On the 19 September 2010 I started a Day Zero list: a place to record my goals, discover new challenges, and gain motivation to achieve them. I have a list of 100 things I want to do over 1001 days. The list is due to be competed by 16 June 2013. I’ve been busy this month with baby stuff so it doesn’t feel like I’ve had much time to complete any of my actions! 11. Identify 100 things that make me happy this wasn’t too hard and I made it into a pretty word cloud with wordle 13.…
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*****Competition has now closed and the winners have been notified***** Do you have a budding footballer like I do? If so, they can now learn to play like their football heroes with Coerver Coaching Vol 1 (launched November 7th)! Coerver bring their tried and tested method to DVD for the first time with skills, flicks, passes and tricks in a programme endorsed by Geoff Hurst, Jurgen Klinsmann and Gerard Houllier. In the 1970s, Dutch football legend Wiel Coerver created a coaching programme based upon the skills of the world’s greatest players. His system was designed to hone individual passing skills…
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I love Halloween and have been on the lookout for inexpensive craft and baking items on the high street. Fortunately Poundland is on a mission to make it easy and cheap for everyone to have a happy Halloween. With growing popularity for the holiday, it’s easy for kids to get swept up in the excitement, often leaving parents not knowing where to start. So Poundland has come up with some ideas to set you off in the right direction. If you’re throwing a Halloween party there are a whole host of decoration and dressing-up products from Poundland, which make it…
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Last night I packed my hospital bag. I’ve been getting really strange tummy pains and just want to be ready in case anything happens. I know I’ll be having a c-section but what do I need to take into hospital? a new nightdress and dressing gown clothes to go home in maternity towels and pants toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant camera and charged battery phone and charger maternity notes notebook and pen so I can write down everything that happened (I did this last time and it was great to look back on after my morphine haze ended) towel antibacterial wipes plastic…
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The only mouse I ever want to see in my house is the new plush Rastamouse from Character Options! This crime fighting Rastafarian rodent and his posse, Da Easy Crew, have become modern day heroes in many a household. Edward was very lucky to be sent the new plush and a Rastamouse DVD which have only just been launched. The plush Rastamouse is great fun – press his tummy and he speaks! He’ll sing and call out phrases in his own unique way. Scratchy and Zoomer are also available. The toy is a firm favourite with Edward who loves to…
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We try to recycle as much as we can so always have a full recycling bin. It seems a shame to put it out for the binmen to collect but I’ve never really thought if we could use the material for anything. However with a little bit of inspiration boxes can be turned into cars or dollshouses, played with, and put back in the recycling. How? With the aid of an ingenious little kit from makedo. makedo is a reuseable connector system for creating amazing objects and spaces from recycled materials. We were sent a car kit which contained a…
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Edward was invited to the Rainforest Cafe to help celebrate the launch of a new toy range which includes Good Night Friend Upsy Daisy. He’s a huge In The Night Garden fan so I knew this was one event we couldn’t miss. When we arrived at the venue we found a lovely area filled with plush Upsy Daisy and Iggle Piggle’s to play with. Edward was in his element and happily played until lunch arrived. After lunch Upsy Daisy arrived and Edward, initially shy, was very happy to pose for photos with her. In fact he was having such a…
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*****Thank you for your entries. The winner is Charlotte Jones***** Love Orla Kiely? Fancy owning one of her latest bags designed exclusively for Tesco? Read on! You may remember almost a year ago I was really excited about the new range of bags Orla Kiely was designing for Tesco. At the beginning of this year I managed to get my hands on the scribble pear design, and I also have an interesting grey and white geometric patterned one too. Despite being surrounded by Tesco stores only one has ever stocked the Orla Kiely bags (Lee Valley Tesco Extra if you’re…
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As regular readers will know I just love baking and try to bake something new every week. I was very excited when offered a new cupcake book to review. For the Love of Cupcakes by Ann Nicol is an illustrated book offering step-by-step instructions to show just how easy it is to make your own cute culinary creations that have become such a phenomenon! Read up on the essential equipment, ingredients, basic methods and recipes, and decorating tips, before choosing from the exciting range of inventive cupcake recipes, from dainty cakes such as Crystallised Violet Cupcakes or rich and indulgent…