Selling Mr T's organ...... and a competition

What price do you put on education if you go to a state school. There is the constant demands from an early age for trip money. If you do not pay your child will suffer blah blah. Now this is hard enough in this economic climate if you have one child but one if you have more the pressures are even greater. Now J my son is a truly able sportsman

Now its been a constant ask all through his school life so far for trips,charity , school PGL but I was not prepared for the shook of the cost of senior school. Now J does not go to private school just a academy school but it s like private school. For the off there was trip after trip  first skiing, then cricket , three lots of rugby, singing . Now I am pleased my son is talented I really am but I felt the need to draw the line somewhere so I said NO to the rugby tour. He was a little crestfallen but he got on with his life, We all have to make sacrifices in this world.

Then came the school sports award night. J had already won various certifaces for academic achievement being best in his class etc glowing report etc. Model child, etc not stereo typical of Only
child syndrome. Well on the night he picked up award after award culminating in the sports personality of the year. Basically the teacher said if there was a tiddlywinks team he's be in . Now faced which this pride how could I refuse to NOT send him on the rugby tour. So another cost for me so far these trips total up as £750 for skiing, £120 for cricket, £350 for rugby not to mention £50 for another rugby trip ,£25 for singing trip and another £25 for another rugby trip . I try not to  add it up, knowing it is such a scary amount. And all this is before spending money, clothes etc. This is where i cam e up with a plan to sell stuff on that internet auction site. Good opportunity to clear out etc and help pay for all these trips. First up was Mr T's organ he didn't use it any more , it was just there gathering dust. I know it was hard but I just had to let it go.....

There you've seen it Mr T's organ, also I started selling his train set as well. All little amounts help, the school were puzzled as I started paying off these little amounts and indeed ring to ask me was this right. You do what you have to do so your child has a better life etc, but at what cost.?

So to perhaps help you with your costs a little by not going to the gym , I am offering some large hot pants suitable for sizes 16-20 its a fitness thing best you scoot over http://www.zaggora.com/products/HotPants.html to see. Now I was given these but I have decided these as a prize ( this is not a sponsered post) .These are new and unworn I have to add.  So to win these just comment below with an extreme cost you've had to face doesn't have to be child related.


So I ask you follow 1. Follow my blog.

2. Comment below
3.Come and say hello to Rollie(my cat)  via @needaphone


Closing date is the 31 August

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It would mean the world to me to get one of these for my special needs work with autistic children.

Rainbow Fish bites again ....

One of the things that really inspires me is my brilliant job, its cool I get to play all day as an special needs teaching assistant.  I have started to  love doing crafts , this is really important in promoting fine motor skills in children. Also it is an important catalyst for their writing skills, especially in boys who are notorious for not like writing. For boys if you can tailor the activity or story right then it will grip them and they will be away writing or crafting or indeed both.

Why not craft and make up stories with your children here are a few that I down and ones that can lend themselves to any story.

And of course you can't forget "Olivia " the bozz eyed Octopus...

sssh Olivia is really really shy... This was my attempt at creating a magical aquarium / island in my classroom where I work. The children love to read their stories in this little aquarium den. There are fish glued on to the blue film which is the water of the aquarium.

This is Sharky the shark . Next we have a little weeny Octopus she is Olivia's sister .

I think this lovely lot would have a great time in the sea : don't you? . So please get crafting and see what idea's you can come up with .

A Rollie Review and giveaway

Now we all like to famous at some point don't we? I am sure many of us can point to link to some famous peoples in our lives. Now Rollie does seem to enjoy being in front of the camera as you might have guessed. When I heard MooskinsUK were looking for bloggers I quite frankly leapt at the chance. I was met with a friendly and polite response. There was was one burning question , which was would it be the sort of thing my readers would be interested in. I know many a lovey fan , who would love a piece of Rollie. The poor little mouse widow who is struggling to feed her hoard of hungry children for one.

 The first thing I was struck with was the easy navigation of their website. . I found it easy to upload my photo( my own photo please be careful of copyright)  and size it best to show off Rollie. Delivery is promised within three working days and indeed that was the case. The mooskins cost £19.99

I have to set out the differences that set it apart from other cases that are out there.

• High grade plastic moulding
• Integrated buttons
• Scratch resistant and chip resistant
• photographic quality print image

Overall I was ecstatic with the product there is only a couple of minor points. I just feel that if the product was a little bit cheaper that this might indeed open the product to a wider market. Another point is a tip of how to put the cover on, it is a bit I appreciate of teaching your grandmother how to suck eggs. The cover did not arrive with any instructions nor can I see any tips on the website. This however are minor points and in no way take anything way from the very high quality of the product.

I would order from this company again especially for my sons Blackberry torch as I believe their are plans to manufacture these covers. And definitely when ever I get My Ipad 2 and they do covers I'll be buying one. Thank you@MooskinsUK

Those nice chaps over @MooskinsUK have let me give away an Iphone 4 cover ( note phone is not included)

You have to follow both myself @needaphone and @MooskinsUK


You must head over to and have a play with uploading the picture you'd want on your I Phone 4 cover and comment back here how you found the experience.

And tweet the following "I'd mooooove heaven and Earth to win with @MooskinsUk and  @needaphone over http://ninjakillercat.blogspot.com/ "

The competition ends on the 5 August 2011