I was overjoyed when I was asked by Britmums if I would be an Ambassador for their #MumsForGood campaign recently and I have been dying to share this with you ever since. This is a campaign to join Give As You Live, a fabulous website that facilitates a percentage of online spending you do to be donated to your chosen … Continue reading
Cornwall — Land’s End
There is a lot of chatter in the press today about Land’s End and the arrival imminently of the Olympic Torch. This is where the real countdown to London 2012 begins for Britain. Until our recent trip to Trevella, near Newquay none of us had ever been to Land’s End before. I certainly hadn’t as I just thought it was … Continue reading
The Gallery — Morning
What a great theme this one is. A photo that shows our morning. So many I suspect will involve sleeping babies / warm duvets / snoring dogs things that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. They are not my morning picture though. I could have photographed two sleeping cats or the Hoover I tripped over but they … Continue reading
Do you ever shop on line?
Do you? Anything? Amazon for DVDs maybe? Waterstones for a new book? How about your weekly shop with Tesco? Maybe you are looking to renew your car insurance. Now answer another question if you don’t mind (sorry to be so demanding of you but honestly, it is worth it). Do you have a charity or cause close to your heart? … Continue reading
18 years ago today
I was living in Saudi Arabia and the size of a house due to being pregnant with C. I had gestational diabetes and so it had been decided that I would have a C section in week 39. I was checked into the Royal Military Hospital, feeling like a fraud. I was neither of those things but my boss … Continue reading
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A room with a view
What does “a great view” mean to you? Is it a sunset? The waves crashing onto a beach? Snow capped peaks on the horizon? I don’t mean your favourite sight: sleeping babies / plates of amazing food / empty washing basked / the name of your football club at the top of the premier league table, but a view. A … Continue reading
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Guest Blog Post: Mr Gove’s Comments
This is a guest blog post from Mr B Senior. Have to say that I agree: Reading the Times yesterday I came across an amazing piece headlined: “Domination by private schools is indefensible, declares Gove”. Allowing for the odd introduction of new words like “forbad” the old rag generally does a pretty good job in news reporting so I’ve … Continue reading
How the hell did that happen?
You know, that thing over there. There. Look. On the right hand side. That badge with BiBs (Best in Breed Brilliance in Blogging) on it has been changed. I was shortlisted and I was thrilled. And chuffed to bits and happy to accept that it would go no further than that. The competition in the category was fierce and there … Continue reading
RIP Clinton Cards
And so it seems the prediction I made late last year came true yesterday. Clinton Cards has gone into Administration. Or rather it seems, pushed into it by one of their largest suppliers. I am not surprised. I said that any of the High Street shops that just sold one thing would be in trouble. We, as shoppers, dont go … Continue reading
I am feeling really old
Next week my amazingly gorgeous C will be 18. I cannot believe that she will be 18 and all grown up and it got me thinking about when I was 18. I was fresh out of college having skipped A Levels and done a two year NNEB course to train as a nanny. It was the summer of 1987. “Bad” … Continue reading
