Marathon training update

It’s been pretty quiet on the blog lately. We went away for half term, work’s been pretty full on and trying to squeeze in marathon training too has meant that something has had to give and unfortunately it’s been my blogging. I can’t promise it won’t happen again as it…

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Capturing our moments – Jan

We’ve just been away for a lovely week in a cottage in Norfolk, so it’s been very quiet on here! I’m so late with this, but as the point of it is to capture our memories I still wanted to post. I’m not really a huge January fan. It’s cold,…

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Review: Bee Sting Facial at Hairven

As you may recall, in December, for the first time in over 15 years I had my hair done in a hair salon rather than at home. I decided to try out Hairven, a hair and beauty salon that is shaking up the Nottingham beauty scene. You can read more…

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Marathon training – week 5

Another good week, although the weather has been getting to me a little. It’s cold and wet and I’m finding the mid-week evening runs hard. I’m okay once I get out the door, it’s just I’d much rather eat my dinner and snuggle up with Simon on the sofa! I’ve…

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Marathon training – week 4

I’m a bit later with this post than planned. It was the twin’s third birthday this week, so it’s been a little hectic. Training is still going well. I struggled a little with the mid-week shorter runs last week. I normally run on a Tuesday and Thursday, but I was…

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Things I’m loving lately – January

January has felt like a very long month and if I’m honest I’m so glad it’s over. Here are some of the things I’ve been using to help get me through January. Beauty A friend of mine is a Nu Skin distributor and I recently tried their Curling Mascara and…

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Marathon training week 3 – all the threes!

I’ve now completed week 3, which I’m pleased to report wasn’t as cold and wintery as I’d expected. This week has been pretty uneventful, in terms of training. On Tuesday I did 4 miles. On Wednesday I did 30 minutes of kettlebells and didn’t ache at all the next day,…

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My captured moment – Oscar turns 6!

My captured moment is from a couple of weeks back when Oscar turned 6. He had his birthday party at Pizza Express, which was brilliant. What struck me with these photos is how grown up he looks. It made me realise that he’s no longer a little baby boy anymore.…

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The Mexican Riviera #MyTravelMemory

We’ve always loved to travel. Before kids, we went on lots of amazing holidays and created so many amazing memories. New York, Hawaii, California, Vail, the Caribbean, Dubai, Hong Kong and Thailand are just a few of the places we visited. After kids, we’ve still managed to do a fair…

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Bedroom makeover inspiration – calming greys

We’ve been planning to give our bedroom a makeover since we completed our big extension in 2014. We made a start during the end of last year, but Christmas got in the way so it’s been a bit of a slow project, which we are hoping to get finished in…

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London Marathon training week 2 – weightloss, cross-training and …

Despite a bit of a rubbish start (which you can read about here), week 1 of training was actually pretty uneventful. I did another 3 miles on the Thursday, followed by my long run of 5 miles on the Sunday. My Mum sat with the kids so Simon came with…

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