New Year, New You?

A new year is a fresh start for many of us. We set ourselves goals, create lists of ways to improve ourselves as partners and parents and we think of ways to better our lives in general.... so, what are your resolutions for 2014?

My word for 2014 is GIVING.

Giving more to others

Giving more to myself

Giving more to my family

• I plan to exercise more frequently, improve my diet and indulge a little more when it comes to pampering. I definitely haven't taken care of myself as much as I should've the past few years so it's time to give up neglecting myself and give back to my body.

• 2013 was amazing in terms of family fun. We had several camping trips, holidays, days out and we got stuck in with plenty of baking and crafts. I want this year to be equally as good, if not better, and I'm already booking activities in to look forward to. Giving time to family is so important.

• I'm raising funds for the Lullaby Trust (they provide support for families that have lost a baby) for January by not consuming alcohol or chocolate until February. I'll be doing a variety of things throughout the year to help other worthy causes and I'll also be arranging a raffle for charity.

If you would like to sponsor me you can do so here: www.justgiving.com/theminimesandme2014

What are your hopes for this year?

Time Tunnel #4

Take a peek at the songs, movies and news stories below and see if you can guess the correct year that they are from... no cheating!

 

Top Singles from the year:

 

 

  

 

Top movies from the year:

 

Top news stories from the year:

• A nail bomb exploded in central London injuring over 60 and kiling 3.
• Jill Dando was murdered.
• 15,000 were killed after an Earthquake hit Turkey.
• A former MI6 officer posted the names of 117 spies on the internet.
• Manchester United won the FA Cup, European Cup and Premiership title.

Personal to me from this year:

I met the man I eventually had the Mini Mes with.

 

Can you guess the year?

 

Monday Me #2

Monday is here again.... so soon booo! But last week I had some quality me time to enjoy yay.
I had an entire child free weekend - yes that's right Friday afternoon until Sunday evening without the Mini Mes and we definately made the most of it!




Friday night was a relaxing evening in. I enjoyed a bottle of Blossom Hill and we watched The Mechanic again with the very hot Mr Statham as eye candy! Definately dig the rough and ruggid look, phroar! The Mr cooked a lovely turkey lasagne for dinner (not quite what the meal planner had in order but anyway) so it was a proper feet-up-do-nothing night.

Saturday I enjoyed a peaceful lay in and was brought a Cadbury's hot chocolate in bed mid morning and sausage sandwiches. The Mr spoils me! We were going to a darts tournament but we ended up having a look around Homebase, Halfords and Argos for a few bits for the home instead as a lot of people we knew had dropped out. In the evening we headed to the pub where we met up with my brother and parents and had a few vodka and orange juices and played darts.

I woke hangover free Sunday morning yay and we had more sausage sandwiches (uh oh my waistline will suffer at this rate). In the afternoon we went to the Huntsman in Dunchurch to celebrate my cousins 18th birthday. There were 16 of us in total and the food was amazing! Despite being an all you can eat cavery I behaved and had one plate ... but then induldged with a delicious extravaganza dessert. You know it's big when the waitress asks if you are sharing. But I wasn't OINK! Oops but yum.





What have you enjoyed this week that was for you? I hope you managed to enjoy some time to yourself. You can read more about the link up here.

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Time Tunnel #2

Time Tunnel is a new meme created by the lovely Pinkoddy. Every Tuesday you are asked to post about events from a particular year (that you can choose) and then you guess which year they are from... tut tut no cheating peeps !


Can you guess the year that I have chosen from the info below?

Best selling albums of the year

Top selling movies of the year

Top news stories of the year

Giant sea scorpian claw is discovered

• The UK July floods were some of the worst on record
• The government announced 2 discs went missing with 25million peoples details on
• A giant sea scorpian claw was found that came from 8ft tall creature - eek

Personal to me from the year

• I moved back in with my parents for 3 months after splitting with the Mini Mes dad
• I moved into my very own home (just little old me and the Mini Mes)
• Minxy started nursery
• I purchased my Fiesta which I still have now

Can you guess the year?