Blog A Day - 30th September 2013 - my most memorable September memory

Day 30 - My Most Memorable September Memory

What will you remember most about September?

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September has simply flown.........

I met some lovely new Tweeps.

Entered some exciting competitions and received a few wonderful products to test and review.

I have updated my blog far too often and lost too much time of Twitter/ Facebook.

Product Review - Thames and Kosmos Solar Boat

Thames and Kosmos

Solar Boat

We were sent this product free of charge to review, however all opinions expressed are entirely my own (or that of my kids).

Blog A Day - 29th September 2013 - my goals for October

Day 29 - My goals for October

What do you hope to achieve?
do you want to master a skill?  go somewhere?  finish a UFO?  make something creative?  Cook something new? Blog about something in particular?

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I'm going to try and set a goal for each aspect of my life for October.

Silent Sunday - 29th September 2013

Twitter Chats

I am absolutely loving the twitter community (there's something I never thought I'd say).

Through Twitter I have formed bonds with brands and companies I may never have heard off and have enjoyed working with all of them.

Blog A Day - 28th September 2013 - my 5 rules to live by

Day 28 - Your 5 rules to live by

I stumbled accross http://yourgirlmaddawg.com while I was trying to think of ideas for the Blog A Day.   Whilst Procrastinating one day (who doesn't) she came up with 100 rules to live by.

I'm not asking you to come up with that many - just share 5...........

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1) Spend quality time with my children.   Even if it means making sure I take a break from mummy jobs to give them a kiss/ cuddle.

2 adults, 2 children, 4 weeks and £200 for food ...........week 2 update.............

This week we did really well eating out the freezer/ cupboards - there was no takeaway and I took my own lunch to work everyday (except 1)

Blog A Day - 27th September 2013 - forget me not

Day 27- Forget Me Not

The Birth flower for september is the forget me not............

use this heading to be as creative as you wish..........

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This day has fallen perfecty....... I was trying to remember how to change my blog font as it had reverted back to something boring.

So todays 'Forget Me Not' is - How to change your page font to something a bit more pretty in Blogger.

Lucie Heaton Christmas fairies

27/9/13
I liked the Lucie Heaton Fairy designs but they didn't leave a lot of room for text, so I decided to split them and make 2 cards from 1 design.

   

This weekends to-do list

I have got sooo much to do this weekend, thought I'd make a list to motivate myself.

Unfortunately I am one of these people who if I have a paper list think .... "ahhh that can wait till next weekend", whereas if I write it electronically it's as if I think people will judge me and tell me off (and feel free to do so) if I don't accomplish what I lay out (or have a very good reason not too).

A Blog A Day - 26th September 2013 - poetry corner

Day 26- Poetry Corner

Have you got a favourite poem to share?

Perhaps you have written your own poem?

share it here.

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I simply love this basic but brilliant poem by Spike Milligan that my mum used to tell me.......


A baby sardine saw her first submarine:
She was scared and watched through a peephole.
"Oh, come, come, come," Said the sardine's mum,
"It's only a tin full of people."

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A sneak peak at Day 27- Forget Me Not

The Birth flower for september is the forget me not............

use this heading to be as creative as you wish..........

Blog A Day - 25th September 2013 - 3 months till Christmas

Day 25- 3 months till Christmas

In case you can't guess it's a pretty big event in our house....... do you celebrate? how? have you any childhood traditions you are continuing with your children?

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If you have been following my blog you will know I am rather a Christmas addict. But Christmas for me has changed soo much since I was little.

Blog a Day - 24th September 2013 - my toy memories

Day 24 - My Toy Memories

What was your favourite toy as a child?  Do your children have a favourite toy?  

Have you ever bought your child a toy because you enjoyed playing with it when you were small?

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My childhood toy memories are of a big yellow teapot, weebles, sylvanian families and my brio train set.

Book review - Just Another Manic Mum-Day by Mink Elliott.

Just Another Manic Mum-Day

 by: Mink Elliott

Roxy, Jack and daughter Joey, three, are building a new life for themselves in sunny Sydney, Australia, but Roxy's finding it hard to settle down. When she discovers she's pregnant again, things become even more complicated - how will she cope with a second child?

Frustrated at the lack of places for stressed-out mums to go, Roxy and her new friend, Shoshanna, set up Just Another Manic Mum-Day - a café catering exclusively for parents. But when an opportunity arises for Roxy to return to England, she realises just how much she's missed home...

A Blog A Day - 23rd September 2013 - my favourite place

Day 23- My favourite place

Where's your favourite place??  This could be a holiday destination, your favourite kids play centre, a recommendation  for a pub/ restaurant you enjoy going to..........

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Our favourite place is "The Park in Wadsley Bridge" - it is part of the Sizzling Pubs chain and is dangerously close to our house.........

White Chocolate and Raspberry Flapjacks

sorry peeps - the plan WAS to make Rocky Road but the boys are addicted to raspberries and also have no cereal (bad mummy) so I thought I'd try my hand at raspberry flapjacks, then found an amazing recipe here that incorporates white choc too (has some white choc drops left over from the last time I made a rocky road variation) ........... and of course the boys had major objections to finishing up the remaining 30g!!

A Blog a day - September 22nd - Autumn Days

Day 22- Autumn Days

It's officially the first day of Autumn today - eeek bye bye Summer, Hello Winter

have you dug out the big coats yet?
Have you put the heating on?

What's the best thing about Autumn?  Is there any tell tale sign that says "Hi, It's Autumn".......

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Firework night, crisp, crunchy fallen leaves and cbeebies all help me to tell it is autumn

Silent Sunday - 22nd September 2013

   

2 adults, 2 children, 4 weeks and £200 for food ...........week 1 update.............

This week we did really well eating out the freezer/ cupboards although I did treat us to a meal out at the local Sizzling Pub on Thursday.

Blog a day - 20th September 2013 - share a recipie (rocky road)

Day 20- Share a recipe

ermmm - do I need to explain this one???

Savoury or sweet - which recipe can be guaranteed success in your house?

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Our favourite recipe in this house is Nigella Lawson's Rocky Road crunch Bars........... although I adapt her recipe...... here's my version.

Ingredients:

• 125 grams soft butter
• 150 grams supermarket value dark/ plain chocolate broken into pieces
• 150 grams supermarket value milk chocolate broken into pieces
• 3 tablespoons golden syrup
• 200 grams rich tea biscuits
• 100 grams mini marshmallows
• 2 teaspoons icing sugar (for dusting)

Method

1. Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in the microwave. Scoop out about 125ml / ½ cup of this melted mixture and put to one side.
2. Put the biscuits into a freezer bag and then bash them with a rolling pin. You are aiming for both crumbs and pieces of biscuits.
3. Fold the biscuit pieces and crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture, and then add the marshmallows.
4. Tip into a foil tray (24cm / 9 inch square); flatten as best you can with a spatula. Pour the reserved 125ml / ½ cup of melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallow mixture and smooth the top.
5. Refrigerate for about 2 hours or overnight.
6. Cut into 24 fingers and dust with icing sugar by pushing it gently through a tea strainer or small sieve  

So simple quick and easy to make...... but they don't last very long.

typically I cannot find any pictures from the hundreds of times I have made this so I will just HAVE to make some at the weekend won't I :)

  

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A sneak preview of Day 21- Creative Kids

make and share...........