Am I about to embarrass myself..?

In April, I am going to see Beyond the Barricade, at my local theatre.
Les Mis captured my heart when I went to see it in London. I adore most of the songs, but if they sing this one at the show, I just know I’ll be blubbing like an idiot!

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Children’s TV…

Haahoos
Ninky Nonk
Pinky Ponk
Upsy Daisy
Igglepiggle
Tobliboos
Makka Pakka
Of course, every parent of a young child knows that these are the ‘characters’ from ‘In the Night Garden‘. Amy loves it, as do, I believe many other youngsters. Everytime I watch it, however, I find myself wondering if the writers were smoking something they shouldn’t when they came up [...]

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Randomness..

I haven’t posted for a few days, so I thought I’d share a few random happenings, and thoughts.
~ I went to Beth’s ‘parent consultation evening’ last week, and she was once again highly praised. Not only is she still well behaved, and working hard, but she’s also showing leadership, and is very thoughtful.
Something [...]

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Contests!

Did you know that many writers and authors out there in blogland run contests and giveaways?
Katherine Warwick is at present running a contest linked to the US TV show, Dancing With The Stars. All you need to do is guess which star will be voted off each week, and you could win a copy of [...]

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It’s moving fast…

In this post, I told you about Beth coming up with the idea of a class magazine, which she started to make with a few friends. Yesterday it was ready to go, and they started to sell it (yes, they decided to charge 20p per copy, with the money going back to the school).. the [...]

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Young Magazine Editor!

When I got in from work yesterday, Beth started telling me about an idea she had had, to produce a magazine for her class. She already had 2 helpers, and was making fliers to give out, to get 2 more volunteers.
They had already decided on competitions, jokes, puzzles etc, so I discussed with her the [...]

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The News Today…

I’ve just been drinking my coffee, and taking a look at the BBC news. I just thought I’d share a few things, and give my thoughts on them.
“One in four teenage girls in the United States has a sexually-transmitted disease, a study has indicated.“
This was a study looking at girls aged 14-19. HPV was the [...]

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South Pacific (UK Tour)

Last night we went to our local theatre to see a stage production of South Pacific, and it was a lovely night out. It stars Helena Blackman, who was the runner up in the televised search to find a new Maria for The Sound Of Music. In my opinion, that part wasn’t really for her.. [...]

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It’s started..

When we decided to sell our previous house, Glen went through, top to bottom, decorating. And it helped, we sold quickly, at a decent price. However, when we moved into this house, the enthusiasm was just not there to start again!
The previous owners were keen on wallpaper, and colours such as yellow and pink.. we’re [...]

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Writing Reviews

Since I’ve been running my forum, I’ve tried to write short reviews of some of my books, especially if I’ve enjoyed them. I encourage other members to do the same, and some of those people now also contribute to the forum’s review blog.
I’m now reaching a point where authors are asking me to take a [...]

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