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• THE LAZY GIRL HAS MOVED TO LAZYGIRLUK.WORDPRESS.COM
  on May 6, 2015
  Yes, I know, its goodbye to Blogger and it's clunky interface and not very web friendly layouts, and hello to wordpress.You can still find my opinions on life and everything else over on the new site athttp://lazygirluk.wordpress.comI will keep this...
• Dear Mini: With These Teddies, You Are Taking the Piss.
  on Apr 22, 2015 in Bears kids Parents Teddies The-Brats toys
  This is kind of a post for Mini, but as I'm kind like that, I thought I'd share it with you all readers. Think of it as a support group for parent's afflicted with bears as I am.No, these are not my bears, they are Mini's bears. There are fecking loa...
• Is It Just Me: Who Thinks Actually Those Who Knock People with Mental Health Issues Should Wear Wrist Bands?
  on Apr 15, 2015 in Chamali-Fernando Election-2015 Mental-Health Tories
  ......You know, so we can throw shade on the idiots when we see them come by?A story in the Independent  today proves once again just how out of touch the Tories really are with potential voters. Despite increases in the amount of people ag...
• Dear Mini. No, I Am Not Embarrassing (Yet)
  on Apr 7, 2015 in Dance Embarrassing kids Old Parents party
  As I said in the last post, its my darling daughter's birthday on Friday and her party Saturday. It seems we should be OK with attendees now as we have around 25 kids coming to dance, stuff their faces with food and generally have a good time (well,...
• Organising Parties: Pre-Kids and After
  on Apr 3, 2015 in Disco food kids Kids-Birthday-Parties Parties Party-Bags Planning Swearing
  Can you believe it, Mini is 8 next Friday. Eight! Where did the time go?(Although, to be fair, sometimes she acts far older than 8. I have to remind myself that she is so young still).Thus, after much moaning by Mini discussion by us parents, we...
• Dear NHS: Get Your Priorities Straight!
  on Mar 23, 2015 in Ashya-King Finance NHS Tattoos
  I'm not going to lie. I've had more than my fair share of rubbish treatment from the NHS. I'm not an "NHS basher" far from it, and thank my lucky stars I live in a country where I don't have to pay for most of my treatments. Just recently though, mor...
• Is It Just Me: That Wants to See An End to Mum Shaming Over Breastfeeding.....
  on Mar 18, 2015 in Boobs Bottlefeeding Breastfeeding Facebook Is-It-Just-Me? news Studies
  ...And no, not just in the "I breastfed so I am better than you" sense of the word.I will remind any tits that I have done both- one breastfed child for one whole year (Mini) and one not a hope down to being very premature (Littlest). Again, I can se...
• Is It Just Me: Wondering What The Fuss Is About Kim Sears Swearing?
  on Jan 30, 2015 in Andy-Murray Kim-Sears Swearing Tennis
  If you've missed the headlines, the lovely fiancee of Andy Murray, Kim Sears was caught by the swing of a camera, swearing at his opponent during a heated match.So what? I actually think the headlines this morning should be "Young, Attractive Woman S...
• Is It Just Me: Who Thinks Yes, You Should be Invoiced If You Miss a Party
  on Jan 19, 2015 in Dereck-Nash Is-It-Just-Me? No-Shows party
  ....With no good reason.I couldn't help but be quite surprised at the backlash the family involved in this story have received.  If you've not seen it yet,  what happened was that a child was invited to a party at a ski run. He then didn't...
• #JeSuisCharlie- Freedom of Speech and the Fear of Saying What You Feel in 2015
  on Jan 8, 2015 in #Jesuischarlie Charlie-Hebdo extremism Paris
  As longterm readers and friends know, I don't tend to not voice an opinion, no matter how much shit I know it will generate if not held publicly and widespread by the majority.I'm not just talking about blogging issues. I've given my views on politic...
• Christmas Songs- Please Stop Folking Them up.
  on Dec 15, 2014 in Christmas-Songs East-17 Gabrielle-Aplin
  When we think of Christmas time (and it's OK, I've been out on the razz with the Year 3 Mums for Christmas so now its not too early to mention it anymore), we think of large quantities of gin  fun, laughter and cheesy tunes.I have lots of Now an...
• Parent's Need Love Too: Look After Yourself This Winter
  on Dec 10, 2014 in Asthma Health Looking-after-yourself NHS Parenting
  I am writing this post as this week made me realise how rubbish I am at looking after my own health.As a parent, you often put your own needs second to the kids, the house, the shopping and everything else. Christmas makes it worse as you're busy get...
• Professionalism Versus Product-Why Constructive Criticism Is Important for a Review Blog
  on Dec 2, 2014 in Bloggers Brands Products relationships reviews Vloggers
  I am writing this after a particularly shocking bit of blogger/PR relations over a very expensive buggy being, well, a bit shite.I have reviewed for a number of years now, through times when I had to turn down products down to the sheer weight, to th...
• Affording Christmas: How Brighthouse Makes It Easy to Fall into Debt
  on Nov 24, 2014 in Avoiding-Debt Brighthouse Christmas Consumer Debt Presents
  Christmas is a few weeks away now, and, as a parent, I've started to look at my budget for presents for the brats.It seems now more than ever, despite the credit crisis still effecting lots of families, toys and tech is ever increasing in price. Most...
• Rochester, Reckless, and Why There's No Doubt Medway Will Vote UKIP
  on Nov 20, 2014 in Conservatives Kelly-Tolhurst Mark-Reckless Rochester-and-Strood UK UKIP
  I was born in the Medway towns, went to school there, and remained there until just after Mini was born.I still take an interest in the town as quite a number of mates still live there, so info gets filtered back.Just recently though, my former homet...
• Can Blogging Ever Bring Happiness Or Are We Too Hard to Please?
  on Nov 17, 2014 in Bitchiness Blogging community Facebook friendship happiness support women writing
  Blogging, its a funny old hobby.When I started in 2006, before twitter was even around, when MySpace ruled the internet, it was just a place to write and air your views, whatever these were.It was very much like an old school diary but online where,...
• Thinking of Donating? Here's a Child Who Really Needs Your Pounds #RubyLaura
  on Nov 14, 2014 in Childhood-Cancer Children-in-Need Donate Neuroblastoma Ruby-Laura
  As many readers know, I'm from Kent originally, and do try and keep up with my original home and people in it who I've been to school with.One of them is Anita.Anita is pretty cool in that he rest of us lazy so and so's don't really need to keep the...
• Is It Just Me: Thinking Calvin Klein is Just The Tip of the Iceberg?
  on Nov 12, 2014 in body-image Calvin-Klein Is-It-Just-Me? plus-size Topshop
  Body Image.We all have our own body image. Some of you may feel sexy, sassy, and not give a hoot about the slightest wobbly bit. Some may dread the very idea of communal changing rooms or bikinis. Most of you will have an opinion on your own body, an...
• And Then The House Was Silent Once More
  on Nov 10, 2014 in Back-to-school Home-Education Home-School Littlest School
  ..And all the children went back to school.YES!Littlest has finally left the building, well between the usual school hours most kids his age would be out the house anyway.Thank Goodness.Seriously, before I get any mean trolls suggest I'm not very nic...
• Ambassadors Are They Spoiling Us? Well, No Actually.
  on Oct 30, 2014 in Ambassador-Programmes Are-They-Worth-It Blogging Reviewing Whats-Your-View
  As a blogger who has been reviewing and the like since 2009 (in fact January marks the 5th anniversary of Family Panel's launch, which is crazy), I've been part of lots of different schemes and brand link ups.Some have been great, others, not so much...

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