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Interior Design Ideas – Kitchens the Hub of the Home

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8U6nrw5Q93FgH-7I2Zp8qnlmKD3Rt3NPo1YzB9THmvkzlajNkBdH6mSFp-1thQmJ24CHGo1jG7tSKozGpWee2FEroP3DGDa2qjF8l7nI6WALTLjO805vTYTGbOsb8zaXr9C7l1BCty8/s1600/pin%253A39255250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8U6nrw5Q93FgH-7I2Zp8qnlmKD3Rt3NPo1YzB9THmvkzlajNkBdH6mSFp-1thQmJ24CHGo1jG7tSKozGpWee2FEroP3DGDa2qjF8l7nI6WALTLjO805vTYTGbOsb8zaXr9C7l1BCty8/s1600/pin%253A39255250.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 461px;" /></a><br />Kitchens are the hub of many people's home. A place where people naturally gravitate towards when they come home or at parties! As such this room should reflect the interior design of your home – it's where (rightly or wrongly) you'll be judged, not only for your cleanliness but also your interior design style or lack of it!<br /><br />Kitchen floors have set a new standard with wood style flooring, marble, and now increasingly popular is the stone magna look. Staying away from plastic floor layouts is recommended and going for smooth slate that is easy to clean and can be polished by professionals or by using high street products. A kitchen rug, with anti slip matting as a safety precaution, can help keep feet warm in winter and add a splash of colour and pattern to coordinate with your <a href=http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/cat/blinds/roller-blinds/kitchen-roller-blinds/>kitchen blinds</a> or curtain.<br /><br />Kitchens can be tailored to fill every inch of space available and finding kitchen units prove an effortless task, the only decision being what to have. Blending kitchen units into the kitchen fittings, floor style, and scenery is something very popular today. Matches are easy to find and the units already take up space, so all that is left is filling in the gaps!<br /><br />Image: Decorology

Interior Design Ideas – Kitchens the Hub of the Home

Kitchens are the hub of many people's home. A place where people naturally gravitate towards when they come home or at parties! As such ...

12:00 AM

a good life wednesday...

<b><i>a good life wednesday...</i></b><br /><b><i>doing what you love...</i></b><br />when we moved from the sandy beaches of sydney to the english countryside a few years back...<br />it opened up endless opportunities for our family...<br />travel & the daily experience of living abroad...& for my husband, the chance to follow a dream & to work on foreign shores were the obvious...<br />but many other opportunities arose that we hadn't given so much thought to...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDd0jsfEH9VGpKhaLIb94kTGwj9HADUWcwjoWJAMk9d8ZqKGA4zTO101YOzxbWS6cmcQR6tNxc59K6amSXm77RrH9_8KtpUTxhx7Lz_uJqc8jJG1sBzfpjP_OzUY4_X13p1Mt3r9JNbgI/s1600/bunt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDd0jsfEH9VGpKhaLIb94kTGwj9HADUWcwjoWJAMk9d8ZqKGA4zTO101YOzxbWS6cmcQR6tNxc59K6amSXm77RrH9_8KtpUTxhx7Lz_uJqc8jJG1sBzfpjP_OzUY4_X13p1Mt3r9JNbgI/s640/bunt1.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><i>f</i><i>riends for one...</i><br />this move was for <i>our family- the five of us to have as *our* adventure</i>...<br />i don't think we'd realised how special new friends would be & will forever continue to be no matter where we all are in the world...<br /><br /><i>life in the countryside...</i><br />we are beach-reared...salty haired...freckled nosed...& at home by the ocean...<br />i *know* that we didn't realise just how much we'd love the countryside & the changes each season brings...<br />we have a love for the surrounding farms, produce & animals that we would never have gained living by only the beaches forever...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW_7BDoJupCrqiVT8EJXnZE2MlQNaXBX6pSceh18Po4x9W5hs-Ty7WsF_HOcL8xFgPKpHr7HqeObu5VX2pUZQX5RZ9C0gTYqye804eD4QfCuUUqpteDFpZCMyOIkan56yDdQ3UUgb4wPN/s1600/bunt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjW_7BDoJupCrqiVT8EJXnZE2MlQNaXBX6pSceh18Po4x9W5hs-Ty7WsF_HOcL8xFgPKpHr7HqeObu5VX2pUZQX5RZ9C0gTYqye804eD4QfCuUUqpteDFpZCMyOIkan56yDdQ3UUgb4wPN/s640/bunt2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><i>& finally...a love of working from home for me...</i><br />when we <i>finally decided</i> to follow our dream of working & living abroad whilst our kids were young- we still had <i>small</i> children...<br />they ranged from 2 to 9...& we were still in the early stages of keeping it all going...<br />a last little one at home & all...<br />as they grew...& we all grew together with the experience...it opened up a life that allowed me to get back to work...whilst still being there for the kids...always...<br />in sydney- the hubster had worked seriously loooong hours & was away from home an awful lot- travelling & working into the evenings...<br />the experience from all he has given over the years- has meant that we are now in a position for him to work less hours but to enjoy the lifestyle we've worked hard for...<br />this has meant that my years of <i>parenting on my own for vast hours each day</i> has changed dramatically...<br />we now permanently <i>parent</i> together...side by side...<br />this coupled with all three kiddos being at school, has meant that our life in the countryside has co-incided with me starting up a successful little business from home...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ow_zVlR8tdc5MfaVEPGR5DihRoHgIuG3PKJWOS4UbfQ8T33IoYfJbgwijX2l4XsS1dXd23VIgYVi6ct8OoqMO3oNCmRbu1yQpMBlOg6DDgYgFjdWSG7SIeANDB0BJ3eZ44z8Mjmcn753/s1600/bunt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ow_zVlR8tdc5MfaVEPGR5DihRoHgIuG3PKJWOS4UbfQ8T33IoYfJbgwijX2l4XsS1dXd23VIgYVi6ct8OoqMO3oNCmRbu1yQpMBlOg6DDgYgFjdWSG7SIeANDB0BJ3eZ44z8Mjmcn753/s640/bunt4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>we feel blessed...</i></b><br />this experience abroad would have been vastly different for us all if i'd gone to work outside the house & the kids spent hours in childcare or alone...<br />having a dad around the house has been so wonderful...<br /><i>{god knows how he balances it all- work & home...but he's a seriously cool camper!}</i><br />&<br />opening my own small business has meant that we are all experiencing our daily english life together...<br />the kids see it as my <i>job</i>...& they give me the time to get orders done & we still do all the other regular stuff together...<br />we just do it as a big family now...with both of us around for the kiddos...<br />so all our memories are made together...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRHPAjEdKm3Z9ygAaoM3mAlV-BbRC_03GcTKNt9k5apgmob1SFnFgEtQ-VLkgh7xjRkSTDUwstbwB6sf57eL-8F0r207ASMV5Ip1GDALDUxMUn7ukQwjH4I47Y37o_0Tw-2ofkCjxXN9h/s1600/bunt6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRHPAjEdKm3Z9ygAaoM3mAlV-BbRC_03GcTKNt9k5apgmob1SFnFgEtQ-VLkgh7xjRkSTDUwstbwB6sf57eL-8F0r207ASMV5Ip1GDALDUxMUn7ukQwjH4I47Y37o_0Tw-2ofkCjxXN9h/s640/bunt6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">...my *good life wednesday*...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">...my smelling of life's roses...</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my moment to recognise the wonderful *extra's*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this move abroad has given to our family</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...to me...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~~~~~</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thanks to my inspirational bloggy friend from *down under*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for the weekly reminder to stop & smell the roses</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sarah from <a href="http://www.abeachcottage.com/category/at-the-beach"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">A Beach Cottage</span></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgrx9xt9p19yffjdpe9ejtFmRDv6i8Mmf1Vrl1znKyrFrzX5DhIZVK0xuZEMJpWSYy0fGV5XKBFiYO111b0vEP6qm5IJ-hBWwpRCfjSWfnFmn6B9GR5z_k5UMfe6OaX8oUvceDes2UY0L/s1600/bunt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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*a good life wednesday*...

a good life wednesday... doing what you love... when we moved from the sandy beaches of sydney to the english countryside a few years back.....

5:55 AM

Office Design

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11:03 AM

a virtual coffee & a good old fashioned street parade...

<b><i>it is a gorgeous day here in the english countryside...</i></b><br /><b><i>the kinda day that gets you *up & into* it all first thing in the morning...</i></b><br />the stock for a chorizo stew is smelling fab on the stove...<br />the washing is out flapping in the sunshine...<br />the kids are at school in hats & sunscreen {at last!}...<br />&<br />i've had a lovely morning taking & sorting sewing orders for the coming weeks...<br />perfect for me...<br /><i>have i mentioned how simple my life abroad is some days...</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBRw2qQFmbsTEh_33U7Gk4u87clUMxmZh9BShBeQ75oCaoZ3wPTkM53cQBZMZS8JtaWXcImWB0eQBKyR1ejrS8sNuIY-etg-jyOm_HwAQlHrJXnZOqAZSyq0UJac28gNxERNVAqYHBjcd/s1600/coffeechair3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBRw2qQFmbsTEh_33U7Gk4u87clUMxmZh9BShBeQ75oCaoZ3wPTkM53cQBZMZS8JtaWXcImWB0eQBKyR1ejrS8sNuIY-etg-jyOm_HwAQlHrJXnZOqAZSyq0UJac28gNxERNVAqYHBjcd/s640/coffeechair3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>so  today...for our virtual coffee catch-up...i'm popping you here...</i></b><br /><b><i>facing the sun...</i></b><br /><b><i>you get your face *in it*...</i></b><br />i'll keep an eye on the stock & pour us drinks...<br />i have a english tale of floats & a village *club day* that will make you want to hang out & enjoy some good old fashioned entertainment...british style...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt89TnMdaERxtJhLQeTdF2gMdUBBD2zI4CL14EQAzqis82Asr2qWw8-W6AG0sd2xhf9Ha2QJ682_WPuN43qcBASpQfiJkDvW4_OJRLHUUGJF3HGLscXz6CAiRq2oQ4IITPl-VvofT6lkO/s1600/clubday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt89TnMdaERxtJhLQeTdF2gMdUBBD2zI4CL14EQAzqis82Asr2qWw8-W6AG0sd2xhf9Ha2QJ682_WPuN43qcBASpQfiJkDvW4_OJRLHUUGJF3HGLscXz6CAiRq2oQ4IITPl-VvofT6lkO/s400/clubday1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><b><i>the kiddos love this day...</i></b><br /><b><i>once a year our village is closed to cars & we go as far as our front sidewalk to watch the parade go by...</i></b><br />i make a pile of banana muffins & mucho pots of tea...<br />& friends wander past & have one with us as they make their way through the village...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMAPBffXHr6YL2BIrXT_0HyhH0bAU9uw0f_TnRnLYZV9HPkNP3-fAgEHLi8hmmosGBMru6YS_CAD24JTJzo835uVFsBacye1p9tNUAx89cLKKsyQNloASbBOOkCCUV9Ef3O3OhsQb6KQU/s1600/clubday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMAPBffXHr6YL2BIrXT_0HyhH0bAU9uw0f_TnRnLYZV9HPkNP3-fAgEHLi8hmmosGBMru6YS_CAD24JTJzo835uVFsBacye1p9tNUAx89cLKKsyQNloASbBOOkCCUV9Ef3O3OhsQb6KQU/s640/clubday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>kids come & go...</i></b><br /><b><i>parents drop by...</i></b><br />& all the while these brilliant moments of english life- past & present go by our front door...<br /><i>err...yeah...how cool is that...past our front door...</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvBJ0MnzIQofAZD-29fNtQeX06NcTdVm72P74zdEDnTvcDFuMOnq40U2UG6h99cOsjrPFQoQxWcEqFeDzKeZZg4tJj1mZMKvG3iwyBfl3e3ZdmK4uD0ICblksQSliOvVnP3CZ5unOTdaU/s1600/clubday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvBJ0MnzIQofAZD-29fNtQeX06NcTdVm72P74zdEDnTvcDFuMOnq40U2UG6h99cOsjrPFQoQxWcEqFeDzKeZZg4tJj1mZMKvG3iwyBfl3e3ZdmK4uD0ICblksQSliOvVnP3CZ5unOTdaU/s640/clubday2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLG8UfeX0kZMOmz0hMimPChZBUtB5LwJ_Xnae7p61fhEQSwt-ygVYRDsOxKRr3wJcqdl3cqyS90ZDwVxPayU5uMSx9A0T8OSaF4jRkbllz8QPrHwwwkVtc5axCmVdjwe704VaDboB1Cfc/s640/clubday8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04d6RXPmC2gIbVcolZBC8Nx5l6bAEE16OUQU48CTMvH-0pBeXzQtoHeuyC5HmuJUKRqcIMC3OsB_FwvsiqyN1LKDTxEkPeiBTXZ0H3RhevFhTjTH7Tp0PmR5Vv6KilNhh-iDC09e_32cx/s1600/clubday10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04d6RXPmC2gIbVcolZBC8Nx5l6bAEE16OUQU48CTMvH-0pBeXzQtoHeuyC5HmuJUKRqcIMC3OsB_FwvsiqyN1LKDTxEkPeiBTXZ0H3RhevFhTjTH7Tp0PmR5Vv6KilNhh-iDC09e_32cx/s640/clubday10.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">horse drawn carriages</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">rose queens</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">vintage vans</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">marching bands</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">giant puppets</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">&</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">dancers</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxINS5nAYe4-0gd-CvGIAbB7cfhvotVEhtZ6WMQfmPJYLl4PztaFjhKTBYZf5J0-jFjYMgFNDAXsxashJ8xi6jtknnxmuj8HdZboGL_Tu04x_ffm43NHJnANaF4LZ9gZzqWO6B-Fs9j1Jp/s1600/clubday11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxINS5nAYe4-0gd-CvGIAbB7cfhvotVEhtZ6WMQfmPJYLl4PztaFjhKTBYZf5J0-jFjYMgFNDAXsxashJ8xi6jtknnxmuj8HdZboGL_Tu04x_ffm43NHJnANaF4LZ9gZzqWO6B-Fs9j1Jp/s640/clubday11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>it's village life at it's loveliest...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>everyone is out...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the fair parade is loud & long...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">did i mention it <i>goes past our front door...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you gotta love entertainment that you don't have to do <i>a thing to see</i>...</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/AVvXsEhBSRMVXqWOKWFG5_gqgWT_Kr-z_MZTxNsrzAOWkXy8yApbfLFTG7zwWH7wXy7GOc6B6iXIY-E8BRv0YI-JHvv1TZ8G7uNYIPEGdFXlwRWK01QLS_qi8tvPOBXGUyJZlmsaqinydwsgsx7G/s1600/coffeechair4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSRMVXqWOKWFG5_gqgWT_Kr-z_MZTxNsrzAOWkXy8yApbfLFTG7zwWH7wXy7GOc6B6iXIY-E8BRv0YI-JHvv1TZ8G7uNYIPEGdFXlwRWK01QLS_qi8tvPOBXGUyJZlmsaqinydwsgsx7G/s640/coffeechair4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so...if we were really catching up today...</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sitting here on chippy french chairs...</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">having our pot of tea in the sunshine...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">talking about life in an english village...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for three aussie kids & us big kids...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i think we'd both smile...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you never know where life will take you...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but an english countryside village parade, for this beach reared australian family is a pretty great place...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt89TnMdaERxtJhLQeTdF2gMdUBBD2zI4CL14EQAzqis82Asr2qWw8-W6AG0sd2xhf9Ha2QJ682_WPuN43qcBASpQfiJkDvW4_OJRLHUUGJF3HGLscXz6CAiRq2oQ4IITPl-VvofT6lkO/s1600/clubday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt89TnMdaERxtJhLQeTdF2gMdUBBD2zI4CL14EQAzqis82Asr2qWw8-W6AG0sd2xhf9Ha2QJ682_WPuN43qcBASpQfiJkDvW4_OJRLHUUGJF3HGLscXz6CAiRq2oQ4IITPl-VvofT6lkO/s640/clubday1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">happy tuesday</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">thanks for the catch-up</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">short but very sweet as always</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">i have sewing to do</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">chorizo to chop</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">&</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">sunshine to get my face *in*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">xox</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thanks *amy* for the chinwag inspiration as usual</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">there's more chatting over <a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">{here}</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>

a virtual coffee & a good old fashioned street parade...

it is a gorgeous day here in the english countryside... the kinda day that gets you *up & into* it all first thing in the morning... the...

4:16 AM

Oh So Cold

Oh So Cold

We had minus eight deg C this morning. So my little truck (known locally as a Bakkie) was frozen and the guinee fowls were tiptoeing in the ...

1:54 AM

Interior Design Ideas - Blinds for Bathrooms

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Py6FJAWq_qM/Tb8acpgByVI/AAAAAAAAHys/COr2GD9HOyY/s640/stanton_madison_01_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Py6FJAWq_qM/Tb8acpgByVI/AAAAAAAAHys/COr2GD9HOyY/s640/stanton_madison_01_0.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 248px;" /></a><br />Dressing bathroom windows can be difficult as well as exasperating! You know what you'd like but practicality, versatility and performance needs to be given careful consideration before you choose the wrong types and end up with a shabby rather than chic looking bathroom!<br /><br />Make sure you choose the correct type of Venetian blinds to suit your bathroom, this is because firstly they must fit properly and also be able to function fully. One of the best places to buy Venetian blinds is to shop online. The reason is because they have the best deals on offer and you can choose from a wide range of designs. Delivery is fast and most have a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. This is important if you are spending high amounts of money in buying luxury items for your home.<br /><br />As you would expect, cheap Roman blinds are not only attractive but also come in many different styles including <a href=http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/cat/blinds/ready-made-blinds/>ready made blinds</a> made from the latest flexible wood-weave materials which are eco-friendly and just about everything else in between. Try to avoid choosing garish pink or vivid coloured blinds as you may run the risk of spoiling your stylish effect in the bathroom. Instead consider another subtle colour such as off-white or cream that goes perfectly well in contrast with fashionable colours.<br /><br />Image: A Life's Design

Interior Design Ideas - Blinds for Bathrooms

Dressing bathroom windows can be difficult as well as exasperating! You know what you'd like but practicality, versatility and performan...

12:00 AM

friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

<b><i>it's friday...</i></b><br /><b><i>you all know i lurve fridays...</i></b><br /><b><i>L.O.V.E...</i></b><br />today has seen one kiddo home from school sick...<br />one new gate at the end of our garden path...<br />two dozen cupcakes baked for our village *club day* parade & bbq tomorrow...<br />three loads of washing done & hung on <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-english-garden.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">*this*</span></a> good old fashioned perfect clothesline...<br />another lot of herbs planted in the vege garden out the front...<br />&<br />all the general kiddo school/after school stuff that happens on a daily basis...<br /><b>&</b><br /><b>it's all good- even the washing bit...</b><br />there is nothing like timing english weather well enough to get three loads of washing dried..<br /><i>outside...</i><br /><i>on the line...</i><br />i'm feeling seriously cool & righteous now tucked up in bed with a cup of tea, a pile of house mags & my laptop...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6CUp1EhtbYVnGcE1FfgJAa4BH6y30UaSxoEwynn5qraoPZU89fI7aJ_SO7qpjwJVX4OHgY7vscQNQQX1_7rcybQYWcPymOsgBc9KknN4xo9uG3CX5JzMwul4RecGT6q1V1HMfRMDzRFT/s1600/peonies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6CUp1EhtbYVnGcE1FfgJAa4BH6y30UaSxoEwynn5qraoPZU89fI7aJ_SO7qpjwJVX4OHgY7vscQNQQX1_7rcybQYWcPymOsgBc9KknN4xo9uG3CX5JzMwul4RecGT6q1V1HMfRMDzRFT/s640/peonies1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i'm snuggled up listening to the kiddos reading or sleeping in their beds...</i></b><br /><b><i>&</i></b><br /><b><i>the hubster watching & commenting to the screen on Wimbleton...</i></b><br />he loves tennis...<br />i love tennis...<br />&<br />peonies...<br />in enamel french teapots...<br />&<br />being snuggled in bed when it's raining after a day of sunshine...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDSpIMUL_x1z7TdE6dELwcQjgxnB5HZTflN2yyDp0F5VL56KvcbqmQtHu3d7jmy7W9SeV0koQmLqmUTle66Z_oS_Xf8f5JKrjzywSU_pQsk8BcFk10Qg0Xxf4WDhbvXMgVa9c3kaPtUKR/s1600/peonies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDSpIMUL_x1z7TdE6dELwcQjgxnB5HZTflN2yyDp0F5VL56KvcbqmQtHu3d7jmy7W9SeV0koQmLqmUTle66Z_oS_Xf8f5JKrjzywSU_pQsk8BcFk10Qg0Xxf4WDhbvXMgVa9c3kaPtUKR/s640/peonies2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>there are few flowers that *float my boat* like the gorgeous peony...</i></b><br />i buy them closed tight...<br />ready to burst open...<br />we watch them at breakfast each morning...<br />in their teapot...whilst i slurp from mine...<br />they are truly amazing...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-akwjH-8gI7zbkyCwN3cz3OnOr-hNhXXjElemPKXP5LNWjGqXKKmHlj8Du_U0f-8K6GxhHEwjBvYD2SOCg1nzdpnAdFt9IT2gjDpAML1ZHGNq6qaRg8nONGMMuru9Mvv6ER6WfVomzi0/s1600/peonies3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-akwjH-8gI7zbkyCwN3cz3OnOr-hNhXXjElemPKXP5LNWjGqXKKmHlj8Du_U0f-8K6GxhHEwjBvYD2SOCg1nzdpnAdFt9IT2gjDpAML1ZHGNq6qaRg8nONGMMuru9Mvv6ER6WfVomzi0/s640/peonies3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a.m.a.z.i.n.g</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-HNas4jKpLzOC6BsvI68HTK2a9RNUhwY2vaf1fDwojUnbcwh_Yjy_JF15a1uqs40FJn7csn7K3pRCTEdff-ZopGI7rY_DF7FBbpQ1_EX9clOGi35DyVOnij1BmNUIpUZMwTbQ-xgN55t/s1600/peonies4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-HNas4jKpLzOC6BsvI68HTK2a9RNUhwY2vaf1fDwojUnbcwh_Yjy_JF15a1uqs40FJn7csn7K3pRCTEdff-ZopGI7rY_DF7FBbpQ1_EX9clOGi35DyVOnij1BmNUIpUZMwTbQ-xgN55t/s640/peonies4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>have a fab weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>we have village stuff on...</i></b><br />our annual village *club day*...<br /><i>the close the village, floats & balloons day...</i><br />we love it...<br />it passes in front of our house...<br />so we make banana muffins & coffees for breakfast...<br />& drag chairs to the pavement to wave at locals we know *floating* past...<br />total storybook stuff...<br /><i>perfect for beach-reared aussie kids living in an english village...</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbTUCTKy8t0mUujK_5f0xiEP6lxPU54tsceS2N5N8Yu37El3UPUxwK4uMr4cEwa6MKzkpDENmaEpFw89YqcimZwAaYAwerdciOMlXCKLLJnhs_0S-TXI15x8k4o3a0lC1m2SBrunpyE-8/s1600/peonies5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbTUCTKy8t0mUujK_5f0xiEP6lxPU54tsceS2N5N8Yu37El3UPUxwK4uMr4cEwa6MKzkpDENmaEpFw89YqcimZwAaYAwerdciOMlXCKLLJnhs_0S-TXI15x8k4o3a0lC1m2SBrunpyE-8/s640/peonies5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i have been trying to meet my sister-in-law in paris this weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>sometimes things just can't be *pulled off*...</i></b><br />i love her so much...<br />we met at uni...<br />she's the link between the hubster & i...<br />but it just couldn't happen...<br />i just couldn't seem to manage it...flights & all...<br />so i'm thinking of her...<br />i'll be thinking of her all weekend...<br />i told her to stand on the steps of Sacre Coeur & to just <i>take Paris in...</i><br />to sit in the Shakespeare bookshop opposite Notre Dame & to just while away the hours...<br />to walk under the Eiffel Tower & to gaze up & smile for us both...<br />i do all these things whenever we visit Paris- & i would have done them all with her...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZoX5JiX8VLeVwDOupTW5FtlC7vocepgVHN7-SisAINH2pgjnc8TwTlvhSlIABOTGAhRSMbocDvvBJG8zzvl6cTahK7y5Qadn2z1Z2-u8T7uTit2igwZgK9mQpHyI_ey2kbTSU5BnVwAA/s1600/peonies6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZoX5JiX8VLeVwDOupTW5FtlC7vocepgVHN7-SisAINH2pgjnc8TwTlvhSlIABOTGAhRSMbocDvvBJG8zzvl6cTahK7y5Qadn2z1Z2-u8T7uTit2igwZgK9mQpHyI_ey2kbTSU5BnVwAA/s640/peonies6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">some things are just not meant to be...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">so i'm going to gaze at these peonies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">indulge in my mags...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">snuggle away from the rain...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...happy friday lovelies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">p.s... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">just want to say thanks</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every comment</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every email</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every new friend that stops by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">makes me smile big & wide</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">x</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

it's friday... you all know i lurve fridays... L.O.V.E... today has seen one kiddo home from school sick... one new gate at the end of o...

1:45 PM

Bathtub Designs

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12:48 PM

Wilding? What is driving this growing phenomenon

Wilding, is not something new to the United States, nor is it unique to the us. According to <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/">Dictionary.com</a> "<strong><em>wilding is the activity by a gang of youths of going on a protracted and violent rampage in a public place, attacking or mugging people at random." </em></strong>The media has erroneously reported these groups as "Flash Mobs" which are<strong><em> "</em></strong><span id="hotword"><strong><em><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">group</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">people</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">coordinated</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">email</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">meet</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">perform</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">some</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">predetermined</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">action</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">at</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">particular</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">place</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">time</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">then</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">disperse</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">quickly,"</span> according</em></strong> to Dictionary.com. </span><br /><br /><div></div>The differences are vast should be obvious, specifically <strong><em>"Wilding Groups"</em></strong> are committing criminal acts, where "<strong><em>Flash Mobs"</em></strong> do not. The media may have been lured into thinking they were similar, because some of the some of the Wilding groups had been posting on sites like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook </a>and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter </a>. This was done to prearrange meetings between fellow conspirators to commit their acts of violence. Much different than doing a synchronized dance or all showing up holding umbrellas and wearing derby's like "<strong><em>The Thomas Crowne Affair" with Pierce Brosnan.</em></strong><br /><br /><div></div>The act of <strong><em>"Wilding"</em></strong> is not new, in fact it dates back to the acts committed in New York's Central Park back in 1989, when a female jogger was attacked, raped and left for dead. This is the first time the word <strong>"<u>Wilding</u>"</strong> was coined. This was then followed with attacks in New York City on the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/03/nyregion/wilding-youth-and-homeless-a-blood-feud.html">homeless population</a> resulting in assaults, ball batting's and stabbings. Then in 1991 a rape and murder in which a female was stabbed 132 times occurred, described as the most brutal murder in <a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/69044291.html?dids=69044291:69044291&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+20%2C+1991&author=CHARLES+CRAIG&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Coercion+a+key+issue+for+jurors+in+wilding+case&pqatl=google">Boston History</a>. The incidents continue through the 1990's in New York. In 2000, June 11, during the Puerto Rican Day Parade a group of teens began an series of unprecedented acts of "Wilding" in which young women, were groped, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Day_Parade">sexual abused,</a> battered and attacked. Much of this was seen through video by the television media. In 2008, in <a href="http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/011161.html">St. Louis</a> teen African American males in large groups were attacking riders at train stations.  In early, March 2010 in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig">Philadelphia</a> the acts of "Wilding" utilized technology and social networking sites in which they would commit acts of group bullying, sprinting down the block, stop to brawl with one another, assault pedestrians or vandalize property. It took concerted effort by the Philadelphia Police Department through stepped up enforcement to reduce these acts acts of violence. These acts began to snowball through Boston, South Orange, N.J. and Brooklyn. Milwaukee had an a group of 50-60 teens disrupting a area <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/destructive-teen-mob-shuts-down-large-milwaukee-mall/">Shopping Mall</a> in January of 2011. Now it has infected Chicago. Thus flurry of attacks included 8 attacks in just one weekend and the closing of one of the most famous beach's in the Midwest, <a href="http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/garry-mccarthy-said-north-avenue-beach-closing-not-linked-to-gangs-20110602">North Avenue Beach</a>. <br /><br /><div></div><strong>So what is the cause to this growing problem?</strong><br />This growing trend may be attributed to the "herd behavior" or "crowd hysteria.". "Mob Mentality" was first studied by a pair of French social psychologists <a href="http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/tarde.htm">Gabriel Tarde</a> and <a href="http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BonCrow.html">Gustave Le Bon</a>. The term <em><strong>"mob mentality"</strong></em> is used to refer to unique behavioral characteristic which emerge when people are in large groups.  But it goes beyond more than just crowds which have gotten out of control. When in a group people behave differently in small groups of individuals than they do in big crowds, and a variety of factors affect the behavior of the crowd. This leads towards a theory called the Convergence theory, which holds that crowd behavior is not a product of the crowd itself, but is carried into the crowd by particular individuals. What this really says that crowds amount to a convergence of like-minded individuals.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology">The Convergence theory</a> says that crowd behavior <em>"is not irrational, rather, people in crowds express existing beliefs and values so that mob reaction is the rational product of widespread popular feeling."</em> This theory may bolster behavior may factor into the thoughts and issue that are facing teens in urban environments today.<br /><br /><div></div><strong>What factors may be contributing to teen "Mob Mentality"?</strong><br />Teens are faced with a variety of difficulties as they move towards adulthood. Contributing to this difficult time includes factors such as safety and security. For teenagers especially teens in the inner city, survival is one of those basic psychological needs that if not nourished will become negative factor in a teens life. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a strong motivator for teens, check out our post on <a href="http://www.itstime.com/maslow.htm">Maslow and teens</a> for greater insight.<br /><br /><div></div>Survival (psychological) includes: food, water, teens may also survival as those basic things that they believe are necessary. Which would include money, which is a major contributing factor for teens, in a depressed economic environment and neighborhood. Teens may look at s<span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">surviving</span></span> (psychological)<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, which means viewing life in a very inexperienced way, seeking survival at any cost. </span>  Teens who may operating primarily at a surviving perspective live on the fringes of society, they cannot see the larger picture or understand the larger rhyme or reason to life. If the basics needed to sustain physical life, are not met they will continue to act in that surviving mode until they are met.<br /><br /><div></div>The second major issue for teens includes <strong><em>Safety and Security</em></strong>. It has been said that much of the reason why these<strong> "Mobs"</strong> are traveling into the shopping centers and downtown areas of the city is two fold. First, it is far too dangerous for them to stay in their home communities. As evidenced by the 2009 beating death of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/27/beating-death-of-derrien_n_301319.html">Darien Albert</a> outside Fenger High School. Being in their communities is unsafe, shootings, drug over doses, senseless killings are pushing teens from their communities to areas that are known for their safety. <br /><br /><div></div>Also a contributing factor to <strong><em>Safety and Security</em></strong> which may contribute to teens leaving their home communities include police presence. Increased police presence and the police perceptions, "run-ins", negative perceptions may play into the role of what they can do in their home community. Hanging out on the corner or front porch, will undoubtedly result in contact by the police. That contact in a 'teens' eyes may result in unwarranted contact, arrests, beatings, regardless of the realities of the outcome the perception of an inner city teen is molded and shaped by what they observe, encounter and are exposed to. Environment definitely plays a role in their experiences. This is not to say that behavior is excused, there is never any excuse for criminal behavior and the actions that bring someone to the commission of a crime of their own free will.<br /><br /><div></div>Lastly, economics play a role in "Mob Mentality." How it plays out is different for individuals and ethnicity's. For example, teens way of thought surrounds on comparing what they have to others. Appearance, clothing, electronics are motivating factors for teens surrounding issues of depression, perceptions of poverty, whether real or not, etc. For a teen, having the same things as their peers is an extremely motivating factor. If you do not have a "smart phone" or the new "IPhone" you not as "cool" or in the "in crowd" as your peers. <br /><br /><div></div>Consequently if you do not have an income, your family does not have discretionary funds, how do you what you want. If you do not have a means to get employment, or in most cases live within an economically depressed area such as the inner city, or "ghetto". According to the <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> unemployment in Illinois in April 2011 was at 8.7%.  But that number is not representative of individual cities or communities. In neighborhoods in Chicago unemployment is hovering at twice or three times that state statistics. Depressed communities do not have the businesses, customers and items that these groups of people are looking for.  Do you believe that this is a contributing factor?<br /><br /><div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0URFcHYtLKePL-w325IV_Sm_JGkStCh23cKG-obANND_m1-a5eM0FlhHlvPA1NKV1sMQ_JauoxF4YbTIDl3rSRrqkdk_TUXTezFTmruhtOGPNRSmmSoMsP-BEd8HRCjEcBCbGCMexiK5/s1600/triangle.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0URFcHYtLKePL-w325IV_Sm_JGkStCh23cKG-obANND_m1-a5eM0FlhHlvPA1NKV1sMQ_JauoxF4YbTIDl3rSRrqkdk_TUXTezFTmruhtOGPNRSmmSoMsP-BEd8HRCjEcBCbGCMexiK5/s200/triangle.gif" t8="true" width="200" /></a><strong>So where do teens go to get what makes them feel normal like their peers?</strong> They travel to where they know there is money, downtown shopping districts, beaches, entertainment districts, anywhere people may have the items in their possession or where the stores are that you can buy them.  This should be obvious from a law enforcement perspective and understanding the crime triangle, Opportunity, Desire and Ability. Remove one of those outer issue and the crime does not occur. </div><br /><div></div>As a result, teens traveling into an area where the opportunity to rip off stores, pedestrians,. vehicles make those areas ripe for large groups using blitz type attacks to get "rewards" for their actions. <br /><br /><div></div><strong>So what can be done to prevent it.</strong><br />The approach is broad and will not likely sit well with most in these very difficult economic times. <br /><strong><u>Law Enforcement Response:</u></strong><br /><ul><li>Proactive approach  in areas where the "Mobs" might appear, this includes increased uniform personnel, use of CCTV cameras, interaction with business and community leaders in targeted areas. </li><li>Building community relationships with teens within those communities in which teens are coming out of. High crimes areas, depressed communities etc. </li><li>Involving religious leaders in the building of those relationships with teens.</li></ul><strong><u>Business:</u></strong><br /><ul><li>Promote businesses into investing into those communities that have a need for jobs, income and affordable, quality products not currently available in their home communities.</li><li>Reduce the union restrictions on business. Do not require unions in order for employees and business to keep more of the hard earned money to both increase profits and personal wealth.  This will go far in infusing income into the community.</li><li>Invest in the community by bringing business and job opportunities for the communities located in the inner city.</li></ul><strong><u>Community:</u></strong><br /><ul><li>Be involved in the activities in your community. Attend community policing activities. Get to know your neighbors. Report criminal activity. Participate in the solution by being witnesses instead of relying on the police alone to police your community.</li><li>Be roll models for your communities youth. Setting good examples, expressing your dislike for behavior and provide active self-esteem building constructive criticism to youth. </li><li>Work with Police, legislators, local business and informal community leaders to continue to build strong community relations.</li></ul>These are just some of the ideas that can be utilized to change a community. There is not a silver bullet that will fix everything and it takes a community to raise a child. Become part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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a good life wednesday- life abroad...

<b><i>i sometimes stop & *really* think about our life here in the english countryside...</i></b><br /><b><i>we uprooted the kiddos for our adventure abroad over 3 years ago...</i></b><br />& yep...i <s>moan</s> talk about the weather A.L.O.T...<br />& yep...my mind often wanders back to seeing the kids with salty, sandy feet & having endless beach towels on the line...<br /><b>but...</b><br />i wouldn't change a moment of our life here...<br />the adventure is daily for us...we are so proud that we are <i>doing it</i>...kids in tow...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifOv2dxqYyhyphenhyphenxfGsyHYBGiuXHGzmku8ovxYAbY2mTQdY06YKk_Emgy8WoxtQ5hJULteVVAZpoZ2f1d3d8Sks0d_UV-xLst8hA5_s9Y1JNsTMEw2mn6vkVjUZpmZQM7KB7cUHt_jhLkskb/s1600/bread4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifOv2dxqYyhyphenhyphenxfGsyHYBGiuXHGzmku8ovxYAbY2mTQdY06YKk_Emgy8WoxtQ5hJULteVVAZpoZ2f1d3d8Sks0d_UV-xLst8hA5_s9Y1JNsTMEw2mn6vkVjUZpmZQM7KB7cUHt_jhLkskb/s640/bread4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />we have a true love of the countryside that would never have been part of our days in sydney...<br />we have seen our kids surround themselves with wonderful friends, sports commitments, country pursuits & a love of school -that had i known- i could have saved myself worrying for so long about before we took the plunge...<br />we travel to places that i know will be etched for ever in all our memories...<br />we live a village life that still seems like a storybook to me...<br />&<br />we, as a family, have an understanding of <i>how others live</i> that one can only gain through the experience of doing it oneself...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBywitJpxeKw9jXs5kZAdGeu3KbcHfa7wFCF_3l9iBaBrz38tyJLSaqeHKOVxr38jPNl7JKSM8P5l5vN_gebzKjYQ0gs4Ljn64_dV0qz6uiv4CmRe19IlFk8XtidTUGn0sWWrHD_foMzJe/s1600/bread6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBywitJpxeKw9jXs5kZAdGeu3KbcHfa7wFCF_3l9iBaBrz38tyJLSaqeHKOVxr38jPNl7JKSM8P5l5vN_gebzKjYQ0gs4Ljn64_dV0qz6uiv4CmRe19IlFk8XtidTUGn0sWWrHD_foMzJe/s640/bread6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>we regularly smile across the table to one another...</i></b><br /><b><i>the hubster & i...</i></b><br />just a little moment between us both...<br />a little nod to the fact that we are <i>*doing it...filling our dream*...</i><br />the dream we'd shared together for so long...<br /><i>to live abroad...away from what we loved...to take our little family on the adventure of a life time...</i><br /><i>to show them the world from a base that was so different to what we knew...</i><br /><b>the beaches of sydney to the countryside of england...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0zeOc-H585Gsowa_rHAhhig0SdCLPyFlQcHikJjq06QqeFukdxraFSbXOhxrSC-pVlt2SOYQx1Iqq-bvRjKQIbAMSjdnfupa-hP3c1ID0qOK_xG8PERSGuGz7w2sdI0EZUOtDj2PDCO4/s1600/bread5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0zeOc-H585Gsowa_rHAhhig0SdCLPyFlQcHikJjq06QqeFukdxraFSbXOhxrSC-pVlt2SOYQx1Iqq-bvRjKQIbAMSjdnfupa-hP3c1ID0qOK_xG8PERSGuGz7w2sdI0EZUOtDj2PDCO4/s640/bread5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b><i>with this enormous move...with all the excitement & anticipation & nerves & fun...</i></b><br /><b><i>came other changes...</i></b><br />the kiddos got bigger...<br />we arrived with a 9, 7 & 2 year old-all with sandy feet & sun-kissed noses...<br />we now have a 13, 10 & 6 year old- all lovely, worldly & country-kissed...<br />they have what can only be termed as <b>international accents</b>...<br />i'm very proud of that...<br />aussie kids learning compassion for others through travel...& being pretty damn cool & calm about it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIS9FovtS8Gt_xKOU4TqDJm8g5-H83m0mVP8PdCHCRDW_HAry4VwSZ_DhQh4Ke5KRH3a9MqhWdkrQhEgE-Wo5wGJ4Aw_BubhdJSvQXpCilTuI4Q5SoTypMhY7KVpk5wvSh1HjrzP9a165/s1600/bread1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIS9FovtS8Gt_xKOU4TqDJm8g5-H83m0mVP8PdCHCRDW_HAry4VwSZ_DhQh4Ke5KRH3a9MqhWdkrQhEgE-Wo5wGJ4Aw_BubhdJSvQXpCilTuI4Q5SoTypMhY7KVpk5wvSh1HjrzP9a165/s640/bread1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>for us two big kids...</i></b><br /><b><i>the ones that had dreamed about adventures with little kiddos in tow...</i></b><br />it's been nothing but the experience of a lifetime...<br />we parent in perfect unison together- as there is no-one else to do it for us...<br />no long weekends at cousin's houses...<br />no sleep-overs at grandparents...<br />but we've embraced it as a blessing- when we are back in oz...the luxury of having these guys to ourselves won't exist...<br />but...we will always have had these times...just the five of us...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjPlOsYw76QeV1t8IPM4ERb2b4aQTACN9h7l1PiVp9071QgicNhjAT34b4vJZKjKkmvrp4uwxOPFyNre6bjIAq-1i7yaSANRP3AEQ3wtZiw-pKuruw2GJMUmVV5pqkMTOroe3BYcszh75/s1600/bread7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjPlOsYw76QeV1t8IPM4ERb2b4aQTACN9h7l1PiVp9071QgicNhjAT34b4vJZKjKkmvrp4uwxOPFyNre6bjIAq-1i7yaSANRP3AEQ3wtZiw-pKuruw2GJMUmVV5pqkMTOroe3BYcszh75/s640/bread7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">*a good life wednesday*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">inspired by sarah from down under <a href="http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/06/good-life-wednesday-life-on-the-deck.html">{here}</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">trying to see it in the everyday</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><b><i><br /></i></b><br /><i><br /></i>

*a good life wednesday*- life abroad...

i sometimes stop & *really* think about our life here in the english countryside... we uprooted the kiddos for our adventure abroad over...

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Teen Presentations for PALS camp in Tippecanoe

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizy0PnnyKhyCMJG7XQFzh1si4xXUdafrCAnoynYDACnXtkmjlARci-i8roSFfBVGaxzCIvVcHWB_AGPdDTvAUrLtn1NLoUIp4wFyDoRNZYQoLBvkD1fIGDNTWN5RcdSfcNZZAbk9GrUjyc/s1600/imagesCA86241V.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A4T61xMe2yCE6D34ffUzKqsIbNxWF1ZHx8LrNEjpeANMb9XZJZmBIwNizFybw01boD_QBRfkponF6UPX9-NCh_P2JI163xMaDMCPwtwsZSAbzXxEDZX6qCjqNMYBzLHcPAm4Ej2LXrkw/s1600/purdue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="66" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We will be in Tippecanoe County in Indiana near Purdue University to present to teens in the PALS Camp. Our topic will be on Addiction, consequences and actions, that face today's teens. Twitter feed on this starting at 8 am tomorrow.</div>

Teen Presentations for PALS camp in Tippecanoe

We will be in Tippecanoe County in Indiana near Purdue University to present to teens in the PALS Camp. Our topic will be on Addiction, cons...

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a virtual coffee & a chippy vintage ladder...

<b><i>coffee time gals...</i></b><br /><b><i>but today we are having smoothies whilst balanced on my ladder...</i></b><br /><b><i><br /></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnusNZWjkWxS8rigNnCaDqgygnOcXIGrv-Fi_h7toZYL-dM7565GJcyZ8snY_8G4qF58_zgX_CuBTIKYHVBbq2OxmpX2hbdTJvMmsH_EkvLrmzkl5TBnzBfzoO79_JlMWS9HHkormNlQ3/s1600/ladder1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnusNZWjkWxS8rigNnCaDqgygnOcXIGrv-Fi_h7toZYL-dM7565GJcyZ8snY_8G4qF58_zgX_CuBTIKYHVBbq2OxmpX2hbdTJvMmsH_EkvLrmzkl5TBnzBfzoO79_JlMWS9HHkormNlQ3/s640/ladder1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>i know it's tuesday...our virtual <u>coffee</u> catch-up...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">which you know i loooove....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's just that the sun has come out in ol'blighty after a morning of rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so i'm moving onto <u><i>smoothies</i></u> before the school pick-up...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i suggest you do the same...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they're strawberry & banana...how good does that sound!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so here's a bottle i made for you...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sit yourself up there on numero uno...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjI9T4Om2OH3w63jR6qNBjbcsMmu-yfy2tRWshBOaw704euI0EtR2R-9pq7Kvhtj7xyUvnjWH1w8V4lPjpyxxZ5HPNd_pkphaTZyjk8C5YTQbE3s8Y1Ruo9AY4aY8o0xCMKofOliLOFzi/s1600/ladder2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjI9T4Om2OH3w63jR6qNBjbcsMmu-yfy2tRWshBOaw704euI0EtR2R-9pq7Kvhtj7xyUvnjWH1w8V4lPjpyxxZ5HPNd_pkphaTZyjk8C5YTQbE3s8Y1Ruo9AY4aY8o0xCMKofOliLOFzi/s640/ladder2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>ok...hit me with it...how was your week?</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>i am seeing that so many of you are on summer hols...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here, we are still in <i>the anticipation of</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the sun temps us to hang out in the garden...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to walk to school & to bbq...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">{& let me tell you, the english countryside in sunshine is gorgeous!}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then it let's us have it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">before we start taking the *summer* weather for granted...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>it buckets down...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this, my lovely friends, is why the english countryside is so flippin' green!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>well...this aussie gal is used to summer's of parched grasses...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>days spent at the beach & the local pool...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>so i'm just taking yet another approaching english summer, with a grain of salt & planning holidays abroad...!,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjZs0ma7XAlD_HA8O1TeiOdVTqWSebcmRdKjvUHHLdHYjzIohysZD6k1i2oxAcEr3KsKh-D-wMveeRENSirOdzqNxuQ0svW7XXOGPyX4XVfpfe01_PH9kTB0oTIZDFoD48oBuxxOBK9Dp/s1600/ladder3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjZs0ma7XAlD_HA8O1TeiOdVTqWSebcmRdKjvUHHLdHYjzIohysZD6k1i2oxAcEr3KsKh-D-wMveeRENSirOdzqNxuQ0svW7XXOGPyX4XVfpfe01_PH9kTB0oTIZDFoD48oBuxxOBK9Dp/s640/ladder3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>so now....<s>i've moaned about</s> we've caught up on the english weather...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>let me show you what i've been doing when the sun is a-shinning upon us...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is my so *favourite & best* old ladder...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i found it pretty early on, after our move here from the beaches of sydney...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i do <b>love</b> me a wooden ladder...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">in fact, i think i may have swapped it for some bunting i made...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>anyhoo...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this ladder was already stamped with some fab writing down the side...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it still had it's original lovely old cotton ropes attached...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it had just the right amount of <i>wear & tear </i>that i love...<b>lots!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">into the people mover it was thrown, behind the last row of seats...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">where i usually hide things from the hubster...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you know just till i can get to them...let him see why we <b>needed </b>an old ladder <i>again...</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMyzYLGl1u3HoriV7oX9Dgq6gfGKds98W8iVmcnbCi3fIfx-Cf6-6E19LttckVh93pNnVRLgwvJ-1bJmAgci7kjLReK32cWwpjh5XzqGHMfuPhd9CUOiczmUTzcpxstRC0okUCRS_l4xy/s1600/ladder5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMyzYLGl1u3HoriV7oX9Dgq6gfGKds98W8iVmcnbCi3fIfx-Cf6-6E19LttckVh93pNnVRLgwvJ-1bJmAgci7kjLReK32cWwpjh5XzqGHMfuPhd9CUOiczmUTzcpxstRC0okUCRS_l4xy/s640/ladder5.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>so...after living with it closed up against the wall in my sewing room for a while...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i took to it with my paintbrush, in the gorgeous sunshine {yep between the rain} & painted it white...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i left it at that for a good long while...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you've seen it many many times as a perfect prop in my photo's...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i've even actually used it as <i>a ladder!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>but it never felt quite finished to me...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>till i found these gorgeous french number stencil shapes...!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...with these in hand...a pot of black paint...& a glass of wine i painted french numbers on my very loved ladder...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& when i stood back i knew she was at last finished...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-aFUEskH7D9WQWJiZCpqGzEPeZJIP2E1ZmR0Sq8AG5YTcOJvNbwxtXvWazR4eAlL2yhUEWABcfuojhHcn7HXELq6CUrK1r7pluezS6YsH8w6sz_WTeTc-xwHx40jIdDD9zF9So_oE1Tm/s1600/ladder7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-aFUEskH7D9WQWJiZCpqGzEPeZJIP2E1ZmR0Sq8AG5YTcOJvNbwxtXvWazR4eAlL2yhUEWABcfuojhHcn7HXELq6CUrK1r7pluezS6YsH8w6sz_WTeTc-xwHx40jIdDD9zF9So_oE1Tm/s640/ladder7.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>so...if we were really having a virtual strawberry & banana smoothie together today...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>before racing up to school pick-up...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you my lovely bloggy friend, would be sitting up there on numero uno...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">balancing atop my favourite old chippy english ladder...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we'd talk about where it may have come from...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">who may have used it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'll let you love it a little...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'd tell you...that thinking it will one day sit in my australian garden, by the beach back home, makes me smile...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'd tell you that you could <b>borrow</b> my frenchie stencils if you like...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">or that i could bring them over to yours...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">just maybe...if you serve up smoothies in your garden...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'd even help you paint a ladder, or an old chippy chair or two...</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/AVvXsEjUjI9T4Om2OH3w63jR6qNBjbcsMmu-yfy2tRWshBOaw704euI0EtR2R-9pq7Kvhtj7xyUvnjWH1w8V4lPjpyxxZ5HPNd_pkphaTZyjk8C5YTQbE3s8Y1Ruo9AY4aY8o0xCMKofOliLOFzi/s1600/ladder2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjI9T4Om2OH3w63jR6qNBjbcsMmu-yfy2tRWshBOaw704euI0EtR2R-9pq7Kvhtj7xyUvnjWH1w8V4lPjpyxxZ5HPNd_pkphaTZyjk8C5YTQbE3s8Y1Ruo9AY4aY8o0xCMKofOliLOFzi/s640/ladder2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">thanks for the catch-up</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for *chewing the fat* sitting atop the ladder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i love our tuesday virtual coffee's</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">{or smoothies}</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">gotta go collect kiddos from school</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">but if your on hols</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">go visit *amy* for more virtual chatting </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">here</span></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">also linking with michelle from {primp}</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><a href="http://micheleravendesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/primp-your-stuff-wednesday-first-ever.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">here</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">&</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">the inspirational *shabby chic cottage* <a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2011/06/our-little-guest-cottage.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">here</span></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">~~~</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">very excitedly i'm throwing this into a big blog party over at </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">courtney's *French Country Cottage*</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/06/shabby-cottage-summer-party-started.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">here</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">head over & check out the mountains of inspiration!!</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; 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*a virtual coffee* & a chippy vintage ladder...

coffee time gals... but today we are having smoothies whilst balanced on my ladder... i know it's tuesday...our virtual coffee catch-up...

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