Well hello June - when did you sneak up??

This year is definitely flying by and taking no prisoners!  June already eh??  Well I managed to do what I said last time, and I think I have already covered at least half of what I have done this month!  It has to be better this way, less to put in one blog, and less of my crap to read  in one go!!  Win:Win all round I think!  

So here goes, let's start with the Resolution things - I have done a whole month of no Take-Aways!  When the family have had take out, I have been a good little girl and gone and made myself some tea - and felt tons better for it.  This month was supposed to be no crisps, however, having not checked the list to see what I was supposed to be avoiding, I had a bag of crisps at lunch time... so I am going to swap July and June over, and do no sweets this month, and crisps next month!  

I'm afraid swimming went down the drain a few months back -it was far too much faff for very little fun or results!  So, now the weather is picking up, I can get back out on my bike... I am going to change my Rother Valley route from last year to Ulley Reservoir!  Much further, and some good hills... and no I have plenty of time on my hands, I can get out when the weather is nice!  I also want to get back to Horse Riding, as the weather has been a bit up and down for that recently too.  Need to get active, the nothingness is getting me down and I really want to get myself out of it!  I am starting with the craze of the 30 month ab challenge which I saw on Facebook a while back.  It has taken over the nation for June, so I figured 'why not?'  I started today, and did ok, I have picked one of my favourite tracks to work out to!  'We Own It' by 2 Chainz!  And away I went!  I can't guarantee I will be this positive about it by Day 30 - I will keep you updated!

Calendar is courtesy of

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and is in no way mine.

As for the rest of my ideas for the new year - I am on my 19th book of 22 weeks according to Instagram :)  I am hoping that I can bring the number back up as I was averaging out at one a week near the beginning.  So hopefully, with the warm weather and some free time, I can get a wriggle on and get caught up a bit :)

Vernon is still enjoying his exploration of the world and since you last heard from him on here, has been to the Liverpool Empire Theater with me, Mum, Sammy and Auntie Arri to see the Lion King on stage.  Which for the record, was absolutely awesome!  I would definitely recommend going to see the stage show!  It is a must for the bucket list!  The insanity set in pretty much as soon as we got in the car, and after arguing with a set of google instructions, we soon cracked out the Sat Nav whilst trying to take car selfies!

We had an awesome time and cried a lot, and took some fun photo's of us all out together!  It was nice to get out as a girl's day and spend some time out having fun!  The best part about it all - Mum had no idea!  We got her all the way there and to the building before she realised what the big surprise was :)  And she cried!

 I have also seen another stage show this month, thought this one was some what cheating as I saw it at the Cinema!  Vicky and I went to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.  An excellent book, and a stunning performance - I would definitely consider seein it live if I ever got the chance!  Definitely a fantastic interpretation of the story!

The only other big adventure Vernon has seen this month was our trip to see the Lair of the White Worm on Friday with Pete!  
Yep - we went up there >>>

Vernon got front row seats on the front of my bike, and after a lovely cycle out into the countryside in Staffordshire, we climbed a cliff to go and explore the cave and have some lunch.  


Then cycled some more.  Covered fourteen miles in total, plus the ground coverage on foot.  Was an awesome day, and a lovely spot :)





I rounded off May with a trip to the seaside yesterday with Tara.  We took Rolo for his first ever trip to the beach!  And boy did we have to walk a long way to find him some beach to play on!  I'm still not sure if we could really count it as a beach - but it was sand, and we found shells - what more do you need?  There was no sea - it was miles away!  And with it being peak season times now, dogs aren't allowed on the main beaches, so maybe he will have to go again in the winter when he can go run on the beach and splash in the sea!  After the hike out to the end of the beach and back, we found a nice little spot in the sun to have a mini picnic :)
Was a good day, even saw the sunshine for a few hours!  Was plenty warm enough - and that's saying something for the coast!

So, May has been a bit of a mixed bag... June is going to be better!  I won't let anything drag me down, and I will keep finding the fun to be had in life!  Keep track of Vernon on Instagram with #vernonsadventure and see where he ends up, and me in general :)  I have been a little Instagram happy with this #99happymoments thing going on... You lot must be sick of seeing what I get up to lol!

Till next time, which I'm sure will be some random boredom when everyone is at work!
Louby x