Resting my poorly foot

As I mentioned in my last post, since running the Robin Hood Half Marathon in September, my right foot has been hurting. I’ve been trying to still run on it as I really want to try and maintain my half marathon fitness. However, my foot doesn’t want to play and…

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"You're In" – I'm …

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I recently completed my second half marathon. Despite struggling a bit with the training I managed to shave 11 mins off my previous time – finishing in 2hrs 14mins! I enjoyed the run and the training was worth it, but I was…

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September – Capturing the special moments

I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, but somehow just never managed to get round to posting it. I know it’s now mid-October (timing is going too fast!), but I’m still sharing so that I have a record to look back on. September was a pretty quiet month…

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My life hacks

Like most busy mums, I’m keen to make our life and everyday routine as smooth and chaos-free as possible. I was recently contacted by www.first-utility.com who are running a campaign to find the best life hacks. They wanted to know my top life hacks, which got me thinking about they…

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Things I’m loving lately – September

I’ve been meaning to join in with this monthly roundup, created by Emma at Little Wood Life, for a while now. However, with settling into my new job and training for my half marathon, my blog has taken a back seat for a while. But, now my half marathon has…

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Training for a half marathon

On Sunday I’ll be taking part in my second half marathon. I ran the Robin Hood Half Marathon last year and really enjoyed it! I’m doing the same one again, but this year I’ve really struggled with the training. I’m not sure if it was easier last year due to…

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Capturing the special moments – July/August

Wow, it’s been a hectic couple of months! What with summer holidays, birthdays,  changing jobs and getting ready to get back in the routine as Oscar goes back to school, there’s been little time for blogging! This post covers July and August. We were on holiday in August when I…

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Potty training begins

On Friday Heidi began her potty training journey. A week ago I bought a pack of Huggies Pull Ups as they were on offer. Heidi really took to them and has been showing a real interest in the potty, so on Friday I decided to take the plunge and let…

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Our summer holiday

We’ve recently returned from our summer holiday, which was lovely. We went to a place called Benahavis, which is near Marbella. It’s a beautiful spanish mountain village, which we first discovered three years ago. I’m planning on writing a blog post to tell you more about it as a place…

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Goodbyes

We’ve been on our summer holidays for the last couple of weeks so it’s been pretty quiet on here.We had a lovely time, but I’ll tell you more about that later… You may have read on the blog that I’ve got a new job, well this week is the final week in my…

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The heart of our home

Last year we had a huge extension which, although was an absolute nightmare at the time, was well worth the stress and upheaval. It’s been approximately 9 months since the main bulk of the work finished and we’re now all getting used to the extra space. I particularly love our…

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