Category Archives: Daft Stuff

Happy New Year

Merry, Max and the girls came over to share New Years Eve with us, which was lovely.

I gave the children a not quite cooked dinner, the girls have run around doing all that girly play stuff, parents have chatted, drunk (plenty of Baileys…). Butterbean saw in the New Year (she came to bed with the grownups at 2.45 am…) We initiated their girls into party poppers, Merry initiated BB into the delights of the DS. Joise entertained her parents in the middle of the night. We had panckaes for brunch.

We all had great time. Heres to spending time with good friends :-)

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The honourable me – thanks joanna

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Venerable Lady Helen the Winsome of Throcking by Hampton
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Tracking Santa

here he goes!!!

check it here NORAD tracks santa. I think SB might well love it!

Thankyou to the local Chinese takeaway.

We had a Chinese takeaway the other day, and got given a free calendar – it rolls up like table mat, and has the different animal years on it. – in normal tasteful Chinese kitsch style :-)

It’s been a great hit. Yesterday SB spent sges playing with it – she was selling the different animals off of it (pigs were on special offer…)? to us. This morning it is? map, and they have spent ages now on some sort of expedition using it. BB happily going along with her and doing what she is told.
Great stuff. :-)

Christmas is coming……..

…..and we are far behind. But we do have last years list :-)

Helen is now off work until Xmas, so much making and baking etc. on the horizon. Carols are on repeat play :-)

Happy Christmas

O’ Christmas Tree…

We got given this by a friend of Little Nanny’s (Helen’s Nanny), as they didn’t want it anymore.

I love it, I could never go and buy such a wonderful piece of Christmas tackyness, but every time I see it it makes me smile.? Though I don’t get the butterflies.
It needs video, a photo would never do it justice

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From Knitting Yogurt from Dottyspots

You Are A Rowan Tree
You are full of charm and cheer. You light up a room.
And while you crave attention, you do it without ego.
You are an interesting mix of contradictions – and very unpredictable.
You are both dependent and independent, calm and restless.
You are passionate, emotional, gregarious, and (at times) unforgiving.

A few Raisins in your porridge madam…?

Made BB some porridge for her breakfast, handed her the bag of raisins to sprinkle some on – they both like that. I continued pottering around the kitchen, turned round to see she had up-ended the bag over her bowl. Of course this was a nice big half full bag, not the almost empty bag they had yesterday.

‘Oooops’ said Butterbean :-) ……..

[italicised spell checking by Helen!]

Bemused Butterbean

Butterbean is 2 tomorrow. We had a family birthday celebration today.

Best bit was probably BB’s face when we brought in the cake. We all sang Happy Birthday, and then she was told to blow out the candles. She then looked around the room totally bemused by it all :-)

‘all this fuss about? a cake’ ?

seen on knitting yogurt

Confidence

Low High
58
Openness

Low High
64
Extroversion

Low High
24
Empathy

Low High
70
Trust in others

Low High
84
Agency

Low High
64
Masculinity

Low High
40
Femininity

Low High
74
Spontaneity

Low High
62
Attention to style

Low High
2
Authoritarianism

Low High
38
Earthy/Imaginative

Imaginative Earthy
42
Aesthetic/Functional

Functional Aesthetic
32

Inventor

?? Your imagination, self-reliance, openness to new things, and appreciation for utility combine to make you an INVENTOR.

?? You have the confidence to make your visions into reality, and you are willing to consider many alternatives to get that done.

?? The full spectrum of possibilities in the world intrigues you?you’re not limited by pre-conceived notions of how things should be.

?? Problem-solving is a specialty of yours, owing to your persistence, curiosity, and understanding of how things work.

?? Your vision allows you to identify what’s missing from a given situation, and your creativity allows you to fill in the gaps.

?? Your awareness of how things function gives you the ability to come up with new uses for common objects.

?? It is more interesting for you to pursue excitement than it is to get caught up in a routine.

?? Although understanding details is not difficult for you, you specialize in seeing the bigger picture and don’t get caught up in specifics.

?? You tend to more proactive than reactive?you don’t just wait for things to come to you.

?? You’re not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you’re generally considerate of others’ feelings as well.

?? Never one to be found in chic boutiques or trendy clothing stores, you take an extremely practical approach to getting dressed.

?? Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.

Considerate

?? You trust others, care about them, and are slow to judge them, making you CONSIDERATE.

?? You value your close relationships very much, and are more likely to spend time in small, tightly-knit groups of friends than in large crowds.

?? You enjoy exploring the world through observation, quietly watching others.

?? Relating to others so well, and understanding their emotions, leads you to trust people in general, even though you’re somewhat shy and reserved at times.

?? Your belief that people are generally well-intentioned contributes to your sympathy regarding their problems.

?? Although you may not vocalize it often, you have an awareness of how society affects individuals, and you understand complex causes of people’s behavior.

?? You like to look at all sides of a situation before making a judgment, particularly when that situation involves important things in other people’s lives.

?? Your close friends know you as a good listener.

?? You’re not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you’re generally considerate of others’ feelings as well.

?? Never one to be found in chic boutiques or trendy clothing stores, you take an extremely practical approach to getting dressed.

?? Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.