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oil on canvas artist. Just opened a new shop in Holly Court. All sorts of original artwork available in various sizes. prices open to nearest offer.

Portraits/ commissions available as well as tarot readings

23/03/2026

So been awake since 8am.

Been texting friends… all of them

And then, threads, LinkedIn, my Journal and now my app.

Feels like I’ve done 👍 more than that but what something feels like to what it actually is is always a contradiction.

Listening to Adele…

Still in bed and the photos are of me in my home. Relaxing 😎…

I like the way it looks.

I can hear the birds 🦅 in the garden. 🪴 don’t know what they’re saying…

Feeling all warm but know I have to get up and do breakfast. 🍳

Hope it’s a great week !

Was nice to wake up today and sleep this morning.

Thinking of my mum.. 👩
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19/03/2026

Got no one to talk to….

I bought yellow sunglasses 😎 yesterday from primark for 4£, I’m happy with them. I also bought shoes 👞 and a hat. 🎩

It w s pretty warm yesterday but the buses were a crowed nightmare..

Thinking of going to college in Bristol, hopefully but I don’t want to go by bus. 🚌 Bath college was like that with the buses same as bath uni end of last year when my French course was there.

It’s a nice 👍 uni but the hill is massive. And in the cold and rain 🌧️ buses 🚍 are no fun.🤩

But parking and petrol ⛽️ can be expensive too. Still I’d like to go to Bristol by car.

🚘

It took 6 hours on buses just travelling from home to bath, Bristol and back again and I didn’t even pick up the high heels 👠 I went in to collect…

So stressed as I’ll have to do it again when I have the energy.

Right now I woke up happy, probably inspired by the sunny weather 🌦️ and the company my animals provide in my house 🏡 but I still feel miserable for some reason.

I miss people and although I was out and about yesterday I still feel friendless. That’s not a good thing to admit.

I’m a bit of a hermit home girl and have learnt to live this way because of my lived experience.

Still I was surprised to have slept without my antipsychotic… so maybe I’m getting better even if I’m no happier.
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09/03/2026

I know it’s an insect 🦟 but the delivery driver that killed it appeared from nowhere..

I was only able to take the before shot in time before having to move out the way.

I’m nervous at the best of times and Mondays are always difficult.

Having a Friday night, and two free days makes Monday, today a hard day. When every day feels like a holiday..

But I’ve managed to eat and walk the dogs 🐶 so now I can rest. I’ve taken my meds and feel funny so hopefully will sleep. 💤

Got nothing better to do other than make the bed, go shopping, have a bath and eat lunch..

Done loads of cleaning at the weekend so don’t want to overdo it..

I washed both dogs yesterday but chi is still caked in runny poo. 💩 I’ve cleaned her but it’s not a nice smell 👃

But I’m not going mad to do these things as I’m tired. Going to play my computer game, see how I feel and sleep.. 💤

Any spelling mistakes, I can only apologise.. too tired. 😪
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04/03/2026

It’s lunch time and although i was going to make burgers 🍔 for dinner with chips 🍟 I have to make bread to put them in..

My day today is quiet.

Tomorrow I’m supposed to go cycling 🚴 and the dentist.

Friday go to bath, the Apple shop if my computer doesn’t work and the bank to put money in.

My friend said he can’t meet me and it’s possible I can put money in at the post office 🏤 so wandering if my computer even needs fixing.

I’ll have to try it today as the Apple shop they leave you waiting and it’s not very friendly with all the security.

I am tired now so going to rest
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19/02/2026

Living in a depressed 😔 area with no family, minimal friends in a property that takes too much money to fix.

I can’t buy it and don’t want to live in it. It’s a Curo property and unsuitable to my needs. I don’t want any other Curo property so that means leaving the area somer valley and the mendip hills.

I’ve been here twice as long as the last town I lived in after being moved here on the homeswapper website /app.

I was happy in budleigh salterton where I lived in a one bedroom council property with my daughter 🧒.

My daughter left this current property over a decade ago and is now 18, off to university. My son is 10 next week but has never been home 🏠.

He was adopted practically by his father’s parents and separated from his sister within his first birthday 🎈.

The house makes me miserable, I don’t like the area or the people and have been here long enough to know that I have the right to leave.

Something I have been trying to do for years without support from family, friends or professional organisations. I’m mentally ill and feel I’m being taken advantage of.

I have debt 💸 and I had a couple of businesses and I went to college. I also put a fence around the empty space at the rear of the 3 bedroom house, a 20 ft shed by the side of the end of terrace chain ⛓️‍💥 where I live with attic storage, new radiators, double glazing, serperate toilet 🚾 and bathroom downstairs.

The kitchen was updated over 10 years ago after I painted and there’s gas central heating. The garden 🪴 is off size with no where to park, a communal entrance to the other properties in the chain ⛓️‍💥 and overgrown hedges and bushes.

The stairs are steep and the only toilet is downstairs so I use a bucket 🪣. The buses and cars 🚘 are constant and the garden unsecure for my dogs 🐩 and animals.

Hoping to get on the register asap
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13/02/2026

Cold day today. Went for a walk. 🚶 with poppychi who’s drying in the kitchen by the radiator…

My cat and other dog 🐶 are in the bedroom upstairs with me. Listening 👂 to piano 🎹 music 🎵 on Alexa..

Tired, cold 🥶 and wet from walking 🚶‍♀️ in the rain 🌧️…

Got three days of food 🍲 so will need to go out again by Monday..

It’s valentines 💌 day tomorrow and my daughters 18th on Sunday… my friends the week after and then my son’s…

Expensive month for birthdays 🎉

And only one month left til a new tax year, the end of winter ❄️ and the beginning of spring….

It’s a tough 3 months

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02/02/2026

So last year was crazy.. 🤪

I’m sat on my stairs and I can’t comprehend all of what happened.

I know I spent my target on the attic but it looks more like a stage up there than a studio space.

The only thing I’m happy about is the lighting. Especially when installation is free and that’s not what I paid for. I paid for the access ie, the ladder 🪜 and a useable space ie floorboards.

They only took 8 hours to complete it. They didn’t move the fire alarm ‼️ and it’s not wall to wall so disappointed with the communication in the company from original assessment to execution…

But it did take me a while to actually get the money 💵 and if I hadn’t of quit last year i may never have had the money.💴

Still it’s a shock ⚡️ and will take another 6 months to actually get it the way I want it.. as I have too much to pay for and I’m skint.

Surviving of a fraction of my outgoing costs …

On a lighter note I bought a ´cool’ lamp 🪔 and foot hot water bottle. I still have to check out my roxi microphone on my sky glass tv 📺 and unpack boxes from my unit…

So at the moment taking things slow so as not to panic people with my problems..

Been watching doac a lot for a few months and choosing songs I like on Alexa device with Amazon.

The kitchen is bearable, my animals are ok, my children getting older and it’s the beginning of the year.

February having started yesterday…
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22/01/2026

Apologies I have to laugh at the photo but this /my app is limited to what it can do.

I know I pay for it but I can’t be held responsible for it’s useage because it’s hosted by AppsVillage through facebook and other apps therefore for some unknown reason, probably regulations I can’t directly interact with any people who use it including messages.

Like I said all I do is pay to be hosted. The direct messaging service element is not accessible on my end not even as a follower or page user.

I know that’s frustrating and unfair on me especially as the app is meant to promote my business and interact with customers.

I hope in the future things change and it’s for that reason I continue to pay as I believe apps are cool and seeing as I’ve invested my data in it I’d like to keep it.

Even if some of the functions make it feel like a waste of money. 💰 it was easy to set up though. Perhaps too easy considering the restrictions but hey I’m not the designer 👩‍🎨 or app developer and wouldn’t know how to to get an app any other way.

I do know however AppsVillage were on tv and I’m not the only customer the company AppsVillage has…

But without a phone 📞 number to speak to the organisers in person 🧍 I can’t do much more than to carry on posting and blogging the way I have since the start of my app journey !

So I hope the photos and blogs are of interest to whoever receives them with or without feedback…

Ps the main photo on this post is in a pharmacy near to where I live in Westfield in the u.k, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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19/01/2026

Well I’m I’ll … after losing my premises last year nearly six months ago I’ve been offered my unit back at Holly Court.

I’ll have a look but I don’t want to take it.. even though I can afford it. I believe I can do better and that it’s time to move on..

There’s a lot of things to do still that might take time to do and things seem slow but I feel it’s the weather stopping me and not my drive or ambition.

I’m putting the car in tomorrow… ready for the summer and when I can go back to the gym.

Early starts and getting out the house. 🏠

I got my attic but was disappointed with the job that was done ☑️… it’s cost half the money again to fix it but I’m in no hurry as I’d prefer to get my teeth. 🦷

My body and physicality are more important and I’ve lost 3 stone since leaving my unit over 6 months ago.

I’m now in size 12 jeans 👖 and although I’m not entirely well losing the weight I don’t want to go backwards in any way.

It maybe hard to move forwards and all things take time but I still have level 5 at Bristol college in the pipeline to do as and for a job.

Learning French at Bath university didn’t work out as it was too much stress and I was underprepared.

Don’t know if I’ll go back to get those qualifications in the future. In fact there’s so many variables I’m changing my mind all the time about what I’m doing.

It’s exhausting ! But hey keep looking forward to whatever happens next. That’s what I say!
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12/01/2026

Busy not busy. Overwhelmed and frustrated. 😣 tired exhausted. Excited and anxious 😟.

Lots going on with the new year… don’t know where to start.

Got my car to pay for next week Monday.. it’s got a hairline crack. Then it’s air conditioning then it’s the cigarette lighter, oh and the gears stick!…

Nice problems to have until it becomes the question of affordability.

So waking up today. I’m not great. 😌 I feel dejected and heavy. Even though I lost 3 stone and can tell in my clothes and face. I feel I’m on halfway through.

As I’d like to get down to 10 stone. I’m 12 atm and a size 12 too… I bought jeans the other day from Poundland to celebrate 🙌 my weight loss journey so far.

It’s hard to continually shop, buy and pay for food, get to the shop or shops, cook and eat, three times a day, drink water 🚿 and exercise regularly, consistently at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes per time.

It takes a lot of mental strength and can be all consuming, having the determination but it taking time. Especially when there are other things to do and priorities or responsibilities come up daily or I get bored! 🥱

But still it’s half way through January and payday next month Again so as long as I can fix up the car 🚘, pay for my teeth 🦷 to be/get fixed with fix my smile dentists 🦷 and pay for my business 🧑‍💼 first, then I can start celebrating my daughter’s 18th and my other children’s birthdays all in February.

So I guess this is the calm before the storm ☔️ and it’s such a short 🩳 month but less than two weeks or so before it starts.!!
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30/03/2025

I lost my bus pass. Am lying on the sofa feeling like I haven’t got the will to live…

I’m cold 🥶 and tired and want to crash 💥 but the sun 🌞 is shining and I’m wide awake..

Don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow now as I have to get a new bus 🚍 pass adding hours onto my day…

I have washing to dry and bins to put out but I’m too cold to move.
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