Would we like to attend a special screening of Monster in Paris at Cine Lumiere? Why yes, of course we would, I replied, from the comfort of my sofa, when I received the email! The reality was a little different: take two tired children, one tired mother, one Granny who hadn't been given any of the details about what we were doing, and the vagaries of the British Transport System and I'm amazed we arrived at all. … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Twenty
The Gallery: Morning
Joining in with this week's Gallery at Sticky Fingers … [Read more...]
The Tots 100 Home Club with Homebase
I was a bit astonished to get an email from The Sally of Tots 100 Fame asking if I would like to be an inaugural member of the newly-formed Tots 100 Home Club. Then I was astonished to discover that the super people at Homebase would give me £100 with which to perform some home-related wizardry. DH was a bit excited about that too, if I'm honest- I suspect he has even greater hopes for my efforts than Homebase. So, in addition to Violet Posy, … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Jubilee Bunting
The Queen is visiting Bromley tomorrow. The High Street is decked with bunting and the shop windows are suitably bestowed in Red, White and Blue. Our Road will be closed from around 8am so the fact that we have no car plays little part in whether or not LBG will make it to Kindergarten. As we have been at home due to the changeable (read 'wet') British Weather, The Girls and I thought that our house ought to carry some decoration, in case The … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Nineteen
After the events of Saturday rendered us car-less we had to rethink our plans for the Bank Holiday weekend. After consultation with LBG, we elected to go swimming en famille on Sunday. First hurdle- local swimming baths (do people still call them that?) were closed so we rode the bus to Beckenham where- wouldn't you know it- the queues were twice as long because of the aforementioned closure. So we missed the baby pool slot and had to go in the … [Read more...]
Future Friendly with P&G
Little actions Big Difference Future Friendly from P&G is all about the little actions we can take today, that will lead to a brighter tomorrow. We were challenged by P&G to join the greenvolution by making a few small changes in our home that, when added together, can make a big difference to the planet. Because being 'Green' doesn't have to be difficult or time consuming. … [Read more...]
