Pick Me Up! 24-Aug-2017

What A Tipple! Summer’s my favourite time of year and there’s nothing better than sipping an Aperol spritz in the sunshine. Cheers! £230,000... … that’s how much all the runners raised for Street Child, a charity that gives kids like these a chance to go to school. I recently ran its Sierra Leone fundraising marathon – an amazing experience and, best of all, it helps needy youngsters. What A Boost! I can’t resist chocolate and now yet another study confirms that it boosts the memory and keeps the brain healthy. Does that mean if I eat enough, I’ll turn into a smarty (or a Smartie)? What A Long Shot! My cat Olive thinks if she waits for long enough on the windowsill, she’ll have a chance of catching the pigeons…

I think my daughter Ivy’s pleased with her new wheels! Now…how does a baby get a driving licence? Michelle Slinn, Chesterfield Selfie with Mum Me and my gorgeous mum having a wee night away in Liverpool. Samantha McKibbens, Glasgow Your Facebook WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ON FB... Last thing that made you lose your temper? My 8-year-old daughter, who thinks she knows more than me! Carolyn Colleen Parker Bosses! Fiona Draycott Dog mess outside my door. Lynn Osborne Dad’s van getting broken into. Lynn Osborne Join in at www.facebook.com/pickmeupmag Whine not?! When a friend and I visited Portugal, this bar sign really made us chuckle! Gemma Carey, Bury St Edmunds Look who I met! At Arley Hall’s Dogfest, my border terrier Eddie and I were lucky enough to meet Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick himself – and his…

Selina Hall, 37, Rotherham What Brian had done was wrong. And he knew it T he smell of roast beef wafted around as I went downstairs. ‘Smells great, Mum,’ I said, taking a seat. Every Sunday, it was tradition that me, Mum Carol and Dad Brian ate dinner together. Such happy times. I was close to my family. Dad in particular. A photographer, I’d often help him on his jobs, carrying his equipment. I liked it. I felt grown up. Our secret Then, when I was 11 our relationship changed. When Mum started working nights, restocking supermarket shelves. One of those evenings, Dad came into my room. Saying nothing, he shoved his hands into my pyjama bottoms, groping my privates. I froze. Was that normal? Soon after, while Mum was working,…

Jess Sharman, 21, Tunbridge Wells I ’ve been told that Thursday 3 March 2016 was like any other day… That my boyfriend of seven months Richard Bishop and I left his house like always, after I stayed over. That we then boarded the train into London, where we both worked in recruitment. Only, on the train, I had a series of epileptic grand mal and absence seizures that changed my life forever. Diagnosed with epilepsy at 14, having fits wasn’t unusual. But, that day, at age 19, they erased all my memories. So all I can remember, even now, is what happened after that train journey… Maybe it’d come back after a sleep, or in a few days... What’s my name? Arriving at work that day, I was sitting in an…

Tip of the Week Snip the waistband off old jeans, cut to size and attach to plain flip-flops. They’ll look fab, worn with jeans or a denim skirt! Fiona Ogunjimi, Coventry If we’re going on a self-catering holiday, I find out the local supermarket and put in a homedelivery order to arrive a few hours after we get there. It’s less stressful than shopping straightaway. Jayne Benham, Whitefield Take hard-boiled eggs to work in an empty Cadbury Egg’n’Spoon box to protect them. It’s also ideal if you’re going on picnics. Mandi Hughes, Anfield Get rid of pesky houseflies by poking cloves into an apple and placing it in the middle of the room! Lindsay Matthew, Heywood Now I know exactly where to find my pins – it’s a corker of a way to keep…

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