Monday 19 January 2015

Ensuring A Bit Of Me Time



It is wall to wall sport I have to report in this house , football and rugby and come summer there will be cricket , if there was international tiddly winks I am pretty sure that would be on the television as well . Don't get me wrong I do like sport but when on occasion it feels like an episode of 24 , though if Kiefler Sutherland was to appear I might perk up.

The sports 'widow ' aspect doesn't just stop there as my husband is secretary for the football team and also for the rugby team , and many an evening I'll find a football manager on my doorstep needing a form, not Aresene Wenger not just yet !


Then there is the washing of the kit , football , rugby and ooh do do much mud , my son has on occasion washed his own boots and I probably do it more than he does but I'm not fussed he's a good boy. He never gets into trouble and to and I will miss the sport and mud when he is at university but don't tell him that!


Mmmm miss the mud ....



My son is very good at his sport , in the past he has had football trails but it is a very competitive world so he is now just content with playing sport and so much so he is studying GCSE sport at school and wishes to have a career in sport. He had thought about teaching but now he is thinking of going to university after A levels to study sports science , perhaps some of that will involve how to get mud stains out of football and rugby kits!!





Even the cat ' Jack Black ' has got in on a bit of me time , he isn't allowed to sit on the new sofa and is trained to go to his box. His old box to be honest was a bit of a hovel but what with moving being quite awkward at the minute due to a volatile housing market it seemed impossible. Thankfully I was able to gift the box in which the Pamper Parcels items came in to Jack. So he has gone from hovel to penthouse in one fell swoop.




Mr T is an avid Derby County fan and apparently uttering the words:

"Will there be any more goals?"

Will cause the  opposition to score , Ooops sorry Mr T and Derby County FC and they were playing the deadly rivals Nottingham Forest , double ooops !

When I go to watch my son play sport always make sure I make good use of my time whilst my son is warming up before the watch and my husband is nattering to the other dads about football ,rugby etc. I go and take pictures that is another part of my making sure I have have me time and I go and take pictures , I love my countryside landscapes and it is a subject I have become known for and  I go awfully shy when they tell me that I am good. I made sure that I had my Burts Bee lip balm that came in my Pamper Parcels box to protect my lips from the elements , there is nothing worse than having chapped lips I tell you.



Sport will always be part of this family in some way or the other , we are off to Washington DC in August and I hope we can catch some American sports when we are out there , and I bet my husband and son will get competitive in the pool as well. I will of course be escaping for that essential bit of me time.

Disclosure Thank you to Betfair and Pamper Parcels for the opportunity to have a bit of me time.


20 comments:

  1. Omg I hope you've a top of the range washing machine to deal with that lot, I do not envy you there

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  2. That is some impressive mud! My house is sport crazy, but I'm lucky it doesn't involve mud as here in France my boys play handball (always indoors), tennis and a weird one called pelote (kind of like outdoor squash...sort of...not really)!!

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  3. A very sporty family! at least you have the cat :) We spend most of our evenings ferrying our two off to different sports clubs - it drives us crazy! x

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  4. All. THAT. MUD.... Shudder. Enjoy your pamper x

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  5. My lads as super sporty, so I am often a sports mum!

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  6. My hubby is sporty but he likes windsurfing and jogging, and I like walking and a bit of Zumba. I couldn't cope with all that mud in the house though lol

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  7. I don't envy you in the slightest! I'm quite glad my OH is into music rather than sport - much less messy - and it seems my son is following in his Dad's footsteps!

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  8. I am lucky in that I also enjoy watching the sports that my OH is keen on! Still wouldnt say no to a gorgeous pamper pack like that tho- enjoy your me time!

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  9. Wow-what a lot of mud! Your poor washing machine. Enjoy your pamper pack, it looks great :-)

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  10. OMG that mud. I am pleased to say that none of us are into sport.....actually, that sounds bad doesn't it??!

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  11. Look at all that mud! My husband loves running so he's often doing that but I don't think I could handle all the mess of muddy sports. The pamper pack looks great x

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  12. One good thing about having a husband that doesn't like football is that i don't have to deal with what you have up there!

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  13. I love the cat's new pad! And I'm so glad you got some me time, I bet those chocolates went down very well

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  14. I think my mum feels the same, my dad runs a local community football group and she has 4-5 kits a week to wash x

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  15. That is a crazy amount of mud. I am very jealous that you received some montezuma chocolate. Lovely stuff!

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  16. haha love this muddy photo... it reminds me of a dog training during Autumn months

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  17. That chocolate is the BEST!!!!

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  18. Pamper Parcels have always sounded great. Good on you for getting some "me time" - wow that's a lot of sport and a lot of mud ha ha :-)

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  19. me time is so important, I've yet to experience the sports thing but I'm sure as soon as W is old enough Tom and him will be at football practise! x

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  20. LOL Been there, washed the muddy t shirts, wee, cricket kits and rugby strips in our case. At one time, hubs (ex) and the two lads were playing cricket. I was ankles deep in muddy kit! In those days I could drink wine and eat chocolate...*sighs*
    Me time is VITAL, I say, VITAL for your well being and by that I mean sanity. x

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