Day 7: Blog Everyday In May......... Pets ...... Animals I love and would love to own ;)

Hey everybody How are you all doing today :)  

Todays topic is on Pets...... bout ones we own or used to own but to be honest I thought I would change this around a little and share with you all what my favourite animals are and which ones I would love to have as pets :) I love Animals full stop I think they are so cute and adorable, cute and so so loyal :) 

My first favourite Animal of course has to be 

Huskys are a long long long time favourite of mine.  Oh my goodness I want one now even looking these photos. They are known to be the fastest dog ever and used for pulling sleighs they are the hardest working dogs and so dedicated to their owners The next dog to them is the Alaskan Malamute which are the largest and most powerful sled dogs and of course again very dedicated to their owners :) 

I did have one :( last year but I had to pass him onto someone who could look after him better as they had more space than me here is a photo of him :( 

This is Huchi Wasnt he absolutely adorable :) :) But he is in a better place with more space and freedom :) I still miss him :(

The next favourite animal of mine 

The Cheetah 

I have found a new love for these amazing Cats.  Not only are they the fastest Animals in the world, she is also the most amazing mother in the world.  The lengths that she will go just to protect her young is amazing.  She will battle everything and anything no matter how big or small to protect her young.  She has to literally take care of her young from the moment she has them as the father leaves the pack as soon as they are both.  She puts me in mind of us human mums out there.  She teaches her cubs everything she knows and then when she feels they are ready to fend for themselves she leaves them be but always checks on them Love it :)    

My next favourite animals are 

The most amazing Tigers 

Just look at the eye of him in that photo wouldnt you look at that photo forever !!!!

Now the funny thing is I am not a lover of Cats because of a bad experience I had when I was a kid with them but here I am putting 2 different species of cats up as my favourite animals lol 

The Tiger is the Largest Cat of all.  I love how they sit so proudly and they way they move you can see how muscular and how clever they move.  Their coat is amazing I love everything about them I would love one as a pet to cuddle up to I bet they are so warm and cosy :) 

The Grey Squirrel 

I know that these are more aggressive than the red squirrel but they are so so cute.  My mum lives in an apartment which is 3 storeys high and she has a balcony where there is alot of trees around and if you sit in the balcony you will see nothing but grey squirrels running 2 and fro from tree to tree there is something so peaceful about watching them 

Penguins 

Awwww do I even need to tell you why I love them 

They are just too cute with their little woddle and stuff :) 

Pandas 

They are so fluffy and cuddly and cute and squishy and I want one beside me in my bed at night you would never need an electric blanket or a man in your life if you had one beside you hehehehe 

Ok I think I will stop there lol :) 

I think you get the picture I love animals so much but these would have to be my top favourite and actually on my wishlist to own even though I would never actually get to own one but hey I can still dream eh? 

Whats your favourite animals :) 

Until Next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 6: Blog Everyday In May............ Bank Holiday Fun

Hey Everybody Its Monday Bank Holiday once again Wow these days I fine Bank Holiday creeping up on me like no mans business.  Its mad Years ago I found Bank Holidays would never come :) Especially when you would be looking forward to a good weekend out :)  In Ireland Bank Holidays 90% of the time is a weekend to look forward to going out in the town with your friends and having a good knees up :) aka plenty of drinking and craic :) 

When I had My first baby Them weekends Reduced to maybe one or two weekends out 

Now with 5 kiddies going out on a Bank Holiday Weekend exists no more :) 

I actually can not even remember the Last Bank Holiday Weekend I was out in the town but to be honest I dont miss it either especially when I look on Facebook Monday Mornings and see the sayings "Oh my poor head" or "I am never drinking again" or the good auld saying in Ireland "Anyone coming for a cure" lol 

It doesnt mean I will never go out on a Bank Holiday again but at the moment they are on hold and I dont mind it one little bit.  

Now onto how I spend my Bank Holidays :) 

Well like every other day that varies but I do like to make sure that I do Something with the kiddies after all they are off school and when its either raining, snowing or the sun is shining its nice to get out and about 

So As I said weekend differ in my house so I will share with you what happened so far this weekend 

:) 

Well for the first time ever 3 out of my 5 kiddies were asked to stay over either in their friends houses or in their grandparents which in deed has been a treat for both them and me :) :) 

They are having an absolute ball 

So that leaves me with the twins now in all honesty the twins felt a little out of place because the house felt so empty poor little mites.  It showed me more than anything this weekend how close each one of my kiddies are with each other which I love :) 

So I decided yesterday to bring the twins to their favourite playcentre in which they had a ball :) 

They were so excited and we had our lunch out and got sweeties after it.  Today they will be coming away with me to visit my aunty who they have only met once since they were born I am excited about that.  I am hoping it will perk her up as she is not feeling too good but she adores kids and it will be lovely for her to see them.  The rest of my gang is coming home later today so I have a movie night planned out for them.  Popcorn the lot and they have no idea I am doing it :) Its these moments I treasure more than spending alot of money going out in the town (dont get me wrong I love to go out its nice to get a break too) but seeing huge smiles on your childrens faces and making beautiful childhood memories for you children is worth everything

They going out on the Bank Holiday Weekend will happen again but im in no rush to get back to it yet.  This is the time to make amazing memories for your children after all when we are adults most of or memories go back to our childhood some of us have had really crappy childhoods some of us have had a brilliant childhood but at the end of the day Its worth seeing a child smile :) :) 
Another thing I really got to enjoy for the first time in god knows how long was the MOST AMAZING LONGEST LUSH BATH EVER without been disturbed in anyway oh my goodness its was a night to remember because normally when i have a bath I literally get about 10 minutes before someone calls out "Mammy......" but after the twins went to bed I was literally in the bath like a shot and spent a full hour in it awwwwww bliss 

So thats my weekend so far :) 

How have you spent your weekend :) 

I hope you have had a good one no matter how you spent it :) 

Until next time Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 5: Blog Everyday In May................Fit and Healthy

Hey my beautifuls I am very proud of myself I am on day 5 and still havent missed a day yet wahoo for the Nina baby :) 

I hope you are enjoying these posts I really love the whole challenge thing I havents even looked at the calender with the list of topics we have to write about each day until the day its due as a surprise for myself plus its an extra challenge as I do not have time to plan the post :) 

Todays post is Fit And Healthy: "What do you do to stay fit or be a healthy individual? Share any useful tips and advice. Or tell us about your plans to get healthier."

I am going to be honest straight out to you all I am not one to keep a Health plan or im not a fitness person in any way. I dont stick to any food plan or I have never once entered a Gym. Sounds bad I know but to be honest I never really had the time to go to the Gym not with 5 kids

People are always asking me how I keep trim and healthy looking and I basically answer them the same reply "Its my kiddies who keep me this way" lol because its true.  

When it comes to fitness I have to admit I am in no way fit at all but I do walk alot.  I always bring the kiddies out for a walk (depending on the weather) for an hour a day so that in my eyes is plenty of exercise for the day.  I love playing games and doing activities with my kids and thats what keeps me trim too.  You remember being a child once all you did was run around and play and no matter what you ate as a child you burned it off instantly well whats wrong with lifting a football going to the park and playing footy with the kiddies or going swimming with them or simply bringing them to the park and playing with them lol Jump onto that trampoline its fun and a great way to keep fit.  Getting a bouncing castle for your childs birthday ?? Join in with them who cares who is looking at you its fun and your kids think its so funny that you are jumping with them.  I dont like sitting around all day doing nothing its not in my nature.  Even when I am sitting at the laptop doing my blog posts at some stage I have to get up, do something and go back to it.  

• Food wise I dont restrict myself against any foods because to be honest I believe once you restrict yourself you crave for it more and that leads to binging on that particular food type be it chocolate, carbs etc.  
• I believe eat in moderation and your body will not crave for it.  Listen to your body If you crave for something ALLOW YOURSELF WHAT YOU CRAVE FOR but also know when to stop.  
• I do believe breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if you skip it then you can not function properly a good breakfast means no dipping into the biscuit tin or heading to the shop for a bar of chocolate and a packet of crisps.   
• Eating out of boredom is a no no because you feel like poo basically try entertaining yourself in other ways like going for a nice relaxing bath, painting your nails or going for a walk.  Your body doesnt need boredom food so dont give in 
• I suffer with IBS which means that I have had to learn the hard way that White pasta, Too much chocolate, White breads etc is a no no for me so I have had to train myself to buy brown of everything.  Fruits is very hard on my stomach because of IBS which is horrible as I love fruit so I cant eat it but I do stew my fruits and that is easier on my stomach its the same with vegetables I cant eat them raw but I do half cook them as I love a crunch in my veg and that works for me too.  
• Once you train yourself to shop properly you will be healthy.  Never shop on an empty stomach !!!!!!!!!!! You end up buying foods that you will not even eat or you buy pure junk foods which is ok in moderation but you will notice at the check out that half of your shopping is junk food hmmmmmmm.  
• I love sweets anything sweet around me is consumed and I will not restrict myself come on its hard to say no to a lovely slice of chocolate cake or a bowl of icecream or a packet of your favourite sweets but there is a thing call portions and once you stick to portions your fine you do not need to go over the portion to be satisfied 
• I tend go healthy 2 days in the week to give my body a little detoxing time which means I have a healthy dinner lunch etc containing lots of vegetables and either white meat or fish.  
• I also very rarely fry my food when doing stir frys or cooking meat I either roast or boil and it tastes just as good.  

To be honest ladies and gents at the moment I am actually trying to put on weight which hard to believe is just as hard as trying to lose it as im sure there is some of you out there in the same boat  Believe me there is nothing sexy about been stick thin and its no fun trying to dress.  I am proud of myself lately I have gained weight and went up a dress size but it has been hard to do especially with my busy schedules and especially when I dont want to feel like im a waste bin inside.  I wanted to do this in a healthy way not just totally binge of junk food and end up feeling like crap but thats another blog post when I reach my goal weight and dress size I will be sharing with you all how i did it :) 

Always remember one thing and that is YOUR ARE BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE OR SIZE YOU ARE AND DO NOT CHANGE YOURSELF FOR ANYBODY ONLY YOURSELF !!!!!!! 

Well thats it from me It may or may not be helpful to you all but thats the way my life is at the moment in the fitness and healthy subject 

Until Next Time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 4: Blog Everyday In May....... Five Favourite Blogs

Hello my beauties how are you all doing today :) 

Time for Day 4 of the Blog Everyday in May Challenge 

I have to say this is a difficult on because I have to share my 5 Favourite Blogs 

To be honest Its too difficult to choose honestly I absolutely love reading all different types of blogs.  I love finding new blogs and am always on the look out for new bloggers to meet from all over the world but to actually choose just 5 is so hard but it is the challenge so I am going to share with you 5 blogs I read every Single day and if you are a blogger and not included please dont take offence as I do love you its just that I am only allowed to put down 5 :)  So I have decided for todays top 5 Blogs they are all going to be Irish blogs because to be honest Ireland is a small country and we really do have some amazing talented people here.  I feel Irish bloggers need some more exposure and what better way to do so than today :)  

So the first one has to be 

Leanne Woodfull of Thunder and Threads 

This girl is absolutely amazing.  She isOne of Ireland's most popular fashion, beauty and lifestyle channels! I'm a fashion and beauty blogger, as well as freelance writer and stylist.  Her style is unique and her own thats what i love about her.  Not only that but she is a true inspiration in every way possible.  She has had alot of bullying going on in her life but in real life and on youtube and to be honest has stayed strong throughout the whole lot and showed those so called low lifes that if you have dreams and ambitions in your life nothing and I mean nothing will stop you achieving them.  She has also been through and is going through recovery of Underbite Surgery and is quite happy to share her whole experience through it both before and after and I have to say even though she looked amazing before she looks even more amazing now because her confidence is shining through day after day Love this girl :) check her out :) 

Beautie.ie

Where do I start with this blog honestly ladies and gents if you are a beauty crazy person like us all and havent heard of beaut.ie where have you been hiding :) 

They even have a book out for goodness sake lol I am only kidding but seriously you will be over whelmed with the amount of genuine reviews, entertainment, fashion talk, celebrity goss and so on and so forth.  There is about They have a huge team behind them who work hard to give us amazing daily posts you will be entertained every single day.  Who needs magazines when you have Beaut.ie 

Viva Adonis

A Blog written by two best friends.  Reading their blog posts is like sitting in front of them with a cuppa tea and having a chat with them.  I trust their opinions and reviews alot and I know they are 100% honest in what they say.  Dee and Sinead are two very beautiful woman who take pridy in their blog and it shows by they way they type and of course by their lovely photos :)  Their blog is jammed with product reviews, skincare tips, fashion, events and lots more.  

The Make up Fairy 
Where do I start with Joanne This girl is beautiful inside and out :)  Her blog is absolutely amazing I am so jelly of her newly designed blog.  From the moment you click into her blog you will be entertained with either product review, fashion posts, tutorials and so on.  She has a new youtube channel which has been a hit from day one.  She is a very talented Makeup artist, Curvy model, stylist and amazing reviewer.  She is a very independant woman and an inspiration to all women.  She supports alot of companies but one major company she has teamed up with is Scarlet Jewellery an Irish Company who sell amazing costume jewellery.  She is also a Brand ambassador of ONLY Clothing and Beauty Emporium an online Irish website the list just gets bigger and better :) Check her out :) :) You will not be bored been apart of Joanne's World :) 


Makeup By Saz
Awwww This girl is a little sweetheart who I have met in person a few times now and have become good friends with in the past year or so.  We literally chat everyday and we have so much in common.  Before I got to know Sarah I loved her blog from day one.  To be honest she deserves alot more exposure than she gets :) She has an amazing fashion sense and could literally come into your home and make amazing outfits out of your wardrobe even out of the clothes you have stuffed into the back because you haven't a clue how to style them up.  She can copy any celeb outfit and make a more affordable look similar to the celeb's outfit.  She is also a quality Beauty Therapist and does some random makeup tutorials on her you-tube channel.  She has a passion for what she does and you can see that in her posts and videos.  Love this girl Only for her I wouldn't know how to dress my shape :) 

Thats all everyone As i said this has to have been the most difficult post because I have so many blogs I absolutely love and adore Check out my BB Friends List for more people i follow and Make sure to keep an eye out for more as I need to update it :) 

What's Your favourite blogs to visit please share :) 

Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 3: Blog Everyday In May.......... A Day in The Life of Miss Nina

Top of the morning to you all :) :) 

Well now todays blog post is about a Day in the Life of MEEEEEEE

Wow this is going to be cray cray lol 

After all I do have kiddies but I will try to have everything straight to the point and not long winded I promise :)   I will tell you about my day yesterday and add a little of what normally goes on in my house 

Ok first of all as you see by the picture above I normal am up in the morns in time to see the sun rise. I was up at 5.30 because a little visitior decided to jump in beside me at 3.30am and since that ive be kicked, head-butted, dribbled on and of course have landed with a creak in my neck because i didnt want to move out an awkward possition in case i woke him.  Poor thing had a bad dream so I couldnt say no to him :) 

7.00am School Rush can be hard work as the oldest and the youngest out of the 3 are not morning people but Nina snaps them into reality usually by a big breakfast or threaten them with the "awwww maybe you need vitamins if your so tired all the time" lol they surely pick up the pace :) You see there was one time I got vitamins that didnt taste nice and they were not impressed I kinda kept them in the press just for those day i need them to move faster (Cruel? Nah i would never actually give them the vitamins lol im not that bad) 

8am:  The 3 oldest is gone to school by bus and its now time to get the twins who are 3 their brekkie :) and of course mummy needs her brekkie and cup of tea where I like to sit down and check my emails, maybe read a blog post or two or 5 lol, and maybe start on one myself.  

9am:  Time for a shower which normally happens with the twins playing in my bedroom with my makeup brushes (i have some set aside for them to play with ;)) they love playing with them or their brothers ds's 

Depending on the day But I normally do my makeup or have a makeup free day which i like to do.  Today is a "No Makeup day"  So its literally a 5 minute look just enough to cover the dark circles from the night before :) 

10-12 am Is clean up time normally the simple everyday house hold chores like washing dishes , washing clothes folding clothes bladdy blah blah :) sometimes I get my photos taken at this time because the sun is in my back garden at this time so perfect opportunity 

1PM:  The twins have their dinner and normally I prepare the dinner for the 3 oldest when they come in from school they usually are in their words "Starvin" lol

2pm -4pm  The 3 oldest are home and of course my 14 year old sister comes in the door at this stage as she goes to school in the same town as me so its handier for her to come here after school.  They all sit to eat then BOOM EXPLOSION "Homework time" "mammy I cant do this" "mammy will you help me" "Nina I need this signed" lol brilliant Love it but most days they are all ok to do their homework themselves :)

The twins of course are given their own papers and pencils to "do their homeworks ;)

After Homework they all go outside to play and I sit with a cuppa in front of the laptop to do more on my blog post.  Normally disturbed about 20 times in the space of a half hour but one or all of the kiddies lol 

5pm Time for a walk up town to treat the kiddies to some sweeties I do this once a week(the sweeties part i mean) I do love to take them all out for a walk for an hour a day just because its healthy for them and me :) 

6pm-8pm Tea time, play-time, storytime and bedtime busy but bliss when the house falls silent YES!!!!! 

Now time for me to get ready for bed time I love jumping into my pjs, tidy over and relaxing for the evening and having my dinner in peace.  Usually at this time I do blog posts, catch up on my favourite blogs watch videos and all that good stuff. 

Sleep can vary as the twins usually wake up twice a night still yes i know but they were born 2 months premature so they are stuck in a routine they used to have to be woken every hour when they were born for months so its not their fault but when i give them in a drink they usually go straight back to sleep.  My sleep is between 5-6 hours which believe me is alot compared to what I got for the first 2 years of the twins lives I survived on 2 hours a night :) 

I like to keep a routine when it comes to the kiddies food times and bed times after that you never know what the day brings from one day to the next which I love more than anything.  I love being a mum because im so busy everyday and thats they way I always have been 

I hope this wasnt too long winded and boring for you lol 

As i sit here this morning I think wow today was different  already and its not even 9.30am yet :) For example my 7 year old is in Dublin with his dad now getting fitted for a new eye as he has taken a sudden growth spirt and the eye he has got is getting too small and causing him a little agro and he is getting his eye that he has now polished up (If you are new and dont know what i mean check out this blog post to fill you in ) plus I have to help my oldest daughter, my teen sister and her friend get ready for a junior disco later this evening awwwww its never ending :) 

Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 2: Blog Everyday in May....... Spring is here

Hello everybody :) Today's Blog Everyday in May topic is ....Spring is here 

To be honest I actually had to wreck my brains to think of a blog post to write on this heading.  Its seems easy enough but when you put fingers to keypad for some reason you get typist block if thats such a thing so I decided I will point out a few thing and include picture of how I know when spring is here in Ireland because for many countries Spring time is different.  I suppose its basically my favourite things about Spring time :) 

Now in all honesty spring time did not start great here they weather was so bad that it felt like winter and some weeks we would be stuck inside because of the awful wind rain and even snow at some points.  All was not lost because at mid April the weather started to pick up the evenings started looking brighter and the mornings start off bright and crisp so much so I started seeing one of my favourites sites in my life....... The Sun Rise most morning :) :) 

What I also love is the sound of the birds chirping in the mornings and even during the day.  Its such a sweet beautiful sound so peaceful and you cant help but smile when you wake to a super bright morning and lots of birds chirping.  I have a big tree in my back garden with lots of nests full of old and new birds my garden does be filled with birds eating food that i have left out for them I love it :) 

Another thing I love about the spring time is the flowers blooming there is nothing more exciting and beautiful than seeing your garden brighter and fresher from the flowers you have planted the bright colours and the fresh scent from them is wonderful.  These are more flowers from my lovely sister I have to add to my garden I love them 

Another thing I love about Spring is getting out more with my family.  More family days out Its amazing how just getting out of the house more puts an amazing feeling in your bones :) Seeing the smiles on their beautiful little faces gives me such a rush its so hard to explain the warm feeling.  My heart is racing now even thinking of their little happy faces and the fact they are getting out into the fresh air soaking up some Vitamin D puts a beautiful flush to their cheeks.  When they are happy and content mammy is happy and content :) 

Lastly what I of course can think of the the change in colours when it comes to Beauty and fashion.  Your outfits change your makeup changes and of course out comes the tan :) We all start to thinking of bright colours wearing less wintery shades more Spring colours I love the bright shades of everything and most of all I love the brights in makeup and in nails It some how makes people look younger in so many different ways 

One of my favourite Spring looks :) 

Some of my favourite spring time nail polishes :) 

Rimmel Apocolips

Wet n Wild 

Catrice frozen rose 

Just a small sample of what i love for Spring time I have lots more but i would be going on forever and ever :) 

What is your favourite thing about Spring time :) 

:) 

Until tomorrows post 

Take Care and Mind yourselves :) 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 01 :Blog Everyday in May........ 5 Lines

Hey my beauties :) 

As you know today is the 1st of May (time is flying by too fast) and I am sure you all know at this stage I love challenges and tags.  I have done a few challenges like the 28 kisses challenge and the Instagram challenge A Photo a Day on Instagram Last month which I totally enjoyed :) 

So Last night I was kinda sad because it was over and I was wondering if there was going to be any other appealing challenges for this month and low and behold Nykki for Nykki Talks Beauty posted up a link to a challenge she is taking part in and I really like the sound of it :) So I decided YES I am sooooo doing this challenge and here we go.  

I wont write up a massive intro on it simply click this link to Elizabeths blog Rosalilium.com to check out the challenge and if you want to sign up to it all the information is there 

So basically she has posted up a calender of the month of May and each day has a blog post idea for you to do each day of course you can think of your own but this is a guideline to what you can do :)

I am excited and I cant wait to try this out as it will definately be a challenge to get a blog post up every single day including my own blog post but hey it would be called a CHALLENGE otherwise eh?

So Day 1 is 5 lines........ and I decided I would write 5 facts you do not know about me :) 

1. When i was a teenager my favourite boy band of all time were the backstreet boys and still to this day I love singing their songs :) 
2. I never swim in the sea because i have a serious phobia of jellyfish oh my goodness if i seen one now I would cringe I literally cant even look at pictures of them ahhhhhhhhhh
3. I suffer with IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome which is absolutely horrible especially if I eat the wrong foods like white bread or pasta or too much chocolate.  I tell you when IBS plays up on my I look about 3 months pregnant its horrible 
4. When I was pregnant with my 2nd baby I suffered very badly with pre-natal and post natal depression .  It was a very dark part of my life and I am hoping one day soon I will do a write up about it (if you would like me to do that let me know in the comments below) 
5. My first pet was a dog called Toby which was actually my nana's dog and he used to follow us home everyday when we visited nana.  He was so clever and used to always escape from nanas to get to our house which was able a half mile away from nanas and wanting to stay with us so we ended up just keeping him at ours :) 

So that is 5 lines (well sort of lines) 5 facts about me you didnt know about me 

Are you taking part in this challenge ??

If so please let me know and add your link under every challenge day of mine so I can see yours 

I hope you all have a lovely day 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx