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It’s been a good week and I’m celebrating one

It’s been a good week and I’m celebrating one of the highs on the rollercoaster of life 🚙💙

I bought a new (to me) car! And it’s the car I have been lusting over for ages, a beautiful Ford Puma. I never thought it would be in my budget but after visiting the dealership at the weekend and crunching the numbers, I am now a very happy owner of a beautiful new shiny car!

At the start of the year, I created a vision board of all the things I wanted to achieve in 2024. It included the realistic holidays and days out I wanted to take with my family, home improvements we wanted to do, job success and work life balance, and ‘me time’ ideas that I wanted to achieve throughout the year.

Creating the vision board has really helped me focus on why I work hard and what I want out of life. It’s not been an unachievable vision board it had to be realistic, I’m all for aiming high but realistic goals make me smile much more.

I’ve still got a lot of work to do on factoring in ‘me time’ and doing the things that I enjoy but the vision board on my laptop is there to remind me that actually, I can do anything that I set my mind to and it’s a pretty good feeling knowing that I have achieved some of it!

Tell me friends, how do you focus on your dreams and goals? How do you focus on what you want to achieve?

#visionboards #goals #achievements #newcar #happydays #fordpuma #manifestation #manifestyourdreams #dailymotivation #youcandoit

She’s definitely missing her best bud 💕 we’

She’s definitely missing her best bud 💕 we’re a week in to the new term and so far it’s going well.

Olly has started secondary school in Year 7 and is so far, enjoying it! He’s been a little nervous about the change and is still a little apprehensive about all the new lessons and the new school but is making friends and coming home smiling which is great to see!

Freddie is settling in well to Year 2 and enjoying being back with his school friends. He’s loving maths and reading and it’s so good to see his little smiley face waving me off the playground!

Keep reaching for the stars boys, you make me a very proud mum just being you ⭐️

#backtoschool #newterm #newschool #myboys #ourshiltonboys #cockapoocuddles #cockapoo #boysbestfriend

When we moved in in January 2022, we had this visi

When we moved in in January 2022, we had this vision to transform our dumping ground garage into a boys den (aka darts room) and a walk-in pantry. It was space we knew we could utilise in better ways and fast forward 2 1/2 years and our vision is complete.

The front two thirds of the garage is the boys den; full of books, their games and Shilts’ darts board and the remaining third we have turned into this amazing walk in pantry accessible from our utility.

It’s an incredible space with the most beautiful sliding barn door. Inside we have had to be realistic with our budget and we got 4 shelving units from @jysk.uk which match our flooring perfectly!

Everything has a home, we‘ve got tubs for biscuits, bread, crisps, baking bits and pieces as well as all the flour, rices and pasta all displayed so you can see it! I might change those tubs eventually as they’re not as aesthetically pleasing as I’d like them to be…

We are so happy with how it’s turned out! Huge thank you to Chris and his team at CAS Construction for bringing my vision to life!

#walkinpantry #garagereno #renovation #garagerenovation #pantrygoals #slidingdoor #dreamkitchen #happydays #staffordshire #CASconstruction #kitchengoals

VIP Experience with @naparacinguk 💙💛 Yeste

VIP Experience with @naparacinguk 💙💛

Yesterday we headed to @doningtonpark to enjoy all the @btcc qualifying track action with a VIP day out with our fave racing team!

The boys are huge @danielrowbottom.32 fans so couldn’t wait to see him and the rest of the team as well as experience all things VIP in the NAPA bus up on the Hollywood bank.

We had a yummy breakfast, a team intro with the NAPA team mechanic, a nosey around the paddock and met some BTCC drivers @danzelos45 @daryldeleon_ and @chrissmiley22 then watched Free Practice 2. Spent a small fortune in the shop 🙈, headed back to the bus for lunch and then a Q&A with the Napa boys and Tim Harvey! Got the team autographs then watched Qualifying from up top and afternoon tea! 🏎️🏁🔥🧁

We ended the day watching the @crazycartchampionship with @thatguygray, Dan Zelos, @tomchilton, Daryl De Leon, @scottsumptonracing and @nickhalsteadracing zooming around the track with inflatable crocodiles and balls galore flying around! Hilarious! 🤣

#btcc #donington #napavip #btcc #touringcars #britishtouringcars #familyfun #daysoutwithkids #ourshiltonboys

Realistic home tour • It’s been two and a half

Realistic home tour • It’s been two and a half years since we moved into our ‘new’ home and we haven’t really stood still since we got the keys.

We saw SO much potential when we looked around the house. We couldn’t wait to get stuck in and make lots of changes to make this our forever family home.

We changed the layout of the downstairs with walls knocked down and a couple put up, we wanted to create a cosy living room and a practical hallway straight into the kitchen.

We got rid of the fake beams and the dated brick fireplace and worked to create a cosy living room for evenings curled up with my boys on the sofa with a good film!

We’ve still got a few finishing touches to do with some artwork and photos but it’s a work in progress 🏡🪴

#ourhome #livingroom #newhouse #newhome #groundfloor #hallway #realistichomes #homesofinstagram #staffordshire

Will never tire of seeing these beautiful northern

Will never tire of seeing these beautiful northern lights in my back garden 🩷 ✨

#aurora #auroraborealis #hednesford #staffordshire #northernlights #incredibleskies #lookup #nofilter #pointandshoot #nightmode

That’s two weeks annual leave gone in a flash bu

ad | Earlier this week, the boys got an amazing op

ad | Earlier this week, the boys got an amazing opportunity to visit Trent Bridge, the home of the Trent Rockets, to take part in a @dynamoscricket coaching session with the @trentrockets team.

Dynamos Cricket participants enjoy money-can’t-buy experiences as part of the course, including this brilliant session where the boys took part in three different activities on the pitch, they had a blast bowling and batting, throwing balls and catching them alongside Trent Rocket favourites @alanaking95 @imadwasim lewisgregory23 and @calvin_harrison_ 🏏💛

My boys are loving @thehundred this summer and can’t wait to watch more of the action! Follow @dynamoscricket for more info on how to get involved.

#TheHundred #DynamosCricket #cricketfans
#trentrockets #trentbridge #letsplaycricket #cricketmum #cricketfans #cricketkids #summer24

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