Moonwalking !

No, not the Michael Jackson moonwalk - the Moonwalk in aid of Breast Cancer.

As I did a couple of years ago, I will again be taking part in this very worthwhile event on the 15th May.

I'm part of a small team of mums from Sam's class who will be walking the 26 miles through the streets of London through the night - although having said that, 2 of the mums are currently stranded in different parts of the world awaiting flights back to the UK after being delayed because of the volcano eruption, so we're really hoping they'll be back in time !

We have been training hard since just before Christmas and are hoping to complete the marathon in around 7 hours. We did a 23 mile walk just before Easter and managed that in 5.5 hours which included a half hour break for lunch, so we're hoping that we'll be on course for our estimated time (loo stops permitting of course !)

It would be really wonderful if you could spare a few pennies to support me and the Breast Cancer Campaign. If you can, then there's a link over there on the right hand side which will take you to my online sponsorship page, or you can click this link here

I know I've left it really really late to ask for sponsorship as the event is only 3 weeks away, but do hope that I can get somewhere near the £500 target I have set myself. Please help if you can.

Thank you xx

I did it !!!

26.2 miles in 9 hours and 3 minutes, and it would have been quicker if we hadn't wasted 15 minutes queuing for a loo stop only to find that the loos were broken and it would be another 20 minutes before we could use them. Also, the number of times we had to stop to cross over some very busy roads. But, I am VERY pleased with my time. Considering it took me 9 hours to do 22 miles a couple of weeks ago, I think I did a bloomin' good job !




A massive thank you to my team mates - Amanda, Emma, Alex, Sara, Jude & Lorna who all did a fantastic job in keeping us all going, particularly at the darkest hours of around 4am and the 16 mile marker.


Thank you to all the organisers of the event and the fantastic marshalls who were never ending with their encouraging comments.


And last but not least, thank you to all of my family friends who supported me in this fantastic event !


I couldn't have done it without ANY OF YOU !!


Sarah x

Roses, Roving & Raisins

Hiya

The title says it all !!

Roses - the first rose of the year has appeared in our garden.

I do love roses - I think they have to be one of my most favourite flowers. We have a lot in our garden - quite a few in the borders in the back garden and lots and lots along the fence at the front of the house, climbers and ramblers which when all open, look stunning and smell gorgeous. My favourite rose though is the wild rose that has grown through all the trees and bushes at the bottom of the garden, now when that flowers I'm a happy bunny !

Roving - YAY !! The 40 colours of wool roving are now on the website. Priced at £1.75 per 25g ball, you'll be spoilt for choice with all the stunning colours.

Raisins (you really don't want to see a photo of this !!) - my darling daughter decided to stick a raisin up her nose whilst in the back of the car on the way to Tumble Tots today. Arghhhhhh !! What will I do with that girl ?! First of all both she and I thought it was quite funny and I'm sitting here laughing to myself as I think about it. But as she realised that it wouldn't actually come out and was stuck, panic started to set in and it was no longer funny. I was travelling down a rather fast A-road at the time so had to pull over onto the grass verge and try and extract the offending article before madam started to lose the plot completely. I had visions of us visiting A&E yet again (we spent all of last Thursday morning in A&E as my little man decided to try and pull his sister up the slide, stretching her arms and causing ligament damage ! ) so spending yet another Thursday morning in A&E was not what I had been planning. I had visions of me having to go back home and get the tweezers out to try and remove the damn thing, but fortunately I managed to fiddle about with it a bit and eventually get it out. Raisins (as well as peas) are off the menu for the time being !

I'll be back next week after I've done my Moonwalk Marathon on Saturday night / Sunday morning.

Don't forget - there's still time to sponsor me - over there on the right hand side of this blog !!

Wish me luck !!!

Sarah xx

Aches and Pains !

I'm suffering !

On Saturday, me and 3 friends had our first training session for the Breast Cancer Moonwalk that we're doing next summer. We decided to go to London and walk for 2 hours from Liverpool Street Station in one direction, and then turn round and walk back again. I was amazed that we managed to walk approximately 10 miles ! And in the torrential rain that was no mean feat !! At least we had nice views of the River Thames and we stopped for lunch at the Gourmet Pizza Co. on the Southbank and I managed to devour the biggest bowl of pasta in record speed - walking certainly makes me hungry. I have to say that I am very proud of all of us because we all did extremely well. Well done girls !! Here's to many more walks ... hopefully in the sunshine !

Now - crafts !

Below are photos of some of the badges that were left over from Sam's school fair. All great stocking fillers for boys and available for sale to you at £1.50 each (including postage - UK only). Just email me if you would like to purchase any.