Archive for December, 2009
In 2010…
In 2010 I have some resolutions. Oh yes, indeed, I do.
1. Go to bed earlier. I find that I stay up really late because that is when the kids are asleep and I can get some stuff done (mainly watching shows I have taped on my Foxtel iQ). I like to call it “me” time. [...]
December 30, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting 
10 Comments
My celeb gossip habit
I love to read trash mags while I am at the hairdressers. It is 90 minutes of quiet where I can be by myself and catch up on my celeb goss. I also like to check sites like TMZ, femail.com and other gossip sites a few times a week. I loathe it and love it [...]
December 28, 2009
Posted in: Media, celebrity 3 Comments
Santa Snacks
I hurriedly remembered to get this organised before my three-and-a-half-year-old went to bed. (She went early tonight. My husband and I are still drunk on the power of, “We can still call Santa’s elves and tell them to tell him not visit tonight…”.) It is the first time we have left snacks out for Santa…awww!
A [...]
December 24, 2009
Posted in: Cooking, Lifestyle One Comment
“Festive Season” products
It is the Silly Season and for many of you it’s probably one social event after another. For me, it’s like I barely go out for the whole year and then December is so full I feel like I am a debutante coming out to society or one of the hideous women off the series [...]
December 21, 2009
Posted in: Product reviews 2 Comments
More Cherie moments, please!
Pictures of a very fresh-looking, PJ-clad Octomum, Nadya Suleman have appeared online and if these haven’t been stage-managed I’ll eat a Christmas card!
This woman has 14 kids and can manage to put on a face mask and have coordinated pajamas? (Not just any pjs – Stripey Victoria’s Secret pyjamas, as reported in The Daily Mail).
I’ll [...]
December 17, 2009
Tags: celebrity, Octomum, Parenting Posted in: Media, Parenting 8 Comments
Poem ban insulting to teachers and students
UK examination board Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) has issued new copies of its school poetry anthology (used by teachers and students to prepare for GCSE English exams) after it removed a poem called Education for Leisure by current Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
The poem is simple and provocative and because a handful of people [...]
December 12, 2009
Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Does pink really stink?
I have two young daughters and am very interested in the apparent sexualisation of young girls through media images and advertising.
My husband and I are careful about what is watched on TV, the clothes that we buy for them (No slogans like “It’s all about me” or “I’m a princess in training” etc.) and how [...]
December 8, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting 7 Comments
Missing: A possessive apostrophe for Santa
I don’t consider myself a snob in many areas but I will admit I am when it comes to spelling and grammar.
The sight of a word missing a possessive apostrophe or the misuse of loose and lose, it’s and its and their/there/they’re makes me wonder what is taught in schools.
Here is a tee I picked [...]
December 5, 2009
Tags: Grammar and Spelling Posted in: spelling and grammar 12 Comments
Whatever happened to Strawberry Shortcake?
Strawberry Shortcake is unrecognisable to me. It seems that she’s had more revamps than Madonna.
I caught a look at the updated doll of my childhood in the shop the other day and she looks, well, too grown up. Too sassy. Too knowing.
My husband (who, if allowed, would have our daughters sent to a nunnery in [...]
December 1, 2009
Tags: 1980s, marketing, toys Posted in: Uncategorized 32 Comments
