Back from the school trip.

I wanted to add some pictures from our week away at Isaac's school camp at PGL (parents get lost) but due to his pre-teenyness the only face he wears for pictures right now make him look like he's smelling an especially unpleasant fart. But he had a great time, and stayed well throughout. A week of climbing walls, kayaking. quad biking and the like... I stayed mostly in the background, so as not to cramp his style (the only kid with a parent in tow) so used the time to work/walk/read and sleep more. Missed my girls terribly. We're both glad to be home.

Less than two weeks to go until our 50km, sponsorship is adding up, over half way to our target with gift aid. It's my birthday in a couple of days too, and I'm asking for donations towards our target if anyone would like to be so kind, click here. Training going well.

Have a great week peeps x

All good fun

Things are going really well right now. I have started an exciting new job (secondment from my normal one, not a new place) which is just the thing I needed - a fresh challenge to get my mind off other things. Working with some really great people, which makes going in every day interesting. 

I'm thinking of starting a sideline blog on cooking. It's a kind of antithesis of cooking blogs; more about just how crappy my food choices can become, a kind of 'how low can we go' of meal trackers... Dan and the kids eat without me the days I work because I get back so late, and as they eat meat and I don't, it's often easier if he feeds them, and I feed me. It's not that I eat BADLY, it's just that I don't care that much, so just eat whatever is first out of the fridge. Last night it was a bag of spinach, steamed (microwaved in its bag) with a tin of baked beans.... I love my food, I just don't really mind what food it is. Fortunately for me Dan was once a chef, so I get a bit more variety on other days. But I wonder if such a blog might attract other cuilnary deliquants? Perhaps there is a whole raft of stressed out workers/lazy cooks like me who eat for hunger rather than pleasure? This is not a diet, it's lack of time and inclination! 

Isaac is doing fab! Sick only once this week. Next week he has his first ever school residential camp (5 days, lots of different activities, staying in dorms). Poor kid has to put up with me tagging along though, as he needs me there to do his meds and nebs... But I plan to stay very much in the background and will use the time to train more (did I mention that I'm doing a 50k trek over the Brecon Beacons? Well, you can sponsor me here if you could be so kind!) and read. God I miss reading more (I read loads, reading/music/art are my things, but just not as many books as I'd like, I make do with devouring newspapers and all the supplements). 

Girls are great too. Anouk is the best company these days. She is still at an age where she actually wants to hang out with me still, and is my dog walking partner a lot of the time. She loves her art and list writing, an apple not so far from this tree. Rosa has really come out of her shell and is beginning to enjoy life outside of home/grandparents. She was THE MOST CLINGY BABY EVER, she struggled to even make eye contact with people once, but the other day I managed to go order coffee in a playbarn leaving her chatting to a friend of mine she doesn't know well. That is huge progress for her! She so cute, my feisty little monkey. 

Today I met someone I have wanted to meet for a long time, a friend of Jayne's too, who also has CF. I feel like I have met a kindred spirit, of the blackest humour. We had the loveliest walk and chat, I'm so so glad we made the time, sad though it was that it was without Jayne. 

That's us really. Feeling pretty positive and excited about our summer to come. I hope this good cheer spreads to you, lovely people, whoever you are. Seize each day x 

Fun running for fundraising...

Pre-teen with the obligatory 'moody face for all photos despite hidden joy' look. They did great! 

Big love to Jo, Ben and Ellie too for doing so well! Very proud mum/sister/auntie moment x 

All running towards our sponsorship target, which you can support here. Thank you so much for all the support so far! Love love love x