Fit and Healthy - Blog Everyday in May.

So becoming my pregnancy my fitness regime mainly consisted of doing ab curls with a drink in my hand...

...or rather one in both hands! (I kid honest!!!) I'll readily admit to not being as fit and healthy as I'd like.  Last year I enjoyed having a go at hula hooping in my work Olympics themed sports day and taking part in a family sports day my Dad dubbed the Bradway Olympics.

As well as the occasional swimming session, bollywood and belly dance lessons.

This year I haven't managed to get to any dance classes and have only been swimming a handful of times.  I don't feel massively unfit but I can feel my fitness levels ebbing away the less I do.  On second thoughts, swapping cocktails for cupcakes may not be the brightest idea I've had...

Also as I am currently great with child I'm trying to eat healthily and I mostly seem to manage to drink some fruit juice and either some fruit or vegetables each day.  (I know this isn't the best diet.)  Some weeks are easier than others as my tiredness hasn't quite gone but it is helping that the baby seems to really like to eat salads, roasted Mediterranean vegetables and strawberries...

I've been trying to keep some of my fitness up by going for little walks on my lunch breaks, taking the stairs instead of the lift at work and going swimming when possible.  In the future I hope my energy levels increase so I can go swimming more and restart my dance classes.  You never know I might even have ago at pregnancy yoga or aqua-aerobics if I can find the time!

Five Fave Blogs - Blog Everyday in May.

Now on my blog list there are over 30 blogs that I have decided to follow and I have an inkling that when May is over that this will have increased to over 40... (Blog everyday in May is good for providing inspiration but also for introducing me to new distractions!)

One of the blogs that I started reading before I started You'll get what you're given, is a site called Domestic Sluttery which describes itself as a Home and Lifestyle Blog for women with better things to do. (That's all of us right?!? Heh heh heh!)  It's chock full of pretty dresses, home wear, gift ideas, travel guides and recipes.  You've been warned!

Another blog that inspired me to join the world of blogging is Make Do and Mend I enjoy reading about Laura's weekends, travels and the films she watches.

I also enjoy reading the Tragedy Series and I know that sounds awful to say... but this series of pictures of lamentable situations often occurring in some past time does provide some much needed amusement to me.

I also find the Cake Wrecks blog amusing and educational. (This is how I found out about gender reveal cakes for people expecting babies!) When it isn't too traumatising...  baby shower cakes I'm looking in your direction! They also do a lovely Sunday Sweets section of good cakes to partly balance out all the wrecks.  This one isn't always work friendly.

Lastly and by no means least is Elizabeth's blog Rosalilium with her challenges and recipes.

Thinking about my favourite blogs reminded me about others that I love and makes me think I should do another blog recommendation day soon for those blogs that I enjoy but didn't quite make the cut this time.  All that's left to say is happy Star Wars Day May the 4th be with you!

A day in the life - Blog Everyday in May.

Most days at the moment start the same way with my boyfriend bringing me a cup of tea in bed to have with my ginger nut biscuits.

This is usually followed by Tuxedo miaowing a hello & jumping on the bed for a stroke.


Then a bowl of cereal is delivered & I'm ordered into my bubble bath. It's a hard life! After that I get ready singing along to my boyfriend's Nirvana & Stone Roses alarms before herding Frankenstein in from daydreaming in the garden. Silly cat! This is followed by dashing around grabbing coats & jackets then heading for the bus with Paul & off to work. Then after getting off the bus I walked Paul to work and up Barkers pool where I saw this...

Shortly after passing John Lewis & walking up Division Street I got to work and due to my job dealing with customer information I couldn't take any pictures of my work... It was mainly spent answering emails today. Here's a picture of the view out of one of the windows instead!

A few hours later I went out for my lunch and ventured down Division Street again and on to the continental market on Fargate.


I was treated to a curry by my paramour, when I ate that I had to head back for my afternoon's work. Here's a picture of some stairs at my work...


After vetting and writing more emails and a chat with my new team leader I left work at twenty five past five to met my Mum and sister up for tea at Platillos.

We had some food but we ate it... This was followed by meeting Andy to watch a couple of bands to celebrate Mum's birthday. The first were called Renegade Brass band.

They were a mix of ska and hip hop. We mainly liked the bits without the rapping best.

The Apples headline band The Apples were the main event though.

Even if they were a bit Jazz funk at times... However we'd started to flag at that point and decided to head home after a quick drink at the Brown Bear on the way back.
So that was my 3rd May how was yours?

Spring is Here! Blog Everyday in May.

 

So after what feels like a long wait spring is finally here! The sun has even decided to grace my little corner of Sheffield and set the blossom trees to blooming. 

 

On closer inspection of my environs it also appears that the flowers have been awoken to entice insects, spread pollen and grace the odd blog post....

After the long, treacherous winter we've just had I've decided to try and get out of the office whenever it's sunny.  Even if it's just for a bit on my lunch breaks to make the most of it.  If I hadn't I might not have noticed the crazy orange flowers on that plant or ventured into the shop near the Washington with the yams, baby aubergines and massive packs of spices!

5 Lines - Blog Every Day in May.

My name is Correen, I'm 26 years old.

I started this blog a few years ago to get back into reviewing bands and to set myself challenges, often food based but sometimes a little different.

I write letters and emails for a living and have two part written novels in my virtual desk draw. 
I also like to support my local roller derby team...

...as well as watch live music, read far fetched fiction and abuse stringed instruments.

Blog Every Day in May Challenge.

I like to follow other people's blog and one of the bloggers I follow is called Rosalilium and she posted a challenge of blogging every day in May.

If you know me you know that I quite like a challenge and that I've been struggling with this blog of late and this seemed like the perfect idea. Rosalilium's blog post on the subject can be found here.

Whilst I can be found resting in bed trying to get healthy enough to meet this challenge, wish me luck!

Blogging break.

It may or may not have escaped your attention that I've only managed to post one blog this year despite it already being more than a quarter of the way in. I started off this year full of good intentions and plans but somewhere in January I found the desire to blog wane.  Maybe it was because I was feeling a bit tired or maybe it was because I was focused on writing my novel...  Then near the end of January I found out that I was pregnant and my writing fell behind in my list of priorities along with my dancing, writing and gig going as I started to feel sick. Which isn't fun!

So this year has been a quieter one than I had initially expected so far I've only been to two gigs; however, I've seen my first intraleague roller derby bout and finished my first home made dress.  (Well my Mum did the lions share but I helped!)

The dress me and my Mum made!

I've also had the honour of attending the first few League of Witty One Liners film nights/ premiers at the Red Deer.  I've also enjoyed a few family parties, as well as drinks and meals with friends. As well as that I've also been getting quite addicted to George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire aka A Game of Thrones and am currently enjoying reading the first part of a Dance with Dragons.

 My team at work also tried to sell a few of our excess books for charity...

Sometimes I think these books breed overnight! I'm not entirely sure how we ended up with so many! I have also recently enjoyed reading Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter's Long Earth and am looking forward to reading the sequel when it is released even if it is slightly different to what I've been reading recently.

 

I've also spent a bit of time the other week relaxing and trying to sort out my house on a little holiday from work and I had a little go at twiddling on my Ukulele.  Then when I got back from work I was lucky enough to receive this book from my friend Emma!

It was a great surprise to come back to!  I'm taking this as a sign that I ought to practice more and not just because I've been thinking about playing my uke more either...

One of the main reasons the blog has suffered for the last few month is that I've been coming to terms with my lack of energy and strange lack of appetite.  Struggling to eat or want to make food it completely alien to me as I'm sure you can imagine! Nevertheless I'm hoping to find a few more things to post about until my will to cook new recipes returns. Thanks for sticking with me!