tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post7861427985218243853..comments2024-01-06T05:44:45.740-08:00Comments on The Secondhand Years: Catching upCurtisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-43148265273446838482015-09-07T10:16:14.608-07:002015-09-07T10:16:14.608-07:00Your family stories and pictures are another my fa...Your family stories and pictures are another my favorite read on your blog. Kids look completely happy - no feeling guilty, you're a great mama! Claudia is so pretty. I too take Anya to Erica from time to time, and she ends up with the same happy glow on her face. Girls! You look fab in your radiant blue attire inspired by art!Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-36292372888728119892015-09-06T14:18:09.788-07:002015-09-06T14:18:09.788-07:00I'm still here! I always dig hearing about you...I'm still here! I always dig hearing about your days and smiling at your kids' resemblance to you.<br /><br />And of course you need all the time you can get to take care of yourself, so we'll be here however long you take off. That's the nice thing about these blog reader thingies!<br /><br />I've been looking for a cropped cardigan or jacket like the one you're wearing! All the summer dresses I acquired for my new climate are high-waisted and I am looking for things like that to cover my shoulders at work. :DAyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07066652005631038278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-65008328345746377422015-09-04T13:07:24.478-07:002015-09-04T13:07:24.478-07:00Looking great as always ! Time ... thats a thing i...Looking great as always ! Time ... thats a thing im always missing . <br />XxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096321968229908627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-67821057195211983622015-09-04T12:46:36.458-07:002015-09-04T12:46:36.458-07:00Owen does look good in that pink wig, and you look...Owen does look good in that pink wig, and you look fab in peacock blues! I'm pretty sure I had some hand me down tops in the 70s that looked like your St Michael one, a pink patterned one and a blue patterned one. I loved them!diaryofapennypincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314692740147273227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-9451145758756075872015-09-04T07:02:07.554-07:002015-09-04T07:02:07.554-07:00I totally understand about life and the challenges...I totally understand about life and the challenges of balance. I will follow no matter what's happening! I wouldn't want to miss your humor, your process and your fabulous style. Love the blue on you!The Style Cronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03760710805926873206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-4574021372020317272015-09-03T04:57:03.769-07:002015-09-03T04:57:03.769-07:00It's hard isn't it? It's lovely having...It's hard isn't it? It's lovely having my daughter home but not the guilt that comes with having to get any kind of work done! She's gone back today only missing the sew on badge for her cardy. I call that a resounding success. Hope you got it all done. Claudias hair looks beautiful.<br />The peacock art is amazing! Lovely outfit inspiration. xxxx<br />Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-84882789053886770022015-09-03T03:28:01.899-07:002015-09-03T03:28:01.899-07:00just stopping by to thank you for your comment, I ...just stopping by to thank you for your comment, I hope you get the chance to visit Croatia some day. There are many lovely touristic places in this world and my country is sure one of them...and as long as I'm here, I will ask you about that baby blue nail polish you are wearing in combination with that blue vintage silk maxi skirt...do you remember what brand it is? I'm looking for a shade of nail polish just like that one.Ivana Splithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908566377732204399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-69475585501581162332015-09-02T09:39:09.062-07:002015-09-02T09:39:09.062-07:00Love your fringed top and skirt.
It's really h...Love your fringed top and skirt.<br />It's really hard to keep up blogging when there's so much else going on, but I really hope you do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-6735331517193944622015-09-02T08:31:40.322-07:002015-09-02T08:31:40.322-07:00This is so good. I like it!
** I'm inviting y...This is so good. I like it!<br /><br />** I'm inviting you to join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovebeautybloggers/" rel="nofollow">Love, Beauty Bloggers</a> on facebook. A place for beauty and fashion bloggers from all over the world to promote their latest posts!<br /><br /><br />xoxo;<br /><a href="http://www.beautyediter.com/" rel="nofollow">BEAUTYEDITER.COM</a>Beauty Editerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811655331952585763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-61752537405504948662015-09-02T05:15:58.425-07:002015-09-02T05:15:58.425-07:00Your kids always look happy, smiles abound! Must ...Your kids always look happy, smiles abound! Must be due to having a great mother I think. We cannot control the weather, but we can control what we did in it. You certainly looked like you were having a fine old time with your kids, love the pic of you all lying on the ground. So glad your job is working out, just remember you don't have to do everything, and things like HOUSEWORK can wait until tomorrow. There is always a tomorrow after today!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315638690434873691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-76626110021095667912015-09-02T00:52:13.117-07:002015-09-02T00:52:13.117-07:00Loving the street Art gorgeous colours there is so...Loving the street Art gorgeous colours there is some amazing talent on our streets if we look for it. I am also loving the 60s brown top to. I think your kids look very happy and I agree that wig suits your lad :-) Hoping over the coming weeks life starts to settle down for you and your able to get back on top of your routine, dee xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807783495138462705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-77667168084027712962015-09-01T19:58:07.343-07:002015-09-01T19:58:07.343-07:00Look how pretty Claudia looks!!! And it looks like...Look how pretty Claudia looks!!! And it looks like Mum has a fresh haircut, too. In fact, I would have to call you the Bob family -Owen included! Those blues are so pretty on you. You are absolutely flapperish in your fringed top. I'll bet your kids had a very nice summer. I always felt guilty because I was a working mom and I thought my children took it in the shorts as far as fun summer vacations. I was always rushing off to work, leaving them at some day camp with fast food for dinner. But they remember their summers as fun and free. So you just never know. Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-63208671799663210622015-09-01T16:32:17.848-07:002015-09-01T16:32:17.848-07:00Still here, my dear, and working over-time at a fu...Still here, my dear, and working over-time at a full-time job in a thrilling race between my advancing years and the increasing cost of everything. You are a rhapsody in blue, and the kids are obviously in fine form. Never mind the cat hair on the carpet -- in 20 years time, the kids will remember mum was gorgeous and the sun was shining in the park.Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-63924170109004620142015-09-01T14:34:40.079-07:002015-09-01T14:34:40.079-07:00Here I am! But more importantly, here you are. Tho...Here I am! But more importantly, here you are. Thought we'd lost you. Was thinking we might have to do an emergency trip to Sheff and break you out of the chazza. Give her back. We need our Curtise. That type of scenario. So yes, phew, glad that's been avoided. Work. I've had enough already and I've still got about 20 years to go! But don't let's talk about that. Let's talk about you looking beautiful in all shades of blue, and Owen looking pretty in pink! :) and Claudia looking beautiful with her new haircut and Nina looking like a happy little pixie. Xxxxxfrecklefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881334320685123475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-28940005536314509872015-09-01T14:07:00.909-07:002015-09-01T14:07:00.909-07:00Those dang olympians make everyone else look like ...Those dang olympians make everyone else look like lazy sloths. <br /><br />That fringed top is super fab. <br /><br />Take some time to enjoy and breathe. I think we are all our own worst enemies feeling like we are falling behind. <br /><br />bisous<br />SuzanneSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891315017218863243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-74241801984627708602015-09-01T13:13:41.955-07:002015-09-01T13:13:41.955-07:00Course we're all still here, your blog is a ra...Course we're all still here, your blog is a ray of sunshine!<br />Phew! You've been busy....I need a cuppa to recover!<br />And, as always fabulous outfit me dear x<br />Mrs Bertimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035533575712068296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-89188043270932815602015-09-01T07:57:16.546-07:002015-09-01T07:57:16.546-07:00Love the skirt-fringed top look so much! Your kids...Love the skirt-fringed top look so much! Your kids as always look adorable, especially Owen in a pink wig! And they definitely look happy on all the photos!Olga Ranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875044569337689314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-77922852513280600272015-09-01T06:52:18.624-07:002015-09-01T06:52:18.624-07:00I'm here too (waving at you from the couch!). ...I'm here too (waving at you from the couch!). Yes, full-time work really cuts into "me time" and leaves little energy for stuff that needs to be done at home. Throw some kids into the mix and you have a recipe for hair-pulling and exhaustion. I think you should cut yourself some slack - the kids have looked happy in your posts from this summer. They have had days out with the family, and they can find things to entertain themselves.<br /><br />Owen does look frighteningly good in that wig, and I love the Nina photo-bomb! You look lovely in blue (groovy fringed top!) and very coordinated with the cool street art.Forest City Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04428940427287921203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-53234954537305995772015-09-01T05:05:02.078-07:002015-09-01T05:05:02.078-07:00Gorgeous colours. The book illustration is fabulou...Gorgeous colours. The book illustration is fabulous. I'm sure working full time was quite a challenge in a busy charity shop. Your children look happy & I'm sure have had a good summer in spite of the rain; we've sold lots of games this summer & not once heard holiday makers to the village complain about the weather ! BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-20310417121103293652015-09-01T02:28:33.409-07:002015-09-01T02:28:33.409-07:00I'm here, thanks to the modern wonder of RSS f...I'm here, thanks to the modern wonder of RSS feeds that tell me when my favourite blogs have updated :) <br /><br />I like that St Michael's top, it reminds me of my great aunt's sofa! (funny, cos Natalia recently wore a blouse that reminded me of my great aunt's curtains :) ) but every time you post about things you've rescued from the bin/recycling at the shop, it makes me want to cry, because I think of all the lovely vintage things that must be getting binned in other charity shops. I'm pretty sure that's why the ones in my area never seem to have anything pre-Y2K. mondoagogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317057691178968040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-86370868427824769542015-09-01T02:28:00.733-07:002015-09-01T02:28:00.733-07:00every second day i came to your blog to look if so...every second day i came to your blog to look if something new appeared! but now - wahooo!!!<br /><br />love the peacock blue outfits! the silky/fringed one screams "cocktails!!" to me! :-)<br />don´t feel guilty for your kids! as far as i see you are one of the best mums i know! your lovely kids are the best proof!<br />and i register that something really had changed - when i was in that age(s) i only saw my parents for dinner in the evening - after school we went out and about on our own. most parents worked full time which was then 9h a day. so it was normal that kids were on their own or together with friends around town and fields. of cause in every weather condition - i say frozen toes! but it was another world - 30-40 years ago.....<br />wish you power and energy for the job and your private tasks!!!! xxxxxxxbahnwärterinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032478343344432338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-34220346285996252162015-09-01T02:17:27.271-07:002015-09-01T02:17:27.271-07:00Brilliant photos of your kids :-)
Look at those b...Brilliant photos of your kids :-) <br />Look at those blue skies! Where have they gone over the past weeks?<br />The street art is fabulous, the local traders did something similar in our main shopping street last year and it hasn't been vandalised yet! Hopefully it'll stay that way too.<br />The Simplicity pattern is great, especially the hairstyle on the left! <br />xxThe Vintage Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479653990888198151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-39734760832313496202015-09-01T00:34:29.625-07:002015-09-01T00:34:29.625-07:00We're still here! And you look great in a spla...We're still here! And you look great in a splash of flapper style.Ulla-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583954716357906569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-15539735062293311512015-08-31T22:29:20.585-07:002015-08-31T22:29:20.585-07:00Ooh, that fringe-y top is so fabulous on you! Make...Ooh, that fringe-y top is so fabulous on you! Makes you want to shimmy, shimmy! Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735339885677950350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489237810886177584.post-72710639586875740802015-08-31T20:03:19.111-07:002015-08-31T20:03:19.111-07:00Oh my goodness, so much to love here! I doubt any...Oh my goodness, so much to love here! I doubt any of us are going away. Your fringed top is amazing. The colours-the graffiti and your outfits are so gorgeous (I feel my supply of adjectives is lacking)the bracelets, the sandals. I think I was bug-eyed. Claudia's hair looks tres chic but what can be said about Owen? Wow! Better than Grayson Perry, I think. I am rather envious. xoxoShawna McComberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296162660865309624noreply@blogger.com