Revisiting The Queens Q Hotel

When we first visited the incredible Queens Hotel the weather was horrific, in fact treacherous. The wind and rain were torrential on the journey over, followed the heaviest snow. It was so bad we decided on the Saturday we had better not hang about and set off back home very early in the day. As it happens we were right to do so, had we set on an hour later we would never have made through the country roads home.

Leeds 2Now don’t get me wrong, apart from the weather we had a wonderful time at the Queens in fact I would go as far to say we all fell in love with the warmth of Jaquie, her team and the incredible history and atmosphere of this iconic hotel. We were also very lucky that Jaquie had booked us a day training with the Leeds Rhinos, so we had an excuse to go back and visit Leeds in the summer.

Read More

A Dream Walt Disney World Itinerary For Teenagers

Last week I shared Joe’s dream tween itinerary, this week I am sharing Jacks  dream teen Disney itinerary. One thing I have learnt from this exercise is how different both of our boys are. Their itineraries and choices were just poles apart.

Joe likes more action, stunt shows and water rides whereas Jack? The faster and wilder the ride the better. When I think back to when Jack was younger he was not into fast rides at all, then one day the thrill seeker in him developed and now his mission is to ride all the wildest roller coasters.

A Dream Walt Disney World Itinerary For Teenagers www.extraordianrychaos.com

Read More

A Very Relaxing Day at the Thornton Hall Spa

So when my lovely friend Karen text me to say ‘would you like to go on a Me Time adventure to the very beautiful Thornton Hall Spa’ I was a little bit giddy. Me Time is all about putting time aside for yourself, and the thought of spending the day in a spa after the hectic month I had just raced through was my idea of heaven.

thornton hall pin

Read More

5 Steps to Positive Thinking

I like to think I am quite a positive person, most of the time I see the positive happy side of life. I can turn most situations around to a positive. Of course there are things in life that no matter hard I try I can’t find the positives in, such as teaching inspections, as soon as I think of that dreaded word it just puts a knot in my stomach. It’s awful how a word can affect you in such a negative manner, make you want to run for the hills.

positive pin.

Read More