At school sport really wasn’t my thing at all, I did it because I had to, not because I enjoyed it although I did enjoy Cross Country and I got pretty good at it. I was even chosen to represent the school in a Regional Cross Country competition, I didn’t win it but I came … Read more
Sooooo last Tuesday I celebrated my 40th Birthday!!! I know, I don’t look a day over 21 hahaha!! I can dream, can’t I? Well, I like to make sure that I squeeze every last little bit out of a birthday and so my 40th wasn’t going to be any different. Joint Birthday Celebrations On the … Read more
Eeek my 40th Birthday is just a few weeks away!!! Blimey that has come around quick, it doesn’t seem like almost a year has passed since we were busy celebrating Hubby’s milestone year. People keep asking me what I would like for my 40th Birthday and to be honest I struggled for ideas, I don’t dream of … Read more
Waaaay back in 2012 I attended a blog event with Little Bean and Beanie Boy for the 30th Anniversary of the favourite children’s picture book ‘Dear Zoo’. Not only did we get to take part in lots of fun Dear Zoo inspired activities but we also had the opportunity to meet the author and have … Read more
Wow it’s been a long time since I have done a Saturday Snippets post . . . in fact I’m pretty sure this is my first SS post this year? Oh well, here goes nothing . . . {Feeling} a bit mixed to be honest. The start of the year hasn’t been great in the … Read more
I shall start this post by saying that I tend to take most things at ‘face value’ I don’t see a conspiracy theory in every single thing that happens, in every film plot or life decision. So when I saw the John Lewis Christmas Ad ‘Man on the Moon’ I liked it, I thought it … Read more
Looks can be deceiving can’t they. I’ve had quite a few people recently telling me “you’re amazing” and “I don’t know how you do it all” because that’s what they perceive when they see me with my Beans or from the odd posts they see on my blog. The truth is, I actually feeling a … Read more
I’m tired. My head hurts and I feel very flat. A few nights ago I was watching You’ve Been Framed with the Beans (they LOVE You’ve Been Framed) and one of the clips made resonated with me. It was a clip of a hamster running super fast in it’s wheel and then the wheel became … Read more
Seriously, how did I get to 39 so quickly?! Whilst most people last weekend were celebrating having a three day weekend, we were celebrating birthdays!! No that wasn’t a typo, I did mean plural because last Friday was my Mum’s birthday and then mine was on Sunday. Mum took the day off work and came … Read more