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Latest twins feature and a new blog

This month's edition of the NSPCC's Your Family magazine contains our three-page spread on having twins or triplets. The families interviewed were a joy to deal with. Each had faced their own dramas and the sorts of challenges that are so often par for the course when you have a multiple birth family. There isn't a link available online to the current issue but it's available in all Early Learning Centres! What shone through, despite the inevitable difficulties, especially with babies born so early, was how blessed we all are.

'What my heart wants to say'

Just to add to Linda's post about what we've been up to this week, I wanted to let you know that we have a starring role in Chat today. That's issue no. 38 dated 28 September. Its entitled 'Walking tall'. Needless to say we've all had a little tear after reading it this morning.

I rushed to the newsagents on the way to work and bought five copies. How about that for measured anticipation? The woman looked at me strangely as she ran them through the till. 'I'm in the magazine' I said, 'so I'm buying copies for my family'.  She obviously thought I was mad.

Anyway, here's a couple of pictures that got away - Pontins Easter bonnet parade 1978 and Christmas 1984. Bill and Ben eat your heart out.[Carol]

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Variety, the spice of our lives

It has been an interesting few days to say the least - from the kerfuffle of a page lead in The Sun and all that entails to chasing the department of the minister for international development for a quote on how students can help change the world, and plenty more in between.We haven't had much chance to scratch our heads and wonder how on earth did we get here? But I think we could do with it. [Linda]

Here she goes again

Carol is in the Evening Mail tonight. Read all about her (again) here. Hopefully she'll find time to grace this blog with her presence in the morning and post the lovely picture the paper has used. It's a smasher. Good job we haven't both got a face for radio.[Linda]

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Home and away

I stopped working from home about three years ago, so it’s odd to be back.
Feeling a little ill, I’m sat in my back bedroom tinkering with articles, faffing on forums and using my mobile phone far too much. I’d get much more done if I was in the office.
I found an office as there was no way I was going to ask people I met through work back to a family home for appointments. They'd have to negotiate a path through headless Barbies and various bits of tat out of long discarded party bags.

Get ready to Gulp!

By Katie Love

We’ve been keeping you up to date on our client, Gabriella Goddard, and her Gulp! Together Campaign and virtual book tour.  Now we’re thrilled to welcome Gabriella personally to our blog as she makes us an official stop on her tour through cyberspace.  I’ve already pledged my Gulp! online (visit www.gulptogether.com) and have even made a start on it this weekend (and I’m very proud of myself for doing so!).   

Here's our questions for Gabriella and her answers: