I blogged recently about joining the gym and also swimming with an ileostomy bag and wanted to do a catch up post about the first week in my quest of #gettingstrong – the hash tag is what Im using for both instagram and twitter. I just want to explain a little more about my reasons […]
When surgery became a possibility I did what we all do these days and googled it… THAT was a mistake (seriously don’t google stomas, you’ll give yourself nightmares!!) Many images are medical, none are particularly flattering, most are terrifying. Since having my subtotal colectomy and ileostomy I have realised that neither is anywhere near as […]
I’ve been swimming tonight for the first time since the surgery. I was really nervous about going in the water wearing a bag but after 8 weeks and with our trip to Australia coming up fast I thought it was literally time to take the plunge. It was definitely a psychological barrier, but it has […]
Before I had kids I was skinny, I was a size 8 and then after having my first son I was a size 16. Since then I have gone up a bit and then down a bit but always ended around a 16. I’m ok with this, I know I’m not skinny but I think […]
I can often be forgetful. I once found our house phone in the vegetable drawer of the fridge but today I did some good forgetting. We went out today to look at new cars, I changed my bag this morning and now Im getting more adept at it, it took just a few minutes. […]
This is an article I wrote for parenting website Bad Mothers Club a few years ago, for more information see my PR friendly page. The age of innocence seems to be ebbing away in my house. When asking my seven year old son what he thought of his new teacher, I did not expect him to answer: “She’s OK, not […]
I keep seeing articles about “brave” celebrities being seen out and about without any make up on. Is this what being brave means as a woman? Is it vanity or just what is expected of celebs these days? I know a lot of women who would not dream of leaving the house without makeup, they […]
Sorry I have been away from the blog for a week or so, the downside to feeling better and stronger is that you have to start doing all the things you were doing before illness!! I am back to work, which to be honest feels GREAT. I run a photography company called The Picture Foundry […]
Halloween is coming up so just in case this is the time of a zombie apocalypse I thought I’d share my tips on surviving… I do love a good zombie film, and Im fairly certain that at some point there will be a zombie apocalypse. My theory is that you can categorise people into three […]
Im revisiting some old posts from my old blog, updating them and reblogging – so don’t think you are going mad if you think you’ve seen some posts or photos before!! My other life is running a business with my amazingly talented photographer husband Timm Cleasby. In December we took a huge leap and moved […]