Tessa Smith

#MKSupperClub

tessasmith — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:23 +0000

Oh Twitter, you’ve done it again! You have proved to me that Leeds is the place to be! About 18 months ago, I won a twitter-competition set by a new business, @manjitskitchen. I didn’t need any expertise – it was just a ‘RT to enter’ -type thing, but I was THRILLED. This was a new, [...]

#Bettakultcha

tessasmith — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:01 +0000

I am a lover of Twitter, and have met some lovely people through using it. I enjoy the “hash tag” thing, I love re-tweeting and being ‘in the know’ about exciting things that are happening in and around Leeds. Every so often, for probably the length of time I’ve been Tweeting, there is a hash [...]

My Year of reConnection – Week Three

tessasmith — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:33:58 +0000

And so I continue using the Royal Mail every day. It’s proving to be much more difficult than I had thought, but this week I got some lovely post from my friend LT, so it makes it worth while. . I realised I hadn’t spoken to my friend Clo for a while, so decided to [...]

My Year of reConnection – Week Two

tessasmith — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:27:41 +0000

And so, my daily posting continues.. . Sometimes, people need to know exactly what you think of them.. . Someone bought my album and so I posted it to them today with a little note to say how grateful I was. . This challenge is really testing my organisational skills (or lack of them..!) I [...]

My Year of reConnection – Week One

tessasmith — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:41:28 +0000

So, I have decided to post something to someone every day of this year. I have purchased a ma-hoosive amount of stamps (both 1st and 2nd class, just to mix it up), and I am on my way. I imagine these first ones may take some time given it’s a Sunday and then a Bank [...]

Year of reConnection – No Going Back!

tessasmith — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:16:33 +0000

Look what Royal Mail brought me!

Finally. Some great news.

tessasmith — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:49:46 +0000

Being a musician is hard. In order to become one in the first place requires a great deal of work. In order to make a living from being one you have to work even harder. You’ll have to work on evenings when everyone else is off and having fun. You don’t get paid holiday, or [...]

My Year of (Re)Connection – Intro

tessasmith — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:16:05 +0000

Last year, I set myself the challenge of write down something which I was thankful for every day. This I did, and I posted them weekly to make sure I kept up with it. You can read all about that HERE. This year, I was faced with carrying on that challenge, or beginning a new [...]

My Year of Gratitude – Summary/Conclusion

tessasmith — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:10:41 +0000

A year ago, I set myself the challenge of saying ‘Thank you’ everyday. The reason I decided to publish it was merely that if I didn’t make the challenge public, I would never have kept it going for the whole year. I didn’t really expect people to take an interest, it was more for my [...]

My Year of Gratitude – Week Fifty-Two

tessasmith — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:58:51 +0000

24/12/11. Thank you to John for accompanying me (and my family) to The Welly this evening for a spot of red wine. It was nice to see you. Thanks too to Olly for not only coming home for Christmas but for driving me to Prudhoe and back to pick John up. It’s great to have [...]