Thursday 19 July 2018

Glamorous Grandmother To Be...

Oh my word! Oh my goodness! Could I be any happier? Drum roll... I am so extremely happy to announce: I am to be a Grandmother :))))) My granddaughter is to be born in January. This is the best news I could ever have hoped for, I can't stop smiling. My son Philip and his partner Tracey have made me the happiest person alive. I honestly thought I'd have to wait years to be Nanny Nicci, although I have dropped tonnes of hints. And I'm so excited the baby is a girl - ballet classes, bows and dollies - as opposed to bringing up my son; standing on the edge of football pitches, never being able to plait his hair and rough play with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Although I couldn't resist buying her a pair of LFC knitted booties ~ keep her on the right track.

This news couldn't have come at a better time for me. Since returning from Portugal I'd been a bit down; wondering where I fit in, what to do next and have I made a mess of my life? My writing has suffered because of my mood, my book two seems to be a stop start excersise. And my job search is proving to be fruitless. But, now I'm to be a grandmother, I have a title, a purpose, a little person to read my books to and a fulltime job babysitting! Roll on January...

Oh by the way, if anyone is interested, I'm running a 'free' download promotion of my book this weekend Milo, Me and the Beast ~ The Beginning. May my happy mood continue :)

Link to download: begins Friday 20th July, ends Tuesday 24th July.
Milo, Me and The Beast



Grinning Grandmother to be...


My beautiful little Princess...

Couldn't resist... 


Surfing the net for princess dresses...

Sunday 8 July 2018

Am I a failure or an achiever?...

Exactly three years ago today I left the Wirral to begin my adventure with Milo in our Beast. Three years of travelling - places including Scotland, Ireland, San Pedro, Portugal, Italy and France. Three years of mishaps and mayhem, love and laughter, tantrums and tears, new friendships and romances - three years of adventure, an adventure I created and embraced. I have such mixed feelings about the last three years. I fall between a failure and an achiever. I didn't find a husband, a true love or a happy ever after. But I wonder if this was really what I wanted in the first place? I gave up my home, my possessions and my career and began my adventure with just me (and, of course, Milo). But were they things to give up anyway? or just things I no longer desired or needed?

On reflection I don't think I have achieved much more than I already had. But surely that can't make me a failure? I've experienced things that could have only happened on this journey, things that were not sitting at my front door. I've met people who would not have ordinarily crossed my path, I've visited places I did not know existed and I've experienced situations I thought only happened to other people.

So, now, I'm back on the Wirral and I don't have a home or a job or any possessions. But... I've written a book, I've been on television, I've been talked about in the media, I've exceeded the concept of travel, I have friends worldwide, I have memories galore and I'm still a size eight and don't have to dye my hair!...

Holding onto the sunshine...


MiloandMe in the sunshine...


Basking in bikinis...




Always been a bikini girl... 


Contemplation, Achieved or Failed?...