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Chocolate Day! Any excuse…
The fair Angela shared with us that today is Chocolate Day. I have no idea if this is just a Birds thing that she made up or just for the UK or what – but who cares… There is another World Chocolate Day in September – we will celebrate that one too. For today I [...]
Teachers on strike – the Birds discuss…
As several of us regular Birds are affected by today’s public sector action, it really warrants some comment, and Linda raised the topic. The variety of opinion was interesting – some of us not working today because our kids are not in school, others with very firm ideas about the strike itself. So we thought [...]
World Fairy Day – yes, really…
When Anita said it was World Fairy Day today I was somewhat disbelieving that such an idea would be given international recognition, but in honour of my girl and the joy she shares with her fairies, I stepped forward to cover this day for the Birds (well that’s my excuse ). I never suggest that [...]
How to Beat those Holiday Blues Greens!
Most families take an annual holiday where they tend to go abroad and sit around a pool for 2 weeks but as the credit crunch bites more and more people are choosing to stay in good old blighty. Is it possible to have a cheap holiday when you have children to entertain and feed? Of [...]
I’m a Ruby girl
One of my favourite images of late this Body Shop advert from many years ago; it really does make me feel better about my own body, and I don’t consider myself someone who is bothered by such things. And oddly I’ve only recently become aware of it – some fat-bird feminist, I am (yes, my [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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