London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Pleasantly surprised to feel proud of this country
I came to it expecting to be cynical, disappointed and sarcastic, but was pleasantly surprised to be moved by actual national pride.
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Basham Music and Arts Festival: 4th and 5th August 2012 (Profits to Dorothy House)
Basham Music and Arts Festival is a fabulous family-friendly festival near Bath coming up in a few weeks.
How to keep from shouting at your kids
Here are some of my tips for how to keep from shouting at your kids. Sometimes they work. Sometimes I still shout.
Thinking Slimmer: An alternative to dieting
My assessment of the Thinking Slimmer slimpods after about a month of using them. I would definitely recommend them and here’s why.
Cybher meet and greet
My Cybher meet and greet – see you there?
Who do you want to be?
I spend the vast majority of my time feeling like I don’t do well enough. At anything. Probably the only aspect of my life where I don’t feel this too often is work. But in all other areas of life I feel I deliver far less than 100%.
Have a lovely weekend
There were a number of places I could or should have been this weekend, but in the end having fun family time is always a winner.
Give Emma a Big Break
Direct Debit would like you to nominate people who you think deserve a Big Break and they could win £1000.
Do you send Mother’s Day cards?
Disclosure: This post contains paid links. We’ve never really done Mother’s Day in my family. And I’m pretty sure my mum is happy about this fact (Jenny? Now’s the time to own up!). I’m not entirely sure why, though think it probably has something to do with the commercialisation, though …
Stopping breastfeeding a two-year-old
The time has come. I thought I would keep going until she chose to stop, as I did with RoRo*. RoRo stopped of her own accord at the same time as she dropped her nap, but she’d already cut it down to one feed a day – to get herself …
