Right then, this weekend we are off to Cornwall and I have to say I cannot wait!! Thanks to the lovely people at Trevella Holiday park have invited us for the weekend to try out one of their Holiday Homes and to sample all that Cornwall has to offer. So I need you lovely people to tell me all there is to know about Cornwall please. I know about pasties
Random, as it suggests!
Musings
Dear Tony Blackburn
Tony I feel I have grown up with you. I remember listening to you when I was young, you and your dog Arnold. I remember you talking about your son Simon and how devastating your divorce was. Even though I was only eight I seem to remember thinking that it was all you talked about. I felt sorry for you that you were going through that (no wonder I became
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When will bullying stop?
I was bullied throughout most of my time at school. I remember some of it, not of all, but I came out the other side of it relatively unscathed. I am not alone in that. Many of us were. It breaks my heart when I hear about people who are bullied to an extent where they do then feel they can no longer cope and take their own lives. This
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It’s my birthday. It’s my birthday
So the great day has arrived. Today MummyBarrow is one year old. <sigh> And I thought I would do a bit of a Chairman’s letter and a bit of a beg. See that square over there: The one that looks like this? Well that is a lovely invitation for you to vote for me in the BiBs (again, no it is not Best in Breed). I am in the first
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Musings
The Gallery — Action
It is with some irony that Tara who runs “The Gallery” is not well today so has been unable to put up the linky for the Gallery theme. The theme is action and she is confined to a hospital bed for reasons unknown. Tara when you read this I have been thinking of you and sending cake as requested. When I think of action I think of my kids. Well
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Musings
To comment or not comment
I have had a couple of interesting conversations really about commenting vs not commenting on blogs. A fellow blogger bemoaned the fact that nobody was commenting on her blog and she felt this meant her blog was rubbish. I gave her a poke and said “why are comments so important to you? I don’t blog for comments, I blog to get all this stuff out of my head. I
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Musings
Please join the MumsForGood campaign
THIS IS A SPONSORED POST I was overjoyed when I was asked by Britmums if I would be an Ambassador for their #MumsForGood campaign recently and I have been dying to share this with you ever since. This is a campaign to join Give As You Live, a fabulous website that facilitates a percentage of online spending you do to be donated to your chosen charity without it costing
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Musings
Dear Coronation St bosses
Morning Let me start by saying that I am a fan. Have been for years, and watch every episode thanks to Sky+ series link. However, something is really starting to get on my nerves. In fact, I say “starting”. It has been for a while but it is only since I started blogging that I can say it out loud. It isn’t the fact that nobody ever brushes their teeth.
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Choccywoccydoodah
To know Choccywoccydoodah is to love them. Best known for their amazing wedding cake creations or statement “centre of attention” cakes, Choccywoccydoodah have been around for a while. What many people don’t realise is that there is more to them than that. In fact, they have as many layers as some of their extraordinary cakes. People don’t often realise that they actually make chocolates too. Gorgeous chocolates that they sell
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The Gallery — Easter
Tara’s latest Gallery theme is Easter. So I had a rummage through old photos and I couldn’t find anything that I felt I could use. Nothing. Well, I could. But I am sailing very close to the wind on what the kids will let me upload if it involves them. And I refuse to publish anything they don’t approve (with one exception but I seem to have got away with
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Why a smoothie makes me Victoria Beckham
A few days ago I blogged about a distinct lack of strawberries in Strawberry Yogurt flakes. It seems, however, that these are not an isolated incident. Have you ever read the label of a smoothie bottle? Probably not as the print is so small and you are not as sad as me. Allow me to enlighten you: Honey and Vanilla smoothie, anyone. Yum. I love vanilla. Take a closer look
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It’s my birthday!
Well not mine, not T’s …. that is August. But MummyBarrow’s. This month this blog is a whole year old. Can you believe it? No, nor can I really. What started as a tweet from SuperAmazingMum saying “you really should blog” has become this big “thing” that I think about alot. That I am actually quite proud of. That I now have the above diary for. So I can plan