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Today you would be 90.

nannyInnocently looking at your photo, smiling at seeing your face, telling everyone you are his Great Nanny.

Today would be your 90th birthday, but unfortunately you didn’t quite make it.

Your funeral was last week, but I couldn’t attend. It’s not a place for a baby.

Even though you were my husbands Nan, I loved you like my own.

You loved me the same.

We all raised a glass for you today, in honour of this birthday milestone.

I’m sure you’re up there doing the same.

Playing the piano, making friends with everyone.

Happy birthday Nan/Great Nanny.

You will be forever in our thoughts.

x

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50 things that make me happy…

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You may have seen this tag going around recently, I’ve certainly been enjoying some fab lists of happy things. The lovely Katie over at Life on Vista Street was kind enough to tag us in her post. I love taking part in stuff like this, although it was pretty difficult thinking of 50!

Anyway, here are 50 things that make me happy 🙂

  1. Hearing Lamb say “luff you mummy”.
  2. My friends.
  3. Drinking ‘proper’ coffee.
  4. Chinese Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Thursday with Justine, (actually any day other than Monday because the chinese is closed!)
  5. Hanging with my BFF Indy (my Nephew).
  6. Indy telling me “I miss you”, even though I see him at least once a week.
  7. Making my 7 month old niece smile.
  8. Skyping with my other niece Payton and hearing her call me “my Alex” (seeing her in person is even better, obvs).
  9. Watching Friends in bed with a cuppa and share bag of malteasers (that I don’t share).
  10. Fizzy strawberry laces (3 packets).
  11. A fry up (or a grill up as I like to call it).
  12. Taking amazing photos.
  13. Being told I’ve made someone proud.
  14. Watching Lamb & Bear play together.
  15. When Baby Bear holds her hand up for me to hold.
  16. BBQs with besties.
  17. Mixed fruit cider on ice.
  18. Pub lunches.
  19. Sunday roasts (northern portion).
  20. Christmas dinner (northern portion) and Christmas in general.
  21. Watching Lamb open presents.
  22. Lemon drizzle cake.
  23. Days at Colchester Zoo.
  24. Loosing weight.
  25. Buying new make up.
  26. Having clear skin.
  27. Receiving lovely post from Mummy Bear.
  28. Co-sleeping and waking up to a smiling Lamb (not all the time, obvs).
  29. Shopping (and finding clothes that actually fit).
  30. Printed leggings (for Lamb, I would look ridiculous in them).
  31. Seeing my family in Yorkshire who I love dearly, and getting my accent back!
  32. My parents.
  33. Having more of a best friend relationship, rather than a mother/daughter relationship with my mum.
  34. Being very close to my in laws.
  35. Having a best friend for a sister-in-law (twice).
  36. Watching Disney.
  37. Hearing the music from our wedding ceremony.
  38. Fitting into my fishtail wedding dress when I have a pear shaped figure.
  39. Singing in the car.
  40. Burgers.
  41. When Lamb sleeps through.
  42. Family walks in the woods.
  43. Lamb eating.
  44. Hearing Lamb say new words.
  45. Watching Lamb and daddy playing in the garden for hours and hours.
  46. Complements.
  47. Looking at my Hen Party photographs.
  48. Hearing Lamb say “Jaxson’s great nanny” when he see’s a photo of Joe’s nan (who we unfortunately lost 2 weeks ago 🙁 )
  49. My husband.
  50. Blogging.

I hope you enjoyed reading my list of happy things.

I tag Charlotte, Shaz, Donna and Emily if you want to take part.

Alex x

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Make up haul

There’s one thing I refuse to budget on anymore, and that’s make up. Don’t worry, the hubby is well aware of my new addiction so I won’t be getting into trouble if he sees this.

I used to use buy old drug store brand. Whatever was on offer or looked the best.

Big mistake.

Just over a year ago I went to a Mac counter to have my make up done for my friends wedding. You can see my post on the look here.

The obsession began.

Since then I have mainly used Mac products. With a little Smashbox and Benefit thrown in. Oh, and my Rimmel mascara which I point blank refuse to change.

I was slowly running out of a few things so decided (spontaneously) to go on a little make up haul.

£60 later here is what I bought…

makeup1makeup2makeup3 The Studio Careblend powder is a product I’ve been using for a year now and I really like it. My skin can be quite dry, but oily on my t zone and chin area so I need a powder that will help set my make up, create a matt look, but not sit horribly on top of my dry skin. This powder is definitely the best I have used to date.

Like with the powder, I have been using the Pro Longwear concealer for a year and also love it. I use this to hide my bags and uneven skin tone, as well as spots and blemishes. I have this in a couple of shades up which they recommended to do, and I love the coverage.

The Studio Sculpt Foundation was recommended to me by my sister in law. I normally use the Studio Fix Foundation, however she was told this is better for dryer skin as it is creamier and blends into your skin better. I totally agree with this. It’s definitely not as wet as the Studio Fix and is much softer and smoother on my skin.

What Mac products do you use, and do you have any recommendations for me?

What is your fave Mac product?

makeup4makeup5After reading a few blog posts on Topshop make up I decided to try some for myself. It seems the Airbrush Primer is the best thing since sliced bread. According to the girl who sold it to me, it makes you look like you’ve had botox! Where’s my purse…

I also picked up their Concealer Palette for contouring (my new obsession). I have yet to try this product so I have no idea what I’m doing but I’ll be sure to find a helpful video over on the Glambeautys you tube channel to teach me a few things. All I know is I love contouring and I’m lucky enough to have quite high cheek bones. I’ll keep you posted with my progress.

Back to the primer. I love it. Ok, so it doesn’t fill in every wrinkle, but it feels bloody lovely. It’s quite thick, definitely not as wet as the Mac Skin Visage primer, but rubs in so nicely.

Both of these products were £12.99, so cheaper that Mac, more expensive than drugstore brands, but definitely the quality of Mac.

Don’t forget to leave a comment with any recommendations, I love trying out new products 🙂

Alex x

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Capturing those special moments.

Recent events have made me think about life with Little Lamb. How important is it to capture those special moments, or for that matter any moment?

I often hear people say taking too many photos or videos of your children takes the sentiment away, and parents are spending too much time behind a lens. Well, I disagree.

Life is short, and personally, I want to document as much of it as I can.

When I was growing up there were no video cameras, no smart phones, no internet. Not when I was very young anyway. We have one home video of me and my brothers, just one. That’s it.

I wish there were more. I wish I could see what I was like as a baby, toddler, small person, little lady. I can only go by what I see in photographs and what my family tell me.

It’s 2015 and we have the opportunity to document and share the lives of our loved ones.

I don’t own a video camera, everything I capture is on my iPhone, which is fine for everyday life, but sometimes we need to capture something that little bit extra special. Christmas, weddings, holidays, even births.

For us, I think it’s time we invested in something a little more high quality. There are some fab Panasonic camcorders available, and I definitely want to save up for a family camcorder. Nothing too big, something compact and easily transportable, but something that will give us the best quality.

I would hate to look back on Little Lamb’s life growing up and only have one home video.

What are your thoughts on filming/photographing everything?

Alex x

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