“Drive Like a Girl” what does that make you think of? What does it conjur up? Sounds like a derogatory comment, doesn’t it? “Oh you drive like a girl”. As if driving like a girl is in someway any different from driving like a boy. And now you are going to ask me why I am asking you this in my Ranty Friday this week, aren’t you? Aren’t you? Well
Musings
The Gallery — The Weekend
Ahh who doesn’t love the Bank Holiday weekends that May gives us? And so soon after the long Easter Weekend. And that is the theme for this week’s Gallery Our weekend was a mixed bag. A 50th birthday party on Saturday night with a Land Rover converted to a pizza oven (yes really), an old water tank that was now in a garden and used to burn wood, and a
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Musings
The Benefit of good customer service
Why does Benefit have a capital B I hear you ask? It shouldn’t, should it? Well actually it should because this is a little story about how great customer service from Benefit made me a customer. It all started with a last minute day trip to France last month. “Shall we go to Calais for lunch?” said Mr B. Realising he wasn’t joking I jumped onto the P and O
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Musings
Girl Reading — May 2013
This month’s book selection is one I have grabbed off my ever growing pile of books that I have yet to read. I like the title though as it tells us nothing of the book or story. It is a debut novel by Katie Ward who you know must be good when their is quote from Hilary Mantel that says Ward is wise, poised, and utterly original. Her eye and
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Online friendships and why they matter
It’s been a horrendous week. Truly. I cannot tell you how stressful this week has been. Monday evening particularly where two things were happening simultaneously that were tipping me over the edge. One had been bubbling for awhile. One was a medical emergency. Phone calls with two completely separate groups of people whilst trying to deal with two stressful events, whilst in the car, doing the school run with four
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Ranty Friday — Drivers in corporate vehicles
Odd title I know. But you know the ones I mean. The drivers in vans / cars / lorries that are sign written with their employer’s logo. Those drivers in corporate vehicles are the subject of this week’s Ranty Friday. Why? Well you might well ask This week three incidents have happened that have infuriated me and made me question if these drivers forget they are driving great big adverts
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The Gallery — Self Portrait
Great. Having to post a photo of myself. Just what I have been dreading in all the weeks I have been linking up with Tara on The Gallery. I really don’t like putting photos of me up as I never like them. I am the least photogenic person I know. Unless, of course, it is for a Ranty Friday and involves posting photographs of my back side and boobs. That
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MummyBarrow loves this month — May
MummyBarrow loves this month Another round up of things I have come across in the past month that I think you might like to try out. Or add to your wish list. Some things I have been sent to talk about, others I have bought because I love them and want you to know about them too. So this month MummyB is loving:
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Musings
Thorpe Park — A review
Having vowed to do more family days out we decided to start off at Thorpe Park, what with it being on our doorstep and all that. And then Mr B had to duck out as a family friend was over and you can’t miss once a year drinks with a mate you have grown up with. And J couldnt make it as he was at school. Still, Mr B’s loss
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Encouraging
Ranty Friday – Being a big fat failure
Ranty Friday this week is about being a big fat failure Yep. That is what I am. Apparently. Not what I think. But what I think is irrelevant. We all need to believe what Samantha Brick has been spouting again this week. And that is that all “fat women are failures”. Fat can’t be beautiful and if you are fat you are failure. Employers shouldn’t employ fat people, fat people
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Musings
Today is World Malaria Day
Malaria is something I have become more acutely aware about since becoming involved with Comic Relief this year. When people sent me messages apologising for “only able to give you a fiver” my response was always the same: that fiver just saved a life because it buys a mosquito net That simple.
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The Gallery — Expressions
Expressions on The Gallery this week. I predict some cracking pictures being linked up. That moment when you see somebody’s expression and snap it. Laughter / shock / joy / surprise all great expressions to capture on camera. So it was back to the archives for me to find something to fit the bill. And the picture above is the one I came up with. An expression that says “we