I scheduled this post earlier in the week as I knew I would have a lot to say about this project. You know, the thing on Channel 4 this week where various celebs took part in a double blind drugs trial involving MDMA (or Ecstasy). I wrote the title and vowed to sit and write it last night, scheduling publication for this morning. I have very strong opinions on the trial
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
The Megan Stammers Story
Rarely does a story get worse once it has been reported and become an ongoing case but everyday this story seems to. I cannot begin to imagine the pain and anguish her parents and step parents are going through. As a mother of three children of a similar age my heart breaks for them. And also for the teacher’s wife. What on earth must she be thinking?
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The Gallery — 8pm
Brilliant. Such a simple theme this week. Just 8pm. I can’t wait to see other people’s 8pms. (do click on the little badge at the bottom to see the other entries each week) What goes on in your house at 8pm? Story time? Homework time? Dinner time? Collapso on the sofa time? Here is mine: No further words are needed are they?
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Nostalgic Sunday Lunch
yes that is me in the glasses second from left I often see meme’s or linkys for blog posts and think “I have nothing to contribute to that” or don’t have time to delve in to the dark recesses of my memory to write a post. And then every now and again one comes along that I think “oh yes” and it sparks a ten minute day dream back.
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September 24th
There are days in every year that you always remember. Your birthday, your wedding anniverary, New year’s day. Days where you sigh and say “this time last year” or “this time next year”. For me, more than any other day of the year, that day is September 24th. Not my birthday or my wedding annivesary, they are both in August. But this is the day that
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Musings
Lady GaGa
Know her? Slightly quirky woman who sings a cracking tune? Stories in the press of only drinking tea from one particular tea cup and when it was forgotten a taxi was sent to pick it up? All a bit bonkers but each to their own I say. And then this week we see this as a headline in a “newspaper”. News. Paper. A paper that gives us news, or
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The Gallery — Breakfast
Breakfast. What is breakfast in this house? If it is Saturday it is missed out all together by the kids as they don’t get up until lunchtime. Sunday and Mr B and I often go to BlackBushe market for a wander round. If we are feeling particularly generous we will return with “dirty burgers” for brunch. Monday and this is breakfast for J: Other days of the week and
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Musings
Dear Eva Longoria
Are we really supposed to believe you spend your evenings dancing for your cat and drinking milk out of a bottle? Stop it. No we do not believe this. This is supposed to be advertising cat food. It doesn’t it advertises your amazing legs and makes me envious for those, not suggest I am under selling my cats by giving them all Go Cat. Desperate Housewife indeed.
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A big thank you on behalf of Headway
A few weeks ago I sent a Tweet asking if people might donate an item to a charity fundraising project my dad was involved in. A raffle as part of their Cotwolds village fete to raise money for the local Headway support group. To say my dad was overwhelmed with the box of stuff I finally handed over was an understatement. We got everything from a £100 voucher for
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Kate Middleton’s boobs
We woke up yesterday to the news that a paparazzi had trespassed near the estate in France where Kate and William had been on holiday last week and had taken photos of her sunbathing topless. Those photos had then been sold to the French Closer Magazine. A magazine that claims: The photos we selected are by no means degrading. They show a young couple on vacation, beautiful, love, modern in their
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On the twelfth day of September
…… my family gave to me One overflowing bin Two empty loo rolls Three dead animals Four rooms to Hoover Five “Mum have you seen?” Six towels a dumped Seven “what can I eat?’s” Eight piles needing washin’ Nine shops traipsed through Ten minutes peace Eleven socks needing pairing Twelve “I really love yous” How has your September been so far?!
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The Gallery — Beauty
Beauty: the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as in shape, colour, sound etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). Beauty for me is generally to be found in the natural world. Long stretches of sandy beach, sunlight and shadows on the garden, or spectacular views. This picture, for this week’s Gallery, was taken in 2007 during a family holiday with another family in Wales, near Llanberis and Snowdon. We had gone “on to the top road” and