Being Locked out

Can you believe it yesterday I locked myself out. Luckily my husband works around the corner. I had the door closed to, so not wide open but the wind blew and yes couldn't get back in. 

I did panic a little with a bit of embarrassment as I didn't have my phone on me either. It taught me a valuable lesson to listen to my gut as I had a feeling this would happen and had at first when he started having a taxi taking my son to school because of how far his school is, had my keys in my hand and then felt I'd be alright but no. So now I will make sure I have my keys just in case. 

It was good I had nothing cooking and when it happened, it is like a reminder to not be so ignorant as I can be and catch myself. It is good to be precautious and I am lucky to have a roof over my head. I feel for those sleeping in the streets and nowhere to go. Or anything they call their home. 

There are families being kicked out of their homes because they can't afford the bills and in this day and age this should not be the case. Everyone deserves a bed a roof over their heads and somewhere they can grab a bite to eat.

I am not sure about those who beg. The other day on the train a guy got on was saying he was off to have an interview but needed help with  the cost of travel. There were people who gave him money but I am always a bit dubious and why I give to what I feel is a legitimate cause. Giving to the foodbank and I do this each month this year I am doing Race for Life up at the downs raising money for cancer on the 22nd June 2025. 

So I do my bit to help those in need and ensuring the money goes to those who need help and support. The other thing is scams. There is one where they pretend it is someone you know stuck and needing money. I know that this would never be the case, but am vigilant nevertheless and I like to choose where my money goes. 

So I will make sure that I always got my key and my phone and life is full of lessons and I take note of them.

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 

The Weekend in upon us

It is the weekend and sorry for not posting enough on here it has been a week where I had appointments and doing a couple of courses so had to get those done and the days just gone so fast. Last night I did my radio show and boy it is like doing a workout but did it and I always get butterflies beforehand and the self doubt comes to life but it is always enjoyable so part of it is excitement. 

Route we take to leatherhead station and is a real nice walk that I have been doing on Thursdays and building my steps for the week.

Next week is going to be different as I am not doing the radio show and will spending time with my son as his father is off out and so will be entertaining my 10 year old and so thinking Pizza and a movie, with some popcorn and some other bits to go with it and just have a mother and son night in. 

It is going to be strange but time with my son in precious when he's not being a monster. 

My son plays up when he is hungry and tired, and fights it. He likes to still have cuddles in the evening and an occasional story before bed, and has so much energy that it is tiring and so thank god for coffee. 

This morning we are off to ASDA's and so going to film my weekly shop, and my son loves being in charge of the trolley and has the knack of picking something random and putting it into the trolley and not realizing when I go to check out. 

I like to plan ahead and know what I have done and want to do next and work on different projects and today we may go up to London. I haven't told my son incase we don't go because of the weather. It is sunny now but can change, so if we go want it to be a surprise as he wanted to go to London Waterloo when I picked up on Thursday as he has a afterschool club and travel back by train. 

It is the Trooping of the colour so there will be a fly path which we love to see and so if we do then I will include it is a vlog and check out my vlog I uploaded this week: https://youtu.be/TgVsoCC8kmo

So have a good weekend and more blogs to come in the week. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

A good chilled out weekend

So it is Monday once again and it was good listening to a audiobook lastnight. I was listening to This Girl's on Fire by Andrea McLean https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Girl-Fire-Thrive-BESTSELLER/dp/1788175123 before bed and read a bit of another book, The Power of Mindfulness: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71s0ivMvFtL._SL1500_.jpg

The weekend was a good relaxing one and went on a Sunday walk in Epsom as it was my husband's birthday and I love my Sunday walks and think I am going to do this each Sunday and get up early to do so and the weather wasn't too bad and was wrapped up and time we got back I was boiling. 

Half term was good, seeing one of my cousins was good as we have our own lives and family and so don't get to see them a lot so always good when we can and they love visiting London and it was good that I got some days to myself whilst my son was at a holiday club and then Friday we went for a walk and saw some trains which pleased my son, which was also whilst we took a walk on the Sunday too and the weather wasn't great but still got to have a good week without worrying about school. 

Now it is a new week I am catching up on my daily blog, caught up some TV, check out Outlaws really good and funny, on BBC iPlayer and writing down food that needs to be used up and my first day back cooking and making dinner Friday as my husband has made it a must that we have a takeaway Fish n Chips each Friday. 

I want to clean more in the kitchen and decided to start walking on the treadmill in the morning when my son goes off to school when I want to stop in and still do my workout with my dumbbells in the afternoon. 

It is coming up the the time of when my son will be on his way back from school and settling down to have a bath and ready to wind down. It is bath day and I want to be able to wear shorts tomorrow but unsure I guess I will need to wait until tomorrow to decide, as I never know with English weather of what it is going to do, but I will blog and have a good rest of Monday. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Getting my life together

What a weekend! Welcome to my daily blog, if you are new then this is my daily blog where I talk about Random topics and my feelings and thoughts. This can be parenting, managing life and getting the most out of life. 

I am in Wimbledon and will be until next Friday and got a good week ahead. We have a family gathering and my son goes to his holiday club and I will be if it doesn't rain read my book in the park and check out the Charity shops as I am after some denim shorts, a pair of jeans and Khaki shorts so going to have a look. 

There will be more blogs for my Life Coaching programme. I've been posting a blog for it every Tuesday and then I post my vlogs on Wednesday, videos for my life coaching programme on a Thursday and video for my channel Financial Living on a Friday. 

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I am up early on Bank Holiday Monday and my time to do a bit of work and get bits done before my son wants to go down stairs. 

I like using this time to edit my book, watch some Youtube and do some of my Life Coaching course. 

If you want to check out my blog Organize4thebetter then do I talk a lot about time as I am not organized and do get it wrong sometimes but that is what helps me to be organized. I share tips on organizing for the school holidays being a parent myself and don't need another set of holidays to get over it because entertaining kids can be tricky.

There are times where things don't go to plan but that is life and the one thing I have taken more care of is self criticism and self acceptance that I will get things wrong, and as long as it is not life threatening then it is okay. 

When doing my radio show Friday, I am doing now almost played the wrong song and not got ready for the news, but I still did the show, I am getting to grips of the order that things need to be in and taking it step by step. 

So going to enjoy my day, got a hazelnut latte and want to get more bits done as now it is mid morning and my son has gone to help his Grandpa with sorting the bins out in the school where he works and it is good to have kids do chores and have responsibilities. I write a parenting blog so check out it our here: The parenting adventures | Easy Flexible Parenting (wordpress.com)

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Better to do it now rather than later sometimes

It is Tuesday now and it not as sunny as warm as yesterday so I am having a day indoors and sometimes it is good to just chill at home. I've worked on my book and life coaching course this morning, posted a new blog for my life Coaching blog: https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com/2024/05/21/life-coaching-programme-summer-project-2024-beginning-a-new-chapter-in-your-life/

I've done more of my counselling course, cleaned a pair of my sons trainers and going to sort out the food cupboard and a walk on the treadmill and do a dumbells workout and feel so good to be so productive. This is not everyday as there are days I struggle, but felt fully awake this morning and felt super energized. 

I have just done a walk on the treadmill and didn't plan it for it to be this morning just felt like wanted to do it, so I did and sorted out my food cupboard and got to give it a clean. 

Cleaning is not my thing but I like to get it done as I like the results and just gone through the food to start and now it is just taking everything off the shelves and clean it. 

I like to prep, and save myself time. I like to free up space so I can take a break and not be on my laptop for too long and I use this time to work on my blogs. 

Now I have completed everything on my to-dos today, in terms of cleaning and tidying, but got to cut up potatoes for dinner and my sons dinner, got to give his little lordship a bath and hope that I have time to wash my hair and have a good nights sleep ready for another day.

It all systems go.  

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Having fun at the weekend

So it is a Bank Holiday weekend and so far it has been really good. I went out for a meal with family in a pub called the Cricketers and they have park for kids there and was super busy but my brother had booked a table and been a while so was enjoyable. The food took ages to come out but it was alright. I had Chargrilled Chicken with bacon and cheese but wasn't keen on the cheese. 

One of my books currently reading

Nevertheless, it was nice to go out and I like doing different things when it is a bank holiday. This morning I bought my mum and step dad to Pauls coffee shop up to Wimbledon Village and was nice and the weather was superb, and then my son got his hair cut and now we are in Epsom and think we are going to stop in tomorrow Monday. 

My son keeps jumping on me as he is watching the rugby with his dad, who is cooking a roast dinner. 

I am tempted to get in my PJ's but going to wait and catch up on a bit of Youtube and just took a bit of break to read. 

Reading for me is essential for me, as it just a break from my laptop and TV and find it so relaxing. 

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I have gone through my finances which was my last task for the weekend to do, and planned for the week ahead. 

It is good to sit down and go through my calendar, to make sure I complete all my tasks and that I not doing catch up, but have a good productive week. 

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Building my energy and making the most of each day

So here we are a new week and my son has gone to school and I went out and got soaked. I do like to go out early as I have the rest of the day to play around with and getting all tasks for the day done. I am listening and watching, Behind the Diary on Youtube and just got to do some reading and then that means I have completed all I had planned to do, today and so can chill out. 

It is good to be productive and getting up early really helps me, and be on my laptop to edit a book I am working on and wrote down what food needs to be cooked and when by. It gives me such a good burst of energy and going out early can help too, Your body is made for you to move and think, and making the most of everyday. I think of my nan, on my mums side. She would always go out and sometimes twice, when she wasn't in the kitchen cooking or baking. 

I was caught out in the rain, and just posted on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typicallondongal/?hl=en

In Epsom there are some good places to go for a walk and looking forward when it doesn't rain to do a bit of work outside and read, after a walk and just explore.

Since this morning the sun has come out, typical. 

Not going to let it get me down and still enjoy the day. 

I am going to start on a new series of Race Across the Road on BBC and yesterday watched the last one of series 1 and so going to start on series 2 and really good. 

If you have recommendation on good TV to watch then please leave a comment below. 

So going to end it here but will be back on this site tomorrow.

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Being on time when it is okay and when it is not

It is Friday. The end of the week and got up when my alarm went off at 6am. I would have liked to have woken up sooner so going to as of next week set my alarm to 5:30am, just that extra bit of time makes such a difference. 

When I would work in a call centre I would make sure I set myself enough time to grab a drink, set up my computer and my notebook and other tools I needed, way before my shift began and would walk to work living in Epsom and Wimbledon, which would grow my motivation to make sure I got things done and rarely late. If you are looking for work remember time keeping is so important, and that you are reliable. 

There are those that would turn up twenty minutes late and then get a coffee and it would really bother me because it meant I had to cover for them, and would take the mickey with their time and not thinking of their co-workers which for me is so important. 

With children it can be hard, but even if I hadn't slept well would still show up and get what I needed done and if there was a chance I'd be late make sure I called the relevant person to let them know I was running late and make up the time. 

It is on the flip side good to have people in your life who are always late if there is no specific plan as it is good to not have to rush and just have a round about time. Example meet between 1 to 2pm, and let those waiting for you know, that your gonna be late. If you are meeting outside a pub and they contact you to say, that they are running late, go in and find a table before they arrive with a drink for them for when they arrived, and enjoy the evening. 

I would make sure that I had food on me when working or meeting friends if not eating out and buying food out, all the time, it can get expensive, so would take a sandwich, a tinned fruit or crackers, because working on an empty stomach found that my concentration would be affected, and so would save me time so I wouldn't be late and do it the night before. 

Time is money and so remember that your being paid to be there and by customers who would call and it is not fair that you have taking call after call because of someone being late and it is unprofessional and you will be fired for it.

It is stressful on your part because your getting told off, when if you are on time you will be left alone to do the job you are there to do. With friends just keeping touch and if you need to make changes to the time and place, to keep them informed and more notice the better. 

What is your view? Leave a comment below.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

A Super Productive Day

So I hope you have all, had a good, Good Friday. I was up early again, check out my previous blogs, where I have written about my new morning habit.

The Kebabs I made last night, which I wrote about in yesterdays blog, were okay but forgot to season and put some oil over them, because they were a little dry. I will learn next time I make them, and that is one thing I would always advise, is never give up and keep trying, and it is a natural human living thing, to make mistakes, that is the only way we learn. 

I was doing a lot of planning today for various projects. When it comes to planning projects the one thing I advise is to brainstorm, create a vision board and read books like Atomic Habits, and doing 2 minute habits which following this method, has really helped get things done, and I have started like with getting up early, started to use my Google Calendar again, aswell as using OneNote, my diary and always have my journal and a notepad. 

It is so rewarding to be able to tick things off and completing my tasks I set out for the day. I have never been so productive in my life. Yesterday after I took part in doing LinkedIn training updated and changed my details and my profile, and today was planning for my Life Coaching Programme I do each year now, which is the Summer Project 2024, and will be blogs and videos with free resources, to help you have a better life and better year. I will talk about this more as we get near to the start, which is from 1st May to the 31st of August. 

If you like to see my previous blogs for my Life Coaching project then you can, they are all on my site: Everyone can build a castle

I also did some Life Coaching training, and worked on my book When Mothers are real which I am editing now and will be published soon, and popped out and got a few bits, my did some home learning with my son, to help reach his targets set out by his teacher at school and made dinner, gave my son a bath and now writing this blog, and will watch a bit of Youtube and then some TV. 

So, I won't be posting tomorrow as I don't on Saturdays but will on Sunday, maybe Monday but if not from next Tuesday onwards. So have a good rest of Good Friday, and have a great weekend. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Getting productive for 2024

Hello and normality is back. My son is back at school and so got a lot done today. I wrote new blogs, check out https://www.carriesversatilefashion.com and on https://www.everyonecanbuildcastle.com

I did my yearly budget and got food cooked for dinner and did some exercise and feels good to have been so productive. There are days where I just want to chill and that is fine, and helps to avoid burnout, and I lose concentration, when I too much, so did it chunks of my day, and it is good to break down task, as it helps get the most of the day, and helps the days move at a pace where I am not worrying about time.

Getting the dinner prepped in the day helped, along with take a break from my laptop, and now working on three books, and feel excited about it and really enjoying the process, and I love to write and develop a good story and take my time on that too.

Now my son has had is bath and so have I and now writing this blog on the sofa and going to have a nice pudding with custard and love a good dessert. Not all the time, but now and again, and not going deprive myself and just eat when I am hungry. 

I do feel snacking is not a good habit, and had less because I had a good breakfast, lunch and dinner so if I fancy a dessert I am going to have one. 

Tomorrow I will popping out going for a morning walk, and got to get a few bits, like coffee, some raisins for my son and some chips for tomorrows dinner, to use up some Gammon that I bought for Christmas. 

As I am doing no spend did myself a homemade Cappuccino with cream, with sprinkles and marshmallows, and it was really nice, and using what I have got rather than having a coffee at a coffee shop, and had a no spend day, which I got into the habit of doing, and it feels good.

So, going to chill now and enjoy a quiet night with a lovely dessert.

Are you a pudding person, and what is your favourite dessert. You can leave a comment below.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X