BlogCampUk Manchester the lure of cake ....

I have been ensured that there will be cake at this Blog camp I have never been before , I really am quite shy! So a really kind blogger is meeting me off my train to Manchester to ensure that I don't get lost.

My Ninja Skills are awesome! 

I really have no sense of direction and quite often get on the wrong train home ....

Remberance Day Sorrows

Not sure who's reading this but here I go !.Both my grandparents were in the war one Grandad was a RAF engineer, the other was a GPO engineer who did secret work for Winston Churchill amongst others. My GPO grandad was involved with things at Bletchley Park , worked in the cabinet war rooms and other secret underground tunnels around London. He never really did say what went on because of the official secrets act and even when he could say things he didn't , he was old school. I never really blog too much about my family history not sure who'd want to read it anyway. All I know that without people like my grandparents the world would not have been such a safe place to live in.

Another sad family fact was that the GPO grandad grew up without a dad his dad had been in the Great war and it really affected him. For years I had been lead to believe he had died of a burst appendix, one of those family secrets that rattled around. But when my Nan died she told me that My GPO Grandad dad had hung himself in a church, how sad. Without the scarifices of all these brave men , women etc We would not have the world in which we live today. It may not be perfect but it really could have been so different.

Savoo Are you The Uk's Smartest Shopper ?

Sorry I have been very tardy of late getting round to blog post its been madcap for me as I have gone down to Reception at my school and its a whole new ball game. My days at the minute involve telling children not to chalk their teeth and delivering phonics lessons.. busy!

Quite a few weeks I went up to London to go to the Savoo Save Up conference. I am a big fan of saving money  sometimes by family used to get fed up with my money scrimping ideas but have soon come around to it but they started to receive the benefits from it. Once they can see the reward they were are hooked !

Savoo are a money saving community and have their website where you can get voucher codes to help you save money in all areas of your life very handy with a teenage and tech savvy husband! Savoo offer personalisation so there is no need to worry about getting offers that are not relevant to you.

At the conference many money saving tips were shared , I enjoyed of all it I learnt some excellent tips from My Money Supermarket

With My money Supermarket you do you usual supermarket shop and it tells you the best place to get it from.  Now I do have a certain supermarket preferance and that;s ok as it lets me choose the deals my that supermarket. At the en of the day i found that the supermarket I was shopping from in the first place was the cheapest for my families needs.

At the moment Savoo have a little competition on so In these tough economic times, frugal living has never been more popular. That's why they are on the hunt to find the Uk's smartest Shopper. The winner will not only receive £10,00 but will also have an opportunity to work with Savoo to create what they expect to be an award winning money saving blog.

Savoo get together .

A cocktail .. how that get there ?

Cocktail gone ..

Egyptian dream The Gallery " Yellow"

I didn't take J abroad till he was 5 years old I really didn't fancy globetrotting with him until he was old enough and pushchair free and all the other baby/toddler equipment that goes with it. It can be done but for me it was a personal choice and I just didn't fancy it.

Our globetrotting started off with taking him to Spain and then we went for the good Ole USA and plumped for Florida and the happy smiley world that is Disney. It took a lot of planning but we survived yay so much so over the years we have been three times. So leaving the Disneyfication aside we plumped for the more adventurous and we took him to Lapland far from the ususual  lets go visit Father Christmas we flew out to an was an intense advenure. With sledging with huskies and playing snow football , also going on snow mobile trek.

We also whisked J off to Egypt not I have to say what is Egypt to most people but for what is people real Egypt the hustle and bustle, sights and sounds of chaotic Cairo. Also we ventured to more relaxed Luxor ideal destination of those seeking a 1920 feels and Agatha Christie inspired mystery murder and adventure.

The yellow sunset of the Nile.

You can't get  more Yellow then Egypt can you now  ?

Dyson DC41 Review Can you tame this animal?

Dyson are famous quite frankly for their design after all they have vacuum cleaners that are in the V &A museum. To be honest  they make vacuums cleaners that make you want to get  your  DC41 out to ever visitor to your home and just show it off. They haven’t failed with the DC41. Using their new “ball technology” you have a colourful and futuristic looking device. They incorporate the clear cylinder, which utilises their Radial Cyclone Technology to reduce the dust particles as the air pumps into the chamber. .There's also a Mini turbine head for pet hair. Which is a blessing as I have a very very fluffy rude evil cat.

A rude evil fluffy cat.

Ball™ technology for upright vacuums

In a nut shell its Stars Wars married with a vacuum cleaner:

Dyson Ball™ ( Which I liken to the death star)uprights ride on a ball, which pivots on the spot so you can steer with a turn of the wrist. The ball also houses core technology, including the motor and ducting. There's less clutter, so it's easier to clean into awkward places, along edges and around furniture. So its easy to navigate around evil cats and teenage chaos.

Teenage chaos the Dyson DC41 can cope!

Lightweight and durable.

DC41 machines are made from modified blends of materials selected for strength, flexibility and tolerance. Many parts are made from polypropylene reinforced with 20% glass fibres and high-impact PC-ABS. Using these materials means greater strength from less plastic - so the machine is lightweight.

It is now actually a joy to vacuum I used it for the very first time and I was shocked at how much fluff, dust etc that it picked up. I had only vacuumed my house this morning.

No compromise with suction at the cleaner head!


The cleaner head self-adjusts to maintain optimal contact with all floor types. It lowers on hard floors to remove more dust and pet hair from crevices and corners. On carpets, the base plate raises or lowers automatically, allowing the brush bar to remove pet hair and particles caught in the carpet fibre. It's designed for outstanding performance across all floors - not just carpets, but the whole of your house. This is handy for me as I to longer have to wrestle with the vacuum adjusting it from one surface to another.

The Dyson DC41 can really handle the fluff!

Yes its pricy but you do get a 5 year waranty with it and excellant customer service from Dyson. I bought mine from John Lewis which I found to be the cheapest place at the moment.

(All thoughts words, opinions are my own I bought the Dyson Dc41 myself and was not asked to blog about it I think its a fantastic product )