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    My Business Is Out Of Action

    1st April 2020 /

    Hey, how’s it all going? Are you enjoying lockdown? OK, so not EXACTLY enjoying it, but more of ‘making the most of it’ business-wise! Believe it or not, I have mixed feelings about it all. Not because I’m worried about contracting the virus because I’m not, what will be will be in that scenario. I’m more concerned about what is going to happen to me and my business. Back in December Before this pandemic took hold, I was just starting to gather momentum again after closing The Lady Saddler down over the Christmas period. If you have read the blog from back in December you will remember that I had…

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    14th February 2018
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    23rd November 2018

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    1st January 2018
  • Start of the New Year

    Start Of A New Year

    28th January 2020 /

    It's 2020. The start of a new year and a new decade...how very exciting! Here's my reflection on the decade past and the hopes for the future...

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    What a year 2017 has ended up being.

    1st January 2018

    Why I abandoned my Social Media Accounts.

    19th September 2018
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    23rd April 2019
  • Taking a break

    Taking An Impromptu Break

    13th December 2019 /

    Taking an impromptu break this side of Christmas is probably not the best decision I have made for some time. However, time with the family and looking out for health has to be priority over anything else...

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    I resigned from my day job…

    24th November 2017
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    14th August 2017

    My Take on Home Schooling

    6th April 2020
  • Women's Business Club

    Women’s Business Club

    23rd April 2019 /

    I have been attending the Women’s Business Club meeting on the third Wednesday of the month, for the last nine months. Supports Women The Women’s Business club supports women in business, be it employed or self-employed. First Contact I first got to know about the group via the support group on Facebook. Being seven months into full-time self-employment my business has grown over this time; albeit a slow and at times a lonely process. Struggling with a lack of confidence mindset has affected me personally in terms of suffering from anxiety. On a business level with workload or prioritising my needs for the business. Previous issues, from an unpleasant experience…

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    14th December 2017
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    21st November 2018
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    Why I’ve gone back to an office job

    9th April 2019 /

    Today was my first day back in an office as an Employee.

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    Hey! Welcome to my crazy life……

    28th November 2019
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    Start Of A New Year

    28th January 2020
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    8th January 2019
  • Woodland Outlook

    Stumbling into Spring

    8th March 2019 /

    Whoa! It's MARCH!!! Oh my, where has the time gone? Seriously, I feel like I'm on a roller coaster and I'm not able to get off...

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    9th February 2020
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    28th November 2019
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    My Business Is Out Of Action

    1st April 2020
  • Mentoring

    Free Business Mentoring

    21st November 2018 /

    Last year I attended a couple of free workshops at my Local Council’s Business Hub. They were based on giving you a better understanding on advertising, marketing and social media. They were free to attend, only a couple of hours long, really informative and they provided the stepping stone to the free mentoring, I’m going to tell you about. Chambers of Commerce After I attended the mini-workshops at my local Business Hub, I became aware of a couple of master classes with a Chamber of Commerce mentor. They were very basic and more geared towards people who had an idea for a business but I was relatively newly launched and…

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    1st May 2018
    Business Laptops

    My Business Is Out Of Action

    1st April 2020

    Why I abandoned my Social Media Accounts.

    19th September 2018
  • The Blog has a Makeover

    30th September 2018 /

    For some time now I’ve been looking into changing the style of my blog. I guess I never really liked it the last time I gave it a new look and I think I did it to impress others more than for myself which resulted in me not liking it 100%. So I decided to change it again, after all, this blog is about ME and not them so I should choose a style that I am happy with which is why I took it back to what I feel is a more simple, fresh and classy looking style. What do you think? Did my plan work? UPDATES Every time…

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Happy 14th Birthday to my mini me @lailah.rae Happy 14th Birthday to my mini me @lailah.rae
Lunch today was an overload of fruit and veg. Son Lunch today was an overload of fruit and veg.

Son made a mango, grape and strawberry smoothie with our new juicer (thanks @the_only_terezka for picking it up for me).

Then I did an avocado and feta cheese salad with mayo and hot sauce on top. yum πŸ˜‹

#highcholesterol #lowcarb #keto #lifestylechange #lookingafterme
⚠️ATTENTION - SHE PASSED!!! 😁 After 9mths ⚠️ATTENTION - SHE PASSED!!! 😁

After 9mths off the road and most of that time on stilts with no wheels on, no prop shaft and holes in its sills, the old girl has been welded, put back together with new parts, she has finally PASSED her MOT.

Thank God for that...she will be needed in winter, where we live 🀣

Now, we need to pull the caravan out and see if she still stands. Your services may be needed @moawkati with that one πŸ€£πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ
This courgette growing is a piece of cake. Am I me This courgette growing is a piece of cake. Am I meant to leave them to get so big? 

#homegrownveggies #courgette
So...we got a pool for the summer holidays. Best d So...we got a pool for the summer holidays. Best decision EVER!
A morning of madness: school shoe shopping at Merr A morning of madness: school shoe shopping at Merry Hell.
Was an interesting experience with a face mask and social distancing rules.
We survived, thats the main thing. πŸ‘πŸ€£
My very first home grown courgette. I think i let My very first home grown courgette. 
I think i let it grow too much πŸ€”πŸ˜‚

#homegrown #courgette #cottagegarden
Following a recent blood test, I am now classed as Following a recent blood test, I am now classed as having HIGH cholesterol.

I don't know yet if this has anything to do with the abnormality of my optic nerve as my referral to the hospital has been put off for two months due to COVID. So whatever tests I'm due to have will not be happening until at least September.

One thing is for certain though and that is that at 40 years old, I finally need to look at my lifestyle in order to keep the family hereditary heart disease at bay.

Two weeks ago, I was in the process of swapping to a KETO diet, which works on the basis of no (or low) carbs and high fats. 

For now at least, I will have to rehash my diet to be low carbs and low fat in order to reduce my cholesterol level to below 5 (it's currently 7). 

Another area of change has to be my exercise. I have gone from being very active (looking after my horse) to not active at all. So I looked up a yoga routine for beginners on YOUTUBE and started to do that every morning, and today, I went for a brisk walk/jog with daughter down the lane which we intend on keeping up.

Its tiny steps in comparison to what some people do, but I know my commitment and discipline to things like this in the past has been rubbish and I get overwhelmed and stop but being as it has to be a lifestyle change (more than a quick fix to lose weight) I have to enjoy every step and not push too hard.

In an ideal world I'd love to lose 2st. I'm not sure if losing this much would suit me as I've always been curvy, but to have a toned body again would be nice and at the very least lowering my cholesterol is the MAIN GOAL here.

My other alternative is to take medication in the form of statins all my life, and to be honest at 40, I feel too young to be relying on the NHS just yet.

I've taken before and after pictures of myself, but I'm far too embarrassed to bare all on social media, so I'll spare you that image but I'm happy to tell my story. You never know, someone here may be experiencing the same.

I tell You what though, it comes to something when I leave it till the health of my heart is in jeopardy to get fit and eat clean.

#staysafe all x
End of an Era for my boy. He officially leaves Pr End of an Era for my boy.

He officially leaves Primary school as of this week and starts High School in September.

Who would have thought the clingy little boy we dropped off at nursery all those years ago would become the confident young man (sometimes a little too confident) who is looking forward to his next stage of schooling, especially computer club and all the sports he will be able to do, both in and after school. βš½οΈπŸˆπŸπŸŽΎπŸŒοΈβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€β›·

Apparently, he's going to be a computer programmer and a professional gamer with his own Youtube channel πŸ˜‚πŸ™ˆ

We'll see what he says in a years time lol 🀣🀯
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