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Disneyland do's and don'ts

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The happiest place on earth. The land where all your childhood memories come flooding back. The land of queues...huge crowds and price tags. What a way to open eh? This half term holiday I took my third trip to Disneyland, this time as the adult who has to budget, plan and look after the kids we are travelling with, I saw a very different, still magical but different side to Disneyland Paris. Over the 3 days we spent there we definitely thought of some hints and tips that we would follow, if, there was a next time.  1) Set a budget.  With two holidays booked this year, including Disney, a new house, house decorating and general life to live, we were probably crazy for even considering going away...twice. But if you have read any of my other incredibly ad-hoc blogs you will know I love to travel and frankly have had a few difficult years and so felt like we deserved some fun. We choose to stay at the Explorers hotel, which is a Disney partner hotel. I stayed at this h...
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New beginnings

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  Its been a very long time since I have felt confident enough to post on my blog again, to let people in, to publicly share. I'm pretty sure I may have written that in the last one too....not original but the feelings remain the same. So much has changed since I last posted and despite the fact I am super nervous as I write this I feel its time to just let it all go, this is one way I can do that. This time two years ago I made what felt like the biggest decision of my life, I walked away. Away from a life I thought I wanted, Away from people  I thought I trusted and loved, worst of all I walked away from people I thought loved me and I took a step towards a future I had no idea about...at all. There's something terrifying, no matter what age you are to change everything. My life changed overnight. the 30th of July will always have a tinge of sadness, a slight odour of something rotten, but as the years go by its fading and becoming less significant. This year I bare...
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Tick tick goes the clock

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Time is a funny thing... People say Time heals all wounds. Time is money. Time is eternal. In my mind...Time is trapping. The past 6 months have passed in a blur of endless monotony and while I've accomplished so much at the same time I've accomplished so little. Isn't it funny that we spend so much of our younger years wishing to be older, wishing for experiences just beyond our reach...and then we get to a point where we start  wishing we were younger? We get caught up in the hum drum of everyday life, going to school or work, traffic, family commitments and before we realise it its New Year's Eve and we are counting down to another year. How many times have I heard someone say "I can't believe it's nearly March already" counting down to their holidays, birthdays or christmas. Why do we spend so much time wishing instead of living each day the way it comes. Time moves so quickly...no matter what we go through the world stops for no-one. I wish it...
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Time to start again....

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Its been 6 months, maybe more  since my last confession...I mean blog...and it is with sadness and surprise that I once again find myself in a new situation, in a different country and feeling the strain of yet another stressful year. 3 months into the PGCE process and to be quite frank, I'm surrounded by lesson plans...some of which simply are pants and would never pass inspection. However, I keep trudging on for the simple fact that one child said hi to me at lunch and another called me a legend! I still don't like Tea and while the smell of coffee is inviting...I would much rather not have it pass my lips! Its true what they say it's the hardest year ever...not because we do not love what we do but simply because an extra year would just be nice! By the sounds of it my fellow PGCErs find themselves hidden in the corners of staff rooms throughout the country, sleeping...nowhere near enough and generally lacking me time! Bring on the Beer Tent.!! Over the last few days...
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