Author: Hannah

207: Bristol 2012 – Day Two

When I wrote a day by day breakdown of LE2JOG each post was rushed to fit in before bedtime and all sorts of things, this time I’m trying to post what we did today to go live the following morning.... Continue reading →

206: Bristol 2012 – Day One

Having pretty much counted the days down (for 4 weeks!) to our holiday – it finally arrived!! We set off about 9am toward Milton Keynes. Chris has a particular route that he takes when driving to Soul Survivor goes via... Continue reading →

205: Life According to Instagram

Partially Inspired by Freckled Italian. 1. Me and Bex were at The Fountain for the work evening on Saturday and we made an accidental yummy creation. Bex had made a white hot chocolate and there was some left over so... Continue reading →

200: I Think We Were on Plan Z

Today didn’t exactly go to plan. It started with Our Sidekick coming in and saying that he still didn’t feel great could he go back to bed rather than going to school. Well I had to be a meany Foster... Continue reading →

199 – Guest Post Today

Today, I’m not here. I am guest posting over at Secondhand Superhero. The lovely Stephanie got married at the weekend and so while she’s on her honeymoon there are a couple of guest posts – I’m first – how exciting!!... Continue reading →

198: I’m Moving

So you have to think a bit lateral and out of the box for the picture to make sense – get it? My blog as been here at this URL for a few incarnations but when it was called Journal... Continue reading →

197: 15 Day Challenge – July 15th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received? It’s not exactly a compliment more a reaction to something I did. I’m known for virtually living in trousers – occasionally... Continue reading →

195: 15 Day Challenge – July 13th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. List Your Favourites…. Songs Your Sofa by Becky Higg (but there’s no video! Watch this one instead – So Much More To Come) It Doesn’t Always Have To... Continue reading →

193: 15 Day Challenge – July 11th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. What’s one thing that you would never change about yourself? It would probably be my eyes however I am short-sighted and have an astigmatism in one eye –... Continue reading →

192: 15 Day Challenge – July 10th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. Most Embarrassing Moment I can think of many embarrassing moments, I was picked on at Upper School and so there were always occasions where I’d put my foot... Continue reading →

190: 15 Day Challenge – July 8th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. Describe “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” of yourself The Good I’m kind, caring and compassionate I’d like to think I’m a good, reliable friend who can... Continue reading →

189: 15 Day Challenge – July 7th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. Recommend us a book to read. Why do you think it’s important? I read loads of books. I’m not sure there’s one particular book I would recommend as... Continue reading →

188: 15 Day Challenge – July 6th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. What’s something you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t? Why not? Storm chasing. When I was younger I used to watch lots of documentaries about storms and crazy... Continue reading →

186: 15 Day Challenge – July 4th

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. What’s Your Favourite Childhood Memory? I don’t actually know. I think I have so many. There are sad ones, happy ones, funny ones and other ones. There’s the... Continue reading →

185: 15 Day Challenge – July 3rd

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. Tell About An Article of Clothing That You’re Attached To When our class graduated from university some of the girlies organised leavers hoodies for us. I wore mine... Continue reading →

184: 15 Day Challenge – July 2nd

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. Write a {few} six-word memoir(s) Crazy, barmy but fab reliable friend Photo snapping, tweet writing girl geek Sweetie eating and gum chewing chocoholic Lovely, caring, fab, foster mum/wife... Continue reading →

183: 15 Day Challenge – July 1st

Joining with Sarah from Life of Love for the 15 Day Challenge. List 15 Fun Facts About Yourself… I am married to Chris. We’ve been friends since I was 15, we got engaged in 2005 and married in 2007. I am Foster... Continue reading →

181: Review – May and June

At the end of each month I write a review of the books I’ve read, the films I’ve seen and a quick round up of the month but I realised on Wednesday that I hadn’t done this for May which... Continue reading →

180: 26 Before I’m 27 – Part 2

I’ve completed another goal. At the weekend me and my brother went to Cambridge to see Dave Gorman live. I tweeted about it on Saturday morning – I was really excited and just had to get through the rest of... Continue reading →

164: Family Date Night

When Chris and I did marriage prep and got married – we were always encouraged to make sure we had one evening when it was just us and no-one else. On Sunday we instigated a new “Family Date Night”. I’d... Continue reading →

163: Dear Monday v.14

Dear Monday, I’m sure you’d be a lovely day but between the hours of midnight and 8am I don’t want to see you!!! Today I saw you til about 2:30am and then again around 4ish – I really didn’t want... Continue reading →

162: Crocheting Away

Anyone notice how this post was just a title for a little while – oops! Anyway here is the post. Why is it you get inspiration at 23:56 when you should be asleep!!! (but are also addicted to crochet so... Continue reading →

160: Fill In The Blank Friday

Lauren from The Little Things We Do prepares the prompts for Fill In The Blanks Friday and it’s had a bit of a makeover and now rather than being 5+ questions on a theme it’s now going to be one... Continue reading →

147: Education – History

Earlier this week me and Our Sidekick when to a Pre-Admission’s appointment at his new school. I don’t remember going to one when I moved up to Upper School but it’s always possible that it did happen. We happened to... Continue reading →

146: So What’s Next……?

So this post is a bit like verbal puke. There are posts out there where people have felt the need to get on their soapbox and speak out about who they are and what their blog is about. I was... Continue reading →

145: Encouragement

I had a horrible day yesterday – to the point that I was in tears twice. I seem to spend each week charging towards the weekend – the weekend comes and goes and then I dive head first into the... Continue reading →

139: Fill In The Blanks

1.  Something that is very near and dear to my heart is, my family they are all so super special to me. 2.  Birthdays are a good cause to celebrate . 3.  The most fun I ever had was  the time that we went to... Continue reading →

136: Blog Holiday of Sorts

Hey So having posted about being overwhelmed I accidentally on purpose gave myself a blog holiday – part of it was being too busy to blog, part of it was not being bothered to blog and part of it was... Continue reading →

126: Overwhelmed

I think the weather is sending me a bit loopy. It’s been so dark and grey that I think my brain thinks we’re heading towards Christmas quicker than we are or something. My colleague at work was on holiday for... Continue reading →

125: Fill In The Blanks

1.  My bedtime routine includes cleaning my teeth, reading and checking social networks (Twitter/FB/Instagram) and some times doing two at once – like I’ve stood with my Kindle in my left hand while I brush my teeth with my right hand.... Continue reading →

124: Review – April

April Books Read Divergent by Veronica Roth The Radleys by Matt Haig Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Heat Wave by Richard Castle Films Watched Avengers Assemble 50/50 Big Mirror Mirror Month in... Continue reading →

121: Chores – Good Cop or Bad Cop?

Clearly I’m still getting the hang of this Mum thing. Each morning Our Sidekick has a list of things he has to do before school. Along the lines of: Shower (if needed) Get dressed Comb hair Have breakfast Put breakfast... Continue reading →

120: 26 Before I’m 27

1. Finish The Host by Stephenie Meyer. 2. Read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. 3. Complete The Sketchbook Project 2013 (by January 2013) 4. Read 30 books in 2012 (Ends December 2012) (10/30 at present) 5. Take a photo everyday... Continue reading →

119: Surprise!!!

At the end of last week me and my mum discussed about what I’d like to do for my birthday, well I had work so going out for tea would be good. We didn’t really discuss it but it’s a... Continue reading →

117: FB Flash Back

Christmas 2006 Clearly I thought having my photo upside down was really cool! February 2007 I wanted to prove that I could do it so I did – shortly after this Chris chimney climbed the whole doorway. April 2007 Birthday... Continue reading →

116: 25 Before I’m 26 Pt 2

13. Read 3 of the 6 Jane Austen novels (In Progress) I started this one of with the aim to finish it, I started Pride and Prejudice and I’m part way through – my phone has it at about 16%... Continue reading →

115: Tuesday Tunes

(Source) L is for… Lincoln Brewster No-one noticed that my alphabet was in the wrong order did they? Lincoln Brewster is an American worship leader that my Uncle introduced me to. I hadn’t heard of him but I downloaded the... Continue reading →

114: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog. Dear Monday, the sun was shining this morning but by about lunchtime it clouded over and the heavens opened. It’s been raining pretty much for five hours straight now. To my Manager,... Continue reading →

111: Fill In The Blanks Friday

1. Today is a great day because, it’s the dress rehearsal for our performance. 2. Tomorrow I will hopefully remember all my lines in the performance and not forget my dance moves during the two big numbers (that I usually... Continue reading →

108: Tuesday Tunes

I don’t tend to buy albums anymore because I don’t always like all the songs – and there’s always that one that never gets played on the CD (or MP3 as most of my music is going that way) But... Continue reading →

106: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog.   Dear Weekend, you were far too short! Having spent like 6-7 hours of the weekend in the car going to and from Stockport you vanished right before my eyes. On the... Continue reading →

100: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog. Dear Bank Holiday Monday, I’m glad you arrived – time to spend with the family. It was a good day. Dear Cinema, it was uncomfortable sitting in the second row right at... Continue reading →

098: Review: March

March Books Read Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse Book 1) Heat Wave by Richard Castle Interrupted by Rachel Coker The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter Films Watched The Hunger Games Month in Bullets My blog... Continue reading →

097: Catch Up Time

So this post is technically being written on the 10th April. With all the craziness happening to get The Fountain ready for being opened on Easter Saturday – aka 7th April – blogging is one of the last priorities after... Continue reading →

096: Life. Edited. Part Two

Back in January I watched a video called Life. Edited. – it was that inspiring I even wrote a blog post about it (You can read it here). Well I thought an update might be needed. I wasn’t very good... Continue reading →

093: Dear Monday

Joining up with Megan from Happy Day Blog. Dear Monday, how did you arrive so soon? I’ve sick for a week and I’m so fed up of it. I need to be better! Thankfully my manager and my colleague have... Continue reading →

092: April Fools!

I got pranked. Our Sidekick had been discussing with me how he was going to play an epic prank on Chris he just had to think up one that would be “LEGEND*wait for it*DARY”. Oh Grasshopper you have *so* much... Continue reading →

Why I want to be a QI Elf?

Growing up I’d regularly watch University Challenge with my Mum and Dad. I never stood much chance of getting the questions right and they were often too hard. The picture and music rounds were my favourite and I could sometimes... Continue reading →

090: Fill In The Blanks Friday

Today was supposed to be a guest post but it’s gone a little bit pear shaped so I’m back on my normal schedule for now. 1. My greatest strength is I’d say that it’s being able to multi-task but I’ve been so foggy... Continue reading →

089: Passions – Mrs GLW

Five years ago I started blogging – I’d been trying to find somewhere to release my crazy rambles when I found WordPress and got started (I think it was also procrastination from my dissertation while at university). This week marks... Continue reading →

088: My Blog’s Birthday

Today my blog turns 5 years old. A day under a month to my 26th Birthday – yes I am probably going to mention it a whole bunch more times between now and then just so that you can’t forget... Continue reading →

086: Passions – Rickie

Five years ago I started blogging – I’d been trying to find somewhere to release my crazy rambles when I found WordPress and got started (I think it was also procrastination from my dissertation while at university). This week marks... Continue reading →

085: New Family Additions

I took this picture earlier but in my crazy crazy ness to try and get other bits done round the house and getting these guys settled (or not so settled when next doors dogs made them jump out of their... Continue reading →

084: A Chilled Day

Today was so lazy!! I hadn’t really made any plans other than to work my way through the chores – the problem with Chris being so busy getting The Fountain ready means that I’m working full time and trying to... Continue reading →

083: Fill In The Blanks Friday

Here is this week’s Fill in the Blanks Friday…. 1. My favorite colour is green I think – it used to be purple but I kind of grew out of that lol. 2. My home decor color palette includes lots of... Continue reading →

082: A Ramble

Hello you lot – how are you? I am well….well better than I was – my brain decided to wake me up at 5:45 this morning with a splitting headache. So that was the second headache in less than 24... Continue reading →

079: Dear Monday

Linking up with the Megan from The Happy Day Blog. Dear Mum, yesterday was Mother’s Day – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! Thank you for being amazing and helping me, Chris and Our Sidekick out over the last 6 ish months –... Continue reading →

076: #BlogPositivityWeek

On Monday it’s the start of Blog Positivity Week as dreamt up by Ashley from After Nine To Five – you can find more information here. One week dedicated to reminding us all that the blogging community is an awesome thing... Continue reading →

074: Randoms

One plus point of having a cold is that I spent a bunch of time thinking over stuff because I have very little energy to actually do anything physical (or at least too much physical stuff), usually at silly o’clock... Continue reading →

072: Dear Monday

Linking up with the newly engaged Megan from The Happy Day Blog. Dear Inspiration, I’m beginning to think that I need some way of recording my blog post ideas while I’m in the shower because you send me the best... Continue reading →

069: Fill in The Blanks Friday

Prompts from Lauren’s Blog Prompts this week are created by Jennifer from Jen Loves Scott (+ Baby!) Here are my answers: 1. My favorite room in my home is the living room because I think it could be the tidiest room... Continue reading →

068: I Love Lists Thursday

It’s one of those days I think. I had my first awkward annoying call at about 9:13am – I’m hoping it’s not a sign of things to come. This morning Chris gave me a hug. But I was still partially... Continue reading →

067: Dear Lydia – A Response

I think that describes the friendships I have made over the last few years – some via Twitter some through the blogs I read on a regular basis. I can’t remember how exactly I started reading Lydia’s blog but somewhere... Continue reading →

065: Dear Monday

Dear Chris, so Friday was a day of epic ups and downs. Thankfully it ended on a good note with The Fountain getting keys to your new building (yay!) but you got stressed out by all the opinions you were... Continue reading →

064: 1 Year Ago Today……

This gorgeous girlie married her fab hubby. I’m here in the UK but Branden and his friends (I think!) set up a stream on the internet so that his family in the US who couldn’t make the wedding and me... Continue reading →

063: Fill In The Blanks Friday

Fill In The Blanks Friday Saturday You can find the prompts at Lauren’s Blog: The Little Things We Do. The highlight of my week was a close drawer between Tuesday when The Fountain signed their lease for a building and... Continue reading →

061: Review: February

February Books Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Blogged about here.) Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg (really close to the end!) Places Visited Milton Keynes – for my friend’s birthday Films Seen Howl’s Moving Castle... Continue reading →

060: 100 Word Challenge (Feb29th.net)

  You can find the prompt here. 100 Word Challenge: Week 32 “You’re going to laugh, I forgot my keys too” He said through the letterbox. “Come round to the window and I’ll help you.” I walked from the front door... Continue reading →

058: Twitter “Dream” Class

Twitter makes me want to have drinks with people I’ve never met, and Facebook makes me want to throw drinks at people I already know. — Funny Tweets. (@TheComedyHumor) February 24, 2012   Well this isn’t entirely true but it... Continue reading →

057: 40 Acts

I spent a whole bunch of time on Twitter and Facebook – some days probably more time then I should but there you go! I’ve seen #40acts being talked about but hadn’t really thought about getting involved – so technically... Continue reading →

056: Birthdays

Source: google.com via Jane on Pinterest       Two of my friends are celebrating their birthday’s this week. I thought this was kinda appropriate as one of those friends is turning 18! How exciting. It’s then about 2 months... Continue reading →

054: I Love Lists Thursday

  Last week my new toy arrived. I’m on my second book so far and so this week we have two lists – first the books I have read on my sparkly new Kindle followed by my wishlist. Lots of... Continue reading →

053: Wednesday

I was reading. Then I remembered that I hadn’t blogged and my brain got all on a knot. So I’m lying in bed writing this on my phone. I’m listening to Ed Sheeran singing Lego House but before that it... Continue reading →