From the monthly archives: February 2013

The Food Cruise!

By On February 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I love food.
I love cruises.
I got the best of both at the where I lunched with my daughter last weekend!

This is what the experience reminded me of! On a cruise superliner, (I’ve been on the Royal Caribbean Liberty [...]

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Girl’s Night Out …Or Girl’s Night In?

By On February 25, 2013 · 2 Comments

I’m not afraid to say I’m an old fart. On my last night out that started in heels, I nipped to NEXT just before it shut to buy a pair of flatties because I couldn’t handle the pain of shoe pinching and achy feet. I used to party in my [...]

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My Skylanders Son #SwapForce!

By On February 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment

It’s so cute how my son is getting into the Skylanders. As he’s growing, some toys are being discarded in favour of ‘big boy toys’, and the Skylanders are deemed to be grown up enough to catch his interest! Probably because his 7 year old friend is into them too [...]

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Meeting Horrid Henry… Or Not

By On February 20, 2013 · 3 Comments

We went to the National Media Museum in Bradford today after being invited by the PR team to check out their February Half Term activities, which centre around the children’s book character, Horrid Henry.

My children were looking forward to the day, not least because my 10 year [...]

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Our Big Fun With Little Trains…and Big Trains…and Scalextric!

By On February 16, 2013 · 1 Comment

Today saw the start of the National Railway Museum’s Half Term event… ‘Big Fun With Little Trains’, and my family and I were invited to the special bloggers VIP day that kicked off the whole thing!

Hubby wasn’t available today so the children and I took along Grandma & Grandpa [...]

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My French Penpal!

By On February 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I haven’t seen her for 25 years but last week I re-connected with my school French penpal!

Having a penpal in another country was a big thing when I was a teenager.  I had Marie-aude in France and another girl in Hong Kong.  I don’t remember her name as I [...]

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#Sponsored Video: Monkey Thief!

By On February 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This video made me laugh when I watched it… “Come on lads, we’re in!”

 

The monkeys scurry in and out of the house with the Samsung fridge like teenagers at an all night party- raiding the food and leaving nothing for ‘mum’! Plus, they run off with her [...]

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Welcome to the Family, Lulu April!

By On February 11, 2013 · 2 Comments

Last weekend the kids and I were left to our own devices as hubby went away for the weekend, so I did what all mums with time to fill do, and planned how I was going to entertain the kids.  I’d missed out on free tickets to see Wreck It [...]

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It’s Never Too Late to Write Your Best-Seller

By On February 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

“If you can dream it, you can do it”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing”

Both are quotes from Walt Disney.

I think they illustrate perfectly what needs to happen to get things done – action.

After I wrote my first book which became [...]

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The Fantastic ‘Letter From School’!

By On February 6, 2013 · 3 Comments

Normally a ‘letter from school’ in the post is considered a bad thing, but we got a fantastic postcard from my daughter’s class teacher this week, praising her for her hard work and positive attitude.

I was pleasantly surprised as I didn’t realise that school did this, but I [...]

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