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own yet so the list is still in my head and on pinterest but i ve bought 9 gifts for others up to now and have hinted at 3 definite things that i d like a phone l occitane treats david sedaris tour tickets making for so far a 3 1 giving to receiving ratio that i reckon santa will definitely look kindly on oh dear after writing that i ve just remembered the 2 tops i tried on last week and both of which were bought for me while i was there sorry santa here s how the rest of my month measured up 6 days for james s stitches to dissolve he had a short operation on the 1 st of this month in fact i wrote about the way zebras were watching over us that day here seriously if you didn t read that post you ll be forgiven for thinking that he was operated on during a safari which he wasn t but as for the stitches themselves well obviously i couldn t actually count the actual number because being dissolvable they d vanished before the dressing was removed speaking of which 10 14 days the time he had to wait before removing the post op dressing which he was perfectly happy with thankyouverymuch but as for me well we re talking here about someone who in the past has been known to open christmas presents secretly before christmas and to me 10 14 days felt like a long time to find out exactly what they d done to him because with the dressing in place it really wasn t clear cut pardon the pun knowing me as he does i think he slept with one eye open for the first week just in case temptation got the better of me and i decided to chance a sneak peek in the night before you worry about him he s almost back to normal now well when i say normal meet the man of 1000 faces ok so there s only 8 here i think every time i looked up during the party he d turned into someone else like alec guinness in kind hearts coronets what s that i hear you ask what party am i talking about why it was this one my older just sayin sister had a heroes villains themed 40th birthday party while she herself is partial to a spot of theatricality involving dressing up she decided not to force a full on costume party on those less flamboyant guests instead we collected together all the dressing up items wigs glasses masks capes etc and silly props moustaches hats guns sonic screwdriver etc we could find and turned our parents hallway into a self contained party photo booth it made a great alternative to a costume party as those who fancied dressing up and capturing it on camera could do so to their heart s content meanwhile those who didn t want to make fools of themselves could still enjoy the night and ever changing surreal scenery eg the 2 nuns dancing to daft punk s get lucky i would say you had to be there but as i was one of those 2 nuns i m actually glad you weren t we also had a board for people to leave messages for the birthday girl messages like and if you thought she might be mad at me for telling you she was 40 imagine what she ll do to me now but however old she is she s not as old as a certain time lord who turned 50 this month did you watch the dr who 50th anniversary episode the day of the doctor i ve only been interested in the show since matt smith took on the role i really can t enjoy the original episodes despite james s attempts to sway me otherwise and i generally consider it a good night if i ve managed to understand at least 50 of what s going on in an episode but i do so enjoy smith s doctor and the fact his final episode airs on dec 25th is a rare reason to not be looking forward to christmas day because bow ties are cool the 50th anniversary occurred in the same week as jo s birthday and appropriately enough the backdrop to her photo booth was a tardis a tardis which we d pinned up over the door during the day not realising for a moment that once it got dark outside it would be perfectly aligned with the glass of the front door and once the hall light was on it would be illuminated and and look delightfully like the real thing and in case you were wondering about how we fit all that dressing up equipment a full length mirror props and tripod into the hallway while still having space for slightly inebriated people to strike a pose in well that ll be because it s bigger on the inside you know so those were my november numericals do you want to share yours either for november or at any time in the future then please visit the full how to join in my month in numbers guide here there are no power mad rules as such but you can definitely help me out in a couple of ways to keep the month in numbers community running contentedly i ll gladly visit you comment and save your post to the month in numbers pinterest board currently followed by almost 750 people but this takes me a fair drop of time so there are a few simple things i ask in return all of which you can find here in the guide i ll look forward to reading your posts and i know for a fact i ll see many of you in the comment sections of each other s blogs too i ll pop back here tomorrow with the final communal count of 2013 julie posted by julie kirk at 06 00 12 comments labels my month in numbers blogging meme statistics lists numbers memory keeping by numbers birthday 40th dressing up party photo booth super heros dr who 50th email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 21 november 2013 found a mouldy minion hi hi the human brain is hard wired to recognise faces it s likely an evolutionary thing and sometimes this cognitive function leads us to recognising faces in things that aren t really faces bear with me on this science bit there s something inane heading this way any minute promise in our house we re very fond of finding these faces in places and i ve blogged at least one of them before now that time we found a potato that looked like a marc john s drawing how could i not blog about that my photo folders are scattered with them and i know we re not alone there s a whole world of faces in places photos over on flickr and i ve just come across faces in things on twitter and so with the knowledge that this is definitely a thing and not that i m just a little bit odd i just had to share our latest face with you today according to wikipedia objects incidentally perceived as faces evoke an early activation in the ventral fusiform cortex at a time and location similar to that evoked by faces so all i can say is prepare to have your ventral fusiform cortex activated last week james was putting some fresh lemons into the fruit bowl when something amongst the old ones in the bottom of the bowl caused him to shout over to me there s a face in a place here and naturally i had to go and look and he wasn t wrong was he is that not the cutest most poignant seen better days lemon you ve ever seen if not i insist on seeing your photographic evidence to the contrary personally i can see some family resemblance between it and a minion from the despicable me films or a toy story alien what do you think if nothing else it makes me feel better about my lapses in household management how does that old saying go she who has a perfect spore free fruit bowl shalt never get to blog about a mouldy lemon now wouldn t that be a terrible pity julie posted by julie kirk at 11 33 11 comments labels faces in places humour mouldy lemon despicable me minion toy story alien email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 19 november 2013 plundering pages for cardmaking what s in a name hi you what s your name why do i ask because when i m browsing my old book collection looking for an interesting page to plunder i love it when i accidentally stumble across a familiar name this is my latest find which made the perfect addition to the card i made for my sister s recent birthday but i m not only excited about finding my own name in this case inside a 1960 s girls annual no in recent weeks i ve sent out several envelopes stuffed with plundered pages to friends whose names i d happened upon in various books both ladies have names which i m imagining they don t come across that often in books so i couldn t bear to keep them to myself i just had to tear them out did you just wince and post them off to a rightful home with their namesakes similarly i was delighted to find this image to use as my focal point for the card because if you don t know her let me promise you that she actually does look rather like this if you read my post on sunday she s the superhero sibling i wrote about in my simply a moment post whenever someone enquires about ordering a custom pack of plundered pages and we re chatting about what themes and topics they d like me to find for their personalised pack i often ask if there are any significant names they d like me to keep my eyes peeled for at the same time i can t promise to find any but it s great when i do because i know how much fun it can be adding a very specific as if it was tailored to you detail to a project i ve made various projects for myself featuring familiar names and while i know you could type print stamp out any name or phrase you fancy there is something particularly special about finding it on a page out of the blue fully formed then just snipping it out and being inspired by it for example i built the entire sentiment of this card around this phrase with my name the card just wouldn t have been the same if i hadn t taken it as my starting point are there any unique hard to find or simply significant names you d like me to stay vigilant for in my book browsing i d be interested to hear and who knows maybe i ll get in touch one day with that all elusive name julie p s you can find similar numbered background text pages as used down the spine of this card here in my shop or browse all the available plundered pages packs and as today was my turn to post a dt project on the 3djean blog my card also features rose organza trimming and vintage style tickets from the 3djean shop posted by julie kirk at 06 33 6 comments labels plundered pages vintage paper names personalised text etsy greetings cards email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 17 november 2013 simply a moment november my super hero sibling hello you i m joining in again with simply a moment a blogging meme hosted by alexa at trimming the sails who reminds us once a month to stop and document a fleeting moment of time to learn more you can read alexa s tips on how to record your own moments and if you do join in there s a link box on her november moment for you to add yours i actually forgot i was meant to consciously memorise a moment on the 15th until the 16th and while alexa always stresses that it s perfectly fine to choose another day when i thought back to the previous day to see if i could remember back to anything worth capturing one vivid perfectly formed moment leapt to mind and this is it my super hero sibling date friday 15th november 2013 time 12 30 pm ish location mam dad s hallway the party preparations are fully underway now mam s juggling quiches pies and finger food in the kitchen dad s sprinting around the house with a toolbox tending to last minute tasks and really all that s left for jo the birthday girl and i to do is the fancy bits pinning up the rows of comic book style bunting we ve been preparing for weeks finding the best spot for the paper pom pom garlands oh and the small task of t urning the hallway of a suburban house into a tardis superhero themed photo booth complete with dressing up box and props so not that much to do really every time a crowd pleaser style song comes on the radio an all request day on radio 2 in aid of children in need mam asks jo who s created a 16 hour playlist for her party tonight have you got this one on there and every time jo replies no then shoots me a but i have got 16 hours worth of other songs on there and people are bound to like some of them look i move the step ladder into the hall so i can reach up to pin a pom pom garland to the ceiling of the tardis as if with all that time on his hands the doctor had taken up papercrafting standing on the top of the three steps i manage to press the pin into the plaster and successfully hang the garland and then i start to tilt backwards and no dr who pun intended but time begins to bend and to stretch out giving me time to think a lot of things in just a few seconds things like uh oh this feels a bit unsafe but i ll be able to right myself in a second i always do it ll be fine followed swiftly by i m flapping my arms like something in a cartoon this isn t getting any better i m still tipping backwards ok there s nothing i more i can do about this this will either really hurt or else someone will just have to catch me and with that i slipped off the ladder straight into my sister s arms the second thing she said to me after her extraordinary catch was i quite literally had your back there and didn t she just and if i was prone to sentimentality i would leave that story right there on a profound life affirming note all metaphorically perfect she had my back then and always except i think i d rather end this moment by telling you the first thing she said after she prevented me from falling backwards on to a hard floor as i think it gives a far more accurate portrayal of sibling relationships because the first thing she said after grabbing me was urgh i just touched your boob now that s what i ve come to expect from a sister if you d like to read more moments do drop by alexa s and thank you for reading mine julie posted by julie kirk at 17 02 12 comments labels simply a moment alexa trimming the sails tardis birthday party decorating ladder fall catch email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 12 november 2013 overheard just shooting the bries hi hi it s been a while since i shared an overheard so what better way to jump back in than with a snippet of conversation about one of my favourite major food groups cheese just shooting the bries when sometime this summer uncharacteristically for me i didn t record the date of this one where my housing estate what i was walking through up and out of the housing estate heading towards the shops one sunny afternoon this summer a few metres in front of me two elderly men stood chatting their shopping bags on the pavement between them well when i say they were chatting that might have been an overstatement an exaggeration there wasn t exactly a bubbling back n forth happening in fact i rather got the feeling that i d approached them just as they were reaching that point in a conversation where you realise that you have ab so lute ly nothing left to say one of the men was standing silently ever so slightly nodding in agreement while the other somewhat resigned to the desperate turn the conversation had taken declared cheese cheese cheese you can t beat cheese here s a photo of cheese enjoy p s jean does this count as a mention on my blog you ate some of that che...