This took me about two days to do I have on idear why it spit into two movies. But I do not mind espicaly since this year live as been split. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2021!
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Thursday, 31 December 2020
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Shopping in 2021 Time to Change!
Shopping in 2021 Time to Change!
Now that 2021is almost upon on up I am using this time to “SHOP SMART” and to look at the ways that I have shopped in the past and how I can change my shopping habits in 2021.
During 2020 everyone had to take this time to STOP and THINK! About a number of things that they do in their lives and now to change the way that live.
One of those ways was by SHOPPING SMART!
So for 2021 I am going to aim to continue to do this and will blog about it and share links on ways that way can all SHOP SMART.
Friday, 25 December 2020
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
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Friday, 18 December 2020
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Friday, 20 November 2020
Scenes In The Book Too Disturbing To Put In The Movie
I have managed to find this in You Tube and have added this to my blog.
One this that people all ways seam to do is compare the book to the movie or the movie to the book.
I hope this link helps to exsplain why somtimes things are not added and put onto the sliver screen.
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Burlesque
Burlesque
I have been looking at geting into Bulesque for a number of year now. Due to lock down I have spent this time time look into it again.
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Wednesday 18th November 2020
Wednesday 18th November 2020
I can not believe that we are drawing so close to the end of an other year and the one thing that I can think of is how lucky that I am to still be alive and to be able to watch my children grow each day.
The hardest job I have had to do is to not just take care of myslef because no one else will do that for you, but to take care of my family.I have used this time to go back to the drawing board and to work on my future goals and who I can hopefully move forward in 2021 and how my children will also.
One of the main things that I have done is go back to basics and I have done this by taking the time to draw up a budget plan and to try and average out my incomings and outgoings over the last 6 months so that I can start planing for the future.
I will add a budget plan link to this blog, if I have not already added one.
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Wednesday 11th November 2020 Poppy seeds.
Wednesday 11th November 2020 Poppy seeds.
This year because of Covid19 we are not able to collect for the Poppy Appeal like we have in the past, one of the place that we use to collect was at the Coventry train station, we hope to be able to do this again in 2021.
One thing that we do every year is plant poppies and collect the seeds, if anyone would like a packet of seeds with their order then please let us know.
For a list of other itmes that you can buy that are Poppy related please look at the following links below. At the moment I am updating every thing.
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/?query=KABFA%20Poppies&ref=search_box
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Monday, 2 November 2020
Zoom Account
Zoom account
I am looking at setting up a Zoom account, at the moment this is something that I know very little about so I will look into this before setting one up. Any advice that can be given will be a great help.
Sunday, 1 November 2020
Diwali - The festival of Lights November 14th 2020
https://youtu.be/mPwmXRws7FA
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5h November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
14th November Diwali
https://youtu.be/mPwmXRws7FA
What is Diwali? 14th November 2020
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5h November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
14th November Diwali
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Now that we are now going to have another lock down on the 5th November until 2nd December a lot of events are now going to be cancelled like
5th November Bonfire Night
But why do we celebrate the 5th November in the first place? Is the reason behind why we have a bonfire and also fireworks on that day been lost?
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Feeding the future 2020
https://savings4savvymums.co.uk/feeding-family-four-2-50-day/
Once again child poverty is on the the new and how parents are unable to feed their children and them selves.
With so many family services clothing and Covid 19 on the rise it is not like you can even knock a friends or familys door for something like a cup of suguar.
One thing that I belive need to be done is that people need to clearly know how much their income and exspences are so that they can cleary budget them selves.
With winter just around the corner more of use will be spending money on heating our homes and lighting, not just food and other key itmes or bills.
Many people today are also forced into the rental market and are paying more in rent than what you would for a morgage.
I am still a stong beliver that everyine with children under 5 should be given healthy start vouchers.
https://www.gov.uk/healthy-start
You can also look at applying for the Big Diffrent Schem.
https://bigdiff.co.uk/login.php
I also belive that any child of school age under the age of Seven should be given a free school meal, if the school is closed then that should still continue. I belive that every child can calim this up unil the end of Year 2 at school.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school
Their is also pupil premium.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
I have include a budget sheet with this link.
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/tools/budget-planner
Monday, 26 October 2020
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Wednesday(s) what is new?
Wednesday(s) what is new?
So what I am aiming to do from the 1st October 2020 is start to update our blog once a month on the first Wednesday of every months.
So please remember to follow use and to subscribe to or blog and Facebook book page to be kept up to date with our new products that we have of sale.
until then I will look at updating and changing inforamtion.
If you have any questions or would like to comment then please do so.
Also please do not forget to subscribe.
Thank you.
Saturday, 5 September 2020
Thursday, 3 September 2020
The biggest problem with "To The Bone"
I have to agree with this, I did not want a film that gsve tips no ED but the story line was sadly not how I thought it would be and did not really exsplain things in grat detail.
In away it was a bit like girl interupted when you see what it is like though one persons eyes to live with other people with mental health and how having mental health effects them.
It this film the only time they really steep in is when your BMI is so low that they give you a feeding tube to basical save you life.
I hav e seen programmmes about this in the past and films each one had a diffrent take on eating diorders and how they effect people.
One thing this movie did try and show was that it is your chose in the end and no one can make you get better you have to want to get better "LIVE."
It also tryed to show that when you do seek medical help how this surport if given by exsplaining the no doors, locked bathrooms, health checks.
It tryed to talk about some of the "Tricks" that people use but very lightly like cutting, pills, being sick, not eatting and some others.
But sadly fro me the movie did not go how I though it would and I found the story line to be quite week since the actors in it are well know for what they can bring to the screen.
Monday, 31 August 2020
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Friday, 14 August 2020
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Sunday, 26 July 2020
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Friday, 17 July 2020
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
What face mask/covering should I be buying/wearing?
What face mask/covering should I be buying/wearing?
With the changed to that are one being forces to the general public what face mask should we be all wearing with so many coming onto the market and the prices ranging from around £3.00 -£45.00.
What I have found is that the government that brought out this law but have not clearly stated what mask you should be wearing or face covering and to what standard or quality is needs to be made to.
Does this now mean that I could wear a DIY mask or do I have to buy one that is CE approved?
DO I have to wear a face mask or can I wear a scarf because I have loads of them?
Can I wear a turtle neck and use it to cove the lower part of my face?
Can I wear a bandanas?
Can I wear a Niqab, or a Burka?
Also so what about workers in the shops are they all going t be wearing face masks too?
Also who can you buy a facemask from a shop if you can not go into a shop to buy one because you are not wearing one already do you have to but them on line?
I have added some links below that I have found and I believe more clarity needs to given the general public about this. To me it just looks like and other any to milk the general public or every penny they earn and to still by mass produced tat for China and sweat shops.
Please add to it and share.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-face-coverings-to-be-compulsory-in-english-shops-from-24-july/ar-BB16H3TZ?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds
https://www.prima.co.uk/diet-and-health/healthy-living/g32448751/where-buy-face-masks-uk/
We sell face masks/covering and our designs and prices can be fround thought the link(s) below. For more information please contact us.
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/?iaCode=all-masks&query=kabfa&ref=search_box
Monday, 13 July 2020
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Monday, 29 June 2020
What Magazine?
What magazine?
When I was in my teens one of the ways that I learned to read and learn things was though reading books and magassines.
Now that I am in my last 30’s books and reading magazines appears to be a thing of the past due to the Internet.
Now that the internet is around how many people still read a paper back book?
Now many people still read a paper?
Now many people read a magazine?
Now that I am a mother of three small children I have chosen to not allow them to much access to the internet and have taught them about reading books.
I am glad that this is something that schools also support buy teaching children about the written word and to not get stare at a computer screen also to access information about the world.
So now I am in my 30’s I still have almost every book that I have even purchased and I still love to but books. I also have almost every magazine that I have bought too.
You use to Albee to donate reading material to places like GP waiting rooms but now due to Covid 19 and other hygiene reasons you can not.
We also live in a world where everyone seems to have a mobile phone and therefore reading books or magazines is no longer “second nature.”
So what do I do with all of my reading material in the future?
My plan is to list all of my books with Good Read and my Magazines on line to sell.
What would you do?
HEALTHY START VOUCHERS
If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/
With your kids being out of school then you may be able to get a bit more financial support via the Pupil Premium scheme.
If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Lost and Renewed Skills of the 21st Century.
Lost and Renewed Skills of the 21st Century.
Is a Facebook Page that I set up Lost and Renewed Skills of the 21st Century. On Facebook sometime due to so many people looking at bringing back lost and renewed skills to society.
In today's society we appear to live in a world that where the mind set is to be a throw away culture and most items are single use.
Due to the fast pace of life that we all live now we never really have time to stop and focus on what it important.
Over the last 11 weeks with the lock down due to Covid 19 a lot of things have changed.
In some ways time as come to a stop and so as any real future plans that people have made.
At this moment in time we all seam to be living for the here and now.
But where do we go from here?
When we are not living from day to day and from the here and now?
When I think about this there are a few things that I think about and that is the song "where do I from here?" and the film "Up I the Air."
At the moment a lot of things have changed and few have lost almost a whole generation of people that still may have had skills that could have been passed on to the younger generations.
All of the stories that would have been lost and the practical skills which is one of the reasons why I set up this group.
No one can ever really know when they die but what you chose to do with your life can make a difference to those around you.
I would not like any one to live each day like it was their last of plan to far a head into the future.
But I so believe that some kind of plan or legacy that you may wish to one day leave behind is important.
When we are younger we are encouraged to plant our future and a school they ask you to write things down like where do you see your self in five years time.?
When I was younger I thought I know everything but now I know that I know very little.
If any one was to ask me that question now I would say "Alive."
The I think of the film "Spanglish."
So now I live my life and I live it for my children.
So what do you live your life for??
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Friday, 19 June 2020
Saturday, 13 June 2020
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Human Zoos: America's Forgotten History of Scientific Racism
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How well do you know the history of your country.?
How well do you know the history of your country.?
Saturday, 6 June 2020
Friday, 5 June 2020
Used ladies underwear for sale
Since the Outbreak of covid-19 there are certain things that obviously due to health and safety of the general public that you will not currently be able to purchase.
One of these things is going to be personal garments that people wear such as ladies used lingerie.
Before the Outbreak of covid-19 that was a number of different websites including charities that would have been more than happy to have taken ladies lingerie in order to resell or for private collectors who like collecting ladies lingerie.
Before covid-19 this was something that I was looking at doing myself personally either through a legitimate website that was already up and running or as a side line through my own website which I am still currently working on.
Although you can actually sell lingerie through Amazon and also through eBay you are not allowed to sell it if it has been pre worn it is something that they frown upon.
So what I am planning on doing due to having so much lingerie that now no longer fits me since becoming a mother is I am looking at selling this lingerie but I will do so through my own website once it is up and running.
I know with certain websites when used ladies lingerie is sold and purchased it is just recently been worn and therefore is not washed before sale.
This is something that I believe some of the buyers are interested in which is one of the reasons why pre used ladies lingerie has been sold in the past.
Therefore what I am currently doing at the moment is sorting out all of my lingerie that I will be looking at selling in the near future probably around Christmas time.
Until then what I shall do is make sure that everything is nice clean and crisp photographed and properly packaged for dispatch later on in the year.
If anyone is interested in purchasing these items then please feel free to contact me via my my blog The Painted Veil this will be the only way at this moment in time that any orders are going to be able to be taken and also placed at this moment in time.
Friday, 29 May 2020
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Monday, 25 May 2020
Saturday, 23 May 2020
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Sunday, 17 May 2020
Vintage Vanity Sets, Made in the UK
Vintage Vanity Sets, Made in the UK
Hello good afternoon I hope that every on is safe and well. Over that number of years I have not done much blogging and I need to update all of my blogs.
Over the last 20 years I have been trying to finish one of my many books, the one that I have been focusing on the most over the last 18 months is called Pure Light.
In all of my books I always seam to include tokens, tokens of love and affection. One of the things that I really love is anything that is British or Made in the UK.
I love, Love Spoons, plates, pottery, furniture, clothing the list is endless.
One thing that I also love are Vanity Sets.
Being a life model I have always had to carry a Vanity Set with me to work.
I have always had a passion for them and love to learn about anything new and how things are made.
In my book Pure Light all of the women in my book are given a Vanity Set my their family members for their 16th Birthdays.
I have used this idea in my book as a way to show that the women in my book are no longer girls, but have transitioned into the second stage of their lives. "Womanhood."
All of the Vanity sets that the women are given have been passed down from generation to generation in their families and each one tells a story.
Then for their wedding gift, they are given a second one that may have been produced around the time period of their marriage or custom made if possible.
Although my book is not a period drama of a historic story, the items that I write about and feature in my book are.
All of the photos that I am aiming to use and used in my book, I am aiming to use them from items that I own.
This includes Vanity Sets.
I have tried to do some research into Vanity Sets and have not found much about them so I will, write up my own research and add it to my blog.
At the moment the Vanity Sets that I have looked at and purchased are made of Ebony Wood and some have Silver to decorate them.
For my main character Grace I have been able to find a Vanity set made of Ebony, with Birmingham Sliver and the Initial G on almost all of the items in the Vanity Set.
I am looking at photographing these items and putting them in my book in due course, so please subscribe to my blog to find out more and to be keep up to date.
Thank you.
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Friday, 8 May 2020
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Thursday, 23 April 2020
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
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Sunday, 29 March 2020
Saturday, 28 March 2020
JACKSPRAT
28TH
MARCH 2020
Jack
Sprat Could Eat No Fat. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could
eat no lean; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean.
At
its origins “Jack Sprat” was known as a proverb, and the term
used to refers at short people in the 16th century.
“Jack Sprat” Lyrics
Jack Sprat
could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat
AFTER
READING THIS RHYME AGAIN WOULD YOU NOT SAY THAT IT IS STILL RELEVANT
TODAY?
SO
WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING AT THE MOMENT TRY TO BE MORE FRUGAL AND TO STOP
“PANIC BUYING.”
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
25TH MARCH 2020 DRINK MORE WATER
DRINK MORE WATER
25TH MARCH 2020
“IF ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”
“IF ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”
“WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”
"If All The World Were Paper ' is an old English folk song that dates back to at least the reign of Charles I. The song, with six verses, is printed in "Witt's Recreations" described as a book of 'ingenious conceites' and 'merrie medecines', published in 1641.
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper-2/
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper/
OVER
THE NEXT COUPPLE OF MONTHS WHILST THE WHOLE WORD OS DEALING WITH THE
CURRENT OUT BREAK. THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS
WATER.
ALREADY
THIS YEAR WE HAD ISSUES WHERE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH RAIN IN THE UK
THAT IT WAS CAUSING FLOODING.
YET
THE TABLES COULD TURN WITH IN DAYS DEPENDING UPON THE WEATHER AND THE
AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVOIRS AND USAGE.
THE
AVERAGE PERSON SHOULD DRINK AROUND 8 GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY.
LIVING ON THE CANAL NETWORK WE WOULD USUALLY FILL UP THE WATER TANK
ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS WITH A FAMILY OF FOUR ON BOARD.
SO
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE AND THINK
ABOUT HOW WE COULD LOOK AT CUTTING BACK BUT STILL STAY HEALTHY.
WITH
EVERYONE ALL MOST ALL OVER THE WORLD ON LOCK DOWN, YOU MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO POP TO YOUR LOCAL SHOP FOR TEA, COFFEE, MILK, JUICE OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
SO
IT WILL BE WATER THAT WE WILL ALL BE DRINKING (COUNCIL POP.)
MOST
WILL DRINK STRAIGHT FROM THE TAPE, FILTERED OR BOILED.
SO
PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE EPICALLY DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS.
PLAN
NOW!
I
HAVE INCLUDED SOME USEFUL LINKS BELOW.
REMEMBER
“IF
ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”
“IF
ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”
“WHAT
WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”
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