A Herb Ritts tribute, well kind of..........if you look sideways..... and use your imagination

Hello Wonderful People!

It's a stripped down post from me, and a tribute to the incredible photographer Herb Ritts

It's Share-in-Style; Black and White, and  Anne's 52 week pick me up; Black
I am forever literal.

Cookie

Bathroom Selfie 4 EVA

Happy Birthday to my littlest

Wearing my  Frank (Usher)

Jaffa and Crumble

Hairy bearded tattoed man kisses kitten

kitten approves

*SCREECH*

can I have a minute?

 ...........this is all getting a little too tasteful for my liking

So

I give you this

from the brilliant 

Kath and Kim

lately, when I start dancing, these are the exact moves I am busting

sadly I don't have red leather pants

*sigh*

this never fails 

utter brilliance

*breathes in and smiles*

 Harmony is restored

See you soon you foxy lovelies

I'm comin' for a visit!

let's party!

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A dress called Happy

Good Evening Lovely People!...... or Morning! I hope you are all having a good one!

My blog post is an accurate representation of my week.  My hopes, goals, achievements and epic fails.

For example 1 week ago I had an idea,  I was going to photograph my daily outfits.  I don't know why, for example  I think this outfit is neither inspiring or original,  I even wore the same cardigan and tights a week before.
But, you see, I really really like it when Bloggers post their outfits, I 'ooooh' a lot, I get inspired.  However, faced with dressing myself I get monumentally bored.  But, I challenged myself.

Oh Yeah

daily outfit pics, I can do that

and yes, this is what my internal high-5's look like

Then

as usual

I got distracted

Mr F looking hot

and my cabbage/cauliflower holder

which I managed to break this week

the cauliflower holder, not Mr F

I take way too many pics of these kitties

(I adore them so much)

Our Internet Problems?

A Senior Internet Engineer arrived this week to solve our problems

I have to emphasise 'Senior' because he did

'I'm the Senior Engineer'

I learned 

 'Your radiators affect wi-fi, look it up on the internet'

(I  decided to ignored the irony of this statement due to our internet connection not working properly)

(Now, I may be slightly sarcastic here)

It's true

I was informed

 mirrors affect wi-fi,

and if you have a mirror and a picture opposite each other in the same room as your modem, your radio waves are just going to bounce off each other,  

additionally optimum wi-fi connection is achieved in a detached house with massive gardens/fields around them, because the Senior Engineer lives in one and he has no problems

side note; at this point the Senior Engineer is getting quite animated, he's on a roll.  He is ignoring every reasonable point I am making, because he is a Senior Engineer and.......... no way! he has just discovered we have......

a remote printer?           

now this is very bad for wi-fi

and he just continued........on and on

including

'your laptop is old'

and the classic

'I'll speak to your husband'

And this was me

(including the Moustache............. I haven't had my personal 'wax time')

(The Senior Engineer returned 2 days later with another Engineer because we were still having problems, Mr F was back from Edinburgh, I stayed in the back room because I really wanted to knock the Senior Engineer out, Mr F suggested there might be a problem with the modem, they changed it, problem is solved)

The week continued

I sat there and played with Crumble

with golden ric-rac

Still no outfit pics

I was sent a catalogue

I spent time studying male model poses and concluded they are vastly different to female model poses

male models do a lot of chin holding and looking intelligent whilst looking wistfully away

It is very hard to replicate

(and yes, I tried)

New material 

I want colour

I  have absolutely no idea if this will work

(below is me wittering on while the kittens are being utterly adorable, occasional comments from Mr F who is working very hard and I was ignoring all household responsibilities filming kittens and making a dress)

I have been posed

Missy took the photo and wanted me to pose with scissors

*ok*

this is the payoff, she does me a favour 

so I have to pose slightly maniacally with open scissors

in my dress I made

her name is 'Happy'

because sometimes I name my dresses

In Conclusion

Outfit Posts - 28% success 

Kitty Pics - 100% success

Housework - I don't like it

Making a dress - 100% success

No Smoking - 100 % success

Exercise Plan - 100% success

Must try harder with outfit pics

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Thank you for your comments on my last post!

You Rock!!!

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See you soon

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The Glory Days of the Aerobic Glitterati

It's Friday! I hope you have all had a wonderful week, it's much chillier here.  Yesterday I actually put a coat on.

I think the internet is a wonderful thing, until it breaks, which ours has been doing....... lots.  Mr Internet Fix-it-Man has been round to resolve it and then very lengthily explained our internet woes, something to do with a flashing orange light and 1 way traffic which is now more like a motorway  -  I listened robustly for the first 2 minutes,
It's still not working properly though.
Blooming Internet Motorway.

The outfits I made, apart from the very scary skeleton

 Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill) 

Once I completed the make-up/gore,  the Boiler Service Man arrived, we had a lovely, civilised conversation about radiators and our almost knackered boiler, which needs replacing, we should really think about it next year

 *groan*

Sassy B's mini shindig

Toilet roll?

I think one day I'm going to actually take proper photo's

The Truth

The Restaurant Bathroom Selfie 

This stuff appeals to me

It's all very tongue-in-cheek 

I find compromise is important

Mr F wanted to try something different in the bedroom

His suggestion was the radical changing of the duvet cover from white to a lively patterned number

I'm still not convinced

I'm finally done with decorating

I wrote several catchy tunes whilst decorating, K-tel would have been all over me,

there were classics such as;

'I hate decorating'

'Decorating Sucks'

and the catchy

'When will it stop'

Just in case you haven't heard of K-tel

This is the best kitty toy ever

I have become bored of the gym

blah, blah, blah

I have been throwing myself round the backroom in an attempt to become fitter.  I stopped smoking 6 days ago (I'm using the vapes/vapour's as a nicotine replacement)

I need to feel the benefits so I combined it with a non-negotiable 5 day a week fitness plan

Is it easier to breathe? yes, 

The Youtube aerobic people are very lovely 

but I miss the sparkle and glamour of the original Aerobic glitterati 

and all of the neon lycra 

This is what I want to do

........and wear

I could watch these for hours

they are FLAWLESS

I would like to give A Big Thank you for your comments on my last post,

....and we like Cheese!

Hurrah!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

See you soon (internet permitting)

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The allure of cheese

Hello Lovelies!!
I hope your week has started wonderfully well!

I am having a ridiculous love/hate relationship with cheese right now.  I love it.  I am trying to convince myself it is essentially a block of fat which isn't very healthy.  But it's really nice, especially on a biscuit.  Or melted on a toastie.  Any cheese will do.  My favourite's are smoked cheddar, mozarella and halloumi.  I'm now thinking of making cauliflower cheese.   I also want some charred halloumi, right now.

My Boy-band pose

I can also Boy-band dance

it involves 3 key moves

1. kiss the clenched hand

2. blow the hand away, look at it longingly 

3. bring the hand back to the chest, chin down, eyes up then try and pout

I should be a choreographer

Fulfilling a 14 month goal

Sunday coffee and the Sunday papers, well......magazines

it was divine

You are going to get sick of these earrings

they were chazzed and fabulous

a little haul of chazzed goodies 

Mr F is back tonight from Edinburgh

Homemade Halloween Outfits

I actually made this!!

don't look at the hem though, 

Still unfinished

Once, when the girls were very little they did my make-up,

I forgot and went to the shops in it

This is what happens when my youngest has face paint and access to a sitting duck

I really liked this outfit

it doesn't translate well at all on photograph

AAAAAAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!

hahahahahahahaha!!!

Yvonne at Winter Moon, you made me howl laughing!

I was selected to be involved in The Book Crossing 

I get to read 'Nemi' and pass it on to someone else

it's all very exciting!

Yvonne is always so generous, I'm going to have some fun with those spiders though

I'm linking in to Sacramento's Share in Style - Halloween

Those blooming earrings again

professionally modelled back to front

I've got skills

I'd like to thank you all for your beautiful comments on my last post too,

you are all lovely and make me feel all fuzzy and warm

See you on Friday!!!!

Oooh and if  Connie is reading this

I watched the Brother sewing machine DVD

It. Is. Genius!

I laughed............. a lot, star wipe is forever brilliant!!

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