I have a 10 year old daughter, a tween. A pre-inbetweener! Not quite a teen, not quite a little girl.
She wants more freedom, to be able to do things on her own and the autonomy to make some decisions for herself, and as a supportive mum I want all [...]
When I was little, if you’d have asked me what my dream job would have been, I might have said ‘personal shopper to Bananarama’, or Jennifer Beals’ dance body double in Flashdance, or I could also have said ‘chocolate and crisp taster’!
Well I do love to shop although I’ve [...]
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The World’s 1st Wallace and Gromit Ride…. A Review!
We’ve just had a Bank Holiday but it’s only 3 weeks until we have another one! So if you are looking for something to do on the next Bank Holiday weekend, why not give the new Wallace and Gromit themed ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach a try?!
Thank God the sun has finally come out. This week I’ve started to wear all my floaty clothes like the maxi dress I got in the sales last summer for my holiday. It was only £7 – I love bargains like that! I teamed it with a little denim jacket [...]
Do you remember those rather stuffy TV adverts from the 1980′s which said ‘The Ambassador’s Receptions are noted in society’ to promote a chocolate treat?! Well I had my own ‘Ambassador’s Reception’ last weekend and instead of a stuffy, ‘buttoned up’ formal occasion where we have to act all ‘la [...]
This weekend I hung out with the UK’s hottest urban act and 2012 X Factor finalists MK1 backstage at Butlins Bognor, where I’d taken my family for a weekend away!
Myself and 10 other Butlins Mum Ambassadors attended the weekend where we could bring our families and friends, relax, meet [...]
My mum has always been quite proud of her ‘dumb phone’. She says “I don’t have a smart phone, I have a dumb phone!’ But today she made a giant leap into the 21st century when her service provider called her and got her upgraded to a contract with a [...]
If your family is like mine then ‘mum’ does all the packing for everyone on a family short break, but do you ever get there and find that you have catered for everyone else and forgotten something for yourself?! I do!
A lot of things come through our letterbox, but nothing usually as tasty as this!
My step-father turned 77 yesterday and we had a family birthday lunch for him! The birthday boy was both surprised and delighted when he opened up his letterbox cake and as a bonus, he also [...]
