This post has been long overdue. Thanks you soooo much to StickyFingers and Clinically Fed Up for chosing my photography as one of the 12 runners up on The Gallery – Theme: Nature (JULY 28, 2010).
What a great way to start the day than to recieve a box of Green & Black goodies through the post? 
Which brighten up my usually dry Friday. So thank you Tara and thanks to the team at Green & Blacks for sending me my choccies at lightning speed! 
The pleasures of blogging
Just as well as I’m a HUGE Green & Blacks fan, I have the recipe book to prove it.
Even the cover looks tasty
Something I'd like to try one day
And to top the great day I was having, here is a ‘bunch’ of flowers that my two year old picked for me this afternoon. He came running in from the garden with something crumpled in his hand, then showing me and saying in the most adorable way…
“Wub you mummy!” You know, moments like these makes you realise how great it is being a Mom Have a great weekend everyone!
Flowers from Sam
After much nagging and persuasion, my husband finally gave in and decided to create a FarmVille Crop Timer Application for my Android phone. He created a very basic app so that I would never miss my harvesting time (obsessed much?!), but after a week of using it and seeing how effective it has been, he decided to release it in the Android Market for FREE!
So, if you 
FV, then you would be glad to know that it’s finally here!
New features and a widget will be added shortly. We’re also on the process of creating other Zynga game timers for Android so please subscribe to get the latest news!
FEATURES:
- Set personalised ring tones and sounds for your notifications
- Shows crops ready on notification bar
- Adjust time and date of your crops
- Delete multiple expired crops
- Precise date, time and minutes of when your crops harvest time
Download code:
Here is my first attempt on The Gallery and I hope I do it some justice, so here goes.
This weeks prompt is A Novel Idea where I am required to post a photo that represents one of my favourite books. It’s a rather tricky one, as I have so many favourite books, but finding the right image to exemplify it is another thing.
I’ve looked through my photos and this one in particular caught my eye. These were taken last week at our local park. I don’t know about you, but at first glance it reminded me of a tranquil Japanese garden, which immediately reminded me of ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’. If you have seen the film or read the book then you would know or would have imagined the ending scene with the Chairman and Sayuri.
When I read the book, the descriptive writing plays havoc with your imagination; and the film portrayed this in a positive way and it has totally enhanced what I was expecting from the novel itself.
So, here it is… my first attempt.
You cannot say to the sun, “More sun.” Or to the rain, “Less rain.” To a man, geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet, to learn kindness after so much unkindness, to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find her prayers were answered, can that not be called happiness? After all these are not the memoirs of an empress, nor of a queen. These are memoirs of another kind.
Pre- children and all that – the word ‘vouchers’ didn’t really grab my attention, I was more of a saw it, liked it, buy it girl. When I look back in my childhood, I remember my mother having countless vouchers in her purse and going shopping with her was not something that I looked forward to every week.
Being dragged around town by your parents when you’re 16 years old is never cool… specially when you’re with a voucher wielding mother who doesn’t care if she holds up the queue for 5 minutes or not, as long as she gets 10 pence off that box of Alpen. But, of course, now, I’ve grown up, I have kids, and I welcome any kind of money saving scheme, after all every penny counts, and I get that slight feeling of satisfaction knowing that I saved a little bit of money (Note to my husband: Yes, believe it or not, I do try to save money).
The days of voucher collecting are diminishing and over the past 10 years, on-line shopping has become more and more popular. Fabulous sites such as Voucher Hub is a great resource of on-line vouchers and discounts. All you have to do is search for the voucher you need and Voucher Hub will do the rest for you.
If you’re web savvy like myself, I’m sure you don’t need instructions on how to search for a discount on their site, but if you’re a little bit unsure on how everything works, then have no fear, here is a very straight forward video tutorial on how to grab that bargain! Or if you really don’t fancy their on-line service, then they also have printable vouchers for you to use on selected outlets.
Of course, I can’t write a post about shopping without including a wishlist, so here are just some items that I’m drooling over lately and if you have the same taste as I have then grab them now and use the discounts available.
For £300 it's over my budget, but a girl can dream ^_^
Debenhams - Ultimo Couture Multi Coloured Feather Maxi Dress
Apple 17in MacBook Pro
Additions Direct – Apple 17in MacBook Pro
Bourjois Limited Edition 2009 Vintage Blush
ASOS - Bourjois Limited Edition 2009 Vintage Blush
Too Faced Insurance Policy Kit
ASOS – Too Faced Insurance Policy Kit
So there you go, did I get you excited about using vouchers? You can also follow Voucher Hub on Twitter, Facebook or receive a weekly email featuring the best voucher codes by signing up for their newsletters.
Go forth and save some moolah! 
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You know what, many people ask me this question. When I first started I was a little embarrassed to find out that friends and family had been reading my blog. But I guess that’s a contradiction in my part, my blog is open for all and even though back then I had a slight reservation on who actually read my rants, there was also a slight feeling of gratification that my views and thoughts were shared amongst people I know. The same goes for my other readers who can probably relate to my posts.
So why do I blog? I saw this post on ‘It’s a Mummys Life’ and I thought what a great idea! An entry to explain to all my readers why the heck do I choose to air my views out there for all to see. I guess it’s no different than social networking, but a more detailed insight to my personal life.
Firstly, blogging keeps me sane! I have so much thoughts, ideas, stories to share that it frustrates the hell out of me. As a little girl, I’ve always loved writing a diary and when I got older, my thoughts made more sense and it’s been a great outlet to be able to ‘write’ it down and to find people who shared the same experiences and stories that I have.
I have children! I’m married! They drive me insane! This is the only way I can rant and rave without interruptions.
I enjoy reading back what I’ve posted during the years, some entries make me cringe and some make me smile. They also make me appreciate the people I have in my life and memories that I have experienced during the years.
So for the FIVE words that sums up my blogging philosophy and what motivates me to do what I do : HUMOUR, FAMILY, INSPIRATION, SARCASM and SANITY.
I’m going to leave this open to anyone who wants to do it and of course here are the important rules:
1. Thank the blogger who awarded it to you.
2. Sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience using five words.
3. Pass it on to some other blogs which you feel have real substance
I would like to pass it on to the following bloggers with substance:
(don’t forget to add this little badge next to your post!)
