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Charity of the Month
Charity of the month, is month we are going to leave it down to our followers what charity they may or may not want to donate to.
Over the years we have aimed to pick a different local charity that we advertise on our blog and also nationwide and worldwide when possible.
Over the past years a lot of local charities in your home town have closed; those that are nation wide and world wide have also struggled.
What we found is a lot of them now do not just rely on foot fall, they also have their own online shops, use social media and companies like eBay and Amazon.
So when you have time to think about supporting the wider community where you live or even people national and oversea please consider to take the time to support a charity.
This could be done in a number of ways, thinks like donating unwanted items, making gifts they could sell, buying items, raising money, volunteering your time.
One thing that we do is try to research the charity to make sure they are register and to find out where the money they receive is used for. This information should be accessible or be able to be obtained upon request.
Thank you.
GovUK Information
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-sure-you-know-where-your-charity-donations-are-going
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/managing-charity-finances
How to complain about a Charity.
https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-charity
Other information
How Charities work?
https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/charitable-activity/
How are Charities Regulated
https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/how-charities-are-regulated/
How Much Do Charities Actually Spend On Good Causes?
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/how-much-charities-spend-good-causes
Other
eBay Charity Shop Link(s)
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Online Privacy for Kids - Internet Safety and Security for Kids
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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Sunday, December 12, 2021
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Otters at the Otter and Butterfly Sanctuary and Dorset
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Being closer to nature
Being closer to nature
I think that one thing that I love about home schooling is the ability to get closer to nature and to chose what items I use to teach my children and where I buy them from.
One thing that I have always done with my children is to teach them that second-hand is OK to buy despite Covid 19.
I was not brought up to use second-hand and was told to always buy new, but now that I am a parent I am happy to teach.
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Upcycle
is the new way to live life.
So one thing that I am looking at doing is to keep some of the things that I teach seasonal and to be more closer to nature and use what we have around use to learn who to live life to the full.
This year we were not really able to do any foraging like we have in the past, so I am going to use the items that I already have around the house and have not done any thing with yet.
What we will do is make then in to gifts for our family and friends and also to decorate the house with.
So please follow us during our gift making session over the next few day(s)
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021
Monday, October 25, 2021
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Friday, October 22, 2021
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Friday, October 15, 2021
Monday, October 11, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
October 2021 Nest Egg Ideas, should I have for the future?
October 2021 Nest Egg Ideas, should I have for the future?
Friday, October 8, 2021
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Charity of the month
Charity of the month, is month we are going to leave it down to our followers what charity they may or may not want to donate to.
Over the years we have aimed to pick a different local charity that we advertise on our blog and also nationwide and worldwide when possible.
Over the past years a lot of local charities in your home town have closed; those that are nation wide and world wide have also struggled.
What we found is a lot of them now do not just rely on foot fall, they also have their own online shops, use social media and companies like eBay and Amazon.
So when you have time to think about supporting the wider community where you live or even people national and oversea please consider to take the time to support a charity.
This could be done in a number of ways, thinks like donating unwanted items, making gifts they could sell, buying items, raising money, volunteering your time.
One thing that we do is try to research the charity to make sure they are register and to find out where the money they receive is used for. This information should be accessible or be able to be obtained upon request.
Thank you.
GovUK Information
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/make-sure-you-know-where-your-charity-donations-are-going
Managing Charity Finances
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/managing-charity-finances
How to complain about a Charity.
https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-charity
Other information
How Charities work?
https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/charitable-activity/
How are Charities Regulated
https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/how-charities-are-regulated/
How Much Do Charities Actually Spend On Good Causes?
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/how-much-charities-spend-good-causes
Other
eBay Charity Shop Link(s)
Friday, September 17, 2021
Thursday, September 16, 2021
September 2021 Budgeting for the rest of 2021
September 2021 Budgeting for the rest of 2021
Right ok lets go.
The first thing that I have added or made sure works is the link to making a budgeting plan.
I know it may seam like the most easiest thing to do, yet it is something myself I personal struggle with.
with the changes that we are all like to face over the next few months it would not hurt to think about completing one and keeping on on file.
Most of time when I do this it is an estimated figures that I use. The fist time you do this task can be quite time consuming and taxing. Yet it can help and it also means that if you are asked for one in the future you already have on on file.
On the blog there will be an icon to click on I will check to make sure it works, it should also go to a secure sight.*
*Not all links go to what is called a secure sight so make sure you ani-virus is up to date on your device you are using.
If you any any questions then please contact me.
If you are wanting to find your on budget plans template or information there are a lot of useful details on line now, also at your local library and Citizens Advice Centre.*
*Please note that a lot of line support now days wants you to fill in an on line form. I personal would rather keep a paper copy.
September 2021 Updating My Blog
September 2021 Updating My Blog
Right before I move forward I am going to update my blog and make sure that all of the links work and are up to date.
I will also check my pages and posts to make sure that they are all working, up to date and interlink if possible.
September 2021 Mental Health "It's Time To Talk Now"
Again in the new this week and also on "loose Women" Mental Health, The NSH, GP appointments and operations have been in the new.
Personal the main issues that people are not realizing is money. We have all now been informed about this new NI Tax that will be coming in 2022.
Yet accessing any medical services is a "post code lottery."
This is why I believe that more information needs to be made public so that people can make the choices that are necessary for their own personal heath and wellbeing; to the best of their abilities.
This information may already be available I do not know, a bit like an Ofsted report for a school.
I know that some property websites can give information about what the area that you are looking to live in can offer, like schools, shops, entertainment, crime rate, I am not sure if they offer NHS service and maybe this is something that should be looked into.
The things we need to try and do for our selves are looking at
Births, Marriages and Death.
Divorce, Dementia, Death
School, collage, University
Money, savings, loans, Taxes
Health and Wealth
Employment options
Benefit options
Support Services
I have listed then like this and will look at covering them in my blog(s)
Please feel free to comment or request more information.
Also link on the link(s) that I have listed to they may help.
Remember, research is the key, ask for help and do not be afraid to except it.
Stay safe.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
September 2021 Back at School
Now that everyone should have returned to full time education what will happen?
What I have found myself is that everything seams to be going backwards, yet if we stepped into a time machine all I can see is one of two things happening.
This is why I think that films about the future and infection became so popular over the last year.
Yet the one thing that I always think about is "The Time Machine "By H.G. Wells" and the words "it's all clear."
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54083859-the-time-machine-illustrated
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/timemachine/summary/
Although I have never read the book I did see both movies.
The Time Machine is a 2002 American science fiction film loosely adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and the screenplay of the 1960 film of the same name by David Duncan.
This book talks about the end of the world due to man reaching to far to touch the stars. Then in the future only two species of man left
Eloi
One that lives above in the sun and eats, drinks, plays all day.
Morlocks
One below that works, designs, plans and cares for those above. Hides in the shadow and then when they need to feed on those above to survive.
They do this by using a noise that makes the Eloi to the onw basic thing that every thing thig will do, Flight or Fight.
So what the noises triggers is the flight instinct that makes the Elio hide under ground like that would have been taught to do centuries before in times of danger.
For centuries we have been taught this in may ways shapes and forms the Flight or Fight way of life and in some case we have been forced into doing one or another even if we do not wish to do so.
Flight or Flight.
The fight or flight response is a physiological response to a stimulus which our bodies consider dangerous or life-threatening. This response—also called the acute stress response—is familiar to most people as the intense feeling of anxiety, shaking, and fear that can occur when our bodies prepare for a possible emergency.
Although both genetical come from the same species homer apian they are nothing a like to to centuries of evolution and time.
So in many ways have become to separate species all together and bother dependant on each other and living a symbiotic relationship.
Symbiotic relationship
Symbiosis is a function of nature that encourages the flourishing of all life on Earth, enabling each party to sustain its own life and continue the legacy of their species through a special form of interaction. Some symbiotic relationships are only really beneficial to one party, but generally symbiosis will be mutually beneficial.
In the movies
In both films the interpretation of the movie is different yet the story line is the same. With a traveller from a different time coming teaching the Eloi that to live a different way of life that they must fight for it and want to learn to change from in way being children into adults and learning to take care of themselves.
"Not to be afraid of the dark, to change and adapted."
Yet in the more modern movie (2002) the Elio appear to be more independent and know what it is going on and except their way of life and that none are likely to live very long. They even appear to know basic literature, how to gown food, how to keep warm and stay safe at night.
He also never goes back in time. and resets up the ability to tech again with what is left of modern technology; called the Vox System.
In the 1960, they have talking rings, books that have turned to dust, food and clothing, no knowledge of fire and know that at night they must stay indoors and not go outside.
In the end he goes back in time and picks up three book to take with him to help build and change the future.
One should be asking themselves do we not already live this way?
Monday, September 13, 2021
September 2021What now?
What will the rest of 2021 have in store for everyone?
With Covid still on the rise, was have a vaccine really just a smoke screen when the elephant was still in the room?
Money.
Just like with any war that effect human life and the economy, it goes to think that every country had its onw figure on the cost of human life. how may could each country afford to let die, how much money could they afford to lose and then make once the cost of a human life was met??
Now I live in the UK so I can only really speak about what was ultimately lost and achieved over the last two years and most of this from my own personal experience and what I have seen and heard.
So I ask myself why?
What have we learned?
What have we gained?
What have we achieved?
I believe that the answers to these questions are [personal ones that we can only ask and answer yourselves.
For me not much changed over this time frame to date and I guess the one thing that I learned it that things I not likely to in the near future either.
Yet this experience would have been different for everyone om a personal level and how we take on board what we may or may not have learned will determine the future,
So for me, my plant for the rest of this year is to live and live each day like it could be my last.
To say I Love You and try not to end the day on an argument.
Also if possible to try and save a at lest 3 months rent just in case we have another lockdown.
Monday, August 16, 2021
Redbubble Volksbolts and KABFA Designs
Redbubble Volksbolts and KABFA Designs
https://www.redbubble.com/people/KABFA/shop?asc=u
We have been updating our Redbuble account over teh last few weeks now that now products can be designed by our staff and produced.
So if you are loking for a gift for a friend, family member, that extra person in your life and even for your self; then why not few our Redbubble Store.
For more information please contact use direct.
Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Friday, June 4, 2021
Monday, May 31, 2021
Pre Raphaelite influenced Art
Pre Raphaelite influenced Art
https://www.facebook.com/groups/287284131334748
If you click on the above link or the image on my blog it will give you the opertunity to join a group that I am member of that is about Pre Raphaelite Influenced Art.
This is a part of art that i was really into, espically when I use to life model in my twenties.
This is also an time in art when famous works of art were created like the following.
1 John Everett Millais: Isabella (1848-49)
2 Arthur Hughes: The Long Engagement (1859)
3 Henry Wallis: Chatterton (1855-56)
4 Millais: Christ in the House of His Parents (The Carpenter's Shop) (1849-50)
5 Millais: Ophelia (1851-52)
6 Edward Burne-Jones: Laus Veneris (1873-75)
7 William Holman Hunt: The Light of the World (1851-53)
8 Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Blue Bower (1865)
9 Ford Madox Brown: The Last of England (1852-55)
10 Ford Madox Brown: An English Autumn Afternoon, Hampstead (1852-55)
- Frida
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Lust for Life
- Big Eyes
- My Left Foot
Remembering with Memorials and Statues
With in this blog I have add a number of images that if you click on to them will transport you to another web site.
One of these is a facebook group called "Remembering with Memorials and Statues." on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/238099003668877
This group is the brainchild of Paul Els, who wants to start collecting not only pictures but history of war memorials as well as statues that have been erected both locally and overseas to honour South African people/animals or groups of South African people/animals for their contribution to the defence of Southern Africa.
I have add this group manily due to my book that I am trying to finsih called "Pure Light" that is based in South Aftrica and also beacuse it is a place tht I would love to vist.Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit hole. By Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit hole. By Lewis Carroll
Chapter I: Down the Rabbit-Hole - Alice-in-Wonderland.net
it is the 24th May 2021 and once again I have had a fight with my ex. It always seam that when people fight they always seam to fight about about the same things.
Death and Taxes
Family and Friends
Property and money
Where should we go on holiday this year? Should we take the kids? Should we kennel the dog? Should we get some to house sit?
Over the last almost two years the world that we once knew is no more.
Ever since I was young I have wanted to be self-employed and run my own business I am now almost 40 and I should may be look at making a B-movie or sitcom of how many times I have failed.
Also I know is that I can not take one more shitty course on how to become self employed where some mild-aged person stands in front of a slid show.
Showing you that if you do A, B, C then you will get to D and be a millionaire with in three years.
So what do I do?
All I know it that I have had 101 and Jobs since leaving high school and now I am a full time mother to three child.
Who love to say “I hate you mum!”
So what so I do?
How do I move forward with out having to take 10 steps back and going down the “Rabbit Hole” like am “Alice in Wonderland.?” By Lewis Carroll alice in wonderland - Bing