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    Hey! Welcome to my crazy lifeโ€ฆ…

    28th November 2019 /

    Welcome to my crazy little life! This blog originally documented my personal journey as a mature wife and mother embarking on a career change from the corporate world to the equestrian world. Nowadays, I tend to blog about three areas of my life I am most passionate about: my family, my business and self development. Join me, you never know what trials and tribulations we'll encounter, but it sure will be fun.

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    1yr anniversary

    Full Time Self Employed Anniversary

    24th November 2018
    Business Review June 2019

    Business Review – July 2019

    9th July 2019
    I resigned from the day job

    I resigned from my day job…

    24th November 2017
  • Where did April go?

    27th April 2018 /

    It's been approximately a month since I last posted anything on here and the one thing I can't get my head around is that we are just 3 days away from May, how did that happen? I have some news I'd like to share with you all being as it's been so long since I last wrote...

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    Worming a horse

    Equine Worming – Do you have a plan?

    28th May 2018
    Making progress on Olly

    Making Progress : Making Choices

    20th October 2019
    Juggling Life with new tools

    Juggling Life…

    9th July 2016
  • Week 10 of Olly’s Update

    25th March 2018 /

    The rugs are off...yeay!

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    Olly's first walkabout

    Olly’s First Walkabout

    29th October 2017

    Week 4 of Olly’s Issues

    10th February 2018
    Worming a horse

    Equine Worming – Do you have a plan?

    28th May 2018
  • Olly lying down

    Week 9 of Olly’s Update

    18th March 2018 /

    Olly needed a trim...he reluctantly co-operated...eventually!

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    What a year 2017 has ended up being.

    1st January 2018

    Week 10 of Olly’s Update

    25th March 2018
    Taking a break

    Taking An Impromptu Break

    13th December 2019
  • Week 8 of Olly’s Update

    11th March 2018 /

    Nose rubs with Olly and my daughter, are very special moments I love to capture...

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    movement

    Taking Action…

    1st August 2017
    Olly and I enjoying a Lunge Session

    Olly – End of Summer Update

    17th September 2019
    Restarting Eddie Education

    Restarting Eddie’s Education

    2nd October 2017
  • Saddle Making Training – Week 1

    7th March 2018 /

    Back in November (2017) I attended another training session at the Saddlery Training Centre in Salisbury...to embark upon the Level 2 Saddle Making training. According to the City and Guilds Level 2 Saddlery specification I am required to make a pony saddle using a wooden saddle tree. The seat must be pigskin or hide, the skirts and flaps must be solid with knee rolls and gussets being optional. The panel should be a Continental or Saumur type and the filling should be wool only. Here is my 16.5" pony saddle wooden tree that I was welcomed with...

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    Free Business Mentoring

    21st November 2018
    Bridle Making week 2

    Bridle Making Week 2 – Mental Exhaustion

    27th July 2016

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    1st January 2018
  • Week 7 of Olly’s update

    4th March 2018 /

    Week 7 of Olly's update is very dull due to the aftermath of Storm Emma/Beast from the East...

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    I resigned from the day job

    I resigned from my day job…

    24th November 2017
    Losing my boys

    Losing my boys…

    24th July 2017
    Business Laptops

    My Business Is Out Of Action

    1st April 2020
  • Week 6 of Ollyโ€™s Issues

    25th February 2018 /

    It's half term week and the children are off school...

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    Stewarding at a Fun Ride makes me want to join in.

    28th April 2018
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    So, I’m kind of a blogger…

    18th May 2018

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    27th April 2018
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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 ๐Ÿ˜‹

#highcholesterol #lowcarb #keto #lifestylechange #lookingafterme
โš ๏ธATTENTION - SHE PASSED!!! ๐Ÿ˜ After 9mths โš ๏ธATTENTION - SHE PASSED!!! ๐Ÿ˜

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 ๐Ÿคฃ

Now, we need to pull the caravan out and see if she still stands. Your services may be needed @moawkati with that one ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ
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. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคฃ
My very first home grown courgette. I think i let My very first home grown courgette. 
I think i let it grow too much ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚

#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. โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŒ๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ€โ›ท

Apparently, he's going to be a computer programmer and a professional gamer with his own Youtube channel ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™ˆ

We'll see what he says in a years time lol ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฏ
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