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"There is no failure except in no longer trying."

Elbert Hubbard

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 In life only sow what you plan to grow.

Anon

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I Know How You Feel

If you haven’t already taken a look at Emma’s Dilemmas please do. 

Sadly, I can relate to a lot she is sharing with us.  I sometimes think that is the trouble with women.  We hold information as power and don’t always like to say what we really think. 

However, we sometimes have a lot more in common than we care to admit.  With Emma, if you have children and didn’t do your pelvic floor excercises properly, then is this what we have to expect!

We will also be bringing in a new article from another writer about her love hate relationship with dieting. 

So keep watching!

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I’m No Tigger!

A couple of months ago  I found out I can’t jump up and down any more. Causes headaches you may think, maybe even bad knees (well, yes I could claim that), no to me it’s worse than that.

In the interests of keeping abreast of my children’s education, I recently attended an open invitation to an evening at school to find out how our children learn. It was basically about learning styles, you know, do you learn best by seeing, doing, hearing or to put it in its proper language, visual, auditory or kinesthetic! It was very well presented with activities for us parents to join in with. So far so good.

One of the activities involved skipping which I was desperate for a go at. I used to love skipping at school either on my own with a rope or the long line where two of your friends held the ends while you jumped into the middle.

The task required you to count your skipping up to a certain number, easy peasy. One of the teachers was nearby as I started, encouraging me along. I did a few skips in the ‘running on the spot’ mode which was fine.

I then decided to jump instead, utter and total mistake. Under the watchful eye of one of the teachers and a trainee teacher, as I was jumping and counting,  I realised that my bladder had taken leave of its responsibilites and opened the floodgates. In short I felt myself weeing in my pants with absolutely no control, like a 4 year old.

I then had to continue skipping and smiling like nothing was wrong. My only saving grace was that I had decided not to wear a skirt at the last minute or I would have had an embarassing puddle on the floor. My trousers soaked it up. I turned around and had a sneak look down and realised I had ‘water marks’.

I wrapped my cardigan around my waist under the premise that I was now really hot and made my excuses to go to the toilet, to try some sort of damage control. I really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but inwardly it really upset me.

The irony of all this is that our telephone number has, on several occasions, been misdialed for the ‘incontinent pad ordering service’ and I’ve had to pick the phone up and stop women leaving messages to order them.

I think it’s time I wrote down the number for my own use.

Oh yes, and cancel those trampoline lessons!

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Innocent Drinks

A really, really  big pat on the back to Innocent Drinks, makers of Innocent Smoothies.

Having tried the raspberry and cranberry variety at my moms one day, and liking what I tried,  I kind of forgot all about them.

Then last week on a trek to the supermarket I noticed the Innocent Smoothies and one in particular caught my eye - pineapples, bananas and coconut flavour.  It sounded wonderful and more to the point like pina colada.

To satisfy my curiosity I bought a carton, took it home, had one glass and then had to pour another one immediately.  Taste bud heaven or what!  I then ‘allowed’ my son to have some and he was hooked too.  So much so it’s been a mini battle as to who can drink the carton dry the quickest.

I was so taken with it that I emailed them to tell them what I thought of the product and I kept the email friendly and amusing (so I thought).  I had a reply back thanking me for taking the time to write and asking for my address to pop something in the post.

They sent me a recipe book and £10 worth of vouchers against future purchases of smoothies.  I was completely taken aback. 

I think these days, when we have got used to sullen customer service it is very refreshing (and so are their drinks) to have people who are friendly, appreciative, professional and give you the wow factor.

Not only that but if you take a look at their website, they are a throughly great company, www.innocentdrinks.co.uk.  Take a few minutes to have a look around.  As a mom I have total confidence that the product I am buying for my family is not only healthy, but safe. (More on that little project another time.)

I am now going to try out the innocent drinks for kids, to see if I can increase the fruit intake of all my children, which in the case of one of them will be a real challenge!

So a huge, enormous, gigantic thumbs up to Innocent Drinks.

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"Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."

Lord Chesterfield

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