Tiny man in a cage

Oh lovely people who come to my site through search engines.  Thank you so much for your weirdness.  You have lightened my day…
do dolphins have fart – I’m almost certain they do.  They would probably come out in humungous bubbles and other dolphins would swim for cover.  Teenage dolphins would push each others noses into [...]

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Win a Samsung Galaxy Pro

As Three Mobile come to the end of their fabulous ‘Mums on the Go‘ campaign where they crowd sourced ideas for the perfect app for busy mums, one of the ways they have decided to celebrate is by giving me a gorgeous, stunning and very very cool Samsung Galaxy Pro to giveaway!!
Isn’t it pretty??
“The Samsung [...]

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I feel good, de na ne na ne na ne

I’ve been in artificial menopause for a month.
Today I had breakfast with friends and OMG I felt like me!
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this ‘with it’ and healthy and happy.
Even though I was up in the night with a bad back, I still felt sharp and silly and good.
I laughed. I [...]

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Clarks make shopping for school shoes SO much easier

Shoe shopping for the kids.
We all know the drill right?
You drag them into Clarks, grab a ticket, peruse the shoes while you wait 10, 20, 30, 40, 50…minutes.  And as soon as you sit down it begins;
Put that down
Put your sister down
Stop that
No
NO
SIT DOWN
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(And Mummy runs screaming from the shop)
But all that is in the [...]

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Five songs to live your life by

I got memed by lovely Ellie aka Insomniac Mummy, and it’s the kind of meme I love ‘cos it’s a music one.
Five songs to live your life by.
That simple.
So here are mine.

This song gives me goosebumps. In fact it gives my goose goosebumps. I want to love like this and be loved like [...]

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Have you got a budding scientist?

The British Science Festival is happening this weekend at the University of Bradford.
It’s a great way for children aged five and above to learn more about science while having lots of fun too. Having done a few ‘experiments’ with E and M I can guarantee it will be a lot of fun and they’ll be [...]

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Win a Family Trip to Disneyland Paris

Fabulous P&O Ferries have teamed up with Disneyland Paris to offer two lucky families the chance to experience a two-night/three-day break to Disneyland Paris.  The prizes include return ferry crossings, park entry and accommodation in the park too.  We’ve been getting ferries to France for the past two years and I can’t recommend it highly [...]

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A little bit of Tara Cain in my house thanks to Canvas Dezign

Woods and trees and green make me happy. They fill me with calm.  They make me breathe the air more deeply.  They make me look at the sky and take in the sounds.  The satisfying crispy crunch of autumn leaves.  The thud of foot falls on close-packed sundried earth, or the silence of Spring soft [...]

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BIG Big School

Miss E starts secondary school tomorrow.

Oh my Bob!
That’s all I have.
Oh, except, congratulations to lovely Emma and Lucy who will soon be the proud owners of WH SMith goody bags.  I’ll be posting them tomorrow ladies.  :D

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