tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416323769594354265.post1224085311393752819..comments2023-10-23T19:05:11.546+01:00Comments on Raindrops 'n Roses: MisfitsHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369306691972984192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416323769594354265.post-52807901657141213222011-10-27T15:37:42.313+01:002011-10-27T15:37:42.313+01:00The pressure from the media to buy, buy, buy is ve...The pressure from the media to buy, buy, buy is very intensive and more so for children, as they are made to feel 'different' if they do not conform to what every other child in their class does or wears. <br /><br />As a child of, cough, cough, the 50s my brother and sister and I had to get on and make things, be that clothes, food and entertainment. I like my life as it is, with all the extras, but I did enjoy growing up in a simpler era. Particularly then as I had to get off of my backside and visit my friends, not FB them or email or txt them but see them/speak to them face-to-face. <br /><br />Will today's youngsters look back in 20 or 30 years time and yearn for their life as it was?Christmas Pie Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15535917693583199463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416323769594354265.post-70500767229706915912011-10-27T14:02:50.160+01:002011-10-27T14:02:50.160+01:00I am by no means anywhere near the domestic goddes...I am by no means anywhere near the domestic goddess that most of you ladies are, but I always aspire to be better, even though I don't have many creative bones in my body. I do what I can and Helen your post really struck a chord even with little old me, especially when it comes to my kids. I don't wish for them to have the best or the biggest or the most recent of everything I just want them to have lots of happy memories of their childhood and to feel loved and important their whole lives.<br /><br />Ps am so with you re the Lelly Kelly thing.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234777266508150097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416323769594354265.post-87375780877587486412011-10-27T13:35:24.816+01:002011-10-27T13:35:24.816+01:00I sometimes think I was born at the wrong time, I ...I sometimes think I was born at the wrong time, I hate all the celebrity obsession, people being treated like they are special just because they have slept with some married footballer or appeared on some boring reality programme. Or when children are asked what they want to be when they grow up and they say "famous" instead of something that is actually important... *rant over*<br />It's nice to think that there are still people who take joy in the simple things in life. I love my gadgets but there is a simple pleasure in putting together some beads to make something beautiful or sitting down with a crochet hook and some yarn and just creating.<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />LH<br />xLittle Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377386715895822823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416323769594354265.post-45589972749739561722011-10-27T11:26:41.216+01:002011-10-27T11:26:41.216+01:00DH and I are always harping back to the 60's w...DH and I are always harping back to the 60's when things were simpler, less needy. I think the trouble is there is so much now to 'want' but is it really needed and agree simple handmade gifts mean far more than expensive bought ones. I still bake and cook from scratch, do not have prepared food except for M & S Chinese, our one weakness. <br /><br />Stand by our principals, we know we may have little or no money now but are far happier.Carolee Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664419480578937491noreply@blogger.com