18/02/2022

The day when the whole of Britain is talking about Storm Eunice and most of us will have a story to tell of how it has affected our day. My original plan at work was to get two trips in the van done this morning. With the bad weather arriving from 10:00am onwards it was

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Jo

Joanna Jonathan, who lives in Haslingden a town in Rossendale with her husband and two young children, has stage 4 lung cancer and has just started her last line of treatment. Research is now her only option to live longer. She has co-founded the ALK+ Europe Charity Trust, which has the sole aim of raising

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17/02/2022

So here it is my very own little vinyl cutter. The Cricut Joy. I have spent tonight setting it up and trying it out, and I am pleased to report that there were no hiccups and it is absolutely fantastic! This piece of kit works via Bluetooth, so you can create designs on a smart

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16/02/2022

Today has been a really good day, but also a long and tiring one, so I must admit I am feeling like Prince is at the moment as I type this. Work has been really busy, which of course is great and the next few days it will continue in the same vein. I have

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15/02/2022

So today I was thrown the first real curve ball with the current fundraising teddy bears in hoodies. I have been ordering numerous bears and hoodies over the last few weeks, and last Friday after the amazing response once again, I ordered more. The bears were available, but the hoodies were out of stock, but

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14/02/2022

The Gift-A-Bears have continued to do really well and have actually complimented the Life of Mique teddies. The beauty of these bears is the buyer being able to choose which charity you want the profits donated to. This set of 4 bears was kindly bought by my wonderful friend Debbie for the children being treated

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13/02/2022

Today I have been coming to terms with the phenomenal support for the Life of Mique teddy bears. Two weeks ago if someone had told me the fundraising amount would pass £1000 I would have never believed them. To everyone who has bought a bear thank you so much it means a great deal, and

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12/02/2022

I am writing a special Valentine’s Day journal post a few days early, mainly because on Monday, as a single person, I will be deflecting my thoughts away from knowing that the postman won’t be leaving any cards for me. Although, having said that for the most part I am pretty ok with it these

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11/02/2022

The amazing support for Monique Buckingham has continued today with a whole load of new orders taking the amount raised by the Life of Mique teddy bears to over £900, which I’ve donated to the Go Fund Me page. I can’t believe that it’s still less than two weeks since the idea was hatched. Quite

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10/02/2022

Today was a day that will long live in my memory. I met Monique @thelifeofmique at Colchester Hospital. Monique’s mum had made contact last week and between us we arranged today’s visit, which Monique was completely unaware about. It’s about a two hour drive from work near Henley to Colchester, so I left at lunchtime

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