The female version of Bigfoot (Hairy Mumma)
You always know when you start the day finding a new hair sprouting from your neck area that it is not going to be the best of days. That was today. However I chose to ignore the fact that my eyebrows...
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My posture is stooped and my legs just don’t work without a pulsating ache singing through my limbs. My stomach muscles are beaten and my arms feel as if a weight hangs from each wrist. I am broken…...
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Life on crutches: She used to fly….
It is around this time of year that I tend to get excited, competitive and become the parent to avoid in the playground. It is Sports Day… On previous years I have been known to hunt for my spikes,...
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Zinc Scooters: Travelling at the speed of light
My son has a streak of adventure in him that I remember pulsing through my veins as a child. Then I grew up, and with it I grew fearful. As a parent, you worry about what lurks around corners, what...
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Learning to speak Crossfit….
To have had a conversation about bladder control, arse modeling and general body bruising before 9am is quite an achievement, even for me, yet it is slowly becoming the norm. To say life of late has...
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Losing 60lbs, and feeling good….
It was April when I last wrote about dieting, Paleo and weight loss. It was January 15th when I decided to change the way I live my life. It is now June 30th, and I thought it was worth mentioning...
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The WOD that broke me
I have always known that CrossFit is a battle of the mind as well as an extreme physical challenge. But I never realised how much until today. Today my mind hurt from trying to process what my body...
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What every woman should do with a rope and a Tena lady!
I have had many aspirations in my life, some were huge: like running a marathon. Others more commonplace, like having children… And some positively silly, like having three children without a hired...
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4 Top Paleo Egg recipes…
It is my latest quest in life to get the other half to let me own chickens… It would make perfect economic sense based on the consumption we have in this house. Since going Paleo I have quadrupled how...
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What I didn’t tell my daughter….
School on a Saturday is never fun, but Libby-Sue didn’t see it that way. She has been terrifically over excited since finding out she was going to see her classroom. To the point of driving me...
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Running through mud and shite: Vision Wild Run
The car was full of banter as we headed up a the road towards North Oxford. It was the type of idle chatter that only originates from nerves. There were three of us in the car, all of us lingering...
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A Diagnosis: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
So today came, as it was always going to do. We met the physio and the pain specialist consultant. They confirmed what we already knew, that Molly has a condition called Complex Regional Pain...
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Every house needs a Harry the HP Envy Printer
My house is a swarm of paper. Half coloured Frozen pictures are stuck hap hazardly on walls. Owen walks around clutching a wad of printed words, it his screenplay that he has written. He rehearses...
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Playing at Beale Park
Beale Park has been a haven of mine since the twins were small. It is a beautiful childrens park based close to our home, just outside Pangbourne. Kids never fail to have a wonderful day out, spotting...
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Summer Nights at Thorpe Park
Last Saturday was a full day removed from the norm. Starting off with a 5k sprint through mud and finishing at 84 miles per hour tearing downhill. It was a grown up day where I acted like a child. It...
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A Fairy Coleman and camping and me
I have made a decision. I actually made it back in February but, most unlike myself, I didn’t share it with the world. Looking back I realise it was probably fear and reluctance that held me back....
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Nine and a half hours, then the end begins
Nine and a half hours.. It is not really enough time to prepare for such a life shattering change. I should have started weeks ago, but time is something that I seem to have increasingly little of...
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Why the six week holidays are like a good curry….
We threw ourselves into the holidays without hesitation this year. As my children grow older at a speed that startles me I no longer dread the onslaught of the six week break. Instead I look forward...
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How big is your love spot?
My open jaw must have shown my confusion at his question. If not that, then my furrowed brow could have been an indicator. Or maybe even my snort of sheer amusement could have been a clue. I wasn’t...
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#Summerpicks – having a great summer….
There is no doubt that the summer holidays can be a costly time. With the children running free and loom bands only occupying them for so long, it is only a matter of time before they start asking to...
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