19 weeks out!! The count down begun over two years ago, we were counting in years, seasons or months but now… now I can feel comfortable counting down in WEEKS. 19 weeks, that’s nothing, 19 weeks is an average marathon plan. Before I started training for the Athens marathon in 2016 I remember my coach […]
In preparation for this trip we have needed to save money and make extra money where we could. Because Iain works for himself there are things he can do at work to ensure the business stays profitable and keeps on top of out goings. For me it’s different, I work part time and receive a […]
The sun is shinning, with a high of 18 degrees, I’ve been running in short sleeves this week and absolutely loving it. I feel my mood lifting as the mercery rises. The landscape is slowly becoming greener and I am enjoying my garden come back to life. I was looking back on old photos of […]
We have booked our flights! …well paid the deposit on the first part of our flights at least. It feels like a huge move forward to put a deposit down, things are starting to feel more real. I had a constructive conversation with our travel agent Jim yesterday. We ironed out a few little details […]
It’s the winter school holidays, most of our neighbours have gone to the mountains but we are spending this week at home, saving money, working hard and planning our travels. It is a great feeling to get stuck into a task and even greater feeling to actually tick something off my long list of things […]
Sitting at the dinner table this afternoon I managed a really productive few hours with my laptop and a big pot of Matcha green tea. The kids were happily building forts in the playroom, getting along nicely only coming up from time to time for snacks and refreshments. A couple of weeks ago, I set […]
Second interview with Sarah Williams from Tough Girl Challenges, done and dusted! We had a great chat this morning, if not a little flat. I shared with Sarah the challenges and my frustrations at feeling overwhelmed as we work out our trip. But as I came away from our chat, I felt a renewed sense […]
Yesterday I had my first podcast interview. It was bizarre, I felt as though I didn’t have much to talk about, I didn’t want to come across as a ditz or a bore, I wanted to be genuine, relatable, interesting… I didn’t want to over think it. After coming ‘off air’ I thought of all […]