A Year in Review: Happy Birthday to Me

It was my birthday this week. It was all a bit of a mixed bag as Chris was away and I had work so it was an early start for me at the boys (5.45 to get everyone to school... Continue reading →

Nine Yarn Projects for 2022 (An Update)
22 Goals in 2022

At the end of 2021/beginning of 2022, I wrote a list of projects that I wanted to complete in 2022 (at least to begin with anyway…). So here is update about my nine yarn projects for 2022. Some of them... Continue reading →

Goals For March – Update – How Did It Go?

Okay so I started my Goals for March post exclaiming how fast February went – and then March zoomed past and we’re almost a week into April! So here’s how I did on my goals list for March. So this... Continue reading →

Goals For March

Where did February go? We seemed to jump straight from Valentine’s to Fastelavn and that was it February was gone. I don’t know about anyone else but 2022 has taken a little while to get going properly. I have this... Continue reading →

Twelve Months, Twelve Reads, Twelve Friends
22 Goals in 2022

I saw this over on Facebook so shared it and got some book recommendations from my friends. The idea is you have twelve months, and each month has a book so twelve reads and then twelve friends suggest them to... Continue reading →

Nine Yarn Projects for 2022
22 Goals in 2022

Here are the first 9 projects I have planned for 2022, when it comes to knitting and crochet. Knowing me I’ll get tempted by other things along the line so this is bound to change or get postponed. Rainbow Blanket... Continue reading →

November Goals – The Finish Line
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

November Goals – Check-in
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

Hello November (November Goals)
Monthly Goals

It's a new month, so it's time to share my goals for the month. I'm hoping by putting them out there on the internet I will be held that bit more accountable! Continue reading →

Back to School – Setting Goals

“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” “You’ve Got Mail” – Nora Ephron “You’ve... Continue reading →

The Monthly Review: July

I stumbled across Belle’s review posts over on her blog by accident and decided to attempt to revive my own Monthly Review posts. This is July’s monthly review. You can see others here. At the end of each month, I write... Continue reading →

7 Things I’ve Noticed Since Giving Up Diet Cola

For five years I worked in the same company, and nearly every day I had at least one can of Diet Cola (and the nearest drinking water tap was upstairs). When I changed jobs, I semi gave it up but... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #14

Hey there! It’s Sunday which means it’s Slimming World Sunday. Stephanie from Raising Emily and myself “resurrected” the idea and we’d love it if you could leave your link below. If you’d like to join in the button and code is at... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #13

Slimming World Sunday #12

Slimming World Sunday #11

Slimming World Sunday #10

Slimming World Sunday #9

Slimming World Sunday #8

Slimming World Sunday #7

Slimming World Sunday #6

Hey there! It’s Sunday which means it’s Slimming World Sunday. Stephanie from Raising Emily and myself “resurrected” the idea and this is our second week. If you’d like to join in the button and code is at the bottom along with... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #4 (BEDIA)

Hey there! It’s Sunday which means it’s Slimming World Sunday. Following a conversation this week with Stephanie from Raising Emily as well as Debs at SuperBusyMum, we’ve (That’s Stephanie and I) have adopted Slimming World Sunday to keep the link... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #3 (BEDIA)

Today I’m also joining with Debs and Amy for Slimming World Sunday. (I discovered earlier this week that SWS was stopped but seeing as it was their idea originally I’m going to leave the links on the posts) This week... Continue reading →

Slimming World Sunday #2 (BEDIA)

Slimming World Sunday #1 (BEDIA)

Two years ago yesterday I started my Slimming World journey. I was fed up of looking like I was pregnant even though I wasn’t. I was fed up of not being able to climb the stairs at work without feeling... Continue reading →

Goals for 2015 – Work

Back in January I wrote a list of goals for 2015 – you can find the full list here. While Jaxon is asleep and the boys are off doing things around the house I thought I’d work on some blog... Continue reading →

GIVEAWAY: Pink FitBit Flex (and Extra Wristbands)

Today is the eigth anniversary of my blog being up and running (in some form!). This year I thought I’d host another giveaway. I bought my FitBit Flex back in April last year when I was regularly walking to and... Continue reading →

Goals…Update

Life Journal my way through the year This is sort of happening, January and February I was definitely more focused but heading towards the end of February I was getting distracted with other things and didn’t get back to it... Continue reading →

Goals for 2015 – Finance

My two main goals when it came to the finance section of my Goals for 2015 were to (1) Save up for a new MacBook and (2) General save (rainy day sort of saving). After discussing the first with Chris and how it... Continue reading →

Goals for 2015

I’ve never been one for making resolutions. Doing Slimming World this long and losing weigh has been about the only one I’ve properly kept. I’ve got a lovely group of friends encouraging me to get to that goal. I decided... Continue reading →

Here We Go… (inc. #BetterYou) #NaBloPoMo

It’s that time of year again. If I was insane I’d try and do #NaNoWriMo too but with a small child that’s got even less chance of happening than when I had a full time job! So what is NaBloPoMo... Continue reading →

#BetterYou (And October Goals)

Often people write Bucket Lists with the goal of achieving the things on the list by the time they die, others like me write a Bucket List to complete before their next birthday or next major birthday like 30th or... Continue reading →

August Goals

On the 1st ish of each month I blog my goals for the month and how the last month went. Some months are a little easier than others. So the last goals list I wrote was back in April and... Continue reading →

Small Achievements That Seem Like Mountains

In case this is the first post you’ve read of mine, I had a C-Section just over a week ago. Part of the recovery is to get up and get moving but not to over do it. You’re only allowed... Continue reading →

AtoZ Challenge: A is for…April Goals

A is for…April GoalsAtoZ Challenge is….. On the 1st ish of each month I blog my goals for the month and how the last month went. Some months are a little easier than others. How the March Goals went…. Finish... Continue reading →

March 1: March Goals

So the goals I set for February and how they went were: Finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris (aiming for Valentine’s but we’ll see if that happens!) I managed to finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris at about 11:30pm on... Continue reading →

February 10: February Goals

Technically it’s the 10th February which means a good third of the month has already gone. I decided that I needed to be a bit more organised if I could manage it (especially as this morning the house is really... Continue reading →

NaBloPoMo: November 27 – the pre-30 bucket list

So it’s about seven months since I wrote my list. There’s a heap of changes and also some to cross off as completed. One thing that scares me I did this. It scared the pants off me! It’s well known... Continue reading →

the pre-30 list: part one

The Pre-30 List Get a new job… …or vocation Given that I’ve just completed Day 6 of my new temp job, I think in a way this goal is completed. Okay it might get completed multiple times in the next... Continue reading →

super sweet blogging award

I’ve been tagged by the lovely Judit over at Monster Yarns. Judit is super lovely and very excited about all things knitting and yarn. These are the instructions for this one: 1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.... Continue reading →

the pre-30 list

Each birthday I write a list of goals that I want to achieve by the next birthday, this originally started with 101 in 1001 days a couple of years ago that never really happened – I wrote the list but... Continue reading →

this weekend i… #TWI

Joining with Sar from [Life of Love] and Syndal from Synfully Delicious. This Weekend I… had a fab catch up with some school friends. We worked out while sat round the table for lunch that some of us hadn’t seen... Continue reading →

eightynine: twentysix before i’m twentyseven

I started to work my way through my list to check off what I’d achieved and actually I really have failed this year. Some goals I’ve achieved but in comparison there were so many others still to do. I’m in... Continue reading →

knitting, crochet and yarn, oh my!

A couple of Christmases ago, I helped my sister in law start working on tidying her room. It was in a bad state as something needed to be done about it. Anyway for one reason or another its at the... Continue reading →

nine: the happiness project

Like last year I am attempting to read 30 books before 2013 finishes like I attempted in 2012. Last year I got as far as 27 books in comparison Claire at Pipe Dreams and Professions read over 200 (how she... Continue reading →

241: Liebster Blogger Award

The Liebster Blog Award is given to bloggers by bloggers. It is a way to acknowledge each other and say “you’re doing a great job”. It is for blogs with 200 or less followers, so it’s also a great way... Continue reading →

236: Results Day….

10 years ago this week I got my GCSE results. I remember because I was on the way to Soul Survivor with the church youth group, I also remember because my Mum phoned me to tell me my results (The... 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 →

021: 25 Before I’m 26 (An Update – 3/4)

Back in April when I turned 25 I wrote my 25 Before I’m 26 list. It’s now about 9 months through the year – I managed to complete another goal today so wanted to update you all. Read Love Wins by... Continue reading →