Fab new offers

I have just been updating the special offers page on my website and wow there are lots of them this month!! If your children (or you lol) love fiction books then hurry to my special offers page as you can save £££'s this month on lots of fabulous titles.
You can also get a full set of 10 Adventure books for just £29.90 saving yourself £10!!! These books are great to keep kids entertained as they have a story throughout to keep them hooked and puzzles on each page, with the answers all at the back! Take a look now at the Puzzle Adventures Summer Set offer (click the heading of this post to take you directly to my website).

There is also a fab new book just been released. 'This Is My Digger' a fantastic touchy feely board book with a sound button to help the kids bring the digger to life. I will definately be adding this to Aidan's list lol as he absolutely loves his 'This is my duck' and all his 'that's not my...' books!

trip back in time lol

well on Saturday night I truly did take a trip back in time in more ways than one lol. I was at the Boyzone Concert at Glasgow SECC with my mum and little sister Pam. I was actually such a huge huge fan of Boyzone first time around and after going to their concert last year was really looking forward to enjoying reminiscing (sp?) about the old times. What a fab concert it was! Loved singin along to all the old tunes and having a little dance around.

Anyway, before the concert started me n Pam went to get ourselves a drink. When we got to the bar the woman asked us for ID!!!!!! OMG how embarrasing. It does happen to me now and again and i always have ID with me in my purse but.....I'd left my purse in the car duh!!! Well you should have seen the woman's face when i told her that i'm actually 26!!!! Was she having that? NO! My mum had to come over and vouch that I am indeed 26 and my sister is actually 22 before she would give us our smirnoff Ice. How mortified I was lol. Needless to say we avoided the bar for the rest of the night pmsl.

Lesson learned from this....remember my driving licence on sunday when me n Pam go to the Take That concert pmsl!!!

Twitter

As you've probably noticed i've added my twitter feed to my blog. I set twitter page up ages ago but couldn't quite figure it out lol but i'm now giving it another go! So if you're on twitter feel free to follow me on there. username is wee_emmielou. Trying my hardest to keep updating blog and twitter etc but its quite hard to find the time to do everything lol. I'm currently juggling my books business, updating my book website www.usborneonline.org/emacneilbooks, keeping track of all the new offers from the usborne site, updating this and twitter, replying to emails, messages on facebook and bebo and most importantly looking after my gorgeous little boy! PHEW!!!!! lol. Think i'm becoming a bit of an internet addict lol!

Oh and just to add.......how good was this series of apprentice???? I luv that programme so much its pure genius! so glad Yasmina won although Kate would've been a worthy winner too! Cant believe its all finished for another year oh well.

what a weekend

Well my mum's party was brilliant! such a fantastic night. There was plenty of booze, food, dancing etc. My little man lasted till about 10.30pm before being taken home to his bed by my inlaws. He was the star of the party, everyone was cooing over him lol.
The best thing of all though was that I actually managed to keep my shoes on all night.....woohoo pmsl! They weren't as bad as i was expecting and well worth the pain of the blister i had on my toe yesterday lol!
My mum really enjoyed herself aswell which i'm so glad about. She also enjoyed her big cocktails at TGI's yesterday!!!

party party party

woohoo its party night for me tonight!!! It's my mum's 50th birthday so we're having a big party for her!! I'm soooo excited! I have a gorgeous new dress to wear and a pair of shoes that i just luv luv luv lol! Ive had my hair done, my nails done and ive been fake tanned!!!
I'm at mum and dads house just now to help prepare some of the food for the buffet then i'll be off home to get ready! Got such a cute little outfit for my wee boy, Aidan to wear aswell! think he might actually be the star of the party rather than my mum lol (i'm sure she won't mind though lol).
This is really my first big night out since I had Aidan and any party with my family is always brilliant...plenty of drinking and dancing woohoo!!! Ive also arranged for the inlaws to take Aidan home once it gets too much for him so me and my hubby can stay till the end and enjoy plenty of drink (mmmmmm lol).
Then tomorrow (hopefully minus the hangover) i'm off to TGI Fridays for a late lunch with Hubby, Aidan, mum, dad, wee sister and her boyfriend. I absolutely luv TGIs its soooo yummy and I'll be having a lovely big cocktail to wash my lunch down heehee!

oh dear

ok so you are probably thinking that i've forgotten i actually have a blog! which ok I probably did for a few days as ive been so busy that i haven't had time to update it (tut tut) but hey here i am now, although i should really be going to bed as i have a very early start tomorrow!!

Well sunday was the day of the pram-a-thon in Paisley, in aid of the make-a-wish foundation. There was a big turnout for they event and thankfully the weather wasnt to bad!! Very windy but dry and warm yay! I was hosting a stall at the event with my Usborne books and i am very proud to say that I helped out at this event. It is a fantatic charity and I am hoping to help them with other things in the future so watch this space!!!

Tomorrow I have to deliver some books to Little Sunbeams toddler group in Irvine. Then at night i will be going along to the local church as there kids jump club is holding their sponsored read that i have organised or them. I am so excitedto find out how much money they have raised through this (the money will be used to buy Usborne books for the kids who attend the group). 2 of my little cousins go to this group and between them they have raised over £100 and there are around 50 kids at this group! With the success of this event i am hoping that i can arrange similar events for some schools and nurseries etc as they will benefit massively from this.

Then I NEED to be home for 9pm to watch the apprentice oh yeah!! lol. I am such an apprentice addict! They are all numpties though lol. I cant believe how much they all love themselves and how arrogant most of them are!! It is hilarious when sir Alan takes them down a peg or 2 lol! Oh i cant wait to watch it tomorrow!!!

Anyway, i best be off 2 bed now. Anyone wishing to know more about the make a wish foundation check out their website www.make-a-wish.org.uk

another busy week ahead!

Well following on from a busy week last week i also have another busy week ahead.

Tomorrow morning (monday) I am taking my books along to a toddler group in Irvine to display them. This is ideal for me as I can take Aidan along with me and while i'm doing 'business' stuff he can play with the toys and make some new friends. Thats probably the best thing about what i do is that i can take him along to things with me and he has fun aswell!

On tuesday its off out to meet a couple of friends and there babies. Wednesday i have a sponsored read event taking place at a local kids club This has taken up hardly anytime to organise at all and they will benefit from hundreds of £'s worth of free books. Then on sunday I am hosting a stall at a fabulous fundraising event. Its in aid of the make a wish foundation and is called pram-a-thon. Its taking place in Barshaw park in paisley and is looking to be very well attended. Its such a great cause that i am so proud to be helping out and i'm really excited about it! hopefully the weather will be good aswell.

busy busy busy

hi well as the title says, for the past week i've been busy busy busy! To start with I got myself a new phone woohoo! Its the samsung tocco in pink and i love it!! Unfortunately I cant use it for a few days as ive switched networks and need to wait for my number to be changed over to new network!!

I also had another book party to do on Friday night at a friend's house. It went very well. The host got £27 worth of free books. I also signed up my first team member last week yay! I'm really pleased that i have managed to convince someone else of how fantastic it is to be an usborne organiser. I'm sure she will enjoy it as much as i do.

It was also my dad's birthday on friday so i was out shopping on thurs with Aidan trying to find him a present - men are so hard to buy for lol.

my new website

I'm sooooo excited! I have finally got around to setting up my own website (well i cheated a bt because its a templated site so I didnt have too much to do but its done all the same lol!)

It has pretty much everything about what I do on there, events, offers, monthly prize draw, online catalogue to browse and buy and more. You can click on the title of this post or the link section to have a look at my site.

Now that I have done this my poor husband now has to reprint all my business cards fo me lol. Thankfully he doesnt mind ;-). He works in a printers and is brilliant at doing the artwork designs etc so he has designed my business cards from scratch and I love them!! Maybe when I should try to upload a picture of one to show it off lol. Ok i'm kind of waffling here lol.

Looking forward to Friday night as I have another book party to do. Also its my dad's birthday so will be going to visit him. Although I still need to figure out what to buy him, maybe I should be doing tat rght now instead of this but hey.

Right I really am going to end this post now as I feel like i'm just waffling on. Hopefully next time I will have something better to talk about lol.

some me time!!

Today I'm having some 'me' time! My husband has taken my son to visit his grandma and grandad for a few hours so I am just enjoying a few hours of chilling out!
Having a look around some websites at the moment then might do some work, as its the start of the month there are new special offers and titles etc released by Usborne so I have to get my stuff updated. That shouldn't really take up much time right enough so after that I, unfortunately have to do loats of dishes :( then I will put my feet up and watch some t.v.
Sundays are such a great day for just being lazy and chilling out lol. Anyway Ive not really got much else to say at the moment without being boring so i'll leave it here! Speak soon!

shopping day!!

Hey everyone, well as the title says today was a shopping day for my and my son although didnt really buy very much (totally not like me). Had a very nice day though even though the weather was horrible.

I have spent the last couple of hours looking up different networking sites i am a member of to see if there is anything new that will benefit my business. I also got 2 orders for books today from friends of my mum. I am looking forward to May as I have alot on with work (should that really be called fun?? lol i could do it for hours lol. Anyway so far next month i am booked for 2 home parties, a stall at a charity fundraiser, a sponsor event at a local kids youth group and am also in talks to set up a sponsor event for a toddler group...phew!! So excited! Despite all this I am still hoping for a few more bookings next month as I like to be kept on the go!! Plus I can take my little boy with me to the toddler groups etc so It really doesnt matter how much I have on or when it is.

Anyway, I'm off to check out the Usborne site to see what special offers are on for May yay!!

P.s. Just want to say thanks for those of you who have been visiting my site. I will keep it up to date as much as i can. i have also now added a stat counter woohoo!!

play day with a little work!

Well today I am staying at home as the weather isnt very nice outside and I have no car to go out anywhere. So I am using the time at home to play with my little boy. I love being able to spend so much time with him and watching how much he is growing up everyday. His favourite toys at the moment are his talking igglepiggle an his jumperoo. He also loves playing with his new books (that's not my car and that's not my teddy) both from the Usborne range of touchy feely books. They are fab and he loves feeling the different textures in them!!
Once he goes down for his afternoon nap I will use that time for some work. The plan for today is to phone round some nurseries and ask if they would like me o help them get free books. I am currently already helping a local church kids club to do this and am going to help a toddler group aswell next month. I am hoping to help lots of groups get free books as they are so important for childrens learning and developement and why should these organisations pay for them when they can get them FREE?????
For more info on getting free books email me at emacneil.books@hotmail.co.uk
In the mean time I'm off to play again!!

About me

Hi everyone thanks for checking out my blog! I hav just began blogging so you'll have to bear with me at the moment!!

Just a little introduction about me and my life. I'm 26 have been married for almost 2 years and I have a gorgeous little boy who's 8 months old. After finishing maternity leave I knew it wouldn't be possible for me to go out to work full time so I decided to try and find something iI could do from home that would give me money and let me spend plenty of time with my little boy. After searching for months I finally came across Usborne books and decided to give it a go. From the moment I signed up I haven't looked back! Not only is it a fantastic way to earn extra money around family/working life but its lots of fun aswell.

Usborne kids books are great quality and great value for money. They offer a fun way for children learn to read and do all types of other things like drawing, problem solving, learn languages and so many more! The books start from babies right through to teenagers so there is something for everyone. I can sell these through individual orders, home parties, fetes, table top sales, nurseries, schools,toddler groups....pretty much anywhere!!!! So if you would like to order anything have a look on the Usborne website then contact me. Or if you would like to know more about getting FREE books for yourself, school, nursery, toddler group or any other kids organisation then get in touch asap as my diary is filling up quickly!!

Unfortunately I haven't yet been able to set up my own Usborne website but watch this space as I hope to have one very very soon!!

I am currently looking to help mums (and dads) enjoy earning and spending time with their kids as much as I do so if you'dlike more details conact me now!!