New posts 17-23rd March

[RecipeJunkie]

Couldn't see another thread started yet... I've blogged about the irony of trying to lose weight while baking for many comic relief cake sales.

I looked into whether my grandmothers were stay-at-home mums or working mums

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crumbymummy, your bobisms are gorgeous. Reminds me I need to get the video camera out more often.

Here are my own memories from Gwen's first birthday party

I'm looking forward to having a trawl through the rest of these posts....

Less than three in ten Americans view the Republican Party in a favourable light, a CNN poll found this week. And in other breaking news, I?m still flat-chested.

My look at the Republican Party - dead, or still twitching?

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Painted biscuit tutorial, this was so much fun (I may have been slightly over engaged given it was an activity to do with the children).

I've reviewed a collection of urban fantasy stories called Down These Strange Streets edited by George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois

I've also been having fun discovering Polyvore

It's good to be back

I've been on the radio again ranting about childcare reforms. i more or less said this here here

Pretty Red Picture

I decided to join in with the gallery for the first time today

A blog about sleepwear and sleep (or lack of it) in my marriage.

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Have a great day. x

I may be a BIT over excited about the arrival of a box full of copies of one of my books for me to sign!

Along with some other mumsnetters I went to Downing Street for a reception hosted by Samantha Cameron to raise awareness of homeless children and how The Railway Children and their partners help, often before vulnerable children become homeless.
Here's my Downing Street Experience

A bit of a depressing one sorry Saturday Night Tears

Today on International Happiness Day I have every reason to smile. I wrote this to explain why. lifeafterdebts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/international-happiness-day.html

Egusta Basically I work on the basis that if you've re-written the method yourself and changed at least 2 of the ingredients (quantity is enough not just actual ingredient), it's fair game for you to post about it - if you say you've been 'inspired by' that's fine. I got sat on fairly heavily by Dan Lepard's business manager for reproducing one of his (very old) recipes, even though I had fully attributed it as his, and learned a hard lesson... There's lots out on the internet about it - Recipe Rifle wrote a blog about Lamingtons recently in which she goes into this and the comments thread is quite helpful on this too. There's a thread on here somewhere from when I had my Dan Lepard incident where Sarah from Maison Cupcake (runs Forever Nigella) put some helpful advice which is what I work to - see if you can search for it.

Not so good when I am on a diet but here are my posts about millionaire's shortbread and orangey chocolatey chilli truffles I mean, you don't really want to read about mushroom souffle omelettes with only 200 calories in them, do you?

Getting in there late, but here are some pretty upcycling photos, AND what to do when your kids put holes in their tights:recreationsproject.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/exciting-photo-ops-plus-a-tiny-tights-tutorial/

Something for horse mad children

Thanks Recipe.
i changed a key ingredient (pears) and added another (cinnamon) and adapted the measurements, and credited it. I would hope that would be enough, although i do find it deeply disturbing that you were sat on. I mean... most recipes are inspired somehow by someone- parents/grandparents/traditional cuisine. How much of what you read anywhere is truly original? I have one dish (Asian salmon) which i class as original because I made it up as i went along. but it features salmon, ginger, soy sauce and chilli. Not too original that! I am going to hunt out your thread. Hats off to you for not being put off though from blogging altogether.

New recipe today for me. Russian 'Olivier' Salad. An old favourite of mine when I lived in Ukraine. Perfect with a glass of icy cold vodka....

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One from me on how reality TV is getting ever more intrusive Cameras rolling

Egusta, I agree with Recipe Junkie and with your approach. 2 ingredients change minimum, a polite credit and off you go. I've never been questioned - although I was once when I was doing a recipe book review and quoted a recipe - the irony of that when the chef's PR had given me the book in the first place didn't pass me by! I wasn't aware of the whole Dan thing, Recipe, and will catch up with that thread.

It is worrying, but like you say, so much of what is out there isn't original in the first place - it can't be!

The Night Before Easter is a lovely rhyming picture book about the Easter Bunny delivering chocolate and hiding eggs.

'Vanishing Act,' Why everything I own is either missing, used up or not how I left it.

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Have a great day. x

Raid your rubbish and make easy little Easter treats out of an old egg box

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Month Two of Brace Watch

Breastfeeding and beyond - it's nearly weaning time in my household which is what inspired this post. I'm new to all this and finding my way so please do have a read and let me know what you think!