We're All Off to a Summer Festival- Camp Bestival Blogger 2014

Longtime readers of this blog may recall that, four years ago, when Littlest was still in a buggy and Mini, well, actually Mini was still Mini, daft as a brush and prone to Diva tendencies, our family went to Camp Bestival on behalf of Johnsons.

We loved it, and have always meant to go back again.

You know me though readers- organisational skills of a house brick, so it didn't happen.

I then spotted a tweet from the Camp Bestival team themselves, inviting bloggers to apply to cover the event and review it for them. 

I didn't think I'd be lucky enough to be chosen but I applied mid way through last year. Then, as I'm famous for, forgot all about it.

Until last night, when an absolutely brilliant and completely unexpected email dropped into my inbox. It seems that the Lazy Girl household is off to Lulworth Castle again to see the likes of Sinead O'Connor, De La Soul, James and Sophie Ellis Bextor, not to mention cracking comedy and shows fit for all ages.

Yippee!

For the third time last week, I did a little happy dance. The Brats jumped up and down screaming (God knows what they'd do if we did a "We're going to Disneyland" advert on them. I think they'd faint). Elder immediately said he was going to bagsy front row for De La Soul (to recapture his lost youth no doubt and bust some questionable moves- if you watch this video, he's the one dancing in a dark jumper from the start with long hair, circa 1989). 

Camp Bestival is the brain child of DJ Rob Da Bank, and is so great for families its been voted best festival year in, year out. It can be difficult to take two kids to a festival due to it being busy and muddy and not at all child friendly, but Camp Bestival caters to the kids from newborns to even the most uneasily pleased teens.

Mr Tumble will be there, along with a fun fair, a kids Catwalk (which no doubt we will have to pry Mini off of daily, if not hourly), and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl releasing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there are a number of events surrounding the book. Mini is especially looking forward to the likes of Jo Whiley reading excerpts from the book at bedtime over the three days.


We will be hopefully blogging from the event itself, so look out for tweets and the like from July 31st to August 3rd.


Fancy the event yourself or want to see who we'll be rocking to? Then head on over to the Camp Bestival website for more, or follow their tweets at Twitter.

Silent Sunday 04.08.2013

Silent Sunday 21.07.2013

Dear So And So: Wasps, Wardrobes and Cher bloody Lloyd

Its time for a few Dear So and So letters- this time on the right day!

Dear So and So: Lump, Weddings and Mumsnet Nutjobs

Before you shout "oi, woman, you've got your days wrong again you thick so and so, tis Thursday, not Friday", I shall say, in my defense that I am a) crap at lining up posts to auto-post, and b) at my sister in laws wedding tomorrow. So bog off.


Only kidding, here's my Dear So and So's for this last week in July.


Dear Weather


Sort it out! Where oh where is the sun? And, if he can (because the sun is bound to be male as he's such a cantankerousness thing) could he see fit to be shining in Ascot tomorrow, it is Nursey sister in laws wedding tomorrow and if it rains my hair will turn to frizz rather than carefully constructed lush curliness.


Ta


Dear Littlest


No, your imaginary friend Lump did not mess up your bedroom, draw on your face with marker pen or spill food on the floor. Nor was it Lumps teeth which bit my kneecap yesterday. While we are discussing Lump, why can you not have a friend with a nice name? 


Love you Scruff
Mummy


Dear Lump


It better not be you doing those naughty things.


Hmmm
Littlest's Mummy


Dear Mini


Leave my bathroom cupboard alone missus. Its a bloomin' good job I went in the upstairs bathroom, and not your Uncle or cousin, elsewise I think they may have been embarrassed by the sight of my Sanitary Towels stuck artistically to the wall. You hooligan.


Love you


Mummy


Dear Mumsnet Trolls


You're mental. And for people trying to shed the nasty image, you are failing abysmally. 
Cheers for knocking the stats on my "sh*t, Boll**ks, decidedly meh, poor constructed and badly spelt" blog up.


Arseholes.


20somethingmumuk, better known than any of you bi-ayt-ches. 


Dear Non-Mumsnet Blog Network Members


Seriously, don't join it. Its littered with the kind of trolls seldom seen since 1991 and twice as ugly. 
Its kind of like Royston Vassey. And its tag should be- "you don't have to be a brainless knob with no life to join here, but it helps".


Badges declaring "Mumsnet Throws Scorn on my Blog" coming soon.


You have been warned
20SM


Dear Nursey Sister-in-law, and Hubby to be


Have a great one. No S your fringe is fine. And thanks for picking my daughter as a bridesmaid.


Cannot wait for tomorrow.


Lovely readers


You know who you are- have a great weekend and if Elder doesn't nick my phone and ban me from Twitter or G+ I shall give you the odd pic/update.


Mwah for now
Me

Silent Sunday

Summers Here! Halluehjah!

Oh yes!

The sun has well and truly got his hat on, and has decided to finally set up home in the skies above our little Country. Or continent, not quite sure what we are, despite my B in GCSE Geography!

And in our house, we definitely thrive off summer,

The double doors swing open onto the back garden, the trampoline is dusted down from its position on the side of the shed, and the stereo is loaded with the top infinite number of tunes that are needed to make the soundtrack to the season.

The kids seem to prefer it too, they have the freedom to come and go from indoors to outside in the garden, or in their little tent, and Beebies finally takes a rest. In fact the only time the TV has been on has been for the snooker or for Glee, and Ashes to Ashes.

At the moment, everyone seems to be asking for Spotify related inspiration, although its not something I've discovered yet personally due to the media player being rammed and my phone being a mobile jukebox anyway. Oh that and the most up to date Ipod variation I have is a Sony Tape Walkman in fetching cream and orange, given to me by my Nan in about 1994. And they don't take to Computers well!

So, my being Miss Mobile Music Encyclopedia, I have to give my opinion, and also love that when other people suggest a band or singer I like to look them up.

Latest discovery is the amazingly good Plan B- a London guy who not only writes and produces his own stuff, but sings like an angel and raps like a rude boy too. Simply amazing, check out his last album Who Needs Actions When You got Words, based on his experience of growing up in London, or the newest offering The Defamation of Strickland Banks which this multi-talented artist plans to transform into a film he's penned himself.



So, hope you're all enjoying the sunshine, long may it continue, God knows after the awful weather we had at the start of this year we deserve it!