A week into the new year, the decorations are down, the Christmas tree is looking forlorn on the back lawn and the kids back to school. Well in our case nearly…..the lovely girl returns tomorrow, the middle child returns to university next weekend and the student engineer returned today, just as the UK train strikes started up.
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Our house has been a mad frenzy of coursework this last week – 2 projects for the final year of Engineering involving analysing the use of Boris bikes in London and Deep Learning (whatever that may be!); the lovely girl has been finishing her sketch books and final piece for her art, although any visitors would have thought she was decorating the lounge!! The title of her works – “I, Me, Mine” and “Blood, Flesh, Bones” – so she has focused on our genetic Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I have spent some time modelling for her photographs and I wish I could report that they are super glam….but they are not!!! Instead she wanted close ups of my body parts which looked the most veiny – charming.
Hubby managed the delayed visit to his parents, and whilst he was away I enjoyed reading and sharing a huge variety of blog posts. This is just a small assortment varying from favourite books, to beauty products to a yummy recipe for dairy free ice cream. Two that really stand out, and are poles apart, are Tania’s about her need for a Smartdrive for her wheelchair (I am slightly biased as we share the same condition) and The Bryntin Project’s plea to us all to realise the harm our birthday balloons are doing.
So grab a cuppa and take a break whilst you dive into some fab blog reads. Please comment, like and share!
http://www.whentaniatalks.com/fundraising-for-a-smartdrive/
https://croneconfidence.com/2018/01/06/first-world-blessings-2/
https://www.themerrymomma.com/2018/01/top-10-favorite-books-2017/
http://countingmyspoons.com/2018/01/ten-tips-combating-chronic-pain-winter/
http://chronicallyhopeful.com/first-outing-5-months/
http://www.makeitbakeitfakeit.com/2018/01/the-most-amazing-dairy-free-mango-ice.html
http://www.corter.co/2018/01/the-way-ill-slay-in-2018.html
https://brainsandbodiesblog.com/2017/11/10/5-ways-to-have-a-productive-day-with-a-chronic-illness/
https://thebryntinproject.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/birthday-littering/
Have a great week,
Claire x
Welcome to another Monday Magic and some great blog posts to entertain and inspire. The last week has seen both Halloween and Bonfire night – I think that we gave out goodies to about 50 little witches and monsters (I know, this is small fry compared to some of my pals in the USA), and the fireworks seem to have been almost nightly.
ed as to how they will all get on, will they have a good time…So – this is another fab example of me not being able to say no! – we are hosting the first evening that the German students arrive, that is 26 teens (half British, half German) in our lounge becoming reacquainted over music and pizza. Our girl and her best friend happened to be paired with 2 young men who are also best friends – very handy! They spent most of their time in Germany together and I think that we will have a house full over the weekend as they visit Thorpe Park Fright Night & plan trips to London and Brighton! I have spent this morning fumigating the politics student’s bedroom so that our guest can use it without catching anything. Why do the rooms of adolescent males all have the same aroma? Eau – de – teen!!
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