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Like stars alined

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Wee man pointed on his shoe. His shoelace came undone, so there I was one knee down on pavement fixing his shoelace drama. He is very particular about some things, I guess it’s quirks of his condition.  I digress. So there I was and I looked a little to the side and saw this guy  Just on the floor, looking sad and wet. It’s a succulent I m not sure what it is called but I know what it would look like after some time. It will be amazing.  So a while back I met this lady, she is an independent business owner and she is looking to grow it. So we got talking and I started working for her part time for now.  And then some drama happened so I had to leave my catering job. That job that I m good at but I never wanted and was only mean to stay for a year. Now it was almost two years... After I gave my notice and and now at my other job I felt like .... I can have pink hair now, and/or an visible arm tattoo, I can do all these things I am afraid of and deems as inappropriate in a 4-5 star envir

Papergang by Ohh Deer. Quick review

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This is like a regular post of subscription box review. I have been looking at this one for ages. All the social media is full of ads for papergang. You yourself must have seen it.  I was lucky enough to find a code and get two boxes for the price of one. Ideally you actually want to buy 4 so they will plant a tree via Tree Aid.  I got to say this is a wonderful product. Especially if you are stationary addict. This is the content.  The little calendar things to get on with your month, are useful as well as cute! I will need to used them since my lovely 2020 Bee calendar isn’t up yet. Yes I know it is February, I need to learn how to drill the wall 1st.  The wooden ruler is a god sent and will work wonders for my “side hustle” my little Esty vintage shop. It will make a charming prop for the photos.  Sticker and sticky notes are just fun so are the candy which I am hiding from every one in the house.  Erasers is useful cannot wait to show the little one what it does!  Washi tape is wel

New skills

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One gloomy Friday night friend and I went into a shipping container.....  Have you heard of Bone Yard in Cardiff? Oh it’s magical, local makers, indi business and lovely folks and their creative spaces. They moved form their original place to new spot not far from Victoria park and Ysgol Treganna...  I got the message of my friend with details of the workshop. The plan was hatched. I was so neat. But it wasn’t and quiet as pottery thing I did before that. Pottery was a learning curve of being quiet and mindful but terrarium building is something else entirely. And it helped that we have a glass of bubbly Secco.   Terrarium is a glass vessel with layers of drainage and plants in. Pinterest has some truly lovely ones. And I always thought about how difficult it must be to do all the layers and where to get all the stuff I would need. So for £40 with 5 plants and all the necessary equipment it was really a no-brainer.   I am so pleased how it turned out! And will definitely do more worksh

Red January

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I have officially survived the most gloomiest month of the year....  Active January was interesting... Are you on Strava? Husband finished last month on whooping 250km combined running and cycling I just did 41km running and 46km cycling. But still if I didn’t participate in Red January I would be still trying to lace up my trainers and going for a run...  Red January helped me busy my self and being more productive. Not all the time but I was active. And I truly hope remain as active throughout the year.  And we even went on the run with The Running Chanel peeps around the NEC in Birmingham at the National running show. But later about that!     And finally the selfie game is better and my face isn’t size of the moon! Even if my face is rather moon like, at least at this angle I don’t look like I just have face... but also it was nice to go for runs together. And talk about our achievements. I am a member of a running club but I haven’t been in ages and really lost touch, so having a