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So on Sunday 29th August I had plans to go to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. I was going to take lots of photos and choose the best one to submit to Tara’s Gallery – this week’s theme was to publish a photo you’d taken on Sunday 29th August 2010.
I didn’t go to the festival as planned and I only took one photo that day (completely forgetting about The Gallery). That photo is below;

Erin’s first lunch at school!
This actually turned out to be a very poignant …

So we’ve had our first shipment from Toys R Us. We’re officially toyologists!
In the first large box was a Chuggington Interactive Railway. As I browsed the price sheet and saw that it retails for ?49.99 I was quite surprised, seemed kind of expensive although the train set has some clever audio features (‘smart talk technology’) whereby the trains speak to each other. Extra trains are ?9.99 each and there are a few other ‘add ons’ too. The set includes a crane, bridge and roundhouse …

We attended The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo again this year. We’ve been to several tattoo’s (we got together while working at the 1999 tattoo) and been lucky enough to see our sister and brother in law perform (drumming and piping)at another. This year it was my brother’s turn as a PTI gymnast. My brother’s done two tours of duty in Afghanistan and will become a Sergeant this year in the PTI corps. I think you can guess how proud I am of him
Here’s a …

Last year I promised myself that I’d get it sorted. I told myself that it had spent too long unloved. I was going to spend long weekends giving it my undivided attention. I was going to create borders, learn how to grow vegetables, paint the fences and furnish it with lovely pots of plant type things.
This is a public apology to my garden and the poor neighbours who have to put up with it.
I even paid a lovely young man (the next door neighbour’s nephew) to …

I’m a lucky mum, Erin makes me proud a lot. But some days just stand out above all others. I’ve never felt the way she made me feel on her first day at school. I was literally bursting with pride, it was an incredibly special moment that I will treasure forever. I don’t expect to ever feel that way again, maybe except on her wedding day (although thankfully that’s a long way off!). Thank you Erin.

Choose a Topic
First you need to decide what you’ll write about. Blogs cover all subjects so whatever your interests you’re sure to find a corner of the blogosphere where you can share your passion.
Whatever you decide to blog about make sure you have plenty to say because there’s nothing worse than starting a blog and finding you can only write half a dozen posts on the subject before exhausting your knowledge or sickening yourself of the topic.

Choose a Name
Choosing a name for your blog is not unlike choosing a …

People who start their own business are the ones who stop talking about their dreams and plans and actually make them happen
Matt Thomas, Starting your own shop
I’ve heard variants of this so many times now that I’m forced to believe there is some truth in it.
Almost every entrepreneur I’ve ever studied has had a somewhat ‘rags to riches’ story and if not ‘rags’ then they were certainly no more than an ‘average joe’.
The only thing that differentiates these success stories from the rest of us (that would like to be …

We’re on the eve of ‘big school’. My five year position as House CEO and Stay at Home Mum have come to an end. As I reflect on my overall performance I’d probably give myself a B-. I did ok. I did my best in a position that I wasn’t naturally suited to.

It’s time to move on to the next phase, a phase I’ve been needing for a while now.
Last week I signed papers and went into business with Antonia Chitty. We’ll be creating and …

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Having received the Disney Blu-Ray of Alice in Wonderland to review I couldn’t wait to watch it. Tim Burton is one of my favourite film directors and to me this project was ideally suited to his style and boy I wasn’t disappointed!
The director really does create a visually stunning world which is a true feast for the eyes. Every detail is well thought out and quite clever. For instance in the evil Red Queens palace, every piece of furniture is held up by an animal, birds hold …

A while back I started a blog on entrepreneurship and business. I felt that I couldn’t really talk about those topics on Littlemummy.com as it ‘diluted’ the content which I felt should be predominantly about parenting.
I feel that as a result I now have two blogs, neither of which are a true reflection of who I am. In retrospect I also didn’t consider that being a parent is more than just days out and big events like starting school, it’s about how it changes you as a …