Scarlett's blog 6.2.15

I've got that Friday feeling! 

Well, I did have until Mummy turned up at school WITHOUT my Frozen scooter and told me I had to walk home. 

I think she must have forgotten who I am, I demanded that she carry me home. Yes, I got my way. 

It is absolutely freezing still though, this weather is really affecting me. I have a really cute little dress that I want to wear but even I am having to sacrifice fashion for practical as it wouldn't be a good look if my legs turned blue. 

To warm us up when we got home, Mummy suggested baking some muffins (don't all groan at once.) 

She tried to video it she kept complaining that I wasn't saying anything. I am not a performing monkey. 

Then the video stopped as it didn't have enough room or memory or something. I don't need a memory of how bad they taste, so I'm glad. 

I did do some work...

Yes, they do taste as bad as they look. 

Mummy told me they were lovely and to stop complaining so I'm refusing to talk to her now. She can have her muffin and eat it for all I care. 

Xoxo 

Banana Oat Muffin Recipe

I was going to vlog this but I don't have enough memory on my phone (sad times) so here is the recipie for yummy muffs, oh, no muffins cannot be shortened :/ 

Banana Oat Muffins: 

You will need...

• 125g plain flour 

• 1 tsp baking powder (I didn't have this so my muffs are a bit flat.) 

• 35g porridge oats (I used golden syrup flavoured oats as I didn't have plain.) 

• 1 egg

• 85g caster sugar

•125ml sunflower oil

• Pinch of salt (used sea salt...bad idea.) 

• 1 banana 

1. Pre heat oven to 160oC (how do you make the degrees sign? Maybe I need an app? Oh well, I'm sure you understand.) 

2. Put muffin cases in a muffin tray (I used cupcake cases and a cupcake tray, who owns a muffin tray?)

3. Sift the flour and baking powder (if you have it) into a bowl and stir in the oats. 

4. In another bowl, whisk together the egg, caster sugar, sunflower oil and salt (do not use sea salt!) 

5. Mash the banana. 

6. Add the egg mix to the flour and oats along with the banana and fold it (mix it.) 

7. Put a bit of mixture into each cupcake/ muffin case. 

8. Put in the oven for 15 minutes or until your muffs (sorry) are golden. 

9. Enjoy! According to the recipie which I found in Fabulous magazine, each muffin has 150 calories. 

It says there are 10g of fat in each muffin so I don't know if that cancels out the fact they are low in calories but they are yum...

Mmm I'm going to eat my fifth, I mean my fourth, no I mean my second...oh wait, I've eaten them all :/ 

 

#Projectpound

I have been thinking about setting up #Projectpound for a while now. 

My aim is to encourage everyone to donate £1.00 to charity or a cause each week. It may not sound like a lot but the more people who get involved the more money we can raise together.

Don't think you can spare £1.00? How about for this week not buying that multipack of crisps and donate the money instead? You will feel so much better than if you had stuffed your face with crisps. The same goes for chocolate...

I must spend at least a couple of quid a week on chocolate, ok probably more. While I am not saying you (and me) should become martyrs, I am saying that maybe just for a moment each week we think if someone less fortunate than us. 

So that is why #Projectpound has been born, to do a bit of good. I will be trying to do interviews with some of the fundraisers but I didn't have time this week as I wanted to get #projectpound launched. 

This afternoon I logged onto gogetfunding.com where there are hundreds of fundraisers raising money for different causes. 

Today I donated £1.00 to 'Our pink princess.' 

Money is being raised to fund a grave 'fit for a princess' for a little girl called Lucy who sadly died. 

All I did was search the site and felt that this would be an appropriate cause to kick start #Projectpound could you spare £1.00 today? 

It's Wednesday, hump day, the middle day of the week that is a bit...blah. Why not do a bit of good for someone else right now and finish your day on a high? 

We can make a huge difference together. 

Every Wednesday I will be donating £1.00 to a different cause, you can support who I choose or someone of your choice.  

Post your photos with #Projectpound

Pull your pounds out! 

First vlog.

I kicked off mine and Scarlett's latest project this evening...our vlog:

http://youtu.be/SbU5oxXG3DU

We are going to be shooting cookery shows, our views on the news, girl talk and much more. Scarlett is a natural in front of the camera, who would have guessed?! 

I am also starting a secret project which I hope will being a smile to peoples faces. If it fails, I will tell you all about it. 

I am kicking my butt into shape still and went for another run this morning and I even managed some squats (I did get stuck half way into a squat, so I stopped after 10.) 

Scarlett also enjoys her workouts which I will be vlogging as she is just hilarious and acts like my mini personal trainer. 

I'm off to do some research for my book: How to get Frew- SYM-ple, once I have stopped playing with my new app...

Everything looks so much better when it is sketched. The app is called PhotoSketch if you want to play too, but be warned you will lose at least an hour of your life playing with it. 

Right, work time. 

Patience is supposedly a virtue...

I wouldn't know because I don't seem to own any patience. 

At 8.15 this morning, I was rushing around trying to get Scarlett dressed and myself dressed. She wouldn't stand up to let me pull her tights up as apparently,

'Cats can't stand up and I am a cat.' 

I lifted her off the bed and told her to go and put her shoes on, she collapsed and crushed the blister on my foot and I accidentally poked her in the eye. 

She cried, I shouted:

'Stop messing around, we haven't got time for you to be a cat!' 

I then felt bad and we hugged. I then tried to do her hair and she complained I was,

'Pulling it too hard!' 

I shouted, she sniffled. I apologised and she meowed.

Maybe it was because we were rushing but I just kept snapping. I then found coco pops on the floor and tried to make a joke,

'Are you feeding the mice?!' 

(FYI we don't have mice, I was trying not to shout.) she cried, I reached for a bottle of wine before looking at the clock...8.30AM, we had to leave for school. 

So, I Googled how to be more calm as I was feeling pretty stressed. I have done something like this before in a previous blog post but that obviously didn't work so I was hoping there is a magical cure. 

Suggestion 1 of how to be more calm, Exercise.

So I went for a run...

Yes, I had on Minnie Mouse ear muffs to keep my headphones in my ears. 

Suggestion 2. Read a book. 

I couldn't find my copy of 50 shades, so I read a magazine instead. 

Suggestion 3. Eat healthy.

I hate half a box of Special K. What?! If you buy 3 boxes, you get a free spoon with your name on. I want a spoon! 

Suggestion 4. Get a good nights sleep.

Night had passed, so I had a nap in my green tea bath. I had some lemon and lime tea bags I don't like so I put them in the bath. Yes that is normal...for me. 

Suggestion 5. Write down what makes you angry. 

• People walking behind me too close. 

• Long queues.

• Stupid people (myself excluded.) 

• Not being able to have a bath everyday.

• Chocolate, for being so bad for me but so irresistible. 

• Cold weather and the wind. It's hard to be mad at wind as it's invisible but it really p's me off. 

• Being woken up early. 

• Getting closer to being 30. 

• The fact that Johnny Depp hasn't asked me to marry him yet. 

• The sad half fact that money doesn't grown on trees. (But if money is classed as paper, is the above technically true?) 

• The fact that I could make this list never ending. 

Suggestion 6. Write what does make you happy. 

• Scarlett but she could also be placed in the above too. (See suggestion 5.) 

• Writing. 

• Moaning. 

• Reading. 

• Sunshine. 

• Sleeping. 

• Other miscellaneous things. 

Suggestion 7. The next time you feel you are about to shout, count to 10 and then calmly explain your point. 

Good point but I would forget to do that. Strangely, when anger hits I am not thinking about maths. 

Suggestion 8. Realise how lucky you are. 

I am lucky. I have a lot of good things in my life and while I am far from perfect, there is no magical cure for being human and being a Mum. (Ta dah!) 

I have to constantly remind myself there is no handbook for being a parent and you have to make the rules as each day comes. Sometimes the rules bend and break and that is ok. 

We put too much pressure on ourselves to be 'perfect parents' lets just he ourselves and see what happens. 

Nothing that bad can happen...can it?! 

I can cook!

Happy British Yorkshire pudding day!  

I actually did it...

Yes! And I forgot to get them out of the oven on time and they are still perfecto and taste scrummy too! 

I had this one getting in the way...

She has discovered how to take a selfie and she has inspired me on my next venture, which I will be starting tomorrow (wait with baited breath.) 

It was a fun afternoon baking with Scarlett even though after we had finished it looked like a flour bomb had been set off in the kitchen! It was nice to interact with her instead of being snuggled in silence watching Scooby Doo. 

After reading the article yesterday about parents 'pacifying' with iPads I think we are all guilty of 'pacifying' our kids with TV, so I'm going to be making a more conscious effort to cut TV slob time for both of us.  

Little poser(s)! 

As usual I have a million projects in my head and tomorrow I am determined to stop saying and start doing. 

I am also going for another run tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it (what has happened to me?!) gone are my days of hangovers from hell, replaced by jogs along the sea front. I feel sick. I need wine...

Ahh, that's better. Bath, wine and I hate to say it...bed. 

Night! 

Scarlett's blog 1.2.15

Pinch, punch, first of the month and no returns! 

Roll on summer though as it was beyond freezing today. 

Mummy thought it was a good idea to go to the beach and then the sand park this morning. I protested and said it was too cold but she dragged me out anyway, it's like she doesn't care about my opinion! 

Literally 2.5 seconds after arriving at the park she said we were leaving as she had:

'Had enough.'

So I said I was only leaving if she bought me an ice cream...

Oh and crisps and some biscuits. We played I spy but Mummy said I was doing it wrong...

Me: 'I spy with my little eye, something beginning with blue!'

Mummy: 'You need to say a letter, for example; I spy something beginning with A.' 

Me: 'I know how to play it, I'm a big girl 5. I spy something blue!'

She doesn't know anything! 

She also doesn't know how to make biscuits...

She burnt her thumb while getting them out of the oven, dropped them all over the floor and broke some and then to top it all off, they are all burnt!

I told her to take them out of the oven 5 minutes before and she was like:

'They won't be done yet!' 

I tried to make them look better...

This is what the box thinks they should turn out like...

Hmm, not quite the same but the icing tasted nice. 

Back to school tomorrow, these weekends are so not long enough. Mummy is shooing me into bed as it's:

'My time'

Or did she say wine time? 

Night :) 

Xoxo