As we go into another week, my motto is "slow down".
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Last week was so mega busy, juggling a lot of stuff, then working on my laptop, doing taxes on there, researching house stuff online, checking messages and social media on my phone...
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So, when I was desperately running for the door to take little legs to the park I didn't give it too much thought.
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But, it's clear to me now that I was obviously craving a slower pace. Not the constant updates and pings of emails and messages. (Obviously the irony is I'm writing this at 2am after finishing work half an hour ago and messaging after that 🤣)
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But this is to remind myself how good this little moment felt with my little mate. Who LOVED it too! And always asks to go to the park/ for a walk/ for fresh air. So, it's not just us who crave time away sometimes - from busy overcrowded places or constant stimulation. The little people are just like us! Sometimes, we all need to press pause and smell the flowers.
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So, that's what I intend to do more of this week... That and eat all the chocolate too!!! 😋🍫 Let's live in the moment a bit this week!! Diet starts week after! 😝
Feel like a right whalley in this pic. But the truth behind this terribly awkward pose was I had just turned the tap on in the bath to rinse out the potty and turned the shower on my entire arm instead, just before I was due to leave the house 🙈 that's high glamour for you!!! 😂
I haven't worn anything that isn't dull for weeks as I haven't had time to think about what I'm wearing and so it's been beige jumper and jeans combo for 30 days running.
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But, yesterday, I heard myself asking "should I wear the beige jumper or the grey jumper" (basically, jumpers do not need ironing and herein lies their beauty with being so busy of late, ha!!!) but enough was enough! ✋🏻
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This ain't the type of example I want to set to my girl!!! So, in with the neon today even if the weather's as grim as the grimbots! (Inside mum joke, soz). 'Cause I need to show my girl never to dull your sparkle - and a little bit of colour makes everyone feel brighter inside too 🌈💖
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Top (old) - Primark
Scarf (old) - H&M
Jeans (old) - H&M
Jacket (old) - Primark
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Evening all! I was going to put some make up on before taking this photo and fix my hair, but then I remembered that the exact reason I occasionally love this platform is because I come on and see #instarealness and think "these are my people" 👌🏻 A pic @mrsgifletcher
put up the other week made me SO happy to see there are some honest, normal ladies out there using IG in a positive way and just sharing who we really are day to day! ❤️
So, after that, it'd be pretty hypocritical of me to only show myself in my best light!! As what I love about it on here sometimes is I come on, have a scroll, see a photo of someone as they really are in their daily life - unfiltered, unglamorous, honest in that exact moment - and I think "oh thank bloody eck I'm not alone!!!" 🎉
So, this is me, after no sleep last night, a tricky day with an emotional little person all out of routine, then having aaaall the emotions because she didn't want to paint anymore but wanted to put the lids back on the paints herself but then didn't and wanted to take them off again so I helped (which was wrong apparently), then doing ironing, washing, tidying and finally a bit of legal copywriting until 2am 👍🏻
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You know what? I'm shattered, but super grateful for this little chaotic life of mine - I love it and wouldn't want it any other way 😄💖 (maybe just a bit of mascara tomorrow, though would be nice...!)
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It seems my girl has inherited some of my personality traits! Like me, she has to eat all her food separately 😂 she also needs a little rest when she first wakes up and no conversation until milky please (or coffee in my case) ✋🏻 But she also becomes MEGA obsessed with her faves! ❤️
At the minute, hers is Zog by Julia Donaldson and mine is the TV show 'This is Us' which the rest of the universe watched a million years ago, but I'm just catching up like 'WOW!!!' 🙋
Anywho, when either of us becomes obsessed with something we go to toooown on it. She gets into character: I've had to call her Zog round the shops and the woman on the till gave me a funny look when I had to reply to my girl shouting 'I'M ZOG...WHO YOU BEING MAMA' from her pram as I replied calmly 'I'm Princess Pearl' while handing over my money... (Thankfully no police were called for me!) 😬
In my case, though, I binge watch, which is what is happening right now while she sleeps!
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But, today, we made a (very basic and not very Instagrammable) cardboard castle complete with felt 'grass' and she named each of her little toys after characters - even putting a plaster on 'Zog' who was her husky 😂 She bloody loved it! ✨
Can't wait to take part in more of #oursensoryfairytales ❤️ @oursensorykids @readalongplayalong
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Happy 1st January 2020, peeps! 😄🎉 I'm taking this advice into the next decade... I bought this candle for my mate and then found it after exchanging presents! Typical me!! 🙈🤣 .
But basically, this is going to be my motto 👌🏻 As I look back over 2019, what I remember is the moments, the experiences and the feelings. The people who made me feel happy, encouraged, reassured, safe or supported. .
I don't remember what I bought, the outfits I wore or the small stuff I worried about. I just remember the moments that made me smile or crack up laughing or feel like someone had my back.
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So - cheesy as it sounds - going into the new twenties, I'm going to make sure I surround myself with the people who lift me up or inspire me; the experiences that motivate me and set my soul on fire; the things that relax and recentre me; and create a little hub for myself that gives me fulfillment and joy. .
I think my little legs summed it up when I asked her what her fave part of Christmas was. Her little 2 year mind contemplated it for a second and she replied... "The grotto" with a big smile. "And what did you like about it?" I asked her, thinking it might have been the Christmas tree, Santa himself, the present she got from him or the farm animals she saw... But nope. "I rang Mrs Claus bell and told her about Duggee!" she grinned back, full of glee!! (Basically, 'Mrs Claus' let her ring her bell stick and my little comedienne did an impression of Hey Duggee which made her and Santa laugh! 🤣)
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So, it's all about those moments that make us feel good and I'm going to make bloody sure I have as many of them as I can in the twenties! With as many people as I can find who share my humour - just like my mini me! 😍❤️
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