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About Me

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I am a thirtysomething mother of two (teenagers, a boy and a girl) and happily married to my man who is my best friend and has always been there for me through good and bad. I have a passion for nature and the outdoors and I love baking, all of which have to work around a busy job that keeps me out of the house!
When not doing any of the above I like to spend my time doing crafty things - scrapbooking, decoupage, card making, cross stitch, etc.
These days I am a woman of simple pleasures and like nothing more than snuggling up in the evening watching a good movie or a Joss Whedon series.
With chocolates :D

My Interests

Cinema, nature, wildlife; anything craft related (sewing, scrapbooking,cross stitch,knitting toys, card making and lots more) my family; long walks; Reading; watching movies; Animation; Art; listening to music; growing veg, cooking!

I'd like to meet:

Other interesting people who share my interests and any Firefly fans - if that is you, please drop me a friend request!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade
GreenLeafUK.etsy.com

Music:

Jack Johnson; Beautiful South; Hall & Oates; Lighthouse Family; Daniel Powter; Bryan Adams; Scissor Sisters; Foo Fighters; Lemar; Chili Peppers; Beck; Razorlight; Amy Whinehouse; Prince; Killers; Goldfrapp; Stereophonics;
For Doodlemonkie - thanks for all your help!

Movies:

(reading off some of the DVD collection:) Bridget Jones; Sean Connery films; Excalibur; LOTR; Willow; Labyrinth; Dark crystal; Hot Fuzz; Knights Tale; Dragon Heart; Reign of fire; any John Wayne films; any Clint Eastwood movies; Transporter; Batman Begins; Kinky Boots; all the Die Hard movies; 16 Blocks; Demolition man; The Holiday; While you were sleeping; Serendipity; Sideways; House of flying daggers; Crouching tiger Hidden dragon; The last samurai; Gladiator; Hitch; Overboard (80's classic!);John Hughes collection; Predator; Serenity; Open Range; X-Men; Pitch Black; Walk the line; War of the worlds; Little miss sunshine; Robin hood prince of thieves; The big lebowski, Grindhouse, Studio Ghibli films; the man in the Iron Mask; Prestige; Just like heaven; It's a wonderful life; Oh brother where art thou? Donnie Darko; El Mariachi; Sleepy Hollow; The world's fastest Indian; Akira; Ghost in the Shell; Shaolin Soccer; Kung Fu Hustle; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon;

Television:

Any BBC nature!;Spring/Autumn Watch; Jamie Oliver/Ramsay cooking shows; Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes; Sopranos; Jonathan Ross; Primeval; DR Who; Harry Hill's TV Burp; Mighty Boosh; my name is Earl; QI; Entourage; Firefly; Battlestar Galactica; Buffy; Angel; Fullmetal Alchemist; Wolf's Rain;

Books:

Gerald Durrell; LOTR; The hobbit; Firefly-The Official Companion; Serenity-Those Left Behind; Buffy The Vampire Slayer-The Long Way Home; The Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon); the Alexander trilogy-Valerio Massimo Manfredi; The pendragon cycle by Stephen Lawhead; Anne Rice; Harry potter; Goldie Hawn- A lotus grows in the mud; Danielle Steel; Rosamunde Pilcher; Raffaela Barker; Stephen King; Call of the wild & white fang - Jack London; Adventures of Gavin Maxwell; Mr Macregor- Alan Titchmarsh; The food bible - Judith Wills; Healing foods - Miriam Polunin; The dairy book of home cookery; Wildlife

Heroes:

I admire the work of Gerald Durrell; David Attenborough; Jean Greenhowe; Margret Sherry; Jayne Netley Mayhew, Hayao Miyazaki; John Murphy;
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My Blog

Joss Whedon/Suggestions please

Hi all. I previously asked you guys if you could suggest any shows to watch, so did you have any ideas? My daughter and I like to chill out when I get in from work or at weekends. We have totally exha...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:40:00 PST

Loving life

Life is great! Things are finally begining to get easier after years of struggling and all this sunshine-you just can't help being happy. My husband has just bought me a little camera, it's sweet and ...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:48:00 PST

Ghost pumpkins, Spring cleaning, Baking n Plushies!

Hi everyone, first blog in a while. Been spring cleaning and working, so havn't had much time! Working near London the other day, I spied a Ghost! Pumpkin variety of course not the scary kind. Just ha...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:47:00 PST

Doodlemonkie, cross stitch n’ cars

Hi everyone, I have worked out how to do slide shows. It was easy! Car is in the garage again :( What is it with me , Friday's and cars? I have added another of Doodlemonkies cross stitch p...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Sat, 24 May 2008 03:16:00 PST

What a week!

What's your week been like? I am talking Friday to Friday. Mine started last Friday with the car breaking down on my way to an appointment, needless to say I never arrived! All is now fixed and the ca...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Fri, 23 May 2008 04:24:00 PST

Another girls day out!

This weekend us girls were at a loose end and decided to go shopping, we wanted somewhere new and not too far away. Braintree shopping village loads of free parking, that made me happy from the star...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:41:00 PST

New characters on Etsy!

I've added some new characters to my Etsy shop. This range is all made using lilac and or floral cotton fabric and includes professor Wuzzle; Madame lavender and Cyril snail. My daughter s...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:16:00 PST

Etsy!

Hi everyone! I have been very busy lately, my mind has been buzzing with ideas! One of them was to approach my friend Doodlemonkie about making plushies of his characters, to my surprise he has ...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:48:00 PST

Its snowing!

I woke up after 3 hours sleep to find everything covered in a thick layer of snow! It’s always suprising how quickly it falls, I am hopeful that it is here to stay this time. The cat has a love ...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:39:00 PST

Crafty day out!

We had a wonderful day yesterday! I came home with loads of bargains - more cards; lots n’ lots of rubber stamps; mini flowers; embellishments; ribbon and more :D I now have a huge choice...
Posted by GreenLeaf on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:38:00 PST