We're Mostly In A Mess

Here are the results to August's question,

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"How many times do you say "oh for flips' sake it was in my hand a minute ago!"?

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"Umm, never, I'm quite tidy actually" = 1 person (I bet that was my mum!)

"0 - 5 times a month" = 2 people (well aren't you the tidy ones?)

"0 - 5 times a week" = 5 people (nice to see you can cope with a bit of mess)

"I'm not exaggerating, it's at least 18,000 times a day" = 14 people

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(Wahey! Let's revel in the mess!)

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one who spends half an hour looking for things that I had in my hand literally 3 seconds ago!

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A new question for September is on the sidebar.

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Looking for a tidy house? You've come to the wrong blog!

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WIP-Tease

Here is a little WIP (work in progress) project that I am determined to finish this weekend.

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So (in your best Rolf Harris voice)

"can you guess what it is yet ... ahhooo, ahhhaaa, ahhhee"

They Are Joking, Right?

I thought I was seeing things the other day in my local shopping centre....

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Christmas decorations for sale in August!

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In the same shop, you can also buy a paddling pool and flip-flops!

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Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this is bizarre?

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Har Har ... Very Funny!

Mr Jelly is in charge of grocery shopping in our house.

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This is because, left to me, we would all eat chocolate biscuits, cakes, ice-cream and crisps for tea.

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He does the shopping online and always asks if there's anything I need him to order.

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"I'm getting low on shampoo - doesn't matter what sort - whatever's cheapest" said I (trustingly)

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The delivery man has just been, and what did I find in one of the bags?

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I shwear offishur, I've only had one drink - hic!

They're so going to regret it in the morning...

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Video seen on Cute Overload

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Where's My Baby Gone?

One more week until boy*jelly goes back to school ... back into class 2.

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I thought I'd share some of his journey with you:
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A few hours old ...

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His first smile ...

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Engrossed in the television ...
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Erm, no idea ...
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His first teeth and the first (and last) haircut that I gave him ...

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Learning to feed himself ...
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A christmas past ...
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A glimpse into the future ...?
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Just now ...

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Apparantely, when he gets married he will come and visit me on

Mondays and Tuesdays.

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And if he has a boy-son, he's going to do EVERY SINGLE THING that the boy-son asks him to do.

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Addicted To Not-Shopping

Things have been pretty desperate for me telly-wise the past few evenings.

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I've had my fill of the olympics by about 9:05 in the morning, so I really can't bring myself to sit and watch the highlights programme in the evening.

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So the other evening I was doing the nightly ritual of pressing "page down" on the satelite tv listings thinking "there must be something on"

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I looked at the 100's

(I've already seen every episode of Top Gear and QI that's ever been shown on Dave)

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I made it past the 200's

(the place where daytime telly goes to die)

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I got through the 400's - The Music Channels

(why would I want to watch lots of skinny bimbos writhing around gratuitously in bikinis to music I don't understand - I'm not a middle aged man?)

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I carried on past the 500's

(I don't want to watch any programmes about sharks / the War / ancient Egypt / ancient Rome and "Mythbusters" wasn't on)

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which meant I'd got as far as the 600's (cue dramatic music)

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Within 5 minutes I was hooked.

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First, I watched amazed as I was shown how I need never shave again with this product:

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I can literally rub away unwanted hair and it could be mine for £34.98 plus £5.99 p&p.

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Just as I was about to start dialling the number, they started to tell me about this:

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Well my nails have started looking nice lately, and this system makes them so shiny, and never mind that I have a nail-buffer upstairs in the bathroom cabinet gathering dust, this could be mine for just £29.99 plus £6.99 p&p.

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But hold on! Then there was this:

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This gazebo goes up in 60 seconds! We could use it in the garden ... if we ever get good weather ... I mean that gazebo I bought last summer that is sitting in the garage that has never been used doesn't go up in 60 seconds does it?

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And then I came to my senses.

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What I really need is something that gets grease and oil out of silk for when I do car maintenance in my best silk blouses. Would that be asking too much?

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The stuff's miraculous ... I shall definitely get some of that ... what's the number ... oh wait ... I don't have a credit card!

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And there you have the (very sensible) reason why Mr Jelly won't let me have my own credit card!

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oooo OOOO oooo

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This blog-post could be yours for £249.99 plus £19.99 p&p

Ring this number now : 08000 1245678971123456786423443274

And quote product code : H4554VW4786WTUDVX41577219998HJKHJKHDF

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Quick! Call now! Our operators are standing by to take your call!

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A typical night-in for Emma sat in front of the TV

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Jealous? Me? (err, yes!)

Just a quickie....

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You must pop over to Clare's blog to find out more details about this pile of scrumptious-ness:

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Camper Van Progress

Thanks to those of you funky divas that have signed up for the Camper Van Swap so far.

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And "yaa, boo, ppppttt" to those of you who haven't got the time (busy-schmizzy!)

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It would be great if you could put a the logo on your blogs to hopefully drum up some more interest.

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All you have to do - it's very simple I promise - is right mouse click on this image :

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Then click "Save As"

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Save the image somewhere on your computer and then upload it to the sidebar of your blog with a link to my blog!

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And if you need any inspiration, I went round the house yesterday photographing some of our camper-van-alia....

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This is a card my Auntie sent to me and I can't remember where the pink camper came from - these are usually in my workroom.

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And now you're privy to my privy ... the downstairs loo is decorated in the style of a beach hut (isn't everybody's?) and my mum always sends me a postcard from Cornwall to put on the walls.

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Camper-van Clock:

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I love this delapidated tin camper-van we bought on holiday last year:

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Tic-Tac-Toe (noughts and crosses) game with camper vans and minis:

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Biscuit tin in the kitchen (minus any biscuits!)

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A few of boy*jelly's collection of camper-vans that aren't strewn on his bedroom floor:

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Fabric Overload

Quite often when I'm reading one of the ever-increasing-number-of-blogs that I frequent, I get to drool over delish-us fabrics that the blog owner has recently purchased.

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Well now it's my turn to share my latest haul with my blog-ees.

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Can you believe I was actually getting low on pink fabrics?!

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So first we have the pink pile :

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And now the blues :

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I know they're not in the same league as Amy Butler, Heather Bailey, Moda et al fabrics, but they're just right for jb*jb products.

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This should last quite some time and will make lovely bunting.

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Does Anybody Speak Turkish?

Seriously.

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Can you speak Turkish?

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Because the closest I get to anything Turkish is one of these ...

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For ages one of my bags has appeared on this blog....

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(click to see blog)

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... which has a link to the jb*jb website and it frequently gets visited as a result of this link.

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I'm hoping it says, "Isn't this lovely?" but for all I know it could say "OMG, I can't believe people actually make this stuff!"

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Because this is also on the same page ....

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... and whilst I think it's fab, they could be saying "OMG, I can't believe people actually make this stuff!"

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Camper Van Swap

Now, I know I said I wasn't going to blog for a while, but I'm turning into a bit of a Hobbit sitting in my sewing room all day, and I've had a brilliant idea!

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Here at jb*jb HQ, we love camper vans (Kombi vans) and I was thinking it would be nice to run a camper-van swap...

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I'm just wondering if anybody would be interested in joining in?

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You can use whatever craft / talent / skills you like ... sewing, softies, handmade cards, applique pictures, photography .... whatever!

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I already have a few ideas so I shall be doing it no matter what!

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How about I leave it open for 3 weeks for people to sign up, (this is when most of the kids in the UK go back to school and we'll all be itching to get stuck into a project!) and then perhaps another 4 weeks to get something made ...?

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Let me know if you're interested by leaving a comment below and I'll worry about the technicalities at a later date.

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Bye for now!

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Blogging Around

Okay, so now I've got some idea about what I'm doing in this world called "blog", I thought I'd share some of my latest finds with you.....

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Sheena at Sheenanigans always makes me feel more normal about all my mess and chaos ... she needs to post more frequently!

(Oh and you can see her photographic genius on her other blog)

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What Not To Crochet

"Because there's always one more crochet design that shouldn't be made!"

If it's hideous and has been crocheted, it will be on this blog!

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Go Fug Yourself

.(Fugly Is The New Pretty)

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This blog always makes me feel better when I see celebrities (half of whom I've never heard of) getting their clothing choices *ahem* dissected!

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Cute Overload

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A daily helping of the cutest creatures with hilarious captions - if you haven't popped over to this blog yet, I want to know why not?!

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Enjoy!

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Appraisal Of Me

I was given my staff appraisal today.

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This is what it said:

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Improvements could be made in the following areas:

• Frequently turns up for work late.
• Often makes no effort with her appearance, and is often to be found in her pyjamas.
• On no account does she ever tidy up after herself leaving her boss to do it every Sunday.
• Likes playing Scrabble on the Nintendo DS a little too much.
• Is happy to let her team work for no money whatsoever.

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However, Emma brings the following skills to her role:

• Her work is exmplerary and is finished to a high standard.
• Regularly has good ideas for new products and witty blog posts.
• Will quite often stay until 10 pm processing orders.
• Is a jack-of-all trades demonstrated by; answering emails, working on financial accounts, sourcing new stockists, working on new marketing strategies, website design and management as well as seeking out new business opportunities.

  

  A fair assessment I suppose.

(In case you hadn't realised ... I'm self-employed!)

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Dribblesome Doings....

This arrived in the post today....

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.... I may be gone some time!

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If you've not heard of Boden before, go and look at their website:

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I'm hoping if I give them some free advertising, word will get back to Johnnie Boden and he will let me have one thing from each page (wait, what was that pink thing with a curly tail doing in the sky?!)

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Mmmmmmmm.........

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Does Anyone Have The Time?

There are two clocks in this house that I rely on...

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Whilst the clock in front of the telly says this:

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And the one in my workroom says this:

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(You'll note it's an alarm clock - usually set for 3pm so

I DON'T FORGET TO PICK boy*jelly UP FROM SCHOOL!)

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The one in the computer room isn't too bad:

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But the oven says this:

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Although the microwave says this:

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And don't even think about looking on the hi-fi for the time:

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The one upstairs is no better:

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It's no wonder I never know whether I'm coming or going!.

Priorities?

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