It is no surprise to me that Frankie Cocozza has walked / been kicked out of X Factor. What did the bosses really expect? The competition plucks these kids (I know there is a token nod to the over 25s but the fact they get a separate category proves my point) from obscurity and catapults them into the limelight overnight. On Saturday night the show on ITV was seen
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Reasons to be Cheerful — Part II
It is easy to be depressed as the nights draw in and it gets colder so here are some reasons why I am cheerful this week: 1) I was reminded that we live in a country that has an amazing ambulance service and emergency room staff when my granny fell at home. The ambulance arrived within ten minutes of my calling them, my grandmother was treated with dignity and
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Britmums Prompt — Ch ch changes…….
Personal Prompt: Changes~what major (or minor) changes have happened to you this year that have made a difference in your life? As this is a personal prompt I have decided to write about something that is personal to me. Not the children, Mr B, extended family or work (all of which have seen significant changes) but something that relates to me. And the biggest change I have made
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Why communication is essential when it goes wrong
On Saturday Natwest and HSBC suffered a huge computer fail “due to maintenance work” meaning customers were unable to access their accounts. Reports suggest 15 million people have been affected. Not only online but their cards were declined in shops as systems could not get authorisation. Credits from employers and benefits agencies have not been updated. Direct debits and standing orders have not been paid out. This left millions of
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Do you wash your hair, the morning of your appointment at the hairdressers?
I seem to have sparked a bit of a debate on Twitter this morning with this@ Haircut at 9.30am. Still have to shower and wash hair though. Tell me that is perfectly sane. I got inundated with responses. More than I have received for any other question on Twitter recently. 90% of the responses told me I was sane and that this was perfectly acceptable. Two ladies told me I
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NaBloPoMo — What? I hear you ask
This is a Britmum led idea for bloggers to see if they can blog at least once a day for a month. There is more info here: BritMums NaBloPoMo Trust me to come late to the party (not sure I have ever arrived three days later before) but in my defence I did blog twice yesterday. Does that count? So here goes. A blog post from me every day.
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Football or more importantly Tevez vs Sharp
I don’t know anything about football, and in fact, I would go so far as to say that I think it is a massive waste of time. I do, however, understand that many people get passionate about it. I must admit I get passionate when one of two things happen a) Mr B’s beloved Man City thrash Man U 6 — 1 at Old Trafford or b) I hear of
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Reasons to be Cheerful
The great thing about reading other people’s blogs is that you come across great ideas. Blog posts that you can read and learn from and then post your own. I love this idea. Posting reasons to be cheerful about your week. Something to make us think about things we should be grateful about and sharing with others. Here goes 1) I got to see Papa Barrow this week. He has
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Buying tickets for concerts
This is not the first time this has happened so I know it is not a fluke but it is the first time since having my blog so I can finally vent my anger. All this week the press have been full of how the Stone Roses have reformed (I have dubbed it the Pension Fund tour) and that tickets would be on sale from 9.30am today. Now I am
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So Gadaffi is dead…
… does that mean we need his final words or his face before and after execution splashed all over the front of the press? No, I don’t think it does. WH Smith recently decided that such magazines as Attitude and Gay Times should only be available form behind the counter, for reasons best known to themselves. Yet today their stores will be full of copies of mainstream newspapers showing the
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Britmums Prompt: “If I had ONE whole day to myself, I would….. “
…. hopefully be fit and healthy. Right now the only way I could get a day to myself I would have to be in a coma. A whole day to myself feels like such a luxury that I am torn as to how I would spend it. It would be lovely to say “well I would just stay in bed” but that feels like such a waste of a glorious
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How to be a landlord — Be able to afford it!
Please don’t view being a landlord as “buy a flat with a mortgage, don’t worry about it, reap the rewards”. It isn’t like that at all. If you want to be a successful landlord you have to be able to afford it. That might sound like an odd thing to say. Why would you possibly not be able to afford it “when the tenants are effectively paying the mortgage”? Well