Category Archives: the public face

Today Matthew, I will be a Butlins Ambassador!

Posted on Fri Feb 17 2012 by Jax

Way back last year at Cybermummy I applied to be a Butlins Ambassador. I was really surprised to be chosen though! And it’s taken til now for me to get organised enough to actually go on one of our breaks … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found – review.

Posted on Wed Feb 8 2012 by Jax

This is currently Smallest’s favourite book. She adores the interactivity of the paper engineering (as it is described on the book itself). It goes far beyond a standard pop up book with tabs folding in various directions, doors that open … Continue reading →

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My name is O/ Pale – review

Posted on Thu Feb 2 2012 by Jax

We were sent both these books for review from Barrington Stoke. Their website says “Struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers deserve the best books available” and that is what they are aiming to produce. Both these books are written in relatively … Continue reading →

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What I wore Wednesday – two maternity outfits for price of one!

Posted on Wed Feb 1 2012 by Jax

I’m not actually going to tell you what I wore on Wednesday. Instead, I’m going to talk about last Thursday and Friday, when I went down to High Wycombe (over to High Wycombe?) for a blogger event. Because of the … Continue reading →

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Dark Parties by Sara Grant – review.

Posted on Wed Feb 1 2012 by Jax

I do like teen fiction. But not stereotyped teen fiction. So I was a tiny bit nervous about this as it fits into the current vogue for dystopian fiction and I was afraid it might turn out to be a … Continue reading →

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Rubbish diet – Monday meeting.

Posted on Mon Jan 30 2012 by Jax

As part of our involvement with the rubbish diet we’ve got a weekly weigh in – every good diet has to keep track of how it’s all going after all. So before I ran out of the house towards the … Continue reading →

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Never Coming Home by Evonne Wareham – review

Posted on Tue Jan 24 2012 by Jax

I’ve read a wide variety of stuff already this year, and some of it has been slightly traumatic. Eg Life, Above All, read the book and watched the film for Movie Gazette. (That’s one of my new projects. I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Malice – book review.

Posted on Fri Jan 20 2012 by Jax

So I completely forgot to publish another Our Year in Books post last weekend (gah!) but I have been reading. In fact I’ve read four books so far this year, but some of them will be reviewed other places, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Recommending a book.

Posted on Wed Jan 11 2012 by Jax

I read a lot of books. You’d think choosing just one to recommend would be easy, but no, it’s not. What if the other person doesn’t like it? What if they absolutely hate it? It would be so embarrassing. But … Continue reading →

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Bumpalicious maternity dress and Emma Jane tights – review.

Posted on Tue Jan 10 2012 by Jax

I was very fortunate, just before Christmas to be contacted by a couple of ppl to review some lovely maternity wear. Bumpalicious do some fabulous dresses and I decided that for once, I wouldn’t be sensible and choose the dress … Continue reading →

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Can you imagine it?

Posted on Tue Jan 10 2012 by Jax

Yesterday I posted about the spartacus report and the government welfare reform bill and what you can do about it. I tweeted lots, watched the post views triple, emailed my MP, signed and shared the epetition, was featured by Mumsnetbloggers, … Continue reading →

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I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.

Posted on Mon Jan 9 2012 by Jax

I read an article in the Guardian last night. It had chilling echoes for me of a previous situation where a government decided they didn’t like something and would legislate against it, regardless of the actual facts of the situation. … Continue reading →

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Christmas is nearly upon us: stocking fillers reviewed.

Posted on Sun Dec 18 2011 by Jax

I’ve had some great review opportunities, and some odd ones through the blog this year. This surprised me slightly, but was not one I was averse to (one day I’ll blog a list of the things I’ve turned down, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Zumba fitness 2 for Wii – review and giveaway

Posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 by Jax

You may remember me reviewing Zumba Fitness for Wii a while back, when I was working on being fit and svelte. These are not words that describe me now. Blimp describes me now, sadly, 6 months pregnant is not my … Continue reading →

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The whole early years/ school age thing and home education, with a book review.

Posted on Mon Dec 12 2011 by Jax

Increasingly via twitter I’m getting contacted about home education. This is good. I’m glad that ppl have somewhere to reach out to. When I was considering it for Big, all those years ago, my online answers came courtesy of the … Continue reading →

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Have you drunk enough today?

Posted on Fri Dec 9 2011 by Jax

This is a Sponsored Post, but with a difference. There are no brand links. I'm not going to talk about a product. Instead, it's a bit more like a public service announcement. Today I'm being sponsored to talk about hydration. … Continue reading →

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Gamers ahoy – Disney Universe review and Grease Dance XBox competition.

Posted on Tue Nov 15 2011 by Jax

Rattling through a bit of a backlog of reviews and competitions this week, worth keeping checking in to see what else is coming up Today it’s Disney Universe – we were very lucky to be sent this to review on … Continue reading →

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Family Quest, Bananagrams and a competition…

Posted on Mon Nov 14 2011 by Jax

Way back in spring this year I was thrilled to be invited to become a Lead Mummy blogger on Three‘s On the Go Mums campaign. I was given a phone and a mifi, went to London for the kickoff event, … Continue reading →

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The Fellowship of the Ring – Family Film Night

Posted on Sun Nov 13 2011 by Jax

Grotty dull day here yesterday – it barely seemed to get light. I managed to get a bit more tidying done, which had the adverse side affect of clearing a path to the craft shelves, so I then spent lots … Continue reading →

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World Pneumonia Day – Clean cookstoves.

Posted on Sat Nov 12 2011 by Jax

I saw a tweet yesterday from Christine over at Thinly Spread that reminded me of World Pneumonia Day today, so this afternoon I spent some time doing research. Many children die of pneumonia in the developing world – far too … Continue reading →

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