Welcome to February everybody, didn’t January just fly by?
I hope you’re all still on track with those New Year resolutions if you have slipped a little maybe the beginning of a fresh month is the ideal time to give it another go? We had a great BritMums Google hangout this week with Wendy Powell and Becky Goddard Hill who shared their top tips for Getting Healthy on a Budget
Personally I have really enjoyed the extra hour of light at the end of each day and look forward to more as this month progresses too. I’m also itching for it to get a little warmer, come on Spring. Who else is looking forward to the first flower buds peeking through?
I must give an enormous shout out to Annie Spratt, Tanya Barrow and Penny Alexander who all set off this weekend to Ghana on their #GoodWork mission for Comic Relief. #TeamHonk will be bringing us news directly over the next week. Please make sure you’re around for the BritMums #goodwork Twitter party on Tuesday 5th at 11am, help us spread the good work being done by our fab members with Comic Relief who knows you may bump into a celeb whilst you’re tweeting with us?
If you’ve done a review recently add it to Mirka’s Review round-up
This week also saw the monthly round-up of the wonderful parents out there who decide to adopt of foster a child with some brilliant blogs linked to. They’re on the look out for more fostering blogs so if you know someone please pass the message on.
We also welcome Jen Stanbrook on board from Love Chic Living who will be bringing a monthly round-up of Home & Design posts If you’re doing a bit of DIY at home, blog it and link up with her. Read her links and be inspired, I know she’s certainly inspired me to tackle my guest room this month.
Link up your Best Post of The Week below and try to visit another couple of blogs whilst you’re here. My #MBPW was entitled Choccywoccydoodah and if you’ve never heard of it go over now and be enlightened, you won’t regret it.
Have a great week
Mari x
About Marianne Whooley
BLOGS AT: Mari's World; TWITTER: @maris_world. Mother of four and gran to two Marianne Whooley has spent half her life in the UK and the other half in Italy. Blogging since Jan 2010, she finds it hard to drag herself away from her laptop. She likes to dabble in the kitchen, mess around with a camera, play at gardening, and she’s an expert in packing suitcases. She’d quite like to be an author translated into 25 languages but what she’s really good at is being a mum, a woman and a good friend.
My best post of the week was about meeting James Wong at Seedy Sunday this weekend!
Last week I wrote about the boggling assertion that men should not be expected to do ‘women’s work’ in the house because it puts the poor little darlings off sex. Be warned, though, I swear. And rage: http://www.thekrakenwakes.org/culture/talking-cock/
My best blog post this week was about how to capture and create memories of your baby’s first birthday. http://www.kimrixphotography.co.uk/blog/capturing-babys-first-birthday/