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
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The Gallery — At Peace
Peace. It doesn’t happen very often, certainly not at home. Me, Mr B, three children, seven telephones, three TV’s, various gadgets and gizmos that all bong and bing with every new interaction with the outside world. Dishwashers, tumble drier, washing machine, doors slamming, dog barking…. there is a constant hum at home. Which is why holidays are such a welcome break. Holiday and whilst there is little silence, there
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Samantha Brick, a word please, Love
Samantha, Samantha, Samantha. Nope, dear reader, not Cameron. Brick. Samantha is the new Caprice / Kate / Naomi / Elle. You may not have heard of her. Let me enlighten you: There are downsides to looking this pretty So beautiful the captain of an aircraft sent you a bottle of Champagne. Really? I have done an awful lot of flying and I dont think in all the times I have
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The Britmums Live meme
Memes are like buses. I haven’t done one before and then following hot on the heels of the one I did on Mother’s Day here is another one. I have been tagged by MotherWifeMe to answer questions set by ABoyWithAspergers so that those of us attending Britmums Live in June can all get to know each other a little bit better. And even if you aren’t going then maybe
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Ever heard the expression “Every journey starts with a single footstep”. So in theory when you open your front door to do a 100 yard saunter to the post office you could actually be starting out on a polar expedition.
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Extreme Close up — The Gallery
So this week’s theme is “Extreme close ups” on Tara’s blog. I actually don’t have very much that would fit this description as I am a bit of a “snapper”. I don’t frame shots very well or zoom in. I just try and capture the moment, quickly. And I didn’t want to take a picture especially for this. This therefore is what I have found for you this week.
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When is a strawberry not a strawberry?
Odd question, I know. But stick with this. What does the above packet say? Yogurt / fruit flakes / strawberry? With a nice picture of a juicy strawberry. Well isn’t that lovely? We are told there are no artificial colours and flavours. Super. I don’t like artificial stuff in my food. We are told “made with real fruit”. Super. I am on a bit of a health kick so extra
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The Gallery — Colour
Tara’s theme on her Gallery this week is simply Colour. Do you have any idea who difficult it is to find a photo that represents colour? Most photos have a bit of colour in them but don’t actually scream “colour” to me. I had a lovely hour trawling through old photos (which is why I love this idea for a blog post so much *high fives Tara*). And I have
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Meeting the inlaws…..
I read a lovely article in the Guardian this weekend about recollections of meeting the inlaws for the first time. Some very funny stories involving chickens, blacking out, gymslip pregnancy cravings and bottom pinching. To heartbreaking stories of only meeting a mum in law once before she passed away. As Saturday was the tenth anniversary of Mr B and I meeting it reminded me of the first time I met