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February Photo Challenge

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I’ve set myself a challenge each month aimed at giving me new experiences. February’s challenge was to take a photo everyday. Here’s the photos I snapped:

All of these photos were taken with my iPhone 5. I did miss four days, however other days I took more than one photo because of the day’s events.

I really enjoyed this month’s challenge. It helped me to notice the positives in a otherwise dark and gloomy month. I like that the photos also serve as a sort of visual diary. Something I’ll definitely be doing again in the future.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Christmas Tree, Cookies, Yule & Cats

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The festive period was a busy one, but a good one this year. It started with the preparation I bought The Vicar of Dibley – The Ultimate Collection [DVD], Miracle on 34th Street [DVD] & The Grinch [DVD] to get me in the festive mood and watched them while I wrapped presents and dressed Norbert the Norwegian (not really a Norwegian but it sounds better):

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Norbert waiting to be taken home. Norbert fully dressed.

Then Sye dressed me up as an African Woman against my Will (honestly!) and we made cinnamon & whole nut cookies:

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Me as an African Woman. Cookies Up Close.
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The completed cookie batches.

The idea Sye & I came up with was to make these cookies to give as homemade gifts to family & friends for Christmas. I don’t know about Sye’s family & friends but all mine that received them said they were delicious.

Yule kicked off the festive period with a relaxed gathering at Chrys’, with tasty food, wonderful company and making of festive wreaths. Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling well as I’d caught a bug before finishing work for the festive period, so by the time it came to making wreaths in the evening I was shattered. In true Yuletide spirit the group banded together and made me a wreath which was so kind of them to do.

Christmas day soon came around and I cooked Christmas dinner for Steve. I was so impressed with myself, but only thought after dinner that I should have took a photo. Dylan & Russell my cats enjoyed the day. I bought them a Crinkle Bag. They love the sound of it along with the cat nip bag sown on a string inside:

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Oh a crinkle bag! OMG there’s catnip inside!

They discovered some wrapping I’d left out and decided to put it on their head and walk around bumping into the walls. After a while they sussed out that if they put their paw in front on them to feel for walls they wouldn’t bang their head. They spent the rest of the evening taking it in turns to play “blind cat;” so should have got a video but at least I got a few photos:

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I will not put my head in the wrapping…. Ah I can’t see!

I also got a number of wonderful presents including various DVD’s, smellies, gift vouchers and a beautiful Yankee Candle.

Boxing day concluded my festive celebrations with a visit to mum & Ian’s with Steve. Albeit brief it was good to see everyone and know that they had a good festive period to.

Blog soon,

Antony

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Holidays Are Coming

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It’s not Christmas until you see this advert on the TV:

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This is just a Christmas funny for you:

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Have a fantastic Christmas all!

Blog soon,

Antony

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#Fusebook Excitement

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Headline Publishing emailed and asked me if I’d like to read and review Fuse by Julianna Baggott the latest book in the Pure Trilogy. Pure the first book in the trilogy was a brilliant read with some really orignal ideas. You can read my full review of Pure here: Book Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott.

In fact I’d enjoyed reading Pure so much that I’d already added Fuse to My Book Schedule. So with Headline kindly offering to send me a free sample copy before the official release date, how could I say no?

After Headline emailed stating they would be sending it out shortly I began to buzz with excitement. Until the day a parcel arrived with #Fusebook on the envelope. At that point my excitement exploded and I instantly put down whatever I’d been reading to start reading Fuse. Here’s a photo of what arrived:


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A HUGE thank you must go to Headline for sending it out. I’m reading it at the moment and it’s a really addictive read that’s exceeding my high expectations. A review will be coming in the New Year.

In the meantime you can buy Pure the first book in the trilogy which will get you ready for Fuse when it is released in February 2013.

Write soon,

Antony

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