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Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 20 #R2BC
918 hours ago
What a fantastic week it’s been! So many Reasons to be cheerful and we even had a visit from the sun!
I went to Cybher
It was a very early start and a long day but very enjoyable. I was very grateful for Gemma, Emma and Kerry for letting me tag along with them all day, if it wasn’t for their company I would have felt even more insignificant amongst the others there.
I got to have a go in a Crystal Maze style cash box and took away a bundle of money – this would have been made perfect if someone could have shouted “Start the fans, please!”
I met up with some fabulous bloggers, some I’ve wanted to meet for a while and came away feeling more confident in taking my site in the direction I want to.
I was totally spoilt on my birthday!
Isn’t everyone you may think, well no not me. Did I tell you about the pillow I got last year? For some reason hubby decided that this jaws the year to make an effort, and how amazed am I – an iPad and tickets to Wembley on Saturday to see Blackpool in the Play-off final! Get me!
And the sun shone, and I won at golf and there were profiteroles for pudding. Could I ask for more?
I have THE most wonderful little boy!
Not content with writing me a beautiful birthday card and keeping me entertained all week as he tried to keep the iPad a secret, he made me very proud yesterday.
He came home from school to tell me that the school in India that they are linked with was hit by a tornado, it destroyed the roof and 3 classrooms. The school are having a non-uniform and fundraising day next week and J declared that he will be taking money from his piggy bank into school that day! He is amazing.
I can bake after all!
Hot off the press (or out of the oven) come these blueberry muffins. The exact same recipe as last week but this time, with the addition of a proper muffin tray. Perfecto!
What’s been making you smile this week? Make sure you check out some of the other posts and pop over and say hi to Mich
Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 19 #R2BC
41 week ago
What a weekend!
3 days off work and 3 great victories on the golf course – a league match, a county pairs knock-out match and a club Summer pairs knock-out match – pretty exhausting stuff! I also managed a game with my husband and we didn’t argue – result!
This week I have finally seen some progress in a project at work, it’s been getting me a bit stressed so to at last see a little light at the end of this never ending tunnel is quite a relief!
Last night was awesome – I had a lovely meal with my friends, during which I was very anti-social and logged into twitter throughout. With good reason though as Blackpool were playing in the second leg of the Championship play-off semi-finals. They won and are now off to Wembley again. I don’t think I’ll be able to make it this time, but I’ll try my best. The tangerine was out in force today in celebration!
I have lost another 1 and a half pounds on the Jenny Craig plan.
On Saturday I am heading off to Cybher and I can’t wait! I’m very nervous but I think I know enough people who are going that I won’t have to stand by myself feeling lonely. It’s going to be a long day and I haven’t chosen yet which sessions I am going to go to, but I know I’ll learn a lot and hopefully make some new friends.
Most exciting of all it’s my birthday this weekend! I’m going to be the grand age of 33 and once I have recovered from Cybher I’ll be spending the rest of the weekend on the golf course – perfect! In keeping with our office tradition I have just finished baking some treats to take in tomorrow. I have made some chocolate crunch which always reminds me of school dinners:
I also made some blueberry muffins, out of my Eric Lanlard book. I haven’t made anything of his since the great banana cake disaster. Luckily I have a sense of humour and this is how some of my muffins ended up…
I really must invest in some better bakeware!
What’s making you happy this week? Link up your reasons to be cheerful over at Mummy from the Heart and give our lovely host Mich some love.
Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 18 #R2BC
42 weeks ago
It’s nearly the (long) weekend – hurray! Up until yesterday this week had been stressful and pretty rubbish and I couldn’t wait for it to be over, but then yesterday the tables turned.
- I had a wonderful email gifting us tickets to Legoland for J’s birthday. I am over the moon as we had been saving our clubcard vouchers for tickets and now we can use these towards some other family days out when we have our holiday in June. He is going to be ecstatic as he is desperate to go there, but we are going to try and keep it a secret until the day before!
- I saw on twitter that we had been chosen as Morphy Richards Innovators after submitting my banana cake disaster post to the Foodies100 competition. This is very exciting, especially as I happen to know they do a rather stunning range of ORANGE gadgets! We can’t wait to get started.
- After seeing a tweet of mine about J’s early morning club celebrating it’s first birthday the fabulous people at When I was a kid organised a gift for each of the children. A really lovely thought and I was so happy to deliver them this morning. They were very much appreciated!
- Finally, in a bit of after work golf I saw this
…my shadow, which means the sun had finally returned. Enough to make anyone smile!
How’s your week been? Link up your reasons to be cheerful over at Mummy from the Heart
Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 17 #R2BC
23 weeks ago
I sat yesterday at work and the thought crossed my mind that I wouldn’t be able to write this post as I was so grumpy. I spent the morning fielding ridiculous phone calls and answering stupid questions and being reminded of the cliques that form in offices full of women. I looked out the window and watched the rain pouring down and then heard that the weekend is supposed to be pretty grim too, not good for the golf!
Luckily I woke today in a better mood:
- I chatted and laughed with some colleagues who I’ve known for years. It reminded me that I’m part of a bigger team and of all the things that keep me hanging around, after 15 years sometimes it’s hard to see past the everyday issues.
- The sun came out. Just for a little while.
- I had my weekly chat with my Jenny Craig consultant, another 1/2 lb lost. Not Earth shattering but it’s still going in the right direction.
- J brought a note home in his book bag to say he’s been moved up to a guided reading group as he is doing so well. I’m really pleased at the way he has settled in at school.
- We had a visit from my brother and his fiancée this afternoon. It was great as always to see them and J was over the moon – and very excitable by the time they left!
The weather still looks lousy for the weekend but It will be good to get out in the fresh air. I’m determined to find the positives.
How’s your week? Link up your reasons to be cheerful over at Mummy from the Heart
Reasons to be Cheerful – Week 16 #R2BC
34 weeks ago
Here we are again! It’s Thursday therefore it must be time to think about what is making us happy at the moment, feel free to join in over at Mich’s place!
For me it’s all been about the golf! It’s taken a couple of weeks but I have finally got into my stride again after the winter and have played some of my best rounds in the last week. I played on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and by Monday was ready for a rest!
On Saturday we played the first round of the county competition that saw us reach the final last year. I’m pleased to say that we won all matches against Fakenham and are safely through to the next round and back on home turf. On Sunday I won our friendly ladies ball game and also the monthly competition after a really great round. I’m so pleased with the majority of my game and it’s all looking good for the rest of the season 
School has started again which means we are back to some kind of normality, which feels great. We have done quite a bit in the holidays but there have also been loads of meals out which has made the diet a challenge to follow. This week I can get back on track again.
If you need something to make you smile/laugh then take a look at this video. It’s us BritMums Butterflies telling you what to expect at BritMums Live and is basically me just making myself look an idiot whilst Alex, Gemma and Penny (who did a fantastic job of the editing) talk sense around me! Let us know what you think!
