A Photo A Day.. on a day that didn't go to plan

It was bound to happen again.. me falling behind that is. I keep letting life and problems get in the way of taking those few minutes out for myself. But, as a last ditch attempt, i have moved the missing 6th to November and did my best to fill at least a couple of past missed 5th (I'm getting too tired to add the 6th, so will have to do those tomorrow morning).. 

5th ... Afternoon: Looking at some new clothes
Paper

Learn Something New Every Day ... A Place Called Home Day 4

"Home is any four walls that enclose the right person."
Helen Rowland

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memories, friends, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.
Tad Williams

What I learned today:

• I am very protective of my home and do not like strangers invading my four walls.
• I still call my Mum's house "my home".
• I am fighting a losing battle trying to keep this place neat, tidy and clean to a standard that agrees with me.
• I have moved 10 times, sometimes with only a few days notice to pack the entire household.
• I really am not very settled or fond of our current house.
• It is really hard to decide on where I want to buy our "forever home".
• I spend a lot of time in one corner of our house, this is where all my creating, thinking, working and socialising takes place.

A Photo A Day - Doing all the missed 4th today

I am getting there with all the catching up I'm having to do. It is a strange concept for me to get back into something like this, there is a small voice at the back of my head telling me that I am cheating, that I "can't just go and take a photo today and pass it off as one taken in March,April, May or any other month than October". But, as part of overcoming my learned behaviours, and especially getting rid of those that are not beneficial to me or counter productive, I am going to just have to force myself to accept this year as it was and is.

So, here are today's photo and my catch ups.

In motion (Natty was driving), This happened today (husband bought me flowers!!!)
(never)Alone with one of these, Lucky Cornish Pixie and Fresh (not very original i know)

Learn Something New Every Day - Steps Day 3

"Even the longest journey must begin where you stand."
Lao-tzu

Note to self: Time to change the crocs to something more weatherproof!

What i learned:

• When you are preoccupied thinking about challenges, you will walk out of the house with unsuitable footwear.
• The twelve steps program for codependency is much harder to implement than it looks; I am still struggling along with step 1.
• I like finding quotes to fit in with learning something new.
• That even the smallest step in the right direction is better than a huge step in the wrong direction.
• That I should use my SatNav more often... when meeting up with Kim the other day in Birmingham I happily went past my turn off and carried on, turning a 12 mile trip into a 47.3 mile trip.
• That not ALL men know the roads better than women. The two men I asked for directions on how to get back to the NORTH bound m6 were adamant that I already WAS on the north bound motorway, when I knew that London is definitely SOUTH from us.
• I still cannot tell my left from my right and it even exasperates my SatNav. (I am waiting for the day he says "No the OTHER right!"
• That distance is not always the same for me and everyone else! The next man i asked about how far it was to the next exit from said motorway reckoned... "oooh in about 6 miles or so." when my TomTom shortly after cheerily told me to take the next exit in 800 yards.
• That even the longest journeys come to an end, even if sometimes the destination is not quite where you wanted to be. 

Learn Something New Every Day - Day 2

So, the prompt is to reflect and come up with something that has to do with someone who taught me something.. are you following that? No? Never mind because it had my poor, literal mind all confused.

I hated school, absolutely, utterly hated it... well, i hated the social aspect of school and never got the hang of it, but I have always LOVED learning! I am very good at teaching myself, I taught myself to read before I even went to school (which surprised not only my parents but also the teacher), I taught myself to crochet, knit, cook, speak different languages. I realised very early on that I love technology and computers, so I taught myself how to design websites, how to get around the net and even (at one time) how to hack. I love learning new things, however, I have a zero attention span. Once I have mastered something, I don't hang around to refine the skill, I move right along. If something is too easy, I move along... nothing is ever too hard though. I hate being taught to this day and prefer to go about my own research and learn things on my own. I am one of those people who throw out the instructions manual and figure it out... on my own. I think it is exciting to have a world of knowledge at my fingertips, all the time, wherever I am. 

This quote sums me up perfectly:

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill

Knowledge at my fingertips... all my gadgets

A photo a day (here goes with the catch up)

Exciting stuff... day three of October and I'm still with it for this month and also managed to fill some holes from March and April.

A is for an array of bras, This is really good... maltesers reindeer
and me today!!

A photo a day (or three)

I kind of touched on the fact that I have slipped on my 365 challenge on and off during this year... what did I tell you all about 2013?? I can't wait for 2014, when things will be even again.

Anyway, as a way of making up missed days in previous months, I have been taking the prompts on the right days, in the wrong months. So I am slowly catching up again. Some of the prompts I missed simply because they were just too "difficult" .. especially the ones centred around emotions. I tend to overthink everything, then there was a phase where I got intimidated by all the artsy, creative, brilliant master shots other people were taking. So I had to rethink a lot of angles for the challenge. I think I'm getting there though and making it my own now. 

Light, Colourful, My name begins with and Happiness is..

Learn Something New Every Day - Day 1

I have been learning quite a bit (mainly about myself) these last two days! Poor Kim is trying her best to help me out here, but nothing seems to be helping... so I thought, I would start with a bullet list of things I have "learned" since yesterday:

• I take everything way too literally (I blame my autistic traits)
• I am really bad at committing things to paper or writing things down.. in fact I seem to be avoiding it at ALL cost.
• Girly days out ARE fun
• It is great catching up with a friend, especially when you haven't seen them in a while.
• The camera does not break (as I had feared) when someone takes a photo of me. I may not LIKE it very much, but it is OK and doesn't kill me.
• Buying underwear for teenage girls is hard work, especially when the teenager involved tags along.
• The new library in Birmingham is indeed great, even if it has you suffering with vertigo!
• Starbucks shortbread has a mind of its' own... ask Kim!!!
• I need to make more time for "me" and not feel guilty about it.
• I take myself way too seriously sometimes... Lighten up a bit girl!
• "Life is a learning experience, only if you learn."
• I've learned way more over the last couple of days than i thought.

Vertigo can be conquered

Kim in her pod..taken from MY pod

Shortbread with a mind of its' own

My poor unloved, neglected blog

I always knew I wasn't the best at keeping up with stuff... but the way this poor blog has been neglected shames even me. I suppose the main reason is that i don't have a horde of followers, desperately waiting for the next installment of "my happenings".


I could lie and say that my 365 challenge is going just fine... but it isnt... some days are better than others and I took a big, fat break in the middle of the year. I am trying to catch up though, and make myself take a photo for each day on the RIGHT day, but in the wrong month. I figured that, by the time it is 2014 i won't remember when each photo was taken anyway... so it is cheating but not ;)

Why resurrect the blog now? Today? Well... Kim has challenged me to "learn something new every day". Being that I am already stuck (despite numerous prompts from Kim) on day TWO, I think I had better start somewhere, in fact anywhere would be good right now... so, here i am.. learning something new everyday.

365 in 2013