What do you call your remote control? When I was asked if I wanted to have a look at some research that had recently been done on the habits of the nation’s TV remote controls I was intrigued. What DO people call theirs?
Welcome to MummyBarrow. I am a slightly bonkers mum of three, wife to one. Never really sitting still as there is always so much to do! This is my bit of the web to get things out of my head and where I hope to make you laugh or think. I don't really talk about my children too much as they can Google themselves but I do talk about family life. And juggling. Oh and food and drink. I talk about those a lot. So do pull up a chair, grab a biscuit and have a rummage.
Musings
Ranty Friday — Think Bike
We hear this campaign on the radio alot. Cars are the bad guys and out there to kill motorcyclists. We need to “Think Bike” at every junction, cross road, turning, exit blah blah. Well I am sorry but Ranty Friday this week is about the fact I am sick of being painted as the bad guy to motorcyclists. If my experience is anything to go by the biggest cause of
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Exploring
Thorpe Park Fright Night — A review
Thorpe Park Fright Night — A review If you read this blog regularly you will know that we are huge fans of Thorpe Park. It is only up the road and when the teens want to do something with their mates it is always our first stop. J decided he wanted to go this week with a couple of mates and experience Fright Night. Mr B experiences Fright Night seven
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Musings
The Gallery — Halloween
It staggers me that the Halloween industry in this country is now worth over £280 Million a year. That is just bonkers. Most people don’t even know what Halloween is actually about. I also learned this week that Tesco has a “Head of Pumpkins” (“Is that actually on her CV?” said C when I told her) and that our local big Tesco is where more of the 1.8 million pumpkins
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Exploring
Mercure Bristol and National Chocolate week. — AD
Mercure Bristol and National Chocolate week “I have been asked if we want to go to Bristol for a chocolatey weekend as part of National Chocolate Week. It’s to stay at the Mercure and sample their “Chocolate Unwrapped” experience. It includes dinner, chocolate Martinis, overnight stay in the hotel, and a spa treatment each with a chocolate massage“ “Bristol? You would go to Aberdeen for that wouldn’t you?!” “I
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Musings
Ranty Friday — Food packaging
Ranty Friday this week is about something that I have often grumbled about. Food packaging drives me nuts. Not just the sheer volume of it at times but how annoying it is to actually rip it open. You need to cut it / puncture it / try and pull it… you name it, it is not straightforward.
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Musings
The Gallery — Body Parts
Oh blimey. Well that narrows it down on the Gallery this week then. There are very few body parts on this blogger’s body that I would consider showing the world. For many reasons, mostly on the grounds of taste. So I decided to show you a part of my body that is always on display and that I have talked about before but you might have missed it. In fact
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Musings
Another reason I love books over a Kindle
I talked before about why I think books win over a Kindle, an in fact that post is one of my most read as people Google “books vs Kindle”. Yesterday I came across another reason. I spotted the above book sitting on top of the dog’s cage. The dog’s cage in our home office is a bit of a staging post. Stuff that needs to be reviewed, books that need
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Musings
Ranty Friday — ASOS
Yes, sorry, this is a rant about a company this week. I tend to shy away from these as sometimes the other side hasn’t had a chance to put their view across but I was so enraged by the end of my dealings with them this week I thought “sod it, that is my Ranty Friday”.
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Musings
The Gallery — Trying To Be Arty with Block Of Ice From Back of Fridge
The Gallery This week is One Title No Words
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Supporting
Secret Thing Part II
This is it then. The announcement of Secret Thing part II. And by getting to this point you have already seen the picture above and know what we have planned. Well actually we don’t have it planned we just know we want to do it and we can’t do that without you. We have no idea what date we will start on, the exact route, how many will be involved.
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Supporting
When Mummy met Kirstie and talked Red Nose Day
When I was asked earlier this week if I would like to interview Kirstie Allsop and find out a bit more about her recent trip to Tanzania with Comic Relief, I leapt at the chance. Having worked in the property industry for 12 years I am a huge fan of hers and love her “no nonsense” approach to life. But this chat wasn’t about her passion for property, or mine,