tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058968250263386312024-02-19T03:33:09.050+00:00The Suddenly Kate Showkate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.comBlogger740125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-85523080925930060872023-03-28T11:30:00.003+01:002023-07-04T08:58:43.566+01:00Challenge 39: Watch 50 stand up shows (DVD or LIVE)<p>So I have been keeping notes on all my challenges and updating as and when something happens to move towards that goal, this is the notes for this one...</p><p></p>1. 27th October 2022, Chris McCausland, Royal & Derngate Northampton<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tYNFWM4hE2I" width="320" youtube-src-id="tYNFWM4hE2I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2.<span style="text-align: left;">11th November 2022, Al Murray, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bC7DcWbKUw8" width="320" youtube-src-id="bC7DcWbKUw8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>3. 13th November 2022, Flo & Joan, Royal & Derngate Northampton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tTViy5WK-EY" width="320" youtube-src-id="tTViy5WK-EY"></iframe></div><br /><div>4. 17th December 2022, Glee Club, Oxford</div><div><br />5. 26th January 2023, David O'Docherty, Royal & Derngate Northampton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b8s0YcogZzs" width="320" youtube-src-id="b8s0YcogZzs"></iframe></div><br /><div><br />6. 24th March 2023, Phil Wang, New Theatre, Oxford</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDFgXV-OkqM" width="320" youtube-src-id="yDFgXV-OkqM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;">7. 15th April 2023, Sara Pascoe, Milton Keynes Theatre</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NenO8mNnUdU" width="320" youtube-src-id="NenO8mNnUdU"></iframe></div><br /><div><p><br /></p></div>kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-62110403141137171262022-05-30T08:19:00.003+01:002022-05-30T08:19:48.800+01:00The prep phase...part 1<p>So, since my last post, the language obsession moment has died down a little as my motivation for the other languages isn't as strong as it is for Korean right now, so I plan to focus on that one. </p><p>But I have been writing down challenges as and when they occur to me and adding them to my list. I am not convinced I need to separate and group things - so the list will probably be haphazard - or organised chaos as I prefer to call it.</p><p>Some things I have done so far...</p><p>Step 1 - Buy a five year diary so you can plan ahead for all the months. The challenge starts 50 months before I turn 50. </p><p>Step 2 - Figure out what health checks need to arrange to reach health goals by 50.</p><p>Step 3 - List the supplies you will need to be able to start on August 15th.</p><p>Step 4 - Actually think of 50 things.</p><p>Step 5 - Try not to do them until the challenge has started. </p><p>Step 6 - Gather inspirational quotes <br /></p><p>Step 7 - Doubt yourself </p><p>Step 8 - Tell some people that you are doing the challenge </p><p>Step 9 - Doubt yourself again for good measure</p><p>Step 10 - Change your mind about the list and weather there are too many travel goals</p><p>Step 11 - Contemplate how many 'group' joining activities will actually need to be in person as opposed to online and keep working on your confidence</p><p>Step 12 - Draw up a plan to fit in all this new activity for learning and creating etc.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>I feel like I need a picture to spruce this up and make it less boring so...my sons latest obsession is ALL the power rangers - he does think he is the red ranger but he wants the toy below....lol....I'm just glad that he always wants to be the good guy and save everyone and defeat the baddies.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAfcepR4S15cvMF0Nqw3CfsfqFsG5piUmt1w8aOLdeShGmsRz95tTj3uOPo_Gad0dJoxHHCa7But-uoYU-MfD_S4m52kNee4ZRu9zHaZYmO589-ioScHykq8CMMhcMRjUUj5k46PHM-E9m1I0glDpdwkLDEpZA6u9NCDz4aJj9eA9kFHyDkK-M5MXdA/s346/black%20ranger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="146" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAfcepR4S15cvMF0Nqw3CfsfqFsG5piUmt1w8aOLdeShGmsRz95tTj3uOPo_Gad0dJoxHHCa7But-uoYU-MfD_S4m52kNee4ZRu9zHaZYmO589-ioScHykq8CMMhcMRjUUj5k46PHM-E9m1I0glDpdwkLDEpZA6u9NCDz4aJj9eA9kFHyDkK-M5MXdA/s320/black%20ranger.jpg" width="135" /></a></p>kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-75799083995941747822022-05-16T12:33:00.001+01:002022-05-16T12:33:51.500+01:00Contemplating life, death, milestones and expectations<p> Hey</p><p>Its been 4 months since I was last here - do I have anything to share? I mentioned last time a HAED called Suteki by Aimee Stewart that I was starting...I began January doing the 100 days of HAED challenge and I stitched so much. Sadly I was only able to participate for the first 30 days as I had another project that I needed to finish for my mother. I will say that it was great to do, and I wouldnt have made the progress I did without the challenge to do it. I will definitely try this again. As I want to start a new HAED and actually completer it by 2026. </p><p>Here is Suteki (although I have done a little more since this photo)<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm4JUDaf_UJcVX7GJRhhYMCHiHcVK8XC2zZL-lQLM74NeucIcQj_m8hkpneTuTTgKTodxMxSuAc8lRtw9_wqAyefVrmtBXNDsJMnRgBTKr_ukrjDIzaYRKcwnFAzdN2iGYrDnVwlPYwQu3bf7tqO5DeMIycYMhMcayXTV0HrdIiVt5S_eZ5XaD0-pzA/s320/image0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm4JUDaf_UJcVX7GJRhhYMCHiHcVK8XC2zZL-lQLM74NeucIcQj_m8hkpneTuTTgKTodxMxSuAc8lRtw9_wqAyefVrmtBXNDsJMnRgBTKr_ukrjDIzaYRKcwnFAzdN2iGYrDnVwlPYwQu3bf7tqO5DeMIycYMhMcayXTV0HrdIiVt5S_eZ5XaD0-pzA/s1600/image0.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is the project I completed for my mum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPyNoeK72VtYpLnf8rfJhcIlDaqh4rS7alrC5hxE1OWKMVURzE1UK3GuXQv6OATkTIPS81b__FDsOlz_l-JHdr-3qyy8GqQWsACdHkDji4tYVhl0hCbBNM0YyBJFgyVl4GzIDv-XZdCc0IVMzS_w76zSQPNcQtAX2vo3cL9KhdaOsPd9Jr_hiESPceQ/s320/image1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPyNoeK72VtYpLnf8rfJhcIlDaqh4rS7alrC5hxE1OWKMVURzE1UK3GuXQv6OATkTIPS81b__FDsOlz_l-JHdr-3qyy8GqQWsACdHkDji4tYVhl0hCbBNM0YyBJFgyVl4GzIDv-XZdCc0IVMzS_w76zSQPNcQtAX2vo3cL9KhdaOsPd9Jr_hiESPceQ/s1600/image1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year of 2022 has not been kind to me so far, I had bursitis in my knee which they now think is a torn meniscus, I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot from coping with the knee - I have been struggling with standing and walking and was in so much pain at one point it was beyond and I had some very strong drugs. On top of that, we had COVID 19 in the house, that's what happens when your kid goes to preschool, and then my son was ill again with a bad cough which kept him up most of the night - he has only just recovered the poor mite. Oh, and amidst all of this my beloved grandmother passed away at 91 years of age. It was all very much a suffocating time full of pain BUT its spring and time to be positive and hope for a better second half of the year. So, with this in mind, I was thinking about how I could challenge myself this year as I often feel like an eternal under achiever - I have a big birthday coming up, the big 5-0, and by coming up - I mean it is in 2026. So I was thinking what would I like to have done by then, have achieved or at least have worked towards. Now, I often have these ideas and I rarely complete the challenges but I DO accomplish things that I wouldn't have if I hadn't put the thought in my mind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At first I thought I would write down 50 things that I could do before I was 50 - people do this a year before they turn 50 - but I thought maybe my success rate would be better if I started sooner. The chosen date...15/08/2022...don't ask me why but this is the start date - 42 months before I turn 50. I wrote down a handful of ideas, all quite life changing (I figured I had given myself long enough to retrain in a new career and lose that weight I've been losing the past 20 years!), and then I got to wondering what other things I could add to my (currently) short list so I decided to look up some inspirational ideas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">DO NOT WORRY!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I haven't found any yet, I looked on Pinterest and was distracted by the monthly challenges and started to ponder doing a monthly challenge each month for 42 months or each month of the year and then repeat - not the super fit exercises ones but the wellbeing, health, motivation, photography, writing type ones - I am heading to my fifties after all! Then I thought, typical me getting totally side tracked and continued to get side tracked again by languages. I am not sure if I mentioned it but I have been learning Korean (a level 5 language) for the past two years - by learning I mean on a very adhoc basis and putting aside 10 minutes a day - progress has been slow but I do feel like I am making some and I also feel like by the time I am 50 I would like to be able to have a conversation in Korean, watch my Korean TV shows without subtitles and generally enjoy having a second language. Now, I feel like I may be about to go off on another tangent here again - but I do love languages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BUT</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am not great at them. I studied French in primary school and can remember a few phrases even now - which is a shock, I studied German up to A' level until I got kicked off the course for not being as good as the other three students who all were marvellous and fairly so, but I did pick it up again at university where it saved me because it was an additional module and meant it didn't matter that I had failed one of my others! When I was a volunteer in Africa, I learnt very loosely the language of the village I lived in, its is from the family of Gurune languages and is called Frafra. I haven't lived there in 20 years, and my husband who was from there - I haven't been married to for 10 years - but when I bump into a friend who is from the area (but local to me) I realise that its still there - well enough to have a brief conversation and get my point across. So here I am wondering if I can challenge myself to learn a language from each of the difficulty levels for an English native. Madness I tell you, but a little part of me hopes that the language learning penny may drop a some point and it will all make sense. I had such a dilemma wondering about being too old to even try.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where was I?, oh yes, researching blogs and articles around turning 50 and what really stood out to me was the fact that I may be 50 but I have done everything later in life, so am currently doing what some of the 50 year olds did in their 20s in my 40s. If only I looked and felt 20 years younger - how great would that be? But seriously, they talk about midlife and when your kids all have their own lives, and you've almost finished paying off the mortgage and have the job/career you are comfortable in, you know who you are and what's important, and are about to slow down and enjoy the little things in life. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BAH HUMBUG!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My kid just turned 4, and genuinely believes he is a red power ranger, he is about to start school in September and I am sure that will bring new joy and hurdles for us, I only bought my house 4 years ago - a panic buy to get a roof over my sons head! and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up! Slowing down isn't an option for me yet, and won't be in my 50s so these challenges I want to come up with will be to keep life interesting as I see out my forties in a blind panic. Scarily, I will still have about 20 years left of work when I turn 50 so I think I can learn now, or retrain or something to move me closer to a job I will love for those 20 years and more. But as I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up - some brainstorming is required.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">LUCKILY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have three months to lay out my plan of attack for my upwards ascent to the glory of 50 years young! Any suggestions you may have for challenges or advice or good blogs etc. send them my way but if you are going to tell me not to bother then you will be wasting your time, because even if I do all this planning and then don't start, I will have added seeds of inspiration and growth into my mindset and that can only be a good thing. Anyway, as I said at the start, or implied, or did I? I am done giving up and failing at things and not feeling like I am making the most of these very short lives we have. I need to say it here, so its real, and documented.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">RANT OVER!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, one last thing to add is that when I was about 6, I bought a tea towel from a market stall that was pre printed with cross stitches and had a saying on 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'. You needed your own threads. I chose the colours and started stitching it, I must have put it down and picked it up a hundred times or more as I didn't give it to my grandma until I was 10 and the stitching is not great - not as good as the modern age 10 year olds stitching I have seen at least. Not all the crosses are going the same way, some of the legs are longer than the square but she had it hanging up in her house in pride of place where people could see it for the past 35 years and now it is back with me and I would like to share with you my first EVER cross stitch....drumroll please...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3a5I3jMl13rE1kozW2KmA3zpp3Iz17ouo5VMxKFv4LcwyNey1xQN5fwl9P-_YWnw2qZE8NRlFw_G7KSfulkYTJ7mLYgSM1ejpqNZqc8F-xnOyz8k9wNGRkqemhmbCk162seiB9r9Nwks7_yRoa-DTNhNo52G7NmcNkl41s1tyS-O3Fkbz03fZSBww/s320/image1%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3a5I3jMl13rE1kozW2KmA3zpp3Iz17ouo5VMxKFv4LcwyNey1xQN5fwl9P-_YWnw2qZE8NRlFw_G7KSfulkYTJ7mLYgSM1ejpqNZqc8F-xnOyz8k9wNGRkqemhmbCk162seiB9r9Nwks7_yRoa-DTNhNo52G7NmcNkl41s1tyS-O3Fkbz03fZSBww/s1600/image1%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the last item I stitched for her last year...<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV4C_l8ZRDAA0e8zZ7DjcPcnONSZGUclrjyUbvZcUUdzpVvlac8ytvNdcxBlQc5oSQlCwtMMKriN8dn2KU40c2yxV2zZPeb5eaYBz4x5KngDRa5gcvFJx1oobK4XPhe1tiHTU7m_VXntDMMU9a3sQMcalxEHIytB9LwHu8ZW6eZnLXagXvZcFku3qPQ/s320/image0%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV4C_l8ZRDAA0e8zZ7DjcPcnONSZGUclrjyUbvZcUUdzpVvlac8ytvNdcxBlQc5oSQlCwtMMKriN8dn2KU40c2yxV2zZPeb5eaYBz4x5KngDRa5gcvFJx1oobK4XPhe1tiHTU7m_VXntDMMU9a3sQMcalxEHIytB9LwHu8ZW6eZnLXagXvZcFku3qPQ/s1600/image0%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have made it this far, thank you, and I hope that maybe some of you are also inspired to challenge yourselves a little more over the next few years - if any of you want to join in then please do, and watch this space because its only three months for the big reveal of the challenges I will set.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks Again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-86090688846431995022022-01-11T17:30:00.002+00:002022-01-11T17:30:28.834+00:002022 - How did that happen? A new year and new stitchy plans.<p> Wow!</p><p>I am a little surprised its 2022, the last year has literally been sucked into the ether - it felt like it passed so quickly that there wasn't time for much. One thing I did try to improve on was time management so that I would feel better about actually making positive steps towards my stitchy goals.</p><p>I have quite a lot of WIPs that I have had for the last few years at least but rarely stitch on but do want to at some point. Maybe I will post some cover pics of what WIPS I have and what they should look like! I feel I need to be more motivated and accountable and so regardless if anyone reads this - I will be posting, my goal is monthly, so fingers crossed. I actually also found a great needlework shop in Norfolk, a place I often go yet never knew that shop was there - suffice to say I bought some stash :D I don't know how I have held back on new starts. I also sorted out some charts from magazines and thought I would be ruthless on only keeping those there was a strong possibility I would stitch on - I have so many still! haha<br /><br />I have joined a Heaven and Earth Design challenge group - the aim is to stitch either 100 stitches or for 15 minutes every day on a HAED project. Its day 11 and I am surprised I have been keeping up. I started a design back last year around September and whenever I get it out I become obsessed with working on it -and its the reason I never finished a stitch I was doing for my mum for Christmas, doh! </p><p><br />Its a StoryKeep of Aimee Stewarts Suteki, I had bene drawn to the full design but my partner convinced me to do the storykeep as I was more likely of seeing a finish in this lifetime :D I post my updates on my instagram too, and for the first week posted a few times but intend to now keep it weekly. I am stitching it tent stitch 2 over 1 on 25ct easy guide using DMC. I consider 200 of those stitches to equal the 100 required for the challenge.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhV0smtNA9slZphv4JcqE1Gd28p6mUcUZWbJAW5w8THliDEcctUxGCg1sVsXE3ZVGHVUct-cDfdwbp44UgW_PiLs9V5lbTrYNIHnggQ6Tn-Atf2FxuzqHfUgfX3c7teG9NaLWsqN5PRJkJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhV0smtNA9slZphv4JcqE1Gd28p6mUcUZWbJAW5w8THliDEcctUxGCg1sVsXE3ZVGHVUct-cDfdwbp44UgW_PiLs9V5lbTrYNIHnggQ6Tn-Atf2FxuzqHfUgfX3c7teG9NaLWsqN5PRJkJ/w113-h320/image.png" width="113" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>So along with my mums gift (now to be her 70th birthday gift in March), I have Suteki, and am going to stitch on CloudsFactoryDesigns Dinosaur ABC SAL this year too.</p><p>These three are definitely ones that I am targeting, but I keep thinking about others too, If I can continue on Suteki and the Bears for the remainder of the month then I will have a good idea of what time I can dedicate to other projects too.</p><p>Oh, I just remembered, I also hope to make some progress on Elizabeth Almonds 'Save the Stitches' free design. I had to restart this and am happy with it so far - I may make it a Sunday stitch. I manage a FB group for the design, and by manage I mean that I accept join requests and rarely post a think, but would like to post monthly with an update - If i could even just do one diamond.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6km1xua6NNpoCJZolmPjhajUj6iJ7SvJMHHR_KdDdsuynfsypEA4zhDVHFrbQMs7TvXecIwnWc_OKUDVihbFXOBHtPB_VtlhBgVAjCCIpAb_HTtXZHCYtWHlZLMUiP-Av21OvrVh1en7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6km1xua6NNpoCJZolmPjhajUj6iJ7SvJMHHR_KdDdsuynfsypEA4zhDVHFrbQMs7TvXecIwnWc_OKUDVihbFXOBHtPB_VtlhBgVAjCCIpAb_HTtXZHCYtWHlZLMUiP-Av21OvrVh1en7/w227-h320/image.png" width="227" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>I would love to know what kind of time each day you spend on each project? Is it easy to switch out? Do you prefer one design each day or each week or each month?<br /><br /><br /></p>kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-11186455509394604042021-08-25T09:26:00.005+01:002021-08-25T09:26:31.099+01:002021 is almost over...<p> Hey there!</p><p>Sorry, did I surprise you? I haven't been feeling like I have much to post this year and each year I seem to have posted less, but I won't let the year pass without an update before my blog anniversary.</p><p>Lets see now...</p><p>Work is work - I am not loving it right now, but I can't say I am hating it either. We have been through a lot of changes over the past 12 months and I think they has a bigger impact on me than I expected, and I didn't expect much. I am really bad at self-promotion but I need to submit a job application this week and I am hoping I can muster up a good cover letter :) I am actually still working from home, I have been since March 2020 and the first lock down and I am now used to it, returning to the office is something that our organisation isn't rushing to do, as we are still figuring out new ways of working and what that looks like for us. I like working from home, it suits my introvert nature, and we are lucky enough that my sons grandparents are able to care for him when he is not in pre-school. This guy keeps me company! <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU46ml0FcTFZaXVgi73dEjpzIg6wPLgDBs70VE6Iy1qkD1V6_gnqkYOmnIyJRdnTQdFYqE9_dhT0PJL9zc1LMQr5FX1IDSTmTAHcEWLj8HMBEP-UDqYB1LHmfevGypcpa6e-Qlc_D-jdl/s640/work%2523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU46ml0FcTFZaXVgi73dEjpzIg6wPLgDBs70VE6Iy1qkD1V6_gnqkYOmnIyJRdnTQdFYqE9_dhT0PJL9zc1LMQr5FX1IDSTmTAHcEWLj8HMBEP-UDqYB1LHmfevGypcpa6e-Qlc_D-jdl/s320/work%2523.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Family is family - Beau is going to be three and a half this month, which is crazy, and goes back to pre-school in two weeks. I think he enjoys it there. It is also the term where we go and visit primary schools and submit our application with our school choices. I actually visited one back in June, and was probably that annoying parent who asked lots of questions (or rather I know I was). It was a socially distanced visit in groups of two sets of parents. I need to visit either virtually or in person the other two potential options to make sure that the choice I make is the right one. Its crazy, as where I live there are a lot of primary schools but only one secondary school! Maybe when Beau is going to secondary school we will have another one. Health wise we are ok, I broke my ankle two weeks ago when I went out for some fresh air, so I really should stop doing that, lol. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpkFYETfZ4BtanWGYpp3v6Mrp434QIfH9q7xNrPMqrpgdmquv43TUhbJ1ALQEeFGiVyRlj0Kknd-hRj-PKEtjRi90EjjGfw6u8L0vIeNk0XSiNAwirWFwovkh2wKXwN5be9u673JteTR2/s640/kid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpkFYETfZ4BtanWGYpp3v6Mrp434QIfH9q7xNrPMqrpgdmquv43TUhbJ1ALQEeFGiVyRlj0Kknd-hRj-PKEtjRi90EjjGfw6u8L0vIeNk0XSiNAwirWFwovkh2wKXwN5be9u673JteTR2/s320/kid.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Stitching is stitching - So, I have had my usual burst of Autumn stitch mojo but I was getting quite annoyed with the amount of frogging and recounting I am doing, even with using pattern keeper. So I started a stamped kit which meant I didn't have to count, and although everywhere says they are for beginners - I found it pleasurable to make progress and not have gone wrong. So I think they are also for people who hate frogging too. I just with there was more variety. As it happens the one I am doing I bought in error a couple of years ago, but matches a cross stitch design my mum had stitched for herself so in my desperation I started stitching on it. Not expecting to see much of anything meant I was glad that it actually looks quite nice for two evenings stitching. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zP8duDfmCyGOk_oGRsd5CYpWbQt6ExQHhHwppT51UnMi5FFnjjBltr8ydbD1RqPXe_QDADBeCy__y-4wnCyMA8fXg1oJLBAkuZOo4uw6Qmit-kgDbO3RPOCv-kzx3asefVor90fUNr9-/s2048/bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zP8duDfmCyGOk_oGRsd5CYpWbQt6ExQHhHwppT51UnMi5FFnjjBltr8ydbD1RqPXe_QDADBeCy__y-4wnCyMA8fXg1oJLBAkuZOo4uw6Qmit-kgDbO3RPOCv-kzx3asefVor90fUNr9-/s320/bear.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I also stitched some more on Elizabeth Almonds 'Save the Stitches', I restarted it actually as I wasn't happy with the dark blue fabric. It stitches up quite quickly but some of the designs are really tricksy. I actual have a Facebook page dedicated to this project and that spurred me on to stitch a bit more on it, ideally I need to do a quadrant per month. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpVBeYkr_nppgWEIDUtYgIG377Amwn3PgwjeupWDBE28uVAJpEXb1OAMIIRCxSAJh4ONvVZ7KRPjH6p-k2au9k7fl7V052rymHfhNmQIuI8-V0j7gv1Pxb5rAFJPIy73IshTGF-j5BjD9/s2048/stitch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpVBeYkr_nppgWEIDUtYgIG377Amwn3PgwjeupWDBE28uVAJpEXb1OAMIIRCxSAJh4ONvVZ7KRPjH6p-k2au9k7fl7V052rymHfhNmQIuI8-V0j7gv1Pxb5rAFJPIy73IshTGF-j5BjD9/s320/stitch2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I picked up my Needles Notions Santa and finished an arm...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9V-p9pLlgOidvhsIaL4zu3TOxGp3r9d6irIrLAt2dxgjvGLwGlhtYvzJMi1FhLlCt0Nt8YuXcpcsgoacgx63gpIYQPDpkKfvOhAGs3vWF7asjTDYQ3O5p5IShKDxpc28WEQIq0-KQO2p/s640/arm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9V-p9pLlgOidvhsIaL4zu3TOxGp3r9d6irIrLAt2dxgjvGLwGlhtYvzJMi1FhLlCt0Nt8YuXcpcsgoacgx63gpIYQPDpkKfvOhAGs3vWF7asjTDYQ3O5p5IShKDxpc28WEQIq0-KQO2p/s320/arm.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also stitched some more on Owl Forests freebie design for Wizard of Oz, I am doing this in my own colourway using DMC etoile threads. I really enjoy stitching with these threads and like the effect, so its a win win.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVbbjO8Umud4JEQM4oBaMfgasIbMn0uAkU2gMQP-fXTWRYa2Iwf45kBemrBX8l8zWQqRtz4QC8pOF5uEzjAYaIrcBeOHsj9pjhOPpQMORWiTYNZ1_MvFjg2VeF2lMdIkpkan1IpmneajN/s640/owlforest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="640" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVbbjO8Umud4JEQM4oBaMfgasIbMn0uAkU2gMQP-fXTWRYa2Iwf45kBemrBX8l8zWQqRtz4QC8pOF5uEzjAYaIrcBeOHsj9pjhOPpQMORWiTYNZ1_MvFjg2VeF2lMdIkpkan1IpmneajN/s320/owlforest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And lastly I had a new start .. Country Cottage Needleworks..<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQUBFE7lbn_YYDgVHgx9gYrrBr_R95INKRGUeNHX0SHfEYaBlzfMFfduCXAXs-KJ-xuC9PBJTlSgS7FSgbmI34gJIfnL29iWOqr2ABamugNe6Cxk5wI9bUmcQ3VBwJY39SYlLEz9l-G8E/s640/wonderful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="411" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQUBFE7lbn_YYDgVHgx9gYrrBr_R95INKRGUeNHX0SHfEYaBlzfMFfduCXAXs-KJ-xuC9PBJTlSgS7FSgbmI34gJIfnL29iWOqr2ABamugNe6Cxk5wI9bUmcQ3VBwJY39SYlLEz9l-G8E/s320/wonderful.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apologies for the poor quality pictures, I must try harder!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lastly, some stitching also took place...Beau decided to give it a go! I do not have one of those children to whom I gave the needle and they created a mini picasso (i watched a video clip yesterday and the tiniest child was making fancy dough cakes?!) but he chose the colours he wanted to use and I held the fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's quite obviously (i dont know that you need telling its that obvious) a frog on a pond. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvWXaVgqo7yJTXt-XFkt54sk74yyHOXo8rFGL_-NWiuCYl0cVQOQVoeRkhkirU3zg0_j0oROvVm7DHAz59pniH6llOeO62mHNsRxcvuPIPNsbXlkgF_yw7MrotEoNE7pkLEoxKAqrgYoW/s640/beaustitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="521" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvWXaVgqo7yJTXt-XFkt54sk74yyHOXo8rFGL_-NWiuCYl0cVQOQVoeRkhkirU3zg0_j0oROvVm7DHAz59pniH6llOeO62mHNsRxcvuPIPNsbXlkgF_yw7MrotEoNE7pkLEoxKAqrgYoW/s320/beaustitch.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>So, I am quite addicted to watching peoples WIP parades at the moment so if you have a youtube channel I can <strike>stalk</strike> watch you on then please add it below, I am even one of those people who watch stitch with me's, or rather stitch along. <div><br /></div><div>I missed taking part in the Olympics stitching challenge that my friend Tiff was doing at TiffStitches and so am going to do my own challenge for the paralympics...not sure what yet...but something! </div><div><br /></div><div>I recently went to Rhosilli Bay in Wales, so should really do a travel review on that as it was a lovely trip and I have some great pics.</div><div><br /></div><div>Till next time! </div><div><br /></div><div>Kate x<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-68816280438879036782020-09-01T16:58:00.004+01:002020-09-01T16:58:40.537+01:00Stitchy September<div>Hey there! Its September!</div><div><br /></div><div>I've recently realised that this time of year is when I often get the stitch bug and my mojo back. This last month my stitching has been accompanied with Cursed, Fort Salem and Stargirl with some reality TV in the form of ILand thrown in. A mixed bag really.</div><div><br /></div><div>I haven't finished anything sadly as all my current projects that I am motivated to stitch on are massive. Since I downloaded Pattern Keeper (PK) I have been stitching on my HAED.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3lKna1LoxvfNgyvWNHySrE8h089uh4LmeAl1gzx0L04Ww6SUdrLFKWEXwcBff1DZ7zG2ljrENBHHQwYwsRbftdFy5t487qD0fmKby5W92JLC8pl92TOTJd8TY9VABRlt8s_v0mtz1-Mw/s735/nyc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3lKna1LoxvfNgyvWNHySrE8h089uh4LmeAl1gzx0L04Ww6SUdrLFKWEXwcBff1DZ7zG2ljrENBHHQwYwsRbftdFy5t487qD0fmKby5W92JLC8pl92TOTJd8TY9VABRlt8s_v0mtz1-Mw/w320-h320/nyc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div>So far only 5 colours, and I ordered some which are on their way...I am doing this Richard MacNeil design, 1 over 1 tent stitch on 25 count magic guide. I have stitched a little over 30k stitches (I know it looks less!) and have a good few years to go. I plan to stitch this on Monday nights - only this Monday my Kindle with PK on was out of battery, doh!</div><div><br /></div><div>At the weekend I stitched on a chart that I bought when I went to Canada in 2016 - who knows how that time has gone by so fast but it has - weirdly I remembered it being arduous to stitch on yet this past weekend I really enjoyed it. It should have been finished a long time ago, but seeing as I dont have to do it for any other reason than I want to there isn't any rush. </div><div><br /></div><div>Its Country Cottage Needleworks 'Afternoon in Paris'. I also have London and I think one other, maybe New York - oh to be as organised as me, hahahha. Its hard to believe one of my best friends can organised the shit out of stuff and here I am stumbling alomg..one day people...one day...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlQPv6BUq2QXBTWOO1ure6dyFoGmcJPH-CDVrrSUpzHmHgoINzS9x90M13-Xq8jbetrXsUXG53hZ8R5jGVg5hsp2-l755gG7OSaG2ISNa8aoo9WM0-o8-3RUqrp-GG4oBmSindXvVED_w/s640/afternoon+in+paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlQPv6BUq2QXBTWOO1ure6dyFoGmcJPH-CDVrrSUpzHmHgoINzS9x90M13-Xq8jbetrXsUXG53hZ8R5jGVg5hsp2-l755gG7OSaG2ISNa8aoo9WM0-o8-3RUqrp-GG4oBmSindXvVED_w/w320-h320/afternoon+in+paris.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top pic is where I had reached on Friday and bottom, by Sunday night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also started two others, one is in tent stitch on 28ct (1 over 1) and I haven't done much but this is the end goal...mini A Moment in Time no Background - it reminds me of my son.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjKn_nomBLlagxZ5XzsyEXfpFf8UnZfX5rmaShissI9FUmYx2HYVeiCMKculEhXrnXyczEQ4By451PXHnPLES8oTnKeI0GmOJiTr73827Xcowfm3xKH8L-8DBmGrHl11oTJGywXeMFXhE/s200/minis-mini-a-moment-in-time-no-bkjpg.image.97x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="97" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjKn_nomBLlagxZ5XzsyEXfpFf8UnZfX5rmaShissI9FUmYx2HYVeiCMKculEhXrnXyczEQ4By451PXHnPLES8oTnKeI0GmOJiTr73827Xcowfm3xKH8L-8DBmGrHl11oTJGywXeMFXhE/w155-h320/minis-mini-a-moment-in-time-no-bkjpg.image.97x200.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am also hoping to start a FREE design based on the Wizard of Oz which is totally random for me, but I took a liking to it - stitching it on apple green 28ct (2 over 2) in self selected DMC sparkly threads whose name has temporarily escaped me. Its available on the OwlForest Embroidery site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9c-2-yQO4jNf-VH2_xxqk8mWLKlRg6kEzbszYiUSrNIrXREm8tz3QFbBTKI6qQ8nxrU-ZHyk6YSo_FDvGMzglPsHPqEEazwBUzkBFIx6CkRTnGzexsWn6oWacYhy1gKsIMuxxcsZCPCC/s640/oz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9c-2-yQO4jNf-VH2_xxqk8mWLKlRg6kEzbszYiUSrNIrXREm8tz3QFbBTKI6qQ8nxrU-ZHyk6YSo_FDvGMzglPsHPqEEazwBUzkBFIx6CkRTnGzexsWn6oWacYhy1gKsIMuxxcsZCPCC/w320-h320/oz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And lastly I plan to get a Christmas stitch finished! The Elf Styled washing line...was in an edition of Cross Stitch Crazy at some time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiwlf02gtRn5-AtSc7Z_ntZupo72YaL8WXkN33O30tM00u5Cr01VJXJcJiuFwDciXpKlgro9DzaRQvQbTCGn19Iptm6sXnILDF6gfgeSaZd6bcSwMp0TvBM-MAuBrziDXiYH63zMinSRy/s640/elf+line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiwlf02gtRn5-AtSc7Z_ntZupo72YaL8WXkN33O30tM00u5Cr01VJXJcJiuFwDciXpKlgro9DzaRQvQbTCGn19Iptm6sXnILDF6gfgeSaZd6bcSwMp0TvBM-MAuBrziDXiYH63zMinSRy/w320-h320/elf+line.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is also my 9 year blogoversary on the 12th of the month - yet more time vanishing before my eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, I have given myself plenty to do plus the day job and the kid and I hope to drop in more often, take care everyone and stay safe xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-59031146873171065322020-04-02T10:11:00.001+01:002020-04-02T10:11:53.738+01:00Seriously...no....seriously...My last post was quite long ago now, and my hope was not to leave it so long, and yet here we are!<br />
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Over the years, I have participated in the A to Z challenge but not for the past few. However, I was recently sent a link to one of my first A to Z challenge posts and it seems more distant than ever!<br />
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If I was going to have a theme and attempt it this year...would it be 'How to survive a pandemic!' although I am not sure of my expertise on this. I do know how to live like a recluse and am loving the self isolation and this is quite good for any introverts and hobbyists who do this ordinarily but for social butterflies, I imagine they are going stir crazy.<br />
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So...I was going to add A to Z challenge links for the letter A but it is actually day 2...so here we are...former posts for the letter B...<br />
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Crafty A to Z: <span id="goog_436112409"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_436112408">Letter B<span id="goog_436112410"></span></a></div>
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Disney A to Z: <a href="https://suddenlykateshow.blogspot.com/2016/04/b-is-forbeauty-beast.html" target="_blank">Letter B</a></div>
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Them & Us: TV Shows A to Z: <a href="https://suddenlykateshow.blogspot.com/2013/04/them-us-b-is-for-blue-bloods.html" target="_blank">Letter B</a></div>
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Paranoid Solo Traveller: Travel Tips A to Z: <a href="https://suddenlykateshow.blogspot.com/2013/04/pst-b-is-for-baggage.html" target="_blank">Letter B</a></div>
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Career Choices A to Z: <a href="https://suddenlykateshow.blogspot.com/2012/04/b-is-for.html" target="_blank">Letter B</a></div>
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In other news, my son has now turned TWO - what the goddamn...yes, TWO. Still a happy little boy, more of his personality is coming out and he is super cheeky!</div>
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Writing wise - I haven't done a thing!</div>
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I am however, now working from home. My job is one that can be done anywhere so that is good. My partner however is on furlough for the time being, which although means less income it has enabled me to continue working as he looks after Beau whilst I do. </div>
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It was all quite strange, this whole lockdown thing, I remember we had discussed it at work for the last few months about what had happened in China and such, but I guess because we have never experienced anything like this it would be strange.</div>
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Unless, like some people you believe its a giant conspiracy! I personally, can't see how you could get all these countries to agree on such a thing but...I wait to be proven wrong in this almost stranger than fiction world we currently reside in.</div>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-71551898099481516292019-11-04T14:33:00.000+00:002019-11-04T14:33:15.288+00:00Whats 11 months between friends?Hey there<br />
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I have spent a fair bit of the year on instagram, just because I try to avoid wittering on, but I miss this blog and although I need to tidy it up...it is one if the things I want to focus on more in 2020.<br />
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Some stitchy finishes this year....<br />
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This was completely new - a pattern by Durene Jones - the idea is that it is a FFO stocking. It was a quick stitch and I loved all of it except stitching the white.</div>
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This was a new start and a finish this year, its Bothy Threads row of dinosaurs - i had some issues with this and made some design changes. It also needs to be fully finished along with the rest.</div>
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This was stitched for Halloween. It was taken from a magazine and when FFO'd is a 3D monster mansion. The original colours were greens and I made other changes. Hopefully, I will get some time to write these up properly. This post is literally an impromptu update.</div>
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This is a HAED, Richard Macneil designed and I think its New York Christmas?! It is regular sized (which is massive) and i am doing tent stitch ECC.</div>
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This years Christmas cross stitch. I should have finished this already but my enthusiasm went off the boil. I shall try at the very least to get some more done to he point that the left hand cockerel is there too.</div>
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This was stitched on early in the year and is an ongoing project that I pick up every now and then. It is one that starts to take shape when the backstitch is added. Its a Michael Powell design.</div>
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I did just have a new start which I will show later...and just so you know...the bundle is still full of joy...</div>
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<br />kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-51087413812832014982019-04-25T15:36:00.001+01:002019-11-04T14:11:28.814+00:00The start of my blog..Like a lot of cross-stitchers, I end up giving most of my finished articles away - this is the first that I have done and photographed.<br />
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I recently completed a cross-stitch project that I started in May - all I managed to do of it was to make the chart for the design. It ended up that I didn't start stitching until 5 days before the deadline. I did manage to finish it and make it into a cushion.<br />
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The design that I used as my inspiration was ....<br />
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I wanted to make it personal to my friend, so I changed the skin colour, the hair colour and the glove colour as well as the wording in the thought bubble. As it is pop-art I also decided to make it all block colour (no dots) and the end result was this...</div>
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The final design came out at 9"x 10" and was awkward to find a frame for at such short notice. I made it into a throw cushion instead....<br />
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And she was very pleased with it, I am glad to say.<br />
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I have been trying to keep a blog for ages and hopefully this will be it :)<br />
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Welcome to my blog.kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-55026249294378343552019-01-13T13:16:00.001+00:002019-11-04T14:11:29.071+00:00Hello? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi there!<br />
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I can’t believe it’s been six months but it has. Doesn’t time fly?<br />
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What have I been up to?<br />
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Not much really after the whirlwind that was the twelve months prior to my last post. I did stitch though and also a little knitting which included some finishes :) I have been posting on Instagram as it’s easier although I hate not being able to add comments to individual photos on multiple post and also it’s hard to waffle and I do look to waffle.<br />
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I have also just returned to work after maternity leave, which was ten months that whizzed by and I feel like I got nothing done but I did have a great companion.<br />
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What now?<br />
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The blog needs a makeover as the header is from 2017! I also want to post about the 19 projects I will be working on in 2019. I have some targets and by blogging about them I feel accountable. I literally have to trick myself into getting things done.<br />
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But they are all things I want to do.<br />
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I have so many blogs to catch up with too and I am looking forward to that, I can’t wait to find out what everyone has been up to.<br />
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So watch this space for new posts soon xxkate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-74399634273221397562018-06-26T10:26:00.001+01:002019-11-04T14:11:30.719+00:00Quick Update Hellooooo!<br />
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Ok so I have started stitching again - only just picked up the needle this past week - working on a very very old WIP Spaniola.<br />
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Hope to catch up with your blogs soon and get into the swing of it again, I hope you have all been well.<br />
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I gave birth at the end of march, a little boy, who we have named Beau Elliott.<br />
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Here he is...<br />
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-65159888490201680802017-10-26T11:58:00.002+01:002019-11-04T14:11:30.059+00:00Life really does take over sometimes...<div class="MsoNormal">
How long has it been? Too long!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well…what has lead to the delay…at first it was because I
went on holiday, a lovely two week cruise to Greece, Italy, Croatia &
Montenegro…and when I got back I delayed posting about it because just two
weeks later I was heading to my first cross stitching retreat so thought I would
blog about both on my return…and then I lost my stitchy bug for a couple of
weeks and when it came back I was stitching – I have even managed a small
finish and done some stitching on bigger projects….and then…I was feeling under
the weather, I was quite fatigued – and any of you who have followed this blog
for a while will know that I have Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and you can suffer
with fatigue quite a lot. Since I have been on my meds it has lessened but I
have been the worst patient this year and put the fatigue down to that and told
myself to start back on taking my medication regularly – ideally before my next
hospital appointment where I could be a great example of a good patient.
However, I was having nausea too and the thought of swapping the RA side
effects for the hideous medication side effects meant I thought I would tough
it out because…I also had some bloating (not just period bloating) but the kind
that I had when I had an ovarian cyst and so I was wondering if I had another
one…then I had sore boobs and cramping for about three weeks with no period and
that’s when I knew I must be starting the menopause! My mother started in her
late 30s so it is not so unusual. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So before I just started back on my meds (I hadn’t taken
them for a good 6 months), I thought I should make sure that it wasn’t menopause
symptoms. How do you do that? You eliminate all other causes of the symptoms.
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Well….I do know that these symptoms can all be a sign of
pregnancy too…however, I am overweight, over 40, I have been told in the past
that I would not conceive without medical intervention, I have only one ovary
remaining since the cyst and that ovary is polysystic…so that is definitely not
an option…but…the brain works in mysterious ways and once I get the idea into
my mind I have to take the test, it used to happen when I was younger, the only
way to get the idea out of my head was to take the test and it would be
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Well…I walked to a nearby shop during my break at lunchtime
and they sell tests, so I grabbed one and went back to work…peed on the stick…waited
for it to be negative and then…I was sat open mouthed, pulse racing, sweat
across my brow as the test came back positive! Luckily it was a two pack so I
could take the second one and prove it was a false positive….the second test
was also positive! I immediately texted my sister saying OMG! What does this
mean? (she has three kids) and I also texted my boyfriend (another long story),
after returning to my desk I began googling causes of a false positive on a
pregnancy test….menopause (highly likely), Ovarian tumour (definite
possibility), immune system disease (RA!) and so yes, that provided me with
some relief to know that all of those options could be the cause. I had spent
the last 20 years coming to terms with not having children so that was a very
scary thought indeed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My nest step was to take some more tests and by Friday
morning (4 tests down – all positive), I ran the doctor – but the way it works
where I live is to get a dr’s appointment you need to phone at a certain time
of day, then get interrogated by the self-important receptionist, who then
decides if you can have a call back from the locum doctor, you then answer the
locum doctors questions and they decide whether or not to give you an
appointment. Well I only managed to get to stage one where I speak to a
receptionist who told me if 4 tests were positive then I probably am pregnant
and need to see the midwife and fill in a form. Hmmm. I was not happy with
this, but decided to fill in the form and my sister said I could book an early
scan privately – not they aren’t that cheap but I thought it was a good idea as
I could queue jump, in terms of then knowing it was menopausal or a tumour and
so I booked one (had to wait three days) and filled in the midwife form as I
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Fast forward to three days later and I am waiting for the
early scan…I have had both external and internal scans as I had them when I had
previous laparoscopy's etc. so I had managed to drink some water but then had
to go. I got in there and told her my story and she said…none of those reasons
mean you can’t be pregnant. Hmmmm. So I laid back and she checked from the
outside – she said she couldn’t really see much but there was a sac there…wait
what???! So then she says she will have
to do an internal one to get a better look, and that there is a sac there but
quite often this can be from a chemical miscarriage etc. so I was OK and
thought it has to be that then. So I am laying there staring off into the
distance when she says…that there was a sac, fetal pole and something else…but
it was all as it should be for someone approx. 7 weeks pregnant! <o:p></o:p></div>
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So….that happened! Much to my shock and that of my partner
who was also not planning on children and well, we had only been together ten
months at that point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It has been quite an odd experience and I am currently 17
weeks and 5 days. I am not sure what is going on as I haven’t had an appointment
since seeing the midwife just after 14 weeks…I have an appointment next week to
hear the heartbeat (although I have seen it previously) and then two weeks
after that is the anomaly scan and half way point. It is strange and I am still
finding it all a little surreal and hard to believe. I hope everything is ok in
there, but am not sure how I am supposed to know exactly. I have yet to start
feeling anything (around 18-22 weeks on average for FTMS) and I am not really
showing (due to being bigger to start off with) and I haven’t gained any
weight. So basically it is a waiting game to see….I have had some tests and had
the Nuchal Translucency test – and they have all been fine so far. So its just
a matter of waiting for kicks, popping out and the 20 week scan. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So….that has been quite a roller coaster ride as me and my
partner came to terms with the situation and what we were going to do – we had
already decided we would move in with each other in a couple of years and use
that time to save up to buy some where and for the interim, continue living
with parents and having weekends away…but we have had to speed up that timeline
and are in the process of buying a house. Another huge change! It will mean I
will be living in a market town, and everything will be new to me so that’s going
to be a learning curve with a new house, a new baby and a new town but that’s life!<o:p></o:p></div>
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And so at the risk of boring you even more…I shall end here
and post later this evening with photos from my holiday, the stitch weekend, my finish and my wips….I
definitely should have started this post with are you sitting comfortably…<o:p></o:p></div>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-48045719682634950642017-05-16T17:17:00.003+01:002019-11-04T14:11:28.431+00:00Top 5 Tuesdays: Top 5 Questions<h3>
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I probably should have said dead or alive but lets stick with alive…I guess family and good friends don’t have to be included as it’s a given really that we consider them important in our lives…so who would I pick…to eat with…its very English to eat and chat whilst do so, pausing as you go…and who would I want to do this with…hmmm…that’s a tough one….as much as I am not a fan per se or have ever read her books but I would have a lot of questions for JK Rowling and so that’s who I would pick. I would ask her about writing, about success, about having her work made into movies and also about coping with all of that.<br />
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I sang in the car the other day, just under my breath to myself as it was a sunny day, my boyfriend heard me and then we sang it together – the song was ‘The sun has got his hat on’ and I used to sing this whilst skipping to first school every single day! Lol I used to love school so I guess I link it to being happy. Not such a bad thing.<br />
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I would choose the body of a 30 year old but the mind of someone aging, I learnt so much in my thirties that I wouldn’t want to lose that.<br />
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I have always want to have one skill, one talent, one thing that I excel at and that is to be able to sing well.<br />
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Ooh! So tough a question…I mean…I am a worrier so I would like to know if the future is sunny but if I knew the future would I enjoy the present? I try to be honest, ah hell, I am honest, I just can’t lie and I think I do know the truth about myself even if I try to ignore my annoying habits…So I guess I might ask…am I happy in the future? That would reassure me I think.<br />
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Now i am off to see what the pother have said! Please join in and add your link in the comments :)<br />
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-6041139578797340402017-05-16T07:35:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:29.552+00:00Top 5 questions of the day (theme announcement)<div><font color="#454545" face=".sfuitext">When thinking about a theme it occurred to me that I'd like to get to know you all a little better, and what better way than a set of five random questions!? </font></div><div><font color="#454545" face=".sfuitext"><br></font></div><div><font color="#454545" face=".sfuitext">Here they are for you to ponder (and me too) and I'll post again with answers later today :) </font></div><ol>
<li style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you choose?</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">If you could wake up tomorrow having gained one quality or ability, what would it be?</span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(69 , 69 , 69); font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else what would you want to know?</span></li>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-29200007559643843922017-05-03T17:17:00.001+01:002019-11-04T14:11:26.687+00:00A to Z stuffG = Grapes<br />
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M = Monstakate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-42283415083366648412017-05-03T17:05:00.004+01:002019-11-04T14:11:27.895+00:00Top 5 books on my must-read listHey there!<br />
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A day late I know but I am here...this weeks Top 5 was suggested by Tiff over at Tiffstitches so go and check out her blog :)<br />
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It turns out that a long day of thinking about this has left me three books short! So I will post the two and then the remaining three I will add later after I have checked out everyone's suggestions.<br />
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I am far more likely to read a recommended book than one that I see in a chart.<br />
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Two Evils by PJ Tracy – They are a mother and daughter
writing duo who write about crime. Its main characters are a dour detective and
a team of tech genius’ called Monkeewrench. I was hooked after the first book
and have enjoyed all of them so far. I bought this book and started it but have
not had time to really sit and read it as my hands are busy stitching! But as it’s
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Walking Dead Graphic Novel – the only horror I like, I don’t
watch the show but love these graphic novels. I am one behind which I need to
get. Each one only takes and hour or so to read and is a real treat when I do.
They average at two books a year so I shall get to read another in the autumn.</div>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-18541906436139815142017-04-29T22:16:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:25.507+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter Y<div style="text-align: center;">
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-21587858245605691862017-04-28T19:21:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:26.171+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter XThis is the only option I had and is the letter 'X' from Extend.<br />
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-53853414973910015812017-04-26T06:33:00.001+01:002019-11-04T14:11:29.007+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter V<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Umbrella [Orange], jumps you 3 screens forward</span></div>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-33617328949674029662017-04-24T05:00:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:27.112+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter T<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Time [Clock] gives you infinite time (200 points)</span><br />
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-17590115400490447942017-04-22T08:09:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:25.445+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter S<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Skel-Monsta (Baron von Blubba)</span></div>
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kate nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343201276177843047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805896825026338631.post-83428725996836881672017-04-21T15:04:00.000+01:002019-11-04T14:11:31.245+00:00A to Z Challenge: the letter R<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Rascal (Secret Room Baddie)</span></div>
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