GRATITUDE

6 things i am thankful for today

1. My kids and their unconditional love for me. Their love of life and their love for each other x
2. My husband, his hardworking attitude which means i can be a stay at home mam and don't have to go out to work.
3. My parents. My mam and dad worked hard to be financially sound so that they can do more for us, their kids and grandkids. My dad does so much to help and my mam is such a great role model for me.
4. My friends, wish i could see more of them as i have some of the bestest friends a girl could hope to have x
5. My home, i love our new home, the house itself, and the area it's in, i have lovely neighbours who have made us so welcome.
6. Books...i love to read, anything and everything. I love how you can lose yourself in a good book and i love how books enrich my childrens lives. Libby loves reading, you can never get enough books. My amazon wish list is bulging at the seams ;-)

Getting things done

Well we finally moved so I am trying to get back on track with my blog. I am off to peruse jamie olivers cook book as I am still up for that challenge and I only have 6 months left to cook the entire cook book. Doable, I hope. His recipes always turn out nice so it would be an appreciated challenge I think.

Charity never faileth

'Charity never faileth'...it certainly doesn't. I am a big believer in being thrifty and love getting bargains from charity shops. Among the bargains we got this week from a local st.claires hospice were these books. We had visited a book museum in newcastle called 'seven stories' and I almost bought Mr big by Ed vere for the full 5.99. as he's part of the exhibition there. We got this copy for 30p and libby has read it over and over again. I used to love king rollo books when i was younger so was glad she picked that one too.

I did it!

I walked and ran 10k for the race for life in honour of my mam. We've been saying we'll do it for a couple of years but this year we did it. Me and my sis in law caroline. It took me an hour and a half and it hurt. My amazingly fit sis did it in 1 hour 6 mins, which is fab. More importantly though we raised money for cancer research. My mam fought cancer for 4 years, and there was so much help and research into breast cancer, it was when the cancer spread to other parts of the body that there seemed there was no more hope. That's why more money for more research is still needed.

It was a great event and was nice to have the family all there. The kids are getting excited to do their mini great north run event in september. Better get training for that, i can see my little girl sprinting that one xxx

Scrapbooking

Another project alongside the jamie oliver project will be to sort out my scrapbook stash before our move. I need to get rid of some of it too. So tonight I VOW to sit and sort through it. Bin, stash or sell. I have too much stuff. While sorting through this stuff I also vow to do one page or one project as I need to rediscover my fave hobby, it's good for me xx

Theres no going back! lol

Well another thing I have been meaning to do for the past few years is the race for life. I've wanted to do it in memory of mam with my sister in law caroline. I never got round to it the first year after mam died and then I was pregnant the next year but we've done it now. We signed up and I am aiming to raise 100pounds if not more?!?!



I have done it years ago and really enjoyed it. Mind you I was fitter in those days. So I need to get back on the diet and exercise band wagon, i've already done a few runs but need to do more. Especially as how we are doing the 10k and not the 5k!!!

This is me right now

Well I haven't been around for quite a while, the last time I spoke about moving house it fell through. But here we are again, house sold, think we've found a house we can love, so all systems are go and its all very exciting.

I don't know where to start, so much to do but its still early stages so can't start packing yet or anything. I'll have to do some more decluttering and make lots of lists LOL!

I've had lots of ideas about projects too, I thought I would try and cook every recipe from jamie olivers ministry of food book, everything i cook from it has turned out lovely so I though I'd give myself to the end of the year to do it. It's very doable and will be like the julie and julia challenge, it was definitely inspired by that.

So thankful to my family and friends, my husband and my kids. So thankful for the chance to move, the fact that we've sold and for new opportunities.