Today's funeral for Ben was really beautiful. Of course there was tears, but there's also a lot of laughter. 48 is far too young. It made me realise how much I miss my beautiful friend Natalie and I've promised to rekindle our friendship and support her during this tough time. It brought back many happy memories together and so much laughter. And having her family come over to say hello and us embrace each other made me realise how special the friendship really is. Sometimes life gets in the way of things. And sometimes it takes a moment like today to rekindle those friendships.

In spite of my Mother hovering at my elbow the entire time I was cooking I'd like to start by saying my prep work paid off and my family survived, not even a frustrated word passed my lips 🤐😂 Then this evening in the spirit of @Jamie Bigg Tip of the Day I decided to forego my Bank Holiday off and join a session with my writing coach...what I didn't realise was that she was bringing Holly Black along...so yeah this is me, flat out like a lizard drinking on my lawn discussing writing high stakes plot shifts with the author of The Bone Witch & The Spiderwick Chronicles...yep...the one that's a film 😳 I said it in my comment this morning, I'll say it again. If you invest in your learning, you invest in your future self. Put some skin in the game and bet on yourself by working with experts. I put my money where my mouth was in September (before I even knew Jamie existed come to think of it 😅) and in 6 months I've achieved more & at a higher standard than in the entire 2 years since having the idea for my book because I have the right help to do it...with a fantastic push in March from the Epic Bigg 30 crew of course! 🙌🏼💪🏼

Its an awful picture taken in a country park's dirty mirror (apologies!) after a massive, muddy walk today, but I had to take it and share because it's a big win for me as I noticed my quads popping through a little 😂🥳 I really am quite chuffed to have built these up again so far. I've always had thick thighs (even when I was skinny many moons ago) and always tried to fight them in the past to shrink them down but now I'm embracing them and feeling strong AF💪🏻 What's been your bank holiday wins and glimmers Ladies & Gents? ✨

Got that moment in the gym tonight doing dumbbell lunges when I thought “I can’t do this, it’s too hard! I’m wobbling all over the place” and then you look in the mirror and remind yourself that you don’t like the way you look and that’s why you are doing this and you get a burst of energy and finish the set 💪 Had another moment later on doing wall sits and then my two kids (teenagers) come over to join me and do the rest of my routine with me 🧑‍🧒‍🧒🥰

First session of the week done and I decided today would be legs and finished off with 30 mins on treadmil have a great week everyone 😀