baby weight loss tips | A failed trip to Mars a white rabbit and a new muse

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Hello! How are you? I hope you all have had a lovely, lovely Christmas? And me? Well, its been eventful...there may or may not have been tears...but I will come on to that in a minute. Remember my mission, just before Christmas, as though I was planning a trip to Mars and would never return? You know, I tried to cram everything in, needed to buy everything in sight and see every single relation and friend all before the big day? Well that little plan certainly back fired.  If I had have been on an actual Mars mission, lets just say I would have been kicked out before I had even fastened my seat belt. 

The run up to Christmas was hectic to say the least and Christmas Day, surprise surprise, I began to feel ill.  Very achy, like I had been running (but the only actual running I had done was to get another chocolate). This continued, and continued, and this achy body and now a cold has pretty much covered my entire Christmas week (hence a few tears at feeling so rough). But dont feel too sorry for me. It was kinda self inflicted with all the rushing abut I had been doing and it certainly hasnt stopped me enjoying Christmas.  I just havent really felt myself, and I certainly havent evoked any of the glamour I had envisaged for myself over the festive period. I saw Pablo T Dog (our border terrier) visibly do a double take when I emerged like a cave woman from the bedroom the other day!

As the festive season draws to a close, I am beginning to feel better and I thought I would share with you a few snaps of what Ive been up to this last week. We actually had snow in Derbyshire on Boxing day night!!! It was just beautiful!!! We had actually planned a trip to Chatsworth House with my parents in Bakewell, Derbyshire the following day, and we were lucky enough to drive through some of the most breathtaking Derbyshire scenery, heavily laden with freshly fallen snow. 

Arriving at Chatsworth House the magic continued as we entered the world of Alice In Wonderland. Every year at Chatsworth they have a theme and the entire ground floor of the grand house is decorated to that theme.  So, down the rabbit hole we went...

to tiny doors and treats...

to meet froggy footmen...

and to a mad hatters tea party...

and a game of croquet.

We had such a lovely afternoon and the attention to detail was amazing. When we got home to Derbyshire the snow was still there and so we took Baba out sledging.  Wait. Who am I kidding? We all went sledging. Heres a picture of me going reallllllllly fast :-)

And have you maybe guessed what my Christmas present was this year?! A camera!!! Anything that moves now gets papped. I am like the walking paparazzi.  My new muse: Pablo T Dog.  He doesnt seem to mind posing for my picture taking. And what a handsome fellow. 

And thats been my week.  Now I really much dash as there is still a hell of alot of chocolate that really needs to be eaten before the new year. I hope you enjoy tonights festivities, whatever you are up to.  And please pop back tomorrow as I discuss why you really dont need a brand new you for the new year. 

Thanks for reading, 

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pregnancy weight loss tricks | Why you dont need a new you this new year

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Happy New Year 2015!!! I feel I might be going a little against the grain with todays blog post.  I have a feeling this blog is going to be against a tirade of others with tips for a healthy and happier new year and new you. Maybe I am still in a state of mild fever, or maybe not.  But whichever way, I am writing today about how the new year doesnt and shouldnt mean a completely new you.

And its everywhere at the moment: New Year, New You. Theres the latest juicers, blenders, yoga equipment and DVDs which promise us we will lose 50lbs in 50 minutes.  You need to be fitter, slimmer, happier and younger looking in 2015.  Out with the old and in with the new. Now Im all up for self improvement, dont get me wrong. But, if I see another celebrity parading their newly acquired abs in my face, I may just have to go and stick my head in the Roses barrel and not emerge for a good week.  I mean, abs, really? The week after Christmas? At least give it a few weeks to give us mere mortals the chance to shift the extra layer of fat, that is of course essential for survival of the UK winter. 

I think its great to be healthy, be fit, do more and set goals...but there is that small matter of also being happy too.  And alot of that starts with loving yourself.  What if you dont need a brand new you at all for the new year? What if you are pretty gorgeous and amazing just as you are? What if all you actually need is a bit of a tweak here and there? (I mean, no offence, I think we could all benefit with little tweaks here and there...whilst you are amazing, no-ones perfect :-) ). 

This vision of a slimmer, fitter, better dressed version of ourselves is great and all that.  But its also kind of misleading. It makes us aspire to this goal, that, well, it doesnt really exist. Life isnt perfect, and neither are we.  And somewhere along the line, you have to accept and love that person staring back at you in the mirror. 

I really wish we could all see ourselves through the eyes of others. I bet you a million pounds someone thinks your are the funniest, the brainiest, have the best hair or the best legs.  I have a lovely group of friends, and one of the girls has the most amazing body. She is like a little mean machine with sculpted arms and a stomach to skip the biscuit barrel for. But can she see it? No, no she cant. She instead, envies my other friends lovely long legs.  And can that friend see she has lovely long legs? No, no she cant.  She is too busy moaning about her hair and wanting to swap it for mine. And can I see how she sees my hair? Nope. I see a birds nest or focus on my very dark roots when I look in the mirror.  Other people seem to see past our flaws and just see all the other lovely bits.  Why cant we see that ourselves?

So, if you are planning a run tonight. Go for it.  If you are planning on getting into that Yogi trance and standing like a tree later, then good on you (and good luck).  But as well as prancing round your front room to whichever celebrity DVD you have bought (you didnt really fall for the 50lbs in 50 minutes did you?), try and love yourself that little bit more in 2015 too.  You really dont need a completely new you this year.  Make whatever little changes you want to.  Have your resolutions, but then dont beat yourself up about things.  Life really is too short.  And you are pretty damn great and amazing. Just as you are. 

"Maybe the reason nothing seems to be "fixing you" is because youre not broken. Let today be the day you stop living within the confines of how others define or judge you. You have a unique beauty and purpose; live accordingly", Dr Steve Maraboli. 

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baby weight loss tumblr | Blogmas Christmas Eve 2014

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Its Christmas Eve!! Yayyyy!!! And if you read yesterdays blog (which you can see here) you will know that I have a list as long as my arm that still needs completing. I have a few additions which now include cleaning the dogs teeth, polishing the sofas and cleaning the windows, which all obviously have to be done before the big day tomorrow or the sky will fall in.  Anyway, enough about my to-do-or-Christmas-wont-be-the-same list.  What better thing to read about on Christmas Eve than reindeers and ponies with big hair? Sit down or continue queuing in ... add shop of your choice here, and let me tell you about our trip to a reindeer farm.  

Come Christmas and there are more reindeers than you can shake an antler at.  The lovelies are everywhere.  But after something a bit different, we went to visit Blithbury Reindeer Lodge (as recommended by Brummy Mummy of 2...totally go and check her out if you dont know who this lady is!).  Blithbury lodge is home to the largest working reindeer herd in England, and over Christmas you can book a ticket to meet the reindeer and go and visit Santa himself.  Now, if you are thinking this is just another Santa land experience like the dozens of others up and down the country, you are wrong.  There isnt a dodgy dancing snowman in sight.  Its rustic, charming and you just fall in love with the reindeer. 

You wander around the lodge, meeting and feeding all of the the reindeer. From large male reindeer with the most spectacular antlers, to smaller females and even little babies.  We also met this handsome fellow. 

I would like to think that if I was a pony, I would have a fringe as lovely as this little guys.  You can also pay to have a traditional sleigh ride pulled by one of the reindeers.  Mr Bee and Baba snuggled in and were pulled along to sounds of little hooves a-trotting. If this all wasnt lovely enough, you then get to go to Elf School. I obviously got way too excited, and thinking that this was my preparation for wizarding school, I dragged Baba to the front row. :-)

We learnt how the reindeer fly and we were given a bag full of magic food to leave out for the reindeer on Christmas Eve.  Then, came our call to meet the big man himself, Santa. If I could pick a Santa, it would be this one.  From his little wire spectacles to his actual white eyebrows, he was the real thing.  Of course my daughter had talked none stop about him since July, and naturally when we met him for the very first time she stood there with her mouth wide open and became mute. She didnt cry, but she was definitely a little shocked. Maybe its like my reaction when I see celebrities (but thats a whole other story you can read here).

Santa took my daughters sudden loss of voice all in his stride and he happily chatted away about his magical reindeer, if she had been a good girl and her love of Peppa Pig (you complete a form beforehand so Santa knows a bit more about your little one).  My daughter loves telling all who will listen...apart form Santa...that the one present she really really wants is a jigsaw (even though she only added this to her list two days ago...so hasnt got one!).  After meeting Santa we were allowed to take a sneak peek into Santas workshop and the little ones can pick any toy that they like.  There wasnt a dodgy plastic toy in sight and Baba picked a lovely jigsaw! Hurrah! (Tick jigsaw off very long to do list!).  

Unfortunately, Blithbury Lodge is closing for Christmas today, but it does open at various points throughout the year and you have to put this on your list of places to visit next Christmas.  You can find out more information here.

And that was our lovely day meeting Santa and his reindeer. I wish you all a very Happy Christmas Eve!! And fancy coming to a party tomorrow? You do? Well I will see you bright and early for my very last Blogmas post! 

Thank you for reading, 

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