My girls at "The Battle Of Britain Parade 19th Sept 2010"

I thought i would be a bit different a do a slide show as there where so many pictures and so many things to say, this morning started with really heavy rain, all of the cadets would be expected to march in the rain without waterproof coat so we had fingers crossed - im glad it didnt rain and we were early ! The cadets all looked really smart in there uniform it was a really good day and i actually got to march, well i was at the back of the parade, hope you like this.

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with love shellybobbins xxx

Without a knee for 6months !

This is what happen with my first knee cant describe the pain - so painful ! Ive just watched the clip and realised what they did Ouch x

Bless it was a good knee but only lasted 9 years, The replacement knee I have now is called nexgen complete knee system - high flex, I had my knee taken out a few years ago (like the one in the film clip)  and my new knee wouldn't fit so it had to be made to order, a bit like ordering a sofa when they tell you 8-12 weeks and it turns up 5months later ! Well actually mine took 6 and a half months, to manage with no knee, none weight bearing & on crutches, walking frame and grabber sticks, and thinking back there was nothing else the hospital could of done they did everything, we will phone you when we get your knee, very strange feeling having to manage with no knee ? at least I had my leg I was grateful for that, having been told previous that if they couldn't get my old knee out they would have to take the leg off - already planned in my head that this would happen and joking with everyone that I could have different legs to clip on shaved & unshaven, tanned & untanned, so spending time with no knee felt very strange indeed, and still to this day now some days I find myself standing on one leg cleaning my teeth ! Hopping down the stairs at home with coat on ready to go out and opening the front door going to put the alarm on and not being able to hop quick enough ! and having to hop quick back to turn off the blaring sound of the alarm - balls to it ! getting into the car with the walking frame and the seat right back & just managing to get it passed me sideways and onto the passenger seat - some days knackered just by getting dressed & doing very simple things that all of us take for granted. Going and doing the weekly shop first the mission of getting ready, & fighting with the walking frame & saying balls to the alarm - giggle, but then having to try and find a parking space near enough so I didn't have to much hopping to do, once your in the supermarket and in a motorised shopping trolley having most people staring at you, & then struggling to reach things either on the bottom shelf or the top, I really think more can be done for disabled people we can be made disabled at any age & anytime 

This was the best day ever ! going down to theatre my knee has arrived at last, wow hurry hurry and then I can try it out had to have a picture taken - yiphee ! It had been well planned I'm going to be awake for the whole thing, it was brilliant the only thing was i had to have a long pin in the lower part of my leg and ended up loosing a large piece of bone so for six weeks after the operation I had to be in plaster but this was fine as I got bright pink plaster cast & glued pink sparkles on it

People are going to stare anyway soI thought so why not give them something to stare at and sparkle at the same time - most people smiled at me which was nice x

Now don't laugh -giggle- I did however have to wear these lovely fashion shoes ! point blank -NO, I really had to draw the line somewhere

Me & my girlie's !My instep has come back & my feet have grown but apart from that the knees great !My Husband & girls where amazin though out all this and  I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for there support, love, care & attention they gave me - thank you just doesn't seem enough x

Comments would be very much appreciated, just click on comments please thank you

with love from shellybobbins xx



You Cant Dance your disabled !

Wish I could Swing like this

The thing is you don't know what your capable of until you try, I have arthritis had it since the age of 2, but hasn't stopped me from doing anything I want to do & I do mean anything ! not being able to walk and yet wanting to get up & jive you would think - impossible to do, no if I wanted to do something I would fined away & my parents would make sure I at least had ago, always aiming high doing the best I could possibly do, so you can image my delight when I eventually got out of my wheelchair, after the physio & numerous doctors saying I couldn't do things ! (makes me angry writing that bit) I started dance lessons ballet & tap at the age of 5 years old,  I did my ballet exam with a stiff leg and got my medal ! And that was the last of ballet - next on my to do list !

Well one medal lead to another and so on, "I loved dancing", started private lessons on a Saturday morning in between being in and out of a wheelchair, mum thought it was best doing a lesson one to one I really don't think I could of managed a group lesson, wasn't that steady on my legs at the best of times ! everyone would turn up with there sparkly dance shoes, I really wanted wanted high heels I knew not in a million years would I get some - well I could buy them & just look at them ?

These are my special shoes not the none surgical type (had to wear them to when I was young horrible shoes) I had to wait allllllllllong time to wear these (and i shouldn't) wouldn't, cant do -I hate these words, because I can & I have !

Ive got the medals just counted them 24 ! love the Latin American style & ballroom also did a bit of disco too,

So Where theres a will theres a way ! The only thing i didn't get a chance to do was dance in a ballgown in Blackpool tower ballroom & do the jive too, Well never say never ha x

I would appreciate your comments on this alot thanks for taking the time to read it

love shellybobbins xx

What a Jammie day !

Our lovely next door neighbour knocked on the door with a big bag of Cherry's ! & some friends of ours gave us some plums. so I decided to have a go at making jam, my thinking was put fruit in pan boil & put into jars Mmmm simples !

getting all the stones out of the Cherry's was a job and a half took ages, thinking to myself this jam better be worth it or I'm never doing it again the idea of making it for everyone Christmas present suddenly faded into the distance, No recipe I'm just going to do like they do on TV ! Jamie Oliver style "Chuck it in" so I boiled the fruit for along time with sugar didn't think it needed any water ? then remembered I had to boil the jars too, & of course in between all this tweeting aswel, managed a few disco moves from the sink to cooker singing to Annie Lennox

Well will it be ok to eat i wondered ? I asked my tweeter friends on how to test

 of course

"Cold Plate"

as I poured it out onto a plate I looked down to a smiley face !!

I couldn't stop laughing ! I did send some Jammie smiles out, if you didn't get one this is for you ! I did have a little taste it was delicious, I named it Ruby Red shellybobbins style of course the jam was ready ! yummy taste buds were dancing too couldn't wait to taste it !

And serve with bread & butter yes it did take along time to make but it was worth making, but I wont be making it for Christmas presents giggle giggle x

Classic Chanel

Even if you’re wearing your old favorite pair of jeans and a sweatshirt to walk the dog a whiff of Chanel perfume will create an impression of sophistication and elegance. Your fellow dog walkers will immediately identify you as that woman with a bit of class, even if your dog is an mongrel.
More importantly, and this is what perfume does better than anything, it will lift your mood. The routine chores, the grey winter day will all melt away. Chanel perfume performs that trick best of all.
The most famous Chanel perfume is Chanel No 5. It was invented by the perfumier Ernst Beaux. Fashioner designer Coco Chanel commissioned him to blend six fragrances and she chose number five. Hence the name.
Chanel No 5 was intended to be the most expensive perfume in the world. The price came from the amount of jasmine it contained. It still contains jasmine but it’s out priced by a lot of other brands these days. But nothing beats the famous scent of Chanel No 5.
Coco Chanel used to spray Chanel perfume around her fitting rooms. It’s a trick that fashion houses still use because it lifts the mood of the client.

When asked what she wore in bed at night, Marilyn Monroe is reputed to said, “Why, Chanel No 5, of course.” Her endorsement of Chanel perfume made it a best seller worldwide.
Chanel’s image has been updated by the endorsement of younger actresses and models. Nicole Kidman and Kate Moss have been the face of Chanel for a while. They were followed by the actress Keira Knighley. It was her natural flaws that attracted the Chanel perfume people to her.
Chanel perfume is so distinctive it can be sold without even a shot of the bottle on the advertisements. Its adverts are tiny films designed to flatter the actress as much as the product.
Chanel perfumes are an acquired taste. You need to test them before you buy. some will suit you, some won’t, and one will be the ideal fragrance for you.
If you find Chanel No 5 too heavy and distinctive then try one of the other Chanel perfumes. Chanel Chance has a younger, lighter fragrance. It is sweet and floral, yet spicy at the same time.

Coco Mademoiselle and Coco have similar names but these two Chanel perfumes are entirely different from one another. Coco Mademoiselle, or CM as its afficanados call it, has a very 21st century feel to it. It’s based on Coco Chanel’s principle that less is more. It’s a kind of stripped down version of Coco perfume. They were both made by the same perfumier, Jacques Polge.
The problem as with all Chanel perfumes is the price. The answer is to test them in your local store then buy them at the duty free when you travel or drop some subtle hints at Christmas and birthdays.


Chanel Perfume – Reasons Elegant Women Choose It !

Memories of family life

The first time I saw this film I really couldn't stop laughing as it reminded me of my mum & dad, what ever house we lived in mum would say to dad "I think we will have a wall here and a door there" the houses where amazing, my sister and I would go to bed and wake up with the front room totally different mum was the decorator, sewer, cook, cleaner, and dad the builder, artist, crafts man, beer maker, mechanic, also turning his hand to anything, dad would build some amazing things, like a Range Rover which he built from the chassis up it had an engine etc I loved it. We took the Range Rover to Belgium on holiday along with the caravan that dad had totally rebuilt one side of , he did a great job rebuilding it, Mum of course styled the inside and everything was matching, the cushions, curtains and seats, now that was a fantastic holiday. They would always be on the go mum would sew and knit for hours after my sister & I had gone to bed, we would wake up to something completely new it could of been anything from loopy cardigans, new skirts, dresses, knitted full length coats, ball gowns, bridesmaid ,curtains, cushions in our bedrooms mum and dad always made things, making our house a home, they made us feel loved & always safe ! Its my parents ruby wedding on 12th Sept and I just wanted to dedicate this to them as my sister & I wouldn't be the people we are today if it wasn't for having such good parents love to you both xxxx

so have a look & a giggle at this snippet of film and remember back to moving walls! 

Happy Anniversary x

Wood Mad !! Make things for Free

This picture was taken when we first moved in Aug 2008 the house is very old 1730 and was originally a pub Ive got my back to an archway, where there use to be coaches that came through, under the archway and along the cobbled road which is still here under the gravel, on the left where the window is use to be where they would park there horse and carts then off load the beer barrels ! - Oh to be a fly on the wall !

You can still see the archway outline ! & when rob had to dig a 60ft trench from the back door to the main road because of a burst pipe - well that's how he found the cobbles, Mmmm that's another story ha,

Everything was so over grown, to do one job took four other jobs first! after nearly everything had been riped out of the house (great space for dumping) rob & I sat down to plan the space we knew we wanted a wood shed, veg, park the car, hang washing out we are still on with it 2 years down the line but here's where we are today x

First we had to put the feelers out and see who had wood, look in skips, clear someone elses pile of wood, going knocking on peoples door, i really couldn't believe it when i saw this i was in wood heaven, 8 trips & two cars & trailer later we finally finished phew ... Unbelievable amount of wood ! so now trying to locate a second hand chainsaw (I don't like them) rob found one and it was bought for £20.00 bargin! still on the go 2 years later

Masses amount of ivy to moveI don't think it had ever been cut, to ages to cut, then rob had tons to load in the car, repair the back wall and build a woodshed - easy ha

quarter of this wall measures 16ft it took along time to point did well though, levelled the ground.

Every piece of wood had to be painted, gaps all round to let the air in so wood would dry out for the winter, and all this came from pallets ! Free.

Next was the raised beds for the veg yum, lined with thick plastic, & copper pipping around the top so the slugs wouldn't get in ha ha and we have not had any slugs get in, we had a phone call from our friend Ron saying if you want & still need a greenhouse theres one here, couldn't believe it yeah i can grow veg, never done it before, i kill everything green, Ron said now don't forget get some muck in it too or your veg will be tiny, i screwed my face up said no way, i have to say he's sooooo right (thanks ya little darling) we where now on our way.

Ha you need a beer or two when your gardening, now i saw the flags for the base outside someones house, asked very nicely and i only needed 6, lucky there was 6, yes you can have them and kindly put them in the boot too - nice man, rob washed all the frame down, put the glass in - i was ready to rock & roll !!!

I love my greenhouse xx thank you darling x

All the wood has been cut read for the winter, we have been using it this last couple of weeks though x There use to be a building at the side of the greenhouse rob moved all 6ton of it, he reused what he could, used the odd fence panels, made a gate (out of pallets) i just painted it all which took for ever the only thing we bought was seeds from the pound shop a gate lock, some paint but mainly shear hard graft along with blisters ! just amazing what you get for free we make a great team Together Everyone Achieves More.

what do you recycle ??