Imperfectly Natural

A fab weekend, if exhausting. the ABM was great and I bumped into two midwives who helped me give birth to two of my kids ! On to a churches conference in Kent and Sunday at the NCT conference. A huge event with such a great informed crowd.

Today I met the lovely Rajasana from Lifescape mag, you”l be hearing lots more about that fab publication as I’m going to be writing for them.

We’re finally having our vile carpet removed - man alive the kids were impressed by the industrial sander and I was hugely impressed at how beautiful the wood is when all the layers of crap have been removed ! Yippee - it will only be a matter of days till I can lay down my fab turkish rug, (bought at Yurdoncarpets in Gochek turkey) - ye I really did go to Turkey anb came back with a carpet…

Yet more eons have gone by and I’ve barely paused for breath. Have I told you about the Dutch Nursery event ? it wetn great, such an informed audience. Last weekend was great too, I was speaking at the Babygroe conference in Chester and finally got to meet the lovley Brigit Strawbridge from its not easy being green fame, watch this space for details of her latest project.

Sat I was speaking at the Allergy show and aside from almost having a fight with a guy who was trying to convince me that his 99 per cent liquid parrafin product was the bees knees for dry skin and excema (????) it was a great event and we sold out of books.

We raced out of there over to Heathrow to catch the end of the fab Juicy seminar with Jason Vale, man alive he can talk as much as me…hes brilliant and it must have been an awesome day of juicy info.

This thursday I’m doing an event for an Ovarian Cancer charity and then off to see my boys play in their rock school concert (earplugs will be needed) and this weekend theres events at the Association of breastfeeding mothers, the churches conference in Kent and the National Childbirth Trust conference in Coventry…

Crikey I feel exhausted just thinking about it…

Yippee Imperfectly Natural Home has been well and truly launched ! Go buy it ! Or wait till monday when I’m on The Wright stuff (10am on the channel 5 sofa) and buy it on Amazon after that - don’t forget to leave a fab review too !

We had an excellent launch party at the BBc club, so many lovely people, its always tricky making sure you introduce people to other people if you get my drift but everyone had a good time - our goody bags though I say so myself were the best in town with everything from skincare goodies from Neals Yard remedies, Green people, Purenuffstuff, coconoil to name a few, some eatables from Honeyrose (fab organic choccy thingys) and cereals from rude Health…oh a ton of stuff…..The eminent Roger Coghill was holding court (he is so fascinating) and all my friends were queuing up to meet Frank Partridge who used to be on Sky TV and all the guys were queuing to say hi to Mari Wilson and yes…we are going to reunite, I’m going to sing BV’s for her London gig in the autumn, will have to dust down my 50’s frock.

I’m presenting the Green Awards in November and the guys were there, I did my best PR work and introduced them to the guy from Worldnakedbikeride which does exactly whats its name suggests - Gaby who works with me seemed very interested in the concept so watch this space !!!

Enjoy the new book and if you aren’t already signed up join our fab freindly forum.

Janey

Back at work this week which has been fun, you cna imagine Steve reaction to my juice retreat ! Lots of very intrigued listeners though, Jason is gonna be inundated !

Got my hands on the new book, very exiting and right now I’m in cornwall at the Truro farmers market 10th celebrations, staying in Falmout at St Michaels hotel and spa - man alive its fantastic - faultless actually, I had an amazing treamtent, a cornish honey body wrap and then pottered around the vintage shops and a great shop called seikyerbooty selling ethnic and fairtrade clothes. Last night I attended the opening cermeony in Truro, sadly after all this great weather its torrential rain but hey ho !

I’ve jsut done an interview with BBC radio cornwall, the lovely Tim Hubbard and v. soon we’re off to formally open the market, there’ll be celeb chefs from cornwall, and a veritable array of fish, cheese, meat and veg, sadly I’m catching a train later so can’t carry a stash home !

As you can tell I’m feeling very ‘content’ to be back in Cornwall……one day….I’ll get to live here…

Well I’m still motivated after my wondrous retreat, I’ve been juicing every single day and getting the kids at it, best of all I’m up at least 45 mins earleir than I used to drag myself up, and go for a walk (can’t quite manage running - more of a fartlek approach)

I’ve done a couple of tai chi classes which have been great and almost made the yoga class today, sadly not quite as the queue to the carpark for the farmers market made me late (great excuse though, got some fab organic veg and a cute ‘bug catcher’ from a local community project - Earthworks.

We went to a local arts and craft fayre today, rediculously hot, spent most of the day nagging the kids to put sunhats back on but we all had fun.

In leui of the yoga I’m gonna have to put Kens dvd on and relive my memories of Turkey…

Kinda excelled myself I think with the gap between blogs but I’ve been manically if wonderfully busy.

I had a life changing week at my Juicing retreat in Turkey, you’ve heard of Jason Vale (the juicemaster) I’m sure, hes the one that helped Jordan lose 71bs in 7 days, a fair few other celebs have done his thing too but Jason is about so much more than just losing weight its the holistic picture.

I did lose half a stone so thats a bonus but also gained some sanity and perspective and did yoga and tai chi every day.

See the feature I wrote and make sure you check out Jasons book and dvd and try it at home.
juicemaster.com and tell him I sent you.

More info too about Jasons only seminar this year on the May e-zine out tomorrow…creky better get completing it….
bye for now, won’t leave it so long - honest !

Yet more weeks fly by…I had a good time at a Ladies circle function last Saturday in Warrington and got to see my best mate on the way.

We managed a few hours beforre the snow melted yesterday and the kids had fun.

I’m back on The Wright stuff next monday and busily jacking up some fab items to make up a lovely hamper of goodies to be auctioned at the yestolife event on the 26th april

…off I go then…

Crikey where does the time go ? Last week was easter right ? and snowing here, its was perfect actualy for the kdis to do the snowball thing just for an hour till it melted then they ran in for eggs, it also hampered the easter bunnys tracks a little which was all good delaying tactics, talking easter bunnies the four year became obsessed with dressing up and with some help from his brother found a white dressing gown, made some paper ears and stuck on some blades of grass for whiskers, they even had a crack at making their onw choco easter bunnies in moulds though sadly all came out with ears unattached - ces’t la vie

Its been another manic week checking final book edits, completing my articles for my Herts Life column and my Higher nature nutrition mag and of course jacking up some great offers and comps for the April tips sheet, if you’re not signed up, get in quick, we’ve even got a ‘bogof’ and I thought that was only supermarkets…

Just back from a productive few days in Monmouth staying with freinds and getting some writing done. Sat was fun, I stopped off briefly to say hello at a ladies Circle function and bought myself a smashing hat in the process, and fairtrade I’ll have you know.

Frantically tapping away at the final final book edit and correcting mistakes, crikey if you see how many typos I make it will take a while and also completing articles to promote the book

The pic of radio 2 girlies in the sunday express was fun, I hear Wogan gave a certian publication more plugs than usual !

Happy easter by the way

What a week, exhaustion is the word but I found time for a quick swim and aromatherapy sauna to revitalise myself (if you fancy it by the way theres a free family day pass to the Herts branch oif Next Gen - click on the front page for the email addy) Anyway I ws in the changing area after showering and a woman asked me if I’d put a bit of cream on her back, where she couldn’t reach. Helpful old me said yes without thinking and seh handed me a bottle of - well I won’t name and shame - save to say it was the kind of mainstream chemical laden product that I avoid like the plague, I hesitated but then duly rubbed her back (which was covered in angry zits by the way unsprisingly) I stood there like one fo those cartoon drawings with the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other and just cold not decide whether I should open y big mouth. I should have said, I’m sorry, I wopn’t rub that stuff on you, its choc full of vile chemicals - try some of my coconut oil, it will cost you way less, help your skin and won’t damage the environment….of course I actually said nothing - wimp ! I got back in my car and realised that even though I’d washed my hands I still reeked of the stuff.

That’ll teach me.