It is amazing what you find when you bother to actually look. Whilst sorting out all my clothes into what I want/don't want I decided to carry on and clear the rest of my room. In my wardrobe above the clothes rail there is a shelf where I keep old toys and teddies, I did think I knew what was in there as when I first put them up there I lined them up in a way I should have been able to still see what I had. I obviously hadn't or had put something up in the way of most of the toys because there were some lost treasures up there waitng for me and my memory to discover. I am so glad I didn't remember what was up there because it was such a treat and suprise to find old dolls from holidays long gone, a vert special 'pocahontas' troll doll that used to come on each holiday with me. Even my old stuffed teddy named 'Pinky' inspired by the fact it was pink....I was about one when I got Pinky though so I think it was quite inspired, especially as it is also blue and yellow.
I was so happy with these fabulous finds, well rediscoveries really, that I had to take a select few to show the rest of the house who were not as impresses as I thought they should be. But that's how it goes, and really I shouldn't have taken them down during match of the day. The rest of my room is yet to be conquered and there is the issue of what lurks under the bed, toys unkonwn and possible school reports await me.
I do think the nostalgic vibe is being heightened as I am watching 'Home Movie Roadshow' on BBC iPlayer as I am sorting through my stuff, which I do reccomend for watching as it is genuinly interesting and this ep has home movies from the pythons and Terry Gilliam, including an interesting short about deckchairs :)
So, go and search through old boxes you know are filled with things from long ago and remember where everything came from and what it meant, whilst decluttering the junk you were sure would be priceless in a few years time. Between now and the next post I am going to need to find a home for all the old tickets I have kept from the theatre, cinema, travel and even some sport along with all the hotel leaflets I have kept 'just in case' I feel the need to look them up again or go back and prove I was there 3 years ago because I have the old leaflet. Have fun!!
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
10 things I love about June, July and August
Had to get the cheesy pun-ish title in there, inspired don't you think. Alright it wasn't but it does tell you exactly what is going to happen in the post, which is something. I think i have figured out pics...but they will not be featuring in this post as it might go horribly wrong and I will look even more of a technophobe. So, onwards with the list :)
1. Generally I get to go on holiday last week of July and first week of August due to my dads work. So I love these months for providing me with a sunny and exciting place to travel to in order to get away from the wonderful Welsh weather.This year was Zakynthos (Zante) which was beyone beautiful! I heartily advise you all to go now! And to Alykanas, not to Laganas etc, if you want less of the touist neon city stuff...not like it is like that in Laganas but it is more geared towards tourism. But it is such a small island you can get to places like Zante town and Laganas in about 30 mins which is the other side of the island....awesome!
2. My birthday. As I am usually on holiday on my birthday aswell this is a double gift from August and I get to be fussed over by locals and go on amazing trips whilst on holiday, this year I went to Olympia in mainland Greece. So good I could have spent forever there and considered becoming an archeologist just to stay and marvel at the site.
3. Socialising, it is the summer holidays kids so get out with those mates from 'back home' you haven't seen for months due to you all being crully seperated by universities half way across the country and not having the money for train fare.
4. End of exams. Yes, whilst exams are usually still happening in June, which is cruel of June. The generally do also finish in June, a nice gift to us all whilst May does nothing to make up for the fact exams start.
5. It is officially summer, the sun may not always be shining but it is actually summer. What do you expect from the UK weather though? Can't always be sunny in the summer, we would get scared and confused and begin doing raindances on a mass scale because we have a hosepipe ban. But summer is great, summer holidays for one thing, pimms on any piece of grass you can find and try and look civilised on and gingers everywhere stock piling the sun cream for fear we turn the same colour as our hair (but sadly we just turn pink and peel, or get major freckles described as 'cute').
6. Carrying on with the theme of freckles, I do quite like having them. It means I get id'd everywhere I go however which is really annoying but also funny when the shop assisstant apologises profusely after asking me for id for paracetemol when I am 20. It also shows that I will not forever be pink and can move one scale up on the foundation front to ivory...woo! Now that's a tan!
7. Strawberries, what else is there to say about these wonderous fruit/berries. Pick your own is so much fun especially as you end up eating as many as you put in the basket and try to sneak out with your punnet half hiding your stained face....yes you decided to lie on the tracks inbetween the bushes and lay down on a pile of strawberries...suspicious? me? eating lots of strawberries on the way around? noooooo, never.
8. Being as lazy as you want. Of course you get yourself a summer job, but around that and socialising you still get to have quality time with those dvd box sets (dr who of course) and disney films whilst eating ice cream and being on facebook. A day wasted some might say but lazing about in bed all day or on the sofa with a pile of films you just have to watch that day and junk food just says your having a good summer. Oh and of course, you get to update your blog :)
9. Long days. Grab a book and go outside in the sunshine, doesn't matter if you fall asleep middle of the day and wake up mid afternoon there is still hours of sunshine ahead.
10. Festivals and camping. Whilst this year will see me in my first camping festival I am already loving it. Camping is brilliant, not only because ghost stories are always so much more fun in tents but because after that you can stare at the stars all night and instead of complaining it is cold everyone will grab their sleeping bags too and poke their heads out of the tent to join you...bliss.
Hope you enjoyed it and share some of my love, add yours too if you feel like it :)
1. Generally I get to go on holiday last week of July and first week of August due to my dads work. So I love these months for providing me with a sunny and exciting place to travel to in order to get away from the wonderful Welsh weather.This year was Zakynthos (Zante) which was beyone beautiful! I heartily advise you all to go now! And to Alykanas, not to Laganas etc, if you want less of the touist neon city stuff...not like it is like that in Laganas but it is more geared towards tourism. But it is such a small island you can get to places like Zante town and Laganas in about 30 mins which is the other side of the island....awesome!
2. My birthday. As I am usually on holiday on my birthday aswell this is a double gift from August and I get to be fussed over by locals and go on amazing trips whilst on holiday, this year I went to Olympia in mainland Greece. So good I could have spent forever there and considered becoming an archeologist just to stay and marvel at the site.
3. Socialising, it is the summer holidays kids so get out with those mates from 'back home' you haven't seen for months due to you all being crully seperated by universities half way across the country and not having the money for train fare.
4. End of exams. Yes, whilst exams are usually still happening in June, which is cruel of June. The generally do also finish in June, a nice gift to us all whilst May does nothing to make up for the fact exams start.
5. It is officially summer, the sun may not always be shining but it is actually summer. What do you expect from the UK weather though? Can't always be sunny in the summer, we would get scared and confused and begin doing raindances on a mass scale because we have a hosepipe ban. But summer is great, summer holidays for one thing, pimms on any piece of grass you can find and try and look civilised on and gingers everywhere stock piling the sun cream for fear we turn the same colour as our hair (but sadly we just turn pink and peel, or get major freckles described as 'cute').
6. Carrying on with the theme of freckles, I do quite like having them. It means I get id'd everywhere I go however which is really annoying but also funny when the shop assisstant apologises profusely after asking me for id for paracetemol when I am 20. It also shows that I will not forever be pink and can move one scale up on the foundation front to ivory...woo! Now that's a tan!
7. Strawberries, what else is there to say about these wonderous fruit/berries. Pick your own is so much fun especially as you end up eating as many as you put in the basket and try to sneak out with your punnet half hiding your stained face....yes you decided to lie on the tracks inbetween the bushes and lay down on a pile of strawberries...suspicious? me? eating lots of strawberries on the way around? noooooo, never.
8. Being as lazy as you want. Of course you get yourself a summer job, but around that and socialising you still get to have quality time with those dvd box sets (dr who of course) and disney films whilst eating ice cream and being on facebook. A day wasted some might say but lazing about in bed all day or on the sofa with a pile of films you just have to watch that day and junk food just says your having a good summer. Oh and of course, you get to update your blog :)
9. Long days. Grab a book and go outside in the sunshine, doesn't matter if you fall asleep middle of the day and wake up mid afternoon there is still hours of sunshine ahead.
10. Festivals and camping. Whilst this year will see me in my first camping festival I am already loving it. Camping is brilliant, not only because ghost stories are always so much more fun in tents but because after that you can stare at the stars all night and instead of complaining it is cold everyone will grab their sleeping bags too and poke their heads out of the tent to join you...bliss.
Hope you enjoyed it and share some of my love, add yours too if you feel like it :)
Sunday, 8 August 2010
the good is the beautiful
Ok, so the blog name is actually a quote from Plato but it is difficult to come up with something as true without repetition. I would also like to say it is flattering but I doubt Plato would be flattered haha.
The reason for the name is to share with whoever stumbles across this blog some of the things I have grown to love, whether these be clothes, films, music, people or places. A big job it seems right now and there is the chance of it being a love/hate list of mine with gushing praise for anything and everything I buy on a whim but I shall try not to, and if I do...well, everyone gets overexcited once in a while.
I will try to post pictures to everything I talk about, but I need to figure out how to actually post pictures on here so number one is about how I like blogs.
I don't love blogs and blogging as such but I do really like them. A chance for anyone with internet access to tell the world what they want to tell them. It can be about anything which is amazing and a real insight and chance to learn from others. Blogs can change how people think and help people through difficult times, from famous sites such as 'PostSecret' where anyone can send in a secret on a postcard (obvious I know) to share with the world, in its best it shows that you are not alone in how you think about things, in its worst (if that is the correct word for it) it makes you concerned about all the pain and fear people go through daily and what they have to do just to survive. There are also the blogs that ensure you appreciate everything, again using a popular example of '1000 Awesome Things' for showing you the little things in everyday life and how awesome they are.
Although in the form I am going for, it's kind of a way to share with the world what you like and appreciate and hopefully having like minded people follow and comment on your blog. It's like a sense of achievement and a lovely ego boost which is always welcome (you cannot deny that). There is also the knowledge that whilst you will never be a massive blogger who everyone knows about and loves, you will hopefully have your own little group of followers who you care about enough to keep writing for, and commenting on their blogs, creating one big blogging family, awwwwh.
So the good is the beautiful, and blogging is one of those good and beautiful things that make the world a better place for those who chance upon it. And although this is my second blog it feels like my first proper foray into the blogisphere and I hope you will join me.
The reason for the name is to share with whoever stumbles across this blog some of the things I have grown to love, whether these be clothes, films, music, people or places. A big job it seems right now and there is the chance of it being a love/hate list of mine with gushing praise for anything and everything I buy on a whim but I shall try not to, and if I do...well, everyone gets overexcited once in a while.
I will try to post pictures to everything I talk about, but I need to figure out how to actually post pictures on here so number one is about how I like blogs.
I don't love blogs and blogging as such but I do really like them. A chance for anyone with internet access to tell the world what they want to tell them. It can be about anything which is amazing and a real insight and chance to learn from others. Blogs can change how people think and help people through difficult times, from famous sites such as 'PostSecret' where anyone can send in a secret on a postcard (obvious I know) to share with the world, in its best it shows that you are not alone in how you think about things, in its worst (if that is the correct word for it) it makes you concerned about all the pain and fear people go through daily and what they have to do just to survive. There are also the blogs that ensure you appreciate everything, again using a popular example of '1000 Awesome Things' for showing you the little things in everyday life and how awesome they are.
Although in the form I am going for, it's kind of a way to share with the world what you like and appreciate and hopefully having like minded people follow and comment on your blog. It's like a sense of achievement and a lovely ego boost which is always welcome (you cannot deny that). There is also the knowledge that whilst you will never be a massive blogger who everyone knows about and loves, you will hopefully have your own little group of followers who you care about enough to keep writing for, and commenting on their blogs, creating one big blogging family, awwwwh.
So the good is the beautiful, and blogging is one of those good and beautiful things that make the world a better place for those who chance upon it. And although this is my second blog it feels like my first proper foray into the blogisphere and I hope you will join me.
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