May in photos......

Looking For Gift Ideas?

On Friday i received this lovely Canvas print gift  from Bags of love here is their website for  gift ideas blog....

And as you can see it means a lot to me as it is all my children doing what they love best running...

    This is a 12"*16"

I was very pleased to receive such a great quality print,just a few days after sending a picture via e-mail and i must say we have a few picture canvas around the house but nothing compares to the the quality of the wooden frame,canvas and picture on this print.....

they also do

• Same day despatch if ordered before 2pm Monday to Friday
• UK delivery only £3.95 any size any quantity
• Free wall fittings
• Free date stamp removal
• Free red eye and blemish reductions

here is a example price guide for  the canvas prints 

Canvas prints example prices (inc VAT). Other sizes up to 500cm can be made.
30x30cm 12"x12" £29 30x40cm 12"x16" £39 40x40cm 16"x16" £45 50x40cm 20"x16" £55 60x40cm 24"x16" £59	70x50cm 28"x20" £89 50x80cm 20"x32" £95 100x60cm 40"x24" £110 150x100cm 60x40" £206 Upload photo & choose size to get quote
Only £3.95 p&p any size any quantity (UK). Next Day delivery 2pm cut-off.

They also sell loads of other great gift ideas bags , designer-bedding-and-cushions , books , etc why not pop over to have a look at the   gift ideas blog for some great ideas....


The thing's on my wish list are.....


1.Love this bag and i have a great photo of my daughter in over sized sunglasses and lots of jewelery on would look great on this....


2. A really big picture of all my family for above the fire place just got to get everyone together now and start practicing some great family shots.... 

Here is some ideas of some really cool gifts...













They sell gifts for all occasions Weddings,Anniversary,Birthday,Christenings,Christmas,Mothers day,Valentines day and not forgetting Father's day gifts ...


Not sure what to buy someone? they also do gift vouchers.... gift ideas blog

Diet & Fitness Mondays

 After a few hard week's training I had a nice easy week this 
 week as I've built my mileage back up and done a few races
 over the last two weeks.The thing is now after having a few
 easy day's and eating what I like don't want to run again.....

This is the message I had on dailymile when having a few days off..

1. I'll Beat You :)
   

   While you're resting, I'm stacking up miles on you..... 

   
   

   Lol this is true...

   
   

   
   

   so true.....

This makes me laugh and want to train again :)

 Thanks.....

Monday 23rd May .

6.11 mi 01:00 09:45 pace

Windy morning run....

3 mi 00:30 10:00 pace

2ND run today was tired from this morning's run.

Tuesday 24th May.

00:30

Half mile swim....

00:20

weights in gym...

5.93 mi 00:55 09:12 pace

Long warm up 8*400 meters hill reps with jog recovery...

1.81 mi 00:17 09:23 pace

Long cool down....

Wednesday 25th May.

3 mi 00:32 10:40 pace

Thursday 26th May.

1.48 mi 00:14:29 09:49 pace


Friday/Saturday/Sunday rest after a hard months training...
.

 
Only ran 21 miles this week and 0.5 mile swim so looking forward to a hard weeks training...

I love running and motivation quotes....here is a few ....

"What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'."

-Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner

"To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths."

- Amby Burfoot

Many people shy away from hills. They make it easy on themselves, but that limits their improvement. The more you repeat something, the stronger you get."

- Joe Catalano

"Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares."

- Jim Fixx

"It is better, I think, to begin easily and get your running to be smooth and relaxed and then to go faster and faster."

- Henry Rono

And my favourite one...

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

- Unknown

This week the kids are off school so i shall be blowing the cobwebs of some exercise dvds and trying dance central out on the Xbox ....

Do you have a favourite quote motivational or just  life quotes?


There is loads i love them....And always love to hear new ones....


Any favourite video games to workout to?


Hope you've all had a great weekend,have a great bank holiday.... and hope you will pop back for my blog hop on Friday :)

Blog Hop Fridays....

Hi being new to blog hop nothing turned out to good this week but I would like to thank everyone who asked about blog hop and hopefully want to join in next week, also I want to Thank Jeanine who manage to join in :)

Hopefully blogger will be working properly next week and also Google friend connect.also I have change my linky so this week it will be real easy to join in just add your name and blog to the list and hopefully a few more people may join in ...

Remember anyone one can join in and it would be great if you did so we can meet new blogger's and new blogger's can meet you,would love if you could tell your friends too :)....

Hopefully see you Friday..... :) :) :)

Silent Sunday

Blog Hop....#1

Hello welcome to week 1 of blog hop please link up your blog :) :) :)

1. Follow me the host on google friends connect and if you leave me a comment I will follow you back...
2.Follow as many people as you like and let them know your from Clairejustineoxox blog hop....

3.If you would like to grab my button this helps you remember to join and gets lots of other people to see who might want to join in....

Ends Saturday night....

Thanks for reading hope you will be a part of it :)
If you would like to leave me a comment's on peoples blogs too.... everybody loves comments....:)

Boot Sale Bargains....

Manage to get to a boot sale today my hope was to find a nice vintage maxi dress for 20p or something similar like the great dresses vintage vixen always finds ,but looking back at 9.20am when the kids have gone to school most of the bargain have been picked over.Still got some great bargains...

 

Remember these? I use to have some about 7 ish years ago when Venga boys were big dancing around to we like to party....20p still tagged up...

2 Nike top still tagged up £1-00 each ...

1 size 8-10 1 size 14-16 but for a £1-00 each  they will fit ....

New Tom and Jerry t-shirt £1-00

Top tagged up £2-00...

Fingerless gloves 20p each....

7 plain shirts 20p each

ideal as I have loads of flowered skirts and no plain tops....

Tagged up cap

£1-00

Very pleased with today's find....

What bargain have you found this week ?????

The Gallery:My Backyard.

Today over at The Gallery the topic is My Backyard.

Here are the photo's of mine backyard not to big and not to small just right for us as we've never got the time to do much gardening....

Was so pleased when we were left this by the previous owner

but after 2 and a half years still never got around to using it.

The patio ready for barbecue weather.

The little old shed needs a little TLC.

The waterfall another thing that's never been use!

This time of year our garden is shared with these bugs

(not sure of their name)

But the good thing is they go to sleep when it to hot....

We just need a few nice flowers now to finish it off....

Diet and Fitness Mondays.,

Monday.

6 miles 01hour 01min  10:09 pace

For 2.5 miles my feet hurt,think its because i have been trying to run more on my toes,was going to stop but at 2.5 miles it just went maybe i needed to warm my feet up...

Tuesday.

4.93 miles 00:41mins  08:15 pace

Race was tough on trails with lots of hill in but enjoyed it... i think....

Wednesday.

6.01 miles 01hour 05mins 10:53 pace

OUCH...recovery run after last nights race...so stiff for 2 miles...

Thursday.

4.68 miles 00:51mins 11:00 pace

Morning run...

1.5 miles 00:15mins 10:00 pace

forgot to press start on garmin.....

Club run

3.62 miles 00:33mins 08:59 pace

10*300 mtrs reps at club,legs hurt after Tuesdays race....

1.04 miles 00:09mins 57sec 09:33 pace

Cool down....

Friday.

1 mile swim/day off from running...

Saturday.

6.93 miles 01hour 05mins  09:26 pace

Run with friends....

0.49 mi 00:04:23 08:58 pace

Cool down...(down hill)_...

Sunday.

7.15 miles 01hour 10mins 09:48 pace

Nice run with a friend,felt a lot easier pace than yesterday....

First biggest mileage week since January,glad to be back on track....

42 miles running..... 1 mile swim...

Trying to get more fruit in so every morning I squeeze 2 oranges...bu find the more exercise I do the more junk food I eat.....

2 Oranges make this much juice....

                                         Me and my oldest 2 boy's before Tuesday's race......

I need some core exercisers in now....

What exercise have you been last this week? anything exciting?

Any good healthy eating tips you want to share ?

Happy Monday let's hope it's a good week.....

Frock it #4

                                                                   Orange and Lemons...

I brought these 2 dress with my birthday money and before I know it over 2 weeks have past and I'm sorry I forgot to post pictures...

I love them as soon as I seen them but can you believe it I still haven't got round to wearing them.....

Both dresses from Primark at £9-00 each a great bargain...

But they do come smaller and I need to take home a larger size than usual....

Silent Sunday.,

Something For The Men...

My son ordered some great thing from Republic last night as they have a big sale on but forgot to ask his Dad if he wanted anything.So I pop down to see what they had in and they've got some great thing at bargain prices...

Got some men's shirt down  from £24-99 to £5-00...

Men's t-shirts down from £19-99 to £5-00...

And I did try to be good and not buy anything but....

Ladies vest tops down from £5-99 to £2-00...

Bargains or what?

As I had other shopping to carry this is all I could buy today but hubby said he will take me back after work as I need something new for going out!!!!..... :)

Just hope they have what I really wanted left  in store as they were very busy

got to be quick at these prices.....

Sherwood Forest...