At the weekend I ran my first 10k race of the year. Actually I think it was also the first time I’ve managed to run 10k this year. One of my New Years resolutions was to run 10k in under an hour at some point during the year. A few…
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Tonight I experienced the scariest couple of minutes of my life. Henry choked, not just your usual gaging, before it appears again, but properly choked to the point of almost turning blue. It was absolutely horrendous and something I hopefully never have to experience again. I’d returned home from work…
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I’m delighted to report that I have lost another 1lb. That’s 4lbs lost in two weeks. I’m pretty happy with that and only over 5lb more to lose, which I’m hoping to achieve before we go to Portugal for Easter. I’m enjoying the Slimming World programme and have found the…
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I’m always going on about how fast time flies, particularly since we’ve had children and I’ve recently been thinking about how to ensure we capture those special moments. I’m not just talking about birthday and other things classed as “special occasions”, but those little magical moments that happen all the…
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During last week’s half term, my mum and I decided to take all the kids to the zoo for the day. Twycross Zoo is about half an hour drive from us and we haven’t been for a few years, so I was really looking forward to it. When we first…
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Spring is in the air. The nights are slowly getting lighter, the weather is getting warmer and I can hear birds. I hate winter, but in contrast absolutely love spring (and summer), here are the reasons why: The warmer weather Getting Oscar, a typically lazy five-year old, and two-year old…
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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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Things have been pretty quiet on the blog over the past week – apologies! As you can imagine, life is pretty hectic at the best of times. However, these week I’ve been really busy with work, have been away on a two-day course and on Monday the twins were two!…
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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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