It’s my youngest daughter’s birthday today. We got the predictable 6am wake up call, first from our eldest before swiftly being joined by the birthday girl. Having dropped her off at school, accompanied by a plethora of cakes to share with her class mates, I’ve returned home to the joy of birthday tea preparations.
OK, this is going to be a very short post today (promise 
) because I really need your input and advice. I talked yesterday about the perils of Paypal for a charity such as ourselves. I also celebrated what an awesome job both
Humorist Vic Oliver said, “If a man runs after money, he’s money-mad. If he keeps it, he’s a capitalist. If he spends it, he’s a playboy. If he doesn’t get it, he’s a ne’er-do-well. If he doesn’t try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it, he’s a parasite, and if he accumulates it after a lifetime of hard work, people call
After talking a little at Christmas time about the wonders of online shopping for charities such as ourselves, I’ve been thinking about setting a mini-challenge. Fifteen registered shoppers have raised over
When the annual drivel of ‘what was the highlight of last year’ does it’s rounds on the telly, I’m usually pretty keen to make a cup of tea, wash the dishes, clean out that cupboard that’s been waiting 3 months to be sorted … anything really to avoid wasting an hour of my life. However
Being Dr Egg, with a slowly growing mop around a very wide parting, it occurred to me that eggs get painted. Take for example the egg
For the last three months, Give A Brick Treasurer Mike Simmons (aka Dr Egg and @DrMikeSimmons) has been growing his hair. Not known for his flowing locks it has been something of a talking point! As I explained
This isn’t a new idea and it’s been talked about elsewhere on the site already. However, having just ordered a little bit of Christmas shopping over the web, now seemed as good a time as any to remind you about a brilliant way you can give whilst shopping.
After my lovely husband banned me from shaving my hair off for Give A Brick, I asked our wonderful treasurer and trustee if he might kindly oblige instead. Admittedly, he has a lot less hair than me but as I warned his wife, there’s always the danger that it won’t grow back
photo credit: James Jordan I’ve just had an interesting discussion with my youngest daughter. She says she’s going to do a budgie jump for Give a Brick. It’s something like she did for charity a few years ago when she did a parachute jump for a different charity. When she did that, because she was…