tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80417815394184638142024-03-12T07:47:22.320+00:00Silverwolf Cardsshazsilverwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274746581731544287noreply@blogger.comBlogger946125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-52250406999220253392022-11-02T06:00:00.000+00:002022-11-02T06:00:00.149+00:00WOYWW 700 - So its time to empty...So, in the new year I am moving from the house Sharon and I shared for 24 years, to start a new life with Cheryl, we are going to rent for a while, and while we do this place will be rented out until such a time that I decide to sell it.This leaves the issue of Sharon's craft supplies and how to rehome them.As you know, Sharon was the enabler extraordinaire and as a result has collected a lot (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-20900057122300413012022-09-09T13:43:00.014+01:002022-09-14T16:51:48.977+01:00Healing & moving forward So, as the title of this post implies, today's post centres around a readiness to let go.It is odd how the universe works, in the blink of an eye your whole world is pulled out from underneath you, resulting in an immense imbalance, where there was once stability is now replaced by a chasm of despair that you find yourself happily drowning in.Don't worry, this is not going to be one of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-12894802146881101542022-08-04T17:16:00.000+01:002022-09-20T21:26:42.240+01:00Follow up postThis actually started as a reply to a few comments on my last blog post and got too long ha ha I have found that I am fairly good at looking at situations objectively, and I find writing quite therapeutic, a way of making sense of what, how and why I am feeling. As some of you may remember, I have done this before on my own blog, which, I have neglected somewhat, as I have not gone backUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-85255090697648983552022-07-27T23:07:00.008+01:002022-09-14T16:52:02.293+01:00WOYWW 686 - Time for a catch-up So it's been a little while since I posted on the blog, I am really conflicted when I do as I feel I am diluting down Sharon's amazing crafting posts, and in return making her informative content harder to find as a result.Especially as I am not sharing crafting content, my posts are more of a journal entry if that makes sense? (yes, I know I am overthinking it) Anyway, with that said;I owe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-64605629063069115882022-04-20T06:00:00.061+01:002022-04-20T14:20:04.947+01:00WOYWW 672 - May have finished a thing....WARNING picture heavy post below ;) ok, so this is desk related this time, and only because I was sat at it while designing the front garden.To the right is an old picture of before As many of you may remember, the front garden (still don't like to use my) was ripped out at the start of this year ready to store the motorbike, and due to the not finding the brick I liked and the cost (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-7938347536782454182022-03-23T06:00:00.047+00:002022-03-23T08:51:32.826+00:00WOYWW 668 - A not so quick catch upOnly a mini update (yeah right, grab a packed lunch and an extra cushion), well it's been a month since I posted, Wait! Why does this sound like a confessional?Anyway it just would not feel right not posting, as on Saturday 19th March we have just had the first anniversary of our beloved Sharon's funeral, the day (like it or not) we laid to rest my soulmate Shaz silverwolf, enabler Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-2846029457148775122022-02-13T06:00:00.311+00:002022-02-13T20:44:58.344+00:00 How has it been a year?First off I want to thank you all for the cards, your messages of both support and encouragement and I would like to apologise for the lack of replies &, thank yous, I could say I have been busy, but that would simply not be the whole truth although to a degree I have been.In all honesty for the most part, that has not really been the truth, since Christmas, I felt lost and numb, going Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-42674452986172601282022-02-09T06:00:00.307+00:002022-02-09T06:00:00.199+00:00WOYWW 662 - Not a desk, but a check inOk while I can still focus, I have wrote 2 blog posts, this one for today, and another for later in the week.As you know I passed my motorcycle test at the back end of last year, I spent a few months researching motorcycles, creating a list of must haves and nice to haves and driving miles to find some to look at and or sit on....Then I would change my mind when I get there rinse and repeatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-60058407492077646302021-12-31T21:05:00.001+00:002021-12-31T21:08:24.253+00:00A year in review A lot has changed over the last
12 months, I think it is fair to say that this year has not been our/my best “when
two become one” it was never going to be really now was it!
My life this is hard to do, how the fk do you guys do this every year? anyway, this
may prove to be beneficial to me.
So then, things that I am grateful of, things I am proud off and things to look
forward to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-11008258050524952762021-11-03T06:00:00.200+00:002021-11-03T10:37:38.168+00:00WOYWW 648 - Check in time againIn a variation the wise words of our Julia.. Its kinda all about me! And that is exactly what I have needed, so, since I last touched base with you all, a few things have happened, I kind off broke again for a bit, some touching things, and a personal goal realised. I have layers and walls like most, and sometimes, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-52479858836077223172021-10-10T13:36:00.007+01:002021-10-10T13:43:17.658+01:00Wedding anniversary pride Wedding Anniversary 12 years ago today in the presence of our loved ones Shaz and I exchanged rings and vows, it was unusually warm for the time of year.The vows we exchanged where the traditional ones, we had thought of writing our own but decided against it, those vows we honoured, not because we felt bound by them, but instead because we lived by them for the previous 18 years, we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-78789108791960688532021-09-22T06:00:00.001+01:002021-09-22T07:12:20.538+01:00WOYWW 642 - check in and share of new found videos So I figured as part of this post is craft related (not mine but our beloved Shaz's It is only right I schedule the post for a Whats On Your Work-desk Wednesday, after all it is kind of Sharon's desk I am sharing on her behalf.You see, I was updating Sharon's PC this weekend and while snooping around (as you do) I explored her craft drive again, this time I came across 3 videos that she shazsilverwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274746581731544287noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-339685238443373282021-08-14T01:30:00.000+01:002021-08-14T01:30:04.711+01:00Doug's Check in time.For the last few weeks I have been busying myself with revision for my goal of getting my full motorcycle licence, you see when I where a lad.... (yup I am starting the story that way)Between the ages of 16-18 I had a motorbike, (granted it was only a 50cc) there was an overlap because as soon as I was old enough I took driving lessons and passed my car test in July 1991 just before my 18th Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-15590437187581590132021-06-23T06:00:00.383+01:002021-06-23T08:41:36.013+01:00WOYWW 629 - Doug does dirtWarning picture heavy post inbound So its been a while, I have been mainly working and spending time with family, I have have also been preparing for my coming motorcycle theory test at the end of the month as well as doing some much needed repotting of house plants.It is the repotting and the reasoning behind it which is the focus of this post, you see last year during all that heat we had,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-3684559737252216962021-06-02T06:00:00.030+01:002021-06-02T09:09:43.696+01:00WOYWW 626 - happy mail dance So it has been a couple of weeks again since my last post, work and life has taken over, stuff and things needed doing or sorting.I have had some happy mail and gifts arrive over the last week, so I warn you this post while being shorter than normal will have no less pictures ha ha So celebrating the WOYWW celebrating 12 years of friendship swap we have an awesome card complete with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-1175380516181144602021-05-12T17:04:00.008+01:002021-05-13T00:55:07.261+01:00WOYWW 623 - So what have I been upto?No desk to show, but I have got screenshots of what I have been up to. So the garden is on the back boiler due to it raining for the last two weekends, but working during the week is helping to keep my mind focused.So as I could not get into the garden I have instead been focussing on researching the family tree, as some will be aware both Shaz and I did a DNA test through a company called Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-89135846973220313062021-04-28T06:00:00.452+01:002021-04-28T08:55:02.188+01:00WOYWW 621 - Inquest time is nigh So I honestly can't remember if I shared this news with you lovely peeps or not, but well, as the title may well indicate we have an inquest into the cause of Sharon's passing, the date of said inquest is/was yesterday (Tuesday 27th April 2021).So no desks to share this week, in its place, I will share a picture or two instead, I hope you all don't mind? I am writing this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-38694351863883426002021-04-21T06:00:00.276+01:002021-04-21T08:31:16.612+01:00WOYWW 620 - Jungle, what Jungle ? Well its that time of the week again, and boy do I ache, so what have I been upto this week, well pretty much more of the same, I have been taming the wildlife garden over the weekend (not really, I have been beating the overgrown jungle into submission) and also I have been doing some more practice with the engraving and well work.So for my desk this week, will be just that . the So Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-64566704953427766882021-04-14T06:00:00.202+01:002021-04-18T01:03:23.448+01:00WOYWW 618 - the hublets desk Well its that time of the week again, and I very almost didn't blog as I haven't done any paper crafting at all. What I have been doing instead is working, working towards my career as an IT teacher, so my desk this week is just that, my desk, but not the one you have seen before I don't think, you see, I have an additional desk that I use for demos, where I show students tech, what Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22Redditch, UK52.30897 -1.94093652.298474289770006 -1.9581021376953125 52.31946571023 -1.9237698623046875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-66629479206671819602021-03-31T06:00:00.660+01:002021-03-31T06:00:00.349+01:00WOYWW 617 - guess whos home? Well it has been a busy week since my last post, I did try and do so crafting but it didn't go as well as planned, more due to a lack of direction than anything else, but more on that later.As the title of the post reads, yesterday/today was a special day, despite a hiccup which I am sure the keen eyed may well spot (I will point it out later) there is a special significance of today's dateUnknownnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-51790181797772407542021-03-24T06:00:00.173+00:002021-03-24T12:10:16.007+00:00WOYWW 616 - So where exactly does stuff go in here?Well it is wednesday again, so that can only mean one thing , "Tuesday is behind us and we are one day closer to the weekend", and while that is true it is the one day a week that the crafting community shares what they have been up to on their desks, now that may or may not be some actual crafting, What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.This week I am afraid there has been no crafting, I am sure you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-47353541751483076272021-03-20T12:12:00.000+00:002021-03-20T12:12:11.945+00:00Thank you allSharon's family would like to express our sincerest thank you to everyone that had a hand in making yesterday as special as it was.Whether you were able to attend in person or in spirit by watching the live stream, knowing you were there in one way or another meant the world to us, we could and did draw strength from each and every one of you.An extra shout out goes to the company we both spent aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-53798086496552207572021-03-19T09:00:00.025+00:002021-03-19T09:00:00.222+00:00It's all about the bird, family and loved ones today xToday Shaz rejoins the wheel, to be reborn once again, bringing happiness and love to peoples lives once more, we always joked that we somehow managed to get off the wheel in different places hence our age gap, this appears to be history repeating itself again, but we will be reunited once more in another life, in another time.Today should not be a sad day, it should be a day of remembrance, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-71632470708680310672021-03-18T19:00:00.308+00:002021-03-19T08:39:02.447+00:00The live stream linky and info So I have scheduled this to go live at 7pm the eve of my wonderful wifelets funeral service.Where possible view it on a single device please as it is capped to 400 simultaneous log-ins (we had it increased from the standard 150) so please do not share this out.Also be aware that if you log in early and there is another service running, or the previous one is running over, be respectfulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041781539418463814.post-3881611528021106152021-03-17T06:00:00.208+00:002021-03-17T12:01:30.408+00:00WOYWW 615 - my YouTube history is just wrong now Ok so I have a ways to go when it comes to doing this blog justice, but I am trying, and when I say I am trying I know shaz is grinning and agreeing with me as I type this.Well as many of you know Shaz and I have a shared facebook account, we only started it in 2009 when we got married as everyone was uploading photos from our wedding, now you may be asking why am i bringing this up? 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