For all the UK readers, at 10pm tonight More 4 is showing the documentary "Our Year Without Oil" - following a family with children who give up all oil for a year, which of course includes all plastic as it's made with oil!
I can't wait to watch as it's something I'd like to do myself - just the sight of plastic, especially around children, turns my stomach!!
Enjoy!
This blog is about what makes me, me. It's an attempt not to feel trapped about what to blog about, but to be a bit of a free for all. You will find posts on politics, my life, my loves (especially vintage and eco living) and what makes me buzz, jump up and down and sing from my soap box! You will also find me occasionally mentioning my life's love - James, James & Nigel. Don't Ask!
Reduce your bag waste - courtesy of reusablebags.com
About Me
- Mrs McAvoy's Buzz
- Previous owner of BIG blog, quit it, now staying annonymous on this little space on the www and loving it!Current Obsessions: Richard Madeley Appreciation Society and Echo Beach! Favourite Quote: responding to the question who are the women in your life? Colin Firth states: my mother, my wife and Jane Austin.
The Men That Help Complete Me
- Colin Firth
- James Martin (Chef)
- James McAvoy
- Nigel Harman
- Richard Madeley
- The Archbishop of Canterbury
- Tony Blair (I know, I know, I can't help it!)
Today's Menu - Lentil Stew!
Currently Reading - House Beautiful
YOU can make a difference
- **Carbon Footprint - essential to calculate what yours is! **
- Baking Soda - great ways to use it to clean, not only helping the environment BUT keeping you & your kids safe too!
- Born Free - UNICEF's campaign to stop HIV mother to baby transmission
- Energy Saving Trust - see how you can make small changes to make BIG changes
- Every Internet Search raises money for Charity
- GO Vegan - or reduce/cut out meat! So much better for the environment!
- Love Without Boundaries
- Make your home & life Echo friendly
- Shop with no packaging on products or bags
- Sponsor a child & help their community with World Vision (my child is in Cambodia)
- Water Aid - how can everyone not be entitled to free safe water
- World Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - some are being worked to death, kept in cages, left 20 hours with no food or water
My Favourite Places
- 15 - Jamie Oliver's Restaurant which take young peope with backgrounds of crime and no education and trains them to be chefs! (England)
- Blenheim Palace (England)
- Borough Market,London (England)
- Boston (USA)
- Bridge over Thames - Tate Modern in Front, St Paul's Cathederal behind (London)
- Brooklyn, NY (USA)
- Brugges (Belgium)
- Cockington (England)
- Cork (Ireland)
- Covent Garden, London (England)
- Crouch End, London (England)
- Dartmouth (Devon, England)
- Dubai
- Edinburgh (Scotland)
- Florence (Italy)
- Galway (Ireland)
- Granville Island, Vancouver (Canada)
- Harrods Garden Room, London (England)
- Isle of Skye (Scotland)
- Kew Gardens, Surrey (England)
- London Eye (England)
- Marrakesh (Morocco)
- Maze at Hampton Court Palace London (England)
- Montreal (Canada)
- Niagara On The Lake (Canada)
- Port Issac, Cornwall (England)
- Prince Edward Island (Canada)
- Provence (France)
- Providence (USA)
- Seville (Spain)
- Sydney (Australia)
- The Lanes in Brighton (England)
- Toronto Island (Canada)
- Venice (Italy)
- Verona Opera House (Italy)
- Westminster Cathederal (England)
- Windermere, Lake District (England)
My Favourite Books
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- Animal Vegetable Miracle By Barbara Kingsolver
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Bible
- Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Fall On Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald
- Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
- Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
- Great Housewives of Art Revisited by Sally Swain
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
- The Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Hospital By The River by Catherine Hamlin
- The Way the Crow Flies by Anne Marie MacDonald
- There Is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene
Some Of My Favourite Things
- China Teacups (Vintage)
- Crosses
- Eiderdowns
- Handkerchiefs
- Hearts
- Iris'
- Jugs
- Linen
- Lockets
- Markets
- Mary Jane Shoes
- Pink Peonies
- Poppy Flowers
- Praying
- Reading
- Tea Cosy(s)
- Teapots
- The Sound of Waves
- Toile Anything
- Vintage Anything
- Vintage Wicker Chairs
Playlist
My Daily & Weekly Reads
Monday - Independent & Times Educational Supplement
Tuesday - New Statesman (Political magazine), Economist & Inside Soap (yes, I admit it)
Wednesday - Guardian
Thursday - Independent & local paper
Friday - Guardian
Saturday - Saturday Telegraph, Guardian+ 1 magazine (BBC Good Homes, Olive, BBC Good Food, House Beautiful, Ideal Home)
Sunday - Observer
What does this say about me??
Note: I do not and will not ever read The Daily Mail!
Tuesday - New Statesman (Political magazine), Economist & Inside Soap (yes, I admit it)
Wednesday - Guardian
Thursday - Independent & local paper
Friday - Guardian
Saturday - Saturday Telegraph, Guardian+ 1 magazine (BBC Good Homes, Olive, BBC Good Food, House Beautiful, Ideal Home)
Sunday - Observer
What does this say about me??
Note: I do not and will not ever read The Daily Mail!
3 comments:
Why am I not listed among the men that complete you? I know it has nothing to do with oil but I would like to know...
Hey, just wanted to say that I'M SO GLAD to see you posting again!
Was getting quite worried about you.
(and so sorry about the mice. YECH!)
Dicky you are, right hand side of page-I'd never erase you! :0)
HC- Feels good to post again. Did you get my email?
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