bigfoodiemama

At 8.30 on a sunny , cold, fogy morning four Marathon Mary's met in Lidl car park, piled into one car and headed off into the sunrise to take part in their first Parkrun. Previously at this time on a Saturday morning these four warriors would have been either asleep, hungover or both but now rose like athletic goddesses to take to the cross country track. We arrived, about 45 minutes too early and parked up in Oldbridge on the grass, speechless with the beauty of the view of the estate, the Boyne bridge and the sun glinting through the clouds...it was breathtaking and at that moment it felt really good to be alive. I stepped out of the car to open the boot, to be greeted by a fellow runner who asked " are you ready for the pain ???" " Oh, I said, please don't mention pain as we are Virgins" I heard myself utter. He looked at me strangely and trotted off. It was at that moment that I realised the value of such events for the single ladies, and by the look on

PERI MENOPAUSAL ! OH YES ! Just when you think you have it sorted, your kids are big enough for you to actually enjoy a day out, you're broke but want for nothing, you're the fittest you've been in years, you've kept the 2 stone off for 2 whole years and Nadia has won the Great British Bake Off.....the fff*** hormones strike. The clues were there.....! "Am I the only one who finds it very warm in here?" I asked repeatedly at work, only to be told that yes I was. The heating has been switched off in my office and I relish walking in there to the cool. I have to have a window open at night for fear I might actually suffocate in my apparently airless bedroom. If you asked GASP however he may point to one particular feature. The one week out of every four he actually fears for his life has become a lot harder to predict. Now it can happen ANYTIME ! The mere request for some mayonnaise on a sandwich the other night saw the bread knife point straight upwards and gli