Freedom!!

Maternity leave woohoo!!!!!!!!!

It has finally begun! 11 months of maternity leave and I'm still finishing off work (marking and submitting plans etc) but still... it's not the end of the world and will all be complete within a day or two (as long as I stop procrastinating).

I have recently found Pinterest and therefore have an ever growing list of things I want to crochet, sew, do etc. Surely this is an incentive to get my work finished ASAP!

Hopefully next time I log in I'll have some pictures of new makes!

Old Year Old Me - New Year New Me (well from Feb 1st)

Well I failed totally with those resolutions last year!!

We have had an enjoyable yet hard year and I am looking forward to 2013 a little more than I was a few weeks ago.

My sister's wedding went to plan and was the hottest day of the year (hence everyone looking a bit flustered and sweaty in most of the pictures!)

Then at the end of November my lovely father in law died suddenly. There are many things I regret never being able to say to him, but I'm sure deep down he knew how loved he was and how adored by both grandchildren.

Just before Christmas my sister (the one who got married) had a beautiful baby girl.

All of this on top of the Midwife, Health Visitor and Doctor telling me I'm trying to be too many people and do too much.

So.... from the end of January I will be on maternity leave (again) and I will hopefully have 6 weeks to clear my head, sort the house out, get into a nice routine with the two herberts and be happy in myself by the time baby arrives. A big ask I know, but I think once I have finished work I will have a huge chunk of my elephant eaten.

Right now I need to get on with some work so I can have a free day tomorrow to play before going back for the last 4 (hard) weeks.