Birthday Joy for Pussycat Doll

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger received an early birthday present last month, a shiny Dancing with the Stars trophy. And now the DTWS winner’s special day has arrived. Nicole turned 32 yesterday.

Is there also a wedding on the cards?

Lewis, 25, and Nicole, 31, split in January after 20 months together to concentrate on their careers.

But yesterday the glamorous couple were spotted openly kissing in Hollywood.

And it seems Nicole couldn’t contain her joy as she dropped a broad hint that wedding bells may be on the cards.

They took a tough decision and both regretted calling it off almost immediately, a source told The Sun newspaper.

When asked if she was looking for anything in particular while browsing clothes in a Los Angeles boutique, brunette beauty Nicole replied: ‘This year – my wedding dress.’

Simon Cowell has reportedly begged Nicole Scherzinger to stay on for the Judges’ Houses phase of the X Factor – with both Cowell and Louis Walsh fighting over who gets to work with her.

Despite the return of Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, Cowell is said to be desperate to ‘liven up’ the new series of the show by asking popular guest judge Scherzinger to remain part of the judging panel.

The music mogul is said to have even offered the Pussycat Dolls star a private jet to get her to locations, something that could make Cheryl even more anxious about her position as a judge on the show after missing some of the auditions due being taken ill with malaria.

A source told The Mirror: “Of all the guest judges, Nicole was the one Simon and Louis got on with best. Cheryl and Dannii might still be on the show – but Nicole is the hot new girl on the block.”

“She is sexy, sassy and tells it like it is. Her opinions are valid when it comes to the contestants. And she looks great.”

Happy birthday from eCards Nicole!

Keep in touch with your mates – for free!

Post Uni Blues

Leaving university is a major life transition. It’s not simply the fact that life doesn’t revolve around lectures and essays any more. When you’re at uni, you get constant feedback on your work and you’re surrounded by a support network of friends and lecturers. The big wide world can seem less than inviting in comparison.

That’s what happened to Frankie, who studied philosophy. “I chose a course that interested me,” she says. “Employability came second but I felt proud of myself for doing it. When I started work, I grieved for my old lifestyle and the time I’d spent discovering myself as a person and expressing myself freely. I was doing a low-paid typing job and I felt I had no purpose.”

When you find yourself stroking your degree certificate after an eight-hour shift putting the heads on cotton buds, you can get quite low. Plus life gets more expensive when you leave uni and lose all those nice shiny discounts.

Feeling left behind

Psychology graduate Clare missed her friends when she left uni. “I went straight into temp working while waiting for a permanent job offer. There was no opportunity for regular meet-ups with friends and it almost immediately felt like we’d all moved on. It felt like starting my life all over again.” Clare says eCards has helped her keep in touch with her mates. “My friends and I are always using http://www.ecards.co.uk to send jokey cards when we are feeling a bit down, and we always make an effort to send birthday cards.” 

For recent graduates eCards can provide four main benefits:

  1. It’s a free service – wehey!
  2. It takes 60 seconds and no pen and paper
  3. It’s environmentally friendly
  4. Best of all, when your friend opens up an eCard in their inbox, a big smile will be on their face!

 

Don’t delay, visit http://www.ecards.co.uk today give a uni mate a smile!

Happy Birthday to the SMS!

Yesterday the SMS celebrated its 25th birthday!

The first text message (Happy Christmas) was sent on December 3, 1992, over the Vodafone GSM network in the UK from a Neil Papworth of Sema Group from an R&D lab using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone.

Since then Shorten Message Service has become the main source of communication in the world.

Figures suggest that it is only getting stronger with each person sending more and more texts per month. The average SMS’er sent 35 texts per month at the start of the millenium, now they send 357 messages per month.

And it’s now not only a way to keep in touch, SMS technology in 2009 generated in excess of $150 billion and that figure is set to reach $233 billion by the end of 2014.

So Happy Birthday SMS, we reckon you will be around for a while unless your big bro the email takes over with the introduction of the Internet to smartphones.

Wish your friends a happy birthday with ecards.co.uk, the personalised birthday cards website that features a wide range of cards for all your friends and family.

Half Birthdays. Hot or Not?

Do parents really have to hold half birthday parties for their children to show case their wealth?  According to recent reports this has become a fashionable trend.

A Party Supplier agency quoted:   ‘They’re ludicrous, and I’m seeing them happening more and more – the excuse is always, “Oh, but my child has a winter birthday and so the kids miss out on a bouncy castle in the garden.” It’s madness!’

So what can you expect from a half birthday party?  Well, apart from the summer bouncy castle that little Johnny had been denied on his real birthday; one can expect Champagne, professional photographers and catered canapés.  I wonder if these half-year birthdays are not only about spoiling the children, but an excuse for parents to show off their affluence.

However, for some families the half birthday is not a new fad, indeed, half birthdays have actually been in the family for years.  One woman was reported to say: “Ever since I was a little girl, we’ve always celebrated half birthdays in my family. It was something that my grandmother did for my father so my father carried the tradition down to our family. It is a tradition that I plan on celebrating with my twins when they get just a little bit older.”

Work out you half birthday with the following method: add exactly 182.5 days to your actual birthday. A birthday on May 15 would make your half birthday on November 13 instead of November 15.  What better way to mark a half birthday then with an ecard? It is free; environmentally friendly and therefore there is no excuse not to celebrate a half birthday!  Visit http://www.ecards.co.uk/

Fighter Cheryl on Road to Recovery.

There are now indications of Cheryl Cole getting back on track by stepping out in public for the first time yesterday since being struck down with malaria.

The 27-year-old X Factor judge looked happy as she was pictured taking a brief trip to a coffee shop near Guildford in Surrey. Cheryl, dressed casually in a slouchy white top teamed with jeans and flip-flops, has been reported to look noticeably fuller faced and of a healthier size then she has done for a while.

Cheryl has spent weeks fighting her way back to health after contracting the disease on a trip to Tanzania; a surprise organized for her by good friend and backing dancer Derek Hough. Cheryl spent six days in Tanzania, on Africa’s east coast with Derek following her split from England footballer Ashley.

Cheryl’s people have quoted: ‘As we’re sure you’re all aware, Cheryl is currently taking a break from work commitments due to health reasons.  In light of this, we’re disappointed to confirm that she has had to pull out of both V Festival and X Factor Bootcamp.’

In addition to her illness we all know about split from (hopefully) soon to be Ex-Husband Ashley. Is Divorce on the cards for anyone you know?  If so why not send an ecard to mark the occasion.

 Lets face it, Cheryl is long over due a break from work; and now that she it getting one, it is the prefect time to send her ecards to tell her how amazing she has been thorough the last few turbulent months. 

Indeed, if you know anyone who has had a tough couple of months recently, or it is simply their Birthday, the ecard is your perfect solution.

Whale Vs Boat Part 1

Check out this wicked video on the BBC showing a whale nailing a yacht.  I would not want this as a Birthday present!!!

‘Two in a million’ black and white twins celebrate forth birthday

Kaydon and Layton Richardson look like the best of friend when in fact they are actually twin brothers with different coloured skin.

Both boys celebrated their fourth birthday yesterday in the exact same week black parents Ben and Angela Ihegboro announced the birth of their white daughter Nmachi to the world.

Doctors around the world have been fascinated by the genetic quirks that have made these children ‘two in a million’ rarities.

Kerry Richardson – Kaydon and Layton’s mother – said that the skin colour had been on her mind when she was giving birth to her daughter Tiyannah recently.

“I thought it was crazy. As much as it happened to me, the twins’  dad is white, so for it to happen to a black couple seems even stranger,”she said.  

“When I was carrying Tiyannah I was wondering what colour she was going to be.  

“Before the twins I would have expected that any child of mine would have my  colour in them.

“But after Layton I wasn’t sure what she was going to look like. 

“When she was born she looked as though she was going to go dark but at about  two weeks old it was clear she was white. 

“I was a little surprised as I thought Layton was a one-off.  

“Doctors can tell you what sex your baby is going to be but they can’t tell you  what colour!”

Kerry, 32, who is of English-Nigerian heritage, fears that the twins will stand out when they start school in September.

She said, “It’s never been an issue up to now but I know that Layton notices the difference in their colour.  

“I’ve tried to explain it to them in the past but last year we were in an  airport in America when Layton shouted, ‘Mum, am I white like my dad and Kaydon’s black like you?’

“That was the first time he had said that but everyone thought it was very  funny.

“I hope it’s not going to be a problem when they start school but kids can be cruel.”

Despite the boys being twins they are often surprised in how different their personality is.

The Job Centre worker from Widnes said, “If you put the twins in a group with other children Kaydon will  take control, whereas when it’s just the two of them Layton calls the shots. 

“Kaydon is very good with adults and will tell anybody that he loves them, but  Layton will only say that he loves me.”

In 2006, when the boys were born, the pair were born 20 minutes apart and fair-skinned Layton was born before Kaydon who was much darker.

Dr Stephen Withers, an international clinical geneticist at the time said that the likelihood of a mixed race woman having eggs predominantly one skin colour was rare enough, let alone releasing two of them simultaneously and producing twins.

“It’s probably a million to one chance,” he said.

Their mother added: “You couldn’t find two twins who are more different.   

“Kaydon is hyper and excitable whereas Layton can be moody and stubborn. Kaydon  is into arty stuff and jigsaws and Layton is crazy about superheroes.”

And at the Queen Mary Hospital in Sidcup, South East London, doctors confirmed baby Nmachi is not an albino.

Father Ben Ihegboro, 44, a customer services adviser, admitted that when he saw the baby he exclaimed ‘What the flip?’ before joking: ‘Is she mine?’

Speaking to the Sun, mother Angela said: “She is beautiful, a miracle baby.”

Despite jokingly asking whether he was the father, Mr Igegboro said: “Of course she is mine.

“My wife is true to me. Even if she hadn’t been, the baby wouldn’t have looked like that!”

To send a birthday card to the people you love make sure you visit ecards.co.uk to send a free personalised ecard to the people you love and care about.

Oldest Briton dies at 111

Eunice Bowman

Bowman lived independently up until two years ago when she moved into a home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, where she died on Friday.

Last August on her birthday, she gave a secret to her longevity, saying, “I have never drank alcohol or smoked. I have had a happy life,” She also said that a ‘tipple of honey’ had helped her along the way. “The tipple of honey is what keeps me going, really. I have had a simple life, but I have had some great memories along the way.”

Bowman was born in Wigan, Lancashire and was the second of 12 children to Thomas Crook, a cotton mill worker and his wife Sarah. Due to the fall of the textile industry, the family moved north-east in 1905 so her father could find work at the collieries. Living through two world wars Bowman worked in a munitions factory. Widowed twice, she has six children, who in turn gave her 17 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Over 22 prime ministers have been in office through her life time.

Grand-daughter of Bowman’s cousin, said, “Although we knew it would happen one day, it is still incredibly sad. It is just mind-blowing how many significant historical events Eunice lived through, you just wouldn’t have time to talk about them all.”

The Guinness World Records confirmed that Bowman was Britain’s oldest person after the death of Florrie Baldwin aged 114 in May. The oldest living man, Stanley Lucas born in January 1900 died just one month before Bowman. Having received seven birthday cards from the Queen, he said his secret was never smoking, enjoying only the odd glass of sherry, and never travelling far from home.

Looks like eCards has been making some great new cards love the Moonpig one and the Funky Pigeon one also.  Really fun and great for children!

Personalised Cards

We found this great site which enables users to send personalised printed greeting cards directly in the post.  check out the site:

Personalised card