{"id":99233,"date":"2020-08-28T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=99233"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:38:32","slug":"getting-september-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/pipa-gordon\/getting-september-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting September-ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here we go again, the second new year for me is September and quite frankly, so far this year has been a complete bag of surprises. What\u2019s in store next I wonder? Beely has been at home every day for the last six months, like so many other children, and I will miss her and our videoing antics terribly when she goes back to school. We have had so much fun creating IGTVs together!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

After our camping trip to the Isle of Wight, I joined Brian and his boys with Beely over in Wales. Initially Beely and I were going to camp too, but we decided to book a B&B, which turned out to be a stroke of genius as Barmouth had flash floods the day before we went up! Suffice to say, poor old Brian and his boys were pretty wet for a few days!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

On coming home, my body sent me to bed, literally. As I walked in the front door, every bone in my body began to hurt and some virus came along and knocked me out for days. I have spent the last eight days dosing up and drinking all kinds of concoctions, often including turmeric, which is my new found superfood! I\u2019m glad to say I\u2019m on the mend though and slowly getting back to things. As always, there\u2019s loads to do at this time of year, Myles is starting sixth form and Beely goes into year 11, so it\u2019s all go! Equally, my head is itching to get September-ready, so I\u2019ve started planning for the next season of my podcast and getting the house sorted ahead of the big return to routine!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Thankfully, just in time we have a Shark<\/strong><\/a> Today’s Special Value, so I was sent it to road test and feedback to you guys on my blog about how I got on with it. It\u2019s a beast that can take on everything, so I was more than delighted to! With two stepsons who are very asthmatic, two cats, one dog and two females with long hair that sheds everywhere, I am always at the end of a vacuum cleaner, so we are the perfect household to put new ones to the test! \u2026Oh, and also a good excuse to wear my new Kim & Co<\/strong><\/a> jumpsuit<\/a> that arrived just as the weather changed! (By the way, it doesn\u2019t have great reviews but I love mine, you just have to change your bra style to make the neckline work!)<\/p>\n