About Me

A Bit Lot About Me

See the woman dressed as Ariel with the slightly crazed look? That's me.

I'm 26 at the moment but that's likely to change in the future. I've been married to my partner, Chris,  of over 5 years since the 1st November and we've a beautiful daughter who came crashing into the world mid June 2013.

I'm hindered by a fair few ailments, both physical and mental. Namely hypermobility, fibromyalgia and BPD. A few professionals have tried to tag other diagnoses on to me, but I'm already weighted down with enough labels.

My daughter, Elodie, is the love of my life. She is my rainbow baby - desperately wanted and dearly loved. 1 in 4 women endures one pregnancy loss (shocking if you've never heard this before), but I'm 1 in 100 in that I endured 3 in a row. The only positives to have come from my experience is that I wake every day feeling lucky and I've also networked with some amazing women who've been through the same. They taught me how to be strong.

I'm working through a health and social care degree with the Open University. The modules I've chosen are aimed at mental health and social care management. Years ago, I worked in homes with adults who deal with developmental and mental health problems. I really enjoyed it, but the fibromylgia set in and I had to leave my job. So, now I am retraining in the hope I can go back into that field in a managerial position part time. It's also been very enlightening to apply what I am learning to myself - to understand where my place is in the system.

I really love video games. I've got a mass collection of retro consoles and games as well as more modern consoles and games. I've been eyeing up the latest generation consoles, but Chris has said (and I agree) that consoles need a year or two for the manufacturers to iron out the bugs and get a good library of games.

I like fashion. I use that term loosely. I neither set nor follow trends. I just like clothes. I can be seeing wearing a whole array of things from vintage to modern, geek to chic.

I love makeup. After a sleepless night with a teething baby, it's a great way to create the impression that you're not half dead. I have a tendency to bite my nails during periods of anxiety but for the occasions I let them grow long, I've a nice stash of lovely nail polishes.

I own a sewing machine. It's not a great one but one day I'd like to be rich enough to own a kick ass machine with a built in overlocker and embroidery stitching and every other doohickey machines can have. I've never had any lessons and I don't consider myself a pro. I'm self taught to an intermediate level.

I've a real soft spot for Disney, Studio Ghibli, fantasy films and I love bricking it while watching a horror.

This will almost certainly be a scatty and disorganized blog where I sound off, add tutorials for sewing, review games, restaurants, products and parenting techniques.