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I love seeing these guys get back in the pool agai

I love seeing these guys get back in the pool again now spring has sprung 🏊‍♀️ Although the wet footprints and multiple sets of wet swimmers and towels scattered around the house not so much 😂Sept is one of my favourite months of the year for weather - it’s just starting to get hot but not too hot 🥵 Maybe it’s because we arrived in September and it always feels like a special month for me.What is your favourite month and why? #springtime #hot #pooltime #poolfun #familytime #schoolholidays #tropical #familytime

I’m a bit late to the party with these but oh my

I’m a bit late to the party with these but oh my gosh they are yum!! 🍫
Do you prefer TimTams or Penguins?
I don’t really have a sweet tooth 🦷 but I’m always sold when I see the words ‘salted caramel’!
Now the supermarkets here have started stocking Penguins, I’m going to buy some for my kids to try to see what they think (as they can’t remember them from England).
Are you Team TimTam or Team Penguin 🐧?#timtam #timtams #penguins #australianchocolate #britishchocolate #treats #murrayriver #saltedcaramel #yum

This is how all Sunday’s should be done! Canal v

This is how all Sunday’s should be done! Canal view from the poolside ✔️ Glass of Prosecco with strawberry 🍓 ✔️ Amazing lunch 🍽 ✔️ Kids all happily playing with their friends ✔️ Such a glorious day catching up and hanging out with friends.
I’m feeling inspired and excited about our house renovation and redecoration project after seeing our friends’ stunning new home - it has given me so many ideas! Would love a view like this though - the boys would love to be able to fish from their own pontoon! 🎣 🐟
#sundays #weekends #lazysunday #sundaylunch #bubbles #lazydays #friendsfordinner #newhome #newbuild

It’s FriYAY! Bbq for dinner 🍽 . A cheeky glas

It’s FriYAY! Bbq for dinner 🍽 . A cheeky glass of #MargaretRiver chardonnay 🥂 in my fav pink wineglass (I don’t drink often now but when I do I make sure it’s a 👌quality bottle!)
A lovely chilled out evening with the family. Gosh I love weekends. What do you have planned?
#weekends #friyay #happydays #andrelax #unwind #familytime

This @moogooskincare #UdderCream is officially my

This @moogooskincare #UdderCream is officially my new favourite product! Went into the pharmacy yesterday searching for creams to help my daughter’s dry skin (so much hand washing and hand sanitiser has made her hands so sore ✋). I bought a heap of different products, but this one is my favourite and it has done wonders for my dry hands too. How have I never used it before?! (This isn’t sponsored, I just wanted to share!) I’m heading back to the shop next week to stock up on some more of their products! #winter #dryskin #softskin #moogoo #hydrate

This is the happy face of somebody who LOVES going

This is the happy face of somebody who LOVES going to the cinema and hasn’t been since January! Social distancing is good - there are only six of us in the theatre 🎥 🍿 🥤
I cannot wait time see #Tenet. Bring it on!
Have you been back to the cinema since the whole world changed?
#movies #cinema #blockbuster #missedthis #dayoff #treat

I leave notes 📝 on my phone 📱 all the time f

I leave notes 📝 on my phone 📱 all the time from podcasts 🎧 that inspired me. This morning, this profound one popped up randomly on my screen. I’ve been writing notes for myself for years, but this was the first time one has ever popped up like this.Seeing it instantly grounded me and brought me back to reality. We create our own world, people! We have more power than we give ourselves credit for. It’s time to stop blaming external circumstances and get out there and seize the day and make things happen.Gosh, it’s amazing how seeing one simple quote can lift your entire day. So I wanted to share it with you! Hands up - who else loves motivational quotes?#motivation #staymotivated #positive #positivementalattitude #seizetheday #carpediem

Today I was thinking back to when I bought my moun

Today I was thinking back to when I bought my mountain bike 🚵‍♂️. I’d just moved from Sheffield to Hampshire to move in with my boyfriend/now husband. I bought it because I thought moving south would allow me to enjoy a more outdoor lifestyle as it’s warmer down on the south coast ☀️We did try. We went out for bike rides 🚲. We went for forest walks. We went windsurfing. But to be honest, it was too damn cold, windy and wet most of the time 🥶 and we didn’t do these things as often as we wanted. We mostly went out to the shops on weekends instead 😂Today, my daughter and I went for a bike ride 🚲 🌲 🌷 🦋 🕶
When I bought my bike all those years ago, I had ZERO idea that I’d be riding it in Queensland in the winter sunshine!! 🌞 🇦🇺Now, I’m FINALLY getting use out of it! It turns out it wasn’t that I didn’t like riding it, it was just that I was living in the wrong country all along! 😂 Do you love going on bike rides?

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