Memes are like buses. I haven’t done one before and then following hot on the heels of the one I did on Mother’s Day here is another one. I have been tagged by MotherWifeMe to answer questions set by ABoyWithAspergers so that those of us attending Britmums Live in June can all get to know each other a little bit better. And even if you aren’t going then maybe
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 Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Ever heard the expression “Every journey starts with a single footstep”. So in theory when you open your front door to do a 100 yard saunter to the post office you could actually be starting out on a polar expedition.
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Extreme Close up — The Gallery
So this week’s theme is “Extreme close ups” on Tara’s blog. I actually don’t have very much that would fit this description as I am a bit of a “snapper”. I don’t frame shots very well or zoom in. I just try and capture the moment, quickly. And I didn’t want to take a picture especially for this. This therefore is what I have found for you this week.
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When is a strawberry not a strawberry?
Odd question, I know. But stick with this. What does the above packet say? Yogurt / fruit flakes / strawberry? With a nice picture of a juicy strawberry. Well isn’t that lovely? We are told there are no artificial colours and flavours. Super. I don’t like artificial stuff in my food. We are told “made with real fruit”. Super. I am on a bit of a health kick so extra
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The Gallery — Colour
Tara’s theme on her Gallery this week is simply Colour. Do you have any idea who difficult it is to find a photo that represents colour? Most photos have a bit of colour in them but don’t actually scream “colour” to me. I had a lovely hour trawling through old photos (which is why I love this idea for a blog post so much *high fives Tara*). And I have
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Meeting the inlaws…..
I read a lovely article in the Guardian this weekend about recollections of meeting the inlaws for the first time. Some very funny stories involving chickens, blacking out, gymslip pregnancy cravings and bottom pinching. To heartbreaking stories of only meeting a mum in law once before she passed away. As Saturday was the tenth anniversary of Mr B and I meeting it reminded me of the first time I met
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Mothering Sunday Meme
A meme, if you haven’t come across the word before, is an idea spread across blog posts. Typically where you answer questions and then pass them on to another blogger and ask them to answer the same questions. It’s an interesting way to get to know other bloggers and for readers to get to know you slightly better <gulp> I was tagged in a Mother’s Day meme by Kate on
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#Bloggerweddingalbum
I have recently started taking part in Tara Cain’s weekly Gallery as it is great to look up old photos every week and post them on here. The themes have been great so far. This week however Tara is doing something slightly different. A bloggers wedding album Asking bloggers to post a photo from their wedding. How could I resist? Mr B and I got married in 2008, at the
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Social Media Marketing
With the boom in online social media such as Facebook and Twitter comes the boom in businesses offering to boost companies presence on the internet, aka social media marketing. But do they? Or are they having the opposite effect and actually turning us off? I had this debate at 8am on Sunday morning (how sad is my life?) when I saw one of these companies clogging up my timeline
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Micro Scooters and the humble apology
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a nonsense survey commissioned by Micro Scooters who wanted to find out how stressful the school run was. I basically said the survey was all made up. I scoffed. I mocked. I basically took the piss. Sorry to swear but I don’t know how else to say it. And then two days later I got a tweet from Sara at the PR
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Twitter and the endless FFs
When I first saw #FFS I genuinely thought it was a shortened version of “For F*ck Sake” as it was then followed by the name of a fellow Tweeter. I thought this showed somebody who had really annoyed you that week and that they should be avoided. Then one day I was on somebody’s #FFs list and it said something like “Lovely Tweeter, go Follow”. I couldn’t work out how
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The Gallery — Light
Tara’s theme for The Gallery this week is Light. Natural light. And lots of it. Inspired by the thought that spring is just around the corner (despite us going out for lunch on Sunday in a blizzard). I could have so easily picked a photograph from our holiday but didn’t want to bore you with yet another photograph from Barbados. The light in some of those photos is extraordinary. But