We are ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด this oneโ€ฆ Islaโ€™s gone on her first residential with school and sheโ€™s not home until Weds evening. Itโ€™s very quiet without her in the house.โฃ
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Amazing how much ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† she brings to the place and you can really feel it missing when sheโ€™s not here.โฃ
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I know sheโ€™s having a fab time, theyโ€™ve ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (under supervision of course).โฃ
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I canโ€™t wait to hear all about their ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ when our little lady returns home.โฃ
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Have your kiddies been on a school residential yet?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

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#babygirl #daughter #daughterlove #daughters #familytime #honestmotherhood #momanddaughter #momlife #mommyanddaughter #momsofinstagram #mother #motheranddaughter #motherdaughter #motherhood #motherhoodintheraw #motherhoodjourney #motherhoodmoments #motherhoodrising #motherhoodthroughig #motherhoodunplugged #mydaughter #mymotherhood #nationaldaughtersday #parenting #realmotherhood #thisismotherhood
โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด. โฃ
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I love this quote. And itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve been thinking about over the last couple of months. I ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ a bit of ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ back in my life.โฃ
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Iโ€™ve been putting off things and felt too depleted to even consider exercise recently. But I know in order to fix myself, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† and ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, I need to get back on track and take no shortcuts.โฃ
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I want to ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ in breathtaking landscapes, do fun ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and I want to pick up ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด again. Iโ€™ll have lots of happy memories of my pups whilst Iโ€™m doing them, which will be my motivation.โฃ
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Iโ€™m going to start by trying to go for a ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ at least once a day. For the past few weeks Iโ€™ve barely done 2000 steps in a day & I know I need to get back out there.โฃ
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๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒโฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ walk

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#bethankfuleveryday #inspireothers #positivity #happinessisaninsidejob #focused #positivemindset #happinessisachoice #thinkpositive #focusonthegood #mindsetiseverything #changestartswithyou #inspiration #changeisgood #youcandoanything #change #me #changetheworld #staytruetoyourself #changemaker #quotes #motivation #photography #changeiscoming #goodvibes #changeyourself #focusonyourgoals #changemakers  #mummyfitness #mentalhealth
A bit late to the party, but happy ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† to all the wonderful Mums I know. Mums of humans & Mums of furbabiesโ€ฆโฃ
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๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† is so important. It gets you through the tough times, brings the happy times and makes you feel safe.โฃ
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We are all still struggling after losing both of our furbabiesโ€ฆ but ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ & weโ€™re doing it ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.โฃ
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This photo makes me smile. The last time we went to the beach together, to give Snoopy some sea air through his ears.โฃ
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๐— ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†. My memories. I am so ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ to have this lot & have my sacred memories of the furbabies.โฃ
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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ Motherโ€™s Day

#family #mothersday #mothersday2023 #motheringsunday #uktradition #mums #mumma #mothers #familytime #familyfirst #beachday #beachvibes #winterbeachdays #wellsnextthesea #norfolk #visitnorfolk #furbabies #dogslife #puppys #doggies #loveislove #memories #reminiscing #missmydogs #grievingdogs #grievingprocess
Quornยฎ๏ธ challenged me to make a quick, delicious & meat free meal. ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ are perfect for lunchtimes whilst working from home. They are also perfect for family lunchtimes on a Saturday as we have little time after clubs.โฃ
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I used some ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ to make a quick and tasty meal (since recording this I now use the ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ which is even quicker than the conventional oven).โฃ
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Being vegetarian is definitely made easier with Quorn products. They are tasty, usually quick to cook & versatile. Isla & Noah love these nuggets too, they prefer them to meat. A family bag of Crispy Nuggets lasts a long time, so they are ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ.โฃ
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My lunch is a Quorn Crispy Nugget roll. So easyโ€ฆ so tasty & perfect for a quick family meal too.โฃ
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Quorn have an ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ on their website now: Quorn Crispy Nuggets take ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ to cook ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป I will put the link to the guide in my stories. โฃ
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What do you cook for a quick lunchtime treat? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ตโฃ
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โฃ#crispynuggets #familymeals #crispynuggetmeal #quickmeals #quicklunch #quickmeal #vegetarianrecipes #vegetarian #easyrecipe #airfryerquorn #cheap #quick #easy #favouritemeals #meatfreemeals #quornrecipes #quornnuggets #healthylifestyle #healthyfood 
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Music: Back to 1987โฃ
Musician: EnjoyMusicโฃ
Site: https://enjoymusic.aiโฃ
Happy International Womenโ€™s Dayโ€ฆ Iโ€™m lucky enough to have grown up with independent & strong women all around me. Itโ€™s where I get my resilience & determination from.

Itโ€™s something that I want to ensure Isla has too: to be resilient is to have patience and strength. To keep a smile, even if deep down itโ€™s painful. Determination is to have focus and passion. To keep going even if the end is not quite in sight.

I can see a lot of this in her alreadyโ€ฆ she is far more confident than I ever was at 10 and she knows her own mind. Which I love.

Now I need to make sure she has self confidence, self awareness and self love. So she can endure all that life throws at her and she can listen to her body & mind to guide her. 

I love that Iโ€™m still learning things about myself on this motherhood journey: some of those things Iโ€™m learning from Isla.

Iโ€™m very proud of my baby girl ๐Ÿฅฐ

#mummyphotoaday ~ listen 

#mummyanddaughter #daughter #listen #love #parenthood #motherhood #internationalwomensday #womensday #nationalwomensday #sunsetphotos #sunsetsilhouette #iwd2023 #iwd #strongwomen #celebratewomen #familylife #daughterlove #daughterappreciation #gratitude

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