When I was contacted by the lovely people from Spink, and asked if I wanted to review a bottle of Dettol Hand soap, with E45, I was quite keen to accept. I don’t generally use antibacterial sprays and soaps, unless I am cleaning up after an illness, but I do make exception for in the kitchen, because […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box in my living room – Dear Lovelorn and heartbroken of Ham…
Welcome to my Friday’s Rants from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not…. I also linked up with MummyBarrow for her Ranty Friday. You can […]
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Delicious and rich chocolate orange cake
This is an easy but incredibly delicious chocolate orange cake that will impress everyone, who doesn’t love a chocolate cake with hint of orange? It’s simple to make and can be iced or simply served dusted with coco powder or icing sugar. It never lasts long when I make it. You will need: 250 g […]
READ MOREGoodbye nappies….I wasn’t ready, but I think he was!
Hello toilet training and “big boy pants”! I must admit, I wasn’t prepared to start toilet training with Small Boy, until the summer holidays, which start in a couple of weeks. I am pretty tired, our life is a bit hectic, and my in-laws arrive for their holiday in a few weeks time too, and […]
READ MOREA thoroughly depressing scientific breakthrough!
I am usually excited by scientific discoveries, especially when they mean the world is closer to finding a cure for diseases like AIDS or cancer, or new treatments or genetic code breakthroughs, that mean we understand diseases or conditions better, and why they happen. I am fascinated by the human body, how it works, and […]
READ MOREParenting advice drives me MAD!
It’s not Ranty Friday yet, but it’s my blog, so I will rant on another day of the week if I want to! Actually, parenting advice doesn’t drive me mad, I have had some fabulous advice and support, from friends, family, Twitter, Facebook and here, on all manner of parenting things, and there are some […]
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Welcome to my Friday’s Rants from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not…. I also linked up with MummyBarrow for her Ranty Friday. You can find […]
READ MOREParenting Confession time: Please don’t let your child rummage in my handbag!
Sometimes I blog about things, that seem to me like a sort of parenting confession session. This blog post is one of those! I had an interesting conversation, with a mother, at a toddler group that Small Boy and I attend, occasionally. (Not the one I work at) My bag, was on the floor, under […]
READ MORESo Angelina had a mastectomy. You know what? I would do the same!
(photo source) It has been big news, this week. Angelina Jolie, announced that she carries the BRCA1 gene which means she is in the 5% of the population at risk of the most severe forms of breast and ovarian cancer. She lost her own mother, who died at the age of 56, to ovarian cancer. […]
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I thought I would post a bit of randomness, about me, Mother Of the Mad Cats and Babies (although, they aren’t babies anymore, but I don’t want to change the name of the blog, because we might add another baby, at some point 😉 ) So, 10 things about me, little snippets or facts, that […]
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