I'm generally rubbish with shoes. I have my 13 year old pair of Doc Martins that should have gone in the bin 3 years ago, my Fit Flops I haven't been able to wear since I broke my leg, and I have my faithful old purple Converse. When I was packing to go to Britmums Live it was painfully obvious that I need to get some proper shoes, but I like comfort! I had a look around and didn't see anything that was comfortable and grown up. I hadn't looked at Hotter.

It was a complete coincidence that I was contacted by Dove and asked if I wanted to discuss airbrushing on the exact same day I'd been distracting myself from actually doing any writing by laughing at celebrity photoshop fails.

It pretty much wiped the smile of my face as the realisation dawned that, okay, celebrities with accidentally erased limbs are hilarious, but actually what was happening there was genuinely scary rather than funny.

This is a true image

Every photo we see is airbrushed to give us an illusion we can never have as reality. We know these people are real, they exist, they act and model, but the images we see can't ever be achieved even by them, so what on Earth are we teaching our children?

Way back at half term I was meant to write a post for Warburtons  promoting getting active together as a family and having fun, with some great sports equipment for my family to play with, but it all went a bit awry and this is what I was able to collect from my local interlink depot after half term had finished....


Despite appearances the contents had mostly survived - and the sports equipment was all still there....yeeay!

Quite a while back now Duerr's sent me some of their brand new baking-stable jam. At the moment it's available in one variety, Rhubarb & Custard, with more promised to follow. The jam is still fine for sandwiches and spreading, but promises to retain a smooth and glossy consistency when cooked.

The Homebaking Jam is currently available online while stocks arrive in shops, and two more lovely sweetshop flavours will be available shortly - Blackcurrant & Liquorice, and Blueberry Bubblegum.

Sadly I stupidly didn't take a photo before someone found and started using my Rhubarb & Custard Duerr's Jam for their butties and toast, so these'll have to do ....

Morrisons are the latest supermarket to offer home delivery, it's being rolled out across the country and as Manchester is one of the first places where it's available, I was given the opportunity to review. I've done my main food shopping online most of the time since I had our last child.

Online food shopping saves me hours each week, I could never get all of our shopping for one week in one trolley so would have to go at least twice a week, I'd have to take 2 small children with me, and frankly when I've walked all around the supermarket, carried it to the van, driven it home, carried it into the house, then put it all away, I'm shattered!

Cirque Du Hilarious are currently touring Butlins and will be taking up residence in Blackpool this Summer in the Central Pier, before heading over to Newcastle for their annual sell out panto. Headed up by Clive Webb and Danny Adams, the Cirque Du Hilarious show is a fantastic mix of slapstick comedy, death defying acts and pure stupidity.

I'm a vegetarian, so I don't really work with meat and I don't often promote it, but my partner and 4 of our children eat meat. I don't mind them eating meat and I'm happier if it's better quality. They love hot dogs, but finding a decent quality hot dog sausage can be really tricky.

A couple of weeks ago we took 5 of our children to Warwick Castle for the day. I haven't been since the early 90's, so I knew it would be different but I didn't realise how much. It turns out pretty much the only thing that's the same is the castle itself.

It might not seem a lot to some people, but getting on a train and going to London is a big deal for me. Leaving my partner and kids for a whole weekend is a big deal for me. I was pretty terrified.

I cheated and got my partner to drop me off early Friday morning at Pippa RedRoseMummy's house, so I wasn't on my own panicking about missing my train or leaving my bags. We met up with Jen from MyMummy'sPennies and 2 1/2 hours later we were in London and meeting up with the rest in our group of 9 who were staying together. It was lovely to see everyone.

Bags dropped at the hotel, off to The Brewery and we joined the queue to get in. And I was accosted by a BBC reporter. My friends can all move quicker than me - darn them!

Thanks to Jen from MyMummy'sPennies for the photo

I've been to BlogOn twice, and I knew this was 5 times the size, so I was prepared for what was coming. Going in I just couldn't believe how many faces I recognised - bloggers who I've read and admired all standing there in real life 3D!

Club Penguin isn't a new thing to me, our teenagers played it when they were younger. They all had accounts and played together and individually, we even bought Club Penguin soft penguins for 2 of them to take to bed. Now it's the turn of my younger ones to have a look.