This week I got to spend time in the kitchen of Marco Pierre White whilst he told me how to cook the perfect turkey ahead of Christmas Day, thanks to the #leanonturkey campaign. This meant eating Christmas lunch in September. Just to check that it was indeed excellent turkey. Who was I to say no? It turns out that Marco recommends the domestic cook buy a Turkey Crown. He demonstrated in a very caveman fashion how to cut up the bird to get the … [Read more...]
Set4Sport with Judy Murray #summerfun
DH has no idea that he's going to hear one phrase above all others in the next two weeks whilst we holiday inside the Arctic Circle: "Judy Murray Says". That's the Judy Murray Effect. I credit the Judy Murray Effect with the fact that my children- for the first time in the two weeks they have thus far been on holiday- slept in until 9am this morning. Before we went on holiday, in a cafe in the heart of Kingston, Judy Murray put my … [Read more...]
{BritMums Live} Notes and Quotes
I attended a few sessions and spoke in a few at BritMums Live this year. There were some incredible inspirational speakers, some charismatic speakers, some well-informed speakers and some hilarious speakers. These are the Notes and Quotes I remembered to take from the talks I attended. Finding Your Voice- Judith O'Reilly, Jane Blackmore, Lucy Mangan, Lucy Cavendish Writing is 5% talent and 95% graft- JO'R Writing is 95% talent and … [Read more...]
Center Parcs adventure at Venture Cove, Elveden.
On the first day of our summer holiday The Girls and I were on the road before 8am, much like any other school day, and headed North to the wonders of Center Parcs Elveden. We had been invited in our capacity as Center Parcs Bloggers to test the amazing new pool facility for children, called Venture Cove. After a great lunch at Hucks- where we even got to chat with the other bloggers in attendance whilst the children were taken care of by some … [Read more...]
I’m Dreaming of a White Company Christmas
"Mum, would you be able to pick up the children on Wednesday? It's The White Company?" "OhMyGodTheWhiteCompanyYouMustGoOfCourseIWillLookAfterTheChildren." That's how the conversation with The Mothership went about 30 seconds after I got the email inviting me to a Blogger Christmas In July event with The White Company a couple of weeks ago. It was right about the time that the weather started hotting up so I'm glad I elected not to wear my … [Read more...]
What BritMums Live 2013 taught me about blogging.
In the past two weeks I have seen so many brilliant, articulate and amusing posts about BritMums Live 2013. I have devoured the words of others and said things out loud like "This!" and "Oh, no! Poor thing!" And "Was she there? How did I miss her?" And yet I find myself further now from writing a post than I have been since last Saturday evening when I dropped my many bags on the floor and hugged my excited children. I cried all the way home … [Read more...]
Bish, bash, Bosch: crafting with Cherry Healey
So last week I went up to London to spend time with the people from Bosch DIY and their primary advocate Cherry Healey for a Drill 'n' Spill evening. I love that blogging has brought me the kind of experience that allows you to sit around in the beautiful rooms at Homemade London and get your craft on with a really interesting blend of bloggers and crafters. That's literally all I did: sit sticking every single bit of pink and purple glittery … [Read more...]
