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My Sunday Snapshot – The Boy is Strong!

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I’ve cheated a little for this weeks snapshot. I made My Little Man strong by using an app. This is my boys face, nothing else belong to him.

A photo of a strong boy in a super hero outfit in front of a chalk board with a drawing of huge weights.

We were messing around as one of his school party ideas was to make a ‘face in the hole’ picture, but he wouldn’t make one himself so I used an app. I haven’t really taken many photos this week so I chose to share this one.

Feeling Strong

It is hard to keep feeling strong during these difficult times. The whole world is a difficult place to be right now and sometimes it’s better to switch off the news and just get on with it. Then life at home can be difficult when everyone is cooped up inside all the time. The weather doesn’t help either, it’s been so very cold. Some have enjoyed the snow, other’s have had their lives disrupted by it. We have had to endure no heating for a couple of days when our boiler broke down.

Some people are going through hell right now, coping with so many things, grieving not only loved ones but normal life itself. And then there are those that are sick, which is awful for them but lets not forget the families waiting for news, to hear if their loved ones are going to be okay. It’s difficult to be strong.

What can be we do to be strong? All we can do is what we do every day, live our lives as best as we can and wait and hope that this pandemic will be over at we can all get back to some sort of normality. And if our normality changes forever, then we will have to deal with it. Sometimes, the longer you fight something the harder it becomes to accept. Then life just gets harder and you are fighting all the time.

It’s okay not to be strong. We all have times when everything gets too much and we feel like crawling into our shells. There is nothing wrong with that. Our strength and determination will re-appear someday, it might be different but we will cope.

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My Sunday Snapshot and Ordinary Moments, Christmas Feeling

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Today I’m sharing a little Christmas feeling. Here is an ornament from my tree.

Christmas feeling, a white snowman ornament on my Christmas tree.

The Ordinary Moments, Where is the Christmas Feeling?

I’m pretty sure it’s much the same here every year. I find it so hard to find that special feeling that comes along with getting ready for Christmas. My Mum loved Christmas and always started early. We had a huge tree, loads of decorations, food items collected and stacked away for the biggest feast ever, presents hidden everywhere. The excitement would build as Mum sat writing Christmas card after Christmas card.

We would have loads of family over to visit, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Eve, and every day in between. Nan would come and stay (in the years she wasn’t living with us.) My Mum’s sisters and brothers and all of their children would come. The house was always a hive of activity, nan’s mince pies stole the show and she made hundreds of them I’m sure.

I couldn’t wait to break up from school and let Christmas begin.

It’s Only One Day!

I hear this comment so much and I so disagree. Yes, it may just be one day but that’s not where the magic lies. It’s not the presents or the food, or even the decorations. My Mum taught me that Christmas was all about the build up, the present choosing and buying, the card writing, spending time with family. Sitting around the table in paper hats that came out of crackers was just the icing on the cake of the Christmas preparations.

I want to feel the same, I want to feel the joy. Each year I try so hard to make it special, but as the kids grow older and my family smaller, I really miss the Christmas’ of the past.

It always works out okay though. I know I am luckier than a lot of people. And somewhere inside, I have that Christmas feeling…it’s got just under three weeks to make it’s way out.

Do you have that Christmas feeling yet?

The Ordinary Moments

My last Sunday Snapshot

My Sunday Photo – 13th November 2016

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Today I’m sharing a photo of my cute little hamster Marty, he’s a Roborovski hamster which are one of the smallest breads. Marty is one year old this week and is currently measuring about three and a half centimetres. He sits comfortably in the palm of my hand, in fact I could probably get two in the palm of my hand.

I do actually have two Roborovsk hamsters, Marty has a brother called Doc. I don’t get to photograph Doc much as he is so much faster than Marty. He can also sit on my hand, but I have to be careful as he likes to run up my arm and try to escape.

I chose these hamsters as a birthday present last year. I saw them in the pet shop and they were so cute huddled up together. I bought a large cage for them and two of everything as suggested…but they did nothing but fight after I brought them home. Doc attacked Marty so bad that I thought he wasn’t going to make it for a while, but I bought another cage and separated them and, thankfully, Marty got well again. As you can see in my photo he’s a handsome little fella.

Being nocturnal I don’t really get much time with my pets. In the morning I wake them up and give them water and food and let them run all over my hand. I wish I could cuddle them but they are so small there is not much to cuddle. So, I have to settle for a little run on my hand and I can stroke them with my thumb.

Every weekend on of the kids help me to clean out their cages. It’s a fun job with Marty as he runs around and plays on our hands. It’s not so fun with Doc, he constantly tries to escape and it’s a bit of a panic. If one of them did escape I doubt very much that we would find them. They are very tiny and very quick. In fact, I don’t think our cats would find them either!

We have to keep them separate to the cats. They are put on a high shelf in the daytime while they sleep and the cats take little notice. We move them to the kitchen when they are awake at night and keep the cats locked out of there. The cats would have problems getting into the cages, but I’m sure if they were determined enough they’d find a way.

The lifespan of these little creatures is only about three years. I can’t believe they are already a year old. They bring me so much pleasure even if it’s only for a little while each morning. Marty is my favourite because he comes running towards me in the morning, whereas Doc takes lots of persuasion to come and sit on my hand. Doc is definitely the Grumpy one, whereas Marty is friendly and wants to play.

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