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The Goblin King!
This is my latest custom made doll ::
David Bowie’s Jareth the Goblin King!
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“…don’t you put me on the back burner You know you got to help me out…” {Loving someone with anxiety}
Anxiety can keep you up at night — tossing and turning. It’s like a lightbulb that comes on at the most inconvenient times and won’t switch off. Your body feels exhausted, but your mind feels wide awake and racing. You go through the events of your day, analyzing and agonizing over every specific detail.
Don’t forget that your anxious friend, family member or lover is still the beautiful, amazing, kind, creative person that they always were, but the anxiety is something extra that they have to deal with. They are still the person that you love. They might seem angry or snappy or withdrawn or like they don’t want to be with you. But that is not true. They do want to be with you they just can’t deal.
So here is my promise to those that I love who struggle with anxiety (you know who you are), I am here for you. I am not going anywhere. I will always return your message or your phone call. I will keep on checking up on you. I will worry about you when I am not with you, because I love you and not because I feel like I have to. I understand that sometimes you need space and sometimes you need someone to be there. I’ll try and respect that, but if I push that boundary, it is just because I want to be with you. I’d like it if you could be honest and tell me when things are bad, but I’ll probably figure it out. I love you for you. We will get through this together. OK? Continue reading
Rocky Road Easter Eggs – a fun tutorial from Kiwicakes
These rocky road Easter eggs were fun to make and so easy even children could make them with you.I used gluten free mini marshmallows in assorted pastel colours, as small bag of blanched almonds a 3d cracked Easter egg mould and coloured Wil… Continue reading
My parents didn’t smack me and I turned out fine too!
I saw this article recently that said 80% of parents smack their kids. I was pretty shocked, I never imagined it would be so high. I read some of the comments- NEVER read the comments! It was ugly! Some people blaming the other 20% for not smacking the… Continue reading
Embroidery progress
My first embroidery class of 2017 started at Nancy’s Stitch Studio two weeks ago. (I’m a student, not the teacher.)It’s called Textured Floral Extravaganza and we are going to cover a lot of different techniques. Just part of the class sample des… Continue reading
Grandparents are NOT Babysitters – or are they?
I read a lot of online stuff, a theme I have been seeing a lot lately is parents wondering how often someones Parents have their kids. Like it’s a right or something. Sure, there are grandparents out there who love to help out with the kids … but at the same time they don’t want toRead more
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You Can Make Money From Blogging?
© Can Stock Photo / faithie You Can Make Money From Blogging? WHAT?! You can make money from blogging?! Yep that’s right, you can. If you build a big enough audience, and people want to hear what you’ve got to say, then you definitely can. BUT my biggest piece of advice is: don’t set out […]
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Retreating
Heya,I recently got an invite to a sewing retreat, one of the people going had had to drop out and they offered me the place. Whoop! A whole weekend of uninterrupted sewing, my own room and all food provided for a very reasonable cost? … um yes!As a … Continue reading
Autumn. Friday Favs
Another Friday to cross off the calendar! March seems to be flying by and before we know it Easter will be here. Do you have any fun Easter party plans? I know that I’ll be taking it easy this weekend because of bad weather. Before I go, here are my five favorite things fromRead more
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Classic Blueberry Muffins…
With autumn now here they are fabulously delicious morning,
or afternoon tea treat.
The recipe makes twelve small muffins,
or if you use the bigger paper cases as I have done today,
the recipe will bake eight.
They are FULL of berry deliciousness…In a butter cake muffin base.
There is nothing like a good old fashioned classic…
and that’s exactly what these Blueberry muffins are!
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Could You Be Trying Too Hard?
Written by: Angie Noll If it’s hard, you’re probably doing it wrong. I’m sure you know the feeling of working really hard on manifesting a goal. All the pieces seem to be in place, and you feel as if it’s virtually true already. You’re so close to success, that you can almost reach out and … More Could You Be Trying Too Hard? Continue reading
GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL
The premise behind Pokémon defies reason, and I’m not talking about the adorable creatures that battle willingly on behalf of their trainers for sport. Nor am I referring to the fact said adorable creatures have a laudable command of the English language.
I’m talking about the shows main protagonist, Ash Ketchum, the plucky 10 year old who leaves home to become a Pokémon Master and no one bats so much as an anime eyelash. Did I mention he’s 10?
I’m early 30’s and I still can’t fathom setting off into the sunset armed only with good intentions and an animal side kick who has all the predictability of a hairdryer submerged in a bath tub.
When Pokémon first hit our shores sometime in the mid-90s – my siblings and I were caught up in the craze (I can still recite more versus of the Pokémon Rap than is appropriate).
One of the great joys of parenthood is reliving parts of your own childhood.
So when Pokémon Go was released last year, that little child inside me did a dance. I could finally realise my dream of “catching ’em all”…as an…ahem…parental supervisor of course.
Before Gabby arrived I took Will in to the city on a Poké-Date.
We started in Devonport, catching the ferry across to Princess Wharf. Once city-side we stayed in a fairly narrow radius. We walked. We talked. We gathered Poké-stops and caught Pokémon.
Say what you will about Pokémon Go but it bought out the best in people. Kids walking past us, cheered him on and passed on tips. It did help that he was like a kid on Christmas – fist pumping, and screaming at the screen.
Here’s some pics from our adventure.
Just for the record. He did look up. It’s just that the only time I was allowed to take pictures was when he was catching something exciting.
When the accent backfires…
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The Ultimate Guide To Coconut Flour vs Almond Flour
There is always debate regarding coconut flour vs almond flour. Both are gluten free, both are grain free and both are used heavily in low carb and Paleo cooking. Both are less processed than “healthy whole-grains”, both coconut flour and almond flour are more nutritious flours without the need for fortification, that many wheat based products…
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