Reaching for Sirius

As I think the theme will be this year, February was quite a busy month. We started off celebrating Dad's birthday, the middle of the month was all about Mum's birthday and ended with a very special little one's 5th birthday. Dad's birthday was an unusual one this year as instead of going out for a meal we stayed in and had Christmas...

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OK, so week 2 of 5 things I'm grateful for any I'm already running late.  However, with a serious bout of the Monday blues, I'm determined to try and remember some of the good things that have happened last week to try and shake this off. 1. Spending quality and civilised time with my mum and sister in the form of going to...

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I've been reading a lot of posts recently that have been embracing and appreciating the little things in life. I think it's very easy to get bogged down in day to day life and routine and I'd like to start making an effort to appreciate the moment a bit more. So here's the 5 things that have made me happy this week: Walking...

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One of the things I really enjoy, but rarely make the time to do, is cooking. I used to be more of a baker (currently obsessed with GBBO!), but back in July I was lucky enough to go on an intensive 3 day cookery course at Cookery School in London, and this is where I learned that cooking is actually really easy and...

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I'm jumping on the GlossyBox wagon.  Well I've actually been on it for a few months now and with each month have been meaning to blog, but just haven't got round to it. My GlossyBox arrived at work last week, but I was on annual leave so the box was waiting for me on my desk, making my return to work slightly easier!!...

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So, I've managed to fail at completing the 30 Day Shred. I'm hoping all isn't lost though, and will try to pick it up again tomorrow. I watched a program last night about Victoria Pendleton, and when I was watching it, realised that that's what I want, to be really good (not just good or very good) at something. To have the drive...

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So I've been very bad and missed 2 days!! And it was really hard to do tonight, but I'm so glad I did! Still finding it challenging, but I'm able to do the majority of the work and tonight especially I am very finishing very sweaty and physically worn out! (and I'm not a sweaty person!) Only 4 more days of level 1!...

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