Black Country news and blogs Friday 5 September 2014
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Review & Giveaway: Win a Bundle of Greener Cleaner products 
ET speaks from home 26 Jan 14
If you have been following my series of Chinese New Year blog posts, you may have seen that I mentioned Spring cleaning.
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My Childhood Toys
ET speaks from home 26 Jan 14
Recently, I read five decades of childhood obsession written by Oxford Open Learning which deeply interested me.
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Orion Early Reader Book Review: The Little Nut Tree
ET speaks from home 25 Jan 14
The Little Nut Tree is a book written and illustrated by Sally Gardner.
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Lets Gone Crabbing at the Seaside
ET speaks from home 25 Jan 14
Earlier this week, I launched a Gone Crabbing giveaway to win an iPhone case worth £19.99 and Little Crab Tea Towel worth £6.99.
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Review: Doc McStuffins Mini Clinic Playset
ET speaks from home 24 Jan 14
Is it time for a check up? Today Lambie fell over and needed a cast.
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Book Review: Go to Sleep or I let Loose the Leopard
ET speaks from home 24 Jan 14
Go to Sleep or I Let Loose the Leopard is a picture book written by Steve Cole, originally written for his own children and illustrated by Bruce Ingman.
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My Desert Island Discs Playlist, assuming there are batteries!
ET speaks from home 24 Jan 14
Some of you may know that I love Korean TV drama and their K-pop music genre.
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Giveaway: Win a Quaker Oats’s hamper of Porridge Oats
ET speaks from home 23 Jan 14
Quaker Oats brings together George and Larry Lamb to create a one-off Love Mondays FM podcast helping you beat the January blues.
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旺 Huat Ah Chinese New Year Paper Cutting #CNY #16
ET speaks from home 22 Jan 14
This is another post for my Chinese New Year series and today it is about craft.
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Simple Way to Teach Children Chinese Zodiac #CNY #15
ET speaks from home 21 Jan 14
I am bilingual and I would like both my children to learn Chinese, which is their mother tongue, as it will be very useful wherever they go.
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Chill Factor Ice Cream Maker Review
ET speaks from home 20 Jan 14
Following the massive success of the Chill Factor Slushy Maker (I reviewed it with video ) which Character Options brought out last year,they have now brought out an ice cream maker.
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How to make Chinese New Year Nian Gao (Sticky Rice Cake) #CNY #14
ET speaks from home 20 Jan 14
Earlier this month, I wrote about different types of Chinese New Year goodies including Nian Gao! Nian Gao is always one of my favourite foods during Chinese New Year.
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What is on your wishlist?
ET speaks from home 19 Jan 14
Have any of you got a next generation games console yet? The PS4 is high on the wishlist for us.
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Review & Giveaway: Win 1 of 5 Robotslayer Graphic Novel
ET speaks from home 19 Jan 14
Robotslayer is a book created by Vincent Kamp for his own two young boys – Leo and Benny – and it’s taken 4 years from idea to release.
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Giveaway: Win a GONE CRABBING iPhone 5 case PLUS Little Crab Tea Towel
ET speaks from home 19 Jan 14
GONE CRABBING is a thriving British company which was started 5 years ago by a Norfolk Mumpreneur from the kitchen table of her small cottage.
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Oriental Twist Chicken with Crunchy Crumb and McCain French Fries
ET speaks from home 19 Jan 14
We all love a Saturday lie-in and a bit of family time together! Unfortunately this morning, both kids decided that today was not a day for lie-ins and woke us up by jumping on us in bed! We managed to fight off this onslaught momentarily but the …
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Wrappz Personalised iPad 2 Case Review
ET speaks from home 18 Jan 14
Wrappz , whois Europe’s largest producer of personalised cases and custom skins for mobile devices including phones, iPads, iPods, laptops, games consoles etc.
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GOOD Hemp Products Review
ET speaks from home 18 Jan 14
I was so excited when I was introduce to these GOOD Hemp Products.
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Greased Lightning Showroom Shine Waterless Car Wax & Polish Review
ET speaks from home 18 Jan 14
Some of you might know that I love cleaning and those who had came to my house would have know that my house is immaculate.
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App Review: My Little Pony – A Canterlot Wedding
ET speaks from home 16 Jan 14
My Little Pony – A Canterlot Wedding is an iTune app by Egmont Kids Media Digital A/S.
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3D Paper Cutting Chinese New Year Spring 春#CNY #13
ET speaks from home 16 Jan 14
Lunar New Year is also know as Chinese Spring Festival.
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Year I Make It Happen 2014
ET speaks from home 14 Jan 14
Before the New Year started, you might have already set yourself a new goal for the year or perhaps people asked you what is your goal.
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Celebrating Chinese New Year in Chinatown #CNY # 12
ET speaks from home 14 Jan 14
This coming Chinese New Year of the Horse falls on 31 January 2014 (Friday).
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Celebrate with Halos n Horns Zingy Orange #CNY #11
ET speaks from home 14 Jan 14
Mandarin oranges play a major part in our Chinese New Year.
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How to make a Chinese New Year Ang Bao/Pow Star #10
ET speaks from home 13 Jan 14
This craft is inspired by Crafty-Crafted.
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Review & Giveaway: Win 1 of 3 PLj Lemon Juice for Pancake Day
ET speaks from home 13 Jan 14
PLj is a classic British brand, which evokes nostalgia amongst many, a favoured slimming aid since the 1970s is a great everyday accompaniment to many drinks and dishes.
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How to make Chinese New Year Fan #9
ET speaks from home 12 Jan 14
Fans are easy to make – it is mainly sticking and pasting or painting.
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How to make Chinese New Year Firecracker #8
ET speaks from home 12 Jan 14
If you have been following my Chinese New Year series, you will have seen that I have made a Hello Kitty lantern , Hello Kitty Chinese coin , Fish lantern and Chinese lantern .
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Spring Cleaning with e-cloth: Review & Giveaway #CNY #7
ET speaks from home 12 Jan 14
A New Year, a new start of year! For Chinese, we are just about to start our New Year.
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Week 2 My Sunday Photo
ET speaks from home 12 Jan 14
Sweet potatoes Fries…
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Olly the Little White Van TV Show
ET speaks from home 12 Jan 14
Both my children started to watch Olly the Little White Van about 2 years ago.
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Different Type of Chinese New Year Goodies #CNY #6
ET speaks from home 11 Jan 14
This time of year is the best time to travel down to Asian countries, especially Singapore.
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Giveaway: Win a set of Sweet Mandarin sauces and Cookbook #CNY #5
ET speaks from home 10 Jan 14
As many will know, I love cooking Chinese food like Tangyuen , steamed bun (Man Tou) , Pork Floss bun , Bubble Milk Tea etc.
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Learning with Letts Revision and Collins
ET speaks from home 10 Jan 14
It is normal to feel concern regarding your children’s education.
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Reviewing our spending habits!
ET speaks from home 9 Jan 14
How’s 2014 going for you so far? I must admit that it’s been hard getting back into the routine this week for all of us, but probably more so for me and Mr C lol! New year traditionally means new resolutions and whilst I haven’t specifically made any…
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Giveaway: Win two boxes of Gourmesso coffee
ET speaks from home 9 Jan 14
This is only the first week of school starting back and I am feeling extremely drained! A coffee a day probably won’t last as I need more than a cup! I am delighted to know that Gourmesso is priced at £0.21 per capsule with free shipping for orders …
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How to make a Hello Kitty Chinese Coin Ang Bao/Pow Lantern #4
ET speaks from home 9 Jan 14
Yesterday, I made a Hello Kitty Lantern and had a few Ang Bao/Pow left to make a Chinese Coin Lantern.
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My Leftover Challenge with Knorr
ET speaks from home 8 Jan 14
As a SAHM, I always plan our meals and try to make sure that nothing goes to waste.
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Hello Kitty Chinese New Year Ang Bao / Pow Lantern #3
ET speaks from home 8 Jan 14
My two sisters-in-law are big fans of Hello Kitty so when I came across some Hello Kitty Ang Bao/Pow when I was last in Singapore, I bought some for them.
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Chinese New Year Wall Decoration
ET speaks from home 7 Jan 14
This year Chinese New Year falls on 31 January 2014 and is the Horse year.
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Earn Money with your smartphone using Clic and Walk
ET speaks from home 6 Jan 14
Just got a new smartphone present from your loved one? Want to earn money with your new smartphone this new year? Why not give Clic and Walk a try! This is a fairly new app to me.
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How to make a Fish Lantern using Ang Pow
ET speaks from home 6 Jan 14
During this month, I am going to write a series of Chinese New Year posts from making lanterns, zodiac, Feng Shui to Chinese culture.
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How to make Honey Dried Pink Lady Apple Crisps
ET speaks from home 5 Jan 14
Early this week, we went to shopping in Morrisons and could not find any Fuji or Gala apples available.
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31 Days with Ryvita Challenge
ET speaks from home 4 Jan 14
After all the festivities, I have no doubt that I have put on a few pounds as my regular exercise class has been on a break.
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2013 Year Photo Book by Albelli
ET speaks from home 4 Jan 14
Hope you haveallenter my blog competition to win 1 of 3 Albelli’s pre-designed photo books worth £34.90 plus pp! If not, enter here before 12 January 2014.
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Review: Alph and Betty’s Topsy Turvy World App
ET speaks from home 2 Jan 14
Alph and Betty’s Topsy TurvyWorld is the first in a series of motion adventure books for iPad from Stephen Cavalier, the author of The World History of Animation.
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Y Volution: Y Fliker Junior J2 Review
ET speaks from home 2 Jan 14
Y Fliker is a revolutionary self-propelling scooter by Y Volution for 3 years old to adult! Who said adults can’t have as much fun as a child! Y Fliker comes in 6 different cool series: Air, Sport, Base, Carver, Junior and Flow.
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The Best of TV & Movies Review – Drumond Park
ET speaks from home 1 Jan 14
What do you normally do after a big Christmas dinner? Our usual routine is to get everyone playing board games or video games.
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Furnish with Chesterfield Sofas
ET speaks from home 1 Jan 14
When I was young, I dreamt of a big white house with a lot of vintage furniture such as these classic Chesterfield sofas .
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New Chapter of my Gratitude Jar 2014
ET speaks from home 1 Jan 14
Last year, I made a Gratitude Jar for 2013 and this is how it looks like! It is filled with nothing but happiness! I am so pleased that each piece of paper is fill with my achievements for this year.