November 24, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

This Week I…..

Hi there! How are you today? I’m enjoying a rainy afternoon on the sofa watching TV. The wind and rain is a bit of a shock after the 25 degree sunshine of last week. British weather is weird. We have crumpets and tea to keep up going through the day though, so it’s not all

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Dear Diary

This Week I….

Happy Sunday folks! How are you today? If you remember back as far as last week I was sat in a cottage in Wirral writing a post on my phone, that weirdly came out with no formatting. I was feeling a bit nervous in advance of our second British Champs roller derby game. This week

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Fitness & Health

5 Tips to Boost Your Energy

Do you ever just feel exhausted and you don’t know why? It happens to me a lot. I have a tendency to keep pushing on, and sometimes I forget to listen to my body. Making sure you have enough mental and physical energy to keep up with your lifestyle can be a balancing act. It’s

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Fashion & Beauty

Cactus Crazy

Did you know that 10 years ago yesterday I published my first ever blog post? You probably didn’t. I mean, why would you? When I wrote my first blog post there was no Instagram, Twitter was only 2 years old and Facebook business pages had only been around for less than 6 months. People had

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Dear Diary

This Week I….

Good morning!Right now I am writing on my phone sat on the bed in a rather fancy gatehouse cottage in Wirral.Today’s plans are rather more energetic than most Sunday’s, as the Norfolk Brawds will be playing our second British Champs game against Sheffield this afternoon.While I’m doing that, Mr LLL will be running the Norwich

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Fitness & Health Running

Have Phone, Will Run

Do you like to listen to music while you run? Back when I started running I spent some time coming up with a running playlist on my iPhone. I used Zombies, Run! and I used a Nike+ app to track my runs. This meant that taking my phone out with me on runs was an absolute

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Fashion & Beauty

6 Things on My Real Spring Wishlist

I was thinking about writing a spring wish list. With pretty frocks, and trench coats, and fancy shoes. Then I realised that’s not what my ACTUAL wish list looks like at the moment. So I decided to get real, and share what’s on my REAL wish list. There might be some clothes on that list.

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Dear Diary

This Week I…..

Good afternoon! I’m enjoying a very sundayey, sunday today. I’ve watched Paddington and eaten toast and drunk tea and I’m feeling nicely relaxed. Which is all I really want from a Sunday afternoon if I’m honest. It’s also a bit of a relief after the stressfulness of yesterday, but more of that in a bit. This

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

March Favourites

Hi there! I hope regular readers will forgive the relative quietness around here recently. 2018 hasn’t started off in the best way health-wise, and I’ve been keeping up with the essentials, and not much else. I shan’t bore you with the details. Not in THIS post anyway. If you’re not a regular reader and you

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