and complete, appearing on their blogs. Admiration by the bucket load

In soviet russia, cat lols you!

What fantastic happenings and thrilling things have made the final cut in your TILT list this week reader?

Thoughtful Tuesday

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
-Henry David Thoreau

Friday Finds

This week for me has been full of ups and downs and after reading through some of the blogs I usually peruse it seems to have been a tough one for many people. As a consequence today’s Friday Find proudly brings you a good dose of cute overload:

Otter and Kitten become friends

Things I Love Thursday

It’s time for Things I Love Thursday…Let the gratitude commence:

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The sky this morning was a beautiful shade of blue scattered with just a couple of clouds, similar to the above picture. The sky didn't stay that way for very long but it put a spring in my step this morning.

On Monday I had to attend an inquest, whilst I can’t in all honesty say I loved that per se what I do love is finally getting answers (even if it’s just confirmation of what I already believed) and the sense of closure.

Also high on my love-list this week…

Russell Howard gig last Friday- best friends + good wine + lots of laughter [so. much. laughter] = wonderful evening

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Rastamouse- A Stop-motion series, based on a series of books by Genevieve Webster (an author and illustrator) and Michael De Souza (a Rastafari swimming instructor), featuring a crime-fighting special agent who plays in a reggae band. True to the original books, Rastamouse and his friends speak with a Caribbean accent and using some Jamaican Patois terms and much of the story is told in rhyme. The stories are mostly themed on how people can get on and solve problems through understanding, love and respect. Rastamouse’s ethos is redemption not retribution or as the mouse himself would put it “makin’ a bad ting good”, to teach right from wrong & help the wrong-doer redeem themselves from their mistake.

The very lovely go_placidly and myself were retweeted by the tetley teafolk over on twitter. This fact possibly makes me happier than it should!

Now it’s your turn! What splendid and spectacular things have been happening to you this week?

Thoughtful Tuesday

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Friday Finds

In the course of my day to day life I am often assailed by some tantalizing pieces of information, humorous videos or other miscellany and have decided to remove them from my own head by making them come out and tickle your heads instead in a new weekly post I’m calling *Friday finds* (in lieu of a better name). Hopefully reader some of this pointless trivia will interest/amuse/ delete as applicable and to paraphrase if my post can make you smile I’m happy.

Today's find:
There's a Norwegian furniture company called Fjord Fiesta

Things I Love Thursday

From the first strike of midnight, today has been a no-good, very bad day for me. It would be easy, so, so, easy to sit and mope and whinge. However that never solved anything so instead it’s time to focus on the happy things I love this week:

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This week I love catching up with friends. Last Saturday I met up with two of my oldest and dearest friends for pub lunch followed by a tour of my friend S’s brand new house. It is a gorgeous 2-bed semi detached and I’m sure she and her fiancé will be very happy there.

I am also loving that a couple of my darling youth group have taken to sending me amusing/silly/cheesy (delete as applicable) messages after we threatened them last week that due to the Thursday group being oversubscribed non-attendance without prior explanation could lead to them losing their place. One of my favourite so far reads:
“Hi, not sure I’ll make it tonight. I have to go throw grenades at Bruno Mars girlfriend to see if he is all talk ;) j/k see you later gb x”

Also:

- Midsomer Murders- Goodbye Barnaby, it’s the end of an era

-The new advert for totaljobs.com reminds me of that facebook group ‘THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE FACES’

-'Oh, you've only got a little dad, have you?'

The Beatles, Morecambe and Wise, what’s not to love!

And so concludes my list of this week’s pleasures. What are the brightest and shiniest snippets of your week?

Thoughtful Tuesday

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The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
-Abraham Lincoln