5th House

@5thHouse (1678)

Sheffield, England

Joined myLot 8 years ago

I live in Yorkshire, England. I love cookery, tarot cards, I Ching, cats, creative writing, arts and crafts and many more things besides

5th House's Discussions

2017 Photography Challenge

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 25 Nov 16

I've been setting myself a few goals for the coming year and although I already have several running challenges in the pipeline, I decided I needed a new creative challenge also. One thing I'm determined to do is get back into...

photography

2017

challenges

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Christmas Cards from Political Parties

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 21 Nov 16

What do you do with these Christmas cards that are sent out by political parties? Do you put them up on display along with the other cards or do you get annoyed by the waste of paper and the blatant attempts to use the festive...

political parties

cards

calendars

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8 people

Been feeling a bit lackluster

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 14 Nov 16

I've not been on Mylot much over the past week. I've been hobbling around with bad heel pain, which I suspect is the dreaded plantar fasciitis, the scourge of runners everywhere. I've been doing a lot of stretching and...

plantar fasciitis

colds

feeling ill

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10 people

Halloween Birthdays

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 31 Oct 16

Do you know anyone who has a birthday on Halloween? Research from Yale School of Public Health suggested that the dark associations of Halloween put many women off giving birth on this day and that this state of mind can affect...

halloween

birthdays

jimmy savile

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9 people

Sunday and Chocolates

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 30 Oct 16

My husband has been at a conference in Paris this week. He came back bearing gifts and one particularly welcome treat was this box of mini-chocolate bars. I think they are almost (almost, but not quite) too pretty to break into...

chocolate

indian food

running

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Imagining Clowns (And Flashers)

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 28 Oct 16

Last night I went for a post-work run with my 2 daughters. It was just starting to get dark as we jogged along the trail, feeling like 'proper runners.' It's a nice place to run, but quite remote on an evening. All was going...

running

clowns

flashers

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11 people

Unblocking the sink

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 26 Oct 16

Last night the sink in our en suite refused to drain, so I spent an exhausting half hour or so with the sink plunger and got nowhere. My husband went out to buy some drain unblocking fluid from Tesco which produced more fumes...

blocked sink

paris

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8 people

Searching for the secret of eternal youth

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 24 Oct 16

I've just purchased some pure virgin coconut oil. A male friend of mine who is in his early 50s has been experimenting with it. He thought he was looking a little haggard but after using this for a few weeks he claims his skin...

coconut oil

skin care

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12 people

A photo from my childhood

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 22 Oct 16

Here's one of my favorite photographs of me and my sister in our garden, circa 1970. I remember the tricycle very well. These were all the rage back then and it seems strange that I'm the one riding it as Jane, who is 2 years...

old photographs

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A Birthday Celebration

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 21 Oct 16

Yesterday was my daughter, Beth's, 19th birthday. During the day Tasha (my eldest) and I made chocolate & cream cheese brownies, Beth's birthday cake of choice. My mother joined us in the evening and we all went out to our local...

birthdays

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Got my first Running medal!

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 19 Oct 16

My first medal came today from Pow Virtual Run. I ran my first 5K a week ago and earned this rather cute glow in the dark Halloween medal. It's far too big and heavy to wear, but I think it makes a cool Halloween...

virtual race

running

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I offended the cat

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 16 Oct 16

I ought to know by now that it's false economy to buy cheap cat food. Charlie loves his food and will habitually growl and defend his food it if I go anywhere near to him while he's eating. Yesterday I purchased some own brand...

cats

animal behaviour

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10 people

You couldn't make it up!

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 14 Oct 16

The BBC Breakfast show excelled itself today. They were telling us that Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon would be joining them later in the programme, but footage of an escaped gorilla from London Zoo came up on the...

nicola sturgeon

escaped gorilla

bbc

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10 people

Frustrating Day

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 11 Oct 16

Our washing machine decided for some reason best known to itself that it wasn't going to work anymore. It was all very sudden. No warning, no signs of it being in bad health (despite its considerable age.) Since yesterday I've...

washing machines

workmen

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7 people

How do you spend your MyLot earnings?

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 9 Oct 16

MyLot will never provide a living wage, but the 'pocket money' we earn from participating in the site is a nice perk. I'm hoping to use my 'MyLot' money to pay for entry into virtual races. These are running races where you...

mylot

earnings

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36 people

Playful Squirrels

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 8 Oct 16

I took this photograph on a weekend break in Norfolk. We had just been to a tea shop and were passing a rather picturesque churchyard when we noticed several squirrels running up and down the gravestones. They seemed to be...

squirrels

graveyards

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9 people

My daughter's artwork

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 7 Oct 16

Here's a photo of my youngest daughter at the art show hosted by her college. It was taken over the summer. She's standing next to some of her pictures. She worked so hard and I felt incredibly proud of her. In particular I...

art

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12 people

How we used to dress for a day at the beach

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 5 Oct 16

The attached photo is taken circa 1963. The lady on the left is my paternal grandmother, Vera. The other lady is one of her friends. I think it's taken at Bridlington and the story behind it was that as my dad was due to leave...

old photographs

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8 people

A moment of sheer bliss in bed........

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 4 Oct 16

The title probably makes it sound a lot more exciting than it really was. The other night I had woken up and was struggling to get back to sleep again. My other half's snoring is much improved since he started his diet, but...

sleep

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6 people

Problems with a Friend

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 4 Oct 16

A friend of mine is being really hard work at the moment. Admittedly, she's not had the best time lately with work-related stress and a broken relationship, but I've been completely supportive to her during this time. Just...

negativity

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3 people