We've owned some pretty cool things in our family.

My step dad knows a lot of people who deal antiques and that means that he's bought home some pretty interesting things.

The first one to note is a pub slot machine.

This is mum on her first go. We used it as a change pot mostly, we'd gather up anything under 50p and use put it in until we ran out. It was one of those things that was completely ridiculous and a hell a lot of fun. It was moved around the house once or twice too, started in the kitchen then into the living room where my niece would get the coins out the bottom and put them in her dress like a pocket.

The second thing of note was an electric organ. I'm mad that I couldn't find a picture that I took of our organs but it looked a little something like this.  We kept ours in the garden because we really didn't have anywhere else to put it and when we had to get rid of it I kept the Wurlitzer badge that is in a box of mementos along with a stupid flexi-pencil thing from some museum and a tissue paper colour chart when I made in school.

Another few things that include our oak chest of draws on which sits our TV. along with mountains and mountains on wool for mum and embroidery thread for me. Another - easily - £100 worth of sewing supplies of which we made fantastic use of.

It's one of those times, and my step dad is one of those prime examples of - It's not what you know, it's who you know. He's one of those people who knows someone everywhere we go. He's been to The Flogit! Presenters house (Paul Martin) to talk about some cool old stuff. He's also met a number of known TV Presenters of shows like Antiques Road trip such as Charlie Ross, whose is lovely, apparently. I'm sure to some of you reading this will mean nothing but to us, in this house...
For us, who are subjected to these TV shows over dinner that much that we kinda enjoy it, it's kinda cool.

There's a lot of things that you might not know about your closest friends, the thing is, you just have to ask. If you want to know something, ask me. I might take a little time to formulate and answer or tell you that it's hard to talk about but usually I'll give you an answer. I'd say I'm quite a trusting person and if you've earned it, I'm an open book.

Trust is important and it's hard sometimes to put that trust in people who are relative strangers but when you put your trust in the right people, friendships are born.

Trust me.

Cheers