This is October’s book club choice, please join in by reading it, commenting below or writing your own review and joining the linky: For the Seventies child, summer holidays didn’t mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we
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Musings
The Gallery — Fitness
Right, where to start with this one then. I am known for my physique. Well actually that is not true. I am. But not for my connection to fitness. To be fair I have started cycling recently, for the first time in 25 odd years. But you don’t want to see a picture of a bike. That is boring. Or the dog who I walk twice a
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Ikea gets censored Saudi style
I wasn’t surprised when this headline hit the papers yesterday: you see, I lived in Saudi Arabia for six years in the early nineties and saw first hand how censorship worked. I once bought a new recipe book in the book shop (as you know, I do love a recipe book). Unfortunately the section entitled Pork had been removed. Literally. With a scalpel. 48 pages completely removed. Mr B
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Lying in a ditch
Lying in a ditch I have done many odd, and amazing, things in my life. Things that normally come onto my radar simply because I was asked and then say “let’s do it”. Generally then dragging the long suffering Mr B along, scratching his head about what the hell his wife has got him involved in now. My philosophy is “one life, live it” and so you
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Drugs Live on Channel 4
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
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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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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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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.