And so it seems the prediction I made late last year came true yesterday. Clinton Cards has gone into Administration. Or rather it seems, pushed into it by one of their largest suppliers. I am not surprised. I said that any of the High Street shops that just sold one thing would be in trouble. We, as shoppers, dont go to shops for one specific item anymore when we can
Musings
I am feeling really old
Next week my amazingly gorgeous C will be 18. I cannot believe that she will be 18 and all grown up and it got me thinking about when I was 18. I was fresh out of college having skipped A Levels and done a two year NNEB course to train as a nanny. It was the summer of 1987. “Bad” was a week away from being released and “I
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Exploring
Cornwall — Trevella Park. — AD
We were thrilled to be invited to spend a weekend at Trevella Park in Cornwall. I have never stayed in a caravan park in the UK before so this was going to be an adventure. And as much as I fancied a teepee I also wanted my own loo so plumped for a “holiday home”. We arrived at 11pm and as promised we were in our home within minutes of
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Nurturing
Chicken Thing
Yep, you read that right. Chicken Thing. You might know it as paprika chicken but in our house it is known as chicken thing. I am going to let you into a little family secret. This is one of our favourite recipes and if you have ever been invited for dinner at our house, you will have had this. And I am now about to blow it by
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Musings
Look out Cornwall, here we come
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
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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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Musings
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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Musings
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.