BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - I'm going to call my baby.... Cucumber.

With the recent news that Katie 'Jordan' Price took 6 weeks to name her baby and then come to a final decision it should be called .... Bunny.... I'm left in a state of sympathy (for the child) and anger (towards the mother)

Someone I know had a baby and unfortunatly during the pregnancy the father died. In honour of the father the mother wanted the daughters middle name to be simply one letter. The inital of the fathers first name. This was not allowed. YET we can just pick a random animal and that is an acceptable name for our child.

As a woman, of a certain age, I was a big fan of the Friends sitcom. and i can't lie, after the Princess Consuela Banana Hammock episode, we all thought about changing our name to that..or crap bag, Just for a laugh. But to actually name a poor defenceless child BUNNY... well that just takes the absolute piss.

What actually goes through parents minds when naming their children these stupid names!? Any of you that know me properly will know i'm happy doing my own weird thing with weirder people. I'm not one to follow the rules but this is not one of those areas that I would mess with. Although, after typing the title to this blog, I hope that one day, I meet someone called Cucumber. It just wont be my own child....

Much Love,

Miss Make It Happen

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Life Decisions

In business i'm good at making decisions quickly. Snap, Crackle, Pop - it's done. One of my strongest skills is to look at a bad situation and be able fix it. Quickly. Both for myself and other people.

Put me in a personal situation and my brain just doesn't work in the same way. Seriously, you would think I have a twin. One with a super brain and one with fluff for brains. I very much use my male brain for business and my female brain for personal decisions.

My mum, bless her, was once quoted saying to me "Dionne, you spend all day being a business woman and then you turn in to an idiot of an evening". Truth is, I spend all day making decision for myself and other people that I like releasing my inner child of an evening. If I dont, I start to get stressed, angry and thats when I start making the wrong decisions during the day. I'm sure my clients are happy that I fell out of a tree a couple of months ago... at least the decisions I make for them are safe and sound. 

So why can't I make personal life decisions the way I make business ones? Because i'm human. I have a heart as well as a brain. Some people will tell you its possible my heart is made of stone/ice, i'm not bothered by it. Business, I can afford to be cold and even cruel and clinical when making the decisions. When its about my personal life the heart gets involved. The internal battle between brain and heart kicks in and I start getting stressed, my eyes start to leak, I become moody. Summed up, I turn in to a woman.

Example -

I once decided that I wasn't getting enough out of a contract for the work I was putting in. So after a few emails of them telling me there is nothing they can do, I rocked up to their office (albeit with chocolates and wine) and said "it's over". I'd been working with this client for just over 10 years. it was a £150K a year contract. Snap, Crackle, Pop - Done. It's "Business".

Go out for a coffee with someone, find out he has a girlfriend, feel awkward about the conversation you've just been having, lose sleep over the decision of deleting him off of Facebook!!

In both examples, I was going to upset someone. In both examples i would lose something out of the situation. One was a quick and painless because only the brain was involved. The other.... well we al know what happens when we let the heart loose on a situation.

Until Next Time...

Miss Make It Happen
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Mid Life Crisis

As some of you are aware, I, Miss Make It Happen, AKA Dee, will turn 30 on the 4th October. Now, I have lots of people telling me 'age is but a number' 'you're still looking young' 'It doesnt matter'. Truth is, I need to prove to myself that i'm still young enough (and stupid enough) to do certain things.

So, what do i have planned?

1) I've joined up to do Tough Mudder on 26th October. Thats about 7 weeks away. The doctors have told me not to do it, my friends have told me i'm mad, and my body is already shaking at the thought of it. I'm running as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Team. Money has already been paid to Help For Heros and I am now asking for donations to GOSHCC. I'm hoping to have the whole race caught on sports camera so you can see what i see! how cool will that be?

And if that is not enough...

2) I need to overcome my fear of heights. wanting to punch someone because you're walking across a bridge, in my opinion, is not acceptable. So, with the help of my friends I will be travelling to Snowdonia and i'll be throwing myself off the side of a mountain attached only by a zip wire. That zip wire is that longest, fasted and highest in Europe. We're talking in trhe region of 1 mile long, 500ft+ in the air, reaching speeds of up to 100mph. Click Here for a video. it will be the 1500m long zipline.


If you'd be interested in joining me on my little mission of madness then let me know and i'll send you further details.

In regards to work... i'm having a little competition.
As a way to say thank you for all your support and to get the 30th birthday party started we want to give away £30 worth of services*. You can be a current, past or new client. This comp is open to everyone.
All you need to do is take a picture / video of yourself holding a piece of paper that says #MMIHis30 - The winner will be the most creative picture. Include @MIH_Dee and #MMIHis30 in your main tweet too or you will not be counted. Entries must be entered by 30th September 2014 - a winner will be announced on 4th October via twitterFB. Picture will also be posted in our next newsletter** - GOOD LUCK!***

Until next time...

Much Love
Miss Make It Happen

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