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Do you have a 'Forever Love' if not fight for the fairy tale , it does exist

5/22/2019

I found this in my archives and thought I would do an update on it
It's 3 years 7 months since my surgery and I am doing fine now
I still don't have much use of my arm but that is ok
I have learnt to live with it
Arthritis is a never ending fight but that too is ok ...
There is much worse that I could have
Danny does so much to help me out and continues with his amazing love
I hope that you have positive things and people in your lives
Thanks for popping by and spending a few minutes with me

As I edge on with my recovery from my recent Spinal surgery ..I find myself reflecting ..reflecting on the love I receive from my beloved Husband everyday ..always attentive and his main objective in life is to get through his working day so that he can head on home to me

Danny nursed me completely for 7 days after my surgery ....I could never imagine anyone else doing it for me ...with his only concern being my comfort, my wellbeing
I was always aware that it wasn't me just going through this surgery we were going through it together ..each and every minute of it together
He never left my side ...there as I went in to the theatre and there the very second they wheeled me out of recovery, 5 and half hours later ...never to leave my side afterwards

Before I met Danny 17 years ago ....I had been searching ..not physically but I did realize that I had not found my soulmate ...and I knew that there was such a thing as a soulmate and that he was searching for me too ....we were both 43 years old, half way around the World from each other, when that fateful day we met ...that instant it was obvious...I had no idea who or what he was ..just as he didn't know me but within just a few short words we both knew

It was just like I had fallen in to a soft marshmallow that would comfort me, protect me and guard me for the rest of my entire life and beyond ......I had come home ...WE had come home ...finally ....everything fell in to place ...everything complete ...everything was going to be alright
We would always be there for each other , no matter what, no matter who , we had found each other and would NEVER be letting go .....

Whatever was going to be thrown at us for the rest of our lives we would face it as one ....
I have always known there was that sort of love ...and We are so lucky to have found it as many people search a lifetime and it doesn't happen to them

Now as we look forward to a better year in 2016 ..hopefully healthier than this year has been ...we smile and thank our lucky stars

We are just the luckiest pair of human beings on the planet

Not rich in material items but deeply rich in love

So if you have not found him or her yet

Don't give up hope

You don't have to worry if what you are feeling is real love that fairy tales are made out of

You will know

As you can't avoid it

It will happen

And then there is no going back

Once you have found each other

You don't have to work at it

It will be so peaceful and fulfilled

So loving, so beautiful ....so right

The World around you just floats on by

His and your bad habits don't matter as they are just what makes you, you ...

Love is Patient, Love is kind

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Happy 241st Birthday to Miss Jane Austen

12/16/2016

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Happy 241st Birthday to Miss Jane Austen

Today I am celebrating the birth of Dear Miss Jane Austen ...241 years ago ...Happy Birthday Jane

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775... 241 years ago in Steventon, Hampshire, England. While not widely known in her own time, Austen's comic novels of love among the landed gentry gained popularity after 1869, and her reputation skyrocketed in the 20th century. Her novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, are considered literary classics, bridging the gap between romance and realism.

The seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen, Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Jane's parents were well-respected community members. Her father served as the Oxford-educated rector for a nearby Anglican parish. The family was close and the children grew up in an environment that stressed learning and creative thinking. When Jane was young, she and her siblings were encouraged to read from their father's extensive library. The children also authored and put on plays and charades.
Over the span of her life, Jane would become especially close to her father and older sister, Cassandra. Indeed, she and Cassandra would one day collaborate on a published work.
In order to acquire a more formal education, Jane and Cassandra were sent to boarding schools during Jane's pre-adolescence. During this time, Jane and her sister caught typhus, with Jane nearly succumbing to the illness. After a short period of formal education cut short by financial constraints, they returned home and lived with the family from that time forward.

Ever fascinated by the world of stories, Jane began to write in bound notebooks. In the 1790s, during her adolescence, she started to craft her own novels and wrote Love and Freindship [sic], a parody of romantic fiction organized as a series of love letters. Using that framework, she unveiled her wit and dislike of sensibility, or romantic hysteria, a distinct perspective that would eventually characterize much of her later writing. The next year she wrote The History of England..., a 34-page parody of historical writing that included illustrations drawn by Cassandra. These notebooks, encompassing the novels as well as short stories, poems and plays, are now referred to as Jane's Juvenilia.

Jane spent much of her early adulthood helping run the family home, playing piano, attending church, and socializing with neighbors. Her nights and weekends often involved cotillions, and as a result, she became an accomplished dancer. On other evenings, she would choose a novel from the shelf and read it aloud to her family, occasionally one she had written herself. She continued to write, developing her style in more ambitious works such as Lady Susan, another epistolary story about a manipulative woman who uses her sexuality, intelligence and charm to have her way with others. Jane also started to write some of her future major works, the first called Elinor and Marianne, another story told as a series of letters, which would eventually be published as Sense and Sensibility. She began drafts of First Impressions, which would later be published as Pride and Prejudice, and Susan, later published as Northanger Abbey by Jane's brother, Henry, following Jane's death

In 1801, Jane moved to Bath with her father, mother and Cassandra. Then, in 1805, her father died after a short illness. As a result, the family was thrust into financial straits; the three women moved from place to place, skipping between the homes of various family members to rented flats. It was not until 1809 that they were able to settle into a stable living situation at Jane's brother Edward's cottage in Chawton.
Now in her 30s, Jane started to anonymously publish her works. In the period spanning 1811-16, she pseudonymously published Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (a work she referred to as her "darling child," which also received critical acclaim), Mansfield Park and Emma.

In 1816, at the age of 41, Jane started to become ill with what some say might have been Addison's disease. She made impressive efforts to continue working at a normal pace, editing older works as well as starting a new novel called The Brothers, which would be published after her death as Sanditon. Another novel, Persuasion, would also be published posthumously. At some point, Jane's condition deteriorated to such a degree that she ceased writing. She died on July 18, 1817, in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
While Austen received some accolades for her works while still alive, with her first three novels garnering critical attention and increasing financial reward, it was not until after her death that her brother Henry revealed to the public that she was an author.

Today, Austen is considered one of the greatest writers in English history, both by academics and the general public. In 2002, as part of a BBC poll, the British public voted her No. 70 on a list of "100 Most Famous Britons of All Time." Austen's transformation from little-known to internationally renowned author began in the 1920s, when scholars began to recognize her works as masterpieces, thus increasing her general popularity. The Janeites, a Jane Austen fan club, eventually began to take on wider significance, similar to the Trekkie phenomenon that characterizes fans of the Star Trek franchise. The popularity of her work is also evident in the many film and TV adaptations of Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility, as well as the TV series and film Clueless, which was based on Emma.

I just love everything about Jane Austen

I guess you can measure success

When 241 years after your death

Your novels and writings are loved

Even more today

I couldn't have written a better biography of Jane

So I can thank Biography.com Editors

For this one ...very nicely written

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Nooks & Crannies of our Guest Bedroom ..come & have a peek!

9/2/2015

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I haven't been able to blog on a regular basis lately as I am undergoing tests for a problem with my dominant right arm and I have to rest it ...Doctor's orders ..so I am so sad not to be blogging and connecting with you all as often ..I hope you will bare with me during this frustrating time and I thought I would invite you in to our Guest bedroom and let you look at some of the Nooks and Crannies of one of my favorite rooms in our home ...

This room should be called 'The Memory Room' as it is full of memories ..such as our bookcase full of books for guests to enjoy ...As you know I have a Passion for anything Jane Austen and here is a pillow I have made of her and some of my favorite books ...the tin candle holder was one of my thrift store finds many moons ago

These two old country book ends have been with me since I moved here 17 years ago ..no bookcase is complete without some Angel wings

My Jane Austen Pillow makes me smile, it is available in my Etsy.com store but at the moment I have had to close it till I am given the go ahead again to start sewing ..I hope it won't be too long before I can

A sweet 'Thank You' card that a friend sent me who knows my love of Jane Austen

A shelf for the gentlemen guests too ...books on wars and history etc...

I can't sell Winnie the Pooh pillows because of copyright but I did make my favorite one for my book case with one of my favorite sayings ..."What day is it ?" asked Pooh "It's today" Squeaked Piglet "My Favorite Day" said Pooh !!

Top of the Bookcase framed with some of my favorite things

Just a little peek through the foot board of the bed ...I love the flowery quilt I have on at the moment but once my arm is better I may just put on some other bedding and linens for a change

Sleepy bear ..I bought him over from England ...he has a gold diaper (Nappy) and I made this shabby chic shelf for him to sleep on ..isn't he adorable !!

My Husband's Grandmother's old floral lamp, a poem I wrote for my Husband and a lovely drinks coaster I found at the thrift store graces the bed side cabinet ( night stand)

A wall is dedicated to our Daughter's Wedding that took place in September, 2013 ...all the frames are from the thrift store ..so a wall of very happy memories to make me smile

I LOVE VIntage linens ...so much prettier than the ones you find today in the stores

French Magazines to amuse our guests and when I go to France I always light candles for loved ones who have passed on and then buy an extra one and bring it home with me

One of my own designs that I print out on to pillows for you to buy and for me to keep

Breakfast can be served in our guest bedroom along with magazines and books to read in this vintage wicker tray...another thrift store find

For Popping by

I enjoyed keeping in touch with you for a while

I hope you are having a wonderful day

And have created some memories of your own
Today

Kindest regards

Janet

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Happy 241st Birthday to Miss Jane Austen

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