My A to Z - several years later

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Way back in 2011 when blogging was second nature to me, when I wrote several posts a week and joined in with many 'link ups', blog parties and the like, I started a series of blog posts called 'My A to Z'.   In order not to put any pressure on myself and make a promise that I might not follow through I said 

"I have no time frame in mind for these - just as and when the mood takes me."

Which was lucky as I after starting in May 2011, I managed to get to February 2013 and as far as 'L is for Leo and Louka' 

I'm pretty sure I had at least a vague idea of what I would do for each letter,  assuming I would struggle towards the end but maybe I didn't believe I would make it that far. 

Reading back through old posts now is very strange for me,  I always want to go and edit them, mainly to make them a bit longer as they all seem so short.   I was always worried about waffling on too much and them being too long, which is strange as that doesn't seem to stop me in real life.  

I resist the urge to edit the old posts, apart from removing a dead link here or there, or resizing an image.  Partly because if I started I'd be there forever over thinking it and it's a massive job as I have over 1000 posts now,  and partly because that's a moment in time and if I change it now it won't be the same.    Thankfully I generally blogged about random stuff and nothing too controversial or personal!

Maybe I will elaborate on some of the old posts one day, maybe I'll write this and not post again for 6 months, who knows?  The old days of stats and blog readers have gone so I'm not worried now. 

Here's where I got to... 

A to Z


A is for Aaron

B is for Blog

C is for Cyprus

D is for Dancing (and drinking!) 

E is for England

F is for Friends

G is for Gravesend

H is for Home

I is for Ink

J is for Jobs

K is for Kids

L is for Leo and Louka




Reading back through them, they all seem so short but the main point was that I wanted to write about whatever came to mind for each letter.   It's probably a good job that I didn't stop to think so much about what I wrote like I do these days or there wouldn't have been a single post!

If a picture tells the story who needs the words!

So I'm carrying on, with the letter M. 

There can only be one choice...

There is so much I could say yet I can't work out where to begin, or even put it into words so I am sharing photos because the letter M, can only mean Mum. 


One of the first photos I can find of my Mum and me...

The first photo I have with my Mum after becoming a Mum myself...

And the first photo I have of Mum and I with both of the boys...

 


Just to end I have to share a photo of Mum and I on our 40th birthdays.  On mine Mum gave me a cake and insisted we posed for the photo, I'm not 100% with it in the photo due to late night birthday celebrations the night before and cocktails with breakfast, but ignoring the puffy eyes it was a great idea, and shows that my Mum's 40th was a much more refined celebration!   


I think I tried to resist having the photo taken but Mum made me! I also have a feeling that Mum had said don't drink too much the night before your birthday so you don't feel rough on the day (my best friend had arrived the night before) so I was also really trying to pretend I was fine!

Annoyingly it turns out that Mum's are still sometimes right! 




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