A deep thank you

Over the last few months things have been in the air due to dad being very sick. I have found out who my true friends are online and also offline, the support you have all given me has been amazing and I can not thank you enough.
In the morning of the 8th day of November dad passed away and you all huddled around us to lean your support. It has been a trying time and still there is a lot more to come and much to do.
I can not believe it is 2 weeks since dad has passed.
Again thank you to my friends, MyUt, thank you for keeping things running here and on my other blogs, I will get back into the swing soon.
Friends and Family from near and far I can not thank you all for your support, thank you for being there it has pulled me through it has lifted me up so I was able to hold the family together through this trying time.
A Deep Thank You to you all.

Little Devil

I don't know what it is, I am always cleaning it just seems to never end, it's a little like painting the Forth Bridge, by the time I've finished it's time to start again. I have myself a little Dirt Devil and boy is it powerful, I've been looking through their guide book looking for any other little labour saving devices they do as the Dirt Devil I have is great and so good at cleaning I dont have to go over each section over and over again to make sure I get everything as usually once is enough as this thing picks up everything. This guide is really great and is giving me loads of ideas and with Christmas approaching I don't think anyone would be dissapointed with anything from here as a gift, OK it's not a pair of earings or expensive perfume but these are things I am 100% confident that will be appreciated for a very long time. I love the Holiday deals they're currently doing, everything I see I can just see who they would be perfect for , both male and female friends, this is really helping me out with all my Christmas shopping that I should actually be able to enjoy Christmas this year.

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Monday

Monday over with hot cup of Horlicks and an early night.... now to do something about the alarm as I feel like a lie in tomorrow.

You Gotta See This

See being the opperative word, I ware glasses and I hate it, I feel like I am living in a greenhouse, sometimes when I'm out if there's some really big picturesque scenery like when I am camping in Scotland thn I take my glasses off so I can see it and appreciate it better. Abbott Medical Optics Inc are running the iLASIK Video Contest called “You Gotta See This” which invites entrants to make a video showing the contrast of improved vision, for a chance to win cash and prizes.
The Grand Prize is $5,000 with first prizes by category of a HDTV package worth $2,500 and second prizes of The Flip UltraHD™ camcorder worth $199.99.
So not bad prizes and all I have to do is get my thinking cap on and make a video under one of these 3 headings "My contacts are getting in the way of my good time", "My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision" & "You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure".

Then I need to get friends to vote so I will be in with a chance of the Grand Prize and I'll give you 3 guesses what I'll be spending the dough on.

Saturday Morning

Time for a little fresh air and a quick walk outside.
Last night was really foggy and really could the air really had a nip to it. The good news is this morning is fresh and clear and although it's a saturday I intend to be "Far from the Madding crowd", I might head up to Skipton or Howarth for a look around, I like going to both these places especially at Xmas and I usually see what meat and cheeses there are and Skipton sometimes have an Antiques fair on so I sometimes look for Remy Martin type objet d'art. If I see anything interesting while I'm out I will post a picture.

Losely Translated

As most of you know I have a website where I sell a lot of crafts that I make, which is both in Dutch and in English. But as most of the stuff is relatively small and quite unique I'm thinking that maybe my site should be in other languages, perhaps enabling it not only to be readable by non English and Dutch speakers but also it might start appearing on the search engines also of those countries I have translated the language into, so I'm considering a name translation service to make my site more appealing to people in other countries and see if I can get more customers that way.

Is it a friend?

The last few days have been more then stressful and I am lucky to have a friend of 20years being there to soften the blow (if that is at all possible) They just know the right times to call and today when I needed it most my phone rang, when I answered I heard their voice saying "Hello it is only me your most persistent caller" calmed instantly, it was amazing.
I get home just for a shower to freshen up and some food and I get these.
I just wished I was there right now, looking at the sun rise, are they really a friend making me so homesick? yeah of course they are, I just forget how amazing the sunrise was in Australia looking out over the water while sipping your morning tea on the patio