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¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ I think I may have found a use for all the random scenery pictures I take. What do you think? Want to steal this?   Use this code:

There is no introduction I can write for this  Blognonymous  post as I'm not sure what to say.  The author is a personal friend of mine and I just want to scoop her up and protect her myself.  I'm just glad that Blognonymous is here for anyone when they need it. As always it would be great if you could offer any advice or support.  If you prefer to remain anonymous when commenting please sign out of Disqus (if you have used it before), write your comment, click "Post as..." and you will see "guest" appear as an option. If you would like to contact any of the Blognonymous team please click on the image to the right for more details. ¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ A blog is meant to be a place where you can post anything right?  Be open about what’s going on in your life.  Share.  I mean, after all, that’s the whole point of an online diary, no?  Well you know what?  That’s bullshit.  There are things I’d never be able to talk abou...

I was drooling over Aly's Union Jack Crock-Pot® a few weeks ago, mainly because of its unusual design (I'm a sucker for a Union Jack) but also because I've been hankering after a new slow cooker for a while now. Well, Aly is a bit of a cool chick and recommended me to Crock-Pot® who sent me this completely lush Crock-Pot® to try out (see the end of this post for the finer details). I already have a slow cooker - it is really  ancient and just has a basic on/off switch. It is enormously heavy as it has a good, old-fashioned ceramic pot but it does the trick, even though I've never really used it for more than chucking meat in to cook  ready for tea or for making a hotpot. I keep reading the 'Slow Cooker Sunday' suggestions ( #scsunday on Twitter) and thinking "I must try that one day" but wondered about the High/Low settings suggested for a lot of the recipes. So, killing two birds with one stone, I thought I'd try out the new slow co...

When you get something like this through your letterbox surely it is going to spark a reaction?  I'm a naturally inquisitive person so immediately had a quick search on twitter for part of the hashtag to see what was going on.  I wasn't impressed by what I found... a lot of "huh" type tweets interspersed with some positive and some negative comments.  In between the tweets I found the FlubIt official account and checked out their website (which is exactly what they wanted me to do, obviously). In these times of mass produced online marketing, brands have approximately 3 seconds to grab your attention before you move on to the next webpage.  Clicking the red X in the corner of the screen to get rid of unwanted web content is far too easy.  To take marketing back to traditional sources (such as snail mail) does make you stand out in the crowd. Something was niggling at me with this campaign though.  I am used to PR's emailing me (and, boy, do I s...

We've been having some CR-AZY weather over in Lancashire this week.  I've gone from wearing a loose, floaty top that lets air waft around my armpits to wrapping up in a hat and scarf to stand in the street almost ankle-deep in rain water (work related... don't ask).   Anyway, the weird weather has actually brought beautiful rainbows day after day although it's always at a time when I haven't got my big camera with me so these were snapped on my phone.   And I still haven't found that post of gold, either.  Look how close I was at one point! Title reference... "She Talks To Rainbows" by Ronnie Spectre  and covered by The Ramones  Such a beautiful song about someone who appears to be happy but is troubled by something.  

The other day, whilst out with my husband , I was listening to some UB40 in the car and wondered what they were up to now.  Then I saw this post from Buzzfeed and realised I totally needed to steal that idea.   BUT the problem with doing a "Where Are They Now" of the 80s is that they are either dead, accountants (dead accountants?) or in their mid 50's and, having realised they have snorted their pension up their nose, are dragging themselves onto the Reunion Tour concert circuit. So here are my chosen few that form my A-Z of 80's 'Where Are They Now?'   Do you fancy adding any of your own? Art Of Noise.   Last seen looking for Peter Gunn and desperately hoping that Tom Jones tells a "I know A rt Of Noise" story about them on The Voice. Billy Idol.   Currently setting off airport alarms all over the world after having a steel rod inserted into his leg following a motorbike accident in 1990.  Practicing Rebel Yell on Guitar Her...

Blognonymous is always here for bloggers who want to talk about something that won't fit on their own blog.  Sometimes it is advice that is needed, sometimes it is so that they have somewhere to "write" about an event in their lives; there are many reasons and we, the Blognonymous team, never question the need to publish. This post is an emotional one - and one that a number of readers will find hard to read for many reasons.  There is an important question at the end and one that I'm not sure can be answered but it would be amazing if you could offer any advice or support.  If you prefer to remain anonymous when commenting please sign out of Disqus (if you have used it before), write your comment, click "Post as..." and you will see "guest" appear as an option. If you would like to contact any of the Blognonymous team please click on the image to the right for more details. ¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ About three years ago, shortly after th...

"Fancy a ride out, love?" my husband asked this morning.  I had a think for a couple of minutes and accepted, wondering if we're going to have a drive over to Yorkshire to see a friend who got married a short while ago.   I'm normally cooped  up in the office or delivering training sessions up and down Lancashire all week so I togged up in my nice jeans, my favourite Muppets t-shirt and my be-YOU-tiful boots from Zalando .  I wondered if I should pack a picnic for the journey. Here's where we ended up... (click pictures to enlarge) .   Lucky, LUCKY me. Things I learnt today: My be-YOU-tiful boots from Zalando have a hole in them somewhere as I ended up with a wet foot Scrapyards do not have the cast of Top Gear or Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rodgers running round them making exciting TV shows You shouldn't laugh when your husband drops a teeny tiny spanner under a car Holding spanners makes your hands oily It is easy to steal a sma...

I have an ENORMOUS confession to make.  This weeks Soundtrack To My Life  should have been posted up last week to celebrate Paula's 40th Birthday.  Paula is one of my besties on Twitter and we had the chance to meet up a few weeks ago.  She's just as amazing in real life as I thought she would be.  And to show how much I love her, I allowed her to post her last song without questioning it even though it is #2 in my most hated songs ever.  THAT'S true friendship right there. ¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ Barbara Streisand - Secondhand Rose  My mum always sang this at family gatherings from as far back as I can remember. I could never really understand it when I was younger, but that didn't stop me memorising all the lyrics. [popout:  http://youtu.be/Q4aRRgvWT5w ]  Boney M - Rasputin  We lived in a two up, two down - all eleven of us. There was a girls room, a boys room and my folks slept downstairs. In the girls room, there was a big Bone...