Trying to bring a little Spring in to my blog!

  It's time to take the ultimate blogging challenge-changing the template...

 My fellow bloggers (unless you are a pro) know very well just how hard this could be. Trying to decide on what theme to go with for the new look you have in mind, key word there "mind" making it a constant work in progress as your mind changes so often. I always have great intentions and know exactly how it is going to look long before I start, unfortunately the final out come usually ends being completely opposite of my original mind plans and the project ends up taking about a month to complete.

So this time I decided to go with a Victorian Rose Theme, I can't honestly say it was my first mind plan but that's what happens when you look at hundreds of photos, clip art, backgrounds, fonts and color schemes day after day and many long nights just trying to get it just perfect. You really don't know what you are going to end up with until you are done, but you never really are done. I will be doing final little details for the next few weeks and hopefully by Spring my blog with it's new Spring theme will be finally final.

I hope my new spring look goes over well and brings some early blooms and sunshine into many homes around the world. Thank you to all my readers and followers, you are the reason I keep on blogging!

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month!

The Great Endo Balloon Race for Awareness.

In March we will do something called The Great Endo Balloon Race, Where I thought we could all buy a Helium balloon of some kind and attach a label to it saying; Hi my name is... I suffer with a medical condition called Endometriosis I have had symptoms since... but was diagnosed in... I have had... Ops. March is Endo awareness month and by finding this balloon I have made someone else aware of this horrible disease. You could also write a little bit about what Endo actually is. 

I have made this FB page for Endo Warriors and the person who finds the balloon to go on to and tell us where it was found and see how far the balloon's travel, Just remember to add this information to your balloon. It’s Just a fun, cheap idea. Anyone around the world can do it. You can get your friends & family involved they can write one saying my Mum, Daughter, Auntie & Sister Ect.

Please take pictures of your balloons and add them to the group.

You can release the Balloons on your own or get together in groups and you can also release on whatever day and time is best for you in March

You can release the Balloons on your own or get together in groups and you can also release on whatever day and time is best for you in March.

Endometriosis is a painful and chronic condition that affects approximately 176 million women and girls worldwide. It affects around 2 million women in the UK alone. Most of them are diagnosed between the ages of 23 and 40. The Disease causes internal bleeding which leads to chronic pelvic pain, infertility, adhesions, inflammation and disruption of the digestive and urinary systems, amongst others. Currently there is no cure for Endometriosis and the only truly effective treatment is surgery, which unfortunately only causes temporary relief.

Thank you for taking part.

Emma Elise Shead, Hailey Rebecca Hook, Charlotte Marie Biswell and Sue Milligan

www.facebook.com/TheGreatEndoBalloonRace2013.

Important Information:

Kat Hopwood-Lewis: I like the idea in principle, just try to come up with a way where everything is biodegradable! I work for Defra and see a lot of farmers who have injured sheep and cattle because of the metal parts of Chinese lanterns sent out from weddings and newyear. Livestock can be hurt or choke on plastic and foil to. Some  good tips are below:

• Use balloons made of natural rubber latex rather than mylar balloons.
• Always hand tie balloons rather than using plastic valves.
• Use string and labels which degrade at least as fast as the balloons.
• Clear balloons degrade fastest (Burchette 1989) and are less tempting to animals.
• Only release individual balloons rather than clusters.

Everything you need to know is probably in this leaflet http://www.mcsuk.org/downloads/pollution/dont%20let%20go.pdf

A Few of My Favorite Christmas Desktop Wallpaper

Just wanted to share a few of my favorite desktop wallpaper!

Sandy Hook shooting: Girl, 6, was sole survivor of her grade one class

A little girl survived the mass shooting by playing dead among the bodies of 15 of her classmates.

A brave six-year-old became the sole survivor of her first grade class at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. because she played dead as shooter Adam Lanza went on his rampage.

According to a pastor close to her family, the unnamed girl lay among the bodies of her 15 classmates until she thought it was safe to leave.

Pastor Jim Solomon told ABC News: "She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, 'Mommy, I'm OK but all my friends are dead."

"Somehow in that moment, by God's grace, [she] was able to act as she was already deceased."

"The mom told me, and I thought this was very insightful, that she was suffering from what she felt was survivor's guilt because so many of her friends no longer have their children but [her mom] has hers," the pastor said.


The Daily Mail said the girl was the first student to run out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School following the mass shooting, which left 20 children and 6 adults dead.



Solomon went on to say to ABC News: "What did she see in there? Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who she felt was mad."

He continued, "How at 6 and a half years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Solomon said the girl's family was suffering survivor's guilt because many of their friends were not as lucky and had lost children in the tragedy.

No child or person should ever have to experience so gruesome and unfortunately many in this case were not as lucky as this brave girl. Our thoughts and hearts go out to the victim's families as they grieve through this dark time.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her