tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63201019771151803812024-03-14T00:07:24.954+00:00Magatha-MayThe muddle of my life...Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.comBlogger800125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-9277939171134200662013-10-18T16:12:00.000+01:002013-10-18T16:12:28.183+01:00Pretty Girl Friday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-89239975728051273852013-08-28T15:58:00.001+01:002013-08-28T17:32:37.035+01:00A Hug From The Inside<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As August becomes cooler, and all the Pumpkin Spice Latte posts start clogging up my Facebook feed I start thinking of breakfasts that are more than simply fruit and yogurt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">My favourite way is always unsweetened porridge made with half milk/half water, some chopped banana, some natural yogurt and a drizzle of honey. My mum has given me a glut of hazelnuts this week so I'm thinking of trying a </span><a href="http://www.mueslilover.com/2010/10/recipe-bill-grangers-baked-porridge.html"><span style="color: #bf9000;">baked hazelnut porridge</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">. I also love the </span><a href="http://goddessofscrumptiousness.tumblr.com/post/5102605734/creamy-porridge-with-warm-honey-cinnamon-stewed-apples"><span style="color: #bf9000;">classic combination of apple and cinnamon</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> too, but I've recently spotted a </span><a href="http://cinnamonsoliloquy.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/lemon-poppy-seed-porridge/"><span style="color: #bf9000;">lemon and poppy seed porridge recipe</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> that I'd love to try out. Or maybe just a spoonful of stewed rhubarb and a sprinkle of brown sugar on top. Mmmm m m m...</span></span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-9939363627346036682013-08-21T11:11:00.000+01:002013-08-21T11:11:22.279+01:00Wednesday Wishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know autumn is almost upon us but I can't stop wanting a black and white striped maxi dress. One of the most basic of summer staples, but I want it for when the weather turns cooler and I can layer it up with boots and a cozy sweater. There is something so fresh and clean about black and white stripes. Love them.</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-29882653539680529012013-06-27T10:12:00.000+01:002013-06-27T10:19:40.860+01:00Things I Love Today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Dear Diary -</b> In the fast paced digital world we line in now there is something so incredibly beautiful about the written word. The idea of taking time to put pen to paper and let your thoughts and ideas flow out onto a page. Whether in a daily diary, or a memory journal, a doodle pad or a wish book... it is so calming to just get the contents of your mind down onto a clean white page. I really love journals with leather covers, all sorts of sensory pleasure all mixed into one... the smell of the rich leather, the smooth touch, watching the words. Try it... a beautiful notebook, a new pen, a few hours in your favourite place, see what happens. </span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-11592250632489110402013-06-19T14:33:00.001+01:002013-06-19T14:33:20.073+01:00Wednesday Wishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got mine this weekend when what I thought was an insignificant cough resulted in a near hospital visit, parental intervention (kinda mortifying when you're not a teenager anymore), a bag full of medication and a warning that if I didn't slow down a little, and eat a lot better, that I would end up in a little pile on the floor. Thankfully several days bed rest, some antibiotics and other meds, and good quality, home cooked food have done wonders for me and it looks like I'm on a slow, but progressive road to recovery. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This weekend brought it home to me that sometimes a person really needs to put aside time in every week for a little rest and recovery. There are lots of ways you can show yourself that you care enough to make a little effort for yourself...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- A long hot shower, or bath, with your favourite products can do wonders for reviving the body. All those lovely smells and bubbles just washing away all the troubles of the week. Mid week I love all things citrusy to brighten up my days but at the weekend it's all coconut or almond to help me unwind and calm down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- A date with yourself where you take a few hours to go sit in your favourite cafe or bar and sip a coffee, tea or glass of wine and enjoy your own company. Make it special by dressing up for no one but yourself. I like to treat myself with a trashy magazine while I sip my coffee, and pretend that I am an incognito celebrity with my huge sunglasses and oversized scarf. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Take an evening to go buy some beautiful fresh produce and cook yourself a beautiful meal. Set the table properly, put out a cloth napkin and some nice glass wear. Maybe a small flower in a bud vase. If you're feeling up to company invite your best friend around to share it. I like to keep it simple with either chicken or fish and a crisp green salad, just to make sure that there is still room for a little ice cream afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- I feel naked without a fresh coat of polish on my toes so I get a tremendous amount of joy out of having a quiet night in to take off the old polish, soak my feet in something nice, put on lots of thick </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">moisturiser, and re-paint my toes. Just remember to leave lots of drying time before sliding your beautiful feet under your duvet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My undeniable weakness is white bread. Soft, doughy, fresh white bread... piled high with sweet, sticky jam or smeared with a little pesto and melted cheese, toasted with a slightly charred edge and smothered with butter or torn from the loaf and used to mop up a savoury gravy. It is one item I have no self control around. I will happily eat slice after slice of bread until the entire pan is gone and only crumbs remain on the breadboard. I will have it plainly buttered for starters, with a savoury topping for mains and persuade myself that spreading it with jam, or nutella can count as dessert. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The ones that you put on when you want the cinema equivalent of a hug from a friend? The ones that you know every character, every piece of music, every quip? The ones that may not be cool to watch but always hold a special place in your heart. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My Top Ten Movie Hugs, in no particular order and for many varied reasons, are</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night I dreamt. Of a man that was once in my life. Not someone I ever dated, or who ever chased me or was chased by me, but I knew him. Unfortunately circumstances changed, people drifted apart, messages were not returned and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he is no longer in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In this dream we shared moments of intimacy. Hands on face, cheek to cheek, skin on skin. Shared breath and tangled limbs. Moments of joy, sprinkled with pleasure. The room was warm, the light was golden, all cinematic filters and flattering angles. There might have been a soundtrack playing, full of sunshine and adult joy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I woke alone, in a cold room, in the grey morning light. And, even thought I never had him, I now miss him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lie in, in a freshly made bed, with a good book and a great coffee.</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-63655299233016911082013-02-14T10:57:00.000+00:002013-02-14T10:57:25.370+00:00Valentines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I know that for a lot of people Valentines Day is a lusty, passionate, sex soaked occasion filled with champagne, rose petals and chocolate covered strawberries. I have never been able to see it in that light. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To me Valentines Day is all about sweetness and cuteness and love. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's a day for watching young kids being adorable, old people being amazing, and letting all of the people in your life know that they are loved. A day filled with candy hearts, fuzzy red and pink things and lots and lots of giggles </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My most memorable gifts have always been hand made, my favourite date was an indoor picnic, and to me the best way to spend the day is curled up on a snuggly couch with my very best friends drinking sparkling rose, eating heart shaped sugar cookies and watching some of the finest rom com's that money can buy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How about you? What is your favourite way to spend Valentines? Are you a die hard romantic? Are you a set in stone skeptic? Are you actually going to go see Die Hard in the cinema tonight (if so you have/are the coolest girlfriend ever)?</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-24128011956443801172013-02-13T09:30:00.000+00:002013-02-13T11:12:14.568+00:00Listen To The Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every time I hear the opening notes of Gary Jules cover of Mad World I get chills down my spine and I am instantly transported back not to the moment I first heard it, but to the moment I first listened to it. In my car, coming home from college, on a particularly bright day and a very twisty section of the road. I actually put up the window, turned up the radio and paid attention.</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-84603883443142807312013-02-12T10:45:00.000+00:002013-02-12T10:45:14.169+00:00Things I Love Today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Glitter Tip -</b> I love simple nails. My fingers are almost always nude or a pale pink - I save the brights for my toes. Lately though I have been craving a little more when I look down at my hands on the keyboard. A little hint of sparkle seems to be bringing a smile to my lips. Have you tried this out yet? Does it work well with coloured glitter? I've only tried it with gold so far. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Shoot -</b> I moved house last week. This one has nicer housemates, a bigger room, a clean kitchen and a landlord who doesn't mind me setting up a training target in the house. Anyone who has followed Magatha May for a while will know that archery is my sport, and will probably know that I have been unlucky with injuries for the past few years. Right now I'm working on a training program that is slowly building up strength and stability but this really needs more than the once a week training that I can get from my local club and an understanding landlord is a god send. The fact that I have a downstairs room and no one can hear me shoot late at night is a bonus.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>Honourable Mentions -</b> salted caramel mochas, days bright enough to wear sunglasses again, Greek yogurt with lemon, sudden snow showers, my first TRX class - and I loved it, remembering a great hug, warm blankets and skype chats, new houses which are closer to work means 15 minutes more sleep every morning, rediscovering Adele's 21 album,</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA&feature=share&list=PLcGg7g4jrczHx-tVL8RvEgMxGaFen-UAW">THIS</a> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">song from Passenger, reading and reading and reading for hours on a Sunday afternoon, fresh haircuts, the smell of warm, clean laundry, some dried mango with my mid afternoon coffee, looking forward to a few days in London with Raymy next week</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-2564696875084724932013-01-25T09:58:00.001+00:002013-01-25T09:58:22.752+00:00Do You Believe?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-48410099817377665222013-01-14T13:19:00.003+00:002013-01-14T18:06:50.924+00:00Style Goals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a wonderful collection of jewelry that has been gifted to me since my teenage years. My family and friends have superb taste and know exactly what I like, but I rarely wear any of it. I always seem to be saving it for special occasions and am a little afraid of breaking or losing anything. This year I want to be able to look down at my hands on the keyboard and smile at the memory that floods my mind when I see a certain ring, or hear a jangle of bracelets at my wrist. I want to feel the weight of a pendant at my sternum and remember the person who knew that I would love it. I will wear my memories.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a creature of habit. Just ask anyone who spends a little time with me. I like routine and familiarity, patterns and predictability. My pants are all rolled up to ankle length, my sleeves are pushed up to my elbows. I wear v necks and vest tops. I like my shoes to have peep toes. My skirts are mid thigh or just below the knee and almost always fitted. Routine can be great, but it is also safe, and sometimes boring. This year I need to be willing to shake things up, roll a pair of pants to just below the knee, try out a midi skirt, wear a turtle neck. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My hair... where to start. A long time bane of my childhood, full of kinks and curls, snarls and knots. A </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hatred of hair ties combined with a</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> daily attack with a hairbrush resulted in a </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ball of permanent fuzz and an unhappy child. Cue my teenage years and a drastic hair cut which left me pixie perfect, and in and out of the shower in minutes. No more brushing, no more pain, just a scrunch of wax and out the door. The only problem with having easy hair as a teenage though is that when you grow it back as an adult you have no idea what to do with it. I never spent endless sleepovers plaiting my hair and playing with straighteners so I have evolved to a simple wardrobe of styles... hair down as mother nature intends for weekends, hair in a bun for work, hair in a ponytail for the gym. There is very little deviation from this. And it feels boring. So incredibly boring. I long for crown braids, side buns, and deep partings. I struggle with Pocahontas plaits so this one might be my biggest challenge. Wish me luck.</span></div>
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instantly begin to creep together and my lips will purse - kinda
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believe it's and 'Do they realise what they've done's. Now all questions asked
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-20223762153832557532012-12-11T12:25:00.000+00:002012-12-11T12:36:37.255+00:00This Is Not A Request<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay world... it's time to get something straight here. Christmas tree lights only come in one flavour. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I may decide to amend this law if I ever decide to have children who will appreciate epilepsy inducing, multi-coloured strings of nastiness on a tree bedecked in mismatched ornaments and tinsel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but for now only lights that are small, </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">white and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">non-twinkling </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">will be permitted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Christmas is a time when I finally get my way... fires are lit, candles are twinkling, hot chocolate is required, shopping is compulsory, present wrapping can be OCD, a thousand throws and blankets appear and are draped over the armchairs and sofa. Men don't even complain about it all... much. I can indulge in my loves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Christmas is pretty, and sophisticated, and matching. I do not want my holidays to be anything other than Christmas card perfect... and Christmas cards rarely depict a family huddled about a glorious eight footer swathed with strands of lights that look like they </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">were pulled out of a Quality Street box. Each strand flashing to it's own little, unrelated, beat.</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-78656580904440943382012-12-10T14:40:00.000+00:002012-12-10T14:40:35.384+00:00Heartbreaking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-33197522113050938672012-12-04T11:49:00.000+00:002013-03-27T09:59:35.198+00:00Scaredy Cat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being scared of things like war, poisonous animals that live near you or acts of nature are pretty valid things to be scared of. Those sort of things can cause major damage and ruin lives. It is never irrational to be scared of anything that has serious potential to harm you. What is irrational is those little things that you can't help but be scared of even though you know that they can't do anything to hurt you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I found out this week that two of the guys in the office are terrified of mice. Actually have to leave the room, shaking a little and getting upset kind of scared. And that was just when they heard that there was a dead mouse in a trap in the store room. Neither of the women in the office are afraid of mice I would like to add. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I am scared of though is 'things with wings'. If a butterfly or a moth comes into the room I'm in and starts fluttering about I will leave. Daddy Long Legs, small birds, pretty much anything small and fast moving will have me heading for the door. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was sharing a room up the country with some friends the weekend before last and one of them nearly fell off the bed laughing when a butterfly appeared into the room and I started ducking and weaving about the room to keep it away from me. Eventually he caught his breath, and the butterfly, and put it outside so that I could finally get some sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even when I'm outside I hate things with wings. Pigeons creep me out. I hate birds and I really hate that Hitchcock movie with a passion. I remember being over in London for a weekend break with a man friend and having a romantic breakfast of coffee and pastries in the park when we were besieged by a huge flock of pigeons looking for a bite. Terrified and shaking I left the park vowing to never eat outdoors in London again.</span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-64019851389534649162012-11-23T14:35:00.000+00:002012-12-11T12:43:34.639+00:00A Little Wisdom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seriously... I would be the world's worst insulin dependent diabetic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So having to get a healthy tooth out, so that my adult braces can do their thing, was a nasty way to spend a Thursday afternoon. Dentist and injection all rolled into one... yuck. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are you one of these people who never mind going to the dentist and happily ring up to make your bi-annual appointments, or are you the type of person who only ever see's the dentist when you're in pain? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For years I would only see the dentist when I absolutely had to but since I had some wisdom tooth issues I have been religious with my dentist appointments. DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR TEETH. I'm serious... for the sake of sucking it up and being a little uncomfortable for a day or two you get to have a great smile for years and years. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do it... make an appointment... </span></div>
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Magatha-Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07354986530807675597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320101977115180381.post-73221473546988532762012-11-21T10:07:00.000+00:002012-11-21T10:28:25.641+00:00Midweek Indulgence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">I started my morning with a warm scone and some raspberry jam for breakfast. My evening will definitely have a home pedicure in it and my night will most certainly see me curled up in a nest of blankets, possibly with a </span><a href="http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/nutella-hot-chocolate/"><span style="color: #bf9000;">nutella hot chocolate</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> cradled in my hands, watching </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/"><span style="color: #bf9000;">this</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></div>
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