A new album - an old page

I try and keep up to date with scrapping the things we do, but I have things we did in the past that I have never scrapped and so try and do that too.

Last year I made an Austria album of our 2000 trip which was before I scrapped. It was great to see all of the photos again and take them OUT of their horrid sticky backed album and make them into pages. I really enjoyed it and we have a nice book to look back on now.

I am starting to do the same with Paris. Although it was only 2011 and I was, most assuredly, a scrapper, I made a mini book and a digital album but I want a real life one too as we had such a special time.

This is the first page for that album. It was made a while ago as a DT piece for Mel and Jill at A Trip Down Memory Lane who sent me gorgeous things to work with.

 

 

It used Graphic 45 goodies which I totally love

 

 

It will act as the title page for my album

 

I also have something I really loved and want to share.

Angela posted this today and it was brilliant. Although I wasn't alive in the 1950's I am not far out and I so get this.

I hope those of you of a similar age enjoy it.

EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES…


* Pasta had not been invented.
* Curry was a surname.
* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet
* Spices came from the Middle East where they were used for embalming
* Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine.
* A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
* A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
* Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
* The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas, carrots and cabbage,
* All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.
* Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and brown sauce if we were lucky.
* Soft drinks were called pop.
* Coke was something that we put on the fire.
* A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
* Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
* A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
* A Pizza Hut was an Italian shed.
* A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie.
* Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
* Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking
* Bread and jam was a treat.
* Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
* Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle.
* Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
* Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them.
* Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town.
* Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners.
* Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist
* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake.
* The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal.
* Only Heinz made beans.
* Leftovers went in the dog.
* Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of.
* Fish was only eaten on Fridays..
* Fish didn't have fingers in those days.
* Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
* Ready meals only came from the fish and chip shop.
* For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out of old newspapers.
* Frozen food was called ice cream.
* Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one.
* Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour.
* None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
* Jelly and blancmange was only eaten at parties.
* If we said that we were on a diet, we simply got less.
* Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
* People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
* Indian restaurants were only found in India .
* Brunch was not a meal.
* If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified
* A bun was a small cake back then.
* The word" Barbie" was not associated with anything to do with food.
* Eating outside was a picnic.
* Cooking outside was called camping.
* Seaweed was not a recognised food.
* Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday
* "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food.
* Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate.
* Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious they would never catch on.
* The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond comprehension.
* The idea of
"oven chips" would not have made any sense at all to us.
* The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash and Pop Tarts.
* Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
* Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad.
* Prunes were medicinal.
* Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those days, it was called cattle feed.
* Turkeys were definitely seasonal.
* Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
* We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn't pronounce it,
* We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French needed to deal with.
* Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour food.
* Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock.
* Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals.
* Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and Botulism were all called "food poisoning."
* The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties …. elbows.

Isn't it fabulous?

 

Today I am thankful for

• things that make me laugh
• the 'olden days' - they were so much more simple
• always having new challenges and new things to do

I am not sure I am getting on well with my page a day calendar to be honest

The Zen one is taking some getting used to but is giving me a laugh - which I am SURE is not the point

 

This is today's

ZEN
MEDITATION • POSTURE :
THE BODY

“Learning to
meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life.”

—Sogyal Rinpoche

Like a New Year’s resolution, the expression “belly forward, buttocks back” is an encouraging mantra—and a useful reminder—of how to approach life. On the zafu, it literally means let the belly hang, which helps pitch the spine into its natural curve. Keep your chest out, head up, and chin slightly tucked in. Your ears should be in line with your shoulders, your shoulders in line with your hips. Leave your eyes open, staring but not focusing at a spot on the floor just a few feet ahead. Form your hands into a mudra by resting your right palm face up on your lap and your left palm face up inside. Your thumbs should create an oval, their tips barely touching. The final step is to rock from side to side, starting with wide arcs and slowly settling in until you’re as unmovable as a mountain.

 

I am halfway there as belly forward buttocks back seems to be a natural for me!!!!!

 

 

I do have a great quote on my Women calendar though

 

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got" Janis Joplin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Mary Buttons]

I love the 50s list and yes I can remember all of those things.

[Jemma @ Just-Jimjams]

Great 50s list. Love your Paris film strip!

[Barb in AK]

Well, I got most of those '50's-- even though some are definitely "English" ;-) Loved the one about the "hot dogs" :-D
I really liked that filmstrip embellishment/photo framing, too!

[coventryann]

Had to laugh about the 50s list, and although I was born in the 60s we still call fizzy drinks pop in our house!