30 Day Water Challenge

In light of my recent post on New Years Resolution, I have decided to take on the Water Challenge for 30 days starting from Sunday, 1st March 2015. The only way to  actually achieve a certain goal is looking at it and working on it. One step at a time. This year I am looking at healthier food options and living a healthy lifestyle by making better food and drink choices. So for example, a glass of water over a glass of juice.

We all know the importance of drinking water and including it into our daily diet. When I went to Nigeria over the holidays, I was incredibly hot borderline melting, water became my new bff. It cooled me down and kept me hydrated. I was always thirsty and water was the only liquid that could quench it. Drinking 2 litres of water a day certainly helped me lose a bit of weight, my pores opened up and my skin looked clearer even without make up. Ever since returning to London, my love affair with water has dwindled. I think it's the change in the temperature. So being cold, I am more likely to put the kettle on for a cup of tea or coffee rather than just drink cold water. No one wants to get colder than they already are. 

So, without beating around the bush, here is what my 30 day water challenge will look like. I will write another post outlining the benefits I will undoubtedly receive from this challenge and hopefully, as I do it, I will implement it throughout the year. 

Be Inspired people! Drink more water! Who is with me?

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Khloe Kardashian Shares Inspiring Fitness Journey

Today, Khloe Kardashian shares her inspiring fitness journey. As she explains on her Instagram page, I understand that there is a lesson that we can all learn from her story. There are no shortcuts. Do it but do it right and do it well. The emphasis here is on your health, not just your looks.  

'My fitness journey will be a life long journey. Fitness is not about being better than someone else... It's about being better than you used to be.' 

'I'm not where I want to be and who knows if I ever will be. But I am healthier than ever and due to my consistent workouts, I am slowly seeing results.' Hi baby abs 🙋!! I see you!!! I hope to meet your other ab friends soon 😝 (yes I'm talking to my muscles. I've never met most of them before)

"Looking back at pictures of myself I didn't realize at the time how unhealthy my lifestyle actually was. People love to call me the fat one but as weird as it sounds I still don't think I would consider myself fat back then. Definitely overweight and unhealthy, yes. About two years ago I decided to turn to fitness as a form of therapy and as a stress reliever. I started slow and eventually I started working out 4 to 5 days a week. We all have to start somewhere and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency.

There are no quick fixes if you want long-term results. Working out is a huge part of my life now. I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workouts are not all about vanity. They are about clarity for my mind and soul. We all have different journeys in life, make sure your journey is for you and you alone. Remember in the end the turtle won the race. Slow and steady. dedication and tenacity. 💋

Be Inspired 

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Sex Education For Primary School Children

Parents, please read this ridiculous article below culled from BBC news where MPs are suggesting we now make sex education a compulsory subject for children in primary school. As it stands, parents are given the option whether they want their children to be taught sex education or not. I believe the curriculum is tailored to the class of the children and teachers are to highlight the importance of healthy relationships, contraceptives etc.

Irrespective of what was written, I strongly believe that primary or even secondary school teachers have no business teaching our 5 year old babies sex education in school. Anything that they need to learn can be taught to them at home by their parents. We are their first life teachers and that will never change. We know them better than the government. They should focus more on teaching them and encouraging them on the core subjects we sent them to school to learn. It is paramount as parents to educate our children on sex the way we deem fit and especially when it is the appropriate time for our children. Sex education should never be a compulsory subject to our kids. They are kids and the government should allow them to be kids without putting thoughts and ideas about sex into their heads at a very tender age. Parents, we need to educate our own children on sex when they are ready, when they are older. The government should really allow the parents to chose whether sex education should be made compulsory. Unfortunately, if it is taught anyway, the children of those that opt in will only discuss it with the children that opt out when they are in the playground. Our children learn from what they see around them. They are all curious by nature. You need to remember that children are like sponges. They soak up all the water (information) they are provided with. I'll stop here for now but I will say this - Be careful as to what you expose them to. They are our responsibility and the success or failure of our children in any area of their life is all down to us as their parents not the government, the school or the society they live in. It is all down to us. So as parents, we should guide them rightly with wisdom and understanding. The Bible says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6 KJV). In our own way, let's educate our children in the way of the Lord. At home, pray with them, study the Bible with them, teach them the Word. We are their most important teachers. If you don't, you are practically leaving them wide open to the outside world to teach them and confuse them.

All state primary and secondary schools in England should have to teach sex-and-relationships education (SRE), MPs have said in a report. 

The Commons Education Committee's inquiry was launched after Ofsted found more than a third of schools were failing to provide age-appropriate SRE.

Committee chairman Graham Stuart MP said "young people have a right to information that will keep them safe".

The government said it would consider the findings carefully.

'Lack of clarity'

In 2013, Ofsted reported that personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), of which SRE is a part, required improvement in 40% of schools. 

The MPs said: "This situation would not be tolerated in other subjects, and yet the government's strategy for improving PSHE is weak.

"There is mismatch between the priority that ministers claim they give to PSHE and the steps taken to improve its delivery in schools," they added.

In particular, they said, there was a lack of clarity on the status of the subject.

The committee said the subject should be given statutory status.

This call is echoed in a wide-ranging report from the Office of the Children's Commissioner, published on Tuesday.

Deputy Commissioner Sue Berelowitz said "age-appropriate relationships and sex education" should be made a statutory part of the school curriculum.

The report from the Commons committee noted primary schools were not required to provide sex-and-relationships education beyond the basic biology dictated by the national curriculum, while at secondary level the national curriculum required schools to cover sexually transmitted diseases with 14- to 16-year-olds. 

It said academies and free schools (about half of schools) were not bound by the national curriculum, though all schools must have regard to government guidance from 2000 if they teach the subject. 

The current position meant the relationships aspect of the subject may be particularly squeezed, the report said. 

The committee said the subject's lack of statutory status meant it was too often sidelined, with teachers denied continuous professional training. 

It recommended:

• the Department for Education develops a "work plan" for introducing age-appropriate PSHE and SRE as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schools
• the government endorses and publishes updated guidance on SRE from subject specialists
• Ofsted resumes regular surveys of PSHE provision
• schools consult regularly with parents on SRE provision, with parents retaining the right to withdraw their child
• SRE be renamed Relationships and Sex Education 

'Vital' role

Mr Stuart said there was overwhelming demand from teachers, parents and young people for SRE to become compulsory. 

"SRE forms an important part of any school's efforts to safeguard young people from abuse and is particularly needed to protect the most vulnerable children," he said.

"PSHE builds character and resilience and will help young people to live happy and healthy lives."

A Department for Education spokeswoman said high-quality PSHE teaching played a vital role in developing young people's personal and emotional wellbeing, "supporting them to make informed choices and stay safe".

"That's why we are working with schools and experts to ensure the PSHE and relationships education that young people receive is appropriate and of a high standard," she said.

"We have already set up a new expert subject group on PSHE to identify key areas where teachers need further support."

However Sarah Carter, from the campaign group, the Family Education Trust believes many parents would be "horrified" by the materials used to teach sex education in primary school.

"It is not often age appropriate," she says. "Children develop at different ages, they have different levels of maturity.

"It would be our recommendation that parents always check what's being taught."

Lucy Emmerson, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum, said sex education was neglected in too many schools and urged all political parties to make a manifesto commitment to change the law to make the subject statutory. 

PSHE Association chief executive Joe Hayman said statutory status for the subject would be "a huge step forward". 

Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said Labour would make age-appropriate sex and relationship education compulsory in all state schools. 

"Children and young people should be taught the importance of respect and healthy relationships and to understand the role of the family - in all its forms," said Mr Hunt.

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Keeping 3 In Your Marriage

"You, God and Me"

That is all is should be. That is all you will ever need. 

There is a popular saying that goes, two is company and three a crowd. Well, when it comes to a Christian marriage, the only third person you should be desperate to invite into your marriage from the beginning is our Lord Jesus Christ. You do not. I repeat. You do not need ANYONE ELSE in that marriage with you. God's ultimate plan is for your marriage to be a successful one so inviting Him in is only inviting a wealth of happiness into your home. 

If you are married, put our Lord Jesus Christ first. Your marriage will be better than you ever thought possible. Marriage is the only institution that was set up and  carefully designed by God and as such, we should not only want him, but we should understand how much we need him on a daily basis. Our Lord is interested and should be involved in every area of our lives including our Holy Matrimony.

If you don't already have God walking with you in your marriage, here are a few tips to help you get started. 

1. Pray. Prayer is the master key! The only way to get used to it is by starting it. No room for excuses here. 

2. Study the word of God. Together! Two heads are better than one. You could learn something from studying the word and teaching other and encouraging each other in the God's word. 

3. Attend Church services together including Bible study classes. 

4. Grow and learn together. It is important to work together as a couple. It could be anything from cooking together to exploring the history of a country together. As you work together, you become more unified and understand each other more. 

4. Remain focussed. Never lose focus of why you are doing all the above. You don't have to necessarily wait for a crisis in your marriage before you decide you need Christ in it. But if you are, you know He is the first and only solution.

5. Keep the love alive. God wants your marriage to work. You keep your love alive by continually loving each other. Seeing great things in your other half. See the God that is working in them. You got married for a reason. It was for love. If the love is fading, there are so many ways to keep reviving your love and keeping it fresh. We can discuss that in another post.

Try God. 

Be Inspired

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Today's Bible Verse

Light of The World 

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light so shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:14-16).

Keep Shining. Be Inspired 

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Remembering Rosa Parks!

I read about her in my history class in Secondary School. Today I celebrate her, almost 10 years after her death age 92.

Please see below article about a brave and fearless phenomenal woman who helped change America as we saw it. 

Culled from History.

By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation laws. Led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year—during which Parks not coincidentally lost her job—and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Over the next half-century, Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end entrenched racial segregation.

ROSA PARKS’ EARLY LIFE 

Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. She moved with her parents, James and Leona McCauley, to Pine Level, Alabama, at age 2 to reside with Leona’s parents. Her brother, Sylvester, was born in 1915, and shortly after that her parents separated.

Rosa’s mother was a teacher, and the family valued education. Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, at age 11 and eventually attended high school there, a laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ College for Negroes. She left at 16, early in 11th grade, because she needed to care for her dying grandmother and, shortly thereafter, her chronically ill mother. In 1932, at 19, she married Raymond Parks, a self-educated man 10 years her senior who worked as a barber and was a long-time member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He supported Rosa in her efforts to earn her high-school diploma, which she ultimately did the following year.

ROSA PARKS: ROOTS OF ACTIVISM 

Raymond and Rosa, who worked as a seamstress, became respected members of Montgomery’s large African-American community. Co-existing with white people in a city governed by “Jim Crow” (segregation) laws, however, was fraught with daily frustrations: Blacks could attend only certain (inferior) schools, could drink only from specified water fountains, could borrow books only from the “black” library, among other restrictions.

Although Raymond had previously discouraged her out of fear for her safety, in December 1943 Rosa also joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, and she became chapter secretary. She worked closely with chapter president Edgar Daniel (E.D.) Nixon. Nixon was a railroad porter known in the city as an advocate for blacks who wanted to register to vote, and also as president of the local branch of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union.

DECEMBER 1, 1955: ROSA PARKS’ ARREST 

On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store by bus. Black residents of Montgomery often avoided municipal buses if possible because they found the Negroes-in-back policy so demeaning. Nonetheless, 70 percent or more riders on a typical day were black, and on this day Rosa Parks was one of them.

Segregation was written into law; the front of a Montgomery bus was reserved for white citizens, and the seats behind them for black citizens. However, it was only by custom that bus drivers had the authority to ask a black person to give up a seat for a white rider. There were contradictory Montgomery laws on the books: One said segregation must be enforced, but another, largely ignored, said no person (white or black) could be asked to give up a seat even if there were no other seat on the bus available. 

Nonetheless, at one point on the route, a white man had no seat because all the seats in the designated “white” section were taken. So the driver told the riders in the four seats of the first row of the “colored” section to stand, in effect adding another row to the “white” section. The three others obeyed. Parks did not.

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired,” wrote Parks in her autobiography, “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

Eventually, two police officers approached the stopped bus, assessed the situation and placed Parks in custody.

ROSA PARKS AND THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT 

Although Parks used her one phone call to contact her husband, word of her arrest had spread quickly and E.D. Nixon was there when Parks was released on bail later that evening. Nixon had hoped for years to find a courageous black person of unquestioned honesty and integrity to become the plaintiff in a case that might become the test of the validity of segregation laws. Sitting in Parks’ home, Nixon convinced Parks—and her husband and mother—that Parks was that plaintiff. Another idea arose as well: The blacks of Montgomery would boycott the buses on the day of Parks’ trial, Monday, December 5. By midnight, 35,000 flyers were being mimeographed to be sent home with black schoolchildren, informing their parents of the planned boycott.

On December 5, Parks was found guilty of violating segregation laws, given a suspended sentence and fined $10 plus $4 in court costs. Meanwhile, black participation in the boycott was much larger than even optimists in the community had anticipated. Nixon and some ministers decided to take advantage of the momentum, forming the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) to manage the boycott, and they electedReverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.–new to Montgomery and just 26 years old—as the MIA’s president.

As appeals and related lawsuits wended their way through the courts, all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, the boycott engendered anger in much of Montgomery’s white population as well as some violence, and Nixon’s and Dr. King’s homes were bombed. The violence didn’t deter the boycotters or their leaders, however, and the drama in Montgomery continued to gain attention from the national and international press. On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional; the boycott ended December 20, a day after the Court’s written order arrived in Montgomery. Parks—who had lost her job and experienced harassment all year—became known as “the mother of the civil rights movement.”

ROSA PARKS: AFTER THE BOYCOTT 

Facing continued harassment and threats in the wake of the boycott, Parks, along with her husband and mother, eventually decided to move to Detroit, where Parks’ brother resided. Parks became an administrative aide in the Detroit office of Congressman John Conyers Jr. in 1965, a post she held until her 1988 retirement. Her husband, brother and mother all died of cancer between 1977 and 1979. In 1987, she co-founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development, to serve Detroit’s youth.

In the years following her retirement, she traveled to lend her support to civil-rights events and causes and wrote an autobiography, “Rosa Parks: My Story.” In 1999, Parks was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor the United States bestows on a civilian. (Other recipients have included George Washington, Thomas Edison, Betty Ford and Mother Teresa.) When she died at age 92 on October 24, 2005, she became the first woman in the nation’s history to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

Be Inspired

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What Room Does Fear Have?

What Are You Afraid Of?

Another video from The Anima Series. So Powerful. So Uplifting. So Inspiring. 

Be Inspired 

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Top 10 Workout Playlist

I have songs for everything. Songs to listen to when I am on the train, songs for when I am washing the dishes (yes people, I insanely derive pleasure from washing dishes!), songs I listen to on a Sunday morning before church service, songs when I am in the car and songs after I tuck my children in at bedtime.

Here's my Top 10 Workout Songs! These are songs I wouldn't fall asleep to. Working out is not an activity I do very often (shame), so whenever I am inspired to hit the gym or exercise at home, here is what I like to listen to:

1. Beyoncé - Run the world

2. Chris Brown - Beautiful People

3. Justin's Timberlake - Sexy Back

4. Janelle Monae - Queen

5. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

6. Destiny'so Child - Jumpin' Jumpin'

7. Ciara ft Nicki Minaj - I'm Out

8. Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

9. 50 Cent - In da club

10. Outkast - Hey Ya

Work!

Be Inspired!

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Guilty or Not Guilty?

Well!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bad Habits Adults Should Stop

As a child, there are certain bad habits that we pick up and do on a daily basis.

I do believe that when you grow into mature adults, those habits should fade away. Unfortunately I have seen that old habits do die hard and here's my little top ten list of some habits we should grow out of. 

1. Picking your nose with your fingers. And worse still, eating it. Why? Gross.

2. Littering. I did this a lot even as a teenager but as I grew older, I just looked stupid doing it! Learned lesson by myself.

3. Biting your fingernails. In public. Really?

4. Farting in public. Especially the loud ones. Or the not so loud ones that are hot and stink. Ewwwww.

5. This is for the men. Toilet seats go up before you use the toilet and down when you finish. Period.

6. Smoking, binge drinking. That going off the rails phase is over. Grow up

7. Lying. To anyone. Just pointless.

8. Picking fights with strangers like you are in a school playground. Stop that. 

9. Chewing gum loudly, blowing bubbles with it, popping it and when you are done with it, you throw it on the floor, or put it under a table or a chair? Etc. My worst nightmare. Getting goosebumps already.

10. Gossiping. Face front. Mind your business. 

Of course there are many more. Look out for that in Part 2.

Be Inspired 

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Today's Food For Thought

Mrs Annie Idibia today said;

"People will question the good they hear about you ... But believe all the bad things without a second thought... Do good still" 

I concur.

Be Inspired

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When Life Gives You More Than You Can Stand

Dear Miss A,

This is for you. 

We all have those moments where we feel the weight of our burdens hanging on our shoulders. At times we feel so overwhelmed with emotion we cry uncontrollably. Even in your darkest hour, remember, no situation is ever permanent. This too shall pass.

In the middle of the storm consciously remind yourself that you are strong and you are capable. From that trial, you will receive your testimony. You will come out triumphant and victorious. You can rise above any situation you find yourself.  God will never give you something you can not handle. 

And when I say tough, I don't only mean physically. I also mean mentally, spiritually, emotionally. Gear yourself up with the word of God. Strengthen yourself in prayers. Go on your knees and pray to our Heavenly Father. Prayer changes everything. 

Be strong

Be Inspired 

xoxo

And Who Said Men Don't Nag....

Here's another one:

🚇 Who is a MAN❓

❗A man is the most responsible part of God's creation who starts     compromising from his very tender age by giving, giving, giving and hardly taking anything back in return. Really?

  ❗He sacrifices his chocolates.. for his  sister. Not all brothers!

❗He sacrifices his dreams ..for just a  smile on his parents face. Sometimes...

  ❗He spends his entire pocket money💰 on buyng gifts💝 for the lady ..     he loves.. just to see her smiling. Lie

❗He sacrifices his full youth for his wife and children.. by working late at night without any complaints. Boohoo. Grow up! It's called the real world.

❗He builds ..their future by taking loans from banks and repaying them for lifetime. And so do women!

 ❗He struggles a lot and still has to bear scolding from his mother, wife  and boss. Hahaha!

  ❗His wife uses him to secure the future of her children and hers. And so what?

❗His life finally ends up only by compromising for others' happiness.🌺 Awww!

If he raises hands on a woman, then he's cruel. No, he is insane, mad, abnormal

If he gets hit by a woman, then he's a sissy. Hmmmm

If he picks up a fight seeing his girl with another guy, then he's jealous and insecure. Of course

If he remains silent, then he's a coward. Hmmmm

If he goes out, then he's careless. ROTFL

If he stays at home, then he's  lazy. True. Unless he is working from home...

If he scolds children, then he's a monster. Hahahahaha!

If he doesn't scold, then he's irresponsible. I beg to differ  

If he stops wife from working, then he's an insecure guy. Yes

If he doesn't stop wife from working, then he's somebody who lives on wife's earnings. Not if he has his own job 

If he listens to mom, then he's mama's boy. I'm ok with a mama's boy. My son will be a mama's boy too. 

If he listens to wife, he's wife's slave. No, he is a good listener. 

Get over it already!

That aside, we really do thank God for men.

Be Inspired 

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#Collabo : Photo and Video Of The Day

Trust me when I say this, it's the little things that make me Laugh Out Loud

Oh My!

Video: P Square ft Don Jazzy - Collabo is just as hilarious... 

Be Inspired

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Maths Genius at 10!

I'm so proud of this little lady. It just goes to show you can't put an age on your learning development. You can truly do ANYTHING you put your mind to. I just love reading news like this.

Esther Okade, from Walsall, is finding time between playing with her dolls to study a maths degree with the Open University

She's a big fan of Disney's Frozen, and loves playing with her dolls. 

But Esther Okade is also a university undergraduate after starting a degree at the age of ten. 

Esther, one of the UK's youngest university students, is studying for a maths degree with the Open University. 

She enrolled three weeks ago and is already top of the class, scoring 100 per cent on a recent test. 

Esther, from Walsall, in the West Midlands, isn't the only member of her family with a talent for numbers - her six-year-old brother Isaiah is already taking an A-level in maths. 

Her mother, Efe, said applying to the university was "an interesting process because of her age."

She said: "We even had to talk to the Vice Chancellor. 

"After they interviewed her they realised that this has been her idea from the beginning. 

   "From the age of seven Esther has wanted to go to university.

"But I was afraid it was too soon. "She would say, 'Mum, when am I starting?', and go on and on and on. 

"Finally, after three years she told me, 'Mum I think it is about time I started university now." 

Esther applied in August, and after a phone interview, an essay and a maths exam, she finally got the news in December that she had been accepted onto the course. 

"She was flying," said Efe. "She was so happy." 

"She is doing so well. She took a test recently and scored 100 per cent. 

"Esther talks about running her own bank one day," added Efe. "She has a lot of plans, and talks a lot about finances. 

"She says she wants to be a millionaire. 

"Isaiah is following in his sister's footsteps. He is doing calculus and advanced algebra. 

"Even when he was in my tummy Esther was already teaching him." 

Culled from the Telegraph

So Inspirational!!!

Be Inspired

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Frozen Fever

FROZEN

"An Act Of True Love Will Thaw A Frozen Heart"

The Saturday night this movie came out in London some time in November or December 2013, we took the children to the cinema to watch it. Like any other children's movie, Disney or otherwise I was not fazed although I did come out thinking this was the darkest Disney movie I had watched in years. I don't know why, I just felt really sad up until the end when Anna came back to life. When Anna was cut off from her sister and the way their parents died made me tear you-eyed. The only wow moment I had that night was when Elsa built her ice castle. But it's a Disney big budget movie so of course the whole world was buzzing about Frozen.

On the Sunday we found ourselves on the train taking our children to the Disney Store on Oxford Steet. We left with a deep hole in our pockets because going to a Disney store is almost like going to Disneyland. We came it with a lot of Frozen Merchandise to include pencils, sharpeners, colouring sets, notepads, cups and their most prized possession, Elsa's dress. 

Almost two years since its first release, I have to say Frozen has completely taken over my box set. My youngest daughter insists on watching it twice a day. Let me make something clear. My youngest daughter does not watch television. She is the only child I know in the whole world (I admit, I don't know that many), that does not care to watch television. You can be engrossed in any cartoon and she will be in the same room with you and she will not watch it. To date, she is yet to sit down for 10 minutes to watch anything on television. That of course was until Frozen came on to Sky Movies. Her sisters love watching Frozen in their Elsa's dress, just like any other cartoon or movie, but this is a moment in history for me. She is in 2 and yet, she knows all the words to the whole movie. I'm impressed. 

Just to add my two cents to the movie, having watched it a million times and had ALL the songs sung to me everyday, it has grown on me. I love the message it conveys to young people. An act of true love doesn't necessarily have to be between a prince and his princess. Love can be found just under your nose, in your family, with your sister. And because I have a sister, I know the feeling. Also, in its own way, it teaches children that they don't need to look for love outside. Love is always standing right next to them.  I love stories that are meaningful, realistic and has the element of sisterhood in them. 

Be Inspired

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Photo: Brings Back Memories

I have done this a number of times over the years with all three children getting their immunisations and vaccinations.

Sometimes the fear alone makes me leave this hard job to my brave knight in shining armour!

There is no question who is left more traumatised here. Funny though. 

Be Inspired

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A Man's Opinion

So I recently found this piece online...

It is clearly subjective. I don't know who wrote this but here goes. 

Enjoy

👑 HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY

1. Feed him

2. Sleep with him

3. Leave him with peace

4. Don't check his phone messages

5. Don't bother him with his movements

So what's so bad about that?

👠HOW TO MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY

It's really not too difficult but... To make a woman happy, a man needs to be 

1. A friend

2. A companion

3. A lover

4. A brother

5. A father

6. A master

7. A chef

8. An electrician

9. A plumber

10. A mechanic

11. A carpenter

12. A decorator

13. A sexologist

14. A stylist

15. A gynaecologist 

16. A psychologist

17. A pest exterminator 

18. A psychiatrist 

19. A healer

20. A good listener

21. An organiser 

22. A good father

23. Very clean

24. Sympathetic 

25. Athletic 

26. Warm

27. Attentive

28. Gallant

29. Intelligent

30. Funny

31. Creative 

32. Tender

33. Strong

34. Understanding

35. Tolerant

36. Prudent

37. Ambitious

38. Capable

39. Courageous 

40. Determined

41. True

42. Dependable

43. Passionate

Without FORGETTING to:

44. Give her compliments regularly

45. Go shopping with her

46. Be honest

47. Be very rich

48. Not stress her out

49. Not look at other girls

And at the same time, you MUST also

50. Give her lots of attention

51. Give her lots of time, especially for herself

52. Give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

But most of all, it is very IMPORTANT

53. To never forget - birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's and arrangements she makes

53. You must satisfy her in bed

Men are in trouble 😄😄😄😄 😳😳😳

All I'm going to say to this is..

Happy Wife Happy Life

Be Inspired

xoxo

The Best Things In Life Are Free

We thank God for the world we live in. The best things in life are truly free. I am sure some will beg to differ. Money is good, in fact, money is awesome. It opens a lot of doors and sometimes, the simplest things in life does require money. Especially when children are involved. But we know that in life, we cannot put a price on our happiness. What makes me happy might not necessarily make the next person happy. But I love some moments of my life.

There are some things to me that is priceless. 

Here is a little list of some things that are priceless.

1. For starters, the love of my husband and my children. Priceless

2. The fresh crisp air that I breathe in spring. Priceless

3. The sunlight that glistens on my skin every morning. Priceless

4. That exhilarating feeling of accomplishment when you have reached a set goal. Priceless

5. The look on your face when your doctor tells you your cancer has gone. Priceless

6. The smell of the flowers you planted in your garden. Priceless

7. The feeling you get when your doctor tells you after 9 years of marital bliss that you are finally pregnant with your first baby. Priceless

8. The kisses and cuddles from your children. Priceless

9. The unrelenting support of your friend during a trying moment in your life. Or even catching up with an old best friend. Priceless 

10. A clean and tidy house. Priceless

11. Cuddling up under the duvet with hot chocolate and marshmallow in tow. Priceless

12. Reading a good book. Priceless 

13. A walk on the countryside. Priceless

14. A well needed run to help clear your thoughts. Priceless

15. A good night's sleep after a long day. Priceless

Any more ideas I can add?

Having said that, let's not forget ......

Be Inspired

xoxo