tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119570522024-03-08T03:07:06.008+00:00A Compass RoseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2070125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-90953241283578691602013-11-16T12:18:00.001+00:002013-11-16T12:18:06.001+00:00Self Portrait: 'Crystal Clear'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. </div>
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<b>How It Works: </b>It must be a 'self portrait' and does not need to be an image you took this Saturday. Feel free to link up to past Self Portrait posts in your blog. This link up will be every Saturday so feel free to use that as your motivation to learn more about your camera, hone in on your photography skills, try out new post processing techniques, and let your creative spirit come alive. Join the Self Portrait Saturday challenge!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /><br />*Self Portrait: 'Crystal Clear' by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 - 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-44138361385131088142013-11-15T12:55:00.001+00:002013-11-16T12:34:09.025+00:00Changes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am also looking at whether I will continue to blog every day.</div>
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It was a really fun challenge and even more so</div>
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<i><span style="color: red;"><b>* Update: I am in the process of waiting 24-48 hours for a different issue with my hosting to take place so that I can move from Blogger to Wordpress. Until then my 'Disqus' comments is down. You can still comment with blogger and I will reply that way. Thank you for your patience! x</b></span></i></div>
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The advice that I would give to my pre-expat self would be to above all else keep positive. Life is about how we tackled the challenges in our life and it will not always be easy. Since becoming an expat I have had to deal with finding employment, getting approved to rent from a leasing agent without credit in England and not having a guarantor, and cultural issues with co-workers The most stressful being this time last year when my husband and I were both without jobs, a lease ending soon, not knowing how we would afford to live two months down the line, and our kids were all the way back in the US with grandparents. It was a stressful time. However in the end my husband got the perfect job in just the nick of time, we found a new place to live, and we moved to Bath with our sons that joined us just a couple of days before Christmas. Of course life is always easiest to view in hindsight. However, things work out the way they are meant to be and it is better to remain really positive than to let the negative affect you.</div>
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I thought we would be able to have done a lot more traveling than we have now. Granted, between my husband and I we have traveled to four different countries outside of the UK. However I thought my sons would have seen several countries in Europe by now and so far they have only been to England and Wales. Traveling is just a lot more expensive when you have a family of four. While my passports are not collecting stamps we are taking advantage of the area we live in with country walks and visits to see nearby towns. Technically we will not be able to travel out of the UK for about six months anyways since our passports are with Ryan's current ILR visa application. I am looking forward to finally traveling with my boys outside of the UK and reliving the childhood my parents chose for my sister and I. </div>
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I mentioned that the <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/11/london-blogger-tea-sucess.html">London Bloggers Tea was a success</a> and today I share with you the photographs to prove it! I have met other bloggers before with the <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/03/bristol-fashion-week-live-blogging-even.html">Bristol Fashion Week</a> and have been on a couple of 'blates', but this was my first time meeting a group of bloggers of which I had already been following along online. To say I was a little excited would be quite an understatement as I had been talking and tweeting about it online in the days that led up to our London Blogger Tea. Before I even say another word I have to say a big thank you to Selena for putting this all together and organizing this event. Without her hard work none of this would have been possible. </div>
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I took the National Express coach from Bath Spa that morning getting me to London Victoria station that afternoon. The underground was quite crowded that day with various events going on in London, but I ended up making it to Covenant Garden with ten minutes to spare. It was in the Mercer Hotel lobby where I ran into Melanie (<a href="http://www.melaniefontaine.com/">my lovely sponsor this month</a>) and had my first 'omg I know you' moment. The rest all happened rather quickly when I entered the room and heard Selena say, 'Bonnie's here!'</div>
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It was such an unreal moment for the first twenty minutes as I looked around the table and was able to put faces to names and blogs that I follow. Someone said it best when they stated how surreal it was to know so much about someone from their blog and finally meet them for the first time in person. To finally beat the distance, meet your 'friends', and give them a hug was quite a blessing for me. It only made me feel a bit bittersweet that I do not live in London like most of the ladies so this could happen more often.</div>
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The whole event went by quite quickly. A third of the bloggers I have had the opportunity to get to know in the blogging world and through social media and had a blast getting to connect face to face. Another third were bloggers I had only just heard about through the organization of the blogging meet up and enjoyed getting to know them and their journey with blogging. Sadly with the time allowances and all the in depth conversations going on there was another third I did not get to talk to very much at all. It left me wanting another blogger event to look forward to so we could all talk even more. </div>
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I did not think I was that nervous but I must have been because the first bite I had to eat all day was one of the scones when I got to the blogger tea. I ate a little bit but my appetite was still missing when I finally made it home that night. It was just a lot happening at once and so much excitement. Then some of us went out for drinks at a pub afterwards and the conversations continued. If you have read <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&ved=0CJQBEBYwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bonnieroseblog.co.uk%2F2013%2F09%2Fmy-night-in-italian-jail.html&ei=9YGDUqf-KceshQfdtIDQDQ&usg=AFQjCNEscPXbtgqcpekt3b0G_f2-D5eo9g&sig2=j6BrgaXBhO6WIvNOJSL1yQ&bvm=bv.56343320,d.ZG4">My Night in An Italian Jail</a>, you know I had my phone stolen. I still have not gotten that replaced and so I was a bit anxious about getting home safely to Bath that night. I really want to also thank Selena and Sarah for helping make sure I got back to the coach station safely. </div>
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It was an awesome meet up with talks about it happening quarterly. I also look forward to any future trips to London to reconnect and invite anyone down to Bath to come visit when you have the time. I think my next Blate will be with Kate next month, and I cannot wait! Again thank you to everyone who came, you all made my day. I understand the importance of friendships in your current city with 'locals' but as a TCK, I really appreciate all my expat friends. Thank you also to all of you who read my blog and those who talk with me over social media. Though we have not met, I appreciate each and every one of you. </div>
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<b>The London Tea Attendees</b></div>
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Selena from <a href="http://www.selenatheplaces.com/">Oh, the place we will go!</a></div>
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Gina from <a href="http://www.ginasweetserenity.com/">Sweet Serenity</a></div>
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Mandy from <a href="http://www.emminlondon.com/">Emm in London</a></div>
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Erin from <a href="http://erinoutandabout.blogspot.co.uk/">Erin Out and About</a></div>
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Sarah from <a href="http://theexperiencecollection.blogspot.co.uk/">The Experience Collection Project</a></div>
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Sarah from <a href="http://www.thewanderblogger.com/">The Wanderblogger</a></div>
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Bonnie from <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/">A Compass Rose</a></div>
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Tina from <a href="http://www.girl-meets-globe.com/">Girl Meets Globe</a></div>
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Jacintha from <a href="http://www.urbanpixxels.com/">Urban Pixxels</a></div>
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Anna from <a href="http://eatseedoblog.com/">Eat, See, Do </a></div>
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Emma from <a href="http://www.adventuresofalondonkiwi.blogspot.co.uk/">Adventures of a London Kiwi</a></div>
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Janelle from <a href="http://halfpennydiaries.com/">The Halfpenny Diaries</a></div>
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Jaklien from <a href="http://www.passportandtoothbrush.com/">Passport and Toothbrush</a></div>
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Kara from <a href="http://penpluspassport.blogspot.co.uk/">Pen Plus Passport</a></div>
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Sarah from <a href="http://secretworldofahousewife.blogspot.co.uk/">The Secret Life of an Unknown Housewife</a></div>
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Shobha from <a href="http://nylonliving.com/">NYLon Living</a></div>
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Annie at <a href="http://sew-graceful.blogspot.co.uk/">Sew Graceful</a></div>
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Kelly from <a href="http://www.aroundtheworldin80pairsofshoes.com/">Around the World in 80 Pairs of Shoes</a></div>
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Melanie from <a href="http://www.melaniefontaine.com/">Melanie Fontaine</a></div>
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Samantha from <a href="http://tothedayslikethis.blogspot.co.uk/">To the Days Like This</a></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Selena from <a href="http://www.selenatheplaces.com/">Oh, the place we will go!</a> for organizing the event.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The <a href="http://www.radissonblu-edwardian.com/london-hotel-gb-wc2h-9hd/gbmountb/events">Radisson Blu Edwardian Mercer Street</a> for an amazing venue, service, and food.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://afternoontea.co.uk/">AfternoonTea.co.uk</a> and their service and help towards making this all happen.</li>
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It is Tuesday and so you know what that means: <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/search/label/traveltuesday">Travel Tuesday</a>! I have really enjoyed looking through all the links up this past week. I was homesick by by Louisa with her <a href="http://www.myfamilyandabruzzo.com/2013/11/p-is-for-perfect-pacentro.html">P is for the Perfect Pacentro</a>, learning about how Kate's <a href="http://diariesofanessexgirl.com/my-dad-lives-in-kenya/">Dad Lives in Kenya</a>, and having my wanderlust fueled further by Lindsey's <a href="http://abroadsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/travel-tuesdays-and-green-lung.html">travels to Thailand</a>. I cannot wait to see where you are all sharing travels and stories of wanderlust from this week! You all make this link up so much fun and inspiring! </div>
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For <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/search/label/traveltuesday">Travel Tuesday</a> I take you to the Imperial War Museum in London, England. We had the opportunity to visit this summer with my family. The reason for our going was to visit the limited time Horrible Histories Spies exhibit that was going on at the museum. My boys love the Horrible Histories television programme and so we left it as a surprise until we arrived at the IWM. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Horrible Histories is a British children's television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. It aims to provide entertainment while also informing its audience about history, thereby making a stereotypically boring topic fun - <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=16&cad=rja&ved=0COYBEJoTKAAwDw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHorrible_Histories_(2009_TV_series)&ei=YuOBUtSQEdDxhQfc44HQDA&usg=AFQjCNHzBIYOFz_Hc0yeZMMrttbuWLm6vQ&sig2=KtZPQKtH-xdxKec2mLzyWw&bvm=bv.56146854,d.ZG4">Wikipedia</a> </span></div>
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The exhibit was very hands on and geared towards kids and the child in all of us. In fact I am not sure who had more fun: my sons or all of the adults. The boys got a special new Horrible Histories book and a special stamp sheet that they could use through out their experience at the museum. In different stations they could get an embossed stamp to signify they had completed that part of the journey. </div>
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In typical Horrible Histories fashion they were able to provide the truth of spies with real artifacts coupled with gruesome tales and sometimes disgusting things you as an adult would not really want to know. They had pictures and videos and many interactive areas where they could engage with computers to learn more about spies through out history. </div>
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Of course at the gifts shop they had every gag spy item imaginable as well as their book series for purchase. They even had quite a bit of books and films for the adults in the fiction and non fiction genres of war and spies. </div>
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One of the most fun activities we enjoyed was becoming spies and making our own faux passports to fit our secret cover identity. We then had to memorize our cover story and get questioned by the passport control to see if we could stay in the country. It was all quite fun and the whole family was entertained. </div>
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The Imperial War Museum is a great museum to visit when you are in London, England. After we visited the Horrible Histories Spies exhibit (and had a break for tea, of course) we went to see other areas of the museum. They have a pretty impressive area about war and spies geared more for adults though my children had almost as much fun as before. Even if you have young children like mine I would recommend taking them because we found it to be a great home education resource. It opened up dialog for more conversations about history, war, and spies. My boys were most impressed with all the artifacts they had that spies really used in this part of the museum.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Today is Veterans Day, an official United States holiday which honors people who have served in armed service, also known as veterans. I have many veterans in my family including my husband and father who served in the USAF and my grandfather who fought in Italy and France in WWII with the US Army. While I do not live in the US and today is not a day off for my husband, I took a moment today to think about my father. My dad was laid to rest at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs in 2008. I was able to visit his grave site a year later but I do not know when I will have that opportunity again. For me I do not have a specific place I call home. Memories of my dad instead tied to the many places we lived and traveled together as a military family. It is because of him and his service that I was born in England, that I have dual nationality, and how we are now able to live our expat life abroad in Europe. While I wish my dad was alive today to enjoy this time of my life with my sons, I know he is looking down on us from Heaven. I love you Daddy and you are never far from our hearts. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-72520588383267552182013-11-10T12:34:00.003+00:002013-11-10T12:34:53.960+00:00The War on Girls: Beauty<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I love people. As a photographer I love photographing people because of how we are all different. I like that we do not all look a like. That we each carry our own personal armoire of stories, scars, and triumphs. To me a person is not really beautiful because of their skin, their body type, or what clothes they wear. I love finding the beauty in people. I love hearing what makes a person happy, what drives their passions, and hearing about their hopes and dreams. That moment where a person opens their mouth to speak fueled by the ignite of life behind their eyes. Eyes really are the windows to a person's soul and why I love to photograph people. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I believe everyone should be able to see and realise their own beauty and worth. </div>
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Today I had the amazing opportunity to go to London for an awesome London Blogger Tea arranged by the beautiful <a href="http://www.selenatheplaces.com/">Selena</a>. It was so great to meet so many of my blogger friends in person after following their blogs online. I met and made new friends and the event flew by so fast. I want to post on it properly in a few days once I get my photos online and share more about the event. Until then make sure to check out all the wonderful bloggers who attended and send them some encouraging shout outs. I know my life was made better having met each and every single person tonight. Thank you for a perfect night out in London. </div>
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This monday my husband had a vacation day off from work and so we had a rare day date while the boys were both at school. Since we needed to go into town to run some errands we look forward to going somewhere nice for lunch. We have both come here once before with other friends and this was our first time here together. I was looking forward to tea and cake, but we got swayed by the delicious looking options on the lunch menu. Just another excuse to return for a heavenly slice of victoria sponge cake. My favourite thing about being at the Cosy Club is the interior design and atmosphere inside. Like the mix of grey concrete ceilings with sparkly chandeliers, the collage of art and mirrors on the walls, the mix of primary colour choices with damask wall textures. It is a great place to stop in after a busy day of errands, shopping, or sightseeing in the heart of Bath. </div>
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With the I was tagged by <a href="http://www.lifewithkolbi.com/2013/11/confessions-of-blogger.html">Kolbi</a> with the Confessions of a Blogger post that has been going around the blogosphere. With so many new readers it felt like the perfect time to jump right in and play along. The rules are simple. Answer the nine provided confessions, including the one written by the person who tagged you and come up with a tenth to answer. </div>
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<b>1. When did you first start blogging and why</b><b>? </b><br />
I started blogging days before my first son was born in 2005. I started this blog under it's previous name 'Mummy Paparazzi' as a way to share photographs of my son to my friends and family who lived all over the globe.<br />
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<b>2. Have you had any past online presence?</b><br />
Yes. I am thirty now, but I grew up with the internet. As a teenager I fell in love with web design, creating custom graphics in photoshop, and was a web mistress for a band I loved. With my career in the hairdressing and beauty industry I grew my online presence through Myspace, and later through Facebook and Twitter. Now social media is a huge part of my online presence both as a blogger and as a photographer. <br />
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<b>3. When did you become serious about your blog?</b><br />
I take that to mean when I started tailoring my blog for public consumption and not just for my family members. When we made the big move from Hawaii to England I became more serious about my blogging and wanting to keep it updated regularly. It was in the beginning of 2013 that I realised there was a whole expat blogging community and decided to start blogging every day.<br />
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My very first post on the 4th of January 2005 was entitled <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2005/01/waiting-in-wings.html">Waiting in the Wings</a>. A one paragraph post about what my life was like at that moment, waiting for my first child to be born. We were in between places and on our way to move to Arizona where my husband would be joining the military. It was the prelude to a new chapter in our life. <br />
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Keeping up with my blog through the ups and downs with life. While I created this blog in 2005 there have been some times in my life where blogging needed to be put on the back burner. Luckily I was always able to come back to my blog and also able to put focus where it needed to be in my life during those times. Though out the challenges I am glad I was able to keep up with my blog to continue to archive my nomadic life.<br />
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<b>6. What is the most rewarding thing about blogging? </b><br />
I do love having an archive of photographs and blog posts about my life through out the years. While that is a personal reward, my blogging reward is all the relationships I have made through having this space in the blogosphere. The people who have connected with my words, who have been moved by my photographs, and connect with this blog. Even more so to me is the blogging community who has given so much to me. All the blogs that I connect to, the posts that have impacted my life, and the bloggers who reach out to me and have become my friend. I am more appreciative to the blogging community than I think anyone will ever truly know.<br />
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The most discouraging is the negative side that shows up. The people who tear others down and the people who write negative things they would never have the face to say in person. I have seen bloggers who have been bullied online and I honestly do not understand how anyone would have the time to exert to such ugliness. Luckily I have seen way more encouraging and uplifting bloggers and readers that go above and beyond to build people up.<br />
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<b>8. What is your lasting inspiration or motivation?</b><br />
For me it is to be true to who I am. I do not just post pretty photographs of a 'perfect' life living abroad in Europe. I share the good and the bad. I share what inspires and motivates me. I share the beauty around me. I share what I love and what I am passionate about to my readers. As a Third Culture Kid, my blog does not have a simple theme. It has may facets as I have a chameleon soul. However the lasting motivation to blog is to blog for myself and my brand. </div>
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While I try my best to write blog posts in advance and have many scheduled that way, I do not stick to that method. I often write blog posts first thing when I wake up in the morning. There is something about having that special time to myself and writing first thing in the morning. I also sometimes tend to talk out loud as I write...it is just part of my impromptu writing process. </div>
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Saturday night we had our first round of <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2011/11/bonfire-night-november-5th-2011.html">Fireworks in the heart of Bath, England</a> in preparation for Bonfire Night 2013. Last night on (Remember, Remember...) the 5th of November we celebrated in typical English fashion with a Bonfire, fireworks, warm food and mulled wine. The USA has their firework displays for their Independence Day from England in 1776 and the UK burns effigies of Guy Fawkes, a man who failed the Gunpowder plot of 1605. After celebrating Bonfire Night last year in Lewes, I honestly favour the UK holiday. If you are ever going to be in England for Bonfire night I highly recommend heading to Lewes for it is the biggest celebrated Fifth November Event in the world. In fact there are six different bonfire society’s all celebrating the Fifth in various parts of the town. Each has their own processions, traditions, costumes, fire sites and fireworks.</div>
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When we lived in England, when I was a young girl, I loved going to Bonfire night. Even when we moved away from England my dad will still take me to celebrate it. I have fond memories of when we lived in Italy and getting together with the RAF families to set fire to the Guy and watch the bonfire burn. When we moved to England in 2011, this was one of anticipated 'firsts' that I wanted to experience with my husband and sons. There was a bonfire society near where my kids went to school that year and the school was involved in the procession. This meant we got to hold up banners and march all around the town of Lindfield, waving to the crowds of people watching. I even got to hold a flaming torch which was probably the most exciting part of that night for me. As we were part of the procession we got a prime location to watch the bonfire and fireworks from later that evening as well. It was <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2011/11/bonfire-night-november-5th-2011.html">our first Bonfire Night together as a family in England</a> and a very memorable one indeed.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed our photos from Bonfire night last night. I did not blog in the month of November last year and so I have not yet shared photos from Lewes on ACR. Will be sharing those soon, so please check back.<br />
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Travel Tuesday is here and since it is our first Tuesday of the month it means our themed post! November's prompt is 'relationships'. I love solo travel but I just as much appreciate the relationships I have when I travel with family and friends. On a recent trip to London with my visiting family we made the rush from where we were in Wales to get to the Portobello Road market. We were not sure we would make it in time and I am so glad that we did because we had a great time! While we were out I spotted with my camera this couple enjoying their relationship with a passionate kiss in the middle of Notting Hill. I had to recreate this romantic gesture with my husband and have shared the pair of kissing photos below. </div>
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I hope you will love the rest of these...there were just so many things to photograph and my eyes were on sensory overload. I loved all the silver and found the antiques and old cameras my favourite things to look at in the market. My sister, a level II sommelier enjoyed all the smells of the food stalls like the lush varieties of mushrooms. Even my sons found some interesting things to purchase while they were out exploring. If you have seen Notting Hill, the travel bookshop was in the blue 'Notting Hill' store front you see in the photographs. I definitely recommend making the point to go to this market when you are next in London and venture into Notting Hill. Much thanks again to my friend <a href="http://www.aspiringkennedy.com/">Lauren</a> for letting us stay at your place while we were in town. </div>
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This past weekend we kicked off the holiday season with fireworks here in Bath, England. For those of you who do not know, November 5th is Bonfire night here in the UK. Since the 5th lands on a Tuesday this year the city had fireworks going on for the weekend. We had the pleasure of watching the show with our theatre community and had an amazing view. It started pouring rain half way through so we caught the last half inside the Drama Hut. It was a great local to see the firework show. We just found out there will be something in our town for tomorrow night and I am hoping it includes a Bonfire complete with Guy Fawkes!</div>
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Just to recap the rest of the weekend, we had a lot of rain. However despite the showers we kept ourselves busy. Friday we went into Bradford on Avon for a country walk, I had a committee meeting with the Bath Drama group that night, followed by drinks at the pub. Saturday we watched Arsenal play Liverpool at the pub followed by the Fireworks. Sunday I caught a secret engagement going on on at the Pulteney Bridge on my way to Panto rehearsal. It was really romantic and all the people watching from across the way cheered the happy couple on. It was a great weekend and now that it is over I am looking forward to my trip to London next weekend! </div>
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In this next installment of <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/search/label/war%20on%20girls">The War on Girls</a> I take another look at how society is failing us. I feel the need to preempt this with the fact you may not whole heartedly agree with me. I am not a medical professional and I do not claim that all medications are unnecessary. Perhaps you function perfectly well with them and live a 'normal' life. Or maybe you are living in a part of the world where it seems unfathomable and unbelievable that one could live a life dependent on anything but a superior being. Then again maybe this story will be all too real for you and a truth you too share. Which ever walk of life brings you to <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/search/label/war%20on%20girls">The War on Girls</a> series at ACR, I thank you for your open mind and taking the time to hear my words. </div>
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There was a time in my life where I was dependent on drugs just to get through the day. I was taking them to fight off the depression and anxiety that plagued my life after the sudden death of my father and during a near divorce in my marriage. Out in public, even with friends, anxiety attacks would make me want to rush home and just be alone. In my solitude I could not find comfort and the emptiness would swallow me up. I did not feel safe in my own skin. My pills became my security blanket, helping me to feel...well to feel nothing. They did not make me happy and they could not make me forget. However, a quick swallow and life would just slow down for a long enough moment that I could relax and calm down. My depression weighted on me heavily and often I just wanted to sleep. Something my medication helped me do easily. I may have not been having to feel the entirety of my sadness but I was not living life fully either. </div>
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It was not the solution I had sought after for myself. I had tried to be independent and take it all on by myself. Even my closest friends did not know what I was keeping to myself. My religion told me I could take it all on with prayer and my nomadic free spirit pushed me to carry the weight myself. But when it got to be all too much after my father's funeral, my mum urged me to see a doctor for medical help. I had seen therapists before and I was hungry to talk to someone. To have someone hear me who could listen and offer advice. My psychiatrist however spent more time filling out my prescription than he did asking about how I was doing or listening to what I had to say. I became seduced by the magical idea that a miracle pill could help me. After all it had helped friends I know. Was I buying into the idea that having prescriptions was trendy? I was too sad and too anxious to focus on anything but change my current state of mind. </div>
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"There were issues with the dosage while I was taking it as they tried to find the right amount over the course of my treatment. After getting my dosage raised once and still taking it in the morning, it would knock me out so quickly. I would not even know I was getting tired until I was fast asleep. It was more than that it was the way it took away the passion and the heart of my personality. I may have not been myself with dealing with everything going on in my life, but I was definitely not me on Klonopin either. My emotions felt very flat and if I was needing to take another pill I could be really irritable and upset. I remember just wanting to be alone a lot of the time. Being around my in-laws at all brings on a lot of stress and I just sat in a closet once during the Christmas holiday to find some quiet and past out amongst the coats and the darkness until my husband found me. There did not seem to be an end to this tunnel because it was masking the problems. It was not fixing the loss of my dad or the cracks in my marriage." </blockquote>
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You can click the link above in the excerpt to read the whole story of my personal journey with taking Klonopin. In the end I found alternative people with optional solutions to help me find my happiness. I realised that it was okay to ask for help and that I would have to rely on myself and be okay with that fact. While I cannot change my past I look at my experience as a way to connect and reach out to others. I cannot help but think that people like me have been failed by society and the people around us. In a world where it is so much easier to find a medicinal answer to our ailments instead of a solution for the underlining problems. Where everyone wants to get the job done and fix things but no one wants to take the time to listen. Where we feel too scared to reach out to our friends when we are ourselves drowning in pain. When as girls it is easier to just say we should 'see a doctor' or be put on medication then to see us as beautiful, raw, individuals with our individual flaws. I have in-laws who continue to see me as a broken individual, a fragile rose with thorns, a person who should always have to see a doctor. Why? For the believe that depression never 'really' goes away. Who makes these rules and puts these shackles on us just because we are girls who feel ever pain and strain of the world around us? Why must the girls of this world be made to feel like we are worth less and unable to be built up stronger than ever before?</div>
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I am happy to say that I found my happiness in England. The anxiety attacks which still plagued me every now and then up until 2011 stopped as soon as I relocated back to Europe. It amazes me that the personal triggers and situations that I knew all too well, do not phase me in my ex-pat life abroad. I finally feel like myself. I am not saying I do not ever get sad. I am not immune to monthly mood swings, culture shock and homesickness. I recognize that things like 'seasonal depression' do exist with the changing seasons and shorter days. For me personally I focus on a more positive look at life and I know what things can quickly turn my mood around. Cuddles from my boys, kisses from my husband, and being outside on a country walk do more for me than my pills could have done. It makes me thankful to know that life does get better.</div>
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The photographs in this post were from my project, Secret Lies of Men & Women. The middle image pictured was the main image chosen to represent my woman who was dependent on drugs and alcohol. The lie written on her hand states 'i am inDEPENDENT'. I chose to write the the word 'dependent' in all caps as it was the real truth visible in the image series. </div>
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My first self portrait for November has to deal with lies ahead for the rest of 2013. We are now officially in my favourite time of the year. This month alone is filled with Bonfire night and fireworks, a blogger meet-up in London, my husband's birthday, my birthday, a friend's wedding, Panto rehearsals, and preparing for Christmas! So much is still yet a head and I wonder what is all in store for us this holiday season. </div>
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It is the day after Halloween which means we can now start getting excited about the upcoming holidays. For us in England that begins with fireworks this month and ends with fireworks in the new year. Before I start making my blog about how much I love this time of the year, let us recap over what it is like to celebrate Halloween as an expat in Bath, England. </div>
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For a few months we had been talking about costumes with the idea that our whole family would go as one thing together. In the end it turned out that my husband would not be home in time from work to participate and I did not have much in the way to pull off what I wanted to do either. For our first Halloween here in 2011 my boys had costumes mailed over from the US, last year they celebrated Halloween in the US, and this year it took us all of five minutes per kid to get ready to Trick or Treat. My eldest went as a mummy in a judo uniform and strips of muslin and my youngest as a Frankenstein monster with green face paint and some make up from my kit. It was the quickest we have ever prepared for Halloween. But to to be real it is not really that big of a thing here in England. Only a few shops in town will have a few select halloween items. Most of the kids costumes I have seen in England have always been in the genre of: witch, mummy, werwolf, vampire, etc. The more common themes of Halloween.</div>
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We almost did not get to carve pumpkins this year, but managed to find three large ones left the day before while we were in town. On Halloween my boys and I had fun carving our pumpkins. I decided to try an owl and I kinda like the way he turned out this year. You should see <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2012/10/decorating-pumpkins-and-pork-apple.html">the pumpkins we painted and carved</a> last year while stuck in the US.</div>
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I had not bought any candy in town because I saw how expensive a tiny bag with maybe 12 packs in it would be and it did not seem worth it. Especially when I did the comparison of candy buying in the US. So we ended up making cookies on Halloween with homemade sugar icing and handing those out to the kids who knocked on our door. </div>
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For trick or treating we knocked on a couple of doors where we lived and then walked the forty five minutes to where one of my boys goes to school and trick or treated on maybe twenty different doors. This was way more active area then where we lived before. I believe in 2012 we only found two doors to knock on and a pub that was giving out candy to the kids. My husband some how found us in the darkness and was able to join in on the Halloween fun. </div>
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To be fair Halloween is not one of my favourite holidays. Some how even with that fact mentioned I got a little bit of 'culture shock mixed in with homesickness' creep up on me while we were out. It was really strange to me when it happened because I do not really have a home to miss. As an expat it can be very unsettling when this happens and you never know when it can strike. Luckily as soon as my husband met up with us he was able to help me feel much better and it soon but all dissipated. Which I have to say if you ever feel that way while living abroad...let your family love on you. It can make all the difference in the world.</div>
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This week my kids have off of school and the city of Bath have Heritage Open Week going on for all the families that live here. One of my favourite things about living in Bath is being able to have my Discovery card, which can get me into many places free or with a nice discount. The Heritage Open Week is tied into the Discovery card and twenty two different locations within Bath. Despite the heavy rainfall on Monday we hopped into a taxi and headed into town to explore. </div>
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Our first stop was the Mayor's Parlour at the GuildHall in the city of Bath. I have been to the Guildhall Market before (an indoor shopping area) but have never step foot within the building that often will have a blushing bride and groom outside its doors. When we finally found the Maylor's Parlour we were greeted by two different individuals who gave as a great tour of the room. They were both amazing at giving out information about the Mayor and history of the Mayor's Parlour to a children's level. We got to see the book where all the royal families sign when they visit the city, Peppercorns that were once used by the city as payment, and the robes that the Mayor wears. They even had a neat smaller size one that the kids could dress up and wear.</div>
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The only thing we did not get to see was Mayor's chains as he was wearing them that moment for a meeting in the Guildhall. Perhaps we will pop in later this week and see if we can meet the Mayor! </div>
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So happy to have another Travel Tuesday with you all and getting my fix of wanderlust by hopping around all the travel posts. I hope you guys are meeting some great bloggers! I just found out that I will be attending a London Bloggers Tea next month and I cannot wait to share that all with you here on ACR. There seems to be so much going on still in 2013, so I want to share few things with you here:</div>
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Today I am going to be following up my travel post from <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/08/travel-barmouth-wales.html">Barmouth Wales</a>, when I posted about <a href="http://www.bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/08/barmouth-beach-pt-i.html">The Beach at Barmouth Pt. I</a> back in the summer. This is part II and our third trip to Barmouth Beach during our 10th Anniversary Vow Renewal trip to Wales. We just loved being at the seaside and this time we actually go into the cold water. Well my sons did anyways and the rest of us enjoyed hanging out on the beach. The picturesque views and salty air were just what I needed. Now that it is getting cold and November is approaching, I really enjoy soaking up the last memories of Summer. </div>
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<b>I Want More. </b>This is easily a subject that can attack us all no matter your sex or age. Christmas is just around the corner and already 'wish lists' and Father Christmas are on my children's radars. At any time of the year I find myself holding several 'want' lists in my memory for either next month or as soon as it becomes feasible. It is almost shocking how often our 'wants' are disguised by the word 'need'. As a consumer I see how the newest phone releases send out the message that you <i>need </i>to have the newest model to keep up with with the rest of the world. In our current day technology ages faster than ever before, but the need to want more is not a new phenomena. </div>
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<b>I Need More. </b>As a girl growing up I remember wanting the latest new thing. I fell in love with the American Girl dolls and loved when I got a new catalog so I could circle all the new items that I just had to have. Though an iconic toy from my childhood, they would be replaced by other material items through out my life. As a photographer I feel as if I am always 'in need' of the newest and latest or just better item then what I have in my kit. It is not like we are going to wake up one day and realise we do not need something that we want. It would have to be a self made choice to find happiness in life and not in the material world. </div>
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<b>Materialism and the War on Girls.</b> How does this affect our younger generations of girls growing up in today world where society is heavily centered around consumerism? When I was growing up as a teenager overseas I had moved on to catalogs geared towards clothing for teenage girls like Delia's and Alloy. Every time a new issue would come in I would be plagued with things I wanted and 'had to have' and then would bug my parents for new clothes. I cannot imagine what it would be like today with a teenage daughter. Mail order catalogs have pretty much been replaced with hoards of online shopping options. Add that with the bombardment of materialism messages sent out from online, fashion blogs, television shows and movies, magazines, advertisements, and visual stimuli available by smart phones. Top that off with the cherry of viewing others for what they have and you have not and it becomes a pit of never being satisfied.</div>
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<b>The 'My Life as a Military Brat' series </b>talks about my my life growing up. When people ask where I am from, it is sometimes easier to just say 'Everywhere. Military brat'. I have been asked by many readers to talk more about what it was like growing up in Europe as a military kid. For me I loved it and love that my parents chose to keep choosing overseas assignments. </div>
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I was born into a military family that was stationed overseas in Europe, on my father's second tour in England. For the next seventeen years I would move around frequently as my father chose other overseas assignments. Sometimes we would live in a place for a few months and sometimes for a few years. Up until today I have still never lived in one place for longer than three years at a time. There are so many numbers in my head correlating to aspects of my life as a military brat. </div>
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Thirteen is the number of bedrooms in homes I had until I left the house for University. Nine is the number of schools I attended until my high school graduation. Four is the number of countries I grew up in and two is the number of continents. I still have a hard time tallying up the number of countries I have step foot in (up until the age of seventeen) without talking it over with my mum. Even though it has been thirteen years since I grew up as a military dependent, I am still attached to my military brat identity.</div>
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Many traditions in the US military come from the British Army. For example, if a member of the British Army was given an assignment to India and could take his family with him, they went with the member in an Admin status called: BRAT status. In this instance BRAT stands for: British Regiment Attached Traveler. As time went by it became a title given only to the children (omitting the wives) of the military member and taken to be used in the US military world as well. </div>
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On top of living the life of an 'american' family and living in different countries and cultures overseas, there is a military culture too. It is not something you choose like your parents who joined and becomes an integral part of every day life. So many expectations are set on rules & regulations and conduct for the military kids. There were also many privileges and perks of having a military ID card: the comforts of 'home' for shopping on base, free admission to the on base cinema (overseas), and military resorts and lodging. Then the day to day life of hearing reveille in the morning, the retreat at the end of the duty day, and having to stand for the pledge of allegiance before a movie begins on post. When I think of my own life growing up overseas it becomes a mishmash of so many different cultures and growing up military is a huge part of that. </div>
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I have one extra special treat for you today, a guest spotlight! You may remember Lindsey as this is her second time sponsoring A Compass Rose. I love having her aboard on the side bar and getting sick with wanderlust from her blog. One of my most favourite posts is her recent one about <a href="http://abroadsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/dancing-on-tables-at-oktoberfest.html">dancing on tables at Oktoberfest</a>! Now theres one for your bucket lists, I know it is on mine! For her #TravelTuesday post this week she took us all with her to <a href="http://abroadsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/travel-tuesday-and-swiss-countryside.html">The Swiss Countryside</a> with beautiful photographs of picturesque views! She has just started a twitter account so you can now <a href="https://twitter.com/Lindsey__Abroad">send her tweets</a> too!</div>
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I started this blog when I became a mum as a way to share photographs and our travels with family across the globe. I found my purpose in blogging through becoming an expat and moving abroad. Something I had not expected were all the opportunities that would come from having a blog. One of which is being introduced to an amazing online community, Girl Gone International and becoming the Adventure & Travel editor for their online magazine. For me it was finally finding a community to where I felt I belong with like minded individuals who love being a citizen of the world.</div>
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✈ Non-Profit Organisation<br />✈ New generation of women living abroad<br />✈ We represent, connect and support<br />✈ Over 10,000 members<br />✈ Fast growing, friendly global community<br />✈ 100s of free events all over the world<br />✈ Active hubs in 24 cities<br />✈ 20 more hubs opening in 2013<br />✈ Busy online communities on different platforms<br />✈ Funded by our magazine GirlGI</div>
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Each city has it own Community Manager. The girls that come to our events are English speaking and internationally minded who want to meet like-minded friends, gain a foothold in their new city or build a strong network. Alternatively they have just come home from being abroad and want to keep in with an international circle. </div>
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<b></b>Reykjavik | Edinburgh | Glasgow | London | Manchester | Amsterdam | Berlin | Hamburg | Freiburg | Dresden | Munich | Dusseldorf | Frankfurt | Vienna | Stockholm | Athens | Croatia | Rome | Paris | Madrid | Palma | Barcelona | Alicante | CapeTown | LA | New York | Ottawa | Vancouver | Brisbane | Mexico City | Panama | Rio | Seoul | Boston | Toronto</div>
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