New blog posts: Sunday 29 July to Sat 4 August

[TheNewson]

May I please kick off with my blog about free newspaper holidays...?

thenews-on.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/holidays-in-sun.html

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Blogging from France today - continuing my investigation into why French women are so thin - do they eat chips? You may be surprised at the answer! www.howilostweight.co.uk

In which I decide that a fourth birthday cannot possibly be celebrated without my making some birthday bunting...

My nesting urges continue....top tips on how to speed-clean your kitchen

Here is my review of Camp Bestival 2012, which includes hats, pirate dresses, stupid hair, tenuous celebrity, Sophie Ellis-Bextor in the soft play, rude parents, burritos and iniquity on the carousel.

I too just got my mumsnet blogger badge, and after such a long wait that I can only imagine that MNHQ must have had some serious reservations about my character... Anyhoo, my blog is about making stuff out of rubbish with help from a bunch of disabled people, and the occasional toddler or random cat. two posts so far this week about the decorations we just did for a wedding and what the hell to do with all of the leftovers!

Dr Pepper Spare Ribs

Anyone for tripe?? No? Me neither - I bear the emotional scars. Just hoping I don't do the same for la baby-sitter francaise

Hi,

Short and sweet from me today:

Fresh air and lots of fun

Feeling really nostalgic now, as I used to this myself as a child a lot!

A quick post from me too today:

DS2's favourite book ever. Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins. No Maisy in sight but lots of lovely lemurs.

Hello, also new!

My blog is Six Weeks of Summer Club Two cheap or free activities for every day of the summer holidays, in an attempt to fend off wall-art by toddlers and related medicinal gin before lunch.

So far this week we have Why you should go to your local library, and how to make a rain catcher as well as and what to do with all the delightful twigs and pebbly shit your children bring home afterwards

sorry mucked up the last link geocaching and what to do with all the twigs and pebbly shit your kids bring back afterwards

TeWi--Awesome! Love geocaching!

Thank you! It's great isn't it? I went on the site and realised I am really spectacularly late on the band wagon, but the caches are still there. Very enjoyable.

Hello, I'm new here. Here's the latest from my children as they judge books by their covers - #6 Trainspotting, with a comment from Irvine Welsh himself. tygertale.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/kids-judge-books-by-their-covers-6-trainspotting/

My second offering put together. Rather unexpectedly, about 20 minutes ago. I just felt inspired or maybe bored by the Olympics...
It's about going shopping with the kids.

thenews-on.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/wheres-dale-winton-when-you-need-him.html

Tygertale I love your blog - it's such a great idea.

Good morning. I have ranted this morning about Olympic-related rumours

Tygertale I love your blog. Welcome !

Happy Yorkshire Day, folks! Time for a celebration of my home county

Baroness I'm not sure my coment worked. What I was trying to say was, being a Lancashire Lass, I obviously can't completly agree with you ;) but yorkshire puds are indeed very good as an actual pudding too. Have you seen the sketch?

Today's free stuff to do: Going on a bug hunt and the sport of kings, snail racing

Instead of buying things this week we've been experimenting with making them ourselves! hertfordshiremummy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/save-money-with-homemade-fun.html

The peculiar history of Erzsebet Bathory - blood countess or innocent victim of male machinations?

And like that Victory My latest blog post.

10 potty Training Tips. How I managed to do it in 4 days.... twinstiarasandtantrums.com/2012/07/29/10-potty-training-tips/