Showing posts with label About Me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About Me. Show all posts
Monday, 3 December 2012
Friday, 31 August 2012
Day 31 - Why do you blog
31 Day Challenge
Why do you blog
Why not?
I do it for myself mainly - well, I'm not really doing it for anyone else am I? I have a grand total of 3 comments and 1 follower, so really, no one is actually at all interested in what I have to say.
None of my friends or family know I Blog.
So, yeah, I do it for myself.
I like to write about things that I enjoy reading about on other peoples Blogs.
Sometimes I read back through my Blog and forget it's me, and my life.
So why do I Blog?
Because I enjoy it!
And that's the 31 Day Challenge over and out!
If anyone out there did it as well, I hope you enjoyed it! :)
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Day 30 - What's in your make-up bag
31 Day Challenge
What's in your make-up bag
I did a post showing this last month, and nothing has changed except for the addition of this: -
Exciting stuff! :)
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Day 29 - Where have you travelled
31 Day Challenge
Where have you travelled
I've been very lucky, travel-wise. When I was younger we always went on holiday abroad. And I try to have a holiday abroad every year with the boyf, to somewhere I've never been before. I'm not sure I can remember all the specific places, but here's what I do remember: -
Majorca - Spain
Menorca - Spain
Ibiza - Spain
Torremolinos - Spain
Barcelona - Spain
Grand Canaria - Spain
Gibraltar
Yugoslavia
Malta
Faro - Portugal
Rome - Italy
Paris - France
Lille - France
Amsterdam - Holland
Noordwijk-an-Zee - Holland
Sharm-el-Sheikh - Egypt
Luxor - Egypt
New York City, New York - USA
Ancramdale, New York - USA
Lakeville, Connecticut - USA
Orlando, Florida - USA
Miami, Florida - USA
St. Petersburg, Florida - USA
Tampa, Florida - USA
Clearwater, Florida - USA
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Day 28 - What are you looking forward to
31 Day Challenge
What are you looking forward to
The usual stuff:
Having my own house
Getting married
Winning the Lottery
Oh, and my bestest bud getting married next year - that should be one helluva party!
Monday, 27 August 2012
Day 27 - Post your favourite recipe
31 Day Challenge
Post your favourite recipe
Warm Potato & Chorizo Salad with Balsamic Dressing
6tbsp extra virgin olive oil
350g baby new potatoes, halved
100g chorizo sausage, sliced
2tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 bag mixed beetroot salad
Boil the potatoes. Fry off the chorizo. Add the boiled potatoes to the chorizo pan to coat in chorizo juices. Dress the mixed beetroot salad with balsamic vinegar and mix with the potato, chorizo and chorizo juice.
Boil the potatoes. Fry off the chorizo. Add the boiled potatoes to the chorizo pan to coat in chorizo juices. Dress the mixed beetroot salad with balsamic vinegar and mix with the potato, chorizo and chorizo juice.
Quite possibly the simplest recipe you'll ever see, but the flavours are amazing, and it includes 2 of my favourite foods!
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Friday, 24 August 2012
Day 24 - Your favourite childhood book
31 Day Challenge
Your favourite childhood book
I used to love this book when I was younger. and when I dug it out to take a picture of it, I fell in love with it again. it is such a sweet little story! What I didn't realise whilst looking at the back cover, is that it's a sequal from a series - I may have to do some book shopping!!Kevin and Darren are very surprised when they find a little dragon on the number 19 bus. They are even more suprised when the Little Dragon tells them that he has fallen out of a story book, and asks them to help him find the book again.
p.s. new layout.... what do we think?
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Day 22 - The best thing to happen this year
31 Day Challenge
The best thing to happen this year
Nothing overly outstand-ish has happened this year.
But, my highlight of the year so far has definitely been getting to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida and the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London.
I am a mega fan of Harry Potter, so to be able to go and visit the actual sets from the film, and a theme park based around it was amazing. And a nice ending to the franchise.
Until I convince the boyf we should go again next year ;)
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Day 21 - Your 10 favourite foods
31 Day Challenge
Your 10 favourite foods
In no particular order:
Chorizo
Jersey Potatoes
BBQ Ribs
Corn on the Cob
Chicken
Scrambled Eggs
Calamari
Creme Eggs
Walkers Sweet Chilli Sunbites
Custard Creams
Monday, 20 August 2012
Day 20 - A difficult time in your life
31 Day Challenge
A difficult time in your life
8 years ago.
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer.
My dad gave up, he really struggled, he'd never had to cope on his own with my brother and I before.
My brother refused to visit my mum in hospital because seeing her surrounded with tubes traumatised him.
Then...
6 months later.
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.
It was a tough time in our house.
The rest of the family, sort of, gave up on us. No-one knew what to say to us.
It was bad enough with my mum, but with me too!? At the same time!?
We got through it though, together.
We were the first mother/daughter duo to be treated at the cancer unit at the same time.
In fact, we were the first pair of relatives to be treated at the same time!
Then...
Two years later, the Hodgkin's Disease came back
This time it was even more serious. The survival rate for relapsed Hodgkin's Disease was dramatically low.
The treatment involved 10 weeks of chemotherapy then a bone marrow transplant and a 6 week stay in an isolation unit 100 miles away from my home town.
But again, I got through it.
It's been 4 years since my last treatment.
I'm still seeing my Haematologist every 6 months, the plan is I'll be discharged for good next year.
Mum was discharged 3 years ago.
It was difficult at the time. But I think we handled it extremely well.
We both continued with work, we both led normal lives outside of our appointments. I even carried on with my Thursday nights out with the girls!
It was everyone else around us who freaked out.
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Day 19 - What do you collect
31 Day Challenge
What do you collect
Unless a serious shoe addiction counts, I don't actually collect anything. Although, I seem to have amassed a rather large pile of Post Office receipts from all my eBay selling - but that's probably as close as it gets...
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