I haven't done reasons to be cheerful for a while now and I really miss it! Sometimes I NEED to remind myself of reasons to be cheerful and today is one of those times. I've had a really bad week this week and thought I'd remind myself of all the reasons to be cheerful by joining in this lovely linky which is hosted by Lakes single mum.

Beautiful evening sky!

1. It's the first day of spring, finally! Yay! You have no idea how glad I am that it is finally spring. The sun is shining today and the weather is quite mild. I can't wait to get outside more with the kids, go on picnics and achieve some of the things on our spring bucket list! Such fun, hehe. 
2. Ellie has been feeling under the weather but seems a little bit better today, thank goodness. She's had a high temperature for two days but it seems to be going down now, thank goodness. Hopefully she'll feel 100% herself, soon. So my second reason to be cheerful is that Ellie is getting better! *knocks on wood* 
3. My third reason to be cheerful is that I am going to sort the boys room out today! I finally have there new bunk beds. Today's task is taking the old ones down and putting the new ones up. At last! It's taken a while to save for but so worth it. Wish me luck, I'm doing it alone :/ It's gonna look a lot better in there room with new bunk beds and a nice new canvas wardrobe. 
4. I'm glad tomorrow is Friday! I am looking forward to nice relaxing weekend (hopefully headache free). Perhaps even a lie in on Sunday! We shall see. 

What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? Why not join in the blog hop below and share your reasons to be cheerful :)

Sarah xXx 

I am going to set myself some goals for this year, something to aim towards. I did quite well last year, when I did this. One of my goals last year was to blog more and I certainly achieved that! I am also way more positive than I was a year ago!! It's amazing how much positive thinking really can help!
 I have high hopes for 2014 and a few things that I really want to change...

1) Get organised and STAY organised! I really need to organise my bedroom and the kids rooms much better! I need to invest in some kind of storage unit for Ellie's room and a large wardrobe for my room. I also need to organise my kitchen draws better. Is it just me that has three "junk" draws? lol.

2) I want to lose weight. I don't NEED to lose weight but I would like to be eight stone again. So about a stone and a half to loose.. maybe even two stone, I'm not sure what I weigh but I know I weigh more than I ever have! I'd like to fit into my clothes again, I hate having nothing to wear/living in leggins. I'm 5ft3 and I do look a little on the tubby side if I'm honest. The top of my arms are huge :(
Things to help me lose weight -

• Use the excerise bike for half an hour (at least) a day
• Lots more walking! 
• No fizzy drinks, sugary foods, fatty foods etc.
• Eat healthier!
• Invest in a George Foreman grill.

3) Meal plan more!! I meal planned a few times last year, it really helped me organise myself when it came to cooking meals, it also helped me save money! So my plan is to meal plan EVERY week! I need to do this!!

4) Read more. Instead of watching crap on T.V, I should really read, instead! I also want to read to the kids more often. I enjoy reading to them and they enjoy ME reading to them.

5) Blogging - I really would like to keep on blogging like I have been. But I also would like to interact more with bloggers, make friends and socialise more on social media!

6) Achieve more things from my bucket list. I am going to set a bucket list for each season.. Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter. I really love having something to look forward to and/or aim for! The kids also think it's great fun, hehe. 

Do you have any new years resolutions or goals?

Sarah xXx


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I can't believe that my children are now in years 1, 4 and 5. Craziness. Time seems to go so fast these days. The kiddos are growing up sooooo fast. It feels a little bit surreal sometimes.

This morning was a bit chaotic. Ellie just didn't want to co operate, she was very grumpy as you can see in the pic but once we started to walking to school, she spotted some of her friends along the way and she was soon smiling and excited to be going back to school! She loves her new class teacher and was very excited to see all of her friends!
The boys were ever so excited! Especially Harry. He had missed his mates so much. We were early and all the parents and children were lined up outside the school gate, Harry soon spotted his group of friends and off he went. Apparently I can no longer give Harry a kiss or hug good bye because (and I quote) "it's embarrassing and I'm not a little kid anymore mum" He's none going on thirteen!! Charlie soon found his mate and they all walked into school together! Bless 'em.
They all really enjoyed there first day back and were really tired tonight, awww.
And If I'm honest I did enjoy the peace but oh my goodness, I missed them like crazy!! I was fifteen minutes early this afternoon, picking them up from school but I didn't mind waiting, I was eager to hear all about there first day back.

Sarah xXx

Phew! Over half way thru the summer holidays. How's everyone enjoying the summer hols' so far? We've not really done that much to be honest, the weather has been a little up and down. It's been looking like it wants to rain all day but now it's really sunny! Anyhoo, here are my reasons to be cheerful this week..

1) I got my new table & chairs and coffee table! Finally! Yay! My front room is almost complete! Just the rug to get once the kids are back in school. Yay! It's so nice to sit up at the table and eat as a family. I've really missed that!
2) We're going away for a few days to visit family up north. My friend is going to look after my house for me which is really nice of her. I am looking forward to seeing everyone up north and catching up. It'll also do us all good to get away! The kiddies are very excited, hehe.
3) I am hoping to get the kids school shoes tomorrow! That'll be a huge weight off my mind. Both Ellie and Harry have very wide feet (like me) and there toes are quite long, it's usually a mission to find a pair of shoes that fit perfectly. Hopefully we won't have a huge kurffule tomorrow. I'm relying on Clarkes (I hope they still have a sale on.) Plus, all three kiddies are half sizes. I can't believe Ellie is already an 11.5 shoe (Harry's a 3.5, just half a size smaller than me) and Charlie is a 13.5. Gosh, there feet grow so fast, lol.

And of course, tomorrow is Friday! Woo.

What are your reasons to be cheerful t his week? Why not link up with Mich over at mummyfromtheheart and join in :)

Sarah xXx

So I briefly wrote about how I have recently re vamped my front room, but like I said it was very brief so I thought I would write a proper post about how I did all of this on a budget.