Author Archives: DorkyMum

A Few of Our Favourite Things

September 17, 2012 By in Reviews Tags: , , , , , , , , , , 5 Comments

A few months ago – while I was still slightly shell-shocked from BritMums Live – I said that I wasn’t going to do any reviews on the blog, but that I hoped it would be okay for me to still have a bit of a gush occasionally about products that I like.

DorkySon and I have bought a few new bits and pieces recently, and we’ve also been lucky enough to be sent a few things – just because people are lovely rather than on condition of review – so I thought I’d gather some of those together in one post.

Here are a few of our favourite things at the moment.
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Pigs… and Monkeys

September 12, 2012 By in Family, Harpenden Tags: , , , , , , , , 21 Comments

It may have been DorkySon’s best day ever.

It was warm and sunny. First of all we walked, then we took a train, and then a taxi.

He wiggled on my knee.

“I’m so excited,” he said.

We got out of the taxi, and DorkySon wrinkled his nose up.

“What’s that smell?”

“It’s the animals,” I said.
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An Interview with Cherry Healey

September 10, 2012 By in Blogging Tags: , , , , , , 6 Comments

A portrait of Cherry Healey, journalist and television Presenter

One of my highlights at BritMums Live was getting the chance to hear and meet television presenter Cherry Healey. Cherry is best known for her BBC3 Documentaries, and her presentation at BritMums – 360 Media – was about the importance of blogging and social media in shaping those programmes.

She was a huge hit with the audience, coming across as very sincere and approachable, and she stuck around afterwards for a good chat with lots of bloggers. It was lovely to see a high profile figure being so generous with their time and attention.

After BritMums, I approached Cherry to ask if she would do a quick interview for me to publish on DorkyMum and she said yes – hurrah! – so here it is.
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Project 52: Week 34

September 9, 2012 By in Harpenden, Photography Tags: , , , , , 9 Comments

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September is my favourite month of the year. I love the autumn chill that creeps into the air, the leaves starting to turn, and the prospect of tucking ourselves up in preparation for winter.

This month I’ve got my 5th wedding anniversary to look forward to, as well as the MAD Blog awards and some new babies to meet as a few of my friends reach the end of their pregnancies!

In the meantime, I’m going to make the most of these last days of sunshine, playing ‘kick kick’ in the park, and watching dragonflies on the pond with DorkySon.

It’s all good. I feel very lucky.