Blogtober Day Twenty Three

Today the prompt I am using is "Weather"

So as most people know I live in the North East of England and the weather here is at the moment so cold! I know its only October but the temperatures have really dropped drastically and its now only getting to about 13 degrees during the day!

The boys are already wearing hats, scarfs and gloves to school some days. Our winters have definitely got colder over the last few years. Especially February and March, thats the months that the North East has had its snow! 

When James was in Year One the snow was so bad around us that the head teacher closed the school for two days as it was unsafe not only for the staff to drive to the school, but it was unsafe for the pupils and their families to walk to the school. We only live five minutes walk from the school front gates and it was so bad to walk. Freddie was only two so was still using a pushchair to get to and from his playgroup and we literally couldn't push it. I had to try and carry Freddie to playgroup on the Wednesday morning, then on the lunch time we got a message that the school was letting the kids go from 2pm so I had to go up and get James. Then I had to go round to the playgroup to pick up Freddie. 

I am really hoping we do not get as bad a winter this year as we had then, as having two boys off school will be a nightmare as they both love school and really miss it when they are not there!

So please keep your fingers crossed that winter 19/20 is not too bad for us!

Blogmas Day Twenty Three

Its the final count down! We have almost reached the finish line!

For today's post I am writing all about my goals for 2019 and how I want to have a better balance between family life and blogging life!

At the start of 2018 I said I was going to try and balance things a bit better, yeah that didn't happen at all!

I didn't want to do any blogging when the kids were awake, That did happen I have been doing the majority of my work on a night or on a day Freddie has been in playgroup. But I have been pushing myself with deadlines! There have been nights when I have still been working at nine or ten o'clock just to get things done as once Freddie is asleep I didn't actually sit down and write till after eight o'clock!

A few times I have had to go into the kitchen with the laptop and shut the baby gate to stop Freddie getting in just so I could finish and post on time for a few things! Needless to say Freddie crying at the gate was not too nice!

From January though the balance will be a lot better as I will have Freddie in playgroup for 15 hours a week including one day from 0830 till 1430 so I will have so much more time to write and plan and focus on this blog becoming more established!

So here's to 2019 being the year I actually enjoy some free time away from the monkeys!