Never See Him Race Again

2015, Douglas, Isle of Man I'm stood in the driveway of a house of the rudest Manx people I have ever met, but have given £20 towards the air ambulance for the pleasure so I will bloody well enjoy it. Agos Leap, the watching spot most TT fans dream of being able to view from and here I am. First time on the island, first race I've ever seen and I am te…

Bluestone Wales Highlights | Five Things

Last year myself and the boys were lucky enough to be invited along to stay at Bluestone in Wales for 5 days. I'd seen Bluestone a lot over Instagram and Twitter for a few years so to actually have the chance to visit was super exciting and I had high hopes. Holidays as a solo parent are pretty daunting. I'd managed a 2 night stay in Milton Keynes which was p…

Chicken, butternut squash, spinach and creme fraiche pasta (with loads of other ingredients!)

Naming recipes is funny isn't it? When there are loads of ingredients. You're supposed to just pick out some of the ingredients and not mention the others in the title and then BAM! There's the list of ingredients and there is a lot more than the 4 ingredients shown in the title.  I'd placed an Asda order and saw a recipe for butternut squash and spin…

April 2020 | Instagrammed

Five Things To Do During Furlough

Learn a new language Before furlough I started to learn Dutch but being on furlough has given me the extra time to be able to spend more time and focus on it more.  I'm also considering learning Spanish or even expanding on the French I learnt at school. I use the app Duolingo which is really good for ways of learning. I use the free version and for…

2020: The First Quarter Review

I had these big intentions to really focus and give attention to my blog this year. 4 posts into January and then those intentions seem to have been forgotten.  I wrote quarterly reviews last year and really enjoy looking over them now, and wanted to continue it this year also. It's been an odd 3 months though hasn't it due to the Coronvavirus, and it&…

Five Things | Highlights of 2019

Holidays with the boys I decided last year that being a solo parent really wasn't going to hold me back from taking the boys on holidays. I didn't think I'd take them to the Isle of Man ever, let alone whilst they are still quite little but with the opportunity to do so and using one of my "f*ck its" we went. And I am so glad we did. The wea…

My Word for 2020

Initially my word for 2018 was 'Routine' but I realised later on that it wasn't the right fit and naturally it has changed to be 'Faith' .  2019 my word was 'Be' and I felt like that was such a good fit and a good word to go with for the year. Something simple, something that made sense and didn't bring any kind of pressure or feelin…

Dear 2020

Looking over my ‘ Dear 2019 ’ post I actually felt really proud of myself. “in 2019 I am going to make me more important.  Looking after myself, my needs, my wants, my feelings. Make me a priority and to look after myself, no matter what the consequences are.” “I've not had the best start to the year, but, I will not let that define how my year will be.  …