Long month

This month has been pretty stressful - even without all the Christmas preparations, Kitty and I had the norovirus, and then everyone except ...

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Recovery

My updates have been pretty sparse over the last few weeks, mostly due to tiredness and being very busy, but at least last week I had a dece...

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Norovirus

It's been a long week...

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Catch up

I don't really have time to catch up with everything unfortunately but will endeavour to write something! Last week was long and painfu...

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Craptacular

This week has been pretty bad. Maybe by next week I'll have found time to write about it!

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Sleepless weekend

We had one of those weekends that made me wonder why we're having a third child! I can't wait for when I can sleep all through the n...

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Yet more sickness

One illness goes, another one comes - it never seems to stop, although as the kids go to groups etc. I suppose it's inevitable that they...

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Colder

It's definitely getting colder now! I went out for a ride yesterday in my long tights and upper base layer, which was OK but my toes wer...

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32

So, I turned 32 last Thursday, and as expected I don't feel any older than I did before! I got some lovely Hotel Chocolat chocolates fro...

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Cold

Cold

It seems like summer has definitely left us, to be replaced by chilly winds. We've even given in and started putting the heating on occa...

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Knees

I've had sore knees since Friday - I think it's cycling related, as I made my saddle slightly higher on Wednesday and did a reasonab...

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More sickness

It's been a very long week, both the kids have been unwell, especially Nicky who has been very tired. We have a few disturbed nights fol...

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I would ride 1000 miles

I finally broke the 1000 mile barrier on my bike - as the widget on the left shows (hopefully), according to Endomondo I've done 1005 mi...

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Post-holiday blues

Surprisingly it's Nicky that seems to be complaining the most about coming home from holiday - he obviously had a really good time to st...

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South coast holiday

South coast holiday

We've spent the last week on holiday on the south coast. We stayed at a great campsite called Chestnut Meadow , which I can highly recom...

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Bikeathon

Today was the day for the Bikeathon. I was surprisingly nervous before setting off, I don't really know why. It was a bit busier than I&...

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More illness

Last week was not a pleasant week at all. Anna and myself both came down with a nasty cold which left us with a bad headache, sore throat an...

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Too hot

So after a wet first half of the summer comes a scorchingly hot second half. The last few nights have been really uncomfortable, and the kid...

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BT London Live Olympic Closing Ceremony Concert

BT London Live Olympic Closing Ceremony Concert

After the highs of the mountain biking on the Saturday, came the lows of the Sunday after... We got to Hyde Park at around 4.30pm and wait...

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Olympic Womens Mountain Biking

Olympic Womens Mountain Biking

Last Saturday we headed to Hadleigh Farm to see the womens mountain biking race. Mountain biking is the cycling discipline I know least abou...

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London

London

On Sunday we decided to go into London so that the kids could experience some of the Olympic atmosphere. We had got tickets to guarantee us ...

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Medals

So, the Olympics have been going for a week now, and so far it seems to have mostly been good. Despite my initial cynicism I really enjoyed ...

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The Olympics

They're finally here, with the opening ceremony tonight and some events already started. I have zero interest in the football, but will ...

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Madness

Madness

Anna is pregnant again! We had the 12 week scan yesterday and everything is good as far as they can tell at this stage. The due date i...

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Rain, rain, go away

I'm really bored of the rain, not only because it stops me cycling, but it also affected our holiday last weekend. We went to Kelling He...

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Hop Farm Festival - Sunday

Hop Farm Festival - Sunday

We managed to get day tickets for the Hop Farm Festival last Sunday - SupaJam were offering 500 free tickets (just had to pay £5.40 admin f...

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Very long week

Last week seemed to go on forever, mainly due to work commitments, but the good news is that I've been promoted! I'm now an auditor ...

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Penalties

Another penalty shoot-out, another loss, typical England. Although we did well to even make it to the quarter finals, the match against Ital...

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Struggling to think of a synonym for tired that I've not previously used

We've just had a terrible, sleep-deprived weekend. For one reason or another, I didn't sleep well from Wednesday through to Sunday, ...

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Rhod Gilbert at the Cliffs Pavilion

Rhod Gilbert at the Cliffs Pavilion

Last night Anna and I went to see Rhod Gilbert - The Man With The Flaming Battenburg Tattoo. Expectations were high after seeing The Cat Tha...

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Windy

Windy

Turns out the weather forecasters weren't joking about it being windy outside - I cycled 8 miles this morning but it felt more like 20! ...

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Scorching

After ages complaining about the wet weather, now we're going through a hot spell - I can't win really! Although sun is mostly bette...

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Warm

Things have really brightened up weather wise, and looks like it will continue into the weekend for the airshow which is good. I've mana...

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Holiday

Holiday

We came back from holiday yesterday, and I could do with another holiday to recover from that holiday! We headed down to Wiltshire on Thur...

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Granddad

My Granddad died last Thursday, having been quite unwell for some time. I don't think I've really dealt with it yet, I'm sad but...

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Ill again

One day, everyone in the house will all be well at the same time. I can't remember the last time that happened with us, what with chicke...

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Wet

I'm getting pretty fed up with the weather now, wind and rain does not make for a comfortable bike ride! I did two 11 mile routes at the...

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Aching

Aching

I've been pushing on with the cycling, my furthest distance now is 11.31 miles which I managed yesterday despite the high winds and rain...

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Better

Everyone has recovered from their chest infections thankfully, so things are a bit less fractious. Nicky even slept through last night! We h...

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A long week

Further to my last entry about everyone being ill, last week proved to be exhausting. Anna and Nicky went to the doctors on Thursday and wer...

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More illness

More illness

I can't remember the last time all 4 people in the house were well, and it seems like that's going to carry on for a while. Nicky ha...

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Strange day

It's Jonathan's 30th birthday today, which would normally be a reason for a big celebration, but it's also the anniversary of Ja...

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Tired

I'm still not entirely recovered from my illness of the last two weeks, I'm still a bit bunged up, and it seems like Nicky might be ...

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Better

I've recovered from whatever it was that I had last week, it developed into more of a cold which is still lingering but is mostly gone. ...

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Ill

As I wrote before, Kitty has been ill since Friday, she seems to be over the worst of it now but is still quite tired. I know how she feels ...

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Birthday

Birthday

Tuesday was Kitty's birthday, it's difficult to believe that she's one already, although having said that the last year has at t...

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Sleep

I think this has been Nicky's best ever week for sleep, he's stayed asleep in his bed all night for 4 out of the last 6 nights, whic...

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Snow

Snow

 Thankfully the snow just about held off for our trip down to Somerset, although it did snow whilst we were seeing our Granddad it wasn'...

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Groundhog Day

Yesterday was Groundhog Day, and it very much feels like this whole week has been one repetitive day, where the kids don't sleep, we don...

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Back to normal

After having a few days of reasonable sleep, the last week has seen a return to being woken up in the middle of the night. This is despite d...

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Up and down

Up and down

We've had a really nice few days, the weekend was nice and the kids have been well behaved (and more importantly have slept - mostly!), ...

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Reasonably awake

I've actually had a reasonable couple of nights of sleep, so not feeling too bad. I'm still a bit stressed about the amount of work ...

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Stumped

Nicky just stumped me with a clever question. He was complaining that I was putting him to bed instead of Anna, who was settling Kitty. The ...

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Slog

2012 has been pretty exhausting and stressful so far. Kitty developed chickenpox on New Year's Eve, and Nicky followed shortly after. Th...

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