I was really excited to be nominated by Fairies and Pirates for the Liebstar Award. My first blog award! Ok, so it’s hardly the Brilliance in Blogging Awards, but I’m still excited, so thank you Isabella! The Liebster Award is about helping raise awareness of new blogs and bloggers. Although my…
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I’m delighted to report that I’ve managed to lose 3lbs – hurrah! I now have another 3lbs to lose to get back to my target weight. I’m not sure the bank holiday has helped much. Life is just too short, not to indulge during bank holidays, so the odd sweet…
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April has seemed like a short month for us. I suspect that’s because we went on holiday for a week at the beginning of the month. It’s also been a great month for us too! We went to Portugal to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary and had a great time.…
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There have been lots of these 50 things that make me happy posts going around at the minute. I love reading them, so thought I’d join in the fun, so here goes… 1. My beautiful babies 2. My lovely hubby 3. Chocolate 4. Cake 5. Running 6. Clothes shopping 7.…
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It’s been a while since I’ve written a weekly weigh in post. My last one was just before we went on holiday and on weighing myself the day before we left, I had managed to get down to my target of 9st 7lbs – yippee! However, me being me, I put 5lbs…
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Last week I was kindly invited to attend the opening party of nkd waxing’s new premises in Nottingham. I love this type of thing and I’m not one to say no to free treatments and a goody bag! Plus I was allowed to take a guest, so me and my…
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Those of you who are a regular visitor here (thank you by the way), will know that I work part time in marketing. I currently work 28 hours a week. I work 9.30am – 3pm, from home, on a Monday and then usual hours in the office on a…
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We bought our current house when Oscar had just turned 1. We knew we wanted more children and the two-bedroom house we were in was not really a family home. We were planning to have one more child, so we bought a reasonably sized 3 bed, not that far away from our…
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When you’re having a baby choosing an appropriate name is often a daunting task. It’s such a huge responsibility and it’s so important to get it right. After all you don’t want to be bored of your child’s name after a few months! When I was pregnant with Oscar, Simon…
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Last week we went to Vilamoura, which is in Portugal. We went a couple of years ago for my Dad’s 70th birthday and had a great time, so when decided with my parents where they wanted to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary, Vilamoura seemed like the perfect choice. We set…
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A little later than planned due to going on holiday, but here’s the round up of what we got up to in March. The highlights include: Running my first 10k of the year and doing it in under an hour! Lots of shopping for our holiday. Finally getting rid of the…
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