We had just returned from a family holiday on 30th June 2007, when two terrorists stormed the airport with a jeep loaded with petrol cannisters.  The terrorists then started attacking a policeman who had run to the scene, before one of the men actually set himself alight!  My husband had been packing our suitcases into the car when the attackers struck.  At first he thought it was just an accident, but pretty soon he realised that something far more sinister was unfolding, and he ran to the aid of the lone policeman who was under attack by the terrorists.

A scuffle ensued, but unfortunately, Hubby ended up lying on the ground next to the burning jeep, with his leg broken in two places, before being pulled to safety by female security guard, Mary McCandlish and baggage handler, John Smeaton.

On the day of the attack, when Hubby was lying in his hospital bed, I said to him:

You are either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid!  I’ve not made my mind up yet!

However, I can now confidently state that:

My Hubby is a hero!  He risked his life to save others, and I am so proud of him!

Since the attack, Hubby has received many accolades for his bravery, including The Sunday Mail Great Scot Awards, The Pride of Britain Awards and the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.

Hubby is such a reluctant hero too!  He doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about, thinking that anyone would have done what he did!  Sure, there were several brave men who intervened that day, to help thwart the terrorists’ plans.  However, there many others who fled in the opposite direction, and others who just stood and watched, some even filming the events on their mobile phones!   My Hubby acted on instinct, and his instinct was to help the policeman and stop the attackers.  That makes him pretty heroic in my book!

Asides from his bravery, my Hubby is the wonderfulest because he works hard to provide for his family, is a very hands-on father, a loyal and loving husband, well-liked by everyone who knows him, generous and down-to-earth.

We’ve been a couple for more than twenty years, married for thirteen.  He is my rock.  He certainly is my Mr Wonderfulest!!

I’m linking up with Mama M at My Little Life and her Mr Wonderfulest contest! (If you like my post, please “Like” it on the Linky!… Thanks!)

I’m taking part in Living Well Wednesday – a fun, weekly blogging meme, focusing on achieving our new year goals ONE WEEK AT A TIME!

Diet & Fitness progress for this week:

• I’m now firmly back in the healthy BMI range, having lost half a stone (7 lbs)  in just one week!  Yay!
• I’ve started using an i.Fit machine to top up the workouts I’ve been doing.

i.Fit is the latest state of the artWhole Body Vibration machine, using BOTH oscillation AND vibration.

• I’ve being attending a Zumba class, as well as doing Zumba Fitness Wii workouts at home.
• I’ve been doing daily yoga workouts on Wii Fitness Plus.
• I’d been doing Tony Horton’s 10-minute workout DVDs until my DVD player blew up!!  Thankfully, my clever Hubby managed to rescue my treasured fave workout DVD, but sadly the DVD player was beyond help and has had to be replaced.

You can join in with Living Well Wednesday over at Natalie Collinson’s blog.

This week I’m joining in a new blog meme – Living Well Wednesday - a fun, weekly meme, focusing on achieving our new year goals ONE WEEK AT A TIME!

Whether your goals are physical, spiritual, mental (or anything inbetween) then this is for you!

This is a great time for me to join in and share my goals!

I have just recently finished up studying for my part-time business degree, and had to take a short break from blogging and blog hopping.  Now that I have got my final exams out the way, I have renewed energy for projects that have been on the back burner:

• Re-vamping my blogs – I have been wanting to revamp this blog for a while.  I have lots of ideas to restructure and rebrand this mummy blog – www.mammakerr.com.  I also have plans for my other websites, which I am keen to see come to fruition soon…. Watch this space!….
• Getting stuck back into my home-based businesses -I’ve been neglecting my home-based businesses – Vie At Home & Barefoot Books. I don’t really have time to do parties any more, but I would like to concentrate on my e-commerce sales, and explore other opportunities for doing business locally…
• Launch my NEW business venture – I have recently signed up as a Trader for Phoenix Trading, selling beautiful greetings cards.  In fact, the host of this meme, the lovely Natalie Collinson, is my upline manager at Phoenix.  I joined at the end of March, because there was a special joining offer.  However, I have been far too busy with my studying to launch my new venture.  I am now ready to get stuck in, so…. [shameless self promotion alert]…. if you would like to learn more, please visit my Trader website or contact me for a brochure.
• Write More – I would like to devote some time to continuing with the Writers Bureau Creative Writing course, which I started before my degree.  The course can be done at my own pace, so I put it on the back burner for a while to concentrate on my degree.
• Health & Fitness – I’d like to get back into the swing of things with food optimising via Slimming World’s Extra Easy diet.  I’d really like to lose a couple of stone (over 30lbs).  I want to squeeze more exercise into my daily schedule, such as Wii Fit, exercise DVDs and Zumba.

What about you?  What are your goals?

Join in. It’s easy.

• Write a post on your blog with an update on your goals this week
• Add the Living Well Wednesday button to your post and link to our host, Natalie, at http://nataliecollinson.com
• Link up each week using the linky tool on Natalie’s site.
• Visit other participants and enjoy the fun of working on our goals TOGETHER
• It’s never too late to join… hop on in, you can be sure of a warm welcome!

I took a wee break from blogging and blog hopping for about six weeks, as I devoted my time and energy into finishing my part-time university degree!  It has been a long hard slog, but I had my final exam on Tuesday 3rd May, which also happened to be my birthday!  What a relief it was to get that out the way though! 

Now it’s time for one of my favourite memes – Five Question Friday – Oh how I’ve missed this fun blog hop!

No, I’ve only ever shared a room with my little sister and my husband.  I’d probably be a nightmare roommate, as I am a hoarder and can be a little messy at times! 

 

Having no middle names makes form filling a skoosh!! 

Absolutely!  I watched it with my own two beautiful princesses!    They dressed up for the occasion and we had a Royal Tea Party on a blanket on our livingroom floor.  Here’s some pictures of my princesses watching the nuptials…

The bride was radiant!  I thought her dress was beautiful, elegant and very classy!  Her sister looked stunning too! 

If you haven’t see this video already, you need to watch it now.  It’s hilarious!! 

Now that’s what I call a fun wedding procession!!! 

I just like having a nice lazy morning, breakfast in bed, watching the telly and cuddling my girls!!  A nice wee lunch or dinner out with Hubby, the girls, and my parents is pretty perfect too!! 

Happy Mothers’ Day to all my American Mommy Friends!!  xx

Who needs expensive gifts or candlelit dinners?

That’s what you call TRUE LOVE!!!

Remembering Why I Don’t Like Exams!

Making hay while the sun shines.

Burst pipe. No heating. Household chaos.

struggling to work through to-do list

I have sooooo many things that I want to do and need to do, but sooooo little time to do it all in!

Life is a balancing act between family life, a fulltime job, part time study, writing blogging and other home business ventures. It’s hard to fit all that in AND keep on top of household chores!  But hey, to be honest, I LOVE having a busy full life!