My Summer Has Most Been Spent

• Getting out and enjoying the daylight by going on walks with Rev T.

• Wearing my favourite summer clothes.  And buying a few new ones.

• Enjoying the silence.   Rev T and the Tubblet went to see his parents so I've been home alone. Apart from the cat.  

• Cooking my way through the new Miguel Barclay book.  Yummo!

• Collapsing on our new sofas.  (Living room tour post to follow).  After I've the cleaned room up and looked for matching cushions and blankets.  

• Visiting our lovely family in the USA.  And wishing we didn't have to leave.  Or that they lived closer.

• Enjoying the sun.  When I'm not complaining about the sun.  I am not built for heat.  Drinking more water.  Because it's too hot not too.  

• Travelling up and down the motorway to see family.  Now the Tubblet is older, she turns on, tunes in and zones out but when she was younger, we played games to make the journey go faster.  As there are lots of posh cars on the roads near us, we'd shout out the make each time we spotted one and get a point.  It was known as The Top Gear Game.  It got very competitive.  Clickmechanic has some other, better games.

• Reading.  I've been trying not to buy new books and read the existing ones on my Kindle.  with varying degrees of success.  Because.  Books.  

• Counting down to the holiday. 

• Eating and drinking too much.  (Holiday calories aren't real, right?!  But if that's true, why are my jeans rather snug).

• Crying with laughter.

• Making wishes and trying to enjoy the moment.  Because we can get so caught up with planning everything and trying to make the most out of life, when the very best of times sometimes sneak up on you without you having to actually do anything.

• Bubble baths and pamper evenings.

• Freaking out because the Tubblet is now in Year 9 and starts studying GSCEs in English and Maths.  (Her school teaches the syllabus over 3 years rather than 2).  

How did have you spent your summer?  Let me know in the comments.

This is a collaborative post in conjunction with Clickmechanic.  All opinions and experiences are my own.  

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Getting Your Money's Worth

In my day job, I work as a researcher for a financial services company.  This has made me love a well presented, decently researched information as so much of what I look at is anything but.  Plus, I adore a random fact.  

The lovely Infographic I'm sharing with you today shows some great, quirky examples of what you can purchase for a various amounts of money- $1, $10 and $100 - in different countries around the world. What buys you a tin of baked beans in one country gets you a really good foot massage in another. Something to bear in mind when travelling.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  

Infographic by Legacy Citizenship

This is a collaborative post in partnership with Legacy Citizenship.  All views and opinions are my own.

Travels with My Doggie

Doggie is one of a few toys from Rev T's childhood that hasn't got lost over the years. He normally sits in our bedroom, keeping an eye on things.  But every so often he goes out and about on an adventure ...

These photos are part of his publicity tour for the Toddler's End of Term party a few weeks ago. He seems to have a whale of a time in one of our local parks:

A good time was had by all.  Hope you're having a great summer!  

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My Day. More Numbers

Here's another day in numbers:

Billy Fury Way, Hampstead, London

1 latte in my brand new keep cup.  5 less cups being sent to landfill during my working day.  (I need to find a solution for weekends.  There are still 2 cups to landfill.  But still an improvement on 7).

10 tabs open on my PC.  Some for work, some for pleasure.

7:30 is the time I'm getting up tomorrow as I'm working from home.  (I love lie-ins!!!  And I'll still be at my virtual desk super early).

1 pamper evening planned, with a bubble bath, face mask, mani and pedi.  Rev T is out for the night.

30 colouring pens and 1 adult colouring book.  I shall be colouring my way through an Enchanted Forest.  Will it take my mind of the stresses of day to day life?  Only one way to find out.

6,000 Pokemon cards picked up from the floor of the Tubblet's room and put away.  (This may be an exaggeration, but there were loads of the darned things!)

3 Five Guys' Burgers.  1 each.  They're lovely, but very filling and rather expensive. Now I've eaten one, I don't need to do it again for a bit.  The coffee milkshakes however ... Yum!

20 strawberries eaten.  That's got to be at least 2 of my 5 a day, right?

How's your day going?

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