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So happy to have joined in with @louiseslittlecorner #happypostswap this month. I was paired up with @helschesterton and it’s amazing how a total stranger can do something so thoughtful by sending you a gift in the post that you will definitely use. We’ve been chatting and we actually have a lot in common and even pass each other from time to time without knowing! Haha! Thanks Helen for my gift and thanks Louise for organising! #happypost #happy #post #kind #kindness #happiness #friday #itstheweekend #book #wine #prosecco #bubbles #reading (at Surbiton)

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On my way to work where on this day 8 years ago, 21st June 2010, I was waiting with @fortyyards at @kingscollegehospital to finally become parents after many many years of waiting. @emmitawayman and Terie were waiting in the wings to catch my tigers and at 1129 and 1130 in theatre 1, Edith and Emily were finally born and or lives became complete. For some reason this year I am feeling slightly more emotional about their birthday and feeling a little bit weepy that I am lucky enough to be able to go back to the place where it all began all while I work and support families who are cared for at King’s. Happy birthday Emily and Emily 🎁 🎂 🎈 #birthday #happybirthday #parenting #parents #twins #twin #twinningiswinning #birthdaytime #summersolstice #midsummersday #summer #2010 #8yearsold #babies #birth #caesarean #kingscollegehospital #ivf #infertility #fertility (at London, United Kingdom)

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8th birthday done. #cake #birthday #birthdaygirls #twins #happybirthday #8yearsold #birthdaycake #twinbirthday #cakedecorating #krispykreme #whenyoucantdecidebtweencakeordoughnut #doughnut #donuts #mandms #sweets #party #birthdayparty #partytime (at Surbiton)

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It’s exhausting being a champion #showdog #dogshow #surbiton #tolworth #milleniumgreen #cockerspaniel #puppy #dog #cutestpuppy #spaniel #champion #winner #cockerspanielpuppy #cockerspanielsofinstagram #dogs #dogsofinstagram #puppygram #puppiesofinstagram (at Surbiton)

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🤕 PHOTO 53 😷 Fibro Flares 🤕 Now, I don’t very often post about when the fibro becomes a pain in my ass (which is every day) but it has been such a difficult week I feel it’s only fair to my fellow #fibrowarriors to raise a little bit of awareness into how I’m feeling right now. 😷 The last week has been crazy tough. It started with a poorly child which led to disrupted nights sleep and being cooped up indoors unable to do my usual amount of movement and exercise (there’s only so many times you can walk from the front room to the kitchen). 🤕 So the lack of movement, lack of sleep, lack of vitamin D, and general distraction of day to day life started the the cycle of pain and fatigue coming back to a rather ridiculous amount. Then with my really rather rubbish immune system I of course picked up the virus and then sent the fibro on a field day. Fibro 1 - Warrior 0 🤕 I’ve been stretching, walking, eating as well as I can (despite the lack of appetite), doing massage, aromatherapy, mindfulness and generally trying to distract myself but I have not been able to go to work, and I HATE when it stops me going to work. 😷 So today I have slapped on my make up (which has made loads of difference as you can see 😂😂) and I’m hauling my ass into work just to dip my toes in. I have no idea what the fibro wants for me at times like this, but what I do know is that I absolutely must not give in and lay in bed all day. For me that is a slippery slope. I’m telling myself that all of my efforts have stopped it being much worse, although I’m not sure I could feel much worse! 🤕 I’m also a little unsure of why I’m putting this out there. I don’t want sympathy, and I definitely don’t want anyone to have pity for me, but I would just like a little bit of acknowledgement for invisible illness for me and my fellow warriors and maybe to help them feel less alone despite my usual torrent of positive posts you see on my feed. So I guess that’s it, and with that I paint on my biggest smile and face my day head on. #fibromyalgia #fibrofighter #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibro #fibromyalgiawarrior #fibroidsawareness #fibrosucks #fibrolife #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior

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🐶 PHOTO 52 🐶 smile! 🐶 No better reason to post this, than that after two days of a poorly child and now having a sinking feeling I am close behind, this makes me happy. 🐶 #cocker #cockers #cockerspaniel #cockerspaniels #cockersofinstagram #cockerspanielpuppy #cockerspanielpuppies #cockerspanielsofinstagram #cockerspanielworld #cockerspaniellove #dog #dogs #doggy #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #doggie #spaniel #spanielsofinstagram #spaniels #spaniellove #spanielpuppy (at Surbiton)

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🍕 PHOTO 51 🍕 Gluten free and vegan pizza! 🍕 So happy to see that @sainsburys online are now stocking @nodoughpizzaco pizzas for home delivery! 🍕 This one is the vegan margarita and for a gluten free and vegan pizza it tasted pretty darn good. The base is a cauliflower base and the toppings taste just like the real thing! 🍕 I’m a big fan of pizza and I have desperately missed making my own pizzas since becoming gluten and dairy free last year. But this is a winner! And at only 201 calories for half a pizza you can be a real pig like me and eat a whole one without feeling guilty 🙈 Give it a go! 🍕 In other news I’m stuck at home on carers leaves with a child under the weather, the dog dog is being dog sat by @ancaamadalina and so this meal has been a welcome comfort meal 🍕 #glutenfree #dairyfree #vegan #pizza #margarita #healthy #cauliflowerpizza #vegancheese #tomatoes #pickles #lunchtime #delicious #yummy #fibrodiet #chronicillnessdiet #antiiflammatory #food #instafood #veganfood #veganfoodporn #nodoughpizzaco #ilovepizza #wednesday #vegans #glutenfreelife #glutenfreediet #glutenfreedairyfree #glutenfreevegan (at Surbiton)

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😘 PHOTO 50 😘 This time last week.... 😘 Matt and I had just been to a spa and were eating good food on holiday 😘 Fast forward a week and I had some lovely news at work that simply brought tears to my eyes and excites me so very much 😘 So while I’m no longer on holiday and back to work (in a job I love) I still feel like this. The secret to happiness? Spas and other people’s good news 😘 #spa #spadays #happy #happiness #holiday #happytimes #love #excited #happyface #happyday #tuesday #tbt #thistimelastweek #aquasana #centerparcs #goodtimes #goodnews #good #instagood #instalove #instahappy #husbandandwife #embarrassingmumanddad #embarrassingparents (at Center Parcs Longleat Forest)

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🥂 PHOTO 49 🥂One good turn deserves another 🥂 Last Sunday at 6am while taking Betty outside to.... well you know..... I stumbled across someone’s very wet and sorry looking iPhone on the driveway into our flats 🥂 Initially I picked it up and popped it on the wall and then very soon realised this was just asking for someone to steal it 🥂 So I took it in, dried it up, charged it up and waited. Eventually the owner came along using a tracking app and we reunited her with her phone. She was visiting a friend and had travelled from Jersey....! 🥂 Anyway, on Saturday her friend came and gave us this rather lovely bottle of plonk to say thank you with a lovely card. Karma is definitely a lovely thing when you do good! 🥂 Also, aren’t my peonies amazing?! 🥂 #gooddeed #doagooddeed #goodsamaritan #onegoodturndeservesanother #karma #prosecco #wine #thankyou #thanks #itsnicetobenice #benice #bubbly #peonies #flowers #feelgood #monday #goodnewsstory #flower #peony #organicprosecco #organic #willbedrinkingthisattheweekend (at Surbiton)

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🌳 PHOTO 48 🌳 Normal service is resumed 🌳 Another Sunday another section of the #londonloop completed. This time from Kingston to Teddington via Bushy Park 🌳 While we thought we knew #bushypark and all it had to offer we were hugely mistaken! We new it was BIG but not as big as the area we explored and we didn’t even take it all in! 🌳 We saw many many deer, including one having a swim, lots of springtime babies, and stopped for lunch in a lovely cafe in Teddington before hopping on the bus home. 🌳 Now to get my head around going back to work tomorrow! Goodbye annual leave, you’ve been wonderful 🌳 #london #royalpark #royalparks #deer #summer #spring #loveisintheair #babies #lunch #cafe #kingston #hampton #teddington #surbiton #fulwell #walking #familywalk #familyfuntimes #family #holiday #halfterm #annualleave (at London, United Kingdom)

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🐱 🐶 PHOTO 47 🐶🐱 can we be friends? 🐶 So we have had the dogdog for about 8 weeks and I *think* one of the cats is finally starting to accept that she is here to stay 🐱 Over the past week our nearly 13 year old cat Maude has been gradually letting Betty get a bit closer and this morning even let her rest her head on her. Or rather “tolerated it” (that face though) 🐶 Sadly for Betty she found this development far too exciting and proceeded to thump her cocker spaniel tail on the bed and tried to give Maude a kiss which was a step to far and so got a smack to the head from her new feline friend. One step at a time Betty, one step at a time 🐱 Don’t mention Maude’s son Monty, not a chance 🐶 #cat #catsofinstagram #cats #catdog #instacat #cats_of_instagram #catstagram #catlover #dogs #doggy #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #dog #dogs_of_instagram #instadog #dogfriendly #cocker #cockers #cockerspaniel #cockerspaniels #cockerspanielworld #cockerspanielsofinstagram #cockerspanielpuppy #cockersofinstagram #puppy #puppydog #puppylife #puppygram #puppylove #friends (at Surbiton)

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👞 PHOTO 46 👞 new slippers! 👞 I got these for my birthday last week and this evening I finally gave in to the new soft snugness that you can only get from a new slipper 👞 Since having #fibromyalgia it’s the little things like this that really male my day. Comfort is everything and this really did make me happy today 👞 It really does only take the simple things 👞 #slippers #newslippers #slipper #footwear #loveyourfeet #feet #cosy #snug #soft #suede #newshoes #fibro #chronicillness #mindfullife #mindful #tuesday #itsthesimplethings #itsthelittlethings #love #instagood #instalove #happy (at Surbiton)