I’m back!

As you will have noticed, this is the first blog post for, er, a century or so [blush].

It’s not that I went anywhere, it’s just that I’ve had to focus on the business and children, and so much has happened… ok, excuses, excuses! Sorry! The action has all been taking place over here on Funky Angel, at the Funky Agency, with the Business Midwife clients, and over there on Twitter… everywhere but here actually!

So what’s been going on? Well, since I last blogged, I’ve been made redundant from my part time agency job and then started a magazine publishing company for some friends, and then went on to start The Funky Agency, and taken on lots more clients via my business coaching clinic, The Business Midwife.

It’s been busy to say the least!

We’ve nearly finished laying a patio in the garden (almost time for a Christening party!) and have been to France, went ballooning and taken up surfing.

The Funky Cherubs

The girls have continued to grow up a pace – Cecily is now officially taller than me, just reaching the end of Year 8 and has flown so much in the last year since breaking her collarbone that she is predicted to go forward into sitting Oxbridge at Sixth Form and has just been put forward to do triple science.

She isn’t overjoyed about the workload, but she has her mother’s focus as well as the brain, so she’ll cope magnificently I’m sure!

Felice did exceptionally well in her SATS and has continued to win medals through her athletic endeavors over the past year. She will be leaving our beloved John Rankin in a week’s time – a week! – and my nose is tingling already just thinking of how emotional Leaver’s Assembly is going to be!

She is becoming even more herself, if that is possible, and is happily poised to take off into the next stage.

Just me, then, left wondering what happened to my babies?!

Happy pets

And then there’s the animals…meet Lara…

Lara is a year old this month and after a rocky start she has grown up to be a healthy chatty little cat, getting her paws into everything and happily tormenting and playing with her great dog friend, Albie.

Albie himself has grown up to be a fabulous canine, well, apart from his penchant for chasing swans and ducks down, sorry IN, the river and canal, that is. Not that he EVER get’s near enough to even touch them, but still, he does seem to have a liking for a daily swim… although we did find out a couple of weeks ago, when we went surfing near Croyde, that he REALLY doesn’t like the sea!

He came in with us and tried doggedly to clear the waves, in the process getting sea water in his ears and swallowing even more. He then got clonked on the head a couple of times by the girls’ surfboards and swiftly retired to the safer sand, shaking his head in disgust and looking exhausted…

Poor doggog!

And last, but by no means least, there is Numero Uno, Jasper, 003 and a half, licensed to purr…

Jasper (Aka supermodel cat) has finally settled down and forgiven us for introducing t’other two, and is now happy bossing everything else around, especially Albie, poor dog!

Media Circus
I’ve been featured in Woman’s Own, on the radio far more than I care to remember (a highlight was meeting Anne Diamond, what a sweetie) and am being considered for a series on Channel 4 about Frugal Families.

Like I said, it’s been a busy year and it’s only July!

Please do come and catch up over at Funky or on Twitter, and I promise that I will be updating the blog from the kitchen table with ramblings, rants, and family (good, bad and hilarious) times on a much more regular basis.

Claire x