All-in-One Mum

A rather rushed morning has landed on rather a high, I'd say! Let's weigh it all up, shall we! Negative: not washing my hair this morning before work. Positive: it was ridiculously rainy and windy on my walk to work so it would have been a wasted exercise. Negative: had to push Bella one handed in her Bugaboo while holding my black brollie in the other. Positive: arm muscles are definitely much stronger. Negative: brollie blew inside out and has a broken bit. Positive: I can buy a colourful one now! Negative: having the rest of Bella's milk spilled on my coat. Positive: no work on Friday so no need for this particular one as will be living it up at the Royal Albert Hall and then staying at The Dorchester! Negative: walking the rest of the way from nursery to work with no brollie. Positive: receiving a fabulous and very important email that made my day, possibly my week and 2012!! Always look on the bright side of life! :) A x

I've often pondered and wondered how many kilometres (can't work in miles) I've walked pushing my daughter in her Bugaboo Bee since she was born in April 2010.   I only really started walking to and from town in May 2010 roughly 4 days per week.  That's an average but some weeks its more, some it's less.  It all depends on whether I get cabin fever or not or if it is gorgeous outside or sub zero!!! Here are the rough stats for 2010 Distance to town and back home: 7km Days between 1 May and 31 December 2010: 244 (I got this figure from  ConvertUnits.com  . A fab site for when you are bored and wanting to know random things like this!) Subtract 35 days and 35 weekends (105 days): 139 days  Subtract roughly 20 days in South Africa for holiday: 119 End result for 2010: 119 days x 7 km = 833 km walked These are the rough stats for 2011 (pre office move) Distance to work (via nursery) and back home, bearing in mind this...

For those of you who know me, I love my Bugaboo Bee .  It's light weight, compact and looks great too.  Well, I think it looks fabulous.  I wouldn't mind getting a canopy made with the South African flag and Proudly South African design logo on it.   I came across a tweet earlier that lead me to the this article:- Hands on With the World’s First Power Folding Stroller I walk close to 30km a week to and from work, to and from town, pushing my daughter in her buggy and I would have loved to have had lights and an odometer on my buggy.  I have thought about it many times infact!  It would be really interesting to see how fast I walk when I am in a rush to get Bella to nursery in time for her breakfast or how slow I trudge up a few of the hills. I'm pretty happy with the ease of folding of my Bugaboo Bee so the folding mechanism on the Origami, whilst it would be handy, wouldn't be a huge selling point for me.   Have a look at the  4...

Being South Africa, I associate September as being the beginning of Spring, albeit it that Spring only officially begins on 22 September. The one problem I have is...I live in the UK! Well, regardless, it's a gorgeous day outside and I had a beautiful walk with Isabella, who ended up having a lovely long nap in her Bugaboo. It feels like spring, smells like spring, so in my mind, it is spring!!! Days like this make me smile inside and out and make me think how thankful I am for all that I have. Bliss!