A lifestyle blog
Random, as it suggests!
Kids generally get a lot of opportunities to do sport and exercise in school, but not all of them take to the lessons on offer and some can actually wind up disliking physical education if they feel embarrassed or aren’t very good at the sports they try compared to their classmates. This is one of the reasons why it can be a great idea to do some sports activities as
I know. I don’t really know where to start with this one but when I heard about an “innovation” in the making of tea on the Food Programme on Radio 4 last week my ears pricked up. As you know, I am a huge lover of tea. Our Sage Appliances tea maker is one of my most treasured possessions. This time a year ago I was breaking my ankle falling
Yesterday I took you around Chawton House Library, former home of Jane Austen’s brother, and today for How Does Your Garden Grow (#HDYGG) I am sharing some pics from the garden. One of the most fascinating gardens I have ever visited. Andrew, the garden manager, arrived less than a year ago but has already made his mark on the place, whilst still ensuring that the garden stays authentic.
The Canon 1300D is the perfect camera for a blogger. There. That is my review of this camera. The shortest review ever. But honestly, it is. When I got the email from Mumsnet asking if I wanted to apply for the chance to review the Canon 1300D I couldn’t reply quickly enough. You see I have a camera, one I am very fond of (it was a wedding present from
I don’t even really like Jaffa cakes if I am honest. Not since I worked for a VAT consultant in 1991 and the whole “for VAT purposes are they a cake or a biscuit?” debate kicked off (biscuits with chocolate on them are subject to VAT, cake is not and McVities claimed they were a cake. HMRC were not convinced). And since then they have got smaller so I am
So here is the thing. I can’t cook. I have said it before and I will keep saying it again. What I do have though are gadgets that do things for me so I can produce results that make it look like I can cook. Which is why I have decided to join in with Jenny’s #GBBOBloggers weekly linky. Every week inspired by that week’s episode of the
A couple of weeks ago we had a party for a small group of friends, on a Saturday night. Nothing unusual about that you might think. Barrow Towers often plays host to an impromptu get together with friends. This party however was a bit different, a bit special. It was all part of HP (the printer people not the sauce people) and their Refer a Friend initiative Designed
Now that my birthday is out of the way I can think about the whole “Back to School” campaign. I won’t think about it before my birthday, which falls slap bang in the middle of the summer holidays. In the same way that I won’t think about Christmas until after half term, despite retails clearing the shelves of weedkiller and solar lights to make way for “seasonal” treats. I sat
Is today. World Photo Day, whatever that means. I suppose I should look it up really. I haven’t had much time to get my thoughts down into blogs recently but I haven’t stopped taking photos. In fact I am taking more photos than ever and trying harder to think about the composition of them and not just rely on editing them. Though thank the lord for editing. I
It has often struck me as odd that with a name like Mummy Barrow I don’t really feel I am a “mummy blogger”. I hate the phrase anyway. Much as I hate “working mother”. The media spit it out like it should be some kind of oxymoron. No man is ever referred to as a “working father” so why should we be singled out? I am digressing here.
Did you know that in many institutions, prisons for instance, there is a legislation that requires them to meet mandatory quality, nutritional and environmental standards on all food served*? Makes sense doesn’t it? That we ensure people who have no real say over the food they are served know that it is nutritionally balanced and is of good quality. There is no such legislation governing food served in hospitals. Over
There is no denying that the summer holidays are longed for. Needed. Glorious. Six weeks, in some cases nine. The last thing on most families mind’s is school work and whilst I don’t want to be a party pooper here, they are also very detrimental to a child’s learning. Studies have shown that the summer holidays can lead to a loss of what has been learned