Monday, 6 July 2015

My Favourite Songs At The Moment

What's summer without a few good tunes?  As I have said many times before I love listening to music so I have compiled another list today:  my favourite songs at the moment.  I will also leave links below so you can check them out if you want.  Here we go!



  1. Years and Years - Shine
  2. Walk the Moon - Shut up and Dance
  3. Avicii - Waiting for Love
  4. James Bay - Let it Go
  5. Hozier - Jackie and Wilson
  6. Kodaline - Ready
  7. Kodaline - The One
  8. Kygo - Stole the Show
  9. Sam Feldt - Show Me Love
  10. Otto Knows - Next to Me


So those are my 10 favourite songs at the moment.  There's a mixture of up beat songs and slow songs to get you through the summer months.  Let me know what your favourite songs are and until then...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Friday, 3 July 2015

15 Reasons Why I Love Summer

I do love the summer!  Who doesn't?  I also love compiling lists and so in this blog post I have combined my love for the both and made a list of 15 things I love about summer.  Here we go!



  1. No school.
  2. It's more sunny and sometimes it even gets hot!
  3. Sometimes it doesn't rain which is nice for a change.
  4. Longer days.  I love going outside at 10 in the night and it's still bright!
  5. Getting a tan (or at least trying to get a tan).
  6. Nice fruit, ie. strawberries!
  7. Smoothies!
  8. Ice cream.
  9. The beach.
  10. My birthday.
  11. More free time to relax and hang out with friends.
  12. Yummy salads.
  13. Holidays with family.
  14. Bright colours.
  15. Picnics.


So there it is!  15 reasons why I love summer!  Let me know what you love about summer and until then...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Thursday, 2 July 2015

12 Books I Want To Read By The Time I'm 21

Today I was in one of my favourite bookshops browsing.  I noticed a book display entitled 12 books to read before you're 21.  Some of the books included were Twilight, Harry Potter and a couple of other books that I have read before.  The book display gave me the idea for this post.  I am constantly finding new books that I want to read so here are just 12 that I want to get through before I turn 21.




  1. If I Stay - Gayle Forman
  2. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  3. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
  4. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
  5. My Sisters Keeper - Jodi Picoult
  6. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
  7. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
  8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein
  9. The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
  10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
  11. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
  12. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold


I'm going to keep an eye on this list to see how many I actually read.  Let me know what books you would like to read or just about anything you want to do before you reach a certain age.  Until then...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Heaven In A Fancy Glass - A Summer Smoothie



July has officially arrived and there is a heatwave on the way (apparently), so what better way to celebrate summer than with a delicious and refreshing smoothie!  I love summer because the weather is warmer (most of the time) and because the nicest fruit is available.  A personal favourite fruit of mine are strawberries and so I love to use them in an array of tasty smoothies!

Over the past couple of weeks I've been experimenting with different types of smoothies and I think I've found the perfect one.  It's a perfect mixture of sweetness and all the amazing flavours of my favourite fruits.  It's so quick and easy to make that you just can't go wrong!  

So whip out the sunglasses, lather up with sun cream and sit back in the sun with this delightful drink in your hand!


Ingredients:
(serves 2)
  • 1 Banana
  • 1 Nectarine
  • 8 Strawberries
  • 75 ml of apple juice
  • 150 ml of natural yoghurt
  • Ice



Method:

  1. Chop up your banana, strawberries and nectarine.
  2. Put all the fruit into a blender along with the apple juice and natural yoghurt.
  3. Add in some ice cubes so your smoothie will be nice and cold.  I usually add about six.
  4. Put the lid on the blender (very important), plug it in (also very important) and blend all your ingredients together until they are completely smooth and there are no lumps of ice.
  5. When you've done that, get out a fancy glass.  It's summer, spoil yourself!  Pour the smoothie mixture into the glass.
  6. If you want to be even more fancy you could always stick an extra strawberry on the side of the glass and drizzle some honey on top of the smoothie.
  7. Drink and enjoy the heavenly flavour!

I hope you enjoyed my little recipe!  I think smoothies are amazing.  They are simply delicious AND they're healthy which is a bonus!  Let me know if you tried this and until next time...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Life Through A Lens


When you take a picture, you capture something special.  It could be an example of natures beauty:  a flower, a butterfly or even a sunset.  That image is made permanent and is one you can look back on to admire again and again.  You can also capture a special moment you spent with family and friends.  That moment becomes a memory which can be recalled in the future.



A picture is a powerful thing and is captured through the lens of a camera.  You have to admit that it is quite and invention!  Used to capture historical moments, the camera is now used to capture our best angles and to make us appear better than others.  We blame the camera for not making us look good enough, for emphasising our bad features.  We blame it for something it was never made for.

Something else we hold against cameras is when they are out of focus.  The clear, crisp image we desire is not always easy to obtain.  Objects have no definite form and colours melt together so you can't make anything out.  This is something I deal with on a daily basis and have dealt with since I was eight years old.  Being out of focus.  The only difference is that I use a different type of lens to help me.



Their arms hug my temples and curl around my ears.  They sit comfortably on my nose holding two windows in front of my eyes.  When I look through these windows everything comes back into focus.  The objects around me have definite shapes and outlines.  The colours no longer spill over each other but stay neatly in between the lines.

People who don't wear glasses just can't seem to understand what it's like to need them.  I am always asked what I see when I don't have them on.  I don't have double vision.  I am just seeing things as through a camera that is out of focus.  If you can imagine that then you'll understand.



I don't like having to wear them.  I find them a nuisance.  They are impossible to keep clean and always get in the way.  I would love to have my full vision back but it doesn't happen by magic.  Maybe in the future I will invest in laser eye surgery but for now glasses are a part of my everyday.

I hope you enjoyed this post.  It's just something different I wanted to do for a change.  Until then...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Monday, 29 June 2015

My Biggest Fears

Everyone is afraid of something no matter how big or small.  Some fears come about from terrifying experiences while others come about for no reason at all.  In this blog post I'm going to tell you about some of my fears.  Ridiculous or not these are the things that give me nightmares!


1)  Spiders:
To some people this might seem like a ridiculous fear but to many others, you understand my struggle.  Spiders, in my opinion, have to be the most disgusting and horrible creepy crawlies of all time!  I don't care how big or small it is, keep it away from me!  The  worst time for spiders is summer.  Don't leave your bedroom window open all day or you might just find another being under the bedsheets.  It has happened to me many times.  Spiders are ugly and hairy and I don't like them.  End of story!

2)  Zombies:
This is probably one of my most ridiculous fears.  Everyone knows that zombies don't exist.  How can the dead come back to life?  It's not possible but these flesh eating monsters really terrify me.  First of all, they look terrifying.  Their rotting flesh is disgusting!  Secondly, they sound terrifying: a heavy, rasping breathing.  Thirdly, the whole idea of them wanting to eat me is terrifying.  I can't even watch 5 minutes of the Walking Dead without having nightmares.  This fear is so bad that I even went to Google to find out where I could hide if there was ever a zombie apocalypse.  So, if there ever is a zombie apocalypse,  I'll be on a remote island off the coast of Iceland.  But don't follow me there, just in case you're infected.  Sorry!

3)  Tight Spaces:
Yes, I am claustrophobic!  If I'm in a confined space, I panic.  My chest feels tight and I find it hard to breathe.  I don't like being in the middle of large crowds and being only 5''1' doesn't help the situation.  Not only am I being squashed from the sides but everyone is taller than me so it feels like I'm being squashed from above too!  Even just thinking about it makes me feel queasy!

So those are just three of my fears!  There are many more but I don't want to bore you or scare you with the long list.  I hope you enjoyed reading this post.  What are some of your fears?  Until next time...

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Saturday, 27 June 2015

The Versatile Blogger Award

I'm so delighted to be nominated for my first blogger award, the Versatile Blogger Award!  I would like to thank the lovely Mads from I'm Looking For Me for the nomination.  So let's get going then!


The Rules:

1)  Thank the person who nominated you.
2)  Include a link to their blog.
3)  Select 15 bloggers to pass the award onto.
4)  Share 7 facts about yourself!

Simple, easy!  Here are the bloggers I would like to nominate:

So I know that's not 15 but I think it's enough for now!

7 Facts About Me:

1)  I have one dog who I love to pieces.
2)  My favourite TV show of all time is Home and Away which I have been watching for about 14 years  (no lie)!
3)  I absolutely love listening to music and my favourite singers are Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding!
4)  Reading is my all time favourite pastime.
5)  My favourite colour is purple.
6)  I hope to become fluent in French someday.
7)  7 is my favourite number.

There it is!  My first ever blogger award nomination.  I hope you enjoyed reading this and getting to know a little bit more about me.  Until next time...

I'll see ya when I see ya!