Corset Friday

I have joined in with dear Nurse Myra on a number of T-shirt Fridays but never Corset Friday ..

Came across this photo'age' from an 'age' ago .... when the thought of wearing a corset never crossed my mind

Halloween ..... T-shirt Friday

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

I am afraid I am going to have to cheat this last Friday and use the Halloween T~shirt I featured last year {Dear Nurse Myra please accept my apologies for being so tardy}... you know I was amazed it was 12 months ago when I posted this shirt.... where has the bloody year gone to ???

So no one can accuse me of not getting into the spirit of this weird festival... I have bought a wig to scare the Trick or Treaters.....

I think it may just work .... what do you think??

If this fails I have one in reserve lol :-)

I am quite pleased that Teen is now an older Teen and is not obsessed with me carving out a pumpkin. For one it is jolly hard work and two I am quite frankly rubbish at it. However I came a cross this little kit on the interweave and I was almost tempted......

I think I may just stick to what I know!!!

24th & 25th September

Saturday 24 1977

Richard B's 16th Birthday party 7:30 = ok

Gill & Jacko battered each other

Fi argued with M

Jane went with Robbie

£80 table broken

(yep all in all a good party .. a house full of 15/16 year olds.... mmm must note 'no teen parties in this house' lol)

Sunday 25 1977

Got up at 11.00

Mum went to Rhyl to visit my Auntie

'new boyfriend' rang

So did Bev

'J' called round for 10 minutes (mmm that's a point I haven't spoken to 'J' in a while!!)

Tidied my bedroom, made dinner, did my homework

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Well Teen is now well into being at college. Her least favourite subject is Textiles and she is looking to drop this after year one (they have to drop one subject and concentrate on 3 to A'level (Advanced Level).

It is hectic at home as she is now in full days ... leaving home at 8:00 and getting home at 5:00 most days ... not like school 8:30 -3:00 and a very short walk from home.... but I must admit she is buckling down and getting on with the work. The creation of a studio in the conservatory is not working too well as she still prefers to work at the dining room table ... mind you that is my fav place to work too. I think this stems back from when I was a Teen and me and my mates would sit round our dining room table drinking tea, eating toast and generally putting the world to right ... it still happens now many years on.....

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Whilst I have been a bad blogger ... my cousin (CKX ) has been sending me some brilliant stuff that he knows I would love to share on my blog ...

I am so loving this concept

This guy got 1200 kids to draw pictures with crayons ... he then sifted through them and recreated their images using 60 high school students to act them out. What a brilliant art project ... do enjoy the images

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Well this last Friday in the month has snuck up on us as it is only the 25th of September ... mmmm!!

So here is my contribution to Nurse Myra's T~shirt Friday.

I bought this T~shirt last year and haven't actually worn it out of the house as yet. I love it but I think it looks a bit strange on ... particularly where the eyes are!!

The art work on the inner labels is cool too.....I do love attention to detail

Friday 5 through the ages

Ok I started this over here

60's

70's

80's

90's

00's

Plus some others over here

as it is Friday I figure this shot could be included in Corset Friday too over at dear Nurse Myras place

28th August

Tuesday 1979

Got up about 11.30

Went into Stafford

Bought Bryan Ferry single 'What Goes On' and subbuteo balls

Went for a walk 1/2 way to Hixon

Stayed in all night

Played Mastermind

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Yesteday my teen got her GCSE results. I knew she would do ok but we were both concerned she would get a poor mark in Maths. She, like I, has always stuggled with her Maths, there have been many tears (mine as well as hers) over the years when trying to do the homework set.

Her predicted grade was a 'D' but with extra booster classes and some hard revision it could be a 'C'. The first Maths exam she says was 'solid' ... in Teen speak that is really difficult. The second one wasn't as bad she thought.........

So she toddled off to pick up her results this morning. I was on tenterhooks until she got back home.....

"ok what did you get?"

" Textiles 'B', English Language 'B', English Literature 'C' ...."

"Brilliant but what about Maths?" I interrupted

"Mathematics .... Oh...... I got a ......... 'B'!"

"A what?"

"A 'B' "

"A 'B' ? OMG...."

"Yeah I know ... I will never have to Maths ever again!! Do you want to hear what else I got??"

I am as proud as Punch... a 'B' in Maths ... wow!!

All in all she got 6 Bs (MATHS, Textiles, English Language, History, Health and Social and IT Creating Computer Graphics) and 5 Cs English Literature, R.E., Science, Additional Science and IT Design and Produce Multimedia Products.

Getting her Maths and English at grade B means that she can do the 4 A'levels she has chosen (Textiles, Graphic Design, Media Studies and English Lit/Language combined) and not have to forego any to resit them.... phew!!!

So she hadn't forgotten my pledge of money in all the excitement... in fact she tried to inflate each grade by a fiver lol... nice try... It cost me £85... which was quickly converted into a pair of jeans, some new shoes and a belt... I think she still has some 'well done' money left though... ...

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Can you believe that this is the last Friday in August already... someone is definitely speeding the world up. The way the weather was last night it felt like November... gales and driving rain ... fabulous NOT.

On a sunnier note as it is the last Friday in the month it is also 'T-Shirt Friday' sponsored by the lovely Nurse Myra over at Gimcrack.

I only bought this T-shirt a couple of weeks ago .. it was in Next's sale for a ridiculous £5... loved the madness of it .....there is so much going on ........

Other T#shirty people ..... GITWIZARD, GNUKID, SILVERSTAR, SLEDPRESS, RENALFAILURE

25th August

Saturday 1979

Got up at 10.30

Sam played footy (football or soccer depending where you live in the world)

They lost 4-1

Went to the Woolpack

Then we went to Tillington Hall

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It is Nurse Myras Birthday today .. well it is in the UK .. it could be tomorrow or yesterday depending on your time zone. If you have never visited Gimcrack then you have never lived .. take a deep breath and take a look ... dear NM is an education on a daily basis and lovely with it ;-)

Happy Birthday Nursie xxxx

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I am having a maxed out week this week. I am only in work three days but am having to work 9 + hours per day to get everything in a state of readiness before I finish for 7 working days (bloody hell I didn't sign up for this !!).. just feeling at the moment that everyone wants a piece of me and there is not enough to go around (roll back the 70s when life was a doddle)... it will pass when I walk out the office doors tomorrow..

Teen is getting her GCSE results on Thursday,,, so it is going to be either tea and sympathy & shopping or celebration cakes and .. yes shopping. Shopping or should I say 'retail therapy' is cure all (darn it...I have just remembered (Teen won't have forgotten this) I have pledged £5 per grade C, £10 per grade B, £15 per grade A and £20 per grade A*.. eeek!!)

For the next 11 days or so I will be popping in and out of 'interweave' world whilst catching up with folk around the UK and hopefully testing out my Sketchers as well.

Those lovely people at FuelMyBlog sent me a pair of expensive trainers to test out. They (the trainers) claim to assist you in loosing weight, toning muscles, aligning your spine etc etc (I have nt had time to watch the DVD that accompanies the shoes).... mmm dubious me that is me thought 'no way!!'. But I tell you so far so goody they hit the mark on my back pain. I put them on and the pain is minimalised hugely, it was instant ....it is like walking on rocking marshmallows plus I am taller ..

I will post a full post about them in the near distant future

31st July

Sunday 1977

Didn't work my back was too bad

My new boyfriend (name withheld and it was prir to Sam) came to see me at work

Babs told him I wasn't in

He came all the way to my house to see me

Must be love ha ha!

Walked to the beach with 'J'

Monday 1978

Bev's party at Tiffany's

Worked 10.00 - 5.30

It rained

Sam came to see me with Stan

Went to Bev's party

Becuse there were so many under age the bar was closed.

Home at 12.15

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I was up in Scotland on business yesterday and what a beautiful day it was albeit a long one. I do love that train journey through the Lake District it is so green just now with all the rain and sunshine so very lush.

Changed trains at Carlisle and had a 20 minute wait so stepped out of the station for a stroll. Gosh it must be 5 years since I was last there

But my absolute favourite sight yesterday was this it so made me giggle!!

Obviously Jesus can't save cafe's on Carlisle's Station

Oh and before I forget it is the last Friday in the month ... Blimey it is August tomorrow!!

So I am joining in with Nurse Myra ... gosh I need to diet and that bra is heading for the bin hey ho .. it is one of my fav t-shirts though....a Kangaroo-poo ..... I have had for simply ages and it is getting washed out looking but what a great face :-)

Check out the other T~shirt babes and dudies... so far there is azahar, sledpress & renal .....oh and mudhooks & magichealinghands

20th, 21st & 22ndMarch 1980

Thursday 2o
Got up at 8.00
College at 9.00
Got our reports (mmm don't seem to have kept them... I wonder why? I probably burnt it before I got home as my attendance was shocking!!)
came home at 3.30
Sam rang in the evening = ok
Got applications for the Nat West and Yorkshire Banks (I never became a banker btw. I do however, have a soft spot for the Yprkshire Bank as they were the only bank in the 70s that would give my young widowed Mum a loan for central heating ... wtg YB)

Friday 21
Went to college at 12.00 for an hour (now that was not worth getting out of bed for)
It snowed = freezing
Got home at 3.00
Did cookery frieze all afternoon
Sam phoned me at 8.30 before he went out
Watched TV all night
Watched 'The Pit and the Pendulum'



Saturday 22
Work 9-6
Thick snow - hot in the afternoon
Had a very, very busy day
Sam is at Oulton Park
Home at 6.45
Sam phoned at 7.15
Washed my hair and went for a drink at the Railway in Formby
Sam phoned at 11.30
He was fed up and said we should finish cos we weren't getting anywhere because of the distance etc
I hope it doesn't come to that!!
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So in 1980 we had thick snow in 2009 we have had glorious Spring sunshine but I did wake up to frost and definite chill in the air all day today.

Today/tomorrow (depending on time zones ) is Mothers Day in the UK... so I wish all the Mothers out there a VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.. may you you put your feet up, have breakfast in bed and be appreciated for all that you do & smell the flowers :-)


Oh and Nurse Myra I almost forgot... I promised you a 70s carpeted bathroom .. shagpile rools lol !!

25th, 26th & 27th February 1980

Monday 25
am. Sociology 9 - 12 room 43 (OMG a real exam)
The exam was quite easy it was just that I didn't know enough of the work
Did essay 1 quite well
& the next 2 not so well
Should have done 4 (just to let you know I did pass it!)
Bought 'Mary of the 4th Form' Boomtown Rats

Home at 1.00
Revised from 2 -4
Sam phoned at 3 & at 9
He seemed in a better mood
Revised from 6 - 7 & 8 - 9'45
Couldn't fit any more in
Played darts with my brother
Bed at 10.45

Tuesday 26
am. Business Studies 10 am room 32
pm. Food and Nutrition room 201
Business Studies = quite a reasonable exam
Cookery = terrible = struggled all the way through it
Got home at 5.30
Had a bath
Did a bit of revision on National Insurance
Phoned Sam at 11.00
But he wasn't back from seeing Wolves (1) v Liverpool (0) (What Wolverhampton Wanders beat the mighty Liverpool???)
He phoned back at 11.30
he said he had bought me the 12" Whispers 'The Beat Goes On' & @ I don't like Mondays' Boomtown Rats
I do love him quite a bit when he is in a good mood [70s lol]
Classic 80s disco .... get your toe tapping


Wednesday 27
was woken this morning by Anne B at 9.30
Went to Tech (college) for 1 hour to get a book on Social Services
Revised 2 - 4
Sam rang at 1.45
Revised 6 - 7
Watched TV til 8pm
Fi came round
We revised til 9.30
Sam phoned at 7.15 from work as he was doing overtime
I phoned him back at 10.30
Fi stayed over
Bed at 11.00
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Well it is Friday again oh and pay day :-) I have been off today and in fact I am now on leave until the 9th March yipeeee. I am in need of the break, I have been working pretty much full on these last few weeks.

My brother sent me these photos on an email last night..... I figure I shouldn't really complain about my job after seeing these.......

Mind you riding around dressed as a chicken looks fun lol

As it is Friday and pay day that means one thing .... T-Shirt Friday over at dear Nurse Myras place ... she has opted for a very fetching disco vest t-shirt and as ever she looks stunning.
I do love this t-shirt, I bought it last year for a fiver from Westworld in the sale... its a Bench too which I thought was a bargain plus the fact it has a 70s Chopper bike on it

weekend interlude..

I had so forgotten that we are at the last Friday of January .. how fast did that go?? I am still in Christmas holiday mode!!
Last Friday ofthe month means T-shirt Friday with lovely Nurse Myra

Nothing could ever compete with her loveliness ....she is a shining star in blogworld without a doubt.

Ok my T-shirt today is a fav of mine .... The Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid
On my first visit to Madrid I visited there (2 firsts .. Madrid and a Hard Rock Cafe, yes we have one here in Manchester but it doesn't tempt me one iota... however, in Madrid.. with the simpering heat .. superb!! ) I just love that city.. long term plan is to live over there....

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2nd weekend interlude

PurpleFrogCat has started a 'Purple Saturday'...

I was worrying about 'stuff' purple to post .. but hey my kitchen is lilac with purple pictures!! Result !! phew lol (Purple is the new black btw! be there or be square)

31st October 1979

Wednesday 31
Granny's Funeral 11.20 am
= nice funeral
Freda, Edna & Bella went
Had a meal in the Brookhouse near Penny Lane
Meal = lovely
Had a really good laugh (It sounds macabre to have a good laugh at a funeral, but Granny would have appreciated it)
Went back to Auntie Freda's
Phoned Sam he was happy as usual ???


Well folks... Happy Halloween

An evening ahead of me of knocks on the door whilst the dog goes ballistic ... deep joy ...I can't wait.

Don't get me wrong as my teen was growing up we did bobbin' apples, carved out the pumpkin, lit it and put it in the window, made pumpkin soup, dressed up and played scary games but I have never allowed her to go 'Trick or Treating' as I think it is like begging ....

Apparently that is where it has it's roots. The tradition is from All Soul’s Day parades in early England. The poor citizens would line up on the sides of the street as the richer members of the community paraded by and threw them pastries called soul cakes. The starving citizens would accept these cakes in exchange for praying for the richer class’s dead family members.

It is also T- shirt Friday over at Nurse Myras. Not much story behind this T-shirt except I got it in the sale for a fiver not long ago. My teen insisted I buy it 'Go on Mum live a little'
I do like it and it is slightly Halloweenish with the bats and vampire robots

(& the bruise on my neck is fading nicely where the vampires got me last week)

From 1973