Life is a Journey – Page 138 – The life and times of Libby Withnall

Homemade Necklace Display

Posted on July 18, 2012November 3, 2026 by Libby Withnall

I’ve been trying to work out how to store my necklaces for the longest time. I’ve tried a few different things but was never happy – too many would get tangled up. I’d seen some great necklace displays around and finally decided to try making my own. Talk about an easy project. I found an unused pin board, covered it with some spare material (just using pins to hold it in place), added some clear pin and ta-da…. all done.

Looking at the photos I’m thinking maybe I should have ironed the material before I used it – but I don’t notice it in real life.

When I originally thought of doing something like this I was going to mount it on the wall (somewhere) but it works really well here and can just slide in and out as needed.

My earrings and bracelets are still in the clear drawers (sorted by colour) and work well enough … unless I come up with a better idea.

How do you store your jewellery?

The week that was

Posted on July 17, 2012November 6, 2026 by Libby Withnall

It was the second week of the school holidays, but a much quieter one than last week. I continued enjoying the lack of routine and having the girls at home.

It was the week I was stopped for a random breath test…..

and the week Kevin bought Christy a (toy) radar gun…. can you guess who wants to be a police woman?…..

It was the week I took Christy for a horse ride….

and the week of another shopping with Amy where we discovered another jewellery shop….

and I came home with a few more goodies…

It was the week the girls spent time playing on their computers together…

and the week of brightly coloured nails…

It was the week I finally got the two bags I ordered with my birthday morning (for less than the price of the one fossil bag I had been looking at)….

It was the week I spent the weekend fighting off a sinus infection… grateful I had the tour de france to watch on TV (I tape the live telecast and watch the next day)….

and Kevin spent a number of hours trying to fix my main computer, and then my laptop….

And it was the week of sleepy pups…

A Day in My Life – Friday 13th July, 2012

Posted on July 16, 2012November 4, 2026 by Libby Withnall

I’ve been getting up early again so I was awake around 5am. The usual dogs out, tea drunk, blogs read, dogs sleeping, etc.

Being a day at home during the school holidays it was a very lazy morning. Eventually I made myself a jaffle for breakfast.

The girls appeared and headed for their computers. As you can see Amy is on pinterest, which she loves.

I showered anddressed and attended to the normal morning jobs, before making some potato and leek soup.

Next it was time to hang out the sheets – washing both the girls bedding today.

Then I did a clean up of the pantry and fridge.

I then headed down to the shops. I took some photos with my i-phone but with both computers being out of action, some photos are not currently available.

I went to the chemist, the supermarket, bakery and fruit shop. Come home and unpacked and made a wrap for lunch. Christy & Amy had some of the soup.

After lunch I took some straw out to the chickens.

And since it had been such a warm day I was able to bring in the sheets and make up the girls beds.

Then I walked into my bedroom and found this…. naughty Bailey…

I was feeling a bit sore this afternoon so didn’t do much. Christy was working on a Halloween countdown calender and Amy one for Disneyworld.

Eventually they headed of to Nan & Pops for Friday night BBQ. I made the dogs some dinner.

And when Kevin got home I served our dinner – which was a premade Organic Veggie Korma and leftover rice. I did take a photo (but it’s one of the missing ones). We watched Flying Wild Alaska and when Christy came back (Amy was sleeping over) we watched the last 2 episodes of Got to Dance UK.

And I was so excited that my favourite group Prodijig won!!! They are so awesome. Please watch if you haven’t seen them before.

http://youtu.be/gt9llk27w-Y

It was after 10pm before CHristy and I headed to bed (Kevin had gone earlier) so it was straight to sleep after reading a few pages.

Horse Riding delights

Posted on July 14, 2012November 2, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Sorry to have been absent all week. You wouldn’t believe it but not only was my main computers memory full, but so was my laptops!!!! Arghh!!!! Thanks to Kevin the laptop is now back in action, and my main computer is getting there. So I’ve got a bit of catching up to do.

On Thurs Amy had to go to school for a rock esteddford practice so I took Christy up to Otford Farm for her school holiday horse ride.

She had requested to ride Narla and was pleased to get her for a two hour trail ride.

It was pretty cold day but luckily it didn’t rain, and she had a wonderful time. I went and got some breakfast, which I ate overlooking the ocean.

Then I drove back to the farm and read in the car while waiting for Christy’s return.

Afterwards we did a bit of shopping in town and met up with Amy, to give her some money, as she was staying in town to hang out with her friends for a bit.