Stepping Out – Week 3

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We cha cha cha’d, we shook our booty, we danced ourselves into a frenzy but……failed to impress the judges! Wayne Sleep was lovely and fair as ever but the others seemed to have it in for my man! They gave him no credit whatever in learning a very fast and furious dance in 4 days! They threw insults at him …

Stepping Out – Week 2

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Oh dear oh dear! Our second dance went down like a cup of cold tea! While everyone else shimmied and smouldered, we did Line Dancing with such a huge crowd of backing dancers that you couldn’t even see us! Our one big moment of jumping backwards off our platform and crowd surfing was completely lost by the strange sideways camera …

Stepping Out – Week 1

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Oh my goodness, that was such an adrenalin rush on Saturday night doing the tango with my husband LIVE on television! My husband, who seemed to go into a funk the day before with his attention span plummeting to below zero, a swollen foot that caused him to limp when walking never mind dancing and an attitude that can only be …

Stepping Out – Lead up to Week 1

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So the time has finally arrived! After 5 weeks of dancing, falling over, sprained limbs, muscle spasms, bruises, physio, icing, frustration, excitement, anticipation and sheer terror, there is nowhere left to hide! It’s dance time! We’ve had a lot of fun with all the other couples. There’s a great sense of camaraderie and whilst a certain amount of competitiveness is …

Friendship, Tomatoes & the Squirrel from Hell

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The lovely story I posted the other week by my dear friend Annie, growing tomatoes in the heart of Beverly Hills, has ended in tears. Annie was in London for  a day or 2 and relayed the story of…duh duh duh…the squirrel from hell! So here is Part 2…a sorry tale of woe and crushed dreams…and nicked tomatoes! (If you …

The Secret is Revealed – We are Stepping Out

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It’s such a relief to finally be able to talk about my “secret project” which I have known about for months. What has possessed us to partake of a show that requires us to dance together knowing that at least one of us can’t dance at all (guess which one??)? We keep looking at each other and saying “why are …

Why and what chemicals to avoid in skin products

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A while ago I wrote about why I prefer to use natural skin products and in another article wrote about some of my favourite brands. (Check out under Skincare in Articles). So what are these nasty chemicals to avoid in skin products and is it really necessary to do so? Firstly let’s just clarify that we are talking about synthetic chemicals …

Product of the month – Swimcap

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As wonderful as the sun is, it can take it’s toll on skin and hair. We all know that it’s vital to wear sunblock to protect our skin but what do we do to protect our hair? The combination of sun and water can reek quite a bit of damage. Hair breakage and colour fading are common problems from too …

Friendship, Hobbies and Tomatoes

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My dear friend Annie Stein, a writer who often contributes to the Huffington Post, wrote this story about her experiences after my last visit to Los Angeles where she lives. I wanted to post it here as it touches on 3 things that are key to our health and happiness (ok, ok, I get a mention or 2 in the …