Jan's little thing called, life!

When I was little.. Blogtober day seven, today I thought I would talk about what I wanted to do when I grew up, things change so much from our childhood plans for the future, my brother who I am very close to always wanted to be a fireman, I used to have awful nightmares for years when I was little of my brother being stuck in a house fire and me screaming because he was stuck and I couldn't help him, and he died, this happened so much and I always begged him not to be a fireman because of my repetitive dream and it must have meant something bad would happen to him if he were to become a fireman, luckily for me he changed his mind, although that is not all down to me, he just heard too many stories from his best friend's Dad (who was a fireman) and changed his mind, I was so relieved. I always wanted to be a nanny when I was little, for as long as I can remember it's been something I have wanted to be when I grew up (that and being a Mummy) I've always love

20 pet peeves. Hello there, day six of blogtober and today it's 20 of my pet peeves, we all have them and it's always interesting to know what winds people up. These are some of the things that really wind me up, I'm a pretty laid back person but I can not stand these. People not washing their hands after going to the toilet. Bad manners  People who don't use their indicators. People who carry on shopping while they've already put their shopping at the tills. People who don't hold the door open for the people behind them People who don't pick up their dogs poop. Smelly B.O (deodorant is cheap) When people leave the toilet seat up Crumbs in the roast Lumpy gravy People who hold up the queues in shops by asking the cashiers a million questions. Clothes covered in cat/dog hairs. People who don't check & treat their children's hair for head lice  Parents letting children run wild in restaurants  Snobby people who look dow

Harvest festival. Today I was inspired to write this post, as tomorrow Isabella's (Daughter) school is having a harvest festival assembly, so I was inspired to talk to you about food banks. Food banks are so essential for so many people, more than you could imagine have to use them, people who you would assume would have a good wage coming in from their jobs like Nurses for instance, so many Nurses are struggling to make ends meet, it is so heartbreaking that such kind, caring and selfless people like Nurses are struggling as much as they do, also hard working families who are working so much to the point of exhaustion, yet sadly struggle to get by once bills are paid, parents going hungry to make sure their children get a meal, its a desperate time for a lot of people, and not just around harvest festival and Christmas time, this is every day of every week. This is where you, me and anyone else out there can help, there are so many food bank collections out ther

Giving birth to a huge baby. Day 4 of  Blogtober I thought in today's post I would write about the birth of my youngest child (now 10 years old) Isabella, she was a hefty weight, not at all your average baby weight, although I have heard of much bigger babies being born (my eyes sting at that thought) so here is my story of how my beautiful little girl entered the world. Before I begin, I would like to say that I kept telling midwives I was carrying an elephant inside me, they would say she is only going to be about 1 lb bigger than my older two children's birth weights (8lb 6oz & 8lb 7oz) I had SPD (where the ligaments over stretch in the pelvis, causing a lot of pain) I was depressed as I could hardly do anything, the pain was immense, I used to cry whenever I needed to get up out of my bed to go to the loo, (which was often, babies like using our bladder as a trampoline) I would literally crawl to the bathroom, the midwives just said they couldn't

Autumn//Fall facts about me. For day three of blogtober I thought I would do 10 Autumn//Fall themed facts about me, from my childhood, as an adult and also as a Mummy. 1.   I have never carved a pumpkin My Children do pumpkins every year, they do them with their Daddy. Maybe this year I will have a go at doing one myself, although I'm sure it'll look like it had been run over by an articulated lorry when I've finished with it. 2. I have only been trick or treating once maybe twice as a child. My parents didn't like the idea of it so my brothers and I never went. I went with my friends for the first time when I was about 11 years old. I used a bin bag for a dress, witches hat and did black lips, wish my Children's costumes were that cheap (ha) 3. A friend (both 11) didn't talk to me for a month because I couldn't go to her Halloween party. Our friendship was never the same after that, she never forgave me. 4. I walked through a grave yard

Cozy snuggles & movies . Today I have a poorly daughter (Isabella) so no school for her today, so after we've been to her doctor's appointment, it's snuggles and a movie for us. In our house, October to January is a time when we watch a lot of movies, we love to get the big fluffy fur and fleece blankets out and snuggle up as a family to watch a movie. I thought I would list some of the movies we love to watch in October. Perhaps you and your families love to watch them too, or maybe you loved watching some of these when you were a child, I know I did, which makes watching them with my children even more comforting and special. Here are my top 15 family movies (minus Beetle Juice? although my kids love it) Hocus Pocus Hotel Transylvania (1&2) The Adams Family  Beetle Juice (although only for the older Children) Coraline The Nightmare Before Christmas Witches  Harry Potter (any) Fantastic Mr Fox James and the giant peach Charli

My introduction. Hello there, I shall be attempting my first blogtober this year, and I am actually very nervous about it, so many worries, like what if it's just boring to read, what if it's too much to actually post content every day for 31 days, well I like a challenge and I really want to take part, so move over worries because I am doing this!  I really hope you all enjoy it. My blogtober will be a little bit of everything, just like my blog itself. So to start off blogtober I shall introduce myself to those that don't know who I am. My name is Janet I am 32 years old and I live in a little town in Oxfordshire. I have three children, Joshua (14) Georgina (11) and Isabella (10) I feel incredibly blessed to have three amazing children and every day I look at them and feel so very lucky (although perhaps not so much when I'm getting back chat or tantrums, ha) being a Mummy is something I've always wanted to be, from a young age it was always w