November didn't start off too great. My brain condition (IIH) flared up which resulted in headaches and just not feeling too great. One of the symptoms of IIH is numbness and tingling, my arms and legs went very numb for a while but as the month went on, I have got a bit better. Thankfully. I've also felt rather anxious on and off but enough of that now, onto the good stuff!


 During November I went to Ellie's parents evening, I enjoy parents evening and hearing about her progress and looking at all her lovely work. She's getting on very, very well at school. I am super proud of her.

Charlie really knuckled down and has settled into year 7 now. He's also got use to the homework, he still struggles sometimes but overall, he's much more settled. It helps having his big brother there too!

Harry's also getting on well and has been enjoying lots of sports and what not. I'm really proud of them both!
I'm not really sure we actually got very much of our bucket list ticked off this month but that's ok! I'm sure I'll do better in December.

The last weekend of November. Ellie and I were both poorly. It's to be expected this time of year though. Still sucks though. Thankfully, the boys haven't caught it. Touch wood. 


We've had some lovely things to review, lots of lovely festive arts and crafts items and we love the BB-8 and Thunderbird inflatable remote controls, they're super fun!

Other things I've loved this month include, The Walking Dead, reading (You can read my monthly reading wrap up here) I think my favourite book last month was Behind Closed Doors by B.A Paris. I've also started working out towards the end of the month! In hope to loose a few pounds before Christmas - Wish me luck!

I've also been organising for Christmas and planning. I still have A LOT of presents to buy but I am getting there slowly. We have lots of exciting things coming up in December. Ellie has a nativity play (although I don't think she's got any lines to say or anything) and a school carol service, school trips and Christmas jumper days. I think the boys have there school Christmas activities, too! And of course Christmas! We are super excited! I can't wait to put the tree up, hehe.

How was November for you?

Sarah xXx

September was a fairly busy month for us.
We started the month off with a lovely family picnic which was a lot of fun! The weather has been really beautiful. Although, I do prefer the cooler weather, we still made the most of the warm weather!



The kids went back to school - Ellie started in year 4, Harry started year 8 and Charlie started high school - YEAR 7! I still find it hard to believe that I now have two children attend high school. Where does the time go?


Charlie has settled into high school really well but struggles a little with the homework sometimes - He does get rather a lot! Harry has also settled in well and has been showing Charlie the ropes of high school. I think they're both pleased to be back in the same school again! And Ellie has truly settle into year 4 really well! I am so proud of them all.

Ellie also turned nine years old. She is the oldest in year four. Wow. It doesn't seem possible that she's nine years old. Craziness. She had a wonderful Birthday though. Unfortunately I was poorly but she still had a lovely sleepover with her best friend who she doesn't see very often. She got some really lovely gifts, too! Ellie asked for a colourful cake, thankfully ASDA had one because I wasn't feling up to baking.


I have finally got back into walking and I'm trying really hard to reach my goal of 10k steps 5 days a week! I love walking, especially this time of year. Autumn is my absolute favourite time of year and I am really fortunate to live in such a beautiful place!

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We have also enjoyed a couple of walks and trips to the park! The kids found a rope swing in the woods, which they just loved swinging on, hehe. We can't wait to go for more walks and perhaps find some conkers next time!

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I spent half of September really quite poorly with a bad flu/cold/sore throat etc but I'm better now so I'm sure I will enjoy October! We have made a bucket list for October & Halloween so we have lots to look forward to! I am also going to try 'BlogTober' - A blog post every day for a whole month!
Wish me luck!

How was your September?

Life has been quite hectic lately. I have had a lot going on and I really haven't been feeling myself. I think it's just that I let everything get on top of me the past couple of weeks or so and it's resulted in me falling into some kind of slump. Anyway, things should get back to normal now and I'm feeling a lot more like myself and a lot more positive in general.

I've also had headaches on and off (brain condition.. I've wrote about it before so I won't go into that again). I try not to go on about all of this to my friends and family as I feel like all I do is moan.
Blogging has seriously taken a back seat and has not been my priority lately as I have just had so much going on and I really haven't felt like blogging, or joining in on social media at all. I do feel much better now things have calmed down a lot. I am so grateful for the support I have had - I'm really grateful to my friend who messages back and fourth and my fella, my mum and just everyone who I'm close to!

I've been organsing my sister's 21st Birthday party, which was not an easy task. I won't go into details now. It's all over now and everything went great! My sister had a really wonderful night and was totally surprised! Yay! Bless her. Ha, I feel old now that my youngest sibling is TWENTY ONE! Goodness knows how my mum must feel.

I had a really lovely catch up with my friend last week. I hadn't seen her since February so you can imagine how much we had to catch up. Ellie and her daughter are best friends so they had a wonderful time catching up, too! My friends baby is now a toddler which is hard to believe. Time goes so fast. It was a wonderful day. We ventured out to the park, too! It was truly lovely.

I've discovered organising and bullet journaling and let me just say. I LOVE IT! Organsing my life is my 'new thing'. Still really loving my organiser from paperchase, which I wrote about a few weeks ago!

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We've enjoyed the six weeks holidays and had walks, trips to the park, fed the ducks and had ice creams along the river. We've been out shopping, visited  grandparents, been swimming. Ellie's been to birthday party and the boys have had a couple of fishing trips with there dad, they've also been to the pier and what not. Overall I think it's actually been a fairy good summer for them all!

 I am wondering if I can squeeze in a trip to the arcades but we will see! If not there are plenty of weekends :) We're going on a picnic this week, which will be a lot of fun! We have explored our area a lot and found a couple of really lovely picnic spots. Yay!

I feel bittersweet about the kids going back to school. I have missed the routine a lot. I'm not looking forward to the kids actually going back to school because I'll miss them SO much! It's way too quiet when they're not here and actually quite boring but the routine will be nice to have back. Harry - my eldest son will be starting year 8 and Charlie starts year 7 (I still can't believe he's old enough for high school. I'm just getting over the fact Harry started last September and now Charlie is starting! It's crazy!) and Ellie will be in year 4. Total madness. I'm so proud of them - They're looking forward to going back and seeing all there friends. Charlie is SUPER excited about high school but I do think he's nervous about catching the school bus... At least he has Harry there to help him :)
Anyway, I'm rambeling now so I'll leave this here.

How has your summer been? 

I knew that July was going to be a busy month, with it being the end of term - Charlie had induction days at high school as he's due to start in September. Harry will be starting in year 8 and Ellie in year 4. We slowly worked through our July bucket list and I think we managed to achieve a fair bit!  The month started off with sports day and induction days. Charlie thoroughly enjoyed his induction days. He confidently caught the bus to and from school. I am so proud of him! I also went into the primary school and had an open afternoon with Charlie & Ellie, which was a lot of fun.

Charlie also turned eleven years old in July! Still can't believe he's eleven! Wow.


We also explored our local area, living in the countryside means there's a lot of exploring to do and adventures to be had. We've found some really beautiful picnic spots.



PokemonGO came out! What an epic game and app that is! It got us out walking more and exploring some more, too!


Spotting some wildlife was also on our July bucket list. We did spot some cows! We also had a hedgehog in our back garden (which may have been the end of June, I can't quite remember). There was also a deer in the field at the back of our house! We've spotted pheasants, birds, baby swans and lots of other wildlife, too!


I went to Charlie's year six leavers assembly which was held in our local church. I may have cried. A LOT! I can't believe he's going to be going to high school in September. Craziness. He was presented with a lovely bible, dictionary and leavers book - The leavers book was for all his friends and teachers to sign. A truly lovely keepsake.

We had a picnic at the school on the last day of term, which was so much fun! Ellie was telling me all about year 4 and how excited she is to start in a new class!
Another task on our bucket list was to have ice creams along the river. We did this on the way back from having the boys hair cuts! Well, the kids choose a lolly instead of an ice cream. We walked a total of FIVE MILES that day! It was a beautiful day and we may have caught a few Pokemons... haha.

I had put it in my head that I wanted to loose at least 3lbs in July. I did that. I actually lost around 9lbs. WOW! I'm sure the Pokemon hunting has helped with that, haha. I also managed to read five books in July, which I wrote about on my book blog. (A couple of those were short books, but it still counts!!)

There were some stressful moments in July. Which I wrote about but I won't go into again! I'm focusing on the positives. :)

How was your July? What are your best bits?

June, for some reason, was a really hard month for me. I don't know why but I was just so anxious and at the end of June I got to the point where I didn't even want to step outside the front door. I felt panicky and really shaky. I think it was a lot of things that had just built up and anxiety was the result. A lot of anxiety. I also had an IIH (brain condition) flare up which played a huge part in the above. However, the kids still had a good month! We still did a few fun things. The start of June wasn't so bad.

The month started off really well. My new baby nephew was born! He is just adorable, so precious. I'm so excited to have another little nephew. I love newborn cuddles!

We celebrated the queens 90th Birthday but attending a British themed fete (everything was red, white and blue - The colours of the union jack). The kids all won some fab prizes on the tombola and lucky dip type stalls and there were bouncy castles etc! It was a fun afternoon :)
The boys went fishing with there dad a couple of times which gave Ellie and I some time on our own. We spent the afternoon along the river and treated ourselves to some fish and chips which was yummy!


We went to another summer fair! Local to us, about five minutes walk away which was very handy! There were rides and inflatables for the kids to go on! It was SO cheap, wrist bands were £3 each for the whole day. The kids had an absolute blast.



I read a fair bit (before the IIH flare up). Reading really helps me to relax and just unwind. I love getting lost in a book. I found a few good books in charity shops! I do love looking for books in charity shops and giving pre loved books a good home, hehe. I started a book blog and instagram dedicated especially to books! Yay! You can read my reviews and bookish posts over on my book blog aka Sarah's Book Hub


There was a lot of proud mummy moments in June, too! With Charlie preparing for high school and how well all the kids are doing at school. I am so proud of them all. Harry started swimming at school, he honestly hates deep water so I am truly proud of him for giving swimming a whirl at school. He's overcoming his fear.

 We have lots to look forward to in July. You can see our bucket list here. Charlie turns eleven years old and has induction days at high school. We also have a parents open evening at the high school, too! We have sports days and end of the year assemblies. School plays and concerts etc. I'm looking forward to all those things and we're very excited about the six weeks holidays! It'll be nice to have the kids home and a break from the school routine :)

How was your June? What are you most looking forward to in July? Let me know in the comments :)