Parkrun day!

The latest adventures of the 2 year old

I've never classed myself as a 'good mum'. I lose my patience too easily with my son, I try not to but its just in my nature, I think I get that from my mum. I don't do as much as I should with him, I make his dad do the silly dancing around and …

Daddy or Chips.

I wrote this blog originally for my first blog but I never posted it, which is why the text is a bit funny and it seems a bit disjointed. I haven't edited any of it - other than the year at the bottom, I don't see any point, this was written just after the little …

Studying for the better

I'm going to say something that I never thought I'd say.....I miss studying. I miss the reading, the assignments, the stress of deadline. Everything. I deferred my last module as I was having a really hard time with it, trying to fit it in around already working full-time, being a mum and trying to run. …

Trying to find mum friends (with a mixture of success and failure)

It is bloody hard being a mum in the age of social media and the Internet where everything you do is noted, recorded and everyone seemingly has a perfect life. I'll let you in on a little secret. It's all bullshit. As we've all heard, people only put their happiest moments on Facebook and Instagram …

Shein Review

This is not a paid review, the items have been bought as a normal purchase. I just thought it would be nice to review my very first Shein purchase! Shein are everywhere right now, you may have seen their ads on Facebook, twitter, the general internet. They are everywhere! At first, I was bit sceptical …

Run, they said. It’s free, they said. They lie.

This picture was taken about 3 weeks ago, at the top of an arse-kicker of a hill. I took it so I could show myself at a later date that I can do something once I set my mind to it. Running and my love-hate relationship with it, is proof that I will do something, …

This is just the beginning.

Stephen King once said 'When asked "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time.." If it was this easy, Mr. King, we'd all be writers, but I see the very good point you're trying to make. Writing is just putting down one word at a time and figuring out what makes …