The black sheep returns...

mizmir

elantan wrote: »

*lobs a jaffa cake to miz* there ya go lovely enjoy that wi a wee cuppa

*catches* Thanks El


*wipes the chocolate off her mouth*

Karmacat

I've got some dried apricots, they sort of taste like jaffa cakes.

Have a refill of your cuppa

El, you want the cuppa tea hotted up?

elantan

Ppppaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttyyyyyyyy ... its a tuesday afternoon party time

Knitting_Nora

Ummm, no jaffas - but I have chocolate, clemantines and the ability to bake sponge.....can I come to the party?

Karmacat

Yes please, Nora

elantan

*comes in with a brush and bin bag* i tell ya those silent parties are messier than the loud ones

ZTD

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Oh, now, see, I have no clean(ish) response to that!!

You're just not trying hard enough...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

*slaps head* urgh! Really!

Oh yes.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Better than being royalty in this one - think what you'd look like....;)

Depends on which side of the family I was.

The good looking side:



The other side:

mizmir wrote: »

But that is where it does get interesting. I have found two separate sets of family letters (one lot between 1845 and 1875 and the other from 1790-1815) and they are fascinating - full of details about family life, village life, really brings them to life. And an autobiography written and self published by an g-g-g-aunt in Edinburgh in the 1880s - she was a real snob but it is full of details about a certain sort of life at that time!

I think it takes a bit more than snobbery to self-publish your autobiography...

mizmir wrote: »

Then there are the asylum records for my g-aunt covering 20+ years of her time in the asylum - very grim - and wills - they are fascinating - lots of detail and fun when you find reference to objects that are still in the family. Newspaper reports - one chap - also in Edinburgh - was mugged in riots when coming home on Hogmanay - and was a witness in the subsequent murder trial (another more unfortunate chap was killed). That's what is fun - these people come to life. And you can see traits being passed down through the generations!

See previous pictures of royalty...

mizmir wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: Well that kind is rather dry. No interest really in lists of names - want to know about the people. Which is why I decided I didn't want to do it professionally - don't think I'd be interested in just finding out who was who for someone else!

To do it professionally, it is one of those things where you really have to have a very intense and general interest in people's live, rather than a family-based interest IYSWIM.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Ummm, no jaffas - but I have chocolate, clemantines and the ability to bake sponge.....can I come to the party?

Have I missed a party?!

elantan

it was one of those silent ones Z where everyone where's headphones and bops to their fav tunes ... messy though i'm sure there was a jaffa cake,chocolate,clemantine ,spongecake fight ... it seemed fun ... but i was off in la la land listening to tunes

mizmir

Quick update just to prove I have not gone AWOL before I get head down to work and get ready for weekend. We are off to a house party - will be special but not expensive - mostly covered by hosts and presents all sorted - so will be a lovely couple of days and as I get paid tomorrow I will be letting the bank account take care of itself for a few days.

Still working on "products" for the new business. It is getting there. Have stock ones (face to face training and workshops) which are steady earners and could be expanded but not enough to earn what I need. So am looking at things that can be offered at a distance - breaking out of the local market. Will be a busy few months but I have some things that I think will work well.

Everything else ticking over. Feeling positive in spite of the housing market having ground to a decided halt.

Karmacat

A house party, how lovely!

Distance products is absolutely the way to go - did you ever read that book, The Four Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss? I reviewed it on Firewalker's blog ... a lot of the principles he writes about would suit you to a T.

Enjoy the weekend first tho!