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The Big Clean - The Decluttering Continues

Decluttering is hard work.  For the past week and a half my amazing friend Robyn has been faithfully helping me sort through the many boxes of stuff and nonsense which have been cluttering up my house (and life!) for the past few years.  Each box we've gone through has contained a particularly random collection of things which has made the whole experience a bit like opening and desecrating little time capsules.  Not that it's hard to part with stuff - really its a joy.  We filled something like our twelfth garbage bag today.  Every time a bag leaves the house I feel a little bit lighter.  This is the final hurdle.  I began the Big Clean with a ruthless Freecycling effort earlier last year.  I also did my best at Christmas not to welcome any new clutter into the house in the form of well meant presents.  I've been giving away baby clothes and accoutrements as soon as they are no longer in regular use.  What I'm left with now that the random boxes have be disassembled is a very large box of paperwork to be chucked or filed and various household items of life and leisure which have been sorted into groups of like objects but still have no permanent home.  I take badly living in Scotland in a house without a basement - or a garage, the usual home of the sorts of things that clutter my hallway and line my staircase, that creep under the beds and into the nooks and crannies that pass as closets this side of the Atlantic.  I'm getting there.  I'm a bit amazed at how long it has taken us already, but progress has been made.  I take delight in the fact that the worst 'surprises' that we have found amoungst the junk have been a melted boiled sweetie and an old (empty - phew!) pizza box.  At least I can take pride in being better than those people on "How Clean Is Your House?" in the cleanliness department.  It really is just junk, not filth that we're dealing with here.  Big difference.  It's all good ;)

Early is the new late.

If I was blogging today I would write about why I like to stay up late, and how getting up early can be just as fun but without the guilt factor!

Watch this and feel the tension!

My friend Jackie winning her first eBay auction:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2qZh_9q_eT8&eurl=http://blog.jacquelinesutherland.com/

www.jacquelinesutherland.com

Blogging is therapeutic...I should do it more.

...and so I shall.

Solsgirth House - A big thumbs up!

I've just returned home from our latest gig with Sporran Again "The Super Funky Ceilidh Five Piece!" (hahah).  The venue tonight was the stunning Solsgirth House (by Dollar, Kinross-shire, Scotland) which is "an elegant privately owned Scottish Baronial country house set in 30 acres of wooded grounds and beautiful formal gardens near Dollar in the centre of Scotland."

It really was a beautiful property and the staff hosting the event were all fab - really cheery and helpful - makes all the difference in this business! We hope to have ocassion to play there again someday soon - not least because of the fabulous buffet which rated an outstanding 9 out of 10 on the infamous Sporran Again Buffet Rating Scale.  A particularly outstanding achievement as the buffet consisted rather simply of haggis, neeps & tatties, coffees/teas & cake.  More to come...

~Annie

Busy Easter Holidays

Here are some pictures of the things Natalie has been up to during her Easter Holidays.

~ Annie

Natalie

On Top of the World

I had planned to go the gym after church today however the weather was so beautiful that I decided to climb Craigowl Hill instead.  I couldn't interest my husband (who's real desire was to enjoy the sunny afternoon skateboarding) so I went by myself while Natalie was entertained by her Granny.

When I reached the top of Craigowl Hill I used my mobile to send Rick a photo of myself at the top, with Dundee in the background - he reciprocated with a photo of himself at Dudhope Skatepark.

~Annie

Spring Blooms in Dundee

These pictures are a couple of weeks old now.  I took them in Balgay Park, Dundee, Scotland - mostly to tease my family in Canada who were still in the grips of winter at the time.

Just put them here to check out the VOX - Flickr link up.

~Anne

Listen to my song!

Saving Grace (mp3)

Anne Curran

Listen to my song. You like. :-D

~ Annie


Saving Grace

Music & Lyrics by Anne Curran
Arrangement by Joseph Hamilton
Vocals: Anne Curran
Acoustic Guitar: Joseph Hamilton
Produced by Joseph Hamilton


Lyrics:

I surrrender to you
I need a miracle
Only you can save me
Be my salvation, be my
Saving grace

I surrender to you
Though my hope seems so dim
I know you can heal me
Jesus Christ, my life is
In your hands

Here in this holy place
I'll trust you with my life
Come have your way
Jesus Christ...my saving grace

Copyright 2006 - Anne Curran

Surely I'm not turning Geek?

Unbelievably this is my first ever blog post. 

With a husband like Rick Curran, I'm no stranger to the world of blogging although I must admit that blogs to me have always seemed to be the territory of techie, uber-geek types with computers fused to their fingers 24-7.  However, having been inspired after reading an interview with Mena Trott in Rick's May 2007 issue of .net magazine. (and having the MacBook Pro to myself for a rare moment!) I decided to come along and see what vox has to offer.

First impressions:  Clean, very easy to use, and dare I say - inspiring!  I guess I had never really considered blogging about stuff that I'm interetested in. Hmm...this could be exciting!

...more to come.

~Anne