Mediocre Mum

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  • Raised Eyebrows

    My daughter’s talents never cease to amaze me….

  • Mumsnet: Bullies or Best Friends?

    Two controversial posts in one week, if I’m not careful I’ll get a reputation. Firstly, I need to apologize to the group of Mumsnetters for my wee outburst on Twitter last night after my first foray onto the forum; I behaved no better than they did with my name calling, which was very childish, although…

  • Should kids watch the news?

    I strongly believe that it’s important to get children interested in and talking about current events.  In fact, one of the companies I work for’s main focus is delivering the news to kids in a child friendly format.  However, I’m not convinced that I want my 3 year old watching the news.  Bear in mind…

  • How Not to Master Social Media!

    As many of you know I went to a Mastering Social Media Course a few weeks ago run by @thomaspower of Ecademy.  Some of you found that very laughable, but I genuinely wanted to learn.  I hummed and hawed about attending the session, mainly due to the cost as it was £420 inclusive of vat. …

  • Is this odd?

    I know you all think I’m odd and this isn’t going to help my case, but every time that I choke, if I’ve inhaled a bread crumb or my coffee goes down the wrong way, immediately afterwards I sneeze.  This isn’t a one off.  It happens every single time and I can’t remember it ever…

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