Tag: Personal Experience
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Weekends are for picnics
I love a picnic, there is something about sitting on a blanket eating yummy food and enjoying your surroundings. We have had a few picnic this year but this one was just for us. We adopted our French bulldog Frank 4 years ago he is 5 in a few months. It was a great decision…
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Challenging myself in small ways
We went down to Thorpe Bay for a family celebration. I had been thinking about regrets and how I never regret going for a swim when we visit, but I always wish I had gone. I mentioned it to Gavin and he laughed at me . He never thought I would, he even woke me…
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Creating a heritage garden
I am so lucky that we have a little garden. It has decking that needs repaired and painting. A table and chairs that needs sanding and painting. And two long beds that house are bigger plants. Gavin’s mum is a bit of a plant whiz! She can name most plants and when she digs something…
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Things I have learned about myself
I was never going to write this post. I didn’t really believe in looking back that far but then I got a notification. Facebook shared a post from over ten years ago. It was a brief message to the world sharing how much pain I was in. Dana: It flashed up and I allowed my…
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Our wedding day set up!
We got up at 7.30 and we were both mentally exhausted from the week. Planning a wedding where you have to bring in absolutely everything is so hard. Our wedding day set up was a labour of love, blood sweat and tears. Except on the Tuesday when we legally tied the knot we didn’t really…
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Morning of my first half Marathon
Woke at 6am Ate a banana and hopped in the shower! My clothes were all laid out the night before but I still did a last minute panic. It’s torrential rain outside and although an Uber is picking me up I don’t want to get too wet too soon. I have Vaselined everywhere that my…
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Pinterest made me do it! The welcome sign of my dreams and how I made it!
Okay from the tittle that this is something that I definitely didn’t need but really wanted to make for me and for my guests! A welcome sign that is definitely not relevant so I didn’t want to spend any money on it, or at least not a lot! This is the image that started it.…
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Gym Day 3 ended in drink and bubbles
Day 3 this may be the end of a friendship So todays workout has left me sore and feeling muscles I am pretty sure I don’t actually need. Abs a hoy Today was abs day. The day that would transform what I fondly call my keg rather than my stomach to tone it up. I…
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The legal side of getting married, giving notice
If you are having a humanist ceromoniy which we are, then it is not a legal marriage. Which means you have to get married legally, either in a registry office or in a church by someone who is legallay able to marry you. In an place that has a perminant roof before 6 Oclock. These…
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Makeup plan fail! Passport photos trying not to look like a pyscho!
So I lost my passport and it’s been stressing me out. First world stress obviously as it’s for my hen do trip in just under 4 weeks. So I thought hell I know I could write a little blog on what I did to prepare. Like a get ready with me plus prep. I was…