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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06212356083820960706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29729959.post-20921174025299344802021-02-15T06:41:00.000-08:002021-02-15T06:41:02.374-08:00My Monday Making: Valentine's decorations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMjVOnuf9a6QcfSmHZuRrDJF0lIGx-9-P8cmhXo9o0yWs0Ctq6pooaBKyMQNJnbTF4U49NwJQf8N9b81epogdWRCElkjZauIHpyCle101En1Wzfs_nl5AkK1qKDli7JGwS7uR/s1747/My+Monday+making_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1747" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMjVOnuf9a6QcfSmHZuRrDJF0lIGx-9-P8cmhXo9o0yWs0Ctq6pooaBKyMQNJnbTF4U49NwJQf8N9b81epogdWRCElkjZauIHpyCle101En1Wzfs_nl5AkK1qKDli7JGwS7uR/w640-h454/My+Monday+making_.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hello! Monday is always such a difficult day for me... Its the first day of the week, where I have to prepare for a hard working week as also finishing up some chores left from the weekend. And this weekend was a special one, as we celebrated Valentine's! I decided that this valentine's would be a family event, where we would celebrate the love we feel for each other. So I tried to make it special for everyone, and make it special for the little kiddos particularly. Once again I went all out with decorations and a lot of baking! The kiddoes do enjoy it, and... I think they are starting to expect it, as they are becoming a biiitttt demanding... lol! More on that later....</div><div><br /></div><div>Our lunch was special , and I baked a hear dessert for it. I followed this recipe <a href="https://www.bhg.com/recipe/layered-brownie-heart-dessert/?utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bhg_bhg_1415094&utm_content=video_valentinesday&utm_term=valentinesday_201901">here</a>, for a layered Brownie Heart Dessert.</div><div><br /></div><div>I started by baking two heart shaped brownies:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierJ95vv_5mRvVBzCGG1FEM6XjG8cEs9j6R1IHcWMChXAX-URHvbz5Zj40TD8pYgISOPIU_UaMpNk4luM9_RVbb0-DDXSt5LJ4OX4J67zENRCV7_zJ6zCdjjgc_aA6uNYjER_G/s2048/valentinecake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierJ95vv_5mRvVBzCGG1FEM6XjG8cEs9j6R1IHcWMChXAX-URHvbz5Zj40TD8pYgISOPIU_UaMpNk4luM9_RVbb0-DDXSt5LJ4OX4J67zENRCV7_zJ6zCdjjgc_aA6uNYjER_G/w640-h480/valentinecake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is what they looked after baked, quite cute, when removing the brownie from the foil goes well! My second brownie was not that good looking....</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNnfV5L-l6f5irx-h8SdNOB9pZg-oi-2Q-ggSfYRDTP1VnTdRoDYn3Esn2nZeC4hfYzB_xavcOwhj_AKja81MbLyN2225RU2-c8CgxI-jc5rgpbVQjspaBdG-Ps0aJD0V20D1/s2048/valentinecake3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNnfV5L-l6f5irx-h8SdNOB9pZg-oi-2Q-ggSfYRDTP1VnTdRoDYn3Esn2nZeC4hfYzB_xavcOwhj_AKja81MbLyN2225RU2-c8CgxI-jc5rgpbVQjspaBdG-Ps0aJD0V20D1/w640-h480/valentinecake3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I then made the strawberry cream... Look at those gorgeous colours!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzfuUnjd2UHHkckBD0Lyf2PsowCcDcrQauycHFw3vKjAfrrnjqxdDOKGVtIlW5xCkevHY29sFR41T-uHa2a67z9DU5Kb5BNy8j9pDkorS7oTG2g-ifA3TQ1U4GQbdY0f0V6Dq/s2048/valentinecake5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzfuUnjd2UHHkckBD0Lyf2PsowCcDcrQauycHFw3vKjAfrrnjqxdDOKGVtIlW5xCkevHY29sFR41T-uHa2a67z9DU5Kb5BNy8j9pDkorS7oTG2g-ifA3TQ1U4GQbdY0f0V6Dq/w640-h480/valentinecake5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And spread it over the brownie.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3L05d-oPYj9BOx1j-z8hCQiHvNsDkkf5zOLui5zttJEU13-POBXrf_Cxa5Tq-NdBRFLEHHwkS9aaokyFhnYFtnZdapP7qp3MoTPqQtCa2CTyNNeTsC7COAChzlchH4mAv_yq/s2048/valentinecake6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3L05d-oPYj9BOx1j-z8hCQiHvNsDkkf5zOLui5zttJEU13-POBXrf_Cxa5Tq-NdBRFLEHHwkS9aaokyFhnYFtnZdapP7qp3MoTPqQtCa2CTyNNeTsC7COAChzlchH4mAv_yq/w640-h480/valentinecake6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then its all about strawberries!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-rocPZVmPqi8Qf9LKUHijUmkGUj6ldHWKbfHhoSIJro6UcLoFnAm8toX-OOBLszvKnofSyTuEtrLq1lPevn7CunCaWri5lTVByDbIRqMvo4AZYA5Qa-lpb8sqQne8ZDA0Lv8/s2048/valentinecake7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-rocPZVmPqi8Qf9LKUHijUmkGUj6ldHWKbfHhoSIJro6UcLoFnAm8toX-OOBLszvKnofSyTuEtrLq1lPevn7CunCaWri5lTVByDbIRqMvo4AZYA5Qa-lpb8sqQne8ZDA0Lv8/w640-h480/valentinecake7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And here goes the second brownie. As you can see it fell apart, but I was able to cover the hole with strawberry cream.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpYWxr__GCLENq7YzUmdGIqpUHjF0dQOb4FGh7tlgItqjxQVLzY4mXb67CnxlMNyhGiTZHDq9mbiFJ2XWzkNzuQcbC5a6mihMBc3HnfQDSZf1f1eeFC3lJkT1iEa5PPcMqZ-W/s2048/valentinecake8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpYWxr__GCLENq7YzUmdGIqpUHjF0dQOb4FGh7tlgItqjxQVLzY4mXb67CnxlMNyhGiTZHDq9mbiFJ2XWzkNzuQcbC5a6mihMBc3HnfQDSZf1f1eeFC3lJkT1iEa5PPcMqZ-W/w640-h480/valentinecake8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> and it looked good ... and very tasty in the end:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7AZNb_cOn-f0e_Hvcm2XpWGCM-2-6vdKiIcDudeCWPyfVbBzl7AxoI9DrJKicr8RHnvEffrup1a46kxqdXear78JsaO5KfcCHj8DL7dNn7bFjipNpyIIntX-afblKHpG_7X/s2048/valentinecake10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7AZNb_cOn-f0e_Hvcm2XpWGCM-2-6vdKiIcDudeCWPyfVbBzl7AxoI9DrJKicr8RHnvEffrup1a46kxqdXear78JsaO5KfcCHj8DL7dNn7bFjipNpyIIntX-afblKHpG_7X/w640-h480/valentinecake10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Making the decorations was the fun part. I made a lot of heart banners and also a big heart to hang. For this I used my stash of tissue paper I had. I used different tones of pink to make an Ombre effect. Kiddos started by helping me, but then got bored!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3iGyZsDywz4T0iiy05HqLJvhjYEJkwZEfkHLrlaAwjPTsAt5RVcOHMufETjnJrjmGb7d8sCt9TlmM5u-UjbPPlt-3Rlybh0bDQC8xZRm_-ty7AQo1cbXFHK1AgxaFopHcYDd/s2048/valentinedecor1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3iGyZsDywz4T0iiy05HqLJvhjYEJkwZEfkHLrlaAwjPTsAt5RVcOHMufETjnJrjmGb7d8sCt9TlmM5u-UjbPPlt-3Rlybh0bDQC8xZRm_-ty7AQo1cbXFHK1AgxaFopHcYDd/w640-h480/valentinedecor1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I began by cutting squares of tissue paper, and glue with a regular glue stick. I chose to use the darker pink tones first, and then ended up with the lighter pink shade.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwW5F01jLp6voLWw7Fu8AgQ1q0y5jGwRVmvmaZ8sO3TwNNfnLYpwTjU0FQQj5Fo3Jv-BnrdMvpMZ-hRUn-Xwu_c72S9EanXusj7BPFMqX7v7iPtjFOvwYIHRwYi33sUKqfsjm/s2048/valentinedecor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwW5F01jLp6voLWw7Fu8AgQ1q0y5jGwRVmvmaZ8sO3TwNNfnLYpwTjU0FQQj5Fo3Jv-BnrdMvpMZ-hRUn-Xwu_c72S9EanXusj7BPFMqX7v7iPtjFOvwYIHRwYi33sUKqfsjm/w640-h480/valentinedecor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>The brown paper I am using is the rolls of wrapping paper I have around. I am always saving paper for this little experiments. Everything can have a second, third and fourth lives! I also used this paper to wrap the Valentines gifts. I did forget to take pictures! Next time I will remember to take some...</div><div><br /></div><div>And this is how the heart ended up:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fA4UPIBwM8W75yUl2Wj7F-y1gYGr_E_hLam3_J-B6xf-8Igm2aRsGA1AyZk6rmFYfzYu-4QfQOytDoKuooZsMOxH3_Jj1YNq7T8uxlBWGznV7dYTCN5JYCMk0iYs9Ji09g6W/s1747/My+Monday+making_+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1747" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fA4UPIBwM8W75yUl2Wj7F-y1gYGr_E_hLam3_J-B6xf-8Igm2aRsGA1AyZk6rmFYfzYu-4QfQOytDoKuooZsMOxH3_Jj1YNq7T8uxlBWGznV7dYTCN5JYCMk0iYs9Ji09g6W/w640-h454/My+Monday+making_+%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I cut a lot of little hearts to make the bunting. I made 3d heart bunting for this, so very easy to do! I will later share a tutorial. Its does take a lot of hearts to cut out, but that can be a task that you can share with your little guys!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWludMWg0eSd6DORm00mCV9NdY-TLTGcoLDewxfswzX6btF4vWf_uTnC4AeMZ63_EsJE7W3zVsBDDBcvU-5yc3ovSVAuM1eN7TzbUVXVnuH6X2mozdm_mSdIHA0vF1lvocSmmS/s2048/valentinedecor7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWludMWg0eSd6DORm00mCV9NdY-TLTGcoLDewxfswzX6btF4vWf_uTnC4AeMZ63_EsJE7W3zVsBDDBcvU-5yc3ovSVAuM1eN7TzbUVXVnuH6X2mozdm_mSdIHA0vF1lvocSmmS/w640-h480/valentinedecor7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also made a banner saying 'Be my Valentine'.... And little fan! yes, I have a lot of pink paper around... Not so much now as I used a lot of pink for Valentine's!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcaIJdcMtyPVHR666OE03Dzaj3A6SEqq0VV66Y7CKP1w1FIjSQuqdjNALYHa4UamZW9__ddLVBD0zqV6BKqxBRhTWH86Fhyphenhyphen_g1aEtDm_u7Gz1IRV_9YjF5h9VVUmeGXtu6rDD/s2048/valentinedecor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcaIJdcMtyPVHR666OE03Dzaj3A6SEqq0VV66Y7CKP1w1FIjSQuqdjNALYHa4UamZW9__ddLVBD0zqV6BKqxBRhTWH86Fhyphenhyphen_g1aEtDm_u7Gz1IRV_9YjF5h9VVUmeGXtu6rDD/w640-h480/valentinedecor2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />And for snacks I also made some cupcakes and merengue... 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I answered, 'Yes, honey, they are!' ... and he replies: 'So why are they not heart shaped??' LOL! Very demanding little fellow....!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed a lovely Valentine!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk6EgXKLlSe2e27OvC30-jH1VThSQbK8jLfvgiyboHyyZbxSKdrjLT657Xm-QW61Ers_JYjydaGlBAGxH5TVC30vSpNrX0XMTfDBK9PIS9G4ZTkvkFMG-2H4J087U-1kq8So-/s1080/My+Monday+making.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk6EgXKLlSe2e27OvC30-jH1VThSQbK8jLfvgiyboHyyZbxSKdrjLT657Xm-QW61Ers_JYjydaGlBAGxH5TVC30vSpNrX0XMTfDBK9PIS9G4ZTkvkFMG-2H4J087U-1kq8So-/w640-h640/My+Monday+making.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello everyone! I hope this post finds everyone in good health, both mental as physical... and that everyone is keeping themselves safe. Uow, what crazy times we are living, never ever have I imagined that in 2021 posts of mine would start this way. But this is still our covid's reality. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It has been a long time since I have last published a post about our little makings around the house. Have to say that with lockdown, I have never been so busy and lacking time to do anything. My sewing machine is closed up in a cupboard. And, being completely honest is not as I have the right mind frame be sewing properly . And since I have little people to keep entertained, any makings have to involve tiny hands, and be fun!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have come across an amazing whale automata when browsing the internet for ideas:</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4K2CsPHtP5U" width="320" youtube-src-id="4K2CsPHtP5U"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, this at some point will be something for us to make, but.... not in the foreseeable future!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to search for something more feasible for us to make. Much easier to do as well! So more browsing and I found this tutorial at a great website for automata, <a href="https://www.robives.com/">Rob Ives</a> .</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The tutorial I chose to use was this one, for a <a href="https://www.robives.com/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2019/11/CorkBird.pdf">cork bird</a>. So .... we started to make this little guy! We begun by gathering all the materials. We have a lot, and I mean a lot of corks in our home (not sure why... do we have someone who really loves red wine??). As I am always printing articles and so on, we have a lot of paper clips. We just had more difficulties finding foam, as it was spread in different places, kiddos love to find new spots to stash their craft materials. You can also use card for the bird body really, but since we had leftovers of foam, we chose that material instead of card.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cutting the materials for the bird body was easy. I did made the hole on the cork, which is very straightforward to do. The bit that was really difficult for us (particularly for the big kiddo, although he had fun using mummy's tools) was straight the paper clips, and even more difficult to fold these at the correct angles, as you can see below:</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5myqnDkPAY9DvUthwGJaQdClVDl4w0f2Im2dDnvThCUGgmwbUPt2J8WRxDZJ8sFaj38WU-GB8KyFMvTf8HKEaPNWf4EMddeWsJEHEbQEHgj9lJSDVxvLxokfWZhAn4sxpr8v/s1080/Untitled+design+%25285%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5myqnDkPAY9DvUthwGJaQdClVDl4w0f2Im2dDnvThCUGgmwbUPt2J8WRxDZJ8sFaj38WU-GB8KyFMvTf8HKEaPNWf4EMddeWsJEHEbQEHgj9lJSDVxvLxokfWZhAn4sxpr8v/w640-h640/Untitled+design+%25285%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In this image big kiddo is trying to shape the crank. He started shaping the angles, and I finished as the best I could. Not the most easier task even for mummy!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuTtegfrnoI21C25H_0eeU63XghJpiBktQmFSeN2HgDpQaTsOFFwAvoLOcM68HOYgwkyS_hGW-TgnYNMGxHAMGs74pjk9sxSz3ZNhWVrek4jKwyNyAwalXYRViAVkDArs-gkE/s1080/Untitled+design+%25283%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuTtegfrnoI21C25H_0eeU63XghJpiBktQmFSeN2HgDpQaTsOFFwAvoLOcM68HOYgwkyS_hGW-TgnYNMGxHAMGs74pjk9sxSz3ZNhWVrek4jKwyNyAwalXYRViAVkDArs-gkE/w640-h640/Untitled+design+%25283%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This image shows another step, inserting the legs in the birds body. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmNRzY48M4GbZMzY9YC2Rrulorj5O5akJykJj1ReGSUr-zaFCHPxtMpG6BCnkRfWhDHRw4FT9pOZPXX5QvXuSbS9Qm96gEDI9votKqhnCTMG3TJ6YK5lrOrmlv5HTW_1Frlyv/s1080/Untitled+design+%25282%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmNRzY48M4GbZMzY9YC2Rrulorj5O5akJykJj1ReGSUr-zaFCHPxtMpG6BCnkRfWhDHRw4FT9pOZPXX5QvXuSbS9Qm96gEDI9votKqhnCTMG3TJ6YK5lrOrmlv5HTW_1Frlyv/w640-h640/Untitled+design+%25282%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bird final look! A bit different from what it was suppose to look lol</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is the bird finally attached to the cork:</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-o5uAHfILHFllfQLJgo47hYrLHhnvUywD7dvz94umuRaNvS-ACXZK6Sld5Jcx1hAwUQWMCjnfHZpNPyFcT0Y_nGSOB1lKWr0yCACgwAOGoKGyNZxyQAfFVDdmaySPlaULBU2/s2048/bird.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-o5uAHfILHFllfQLJgo47hYrLHhnvUywD7dvz94umuRaNvS-ACXZK6Sld5Jcx1hAwUQWMCjnfHZpNPyFcT0Y_nGSOB1lKWr0yCACgwAOGoKGyNZxyQAfFVDdmaySPlaULBU2/w480-h640/bird.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But the good part is, even if you get clumsy angles or not straight at all legs, the bird still moves, although in a really funny manner!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It really did not matter if we did not managed a perfect bird, but making this little guy kept us busy, and the kiddos still enjoyed playing with it.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Let's see if I can start posting more regularly. No promises though, as finding some free time with home-schooling is not easy. I hope this post gets you some inspiration to spend time at home with kids! Share some ideas below, I would love to hear from you.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKylZzCTTubTmmXzys6ssnj_K2qmq1A6X9iurBZRlVfdhV4uxvjJvOBY8bPugsKKhmsKK-vJDUkoGXIWZvqaIKsJtBmePLOpHDTFVjgeytXrI-LBT5fmZxKmk8QYJrvZKXkRx/s1600/signature-bw7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06212356083820960706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29729959.post-35793814842909617202021-01-19T14:41:00.000-08:002021-01-19T14:41:06.705-08:00#Mutual Aid<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I would not imagine that in the beginning of 2021 Mutual Aid would be so necessary or more comparing with last year. We are at the start of the 3rd lockdown, but this time around this new lockdown, at least for me, feels different. Families have to once again home-school my children, which will also be impacting their activities and work - if indeed working. I am also home-schooling my children, and know first-hand how truly impossible it is to have some work done. And on top of what already is an incredibly busy day, it is still needed to deal with the regular chores around the house. Experiencing enclosure this time is more exhausting, and feels that my resilience is not on the same levels as before. All seems more difficult to do. Imaginative plays are not so imaginative, TV is on more frequently, and I am taking more and more time to recover.... Seems when waking up, I am already tired after what was a really long day. I hope not to get to complain so much, as I wanted today to write more positively... So, I am reserving some quietness around the house to write a few words about how volunteering with my local Mutual Aid Group helps me cope, and lifts my spirit a little.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am volunteering with my local Mutual Aid Group, <a href="https://www.sotonmutualaid.uk/">Southampton Coronavirus Mutual Aid Group</a> and this has truly kept me sane. Kind people, compassion and generosity are still well alive amongst the world. Noticing how the group aids the city makes me feel hopeful and meet so many kind members makes me recover hope in our world's future. When I first started to volunteer I did not expect that after 2020 our Group would be so necessary. This is what I feel it is still so disappointing, as even with such a crisis that my city is experiencing, still so much is left to charities, mutual aid groups, and organic groups and actions that are still popping up to respond to the desperate need of so many. The government and civil entities are coping badly, as austerity has impacted how the immediate response acts. This is what is chocking, as networking with so many charities and groups you also get to learn how so many people are in such a need, and how city councils are limited for lack of funds. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not all needs and results from covid and the pandemia, but this has made need, hunger and poverty much worse. And this is still the beginning. As time passes by you understand that more people are left jobless, and how unemployment is reaching new levels. Southampton is already a city that has high levels of unemployment, and I know that these numbers are reaching new heights. Unsurprising, the calls to <a href="https://www.sotonmutualaid.uk/">Southampton Coronavirus Mutual Aid Group</a> hotline for food parcels are increasing exponentially. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With crisis increasing what I really what to highlight now is how generosity of so many also rises up to the challenge. I want to write how so many Sotonians are helping and donating to <a href="https://southamptoncitymission.co.uk/basics-banks/food-venues">City Mission</a>, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebigdifferenceabc/">Big difference</a> and helping with <a href="https://www.sotonmutualaid.uk/">Southampton Coronavirus Mutual Aid Group</a> food drives. And help is popping locally too, neighbours collect on doorsteps and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/833494877211375">self-organize</a> to help our <a href="https://southamptoncitymission.co.uk/basics-banks/food-venues">Food Banks</a>. These are the positive actions that still make me sane, and learning about all of these positive actions, kindness and generosity only happens because I am volunteering... This keeps me still hopeful, and believe in a better future. I think is as simple as Mr. Rogers story:</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3c3c3c; font-family: Rubik, HelveticaNeueBold, HelveticaNeue-Bold, "Helvetica Neue Bold", HelveticaBold, Helvetica-Bold, "Helvetica Bold", HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world." </em></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With crisis, many people rise up to help and face the problems strongly and in positive ways. This is the message that I feel that I am needing right now, and keeps me going - more or less sanely... I am not facing this alone, none of us are. Of course, as many have also explained, we might be facing the same storm, but not all are sailing the same ship. Which is why #mutualaid is needed. Caring people and understanding people, compassionate people are out there, we are not alone, nobody is, and help is out there. And will reach you. It is as Mr. Rogers explains, really comforting witnessing these actions. The prevalence of kindness and generosity. This is what is needed in crisis. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How do you keep some degree of sanity with the lockdown? </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me know about more positive stories!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't believe that is already 2021. So much has happened in 2020, that time is not flowing in a recognizable way, at least for me.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christmas passed, and that warm feeling that usually fills me did not happen. Christmas for me is about family, encounters, spending time together, dramas (what is Christmas without the family drama???) , cooking for large numbers, a typical smell in the kitchen ... long traditions that are so very important for me. This year Christmas was also robbed by 2020. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did have a busy Christmas, two birthday parties, one on the 23rd and the other on Christmas day, the 25th! The penguin party and the crocodile party... I did try to make up for the fact that the grandparents were not around, and make sure the day was special for the two of them. We were zooming all the time with our different grandparents so the blowing the candles was witnessed... Kiddos were happy, but eventually our older did say '2020 is indeed a horrible year'... Our kiddos are noticing the pandemia, and what is indeed robbing from us, no matter how we tried to make it special they know that something is not quite alright. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saying that I am exhausted from all of this does not even begin to describe how I am feeling. It's endless days that merge into each other and I hardly recognize that a new day is here, or that a day has passed. And with is days are passing and a new year is here. I am trying to feel hopeful, and bright that there is so much that I can do in my current state.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgifizkI1a_LTdaDoyicDkhVC21w8zKgycyI8ak3ycH7Y3_fJ_TORfni_M6ewtNjdJkPbSbbiJ70stye9rLnCeKxb2Rd37nBaxAmgA1-yfexdcbCHBpBptHNoG1JBZap577Cpv/s2048/_nativity+trail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1679" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgifizkI1a_LTdaDoyicDkhVC21w8zKgycyI8ak3ycH7Y3_fJ_TORfni_M6ewtNjdJkPbSbbiJ70stye9rLnCeKxb2Rd37nBaxAmgA1-yfexdcbCHBpBptHNoG1JBZap577Cpv/w524-h640/_nativity+trail.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16-N-_zEDtIpSmfnTNkaLvjve6q1rVnY_o7Pkx7IRCuGYClU6dfOub_JRMX4lZcmi0RpEcaWEfSwL846-WRR2OJho2Uj4JD9j1frDwrHfshC9ZrykwZ7BNzk3mrXxlmukIyF7/s2048/_party1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1402" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16-N-_zEDtIpSmfnTNkaLvjve6q1rVnY_o7Pkx7IRCuGYClU6dfOub_JRMX4lZcmi0RpEcaWEfSwL846-WRR2OJho2Uj4JD9j1frDwrHfshC9ZrykwZ7BNzk3mrXxlmukIyF7/w438-h640/_party1.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT0D8U8UDY9CwrNjgzXofsjGlwpkYxREHacim36sRKS-6jtuOvIIrIbjXWrg_dCCgrOLead1JRTaisCDFpkves9WrcI-pKBPMtVMeaHE7lqtAKxIahqAmM9zBK3ftC2TbsB1H/s2048/_party2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="2048" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT0D8U8UDY9CwrNjgzXofsjGlwpkYxREHacim36sRKS-6jtuOvIIrIbjXWrg_dCCgrOLead1JRTaisCDFpkves9WrcI-pKBPMtVMeaHE7lqtAKxIahqAmM9zBK3ftC2TbsB1H/w640-h608/_party2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nGHFG8BncS-ulo4dXzziwUx9jhaRKdDyzxGMUC5imx5I2g_LcI4w2ekhqbItrskJh9FPfzJhIETY24cxjL6qfsWp6FXsFwFoGmYoORIzLYrpyntefgyPjQJ4kg59AodmJ9Po/s2048/christmas+slippers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nGHFG8BncS-ulo4dXzziwUx9jhaRKdDyzxGMUC5imx5I2g_LcI4w2ekhqbItrskJh9FPfzJhIETY24cxjL6qfsWp6FXsFwFoGmYoORIzLYrpyntefgyPjQJ4kg59AodmJ9Po/w640-h480/christmas+slippers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB96e3QFjyKELLDRG0H2iYYaXXIIt_gyF-OBsxus07EEWpDNWpunq_4LpqJ-xNHl8YSVTWoyjGKcUNi2sGMp3W-wvwiRxIGwK6m-o3MoBhfq8NQUeZOu5zuZz8xLJSowoGDL_D/s2048/sparkles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB96e3QFjyKELLDRG0H2iYYaXXIIt_gyF-OBsxus07EEWpDNWpunq_4LpqJ-xNHl8YSVTWoyjGKcUNi2sGMp3W-wvwiRxIGwK6m-o3MoBhfq8NQUeZOu5zuZz8xLJSowoGDL_D/w640-h480/sparkles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not all is terrible, and we have little moments of joy... These are some quick snapshots of moments I am enjoying. My new Christmas slipper which are so comfortable! We are having so many trails happening here! I am now taking part of a new one, a 'fairy trail'. Oh, and I so need so much magic!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I enjoyed so much seeing both kiddos's eyes enlarging when seeing the living room prepared for their little parties! </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, a new year is here. Happy 2021!</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKylZzCTTubTmmXzys6ssnj_K2qmq1A6X9iurBZRlVfdhV4uxvjJvOBY8bPugsKKhmsKK-vJDUkoGXIWZvqaIKsJtBmePLOpHDTFVjgeytXrI-LBT5fmZxKmk8QYJrvZKXkRx/s1600/signature-bw7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06212356083820960706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29729959.post-25326642507760649332020-10-22T06:18:00.004-07:002020-10-22T06:18:47.529-07:00.... another day.<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today has not been a good day. After what was a terrible night.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was exhausted, but could not fall asleep. Daunting thoughts haunted my dark night. As you can imagine I am not in the highest spirits.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are such nights and days like these, and so I am trying to follow through my exercises. These fights that I have grown accustomed too. But it has been difficult, if not to truly be realistic and say impossible. My heavy thoughts have been winning this week. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am not sure what exactly is behind this long term low mood, if the pandemia, being away for such a long time from my family, the world turning more crazy, the depressing news...Or the reason is more close to home, my work. Or all together... Or either. Unfathomed reasons that just drag me down. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But here I find myself, facing the PC screen and writing whilst I look deeper into myself. I do have to mind that I don't take a very deep look or I find myself drowning and unable to resurface again. It is so easy to fall pray into these deep thoughts. The medication that I started taking before pandemia did help, I believe that I was able to reign in the thoughts, but a couple weeks back these took a darker turn, And so I have to remind myself of all the exercises I have learned and live one day at the time, take one step at the time, and divide all the big tasks into smaller ones.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One step at the time. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the exercises I am doing is actively making things that make me... I can't day happy, but at least, steer me away from the deep abyss. Making Halloween decorations, thinking about costumes for kiddos is one of them. Since Halloween is approaching, focusing (trying to focus...) attention on decorations, and busied myself and kiddos when at home does make the kids happy. If only making pon-pons and little ghosts could drag out some easy laughs as do them! I find myself envying their carefree lives, and their happiness. Kiddos are now at school. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One step at the time. The sun is looking up and warm, make plans to what we can do today....go out, enjoy the river and the playground. Listen carefully to their laughs. And try to laugh along them. Just focus on them, their joy. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then wait for tomorrow. Another day rises, and hopefully it wont be low as today.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06212356083820960706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29729959.post-89157479937108152342020-07-25T07:40:00.000-07:002020-07-25T07:40:05.486-07:00Missing someone<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so sad today. This pandemia is taking so much away from me, and I am walking a thin line. A little bit out of balance and I will fall.... </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today is Saturday, the beginning of the weekend, a time that should be re-charging, and I am fearful that will not happen. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I lost a close family member last week. I lost my aunt, my godmother. I can't say that this was unexpected, it was not. I was told that what my aunt was withstanding a very advanced cancer, that evolved in a galloping way. Her passing was to be expected. She was under palliative care for these past weeks, and we all knew what the future would bring. Nevertheless, bereavement during covid times is for me unprecedented and... I don't know how to cope. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am facing bereavement apart from all my family. Since travelling is still very much impossible, I can't be mourning alongside my family. I wont be giving comfort or strength to my cousins that lost their mother, nor my father that lost his sister. Nor be receiving the comfort just by being there, together with my family.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mourning apart means that I am not even realising the missing part.... Since I am already away and actually missing everyone. I am still digesting the news and realising that my aunt is gone. I feel that realisation will only happen once I am meeting everyone and she will not be there. I will not, indeed I did not attend her funeral. I am not going through those little steps that make you close a journey that you experienced together. That help you untie your bonds, forged through the years of memories, moments, happiness, birthdays, Christmases... and yes, pain as well.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In between , now I am remembering moments I spent with her. Our Summer holidays, her artistic ways, her profound knowledge of history, and her love for our family. This week I was remembering all those happy times I spent with her, poaching at the rocky beach, having cakes after a long warm day on the beach, even the fact that she was the one that introduced me as a child to the benefits of large foamy long baths... This was such a long time ago, and these sweet memories are still here with me. And will always be here with me. My aunt was always there for my important moments. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, I am very much in grieve, and that's why I am exploring and expressing these feelings on my blog. I am losing, not only my aunt but the comfort and seeking help to cope with these feelings , with this pain with my close family. Hopefully indeed I am not alone, but my little ones and my husband didn't know her as I did. Were not happy with her as I was... And in the end I am indeed grieving alone. And this is not a process that I am not used to. I have experienced loss before, my grandparents that were so important to me.... however I never had to go through it alone. I attended their funerals. I said my good-beys.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not the same as now, as I am far away.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Far from my mother, my father, my brother....</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am untying the close bonds I had with my aunt alone. I don't have people around that have met her, that know her that were close to her that can relate. That I can talk about her. That would understand this pain. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I am I am grieving, but unable to grieve together alongside my family. Its not only about the pain of loosing her. Its also the funeral that I missed, my opportunity to say my final goodbye. To have a sense of closure. I don't know how to recover from that. Its a loss within a loss. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, I have skype, Zoom and all these technologies that connect you with people. But somehow, all of this feels 'unconnected'. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Detached. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unreal. </div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My family just skyped now. But I could not express this to them... They ask how are you.... I talk... But I don't speak. I don't express this. How can I? Because this asks for a hug that I cannot receive. A kiss that I cannot give. A physical touch that cannot go through all the wireless cables. There's no replacement for the warmth that is provided by physical presence. Of sharing the same room. Of saying, and sharing my good-beys.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This is a loss within a loss.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good-bey my lovely aunt. I am missing you. And I will not forget you.</div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been such a long time since my last post. School is out, and summer break is here. </div>
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Now its the time to think about what we will do during the Summer break during covid times. I know that most everyone is pretty much resuming their lives normally, but I will keep avoiding going out, and staying in as much as possible.</div>
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Yes, I am scared. I am still very much afraid. I now numbers around the south UK are looking better that most regions, but that doesn't mean we should not be alert. Covid is still very much real, and all care should be heavily sustained. It scares me that people are easing up their care, and becoming more adventurous, less distancing... And that is scary to me...</div>
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But I also understand that there are limits to staying indoors... having a measured approach to opening up and resuming a normal life is complex... My issue at the moment? I have zero confidence on how the UK government is doing this....</div>
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There's so much I have to say about this, but words do fail me. And I also don't want this post to be a breaking up of this government. This post is about me, my family... and how on earth are we going to survive this Summer break. I so need a strike of inspiration to keep going forward, keep keeping both kids happy, keep Summer fun and busy... Having a happy family as much as possible.... I usually seek guidance from the Internet, and other family's examples. But I see that most everyone now is being adventurous, going out, going on trips... And that is not something that I wish to do, you know.. for me covid is still very much out there!</div>
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So... get back to what my garden can offer! Gardening is one thing that we all did...but I think kids are getting a bit bored as there is so much growing sunflower we can do!</div>
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