That Girl with that Blog

Hey Earthbugs! I'd like to say that I'm sat here with a cup of tea as I sit and type this out however I'm too lazy to go downstairs and make one, so I'm unfortunately tea-less which is a pretty sad state of affairs. Last weekend I attended the first ever Neighbourhood Weekender and had a bloody good time so I thought I'd do a little review on the blog. Staying in a local Holiday Inn it was a short taxi ride to Victoria Park so getting there was no problem. We had a bit of a plan as to where we were going to head at different points during the day, but when we first arrived we just hung around the Viola Beach stage (a band from Warrington who lost their lives far too young with so much talent, there were a lot of fitting tributes to them throughout the weekend) and watched Wild Front who I enjoyed! From this our afternoon was full of Lewis Capaldi, Reverend and the Makers, The Magic Gang and Cabbage. I enjoyed Lewis Capaldi and Reverent and the Makers but Cabbage...

A year ago today 14,200 people were having the time of their lives watching Ariana Grande perform at Manchester Arena, yet this show was targeted as a shrapnel-laden bomb was detonated just as people were leaving, killing 22 victims and injuring hundreds more. 🔼  Here are my thoughts... A year on, I would like to say that things like this don't happen. I would like to say that the world does not have any hate left. I would like to say no one gets unnecessarily killed anymore. I would like to say all of this and so much more...but it wouldn't be true and I would be living in a dream world. Since the Manchester Arena attacks there has been🔼 an attack on London Bridge where a white van was driven at high speed into groups of people and then crashed where the passengers then ran to the nearby Borough Market were they then stabbed people, 8 people died and there were at least 48 injured. There has been the Finsbury Park attack where a 47 year old British male drove a vehicle in...

Hey Earthbugs! This time last year I was preparing for my "Walking for Mary" challenge in which I walked 10,000 steps a day everyday throughout June to raise money for Cancer Research. I did this to raise some money for a worthy charity, to get me out the house (I like staying at home) and be a bit active, but also in memory of my Nan. I really enjoyed doing the walking and raising money for a good cause and feeling like I was helping a cause by doing something that was actually quite simple and I was thinking a couple of months ago that I'd like to do something for charity each year. A different charity every time so I can help a variety of different people but just doing something. I just can't imagine myself sitting around and not trying to help someone in some way.  Whilst scrolling through some form of social media, I came across an advert for running a marathon over the month of May for British Heart Foundation and their life saving heart research. I'v...

Hey Earthbugs, We have a reflective post today and I thought it was perfect timing as I finished first year a couple of days ago so I decided to look back on what I expected and what happened. There's a chance it may get a tad length so flick the kettle on and let's get comfy.  University was always this huge thing when I was little and big people did it and there was only a select few people who went there and to be honest, it was completely mind boggling. My hopes for secondary school were based unrealistically on Grease, High School Musical, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and what not, maybe without the singing and I have to say, it was a bit of a let down. Everyone always said that secondary school would be the best five years of your life and although I look back on some of them fondly, if I had to accept the years between the ages of 11 and 16 as the best ones of my entire life then goodness gracious me, I think I'll just give up now.   I transferred t...

Hey Earthbugs! I have returned to my little corner of the internet and am once again ready to ramble about a load of rubbish and publish it. I cannot wait. I haven't really been present in the blogging world for about a month and although there have been times where I've felt a bit guilty and that "ah I should really post something", I couldn't bring myself to post something that I didn't fully like so I just disappeared. But surprise! I thought I'd take you on a quick tour (I accidentally typed quich then and it reminded me of quiche and now I want quiche) of where I've been, what my plans are for my blog for a bit and generally how things are going. Call it a cosy catch up, call it a blog journey, call it a preview. A bit of a mix today but I'm quite excited to be posting again.  The Beginning When I started my blog I was 15 and had no clue what I was doing in any aspect of anything, I didn't know what to call it so quickly chose Th...