BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Being grateful for what you have is one of the best things you can do to lead a positive happy life. If you’re...

FABULOUS THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH 1. Easter, my favourite time of year plus we can now meet with friends & family outdoors which was lovely. 2. 10 full days...

FABULOUS THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH 1. Isabelle’s 16th Birthday 2. The clocks went forward – lighter nights whoop! 3. We were told we could go back to the studios...

How on earth am I mum to a 16 year old? On the 1st of March, 16 years ago I gave birth to the love of my life and became...

I love it when March arrives. Firstly, because the 1st March is my beautiful daughter’s birthday, she is my first born so it was the month I became a Mummy...

Life throws us many Up’s, Down’s & Curve balls over the years so it’s only natural to have times when you feel low or slightly negative. Then, there are those...

I first published this post last November but with Lockdown 3 upon us I felt I needed to re post it. So many people are struggling far more in this...

There’s still a few weeks until we move the clocks forward & Spring arrives, but it’s a month I love so much & I always start getting my house ready...

It's February at last!!! Gosh January in lockdown (whilst doing dry January no less!) was looooooong. It's still cold but somehow things feel a bit more positive & I can't...

Since the beginning of January, after chatting with friends, reading people’s social media posts & watching programmes such as This Morning, the general feeling seems to be that this lockdown...

I’m writing this on what feels like the 84th of January!!! As 2020 ended and we moved into 2021 there was so much hope & also relief the horrendous year...

January 2021 & I never thought back in March last year, when we first went into lockdown, that Max would also be having a lockdown birthday in January 2021! So,...

One of the things I love about a New Year is a fresh page, a clean slate to make new goals & plans for the coming year. I’m definitely a...

2020 really was a year like no other. I think it’s safe to say we’re all glad to see the back of it and move into a new year. Unfortunately,...

So we’ve at last said goodbye to 2020 and saw in the New Year quietly all with great hope that this year will be a far happier year for us...

To always always appreciate & make the most of family timeTo make the most of every single day after a year of COVIDTo not worry about the little things at...

1.That people and time matter not money & 'things 2.That times of adversity bring out the very best in some people and the very worst in others 3. That I...

2020 Certainly didn’t go how anyone planned it and it really has been a year like no other. We’ve all struggled at various times but some people have definitely had...

I was going to put our decorations up at the end of November this year to bring a bit of sparkle to an awful year but, we’ve had a new...

After another month of lockdown & having to go back to teaching on Zoom, I have never been as glad for a month to end in my life. I absolutely...

This year has undoubtedly been one of the hardest most people have ever had to endure and it’s certainly not over yet. It’s been tough for families all trying to...

As a dancer & performer as a child, a professional dancer in my late teens and my twenties  & then a dance teacher/business owner from being 30, putting myself out...

Ok, so the build up to Christmas may be very different this year, no parties & events to look forward to, theatre trips non-existent,   gathering with friends & families postponed...

Luckily, just before the November Lockdown, Isabelle and I had a wonderful evening at Tattu restaurant in Leeds. I’ve been wanting to visit Tattu in Leeds for a long time...

I’m putting my Christmas Decorations up in November this year, sorry not sorry!!!! Gosh what a year it’s been for everyone and, as we move into Autumn & a second...

How is it November already? In some ways this has been the longest year ever, everything pre lockdown seems a lifetime ago. Yet when you think this all started in...

MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS! Well I must admit, back in March when we went into lockdown, I never imagined we’d still be in some sort of lockdown by my birthday in...