#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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The Five Year Old Wants A Wife!

By On February 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

My son said to me the other day…

“Mummy, I haven’t got a girlfriend”.  To which I replied that “You’re only five, there’s plenty of time for all that.”

“But Harry in my class has got all the girlfriends” he said.

So I asked, “What does Harry have that you [...]

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I Went to Bed With Heston Last Night!

By On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

On my Kindle of course! What did you think I meant?!

I bought a biography about Heston Blumenthal at Christmas because I love his unique approach to food and cooking.  I like the way he does things differently like using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream and creating [...]

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The Beautiful English Language

By On January 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

One of my favourite books growing up was the Oxford English Dictionary.  Yes, seriously!

One year for my birthday I asked my mother for a dictionary and thesaurus and I kept them on my desk, often reading through them to discover new words, learn what words meant and look for [...]

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The Cook, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker

By On January 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Wow, I’ve arrived! Finally after years upon years of not being much cop in the kitchen, I’ve turned into a baking, sauteeing, whisking, peeling, chopping family cook who can rustle up a delicious meal with what I have in the cupboard and fridge!

My kitchen has ingredients. It used to [...]

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Snow = Stockpile!

By On January 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The snowy weather has brought out the hoarder in all of us.
What is it about the white stuff that gives us all a ‘lack’ mentality? Like we have to closely guard what we have in case it runs out?

I noticed this whilst moving through the week. First [...]

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Sizzling Food & Flavours

By On January 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment

January is usually a fairly flat month isn’t it? After all the excitement of my daughter’s birthday, then Christmas, and being able to spend time together relaxing as a family, in January there isn’t much to do other than continue to hibernate, count the pennies and wait until the better [...]

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