9 Easy EFFECTIVE (and slightly common-sense things you can do) To avoid that; laying on the settee, painful stomach, tired, uncomfortable, gassy Christmas Night …even worse if you’re driving home with a snoring spouse in the passenger seat, when driving as sharply round corners and braking hard at lights… and watching his head bang against the… Read More >
Xmas Proof Workout
Did you write on your hand in school? I did. Helped with exams 😉 Truth is I only did this once and was caught RED handed by a furious nun at school. (There is nothing on the planet more terrifying than a furious nun. I think the word INCANDESCENT would be a good description )… Read More >
Healthier Xmas Cookies
12 Days of Xmas to go Why not get the kids together – and do this. Put it in a tin… And that is Xmas visitor munchies “who wants tea or coffee?” people sorted out while you make that face again… Sugar-free Christmas Cookies. – Hazaa to you! “Yeah, Auntie Val…they ARE homemade I know… Read More >
My Bucket List
You do a wee on a stick and then everything changes. Suddenly you are catapulted into a routine of medical checks, nappies, bottles, night feeds, nursery visits, preschool and school runs (allow 2 hours a day) Brownies, Cubs, football and dance classes, trips to the dentist/doctors, parent evenings, being robbed blind by shoe shops,… Read More >
Are you a Christmas Elf? Or a Festive Fiasco?
Take our 2 minute quiz… and find out what kind of Xmas Person you are. Have Fun xxxxx p.s have you tried our Xmas run yet? 7 minutes – last chance Xmas Run The Project
8 Great Reasons Staying in is BETTER on New Year’s Eve
If you’re a mum, New Year’s Eves have probably changed somewhat from your Child-Free days. Babysitters?? You’d be lucky if you can find one, and if you do you’d probably have to put your best looking child on eBay just to pay what they charge. But actually – staying in on New Years Eve might… Read More >
Tradition
One of the best parts of Xmas Anyway – traditions can be so much fun Especially when you have children. You get to muck about and play with magic and fairy lights and glitter… Here’s one: The Xmas Express (shamelessly inspired by The Polar Express) Get ready for some serious SQUEALING!!! Ok, so we are on the… Read More >
Avoiding Xmas Arguments
This is a BIG shopping week, the nativity/wrapping/party/meet-ups are truly underway – as well, of course as the looming C-Day. It would be weird if there WASN’T a meltdown somewhere along the way, so; #1: Ninja-mum Peacemaking Tool: The Argument Spoon. If the children/teenagers/auntie Marge at each others’ throats OR agreement can’t be reached about a… Read More >
Getting your Nan Hammered
Booze Like a Boss Whilst the family weekly shopping trolley might have a cheeky bottle of wine or two lurking under the loo roll throughout the year.. …we Brits apparently turn into raving alcoholics (if our Christmas shopping trolleys are to be believed) Bailey’s, Southern Comfort, Champagne, Gin, Malibu (please don’t, so much worse on… Read More >
Healthier Mince Pies
What you need: · 100g cranberries · 100g of sultanas · 100g of raisins · 1 apple · 1 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon · 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg · 1/2 tsp ground ginger · 2 oranges · tsp of vanilla bean paste/extract (yes, you need this ^^^ it’s the only weird ingredient!)… Read More >
Early Xmas Present for you
Can I start by saying I have literally bought ZERO Christmas presents yet (Claire’s are all wrapped…) I will probably do it online in the next couple of days. Nor have I put my tree up. Probably at the weekend. It will all get done, it won’t be a rush – so if you are panicking…… Read More >
Five minute workout…
So Day 3 Through our Christmas Countdown Another little workout. Just 4 minutes this time. Have you kept up? If you ever do The Project, or speak to someone that has, you will know, that keeping up it the key. We are leaving the first week’s resources up until Sunday and after that they are… Read More >
Mind Tricks
Through our Christmas Countdown Another little workout. Just 4 minutes this time. Have you kept up? If you ever do The Project, or speak to someone that has, you will know, that keeping up it the key. We are leaving the first week’s resources up until Sunday and after that they are gone. So if… Read More >
Xmas Superwoman – Powernap
All set for Xmas? (One sentence guaranteed to send you up the wall….) Right then. This Christmas lark Let’s Take this bit by bit… The pair of us can sometimes get a bit Bah Humbug.. but you ladies have got us feeling actually a bit festivey! On FB and in your emails and things The… Read More >
Xmas Countdown
I’m sorry. I know we shouldn’t talk about the ‘C’ word until December. (4 days to go) But we’ve prepared a little FREE ‘Christmas Proof Yourself’ challenge to keep you sane leading up to the big day. AND to stop you putting on the half a stone ot so that people (on average) do over the… Read More >
Gym? Seemed like a good idea at the time.
The Gym I don’t mind the gym, I won’t lie. I mean I’m not a weirdo I don’t LOVE it. But I know what I’m doing so it’s not an unpleasant experience for me. The way we know it is for most people. Even given that I quite like it and I know where to go… Read More >
Diets. Meh.
There are lots of ‘goroos’ Who just repost and recycle work that other people have done. And we don’t like doing that (doesn’t seem right and it’s lazy) But we saw a video this week that make us stand on our chairs salute and shout “allelujah”. The main lie that we have to compete against… Read More >
Gorgeous Granola
Let’s face it Granola is delicious. But it isn’t cheap. And lots of brands are cheekily laced with LOTS of sugar. (if you are trying to lose the love handles that’s not going to help at all) Making your own is SO easy, a fraction of the cost and you know what’s in it. Which… Read More >
Cults. We are definitely not one of those.
This was going to be 2 posts. But I realised they were both about the same thing We all want a GURU. There was a time… There were fitness people. And life coach people And there were new age, hippy woo-woo people And there were religious people And spiritual people And then there was you…. Read More >
Nurses
I feel guilty sometimes. My daughter is a nurse. So we all know that nurses work hard, and are unsung heroes and all of that. Everyone can remember a time that a nurse showed a special kindness. Or went the extra mile. Or dealt with something that we just couldn’t possibly do in an breathtaking… Read More >
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