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Jump It Lap Counter toy review

*We received this item for the purpose of this review. All opinions and photos are my own. Ready for some garden fun? Looking for a new exercise for the whole family? Get competitive with Jump It Lap Counter! Who remembers Jump It from their own childhood? Sadly, I never owned one but remember some of […]

#Blogtober2020 Day 17: Saturday Night

A quarter of a century ago, I borrowed a tape from a friend. A single of Saturday Night (honestly, tapes, singles, how ancient am I???) I can still do the dance much to the horror of my children 😀 I wanted to be that girl, spending ages getting ready then going out on a Saturday […]

Wallace and Gromit’s Musical Marvels was just that: marvellous!

After a rather busy and stressful half term, I was so excited to have something a little bit different and special to look forward to yesterday: Wallace and Gromit’s Musical Marvels at the Hexagon in Reading. I’ll be perfectly honest: my kids know nothing about Wallace and Gromit but I LOVE the genius of Nick […]

Anyone else feel like they are missing a decade?

Somehow, it is 2019. I seem to have lost a whole decade somewhere. You mention 10 years ago and I think Spice Girls, university, nights out drinking with friends. But that was 20 years ago. TWENTY! I have been vegetarian for 20 years. I left for uni 20 years ago. I passed my driving test […]

The destruction of my childhood idol: bring back 1980s She-Ra!!!

I am a child of the 80s. I grew up with She-Ra and know many of the episodes inside out, word for word. I was hugely excited when my sister told me last weekend that Netflix had made a new series of the show and didn’t hesitate to start watching immediately.   It was almost […]