Life lately has gone from calm to crazy as I get busy with my job search whilst trying to juggle the needs of a demanding toddler, and the rest of it. During the week the three of us usually have snatched moments together before work and nursery and our busy days take over, and Christoph rarely sees Leo who is usually asleep by the time he gets home in the evening.
Dared, Determined, Done!
Learning to embrace change and adventure
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Friday 17 November 2017
Surrey life
Life lately has gone from calm to crazy as I get busy with my job search whilst trying to juggle the needs of a demanding toddler, and the rest of it. During the week the three of us usually have snatched moments together before work and nursery and our busy days take over, and Christoph rarely sees Leo who is usually asleep by the time he gets home in the evening.
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Pumpkin picking at secretts farm
Last weekend we celebrated Halloween by going in search of the perfect pumpkin at Secretts Farm in Milford. I love this place! It has a huge farm shop, little cafe, butcher, regular farmers markets and loads of seasonal events for families. During summer I took Leo there for his first Punch & Judy show and there were loads of kids enjoying the 'pick-your-own' berries, taking home huge boxes of fresh strawberries they had picked themselves.
So when I heard Secretts were doing a 'pumpkin week' event I knew we had to go!
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Wednesday 31 August 2016
A marathon, not a sprint
A photo from my BMF class this month! I'm number 21 hiding away in the background. Not quite ready for pics on the blog of me running just yet :) |
So it's the end of August and according to my last blog post I was meant to lose 10lbs by now... oops!
Ok so that totally didn't happen. BUT, I did make some progress this month towards being a healthier and happier version of myself - and as long as I'm not taking any backward steps I'm satisfied with that for now.
Monday 1 August 2016
Saturday 2 January 2016
Sunday 18 October 2015
I'm back
It wasn't intentional. I've often considered sitting down to write about some of the things going on in my life but I just wasn't feeling it to be perfectly honest.
After not writing for a month or so I started to feel rather guilty and then after another month or so I felt like it had been such a long time since I had written a post that I wasn't quite sure how to get things started again.
Would I have any readers left anyway?!
Friday 12 June 2015
Friday 29 May 2015
Leaving London
The prettiest bridge in the world: Albert Bridge in Chelsea |
At long last the time has come to pack up our possessions and leave behind the city I have called home all my life.
A week from today we move into our new home in beautiful Surrey. We are so relieved the search for a place to call our own is over at long last. Chris and I are now the proud owners of a lovely red-brick Victorian town house in Guildford and we are so excited to start our new life there and make it feel like home!
Thursday 7 May 2015
Five movies to cheer you up when you're feeling down
One of my favourite ever book/movie characters, Bridget Jones, slobbing out in front of the TV! |
Today I've been sitting at my laptop attempting to write something half-decent for you all but the words just won't come. I think it's because I've already written a couple of posts about losing my Dad and I don't want to depress you or make anyone think this is becoming a 'grief blog'.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Act as if
My Dad died exactly one month ago today and this past month has been one of the hardest I've ever had to endure.
Thursday 26 March 2015
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" [Thomas Campbell]
The beautiful funeral flowers I chose with my sister |
You may be wondering why my blog has gone strangely silent over the last month or so. Where have I been? Why haven't I been writing my usual regular posts? Well...
On Sunday 1st March my amazing Daddy passed away. His death was sudden and completely unexpected and I miss him so much already.
Sunday 22 February 2015
A picture is worth a thousand words
Yes, that's me in the middle! This was on the banks of the River Thames photographing St Paul's Cathedral. |
As a special birthday treat (thank you Christopher!) I spent a wonderful Sunday last weekend on a beginners photography workshop around London's South Bank, taught by none other than our amazing wedding photographer John Alexander (if you want to see a few of my favourite pictures from our wedding take a look at this post).
Tuesday 17 February 2015
One year wiser
Today is my birthday, I am 33!
Being 32 was so great - I really had one of my best years yet (read this if you want to know why). I'm truly thankful for every opportunity that came my way during the past year and I feel very grateful to have had so many happy days and reasons to celebrate.
Monday 2 February 2015
Learning to play the property game
We have officially started our house search - hurrah!
As I mentioned in a recent post, I have several BIG plans for 2015 and probably the biggest of these is to finally get on the housing ladder. At long last Chris and I are ready to buy our first home. We have a hefty deposit saved, mortgage broker ready to go, solicitor waiting in the wings, and all our finances in order. And we are first time buyers - i.e. chain free. It's going to be easy, I thought naively!
Friday 23 January 2015
"Explore, dream, discover." [Mark Twain]
Happy at the Tulum Mayan ruins - a place I've been dreaming of visiting for over 10 years! |
It's a country I've dreamed of visiting for a very long time and one of those places I just knew in my heart I would totally love.
Saturday 17 January 2015
A year from now you'll wish you had started today
Chris took this pic of me in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on 31 December, as the sun set on 2014. |
Now, one year on, have you kept those promises you made to yourself?
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Tuesday 30 December 2014
Breaking free from 'stuffocation'
I've written a fair bit on the blog about my mindless spending and dependency on credit cards, and I've detailed my mission to escape from these poisonous habits.
But what I haven't talked too much about is why I became addicted to spending money I didn't have and exactly what motivated me to get, and stay, out of debt. What have I added to my life to replace the fun shaped hole left when I removed my nasty binge shopping problem?
Wednesday 17 December 2014
Confessions of a shopaholic (part 2)
- Read 'Confessions of a shopaholic (part 1)' here -
Last Autumn I chopped up my credit cards and went cold turkey on shopping and spending of all kinds except for essentials like food, toiletries, rent and bills. It was extremely hard to lose this 'spare cash' which I depended on like a drug to perk me up, keep me entertained, and see me through to the end of each month after I inevitably burned through the salary payment I had received a few short weeks beforehand.
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