First ever Insanity class with ParkLives

Exercise and I have a love/hate relationship. When I’m thinking about it, or doing it, I hate exercise. But afterwards, when the endorphins flow and I start to see results, I love it. That said, I don’t like to pay to exercise. I mean, I don’t want to spend my disposable income on something I’m not… View Post

Summer Dressing

When it’s been unexpectedly warm outside but you’re still self conscious post baby, the extra pounds still visible… and time disappears by way of feeding and sterilising and walking the dog and feeding and sterilising and – well, you get the picture. And yet, you’re feeling yourself again and so you want to wear something… View Post

Ideal Home

Interior design is something I haven’t really covered much on the blog, mostly because my home isn’t quite how I’d like it to be. Ideally, we’d replace the bathrooms, our conservatory, the kitchen cabinets (and build an island or breakfast bar) and all of the flooring throughout the house, as well as paint the exterior… View Post

The Power of Blue

Right now, I’m not feeling my best physically. As someone who has always struggled with their weight, I have to eat well and exercise regularly to maintain a body that I’m okay with. Not happy with, but okay with. I mean, there’s more to life than spending three hours in the gym every night (and… View Post

New Florals

For me, it truly starts to feel like summer when the oil seed rape blooms. I love to see it from above, when flying home from somewhere exciting; the yellow squares are a striking, more attractive contrast to the green and brown, but together they make up the huge patchwork quilt that is Britain. Or… View Post