Oops! Im still here...honest!

So things have been a bit lax around here since the big 3 0.
I would say its been that big of a shock I've taken 2 weeks to recover, but I think its more the case that I've just been far too lazy! Sorry.

I had a good weekend, not the amazing super party with millions of people I secretly hoped for, but I did get a full weekend of celebration (including a last night of my 20s night out complete with custom sash my friend had made....epic!) and I got to spend it with the people I love most in the world. That is the most important thing :)

But now the realities of life come zooming back in (and my extreme tiredness but guess I was asking for that!).

However I have had some great news in the last couple of weeks! I have been accepted onto an Access course starting in September whoot! So im on the first step to a new career! Took a tour around the university I'm hoping to go to next year too last week and it was amazing. I am so geared up for this life change now.

It is going to be hard. It is going to be stressful and when I do get to uni I am not going to see my children much and this saddens me; BUT. It is for a brighter future, with a decent job and wage at the end of it, so we can have a better life. That will make it all worth it in the end :)

Things to do before you're 30

So this week marks the end of my 20's with my 30th birthday this weekend and it reminded of my mini bucket list I made myself about 8 months ago. A list of a few things that I'd hoped to have achieved by the time I turned the big 3 0.

• Learn to Drive
• Loose Weight (5stone goal weight loss)

Okay so it wasn't exactly the longest list in the world (actually I'm pretty sure there was at least one more thing but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was! oops) but I had real high hopes.

As my birthday drew ever nearer it became more and more apparently that despite my low expectations I would actually fail miserably at them all (typical) so i changed the goal posts a little to loosing 2 stone and dropping a dress size.

I failed at that too ....oops.

But all is not lost! Last week I finally attained my stone and half award, my 10% loss award and body magic gold. So whilst I may not be where I want to be at least I am on the right road. Same goes for driving, I may not be there yet but I am learning at long last, and I love it. Hopefully this time next year I will have passed and be scooting around in my own little car (instead of getting soaked on the school run....seriously it is crazy wet today!).

I'm also hoping to start college in September towards a new career, it's a bit of a long and competitive road but I'm hopeful and excited.

So here I am, turning 30. I may not have achieved my goals yet but I am heading in the right direction and working towards them. For once in my life things are going in positive directions, so hopefully this will mark the start of a new chapter in my life with a whole new decade to go alongside it.

For the Love of Geocaching

About a year or so ago I discovered geocaching, an incredibly addictive, fun and adventurous world wide scavenger hunt using gps co-ordinates to find hidden "caches". All around the world are these hidden objects for you to find and log. Some are incredibly tiny and some are HUGE! Some even have bounty to trade (always replace something you take with something of equal value) which my eldest loves finding. It really is a great activity for all ages and something we love to do as a family whenever the mood strikes. After you've paid a couple of quid for the app on your phone you dont have to spend out anymore to get going (although there are premium memberships and high end gps devices for the more die hard amoung you!) just have a quick search of whats around and off you go.

My two girls are still pretty young to try some of the more complex finds but there are also puzzle ones to complete such as one we have in our town which involved finding where items were from pictures and putting them in order to produce the co ordinates of the cache. Great fun was has by the littlies finding all the objects and I can report we did get the answer right to find the final location ;)

I really reccommend trying it and https://www.geocaching.com has all the info you should need!

Ive also just found out about a different scavenger hunt using QR codes which I intend on trying out soon! Will certainly let you know whether its good :D

                                   Stopping for a quick picnic whilst out "Treasurehunting" ^^

                                                         She found some Treasure!!

                                                 Geocaching and Babywearing mix well!! :D