Enjoying the Summer Holidays 2024

It is surprising what you dream of. I just woke up from a dream thinking it was Christmas and that I felt like what happened and that it was end of another year.

My mum took this is at the top of Battersea Power Station in London 

The day is Sunday and had a cup of tea in bed, but my son woke up with Cramp, which is painful and now up and watching video on Youtube, @alltheladies  who does hauls from many different brands and she puts up a video every Friday.

Today has been a good as we took a trip to Battersea and I had a coffee, a walk around because my son and mum and step dad went to the top of the tower. I will do it and not allow me fear of heights stop me as it would be so good to see the view of London. 

It is amazing, being a Londoner of how much it is been built up and would like to shop there and go for a meal and drink along there as I love being the River Thames and walked to Collier Wood, where I did my shopping for the local Foodbanks and bits for my son for his packed lunch as he is going to his holiday club and now he has gone to see a friend of m Step dad. He helps out an elderly lady and is a such a good thing for my son and teach him about helping others and doing acts of kindness. 

Yesterday we went to support my brother as he helps to help promote rugby and went to a pub in Berrylands where I never been before and you can get there by train and is just 2 minutes from Berrylands Station. It was called the Berrylands pub and had a climbing frame a swings for kids and was really nice and the food was excellent. 

So I am all walked out but do want to take Henry to another park today so he can ride his bike and so see if we can do that and having a lovely roast dinner and grateful for all the things I have in my life and I have sinned, but now I have got my life back and doing more than I have ever done in my life and it is good to feel such joy.

Life is full of testing times and it is so important to live and it doesn't have to cost you anything but building relationships that are there to support you and letting the negatives feelings towards people in your life go, because it could be the last time you ever see them, and so I try to not feel resentful, because someone has lost weight but I haven't, but use it to see it is possible, no longer getting upset because the meal I cooked didn't go to plan and just letting all those bad feelings go and you can do that too,

If you know of places to go that you'd recommend as I love visiting different places, please put into the comment section below this blog. 

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Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Sharing my feelings of England and going to football matches

What a shame England got beat after feeling hopeful that we were going to restart history of winning an international tournament but wasn't meant to be. I still recovering being so close to victory and question that I will need another two years for the world cup and why we get so close only to end in tears. 

AFC Wimbledon 

I think I am going to go to a concert rather at Wembley rather than watching England play and fail.

I should be used to it by now, but I really feel it and wish I could play as it is so frustrating. I feel that we improved as England took their time to wake up and not in the training field and that we were a little bit slow and I love fast paced football. 

Not saying that didn't try. Of course they did but they took their time to get themselves together and wished it was easy to watch, as I was dubious. Any how we have to move on and hope they can find a new Manager to manage England Football team, and it is going to be a surprise of who it is going to be. 

Who do you think will be the next inline to take over the England job and I feel I have been overly negative and so going to stop and just love the game for the way it is and moaning just gets you no where. 

I will be taking Henry to some football matches, not necessarily to follow any team but because I like going to a football match and supporting the smaller clubs like Leatherhead FC or AFC Wimbledon and help keep the game a live and good thing to do and would like to take Henry another midweek game before he returns to school, as last year it was really good. 

The Olympics is on but it appears that many are stuck because of travel and so I wonder how it is going to go. I hope that whatever the problem is gets resolved as always fear people being hurt when they just want to enjoy this four year apart tournament and that people can get there safely and not miss out on anything. 

The weather is good today so I am going to go and sit out in the garden until I have to pick my son up from his holiday club and retire for the day and enjoy the weekend. 

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Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie x 

Why I like to get up before 5am

I have struggled in the week getting up before 5am but this morning when it was around 4:15am was wide awake and went through my emails, did my cheat sheet I do each week and gone through my song list for my Friday's radio show and now writing this blog. 

The football is on later so going to preserve my energy to watch that and now I am on the sofa with a towel around my head as I just washed my hair and feel rejuvenated and fresh. 

Today we, my husband and I will be going over to Wimbledon to get my sons haircut and I need some new pyjamas and want to search for my notebook that has my notes of Mum&Me in as I have been writing book two as it will be a series of books. Please check out my first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mum-Me-Gucci-Tits-Virtue/dp/B0BGNF4LNF

I am pumped for tonight for the Euros 2024 final, England Vs Spain and not going to say anything else but is roast dinner day being a Sunday at which my husband cooks and if it is a nice day play football with my son in the garden before hand and then it is getting my son ready for his final week of school, as he breaks up for the Summer Holidays and so got many things planned and feel it is going to be a good six weeks. 

There is a lot criticism around football because of money and it does get to me too, but I feel that sport and music has a great way to bring people together and so going to keep talking about it and see what happens. What will be, will be.

There was a time with International tournaments, example Euro 96 when I were the same clothes for each match. Of course made sure they had been washed, and at the beginning of this Euros was very negative about it and felt pessimistic about England this year and now I feel a lot more positive and I am not going to predict result and just enjoy it. 

Yesterday I met up with the other presenters of Epsom Hospital Radio where I do a show on a Friday and the pub we were originally going to meet was shut, so we went to another and that is life but it should never spoil your day and it was good to chat about music and the football and listening to other people's point of view and then went back home, had a nice dinner and watched a film. 

Check the film The Maze Runner. 

So I hope you have a good week ahead and enjoy your Sunday wherever you are.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X  

A Good Raining Weekend

It is Sunday and my son is already asking if we can go to the park which could potentially be wet and dirty and have bits to do and maybe watching my niece in a show and so feel like I just want to stop in to watch  bit of TV. 

My tempted on taking a photo over Kingston Bridge but the rain was pouring

We did go for a walk and almost got wet as it poured down with rain and hid under a tree and then wet back home and now it is the evening, we had a lovely dinner. We had Toad in the hole and was lovely and now up with a cup of tea. I did got to bed early but then my son wanted to do "Where's Wolly" book and so stayed awake and so had a new lease of life. 

I still want to get up early tomorrow like have been doing now but I find if I got to bed to early I feel more tired and my body suffers when sleeping for too long.

It has been a good weekend, watching the football even though once again was going to stop watching so it was a relief that England won and now in the Semi Finals of the Euros and had a chilled out Saturday, doing a bit of shopping and watched a documentary again, watching the Singer Pink and waiting to see Cyndi Lauper's. 

If you know of some more documentaries then please recommend. You can leave a comment below. 

We travelled back through Kingston and it would have been really nice if it didn't rain but still a lovely place along the river and a good way if you like walking to explore and there are restaurants and places to sit by the Thames and then there are boat rides. Just an idea for the Summer holidays when it isn't pouring it down. 

I love to write about those areas as they are really nice and is good to get out and watch the world go by and keeps my calm and at peace. 

It is good to sit with a coffee or tea, and have a picnic and just taking in the calm of the water and be with the world not allowing the business from enjoy your surroundings.

So if you come to England or London check out Kingston and along the river if you want to get away from the business. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

A Productive week

So it is Friday and what a week. It has been super productive and sorry I have not blogged at all during the week but been working on many things. I have started to write more of my book series Mum&Me the first book is already up on Amazon. 

A picture of the stables in Ashtead

I have been upping my exercise and now train in the mornings again apart from Thursdays I walk to my sons school which takes an hour and a half as he goes to an Afterschool club and I went back over to Wimbledon to vote for the general election, shopping and worked in the coffee shop to get out and write in a different environment and going to do this each week. 

Its just good to be in a different environment and when the sun comes out again as the weather has been a hit and missed, I would like to got to a park and write with a coffee, so come on sun show yourself. 

The football is back on tomorrow and watched the England game and was going to write them off, when they Bellingham scored and then Harry Kane. Not good if you suffer with high blood pressure. That is it with football you never really know what is going to happen, especially with England. They again on Saturday so already have the day planned ready to be tormented by the England Football team once again they've got to get better. 

We even planned to go to Sainsbury's and pick up dinner after our walk and the Sunday we are off to see my niece in a show. 

Tonight I am doing my Radio show that I do Friday evenings at the moment 8 to 10 check out Epsom Hospital radio, and playing a mixture of songs some male some female and so been planning for that too. 

Have a good week everyone and I can ensure you I have more daily posts to come. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X