Pick Me Up! 12-May-2016

What A Score! My mates and I have got into playing Scrabble – girls v boys – down the pub. First game went to the girls! 20  Can you believe it? Cult horror movie The Craft is 20 years old! Still spooky… What A Game! For my birthday, a group of us went to Bounce and played some ping-pong. Smash! We’re all pros now… What A Show! Pretty excited Gilmore Girls is making a comeback on Netflix. But how much do you remember from the show? Take the quiz. Go to www. lifedeathprizes. com  and search 'Gilmore'. What A Mess! This week, I decided to have a sort-out of my wardrobe. I think I may have too many dresses..!…

Best mates BFFs at 13 and still the same five years later when we’re all off to university! From left, that’s me, Katy and Joanna. Paige Bradshaw, Birstall Llama llove On a llama trek with my new pal Henry! Oh, and with my boyfriend Mike, too! Jay Bradberry, Helsby We keep trying, but at only 3 weeks old, my sleepyhead son Carter hasn’t quite learned how to keep his eyes open when it’s photo time! Jenn Gallogly, Hyde Feeling the pinch This wasn’t quite the relaxing scalp massage I’d had in mind while on honeymoon in Malaysia... Samantha Heathcock, Stourbridge Football fan A new pal! My 8-year-old daughter Sophie under the wing of the Cardiff City Bluebird. Sam Fox Williams, Caerphilly Daybreak bliss My usually lively Molly has gone into…

‘Was everything happening too fast? I was panicky’ As I chatted away to my friend on the bus, I barely noticed the bloke sitting behind us. ‘I’m not sleeping,’ I told my friend. ‘The doctor’s prescribed antidepressants...’ I’d been going through a bad patch lately. ‘Hopefully the tablets will help,’ she reassured me. Before long, it was my stop. As I climbed off the bus, the bloke who’d been sitting at the back got off, too. ‘If you need someone to talk to, let me know,’ he said, smiling at me and handing me his number. Then he asked for mine. What’s the harm? I thought. Tall, clean-shaven and smartly dressed, he had a kind face. Later that day, he sent me a text asking me to go for a…

‘Doctors thought they’d removed all the cancer’ Our wonderful boy The corridors and waiting rooms of Birmingham Children’s Hospital already felt horribly familiar. In reality, it was just 10 days since we arrived and our nightmare began... My eldest son, Finlay, 10, had always been healthy. But by May 2014, he started to get headaches. Instead of chasing his brother Kenzie, 9, and sister Tegan, 4, around the garden after school, he lay on the sofa. My hubby Wayne and I were getting worried. After four visits to the GP, we were referred to hospital. A CT scan revealed shocking news. ‘There’s a mass on Finlay’s brain,’ the specialist said. More tests revealed it was a 4cm tumour. Brain cancer . First hurdle We were speechless. And now, little over…

We put a hinge on our caravan step and turned it into a storage box – great for hiding those smelly shoes! Helen Baldwin, Leeds Put a balloon over a finger plaster to stop it getting wet when doing the dishes. Judith Cairns, Colchester Keep your kitchen super-organised by using labelled stacking boxes to keep your cooking ingredients in. Linda Doyle, Wallasey Using pics from a holiday brochure, we made a fun street map for our son’s toy cars. Steve Giblin, Penarth I discovered that my old wrought-iron wine rack could easily be converted into a fancy towel holder. Clare Cannon, Glasgow If you’re out of clingfilm, use a clean shower cap to cover leftover food in the fridge. Janice Wood, Studley Rather than buying two different kinds of tarnish…

Soak up Put old kit chen sponges at the bottom of your plant pots – they hold moisture and are good for drainage. Cat Brannan, C omrie Wood planks Builders’ pallets can be slotted together for fences or used as a base for a dog’s bed. Charlotte Primrose, Lawford Specs so! A spare glasses case is a good size for a portable first-aid kit that you can keep in your handbag. Lee Hall, Sittingbourne Feet first Old beach towels make great mats for the bathroom. Michael Chance,…