Silent Sunday Poppies

Who's afraid of the big bad Wolf?........ and budgie smugglers.

Yet again my friend dragged me off to a fitness class. I had flu , my nose was dripping, I sounded  like
Bonnie Tyler but with out the hair and the money.  Now I have a few fears in life the usual spiders, glass lifts, sliced cheese in sandwiches ( it has to be grated). I had put my swimming costume on before I had got there. I restrained from using my husband's razor to trim any wayward hairs before I went. Its not really to leave curly wurly hairs on his razor  now is it?

Now Aqua aerobics had to be different from Zumba didn't it.? There was mostly ladies there but what was this I spied two men... Alas it was not two chaps in budgie smugglers  ho hum..

So I entered the water with some in trepidation  though thankfully the water was warm, the instructor was not some hamster self possessed ( please see Zumba post). So all was going to go well  wasn't it, so after jumping round the pool flinging one arms like that hippo off Fantasia my FEAR of water came to a head. I know, I know I am afraid of water as well. For what ever reason the instructor made us do the the conga in a line.

I would not do this as it bought back the painful memories of my childhood swimming lessons, harmful enough I hear you cry but not when you play" Whats the time Mister Wolf?" I am half wondering if there is a self help group for me? Cheese sandwich anyone( grated please of course!)

Mister Maker Under the Seapaper Clay Modelling Review.

I was asked to review the Mister maker Modelling kit. Anyone who watches Cbeebies must of heard of this chap. Basically he is a really happy sort that creates art in his room from the things around him. No  limits to his imagination, now working in education I found this a useful resource to give me ideas to make items for my class. There are lots of fun items on the website that hardly cost any money which is a bonus in this day and age, such as a bubble wrap cactus.



So to the item in hand....

Basically the kit comes with everything you need Modelling clay ,brush. paint, glue, googly eyes (my favourite) and various other little bits to turn the items into fridge magnets, badges key rings.

This probably most suitable for the ages of between 4 and 10 with adult supervision of course. I found the modelling clay easy to mould and shape. the instructions were fairly clear. The more complicated shapes would takes a bit of practice ,but this is OK as the modelling clay does not dry out too quick.

My only criticism and its a teeny weeny one is the quality of the paints and brush . I must admit for the shark I used my own paint . This aside I believe this to be a fun kit that children would enjoy and very useful for their fine motor skills.

Here is my shark....

I hope you like her .... her name why its Mummybarrow for her sharp grasp of the reality of life. x


And here is my Octopus.....

Her sister is Olivia the booz eyed Octopus http://ninjakillercat.blogspot.com/2011/04/meet-octavia-bozz-eyed-octpus-shes-shy.html

I made two of the models there is enough clay left to make another four models. It is an ideal classroom or home activity set.




I do have names for the shark and Octopus and have tweeted their namesakes. 

Silent Sunday...From Rollie the cat

The Sun will come out tommorow....a Soda Stream review

I know what you are thinking "Oh Gawd not another Soda Stream review " but wait a minute mine is different. I shall tell you why as a child there was only two things I wanted in life a soda stream and wait for it a Annie doll.

My childhood dream and do you know what I still want one now, part of us I think always hangs onto our childhood. My other dream , yes you've guessed it a soda stream but for me its just not about reviewing it it the completion of a childhood dream.

This was the first task inserting the gas cylinder which was very simple to do.

My other dream look :)

Next was filling the reusable bottle up  with water .



After which you screwed it onto the soda stream this for me took a little doing but I soon got the hang of it.


Press the button till you hear a little as i say PRR Prr sound  do this three times , pausing between presses. You can do an extra PRR Prr if you want it extra fizzy. Unscrew the bottle very slowly and add your cordial . I must stress please tip the bottle( at a slight angle)  while doing this otherwise it is like Krakatoa exploding everywhere. Screw the top back on and shake very gently!!!




Here is Rollie ready to help with adding the cordial.

Rollie is pictured with the lime cordial as ever Rollie is always really happy to help.

So after adding the cordial this was the result. Screw the top back on and shake very gently!!!

In this photo you will see how lovely bubbly it looks!

And of course the finished article poured into a glass.

I liked most flavours that are available the brilliant thing is there are samples flavours to buy so you can see which ones that you do really like. My son was most pleased about the cola flavour one and I shall be buying that one.

The sodastream I was sent retails at £59.99 and I was estatic about it. Please take the time to read the facts on their website about how many bottles you will save in your lifetime.



I think it would be useful to buy another bottle as it comes with only one. I hope you enjoyed this review as much as I did doing it. I hope you can achieve your long lost childhood dream.