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Juggling work life, home life, school work, social, reading, spellings, housework and piles and piles of washing is hard work. Most days I'm literally a tired, hungry and sweaty mess. The girls are in a strict routine which they are very used to and mine and Matts shifts are rarely the same from one week to the next. I have crap piles decoratively dotted all round the house. Some call it clutter, some call it mess. I call it organised chaos. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Today I wasn't working, so morning school run turned into an impromptu costa date with friends and then met matt for his break at work. This quickly led to half of my day at home "cleaning and sorting" infact "eating and drinking and quickly spending money into an early grave". Mollie ate her body weight in fruit and full English by lunchtime. Little piggy. Result of having no lunch dishes. Managed to make all the beds, vacuum upstairs and move the same pile of clean wash...

It's the time of year to start making Leighas birthday preparations. So we decided on a party activity. This year we've decided to hire a bouncy castle to put in our Croft. So we needed a theme next. I looked through our local bouncy castle hire for a castle and we found an awesome under the sea themed one. Leigha decided on mermaids. Fabulous. Can't wait. My minds going nuts thinking of decor ideas and games etc. When it comes to planning a party I do go a little OTT! Self confessed and I'm very fortunate to have a very understanding fiancé to supports (tolerates) my love for planning parties. First step is table ware. eBay it is. Scrolling for exactly what I need and then trying to find it cheaper. Let's face it. Things like themed plates and cups are very pricey. So I buy some plates and cups in the colour theme I want. In this case blue and purple and but themed napkins to tie the theme in. The table decor will be similar. I'll buy a blue table cover and I...

Hi again everyone! So... I haven't posted anything for a while. Reason is I've gone back to work! Exciting and scary times. I've been fortunate enough to get a job with my fiancé. He is the kitchen manager and I'm a waitress/bar staff. While we don't work in the same room for most of the time, it works for us. I adore everyone I work with, along with Matt and myself, my brother and his girlfriend and Matts brother also worth with us. Turning it into a family business slowly! Haha! We work at a carvery based restaurant. It's a lovely family restaurant and it's very popular. I work part-time, a couple of days during the week and usually on a Sunday. I'm lucky enough that my mum has the kids for me. Usually just mollie but both girls on a Sunday and during school holidays. I've been working around a month now and I'm really enjoying it. I will not lie, I'm tired. Mentally and physically. It's very hard being away from Mollie. She's on...