ENGLISH MUM

UPDATE: Okay, so the results are in.  And yes, I know, I know, this is just a bit of fun, not a competition, but Toria has chosen her faves: 1st Heather’s from Eggs, Cream and Honey.  They look mouthwateringly gorgeous and I want to stuff my face with them! Yum 2nd Mummy Limited’s heart cupcakes. Loving the sparkliness with the glitter and hearts that look fab on the cream frosting. Too pretty...

So I finally got tagged in Tara Cain’s ‘favourite photo meme’.  I was beginning to feel  like Norma-no-mates as blogger after blogger got tagged (no, Tara, I’m not bitter…).  Finally, though, the fabulous, 51% Linda from Got Your Hands Full and the lovely Zoe over at Diary of a Surprise Mum took pity on me and  challenged me to publish my favourite photo… And actually,...

Soooooo, the ‘keeping off the sofa’ training is doing really well….

So we’ve been away for a few days.  And after disgracing himself by chewing on the house last time we went away, Bert was banished to the kennels (still no luck on the new home front) and Little C from next door was given chicken sitting duties in exchange for a small financial reward. On our return, Little C looked a little worried: ‘I think I lost one’, he said.  Apparently the poor little...

So I LOVED this winning photo from the 2009 Veolia Environmement wildlife photographer of the year: Animal Portraits category winner: The storybook wolf by José Luis Rodríguez (Spain): But howsabout this shot of Moon’s?  Next year, Moon, you’re in the running!: Love this one too:

So here, finally, is the review of The Forge Restaurant where we celebrated English Grandma’s 70th.  We went with open minds because (let’s face it, like most restaurants) some of our friends had had fabulous experiences, and others not so good - we’d also heard tales of being rushed through desserts to free up tables, but when I phoned I spoke to a very friendly waitress who assured me that we...

I am baking (I know, what a shocker). Well Hubby is away and I’m missing him badly (I have nobody to annoy, and it’s really depressing to talk during a television programme and not be told to shush), so it’s either brownies or vodka, and it’s 4pm, so brownies it is.  #2 is doing his homework at the kitchen table. The conversation goes something like this: Me: ‘What are you doing?’ #2:...

So this is cool.  My lovely friends at Disney have asked me to tell you all about their new campaign to search for the very first UK town to win the honour of being twinned with Walt Disney World in Florida!  This is the very first time that the British public have actually been able to get involved and nominate their town for consideration, before it gets judged by a panel. But hang on, I hear you ask,...

  Y’know, when we started this whole chicken thing, waaaaay back when the wondrous Hugh was starting his Chicken Out campaign, lots of people said to us how they have their own little personalities and you get quite attached to them.  At the time we just laughed and thought ‘yeh, right, isn’t it funny how people always want to give dumb animals a personality’.  But, dearest reader,...

So you know when you have that afternoon lull and you think ‘hmm, what I need is a nice cup of tea and piece of cake?’  Well Hubby had exactly that feeling this afternoon – a sudden, inexplicable craving for Christmas cake.  A quick rummage in the cupboards revealed a bit of a motley assortment of half packets of various golden sultanas, raisins and ‘fruit mix’ (arrghhh! Peel!) and it got me...