That Girl with that Blog

Hello Earthbugs, This is a bit of a jumbled post to once again explain where I disappeared to, I'd say a lot has happened and in between being a busy bee I have been working and if I haven't been doing that then I haven't been feeling too positive about myself or I've been feeling ill, like today for example. I'm also posting this now because I'm once again going to disappear but only for a week, as I'm off to sunny Spain for a bit of a break before going back to some sort of routine at uni. Here we are! Harry Potter Studio Tour A couple of weeks ago my Dad and I went to the Harry Potter Studio Tour near London but not quite London and as it's probably obvious I can't remember whereabouts it actually is. I've been once before on a school trip, but my Dad has never been so I bought him gift experience tickets for Christmas last year with the provision that he had to take me. We took our packed lunches (thanks Mumma G), hopped in Pedro the Pu...

Hey Earthbugs, Today I want to touch on recent on goings in the media and the uproar they’ve cause. If you have Twitter you may have seen the entertainment (I say that in the loosest term as I wouldn’t particularly call dragging women down to be entertainment, but we’ll continue) magazine “Now magazine” branding Stacey Solomon as “boring”, “desperate” and “cheap”. This has come to light because Stacey fought back against the horrible words that were written about her, this was a front-page story and surrounding the images of her were other headlines that read “I wanted a bum like Kim – 85k surgery” and “revenge bodies”. For me, when I think of Stacey Solomon I think of an amazing woman who works hard to share body positivity an obvious example would be her recent Instagram post of her in a bikini with the caption “Loving my extra fold over tummy lines this year”, a woman who shares positivity in everything she does and keeps it real. She’s the kind of person you want to b...

Hello Earthbugs, I thought I would write a post today about the little changes that I'm making in life to help me enjoy what I'm doing more, be more productive and be a bit healthier. By writing this post now it gives me a few months to continue with what I'm doing and then I'm going to review it at the beginning of 2019, that is a little bit scary to say because it really isn't that far away.  It's a bit mad how I only really have one month left of being off before I return to university for second year, I had this huge to do list of things that I wanted to do before then and it's safe to say, that's been blown out the window. Instead I'm just going to continue making little changes when I feel necessary and not limit it to a strict timescale.  One thing I have set myself a time limit on though is to sort my room out before I go back to uni and declutter and get rid of clothes (to buy more obviously) and make sure I have all my big jumpers rea...

Hey Earthbugs, The title may seem a bit odd and not really stuff that I'd usually touch on but I saw this image on Pinterest with the quotation "you are your own home". Before I get started with this post I would like to point out that the picture I am going to include is not my own and I'm unfortunately unsure who to give credit to, I just loved it and had many thoughts about it. So, pop that kettle on and let's get started with the deep stuff.  Home. What is home?  Google describes home as being "the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household". I think I disagree, when I moved into the house I currently live in with my parents I was very close to turning 8 years old and for a very long time it didn't feel like home. I wasn't sure why, I didn't hate it at the new house or anything like that but for some reason, home was the old house. I'd spent most of my life there, made lots of memories t...

Hey Earthbugs, A few days ago I went to Hull and back, we did only visit the Deep but I did want to use that reference in a blog post about Hull. If you don't recognise the reference then it is the title of an Only Fools and Horses episode, and very funny it is too. I thought I'd do a little review on the Deep because I absolutely loved it and had a really good time, the journey was only about an hour as well so it was a win win really.  I purchased tickets online before we went to get a little bit of a discount, gotta save money where you can, so when we arrived we joined the main queue to the entrance and soon enough we were looking around the exhibition. We also had the slight advantage of queue jumping a little bit on the way into the exhibition because there were several people queuing for the lift with pushchairs etc so we hopped up the stairs. Which I regretted by the time we were at the top and I felt like collapsing on the floor. ANYWAY...  As soon as you walk i...

Hey Earthbugs, In the summer of 2015 (I want to say) I used to do this thing called Weekly Rambles on my blog and today we're going to bring them back and just ramble about anything and everything that happens to pop into my head. I'm hoping it provides you with a bit of an update as to where I've been as I once again disappeared off the blogging Earth and go from there really. I'd usually say get a cuppa, but maybe a cool drink would be better in this horrible humid weather. But if you'd really like a cuppa, then pop that kettle on and let's get ready for a nice chatty post.  The last couple of weeks have been hectic, fitting in with working I've been a bridesmaid and consequently had a long weekend visiting relatives in Blackpool and being reunited with other relatives from Yarmouth and Chicago. Of course, this has led to plans to visit Chicago and I'm very excited about them! I've also been to see Little Mix in Derby with my Mum and we had an ...

Hey Earthbugs! Last night I took part in a charity walk for Ashgate Hospice, a local hospice that provides excellent care to people when they most need it. It's been running a few years now and I have only ever marshalled it before back when I was a cadet, however this year I walked as part of a team with wonderful people. It's called the Sparkle Night Walk and kicks off at 10pm and you basically follow a 10k route and it's a big sea of pink, flashing lights and glitter - not forgetting the feathers that fell out the bunny ears.  I know of a few experiences with Ashgate Hospice from recently to back when I lost my Nan in 2015 and they have been outstanding on all occasions. I will never forget how helpful they were to my grandparents when my Nan was in her final days and made it easy for my Nan to remain with them. I imagine their jobs can be very challenging a lot of the time but they always deliver the best service. There doesn't seem to be many people who I'v...