Pick Me Up! 20-Apr-2017

What A Memory! I just found my old Nokia 3210. Remember having to delete texts so you could receive new ones? For more things you’ll only know if you owned a Nokia 3210, go to lifedeathprizes.com  and search ‘Nokia’. What A Film! Have you heard the rumours about Mean Girls the musical? I hope it’s true! Mean Girls is one of my favourite films. Did you know it’s been 13 years since the movie was released? That’s so fetch! What A Treat! Me and my boyfriend Darren learnt how to make fudge at the Fudge Kitchen in Windsor. Here I am giving the sticky stuff a stir. The class was so much fun and we even got to sample and…

Boxing name clever Lia and Ollie decided that the boxes their toys came in were far more fun than the toys themselves. Stephanie Herfield, Belfast Viva Las Vegas! Just an hour after getting married in Vegas, me and my husband Anthony decided to brave the roller-coaster! Megan Simms, Doncaster Bag-puss Seems Pumpkin isn’t picky about where he chooses to have a lie down, even if it inconveniences the rest of us. Rebecca Lunt, Willesden Look who I met! Here I am catching up with scouting legend Robert Baden-Powell at Poole quayside. I have to say, he wasn’t particularly talkative… Jennifer Shelden, Leicester Cowabunga! Ben, my 3-year-old son, adores Ninja Turtles, so he loved dressing as one. Even his dad Rob got in on the action! Clare Matthew, Colchester Winning spin…

‘Nothing could dull the pain, and she took it out on herself ’ Waking up on the coach, I could hear my daughter Kayley crying. ‘What’s wrong?’ my sister Glenda, then 53, asked. ‘This man keeps touching me,’ Kayley sobbed, cowering from the passenger beside her. ‘What?’ I cried, incensed. It was September 2000. Glenda, me, my girls Kayley, 10, and Jayde, 9, and Glenda’s son Steven, 14, were on a coach back from the Pyramids to our ship. It was part of an Egyptian cruise. ‘How dare you?!’ Glenda raged at the man, grabbing Kayley and sitting her next to Steven. Kayley had been in the seat across the aisle from me, next to a 50-something man. He’d come across as a polite, British tourist - not a filthy…

‘No way could I risk surgery – music was my whole life’ Swaying in the spotlight, I was bathed in smoke from the dry-ice machine as the familiar beat of Tina Turner’s Simply The Best kicked in. It might’ve been the millionth time I’d stood on this stage at my local karaoke bar, but it still got me every time. I’d always loved singing. Getting a karaoke machine for my 6th birthday is one of my happiest childhood memories. Back then, I was always putting on mini pop concerts for friends and family. Even now, aged 25 and working in admin, I still sang at karaoke bars every weekend, at my happiest when belting out hits by Tina Turner, Gabrielle and M People. ‘You could turn professional,’ I’d been told…

Try tying a rubber band around the lid of your nail-varnish bottles. The grip makes it easier to open stiff bottles. Freya Smith, Greasby Fed up with saucepan lids cluttering up the kitchen? Tie elastic around the inside of cupboard doors and hang your lids on it! Marie Jennings, Norwich Help your tulips last longer by pricking the top of each stem with a pin. Lindsay Matthew, via e-mail If you don’t have any dry shampoo, baby powder will work just as well. Eva Vida, Prestatyn Hide small valuables in a tennis ball – just slice into one side and you’ll find it’ll close up without showing a gap. Jan Savage, Ipswich Been burnt on the tongue by a hot cuppa, pizza or soup? Sprinkle a pinch of sugar or…

1 Pongy Painkiller  Rubbing raw onion on a bug bite or bee sting will help ease the pain. Nancy W ood, Chard 2 Hair Remedy  Massage onion juice into your hair, leave it f or 15 minutes an d then wash out with shampoo to improve hair gro wth. Marianne Carter, Birkenhead 3 Shine Time  A mix of crushed onion and water works great for polishing metal surfaces. Sally Richar dson, Tenby 4 No Paint Fumes  Place a bowl of freshly cut onion slic es in a newly painted room to absorb the smell of paint in just a few hours. Andrea Merton, Greenock…