Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
Charles Dickens

Snow day

This morning I woke up to hear little feet jumping out of bed, padding across the floor, a little voice say 'Yippee!' then little feet running through to our room.
'Mummy look outside! Look what happened!'  Our eldest Fairy Princess LOVES snow!
... Well actually she loves the idea of snow and looking at it out of the window but when it comes to being outside in it she doesn't love it quite so much. 

For me snow is a bit magical as it makes everything look pretty.  Apparently the sea front looks amazing (but you know how lazy I am - and I have 'man flu'  - , so apologies for not walking down there to get some photos for you to see.)  And luckily it is Sunday so I can snuggle up and watch films with the Fairy Princesses and drink hot chocolate.

Check out the pictures from around britain on the BBC News website.
Snowy Sunday

I did manage to get the princesses in to the garden to make snow angels and deep footprints.

Happy snow day!

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Running out of steam

I have decided to start running!!
I love the idea and I have never managed to keep it up succesfully on my own so after a glass of wine I rashly signed up to a local running group ... and have been hugely unsuccesful at joining them ever since!!
Session 1 - got held up at work and missed them so they asked me to a session on a different night - Which I made - yippeee! and really enjoyed. 
Session 2 - I got myself really organised and had a map but didn't check the postcode I'd been given andended up at the Pet Cemetary!  It was dark and scary and like the begining of a cliched horror film so I decided it was safer to go home. (Moral of the story - always check the postcode someone gives you)
Session 3 - Again had my map ready but got lost.  Had had a really pants week so probably wasn't concentrating properly.
So as you can see I am being very succesful at not running.  So I thought I would re-remember the reasons I wanted to run to keep me motivated in trying to find this elusive and mysterious group!

Running will
- help me lose weight.
- help me sleep better.
- improve my overall health.
- aid my concentration meaning I will be able to study more effectively.
- help keep my moods stable and decrease my stress levels.

Al pretty good reasons to get my trainers on - in fact I might go now... or maybe I'll have a cup of tea and a nap first. 

But if you are less lazy than me you could check some of these sites that have really good training plans:
Womens Running UK
Zest
NHS Live well - this one even has a great podcast

Healthy, happy days

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Quote of the day

“Have nothing in your house that you don’t know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” 
William Morris

... now to find the time to make this happen!!

5 reasons this was a good week

1.  I got a distinction in a group asignment!  Yippppeee! (and thank goodness for clever colleagues)
2.  I got my first written assignment finished - and with enough time to get a full nights sleep before having to hand it in!
3.  The eldest Fairy Princess can skip!!  and has moved up a ballet class - Which means we get an extra half an hour in bed on saturday mornings pretending we are asleep and don't have two cheeky monkeys bouncing on the bed!
4.  I finally went to a meditation class and sooo enjoyed it - so calming and relaxing.
5.  I rashly signed up to ten weeks of running!!  - First session on Thursday (it seemed like SUCH a good idea at 10pm after a couple of glasses of wine!)

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Favourite new year quotes

“A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within.”  Anon

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”  Einstein

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Happy New Year

I’m a bit superstitious about New Year.  I like to have everything tidy and organised, but it doesn’t often happen.  This year I managed to get quite a bit tidied and organised but didn’t manage to get my essay finished or store away the outgrown kid’s clothes or get the girls room organised or get my hair cut or my eye brows shaped.  But I’m not worried – I’m being very calm about it all.

 … except for the essay … and felling like a hairy monkey … and the girls room … …

DAMN!! – I tried so hard!  If I keep telling myself I am calm will that make me calm eventually?  And at least I can turn some of these tasks in to New Year’s resolutions!

Taking stock of 2011

 I took a few minutes today to think about all the stuff that’s happened this year which makes me proud or grateful.

-          The baby Fairy Princess is over a year old now and doing all the cute, beautiful and funny things a toddler her age should be (I hope!).  She’s walking really confidently and often nods knowingly at us.  She loves ‘posting’ things, passing us her toys or socks and sitting in buckets/ boxes/ laundry baskets/ very small corners.  She chatters a lot and hums and best of all gives the cutest smiles and snuggles.  

-          The eldest Fairy Princess has started school and is sooo grown up.  She is doing really well with her numbers and reading.  She is very good at riding her bike and can finally skip properly.  She is a great big sister and she is just so funny!

-          My husband and I celebrated our 6^th wedding anniversary this year.  Not a hugely long time I know but I really appreciate how fab he is (although I don’t often tell him- I don’t want him to get big headed).  He has been so supportive this year especially of my studying now and also earlier in the year when I had PND and was acting like the wife from hell.  So a massive thank you to him for being so great!

-          The rest of my family are pretty amazing and supportive too.  Always there when I need them and good fun too!

-          I converted to Buddhism

-          I got a great grade on my first assignment of my masters

-          I still enjoy my job

-          Finally I have started on the egg donation journey that I had no idea about this time last year!

So all in all I have had a lot to get excited about over the last year and feel very privileged and proud of my life at the moment.

New Year’s Resolutions

-          To get the girls room tidied, organised and pretty

-          To get good grades on the rest of my uni work

-          To blog at least once a week

-          To do a journal/scrapbook with my Fairy Princesses

-          To meditate once a week

-          To exercise for 15 minutes every day and an hour 3 times a week (and lose two stone in the process)

That all seems manageable – let’s see how many I break before next week!!   

Hope you all have a fabulous and successful 2012!

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx