So much happening!!

As the title suggest I've got a lot going on at the moment. All good though so that's a positive.

I'm still trying very hard with the healthy eating. It's going ok. I lost 4 lbs the first week & 1.5 lbs the 2nd week. This week, the 3rd week, I think I put some back on!!! I went on a hen night & had a fantastic burger. 

Beef burger, goats cheese, portobello mushroom, red pepper & tomato. I think that was it! Served with 'slaw' (apparently not the same as coleslaw!) & twice fried, skin on, rustic chips. It was delish. I'm not normally a burger person but this was good. 

Apart from not sticking to my eating plan I'm also trying to be a 'work at home mum' & trying to survive the Summer holidays with a 2 & a 3 year old. My little boy (2) has recently decided that naps are for losers so that's been fun!! He now comes with us to my workroom & touches EVERYTHING!! I think the only way to get my work done will be to strap him into his pushchair!!! My little girl is the total opposite & just wants to help. Or to sit & practice writing her name. I do wonder how they're so very different. 

So the other small thing on the back burner is our 2016 trip to America. It's all so very exciting. We will be there for 2 weeks & we're travelling to New York, San Francisco, Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles & San Diego. We're flying from NYC to San Francisco & then Mr H will be driving us down the Pacific Coast highway to San Diego. I cannot wait. We did a similar itinerary for our honeymoon so it'll be brill to go back with our small people. 

Ok so after that quite long babble from me is better go to bed! 

I'll be back soon!!

Oh Cornwall how we love you.

Well as the post suggests we fell in love. The original plan for this year (my 30th don't forget) was to go to Ibiza in September. We've already been to Rhodes in April but how could we not visit our fave place when it was my special birthday year. 

After lots of looking & pricing we agreed we'd book a last minute thingy. 

Soon after, we decided that next year we'd return to America. Ibiza plans cancelled!! Anyone who knows me knows I'm mad about my holidays. I still needed another. So that's when I started looking in the UK. 

When I take my small people away I want them to have a fantastic time with fantastic experiences. I turned into a snob & decided lots of places just weren't special enough. 

The picture in my last post made my mind up. 

We were not disappointed. I want to go back now. 

We stayed in a chalet. It was basic but spacious. It was located in Hayle. 6 miles from St Ives. We arrived on Saturday evening & headed straight to the beach. After 60 quite steep steps we were greeted by quite a beautiful sight. The small people ran, looked for shells & laughed. Just perfect. 

Lots & lots

Do you ever feel like you've just got lots & lots happening? I am a work at home mum. Is that a thing? Knowing me I've got the term wrong. I do that a lot. I work around my 2 small people. Easier said than done most days. I'm very lucky that my eldest will come into my workroom with me & draw or watch a film on the tablet. She's 3 & wants to know about everything. I do the bulk of my work in the afternoons when my little boy has his nap. At 2 I know I'm very lucky that he still naps. 

This week is busier than usual. I'm selling lots of teacher gifts so my workload has increased. I obviously don't mind this at all as it means I'm paid more!! 

At the end of the week we're off t St Ives for a whole week. This is the picture that convinced me we needed to go. 

St Ives bay. How stunning does that look. It makes me just want to jump right in. I'm hoping we're going to get good weather. We're staying in a chalet at http://www.stivesbay.co.uk I really cannot wait. 

My best friend is going to be in Cornwall at the same time with her 2 girls & I cannot wait.  Days on the beach, ice creams & making amazing memories. 

Bring on the cream tea!!!! 

Hmmmmpphhhh

The title says it all. That's how I feel. Mr H has pretty much been away for the past 2 weeks. Greece for work last week & Scotland this week. It's so, so hard not having him here. I can deal with the household jobs, I can deal with my work & looking after the small people but they miss him so much. It's making me sad that they're asking for him but I can't give them the answer they want. 

I feel very, very lucky to have such an amazing husband. I'm so grateful that working away isn't a constant feature. I eat too much chocolate when he's not here. 

This weekend will hopefully be a lovely family one. We have a christening to go to & then Fathers Day to celebrate on Sunday. Mr H is soooo unmaterialistic (is that a word). I'm off shopping for Daddy presents tomorrow (today now) but in all honesty I know he'd rather get a picture or card that the small people had made for him. 

On that note I'm going to sign off. Off to kiss the little people goodnight while they sleep 😍

I've been sneaking around with gym again

Is anyone ever 100% happy with what they look like? That's a question I think about a lot. I've been to the gym this evening for the first time in weeks. My main motivation is to be fit & healthier for my small people but to be fair I think (if I'm totally honest) I'm just fed up of being a chunk now. 

I'm the worst person for emotional eating. If my little angels are in a particularly challenging mood I definitely go for the naughty foods to make me feel better. And I'm very guilty of making bad choices when I think I'm short on time. I need to change my outlook on food. Maybe being a bit more like Mr H. He mainly eats so he doesn't die. He'd quite happily have pasta & a fried egg (he eats everything separately) as a meal. Me on the other hand, I want everything to be amazing. And taste amazing. But this mainly means naughty.

The past few weeks I've been trying a little harder to be good. I love following the Slimming World plan but we make tweaks. I love the idea of cooking everything fresh & it really isn't that time consuming if you're in a rush. 

After I got back from the gym I felt amazing. I only ran 4km but I really do feel good. I think mainly a strange sense 

of pride that I've overcome my fears & put myself out of my comfort zone. 

A few weeks...

So, it's been a few weeks since my last post. You'll be pleased to know I no longer have 'face ache'. My pesky tooth came out on 7th April. When I read that last sentence back it makes me sound like I'm 7!!

So what have I been up to? We enjoyed a very delightful holiday to Rhodes in the Easter holidays. A little chilly at night but nice in the day & a gorgeous hotel. We stayed at the Atlantica Aegean Blue in Kolymbia, Rhodes. It was a Thomson family property so fantastic for my little people. 

It was so nice to sit back & relax. The pool was a little cold but that didn't stop G & J having a paddle. The loved it & spent the week playing with a Sainsbury's tea set we took!!

We also got to use the hotels water park. Again a little chilly in the water but the kids loved it. 

So, after we got home from Rhodes we spent 3 nights at home & then whizzed off down the M1 (and a few other roads) to Brighton. My mum had booked 2 nights for us as part of my 30th birthday present. Part of the deal was that we were to visit my very favourite Choccywoccydoodah. And oh my did we! 

 The beautiful pier. 

The stunning carousel. I took G on here. She chose 'Philip' the horse!! 

 A few from the magical shop. 

This is our small pile of chocolate we bought!!

Scary dentist people

Is anyone else scared of the dentist? I am. Don't really know why. No particularly bad experiences. I think I just decided to be as a teenager. So because of this 'fear' when part of my tooth broke off on Boxing Day I decided to ignore it. It didn't hurt so I left it. Oh deary me. Well now I wish I'd had it seen to then. I'm currently sat with a fat, painful face. Great stuff. The tooth in question shall be removed on Tuesday. More great stuff. I think as I'm now 30 & a 'proper' grown up I need to get rid of my stupid fear. Do you think I'll get a sticker on Tuesday if I'm good?