It's in my stars

It's in my stars that I'm feeling emotional (moody, grumpy and tetchy) this past week but by tomorrow the fog will hopefully clear.

Just realised the stars are written by the same person in 2 different magazines, I've been duped! 

Maybe my mood is down to nothing working out as I plan. My magazine looks like a non starter, my candles need improvements that I fear are beyond my capabilities but I am not going to quit this time. 

I will not quit. 

Come on tomorrow. 

B's candles has begun....

Candle making and making an incredible mess in the kitchen but I have started my latest business venture (it will last more that 5 minutes....it will!!!)

Scarlett has also been creative this afternoon.... 

Pasta painting with old nail varnish, which  was maybe not the best idea I have ever had as removing nail varnish from her hair was not fun. 

My candles are beginning to sink! I have a feeling this making malarkey is not going to be as easy as I thought and I have coconut oil in my eyes as I've put too much on my face. Ohhhh!! 

Exercise for the evening...

Exercise for this evening.....

Lift to the lips, pour, put on the table, pause and repeat. 

Ahhh 

Wishbone workout

My legs ache! But check this out...

This is my wishbone workout. I walked all the way to Tesco in Durrington (I live in Worthing town) then back to west Worthing. It says I didn't burn any calories as I didn't put my weight in as I don't know it. I am at my parents though so will be braving them later. 

I did pick these up at Tesco...

I am currently drinking the gingerbread one which is actually lush and making me feel all Christmassy! 

There is a deffinate Autumnal feel in the air now and although I'm sad I can't wear my flip flops anymore, I'm looking forward to snuggling with a blanket as the nights draw in. 

I am currently snuggled and watching Sex, lies and Zumba. It's about a fitness teacher who was leading a double life as a prostitute. Yes I know I watch rubbish TV. 

Got  to go, it's getting interesting! 

Raspberry and green tea face mask

I had some smushed raspberrys so decided to make a face mask out of them as they didn't look too edible.  

Raspberrys are beneficial for oily skin according to Organic Beauty Blogger...

I have decided to go for the raspberry, yoghurt and green tea face mask- minus the yoghurt as I don't have any. 

You will need...

• 6-8 raspberrys 

• A green tea bag 

• 1-2 tablespoons natural yoghurt (if you have some) 

Pop the tea bag in a cup of hot water for a minute, then take out the bag and cut it open. 

Mix the raspberries and tea together, then add the yoghurt. Put the mixture on your face for ten minutes and relax. 

Ahhh blimey!

After 10 minutes wash the mixture off and you will find yourself looking refreshed! 

For face masks and other beauty tips head to www.organicbeautyblogger.com

Lose weight now!

The Diet has started so if you are with me, here's some tips for making losing weight less like a chore and to help with the rocky road ahead (mmmm rocky road.)

• Be a fool....

It took me a few bites to come round but now these are my chocolate orange delight. 1 of your 5 a day and no added rubbish, I'm almost convinced it's chocolate but totally convinced it's better for me. Healthy body, healthy mind and all that. 

• Be free...

If you have to have chocolate (after all it is necessary in a woman's life) try free foods. Generally lower in calories and fat, you can indulge without the guilt. Well less guilt if you accidentally eat the whole bar. 

• Be a 5 a day champion...

Before I allow myself any wine or a cheeky piña colada, I'm trying the 5 a day challenge. I challenge myself to make sure I have drunk 5 cups of green tea throughout the day, then I can put a bit of toxin back in after washing it all out! 

• Be sweet

I have to have something sweet after my dinner, it's a law in my life. I've taken cereal from the breakfast table to the dinner table, I have a couple of handfuls after dinner which satisfies my sweed tooth. 

• Be a writer 

Keep a diary of everything you eat in the day, it's much easier to tell yourself off when you face up to what you have done. There are apps to help so have a search for food diary and write (or type) it all out. 

I will post more tips as I come up with them, tomorrow I've got fitness orientated tips in mind. Such fun! 

This ain't easy.

My project for the day was to start the layout of my magazine, which I did....

Turns out it's not as easy as I thought it would be. 

My front cover and back cover are fine, obviously not finished, I just stuck a picture and a few words on there to see what it would look like when finished but I needed to print off the bare bones to see what it would look like. 

Good job I did, every other page is blank as when printed turning a page landscape then making 2 columns does not wok when you can't print both sides of the page. 

Mind you it would have been back to front anyway. Ahhh so stressed, nothing is ever simple!!!! 

I'm going to get fish and chips and try to tell myself not to give up! 

Breathe....

Too honest

I'm feeling very blah at the moment. I'm tired and grumpy and no I'm not pregnant. 

I am also being very honest...

"60p please" said the lady in the corner shop when I placed my kit kat orange chunky on the counter.

Me: "it says 70p where I got it."

Lady: "Oh yes sorry, that's 70p."

What?! Why didn't I just chuck 60p on the counter and walk out with my kit kat bargin?! 

Scarlett is a right one for not being honest. We were in the kitchen earlier and I told her she wasn't allowed any more sweets until after dinner....

Scarlett: "Look at those butterflies behind you!"

I looked behind me (stupidly) then turned back and caught her with her paw in the sweets! 

Little monkey! 

To try and bring myself out of my lull I decided to make a dream board

On the is a nice house, nice car, holidays, a book (dreaming of being an author) and  success. I haven't finished it as me and Scarlett got distracted by Taylor Swift's song shake it off and started prancing around the kitchen. 

I have got the week of work though, so less lull and more, well I'm not sure I haven't planned much apart from clearing my recorded programmes. 

Oh dear, I need to sort it out! 

Ahhhhhhhh!!  

Bathing

I am bathing in this tonight.....

Missing this face.....

And the funny things she finds.....

She found the above in Tesco's the other day and nearly wet herself laughing. I miss her! 

Bubble gum bath time, yes I am aware it is hand wash but it smells soooo good. 

Goodnight. 

Scarlett's blog 15.9.14

Well hello there, have you missed me? 

All of this School malarkey has been wearing me out, I've been in bed by 7 so apologies for abandoning you. 

I did fall over in a rather dramatic fashion at school on Thursday last week . I had a giant plaster put over the gaping hold, I'm sure I needed stitches but Mummy said it was just a graze when I got home on Friday. 

If was a bit odd not seeing her for 3 nights in a row, she hasn't abandoned me for that long since she went on a girlie holiday a couple of years ago. 

So to wind her up, as I knew she had missed me I will admit I've been a bit cheeky over the weekend. 

I ate all of her chicken slice which she had just bought after promising I only have a bite. 

I asked her to buy me a jammy heart shortbread then licked the jam out and have her the rest (well I thought she would be hungry after I had eaten her chicken slice!) 

I've made a few cheeky comments which have landed me on the naughty step in the garden (saying shut up Mummy usually gets me there) not that I'm bothered as 1, I've heard her say worse so she should be thankful I haven't said anything else yet and 2, I'm a natural born entertainer so I pretend there is an audience in front of me and pretend I'm a mime artist. So much fun! 

Anyway school again tomorrow, all work and no play as Mummy says, actually school is all play and no work, she wonders why I love it! 

Oh here's some selfies as I know you have missed my little squishy face....

Xoxo 

I want a French baby!

If French babies are as good as this book makes them out to be, I'll have 2! 

The little French darlings hardly put a foot wrong. If they are all as well behaved as they sound and the tips in this book work on kids, well la la la, I'm having another baby. 

It's possibly too late to try these tips on Scarlett, plus I've now returned it to the library and can't remember most of them but for me, parenting is about common sense. 

Of course I have oodles of common sense! Look someone has got to have the kid on Jeremy Kyle and keep him in his mansion. 

I'm obviously kidding, I've got a reward chart for Scarlett (somewhere) and I made her do chores at the weekend. 

That's why neither of us have been blogging as we have been playing real life  Cinderella. 

That was one of the tips in the French book, give your child things to do around the house. I regularly eat a packet of crisps then ask Scarlett to put the empty wrapper in the bin for me. She's such a little helper. 

She seems to be enjoying School, though she fell over on Thursday. I asked if she fell over in the playground and she said:

"No. At school."

She really is getting good at this back chat malarkey, on Friday we were in the library and I asked Scarlett if wanted to do some colouring while I was studying (the French parenting book) children from earlier in the day had scribbled all over most of them so I said to Scarlett:

"Why don't you draw on the back of one?"

Scarlett: "How about no."

Such a little sweetie. 

We attempted to make some cakes on Sunday, Scarlett thinks they are delicious, I've eaten mud pies which were tastier

But as the French don't give in, I will try again. Not this weekend though as I'm hoping to get candle making supplies tomorrow. My business plan is coming together, well I have a name and it looks easy peasy. That probably means it will be rocket science for me but I won't know until I try. 

In my quest to eat more healthy. I bought these today, obviously as they were in the discount section. 

Not going to lie, I imagined them to taste of cardboard but I was pleasantly surprised. So much so I'm thinking about going vegan again. I said thinking, not necessarily doing. 

Oh and I've decided not to do the no poo thing. A while ago I thought about not using shampoo anymore, instead I've found this....

I say yes to poo!!! 

Nearly forgot!

Look what I found today

How unbelievable! It's only September! 

Yep I totally bought some and just warmed one up in the microwave...

Mmmm smells like Christmas! 

Glitter makes the world go round

I am organising my new projects with different colour glitter gel pens and I love them! 

They make everything seem so happy and positive, the only thing which would make them better is if they were smelly gel glitter pens. 

Do you remember them?! I used to sit with my friends in class sniffing my new pens like some sort or crazed pen addict.  

Oh I remember the excitement of getting a new smelly pen after school and jumping out of bed the next morning and running to school so my friends could have a whiff! 

Ahh good times! 

Ok on with business...the research for my books is coming along nicely, I've had some brilliant magazine ideas and I'm currently reading a book about French parents 

I was surprised at the amount of books in the library dedicated to French parenting. Well ok there was 3 and I though that was a lot as there was none on Scandanavian parenting or American parenting. 

So I borrowed one (there are 2 left on the shelf if anyone wants one) and am going to see if there is anything the Fench can teach me. 

I didn't actually open the book so I hope it's not actually in French as I only know Bonjour.

Oh an Au revuior (is that how it's spelt?!) I hope no one French is reading this...

I've got another idea!!

I have got my next plan of what I am going to do in my spare time.... Candle making!! 

It was a pure lightbulb moment earlier, I have no idea why but it popped into the calamity of my mind and it's staying!

I've got a business name, plan, the works. All I don't have is....any candle wax, or wick, or anything to make candles with but fear not! For I will be getting paid on Tuesday and my newest venture can begin. 

I have added it to my other ventures which include:

A self help book

A funny letter writing book 

A magazine 

I'm sure there is a couple more so I will add them when I remember. 

I feel the candle making business will be a win, win, win situation! 

Right, I'm off to join the candle makers association online. 

I've seen the light!!! 

Break up :(

I know I used an emotion #sad face but I feel like I'm going through a break up. 

Don't get me wrong Scarlett drives me round the bend, over the hill and back again when she's here but just knowing I'm not going to see her tonight or even tomorrow night is making my bottom lip tremble. 

I feel lost and in limbo, it's probably because I've got nothing to fill my evening with except food.

I want my sidekick Scarlett back!!! 

Roll on Friday. 

Ok and now on with the day....

Rubbishio!!

Scarlett is at her Dad's for the next 3 nights. Ahhhh! What am I going to do?!

There will be no waking up in the night, no demands to go to the park, no someone telling me what to do all of the time. The flat is silent, silent and boring. 

I want to be greedy and keep her all of the time but obviously she has 2 parents thankfully, so I have to find something to do with my new found freedom. 

I've decided to improve my house cleaning skills as they are lacking. 

First step is the laundry, now surely I'm not the only one who leaves cleaning their laundry until they have run out of clean pants? 

Or once the laundry has been done and finished, leave it in the machine for 2 days? 

Or leave the washing outside overnight as the spin only finished at 11pm. 

Ok, ok, I know the above is all wrong. So from now on I have come up with a plan to improve my laundry cleaning skills... 

I will put all of my laundry in the machine to stop it building up, then when it's full stick the machine on and ta dah! No dirty pile of washing in the corner of my room. 

Then when it's done put it on the washing line at a sensible time so it can dry before dawn and think of all of the calories I'm burning! 

Damn I need to find something better to do with my time. Hmm the housewives of Beverley Hills is on. 

Ta dah!! 

Scarlett's blog 8.9.14

Cry wolf and you will get your Mummy in bed with you. 

Well technically I cried juice but I just wanted a snuggle with her really. I demanded she got a pillow and went to sleep with me, I knew she wouldn't say no as it was still dark outside. Hehe I win!!

School was pretty awesome, there are some amazing toys and pretend shops. I think I'm going to like the place, particularly as being a shopkeeper is my favourite game as I get to tell other people what to do. 

My other favourite game is Mums and Dads, though my Mummy doesn't like me playing that game very much. She worries I will be a teenage mother. If I am I've heard the saying 'blame the parents' is pretty apt. 

I did wonder what Mummy had been doing while I was at school as she smelled very suspicious. I dare say like poo and she kept doing this weird slide thing with her foot, like she was trying to get something off her shoe. Strange woman. 

She did take me to my favourite place again though...

The park!! I'm hoping to go again tomorrow but Mummy said as I am at Daddy's I will have to ask him, shouldn't be too hard. 

Oh here is me after Mummy told me to be careful on the stairs...

 

I like to take things to the extreme! 

And this is me in my uniform...

Am I not the cutest?! 

Well another busy day looms. Night! 

Xoxo

Stuck in the bath

I hopped out of bed this morning and didn't snooze my alarm once (usually I 'snooze' at least 5 times.)

Actually I say my bed, but I was in Scarlett's as she woke up last night crying and demanding juice. I have no idea what that was about, probably a bit worried about school bless her. 

She had a wonderful hour and a half at school and so did I.....

 

I had a bacon baguette and green tea in The Range, thank you very much! 

We did walk to the beach after school as it was such a beautiful day so I burnt it off. I just got out of the bath and saw I have got tan lines- result! 

I got stuck in the bath this evening, not literally as I'm too fat but I was stuck as the water was cold but the air out of the water was colder so I was in limbo for about ten minutes. 

Then when I finally got out I had to run naked through the flat as I forgot to bring a towel in with me. Unfortunately that was not my only oops moment today. 

I trod in dog poo on the way back to pick up Scarlett, it was really near the school and I tried to do a kind of glide walk to get it off. 

I'm pretty sure no one noticed :/ 

And she's off!

First day of school!!!!

 

Scarlett's blog 7.9.14

Tomorrow I will begin my travels along the road to being a big grown up girl. It's finally school time!

Although I'm underwhelmed by the uniform Mummy has assured me everyone has to wear them so I guess I will just get on with it, I can always accessorise with a pretty hair band. 

I can't wait until I can do my own hair though, Mummy is beyond awful! She's planning on pigtails tomorrow, I think I need to book a proper hairdresser for the morning but I can't workout how to use the phone properly. 

We do have fun girlie days though...

She finally let me do face masks with her, I told her I wanted it off after about 2 minutes so she got a bit stroppy but it was more because I saw this picture and realised what a silly sausage I look like. 

Well I need to get some rest before the big day, I will tell you all about my first day tomorrow, well not day, Mummy said it will be for just over an hour. 

I don't know how long that is as I'm a child and have no concept of time but she said she will be back before I know it. I will hopefully have time to pick out a potential suitor.        

Oh just before I go check this out...

 

It was at this garden in town, there were loads of small cars there, so small I could have driven them! I am going to buy this car one day, it's so cool!! 

Night

Xoxo

Lit it up

In my star sign reading for this week it tells me to finish projects which I have started, so with my determined hat on I'm going to finish one. 

My focus for the next few months is my parenting book (don't laugh) and while I'm not expecting for it to be published and make millions out of it at least I can say I have done it. 

I have been 'researching' for years and tomorrow while Scarlett is at school and I have the day off work I'm going to really lay the roots down for it. 

Having said that Scarlett is only at school for an hour and fifteen minutes, which I think is pretty ridiculous. 

I know it's to 'break the kids in' but come on, I need a break too! 

The only worry I have is about her uniform and the fact she doesn't like it, oh that and her hair. 

I'm so rubbish at doing her hair, she looks like she has been dragged through a hedge backwards after I have had a go at it. 

She has got beautiful colour hair though. Yes we're in Mc Donald's. And what?!

We are walking to school in the morning and Scarlett only had a ice cream and I only had a teeny tiny happy meal. I'm hoping Bokwa is going to start up again soon before I turn into a whale. 

I did save some money today though by going through a bin. My neighbour throws out his paper in the evening after he has read it, so if I'm lucky and I get to the recycling before anyone has had a chance to throw a soggy baked bean can on it (oh that would be me) I can grab it and save myself the 50p. Actually it's more like £1.50 at the weekends, result! 

I feel the judgement, I'm putting it back and going to bed. 

Here's a picture to make you think better of me

Ahhhh! 

Oh one last thing, I lit one of my bathroom candles, I feel like a rebel. I rebelled against myself and my 'do not light the bathroom candles' policy. 

Bed

I'm in bed at half 11 on a Saturday night listening to the gaggle of girls as they walk past to go and party the night away. 

I know where I would rather be, right where I am. 

Night. 

Scarlett's blog 4.9.14

Ooh it's September! Nearly Christmas and more importantly my birthday!! 

I'm going to be 5 and totally grown, I told Mummy everything I wanted for my big day. She told me to write it down but I can only writ a H and a T so I think it's a bit unfair. 

Never mind I will just grab stuff when were shopping and chuck it in the trolley like I normally do, it's too late when it on the conveyor belt to the bibbing scanner thing. 

Mummy has been on a right grumpy one this week, I tried to make her laugh last night and pointed to a little girl who had poo on her bum. Not even a little bit, a whole big splodge! I said it was mud really loudly but I know what it really was. 

Poor girl, she must have been mortified! 

On another note I told Mummy I was really bored waiting for her to get out of work this evening. She kept me waiting for like an hour! Ok it wasn't that long but it was BORING! 

I hate waiting around, I've got things to do places to go and people to see. Talking of places to be, I need to go and get some rest and snuggle in bed. 

Must remember to tell Mummy I want cereal in the morning. She bought some little boxes the other week and I'm sure there is one left. 

This is me chilling. Enjoy! 

Xoxo

Moody moo

I've not been well this week and have been a bit down in the dumps. Yea blah, blah, blah but I've been in a 

"Don't look at me or talk to me. I'm having a moody few days."

You know, one of those moods. 

I'm coming out of it now, possibly as it's Friday tomorrow. 

I think my mood started when I realised I couldn't afford to go away on holiday. It was capped today when I went to the shops with the couple of quid I had scraped together and saw these....

Which I couldn't afford. 

Dinner was lovely but as I have no sweet stuff in the flat and there is nothing on TV, this is what my evening consists of.....

Yes I'm eating Scarlett's packet of Frosties to curb my sweet tooth ( I hope she doesn't notice) and soaking in 'bloke soak' as I don't have any nice flowery bubble bath. I draw the line at bathing in vinegar, I may smear it on my face but that may sting if it gets in any crevesis. 

While I'm down in the dumps Scarlett is her usual cheery self. We were walking home yesterday after I picked her up from Daddy's and there was a child with something unmentionable on her behind. Of course Scarlett spotted her and said:

"She's dirty isant she she's got a dirty bottom! She's got a mummy's bottom, it is mud isant it?" 

Me: "Yes darling."

I'm going with mud but she did have a nappy on and it may have exploded....no, no, it was mud. (?)

She also announced when were were shopping earlier:

"When grandma and me wait for you, it's boring!"

Referring to the fact I was late out of work and she had to wait for 15 minutes. 

Well she's on the journey to the real world and going to school on Monday, ha then you will know what boring is when you grow up and see life isant all about playing. 

Oh god I sound like my mother! Ahhhhhhh!! No Scarlett play, play forever. Have fun and smile every day, don't think about getting old and sticking smelly stuff in your face to keep you young!

I need to watch Cbeebies and play in a home made tent made of blankets and chairs!! 

Oh to be 4 again! 

(I promise to have more cheer tomorrow, after all it's nearly Christmas!)