I posted last week that I was planning on trying the Slimming World programme. Well, I did and I’m delighted to report that I’ve lost 3lbs! As you can tell I’m very pleased about this! My first week went well and I thought it would be useful to share the…
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I’ve decided to try out the Slimming World plan and I begin today. Since having the twins, two years ago, I’ve been really good at losing the weight, exercising and generally eating healthy. I weighed around 9st 8lb (I even managed to get down to 9st 4lb before we went…
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I hate winter (apart from Christmas of course)! I hate miserable cold weather. I hate how it’s dark when I leave for work in the morning, and dark when I leave work at night. I’m not quite as cheery in winter and I hate how it affects my skin and…
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Yesterday Oscar had his first skiing lesson. He had some money for his birthday and we broached the topic with him to see if he was keen and he was. I learnt to ski at the Snowdome in Tamworth about seven years ago, and getting the kids to learn at…
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Yesterday was Oscar’s fifth birthday! I can’t believe it’s been five years since he was born! Why does time seem to speed up when you have kids? He had a great couple of days celebrating. He was at school on the actual day, so we had a party at a…
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I tend to keep my New Year resolutions realistic, to ensure I actually have a chance of achieving them. This year will be no exception. I thought I’d share them here, in the hope that writing them down and being able to refer back, will mean I don’t forget them…
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I’ve had a bit of a break from blogging over Christmas week, but in order to capture the memories of Christmas, I thought I’d illustrate my past week using just photo’s, so here we go… Hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas too! J x
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Today was Oscar’s first school nativity play. He was an angel and he sang his heart out – bless him. I was super proud! And yes, there was the odd tear! It was a little disappointing the we couldn’t take photo’s during the production or of the whole cast, but…
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So, a few weeks ago, I posted some tips for having a stress free Christmas, which I’d pledged to follow. Well it’s not quite going to plan! Life appears to be getting in the way of my plans! Our extension is now almost finished (full post and pics coming soon),…
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In our house it’s that time of year again…time to arrange the childrens’ birthday parties! Oscar’s birthday is the beginning of January and the twin’s is the beginning of Feb (great planning there!). Kids today appear to have a jam-packed calendar of parties to attend. I’m sure when I was…
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Apparently today is ‘Black Friday’. And yes it is… in AMERICA! I just don’t understand why it is suddenly a thing here in the UK. Everyone seems to be jumping on the bandwagon and my twitter feed was full of Black Friday deals this morning. I remember when sale times…
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