Tammy gurls new socks

 Sometimes on this blog I do look at the more younger side of me when it comes into the things I do and this week it's really more about the looks of a young Tammy, who knew she wasn't a boy (yuk!) and still feels that young most times.

You could say that's how I really saw me but it feels like ages since I last made a post a bit like this, shifting interests, other things intruding a bit more than is necessarily good for me, some issues elsewhere around things and the odd hole emerging.

Way back around 2009/10 I liked going to BHS in the City Centre because they stocked a good selection of things like cute knickers and socks that easily matched everything else I wore however broad that might be compared to so folks tastes.

Things like cute animals such panda's, pretty hearts and stars tended to feature or just more pale pastel designs but they've been gone for ages.

So Neko fan me chose cats that happened to be stocked by Accessorise In Style (their spelling NEVER mine!) on Ebay in a super soft finish in this ankle length design which is ideal for the summer months when you need something between shoes or trainers and your lower paws.

And they're just fine.

Summer away together

Today I thought I'd  like to take look back to when I was I was away with friends and I saw this group of trees.

 It just appealed to me greatly so grabbed my camera  and took this picture in the early morning of it while other folks were doing other things like getting up.
Nature has always held a fascination for me, not least in my childhood being surrounded by countryside.

 

It isn't just flowers that interest me, even leaf structures do too.

It also was a time when I played on a tricycle presenting as very much my sissy gurl self in hur gingham dress and pretty bows letting that little side out.

Working on things

It's a cooler and wet week this week than a fortnight ago but that warm period coincided with a good deal more dressy presentation but that often brings other things to the fore like just how gurlish are you and maybe I do need to work on some aspect although my walking isn't good for disability related reasons.

Often we do wish for  a sister to really work with us on various things so it does become more second nature.

A room like this is what a Little Gurl Tammy really needs free of anything ikky male that become an oasis of gurlhood.

Is that too much to ask for?

A pain in rear for the gurl

Weather's cooler that helps in being a bit more clearer about ides for blogs and that as we have to be a bit careful given this is Blogger but one topic that from time time comes up on at least two sites I have accounts of is spanking and let's make quite plain we're talking about legal adults here, not children.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that for many sissies such as myself spanking does form a part in our identity and needs although where that comes from will vary for individuals such as if you see yourself as more a eternal little sissy gurl it might more the correction of say your mother or a teacher at school that you're looking for a re-run of.

For others it may be more in with Adult notions dominance  running though either age play or outright bd$m, enjoying "being forced to" have a spanking although the reality is you've consented to this (and consent matters hugely) and the notion it won't stop until they think you've got the message.

Perhaps it would although for most, this would be a private affair, perhaps an aqaintance might be let in on the knowledge you're spanked and I suspect to most sissies the notion of pretty female dominant spanking us has an appeal

I freely admit to enjoy being given a spanking because it takes me downa peg or two, that plays both into idea of being more in my childhood where others had the final say and also the extent to which I enjoy the notion of being dominated as a sissy.

Just don't overdo things.

jjj

Now Yearbook 1997&1998

After a bit of a gap February to be precise we get back on the trail of the late 1990's in the now established Now Yearbook series.

I love that packaging.

Tracklistings are on the rear and in order on the pages of notes and a quiz.

1997 was a year we saw the launch of Channel Five aided by the Spice Girls in a year that saw woman and woman lead groups do well, some great songs before Brit pop ceased to be a thing, Messres Barlow and Williams achive sucess outside of Take That, the continued intrest in dance music and hip hop which wasn't my maine thing by a long shot.

NOW Yearbook 1997 gathers up some 78 popular tracks across 4 CDs – housed in the deluxe version I bought ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year and a track-by-track guide which just great for bring back memories.

Disc one kicks off in style, with the stunning jazz-drenched ballad from legend George Michael, ‘Older’, before Natalie Imbruglia's huge debut single ‘Torn’. Texas scored a UK top 5 with ‘Say What You Want’ and Hanson hit the US & UK #1 with ‘MMMBop’. ‘Barbie Girl’ from Aqua and the Spice Girls’ anthemic ‘Spice Up Your Life’ were both #1s and lead a run of pure pop including Boyzone (‘Picture Of You’), Louise (‘Arms Around The World’), 911 (‘Bodyshakin’’) and Backstreet Boys (‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’) alongside Steps with their debut ‘5, 6, 7, 8’, and Ricky Martin’s global smash ‘María’. Up next is Elton John’s superb ‘Something About The Way You Look Tonight’ - one half of the biggest selling single of all time. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans hit #1 with ‘I Wanna Be The Only One’ and All Saints made their debut with ‘I Know Where It’s At’. En Vogue’s powerful ‘Don’t Let Go (Love)’ and Gabrielle’s remake of ‘Walk On By’ lead into the discs closing trio: - the atmospheric ‘Out Of My Mind’ from Duran Duran, the genre-blending #1 ‘Your Woman’ from White Town, and Pet Shop Boys’ brilliant version of the musical classic ‘Somewhere’. 

On Disc two we open with another George Michael classic from his ‘Older’ album, the beautiful ‘You Have Been Loved’, ahead of a second contemporary masterpiece ‘Secret Garden’ from Bruce Springsteen. Next Up, Paul McCartney’s ‘Young Boy’ and Sheryl Crow’s top 10 hit ‘A Change Would Do You Good’. Meredith Brooks makes her debut with ‘Bitch’ and Robbie Williams’ ‘Old Before I Die’, became his second smash as a solo artist. Different styles of dance pop are celebrated in a run of floor fillers including Jamiroquai’s groovy ‘Alright’, and from Tina Moore (‘Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Mix)’), Whitney Houston (‘Step By Step’) and Lutricia McNeal (‘Ain’t That Just The Way’). Finley Quaye and Ginuwine feature before rap from LL COOL J enjoying his first UK #1 with ‘Ain’t Nobody’, and Coolio with the ear-worm ‘C U When U Get There’. Soulful vocals close this disc with Mary J. Blige’s ‘Everything’, ahead of great covers from Shola Ama with You Might Need Somebody’, and ‘Wonderful Tonight’ from Damage. 

Disc three kicks off with Radiohead’s defining ‘Paranoid Android' from the album OK Computer, and Oasis’s huge #1 ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ – the lead single from their third album ‘Be Here Now’. Indie-pop anthems follow from The Seahorses (‘Love Is The Law’), Supergrass (‘Richard III’), from In It For The Money, The Charlatans (‘North Country Boy’) and Ocean Colour Scene (‘Hundred Mile High City’). 90s alt-pop continues with Cast’s ‘Free Me’ from the marvellous Mother Nature Calls, Kula Shaker’s hit cover of Deep Purple's 1968 single‘Hush’ and Embrace’s ‘All You Good Good People’. Echo & The Bunnymen returned in ‘97 with ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, and James also scored a Top 10 hit with ‘She’s A Star’. The Cardigans had a #2 smash with ‘Lovefool’ and ‘Ready To Go’ gave Republica a Top 20 chart debut. Next up, some of the years’ electronic dance music highlights: - The Chemical Brothers with the massive ’Block Rockin’ Beats’ ahead of Moby with his re-imagining of the classic film-series theme: ‘James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)’. Orbital provided the theme to the remake of ‘The Saint’ and Smoke City provide trip-hop brilliance with ‘Underwater Love’, ahead of the disc finishing with the atmospheric version of 'You Showed Me’ by The Lightning Seeds’ and Suede’s plaintive ‘Saturday Night’. 

We complete the set with Disc four that features mainly dancefloor hits.

 Opening with the club juggernaut and #1 ‘Professional Widow’ from Tori Amos, remixed for single release by Armand Van Helden, ahead of the collaboration between Lisa Stansfield and The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on the remix of ‘People Hold On’, Olive’s UK #1 ‘You’re Not Alone’, the huge ’97 ‘Now Voyager’ remix of ‘You Got The Love’ from The Source feat. Candi Staton, and ‘Remember Me’ from Blue Boy. Ultra Naté and Dannii Minogue had euphoric dance-pop smashes with ‘Free’ and ‘All I Wanna Do’, which are featured before pan-European hits from Sash! (‘Encore Une Fois’) and Dario G (‘Sunchyme’). Eurovision glory happened for the UK in 1997, and winners Katrina And The Waves with ‘Love Shine A Light’ are up next before gems from Céline Dion, Backstreet Boys and the second solo #1 for Gary Barlow with ‘Love Won’t Wait’. Gina G keeps things ‘Fresh’, No Mercy hit #2 with the infectious ‘Where Do You Go’, and N-Trance (featuring Rod Stewart) reimagined the classic: ‘Da Y Think I’m Sexy’. Five achieved a Top 10 debut with ‘Slam Dunk (Da Funk)’, East 17 enjoyed their 11th visit to the Top 10 with ‘Hey Child’, and Wet Wet Wet’s ‘If I Never See You Again’ was another Top 5 hit for the enduringly popular band celebrating their 10th anniversary. The journey back to 1997 closes with the huge #1 ballad from the Spice Girls – ‘Too Much’ – the year’s Christmas #1 and their 6th chart-topper in an unbroken run to date…which ends the collection on a perfect pop high. 

There are many tracks that bring back memories here.

The last time we looked at this series was in early November 2024 as we made our way back in time to 1977 but to our amazement it was announced the next edition would be this, the 1998 one which meant we started an new Arc in this series 1995 though to 1999.

As usual I opted for the deluxe edition with the book style presentation with notes on each featured track as that helps to bring back memories of that year as I continued in the main to follow "Brit Pop" but read magazines like Blues and Soul as I was also listening to a lot of Soul and modern R&B watching MTV's The Lick Show too.

Looking back at it the charts were more varied than you may of remembered so there is much I did enjoy at the time so with that, we'll look at what's on each disc in the set.

Disc 1 opens with George Michael’s ‘Outside’, that was the lead track from his massive ‘Ladies And Gentlemen’ collection, followed by Cher’s global smash ‘Believe’ which held the #1 spot for 7 weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest seller of the year. RUN-DMC vs. Jason Nevins’ dance-floor phenomenon ‘It’s Like That’ also claimed the top spot, cementing itself as an era defining track. 

The chart-topping ‘Never Ever’ from All Saints along with ‘The Boy Is Mine’ from Brandy & Monica (and it featured on BOTH their albums) showcases some of the best R&B pop from the year, while the Spice Girls’ ‘Stop’, Billie Piper’s ‘Because We Want To’ and B*Witched’s infectious ‘C’est La Vie’ bring a fresh, vibrant pure pop. 

With more enjoyable smash hits from Aqua, Steps, and Ricky Martin, before the disc draws to its close with Meja, Ace Of Base and The Corrs, who enjoyed a huge hit with their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s classic ‘Dreams’.

Disc 2 celebrates the best of ‘98’s alt-pop, my main preference then,  kicking off with Radiohead, R.E.M., and the Manic Street Preachers’ ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’, which became their first #1 single. Oasis’ epic ‘All Around The World’, topped the chart and became the longest-running UK #1 single of the year. 

The brilliant Jamiroquai enjoyed their first #1, The Cardigans’ ‘My Favourite Game’, Stereophonics’ ‘The Bartender and the Thief’ and Natalie Imbruglias’‘Big Mistake’ were among the years’ big successes for recently established chart hitmakers.

Disc 3 is a celebration of dance, club anthems, and infectious electronic beats – opening with Air and the timeless brilliance of ‘Sexy Boy’. Cornershop’s ‘Brimful Of Asha’ claimed the #1 spot, with a remix by Norman Cook who is up next as Fatboy Slim with ‘The Rockafeller Skank’, and also remixed ‘Renegade Master’ for Wildchild which became a defining dance floor anthem once again in 1998.

 Faithless’ ‘God Is A DJ’ continued their run of hits, while Sash., Vengaboys, Dario G, and Bus Stop & Carl Douglas enjoyed enjoyed crossover dance-pop smashes. More R&B/pop follows from Robyn, Ultra Naté, M People and Melanie B who became the first of the Spice Girls to achieve a #1 away from the group – with ‘I Want You Back’, a collaboration with Missy Elliott….and the disc finishes with another collaboration – between Texas and Wu-Tang Clan (& Robert F. “Price Rakeem Diggs) on a reworking of ‘Say What You Want’, extending the title to ‘Say What You Want (All Day Every Day)’.

The final disc delivers a combination of massive hit ballads and infectious pop anthems. 

Robbie Williams’ iconic ‘Angels’ became a career-defining track, while Céline Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ topped charts worldwide and became one of the best-selling singles of all time. Boyzone’s ‘No Matter What’ became their biggest hit, and Aqua hit #1 for the third time with ‘Turn Back Time’.

 Steps, 911, Cleopatra and Des’ree all made big impacts on the charts, and Catatonia, The Beautiful South and Fat Les all enjoyed huge hits, plus 1998 saw the return of Culture Club to the charts after a twelve year absence. 

We conclude this review of 1998’s hits with a run of the years’ biggest pop ballads including from the Backstreet Boys, K-Ci & JoJo, B*Witched before signing off with the Spice Girls with their #1 ‘Viva Forever'.

The now familiar extra made its appearence on March 28 with an extra 60 tracks across three well filled cds.

Disc 1 gets going withwith Robbie Williams’ classic ‘Let Me Entertain You’, followed by a run of hits from Stereophonics, Natalie Imbruglia, Sheryl Crow and The Corrs with the Tin Tin Out Remix of ‘What Can I Do’ – taken from 1998’s biggest selling album ‘Talk On Corners’. 

Space and Cerys Matthews’ collaboration on ‘The Ballad Of Tom Jones’ adds touch of alternative pop ahead of All Saints with their #1 version of ‘Lady Marmalade’, and Billie Piper’s #1 smash ‘Girlfriend’.

 More classic 90s pop anthems next with huge hits from B*Witched and Five, before Busta Rhymes, Usher and Brandy featuring Ma$e deliver unforgettable hip-hop and R&B smashes. The disc closes with superb vocals from the Lighthouse Family, Simply Red and Elton John!

Disc 2 opens with the raw energy of the Manic Street Preachers with ‘The Everlasting’, the second single from their platinum ‘This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours’ album, followed by ‘Brand New Start’ from Paul Weller, ahead of a run of indie-pop from some of the most popular bands of the era:- Ocean Colour Scene, Embrace, James, Ash and The Bluetones. Alt-Pop hits from Republica and Catatonia lead to more gems from Simple Minds and Robbie Williams’ with his second feature on this collection with ‘No Regrets’. 

Unforgettable dance-floor anthems from Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Lovestation and Dario G come next, and the disc signs off with a couple of crossover pop- club smashes from Sash! with ‘La Primavera’ and Gloria Estefan’s ‘Oye’!

Disc 3 opens with some of the years’ best chilled pop: ‘War Of Nerves’ by All Saints, followed by Shania Twain’s ‘From This Moment On’ and Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Adia’. Paula Cole provided the theme to TV drama ‘Dawson’s Creek’ with ‘I Don’t Want To Wait’, and that’s up next ahead of more dance-pop gems from Lutricia McNeal, Tin Tin Out & Shelley Nelson and ‘98’s UK Eurovision entry from Imaani. 

Another run of massive pop from Louise, Boyzone, 911, E-17, Another Level and Hanson are ahead of sophisticated soul and R&B from Dina Carroll, Monica, Brandy and the Honeyz – while the final word is from the biggest pop band of the era – Spice Girls with their eighth #1- also 1998’s Christmas chart-topper, ‘Goodbye’.

Just letting it all out

So it is a new month as we continue exploring this thing commenting as much as Christine may not be super keen on it at DD or on SK joining in on things.

It's also going to be warm ol' week too so layers will be off including layers of petticoats and out with gingham sissy dresses which I do really love as intentionally short as they are as just enjoy that whole "playful" thing. 

Colour balance was an issue with the camera but that I feel is so much the textbook classic sissy me that at times I fought but now understand really is both IN and OF me really as much as you might not wear it at outdoor event in spaces shared with the muggles.

But at a sissy meet it would just be so so right.

hhh

Working on presentation

Not much left of the old year now with halloween and that gone and temperatures dropping a little which you notice if you are out a fair bit as I am, working on my fitness which has never been exactly great

Somethings don't change though

Feminine sissy gurls really need to embrace soft satin knickers with lace which need not be particularly wide to really take us out of cotton "y front" briefs and everything associated with them especially when we are in skirts and dresses.

Ideally they should be binned.

These are some I wear that also come with a small pretty bow on the waist band.

Age Dysphoria works its way into things with me such as presenting more as junior child than any adult so things that fit into it are clip on ties if dressing more as them at a social function or as a school child is a part of it.

That cuts across both traditional masculine gender presentation with shirts and grey school short trousers as much as pinafore dresses or skirts with blouses.

Beano Summer Special 2025

We're into June which means we are officially into summer  that for most of us means mentally at least the whole off school summer holiday period and the memories of going away with your family year on year with all the rituals that involved such as getting new summer cloths for playing on the beach or camp to take with you.

 Back then comics as distinct from magazines often of a commercially exploitative nature ruled the roost so when we landed we made a beeline to the newsagent for some reading matter in case of rain and back then most comics also had summer specials in colour with more stories.

Today that's different so really it's the Beano summer special most go for in in 2025 we run very much the notion of everybody going on their holiday in Beanotown in much the same way that industrial areas the town shut down for a fixed period.

Thus the adventures feature all our comic heroes and heroines often working together to get out of situations in one big adventure and we love adventure don't we?

This year's is up to the usual high standard.

Brownies uniform over the years

 Uniform changes over time, sometimes it reflects wider changes in fashion, sometimes more an attempt to match what various focus groups say youngsters feel more comfortable about being seen in, some times strait from the adults!

Brownie uniforms show this from the Edwardian sailor suit look though various dresses with necker changes throuhgh the controversial Jeff Banks active redesign to today where strangely enough girls felt what had been altered just a decade and bit before looked too boyish!

Will things go full circle in time?

The circle progresses

This is being written in the inbetweeness of what will be a busy weekend here not least with a annual trip out to the seaside and a Nan which we remember.

When it comes to my own there are elements leave me feeling like why are we doing this? 

Some of that lies in mess that is my family, always at war with each other over the silliness of things, petty one upmanship and rank disrespect never mind just refuse to speak to folk for months at a time. 

Indeed often if you'd of said what did I want for a Birthday my honest answer would be a 'Proper family' to belong to and no wonder I feel closer to my age play family. 

They have me properly dressed as little sissy school gurl, just dashing about all impulsively but helping out all the same.

It's not that I'm opposed to the idea of working with what  is, god knows you just have to at times, and not making a bad situation worse by tossing a whole of easy to throw in attitude to the mix it just makes things feel...hollow. 

Mum always said I'm the one that can be counted on to think more about what needs to happen, what would make a difference and just do it and we are, little style.

Part of the reason I cope with much of this mess is actually the people who filled the gaps, providing guidance, an understanding ear and much needed help in developing some self-discipline and usually around  this time I'm reminded of how much I have to be grateful for in that way. 

This year unlike years in the past I do feel I am moving in the right direction, becoming a little more mature than I have been which to tell you the truth has been so embarrassing for those years so I'd like to thank every one who's helped me. 

Here's to all the people who are helping me move on.

Whit

So we had the weekend although the WW2 aeroplane flypast planned for one vintage transport event and another about 10 miles away didn't happen for some reason that was a disappointment as was for that matter the weekends tv beyond the final of The Piano, a undiscovered talent discovery show.

Things at one site were a bit quiet with much of what was posted being more on the "adult" side that wasn't where I really at from the inside because to me Whit brings in things like rambles and the days I'd be at Newcastle carnival as a kid, trying to win plushies, the odd record from the local radio station and buying curios from the past like old dollies.

You'd have raffles and things like the Majorettes in their short skirted uniforms marching in time to a beat, boys brigade, scouts and girl guides doing things and running stores which I loved.

Then in the park a short walk away their were other events and a model railway you could ride on so it's a different thing with me.

No, for me dressing and doing more littles things was more it reading comics, spending a bit of time in the park and listening to the chart rundown with vintage charts that I remember so well.

Just kickin it

Sometimes I prefer to write really rather more about interests as a sissy gurl, not least a little sissy gurl and with me football was one as much that a game of rounders or field hockey had its appeal.

The cooler spell returns here after the last ten days or so so we're not flagging - well apart from the consequences of being up to see Austria win Eurovision 2025 although I wasn't viewing so much as I find flashing lights make me very ill - so we'll be tuned in by the time I have written this for this years WSL FA Cup between Chelsea and Manchester United.

Let's say that's what I follow, had been much good on my feet I'd of been down to the park to play just like modern girls in these parts do and that's what I love about today whereas if you'd of asked for a game back in the day you'd of been told "Girls can't play football" which was a nonsense but was all about keeping advantages for boys and men.

Of course it could work the other way and that was wrong too.

If you have the ability and are prepared to put the effort in, why shouldn't you follow what interests you just because someone has sex based issues?

Anyway Chelsea won 3-0! Way to go.

Can we have some commonsense?

After a hot week and an odd event elsewhere one returns to topic that do matter, that are not just about a fantasy but things that affect a good number of people adults and children that have enraged folks for often different sets of reasons.

Not every one of us is comfortable in our own skins from birth or perhaps after a few years of childhood even if you may elect to show any aspect or undertake any work around it until a good number of years.

We shouldn't forget children are in a power imbalence as in practical terms parents rule the roost not merely the sensible stuff like brushing your teeth and no hitting but other things like exactly what you may wear, which toys you may select to play with and even your mannerisms.

People do report some 157 children are on a trans care waiting list  but while some may in time totally transition how many more would get by by just being allowed to wear, play with and express themselves as they really are with no fuss? 

 

Being...you

It's a hot week following on from a rather hot weekend so I thought we'd look a bit at something we all struggle with which is self acceptance that goes beyond the battles many of us have had with parents, siblings, partners (for some) accepting us as we are.

Sometimes we cannot get one image out of our heads, the one we first saw being as most of us were raised as boys and so no matter what we may do when it comes to how we present such as our outfits, frilly, more school or office wear or whatever that one thought enters our heads when we look in the mirror.

If I were a betting type I'd lay a tenner on you like me looking as they do in the mirror thinking, whatever I do, I don't look the gurl I feel oblivious to the manner self image issues girls face when they feel they're unfeminine share much in common with what we battle with.

It's more about how we project our feminine side outside, with how we walk, how we relate to others and having a sense of confidence in us being us, not anyone else that makes it possible for others to see us as us no matter what outfit we're wearing whither or not we get complements for our looks or not.

Being is just going "out there" and just being our authentic selves and how we present is part of that not the main thing.

Redefining a part of a Little Gurls uniform

Last week was a bit of a tonic given some of the things I was dealing with but it does start a bit of this weeks blog off for the way in which some of those I know and one person in particular who does host events which are much appreciated have a very old school view on how "girls" (or Gurls for that matter) should dress.

Some of this does come from their own recollection of how girls dressed for school a good number of decades ago when parents and especially schools had very prescriptive requirements about uniform items even going so far as to specify your underwear!

In her world girls only wear gym knickers and p.e skirts for games and only play traditional girls games such as hockey, netball and rounders although some girls did play cricket but today things are different.

My local combined infant & junior school sets shorts (never skirts) as a requirement for games and many girls play football as the women's game has become very popular.

I've always enjoyed following and playing football too so in looking at what a little sissy gurl "should" wear I have arrived at the conclusion there is no reason why I shouldn't wear girls football shorts cut very differently than the long legged boys ones.

Thus I bought these in a suitable size as the side hip panels are elasticated as is the gusset for a snug more girlie fit and they are noticeably shorter more like those boys and men wore from the 60's to 1994 but with a more rounded off cut featuring modern less itchy material.

Sissies like me *should* wear girls shorts more and leave boys behind as part of our feminization.

St George and Easter redux

Two things this week on the blog thanks to scheduling and fixed dates one being that Last Wednesday was St. Georges Day, our patron saint here in England.

As the Eternal Brownie, I marked it too here as did thousands of brownies and guides, many march with flags, even more read about and create things about St Georges life passing on that knowledge about a part of our identity.

No, he wasn't caught on the hop this year just that Easter was a week later when we all got together after arriving on Friday having gotten a taxi and caught the train down so I would be less rushed which also had the benefit of enjoying a fish and part battered chip meal was people talked.

Saturday was the start of events proper and I was up just after six, possibly the earliest cos I go by British Cat Time - when you can see things you get moving - so after the last person arrived we started with an Easter Egg Hunt which the first step was to assemble your basket and having done that I found seven of them hidden all over the place.

We then retired for home made burgers with onion that we ate outside that were most scrumptious .

We then had to throw a bean bag at the rabbit to score points which wasn't my strong point  before the egg and spoon race which you could I was more slow and steady before the outdoor darts which I wasn't too bad at  

Then each time had to retrieve a deck using a pole with chain but it soon transpired the chain was too long and heavy although one person did seem to develop a knack for it.

Then we had Tin Can Alley where one team member managed get a ball through the centre of the tins leaving those around the edges in a perfect inverted V shape and I knocked most of them off which was something!

We were treated to small creme eggs and a gingerbread bunny.

We then enjoyed an enjoyable bring a long a few things buffet  which I had B-B que chicken, pork pie salad and sausage roll before playing Easter bingo  and Family Favourites.

After much talk we got to sleep - for me opposite the fire - just before midnight and I was up for oatcakes and bacon before we went to the local pub for a meal which for me was a turkey roast and sticky toffee treacle pudding.

After that we made our ways home with Debbie kindly providing three of us a lift to the station.

Thanks to Jennifer for organizing the party and everyone contributing to a highly enjoyable event.
 

Easter for Brownies

Brownie units and their leaders can incorporate Easter themes and activities into their programs, often by completing an Easter-themed badge or challenge. Activities can include crafts like decorating animal jars or creating Easter egg treasure hunts. Brownie badges may also include information about the Christian holiday of Easter and its symbols. 

Here's a more detailed look at how Brownies and Guides might celebrate Easter:

Badge and Challenges:

Easter Badge:

Girlguiding offers an Easter holiday woven badge, which Brownies can earn by learning about Easter traditions and symbols. 

Easter Challenge Badge:

Some local Girlguiding groups create specific challenge badges for Easter, like the "Eggstraordinary Easter Challenge Badge from Girlguiding Hertfordshire". 

Take Action Make a Change:

Some challenge badges can be linked to the "Take Action Make a Change" program, allowing Brownies to work on a project with a specific Easter theme. 

Activities:

Crafts:

Brownies can make Easter-themed crafts, such as tissue paper animal jars to hold treats. 

Treasure Hunts:

Plan Easter egg treasure hunts, where clues lead to chocolate eggs or other rewards, or even challenges to complete. 

Egg Decorating:

Brownies can decorate eggs using various methods, like blowing out the egg and then painting it. 

Learning about Easter:

The Easter badge and challenge badges provide opportunities to learn about the Christian holiday of Easter, including its symbols like eggs, candles, and lilies. 

The way across Easter

There will be a bit of a delay in just over a weeks time as I'll be away for a few days which is pretty much my want although parts were not in my original plans and that does have a bit of an knock on effect when it comes to making and getting blogs published.

A lot of that really stems from perhaps unlike a few you read, this is very much the blog of a for real little sissy gurl who has a life beyond social media and the internet and chunks of this blog are about actual real life happenings that have actual meaning to me.

With blogging I don't write to order or for the entertainment of others it is more about me, my life and my feelings as someone who accepts freely they are a sissy and that is that.

It is highly likely that this sissy will have to spend a chunk of a day as a sissified school gurl doing her work for a school mistress, having school dinners, having hur work and behaviour corrected and that will be a wonderful thing.

Plushies and food

After last weekends activity and some follow up stuff like sorting the Outbound ticket for Easter's get together we're taking things a bit steadily and resting the paw after mentioning it to one person this week and combing my dollies hair a bit as they soon get tangled (and that's not as good as the movie!).

One great thing about small plushies is you can indulge your inner little girl side with cuteness without taking up loads of space and the other is they fit well between the sheets when you need something to hug at night.

People have been talking a bit this week about school dinners (din-dins to me) which varied a fair bit as at school one, they were brought part cooked and reheated so fleshy things like fish tended to be a bit dry and we carried them to a table in a community centre.

School number was a lot better as we had somewhere to sit in school, cleared tables and generally one or two of us would be given the food in order and then serve the children on tables first on real plates. I liked the fish cakes and semolina pudding and jam.

School three was similar except you ate at tables in a hall and there exceptions for diabetics and certain religious customs  and was first place I encountered Manchester Tart.

I still have cravings for school dinners.

Eat out and play!

 

Well I did get away this weekend although the best laid plans of Mice were rather turned on their heads not by the taxi that was dead on time but by the startling discovery upon arrival at the train station my train, the only valid journey on the ticket, was one hour and 8 minutes delayed that really messed up my arrangements. 

A word with the Avanti West Coast person on platform, approaching from a diplomatic niceties angle than four letter word coated rant secured a result - talking with the guard of of London North Western trains go me accepted on their train, a telephone call to the person due to pick me up from a different station the one I was now on my way to 

I caught a cab to their place, texted them and duly waited. 

This was as well as the original train was cancelled later on!

After a quick  tidying up, we settled down Faggots and Pies before settling down to watch a bit of tv.

Saturday was when it was all going to happen as we'd planned for a leisurely drive to Buckinghamshire but having had breakfast, picked up picnic food such as pies from the local butchers but no sooner than we'd left their we encountered tailback traffic from outer Wolverhampton, through Stourbridge to Pedmore before getting to Hagley and the approach to the M5.

Over forty-five minutes to get just under ten miles!!!

Fortunately a few roadworks and diversions aside  we did arrive on time, actually we got there before the host did.

I elected to wear a plaid school skirt and opaque white tights given this was a public setting so anything too "short little girl dress" would stand out in a bad way but sufficiently little sissy gurl for me to comfortable being me.

An enjoyable time was spend talking about various things, the tenth anniversary of the of Lillian our common friend, as we eat and had drinks as Mr Paul, Sammy and few others fly a kite and Dizzy want around chasing toys and meeting other dogs.

It got a bit windy, a good job we erected two windbrakes, but by half three temperatures had started to drop so apart from holding my skirt so it didn't balloon up, we were starting to feel chilly so we said our goodbyes before making our way back for fish cake and chips.

Sunday was affected as it was the start of British Summer Time so all the clocks and my watch needed setting and we lost an hour. 

I was up at just past seven, fixed some breakfast  and made plans to be out to drop me off at Wolverhampton station and undertake a few things of their own.

Thanks Sammy for the event and my friend for arrangements.

Changes at Blue Peter

The weekend started pretty much with waking up to reports from various weekend newspapers that the long running children's tv program, Blue Peter will cease to make live programs from its studio at Salford, Lancashire and instead be entirely pre-recorded.

Shockingly last Friday's show was actually the last live one although neither presenters, the children taking part or us the viewers actually knew as none of us were informed.

It remains unclear as to what exactly the role of all three presenters, Abby, Joel and Shini will be beyond being in any pre-recorded clip as each will need to be "anchored" to form a cohesive program whither or not it is shown first on iPlayer online or transmitted on a traditional 'linear' tv channel.

It is understood that the BBC is planning on axing the BBC CBBC channel for 6 to 12 year olds and going digital only at some future point, a channel that was first established in 2002 and the movement of all children's programming to it in 2012 after the "digital switchover" 

It's not as if Blue Peter has never had pre-recorded segments shot on film or tape from the 1960's onwards as those of us can recall things like John Noakes climbing Nelson's Column, the many summer expeditions that of necessity had to be or trips to various places but being live gave it an edge, the sense o f not knowing what was going to happen next.

It made for memorable interviews on set, the possibility of a fluffed line or a animal misbehaving that as children we just laughed out loud at.

One memorable live show had people on from GirlGuiding in December 1970 where a camp fire was light as brownies and girl guides all sang around as nobody noticed until it was a bit late the campfire was getting out of control right next to them!

Things like "The Big Badge Wall" that celebrates achievements from posted art and details of challenges undertaken take on more as presenter show the weeks outstanding recipients as children cheer as they do for an artist performing or a live presenter challenge.

That is very stuff that will be lost from now on, the edge of the seat feel we get and which as children we so compared to a continuity linked series of pre-recorded items.

As ever the groan ups show their lack of understanding of what makes great tv even though we all know the world has changed since we first started watching not least how we do but we all saw saw things at the same time for very first time live.

Anyone who reads the BP Fan Club pages knows seeing and chatting about these live bits gets them so excited and happy. Many adults love live shows too for similar reasons but middle age preduces seem to think glorified podcasts are all we want.

This is a very retrograde step.

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Observations

Another week and a bit of  a follow up from last week in some respects following on from the period just before I was away.

Interestingly since the week before and the period after Camp I have been getting up a good deal earlier  by at least a good hour which isn't just a matter of things such as bright mornings although at the end of the month that finger turning ritual of setting every clock and watch to Daylight Saving aka British Summer Time Begins where we kid ourselves the night is so much brighter.

It's not a trick I fall for but when official time is altered you can't live as if it hasn't really as transport goes to it - railways being what moved the UK to a standardized time in the first place - and shows on the radio and tv are listed to that too.

No it's something that has been talked about in the context of high school children,  namely the tendency to check before bed and then having taken a device to bed to start waking up around three and rationalize looking around the likes of news sites saying I'll just have a quick look and soon a few hours goes by and maybe you crash to sleep.

Then you wake up quite a bit later as you've hit deep sleep later than you would of so you start the day late having had less sleep.

Given my spoon issues anyway it's not good so I'm keeping the electrics downstairs at night.

Perhaps I need old school parenting?

Tammy needs the swish of the cane at times.

Birthday edition

 

It's been a pretty warm over the last week indeed temperatures were as high as 17 degrees c at one point so I was outside enjoying myself but that wasn't all I did.

Well it was my birthday last week so there were celebrations so thanks to the  SH, EB, GT forums and LGC Discord group for your kind birthday wishes.

There was some money to pay for some presents such as a triple lp set and a few things coming as there were some delays that also included two cards.

 

I got this five cd  set of albums by the great Jazz player John Coltrane to replace a poor sounding set I have for a good number of years having been brought up on Jazz, playing dads records during school hols.

I have arriving three other discs that were a part of the original set plus a mid sixties title which rounds off that little project.

I did have this recent recording of William Walton's Violin Concerto with the Sinfonia of London conducted by John Wilson which is really well played.

I also had some white chocolate bars and a Toberone.