House Hunting….

OK. You have decided what town you want to live in, its time to find your 'home'. We rented for a while to get the feel for the place, checked out the schools, have the little munchkin happily settled into nursery, got jobs nearby but also work from home a bit so space is getting …

Week 1…and no one was harmed in the process. Yet.

Lets not beat around the bush. Week 1 was not a breeze were I lost 9 pounds and feel like a new person. Week 1 was a steep learning curve of spending the first few days doing it all wrong and going to the pub and physically asking for a Slimline tonic with a slice …

Day 2….and we are off!!

'Congratulations and the warmest of welcomes! You’re now a member of Slimming World Online – and your three month membership starts right here!' Ok the deed is done. Signed up, paid the bucks now time to check this out... So tonight I get to enjoy cooking again. I have always loved to cook but over …

Day One (can you feel the determination??..it’s in there somewhere)!!

I am sitting here at 11pm wondering wether or not to give this Slimming World lark a go. I need to shed a stone, maybe two. But I also need to change my habits. I am bad. I am a late night eater, I love coleslaw, my weekend cooked breakfasts and I don't do Diet …

Are We There Yet?

This week, my three year old has had to stay home as he had managed to get a particularly bad dose of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. It started at the end of last week so over the weekend the worst of it presented. He was quite poorly on Monday this week so obviously it …

Hitting Where It Hurts….

I was never a 'Sports Mum', one of those ones that had to get up at 7am on a Saturday to stand by the football pitch or rugby field in minus five to watch my little cherub play for his school team or local town. My boy was an outdoors kid, loved our weekend camping …

Get Running!

When I moved to Middlewich, a lovely town in Cheshire, last year,  I found it was surrounded by canals and as it turns out great places to run. Now, I like the idea of running, it's just I am not too fussed on the reality of it. I find it boring as hell. If I …

Finding Gold.

When you are about to return to work after having a baby the search for childcare can be one of the most daunting experiences. Do you go nursery or childminder? Do you try somewhere close to home or work? Do you get a minder to look after your little one in your own home or …

Winning!

  Just a quick one today to yell YES!!! Today I am winning. Today I am conquering my little Everests. I set off with Kieran first thing to the childminder, he is off on a trip to the farm today so to make it to her house about 150m away with his pants still dry …

Africa Alive! A little taste of safari, perfect for our little people!

At Easter we made our first cross country trip! West to East! With my other half having to work it was just myself, my best friend and my two year old. On the way to our caravan park at Kessingland Beach, near Lowestoft, we noticed signs for a place called Africa Alive! Being from Northern Ireland our animal trips …