From the monthly archives: October 2012

Grandma’s Buttons

By On October 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

When I was a little girl, we used to visit my Grandma and she had a jar containing buttons.

She had spares to use on clothing repairs, pretty ones that I used to enjoy looking at, practical ones for boring shirts, unusual shaped ones, buttons in pretty colours, [...]

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The Most Perfect Families Are Plastic!

By On October 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

‘Perfect’ doesn’t exist when it comes to family life. Well it does, but only in small doses. For example the day we went to a cousin’s christening recently. We arrived in a posh new car (I was test driving a Toyota Prius for a blog post that day!), we [...]

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“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”

By On October 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Isn’t that the word you are supposed to say when there is nothing else to say? At least according to the film ‘Mary Poppins’.

I’ve been lost for words several times recently, not knowing how to react or what stance to take, and funnily enough, the issue that has had [...]

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The Skylanders Winner!!

By On October 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Drumroll please…..

The winner of the recent Skylanders Starter Pack competition run on this blog is….

Stacey!

Well done to Stacey Akers who won the Skylanders Starter Pack for the PS3 for her son! He looks forward to playing the game with his dad who is in the army, next [...]

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It’s Cocktail Hour!

By On October 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Last week I gave my kids cocktails but before you ring the NSPCC, they were non alcoholic smoothies from the new Frankie & Benny’s Cocktail menu!

We love Frankie & Benny’s restaurant and visit usually when we have a special occasion, but luckily this time we were invited to try [...]

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Exactly Who They Are… Even on Halloween!

By On October 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Halloween is coming soon, one of the few occasions in the year when you can dress up in costume and ‘be’ someone else for a few hours – even someone scary. My kids have already chosen their Halloween costumes, and it makes me laugh as they’ve chosen exactly who they [...]

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Can I Have My Life Back?

By On October 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

All this week I’ve been dealing with admin. From insurance quotes to calling about car repairs, getting info about travel plans and having to call the AA out as I got stranded, it’s been a week of calls, emails and stuff.

Plus I’ve been building my husband’s business website and [...]

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My Digital Time Capsule

By On October 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

Have a look at my birthday party circa 1979/ 1980:

I love that I have this picture.  It’s nice to look back and see the fashions, who was there, what my cake looked like and just the ‘seventies-ness’ of it!  I’m thankful that my mum loved to take [...]

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Win A Skylanders Starter Pack

By On October 8, 2012 · 14 Comments

Skylanders Giants is coming this month, promising to be one of the must-have children’s toys for Christmas and I know all about that in my house. My son has been talking about it ever since I attended a blogging conference in the summer and brought home a Skylanders Wrecking [...]

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Behind the Scenes at our Photoshoot!

By On October 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

“You smell like poo” is what I shouted to the photographer on a recent photoshoot. I don’t normally say such things out loud, even if they do(!) but needs must in this instance and it was the only way to get my children to smile for the camera! Let me [...]

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