Very Small Feet

So you know my last post about Red January... This is literally three faces of running...  no willing, determination and well just doing it ( actually it was after my run on the cool down walk)  This is hard. I keep on going... And if you ask my hubby I winged and complain. Most of it is for his benefit but yesterday I was in pain and in no fit state!  Actually I went for a class with my favourite gym instructor Matthew. He is always there to guide and have a laugh with, he is great coz I have noticed that not all instructors will take time and correct the form, posture or advice. And his music choice is good! So as usual I did get enthusiastic and I was paired up with boys... the only boys in the class. I showed them! And then I couldn’t move much the next day. So husband says go for a run, do 3km... I did 4. The next day was a longer run with husband after the school run. Oh little one loved us both taking him to school, he kept on smiling and playing catch the dada.......

Have you heard of Red January? Basically it’s active January, organised but Mind charity. Well and rightly so at this time a year when everything is bleak and folks are a bit broke after festive season... you van found raise, of get a tee form then that half of proceedings will go to  the charity.  So some days it will mean I will do 10 burpees at home or hoola hoop for 15 mins, but then after school started again it’s more of running and gym and now also cycle.  And today it is half way point of being active and getting it done.... and my legs feel like jelly!  I am not a confident cyclist, I never really had a bike, but I was gifted one for my birthday. But I am trying. I even cycled to work and back! Learnt that I need to wear my sports gear rather then work clothes.  But over all so far so good. I feel strong. I feel like I am doing stuff and feeling happy about it even if I did complain about the run the husband took me on the other day.  I feel like t...

I saw the petition I don’t remember who started it but I know I have signed it, about giving Next (its a clothes, shoes and such) staff Boxing Day (26th December, still a bank holiday in UK) a day off rather then having a massive sale from 6am.  To me the idea after the relaxing Christmas Day and then getting up at stupid o’clock to shop seems rather ridiculous! So if the customers are through the door at 6am means the staff where are at what 4am. How much stuff do we need?!  I do like the idea of a sale and a bargain, who doesn’t!   But from last year I am trying to educate my self and think before I buy.... I am a big fan of Fashion Revolution, who are fighting for better transparency where our clothes come from.  Like my running trainees were the most expensive thing I purchased last year, they are made in Vietnam.  Are the workers who made them were paid fairly? Were their working conditions good and safe? We’re they treated nicely by their employers? Anothe...

I don’t remember us getting excited at 2010 and shouting ah new decade! But then again the social media wasn’t what it is now and well ... we just weren’t us then.  I didn’t actually realised that I didn’t blog in December at all but it was a very stressful month with work, school and life.... We both even work New Year’s Eve. Which isn’t unusual but it is unusual since we had to drop off the offspring to grandparents and such... and then we did realised that we didn’t spend much time together at all.  So in 2020 we are very much hoping to change that.  In other things I m doing good with my zero waste swaps, stop cutting my self with a razor! Egg is thriving in school and we did get official diagnosis for him. Many doors have opened to get help.  (And boy, he loves glitter and school so much) Steve is a naturally very stubborn and can run half marathon in under 2 hours which is truly amazing!  I run that race in the worst conditions ever and didn’t melt or died...