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The Diary of 'Personally Trained' Mummy, aged 30+, Week Two

June 21, 2011

I ran all the way to Richmond for my inaugural 'pilates on machines' class! It was actually great fun, and although the 'machines' looked terrifying, it wasn't impossible and left me feeling so virtuous I bought salad, fruit and sushi (which can't be bad!).

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The Diary of 'Personally Trained' Mummy, aged 30+, Week One

June 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have recently engaged the services of a personal trainer for Hubby and myself. I'm definitely not trying to lose weight. (Running around after a very active toddler sees me a stone lighter than before I was pregnant!) But for months now (22?) I've felt tired, sometimes so tired that I feel that I could fall asleep standing up.

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“Sometimes you just have to know when to take a cab”

June 07, 2011

My good friend Leonard and I caught up on the phone the other weekend for what turned out to be one of our ‘Power-Chats’. Ladies, you’ll know what I mean: 1) we talked about literally everything in our lives, 2) we analysed said everything to the nth degree, 3) Leonard’s OH came to the phone a few times asking if she’d forgotten about his existence (the call lasted 1hr 59 mins!!!!) and 4) we both finished the call feeling revitalised and happy.

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Home Alone

June 06, 2011

It was with an immense sense of trepidation that I approached this weekend just gone. With Hubby working away during the weeks, I’m a pseudo single mum on weekdays and used to it, but it does means BF and I relish the weekends even more, when there’s the three of us. This weekend Hubby was away on a stag do, going straight there and straight back, so we wouldn’t see him for two whole weeks.

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Parenthood in Pictures

June 06, 2011

I've been wondering what do with Contented Calf's 'Parenthood in Pictures' for a while now. I wanted to keep it, and to keep adding to it, as there's still things I see most weeks where I see things (which generally make me smile) and think "that's because I'm a parent".

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