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  • Oh hi. What do you think of my new look? It’s taken years off me, hasn’t it? And you can’t see the bags under my eyes either. And how shiny is my hair looking?!. Think how much I’d save in make up if I went out every day looking like this. Actually who am I kidding?! I don’t wear make up very often (as you well know if you watch my insta stories). How long before these iOS updates allow us to do this in real life? Happy Tuesday.
  • Clearly this is not me right now. Even I can’t drink a strawberry daiquiri at 8am on a Saturday. This was me a year ago today. It came up on my Timehop and I’ve no idea if Mr B took it with my phone, either way I’m pretty sure I never shared it. I didn’t share selfies then. All I could see were the not perfectly white teeth, the bags and lines on my face. All the things that were adding up to me not having the confidence to share it. A year later and that’s changed. A lot has changed. This past year has been spectacularly shit but it’ll pass. I’m praying it’ll pass anyway. In the meantime I’m going to focus on the good times. The happier times. The times when I was drinking cocktails and laughing. And cooking a buffet for seven people because I’m still in full on “I need to feed everybody all the things all the time” mode. #saturdayselfie #bemorewitwitwoo
  • Grief’s a bitch. I’m fine, I’m functioning, I’m getting stuff done and then the next minute I’m shoulder shuddering sobbing in the shower. One day I’m out and about and the next I’m in my dressing gown and struggling to do anything other than say “Bibble” and watch TV. And feed people. What’s with me wanting to feed people all the time? Friday night I was in the chippy because I was worried people hadn’t had their tea. Meeting with the funeral director? Oh that needs a cake. Family lunch on Saturday and I’m already menu planning a buffet. And in between all that I think we need 75 cups of tea just to get through the day. So if anyone’s got a function coming up that needs catering or you need cake for 150 people give me a shout. You can pay me in tissues
  • Monet might have been a great painter but he was crap at choosing cake. I mean seriously. In the land of chocolate, cream, patisserie and booze why would you want a green fatless sponge and icing made with spinach water on your birthday every year? Damned if I know. But I’ve had a go at the gateaux vert that featured in Great British Bake Off last week. I’ve also written a post with a link to Prue’s recipe for it if you are so inclined. It contains a lot of pistachios. A lot. And pistachio essence which costs about eight quid and you’ll only need about 4p worth and then consign the bottle to the back of your cupboard where it will stay until 2026. #GBBOBakeOfTheWeek #gbbobloggers2018 @jennypaulin @casacostellofood
  • Inspire’s an odd word to me. What does it actually mean? The people I find most inspiring. Basically ordinary people doing astonishing things inspire me. Or people who constantly push others to be better people. Which is why I’m a bit floored to find myself in the “Inspire” category of this year’s #BiBs with @Britmums. I can’t really inspire myself to do anything today other than eat last night’s left over Chinese and catch up on Suits. But apparently some people have nominated me and now I’m a finalist which makes me very happy. A happy I can’t describe. It’s not the happy I get when I eat cake or open a bank statement and see it’s not quite as horrendous as I was expecting. It’s a happy in the bones happy. The idea I’ve inspired some people to do some things is what keeps me going on social media really. When I next fall out with it because I think I’m not good enough I’m going to reread that email telling me I’m in that category. So if you’d like to vote for me to win I’ve put the link in my bio . And thank you for reading my posts, for joining in when I suggest daft ideas. And generally fighting my corner for me. You are amazing. . .📷: Kyle Glen @unsplash
  • Today we celebrate the living That life is wonderful. That my gorgeous boy turns 23. Bloody hell how in the name of God’s trousers did that even happen?! (Does God wear trousers? He’s more of a comfy kaftan man isn’t he? I digress ....) Anyway today is Jonnie’s day. He has the best present ever this morning: day two of a training course and waking up in a hotel room with his very own en suite. You’re welcome, son. This afternoon it’s all about being together. About cake. About fizz. Presents and remembering the good times and celebrating family And Bodyguard on BBC1 Love you @jonniebrewin (I’ve posted flowers from our hotel rather than of your beautiful face because if I’d done that you’d have said “muuuuuim. Really?!” And given me that look).
  • On Friday 7th September four generations of women became three. RIP GG. We love you. 💔
  • Create your own happy. You know what makes me happy? Cake for breakfast. That’s what being a grown up is all about. Not saying “Don’t be ridiculous you can’t have cake for breakfast”. Eating the damn cake. What also makes me happy is seeing beautiful friends come up with an idea for a book, make it happen and absolutely smash it. @pennyalexander_ and @beckygoddardhill are two of my favourite humans that I’m not related to. Their outlook and positivity is infectious. Their desire to make the world for our children a happier place is evident in everything they do. So it stood to reason their book would be called “Create Your Own Happy”. Or @cyohappy for short. It’s full of beautiful ideas of ways to help children be happy. To focus on the good and to just generally be kind. They sent me a Stone with “Twinkle Twinkle” on it and a note to say I need to hide it somewhere to be found by somebody else. What a beautiful idea. Where would you hide it. #cyohappy #HappinessRocks
  • Why don’t cake tins have the bloody size stamped on the bases? And why can I never find the right sized removable base when I’ve found the ring bit? Just two questions I asked myself this morning as I made a “30 second orange cake”. The next questions included “seriously, you put a whole orange in the bowl with the skin on and everything?!!” The answer to the that one is a firm “yes it appears you do and it really does only take 30 seconds to make and 40 to cook”. It should take 50 but see my earlier questions re tin sizes. I still haven’t got the answer to either of those. I’ll swap them for a slice of cake (and if you don’t believe me check my stories). #30secondorangecake #whoknewthatwasahashtag #orthat #bakedbyme #homebaked #TM5 #thermomix

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Hello, and welcome to Mummy Barrow. Primarily a lifestyle blog written by me, T (short for Tanya but nobody uses that). There is the occasional post by my husband Bruce and his stuff is in the Mister Barrow category. I'm a property consultant by trade, a mum of three and trying to make the world a better place one blog post at a time. I am never far from a cuppa or my iphone and quite often being followed by a slightly mad dog. Each day's post is different on the blog, as it is in real life. Do say hello if you are passing by
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