Dear Mom,

Shout out to my mom, who birthed my nearly sixteen years ago. I have no idea where I would be without her! Since it was mothering Sunday yesterday I knew exactly what to write about, it was the perfect day as it was super sunny and my family headed down to my nans for a bit. We had McDonalds after, I love Sundays!

  I don't feel like writing a recap post hence the short paragraph above so I'm going to do something different, I'm not sure how this is going to turn out so I'll just let you start reading! 

This was going to be a photo heavy post but my mom does her best to avoid the camera! I have no idea how I turned out to be such a camera hogger.

Dear Mom, I loved it when...

We danced to it's all about you by Mcfly and a ton of other country songs in the kitchen while you washed up and I talked your ear off.

When you would let me set up singastar and sing high school musical for you and your friends.

When we covered the hallway with paper and walked up and down it with paint coated feet, even if I did walk to far and stain the carpet with black paint.

When we built a big snow man one winter over the park.

When we played swingball the next summer.

When we walked down to the shop together and I would always ride my scooter.

When we would pick Kayleigh up after cadets and would play the music super loud even thought it was late and if our favourite song came on we would drive round the block so we could listen to it before going home.

I'm grateful that... 

You do actually listen to me even when I think your not.

You put with all my strops.

You've never grounded me, that ones my favourite.

You let me talk about Supernatural and Misha Collins for days.

You read out my German script twice a day for two weeks so I could learn it and still did it when I laughed at your pronunciation.

I can't wait till... 

Till you help me get ready for prom and university and my wedding day. 

(The last one might be a little far fetched, for that I would need a man willing to marry me.)

Till I have my children and make you a grandma, I know you'll be great it.

And till I can grow into a beautiful young woman and make you proud. 

I hope you all had a lovely mothers day, whether you spent it with your mom or your children. 

Babies are way too cute, sigh.

I have never been so excited to meet someone, not even Misha Collins (waits for collective gasp). Yeah, I know. It seemed only yesterday when Hannah let me feel her bump while it moved under my hand, there was actually a person in there, what? My sister, Hannah had a baby boy, Who was born two weeks ago this morning, I was itching all last week to meet him because my dad sent me a picture and he is so cute! Last weekend I went to visit with my dad and the first thing I noticed is that he's tiny. I expected babies to be small but this kid is tiny, he was asleep when I first held him and then we had a lovely cuddle and he told me all the gossip from the womb. But seriously, he was staring at me mouth wide open. I nearly died. To make it worse he has a little blue seat for the bath with fishies and turtles on it, so damn cute. I understand now why bloggers blog about being mummies so much, I'm only his aunt but I'm so incredibly proud of him and my sister that I literally showed everyone the pictures. Babies are way too cute, sigh.

Chasing the sun.

Since Friday, the weather has been amazing. I went shopping on Saturday and didn't even have to wear a coat, then on Sunday I wore shorts! Shorts in march? I've become so used to the biting cold and rain that it was a pleasant surprise. I was also going through my instagram photos and listening to spring break playlists on 8tracks and the nostalgia is crazy. I love winter. Christmas, scarves and an excuse to stay in on cold nights but it's all a bit too much after a while. I want to go to the park and not get wet sitting on the grass, I want the sun back and most importantly I want to wear skirts without tights and be able to wear my white converse without them getting super muddy.

It's only March and last year it was snowing well into April, so maybe I'm being a little ambitious but now I've had a taste of that sun I'm ready to swap my good old salted caramel hot chocolate for a lime refresher. So summer if your listening, hurry up. 

Plus, I miss the barbecues! My stomachs getting hungry for some sizzling sausages damn.

Check out my summer favourite playlist here!

One year, five years, ten: A link up!

I agree to never make edits again, I apologise.

Two posts in one day and another link up? I'm on a roll! Today's link up is hosted by Bonnie. Where did you think (or do you) think you'd be one, five, and ten years after high school and where were you? Is the question and since I haven't finished high school yet (9 weeks, eek!) I'm going to write where I think I'll be in one, ten and five years. Fingers crossed since I'm so close to finishing high school there'll be another post in a year, look out for that guys! 

One year: In a years time I'll be finishing my first year of college (which college I have no idea) and taking As exams, more exams ugh. Hopefully I'll be getting A's but I heard A-levels are harder, school sucks. Hopefully I'll still be doing dance after school and on weekends and I'll rediscover my love for my lessons and not just dance as a whole! Boys. Like dance, I hope to rediscover my passion for boys because while they're nice to look at *cough* Chris Hemsworth *cough* they're so confusing and frustrating I've decided I want nothing to do with them. In fact I think I'll save the rediscovering for ten years. Sounds about right to me! 

Five years: Not to jinx it but in five years I'd love to be finishing up an English degree at Winchester university. How weird is it that I have no idea what college I want to go to or study but I know exactly what I want to do after! Maybe I'll finally be at peace with the male species and I hope to been to my fair share of parties (that means a lot). In five years I'll be nearly twenty one, how weird is that? By now I might be driving, I say might because I think I'll end up taking my test more than once (or twice if I'm lucky).

Ten years: Married? Maybe, this one could be because I'm tearing up over don't tell the bride right now. I don't think I will ever actually twenty five, peter pan will find me soon enough. Right? Just in case he happens to forget though I'd love to be teaching English and writing articles for papers in my spare time, bit ambitious maybe. Do twenty five year old have children? I don't know. I don't think I want children though. Teaching children sounds great to me but having children, that's a whole different thing! 

I've had so much fun writing this post but I've realised just how scary the future is! I can't wait to see some of the other posts in this link up! 

The Fairy Tale Tag!

The lovely Jennie from sailboat recently did the fairy tale tag. I've never done a tag before but this one is so cute I knew I wanted to do it as soon as I saw it.

Snow White- Do you consider yourself beautiful?
I don't really know, I take a lot of selfies and I tend to look at my reflection at lost so I think I'm going to say no haha.

Sleeping Beauty-How many hours do you sleep at night?

About two weeks ago I slept from Friday through to Saturday and I was asleep for at least sixteen hours it was crazy, but during the week I usually get four/five hours and then on Saturday/Sunday it's normally eight/ten. I like to sleep but in the week there's so much work/dance/social stuff to do!

Cinderella- Do you have a curfew?
I'm never really out late enough to have one? In the summer I usually get home before it's dark and in the winter I'm usually in by six and if I want to go out again it's usually just up the road, my mom's really lenient about times as long as she knows where I am what I'm doing and who I'm with. Personally I hate being out when it's dark I never really feel safe. 

Making daisy chains with Abbie!

Rapunzel- Do you love being outside?

Yes! I love taking walks through the field by my house before dinner when it's warm and I love fresh air but I also equally love being in my bed watching star trek all day though.

Red Riding Hood- Do you trust strangers easily?
If it's someone I meet through school or dance, then I find it easier to trust them but I don't really talk to anyone who I don't know. 

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids- What makes someone beautiful in your eyes?
If someone's funny they're automatically cuter, I love joking abut with people and a good sense of humour is so important to me.

The Little Mermaid- What would you sacrifice for love?
I'm not really sure, I know that relationships sometimes require sacrifices but I honestly can't say what I would sacrifice. 

The Frog Prince- What do you find disgusting?
People who click their knuckles and fingers, one of my friends does this a lot and it sends shivers down my spine. I can't do it to my hands just the idea of feeling that popping has me cringing. Funnily enough though clicking my arms and back is one of my favourite things to do if I have been sitting down for ages.

Jack and the Beanstalk- Do you have any plants?
 No! Plants come to my house to die, I forget that they're there and my mom is equally as bad! We're a plant free house. 

Puss in Boots- Do you have any pets? If not do you want any?
I have two border collies, they are the cutest. They constantly want attention though and if I lie on the floor by the fire to do my homework one of them will sit in front of me and just put his paws all over my work. 

Bluebeard- What is your weak point?
My anxiety, if I'm having a rough time with anything it gets worse. I usually get panic attacks in exams or when I'm under a lot of pressure. I remember around Christmas when my mom was in hospital and I was staying with my aunt and I had just had a horrible week, when I went to see my mom I got lost and the signs freaked me out. I literally just sat down and had a panic attack in the middle of the stairwell. 

Pinnocio- What is your biggest wish?
To be successful! At the moment it's about getting the grades I need to do well, A's all round. A girl can wish, right?

Peter Pan- What is your mental age?
This one's a hard one, sometimes I can act like a little kid and just be crazy but I also act really mature sometimes. It's usually when I'm with Ryan and Daniel in form and they're silly I keep telling them to keep their feet off the table and stop fighting and they always tease me saying I'm the mom of the group. 

The Star Money- What is your most valuable possession?
I don't really have valuable possessions, so I decided to take this question more in the way of if there was a fire what would you grab? I think my scrapbook has so many pictures/tickets and stuff that are pretty much irreplaceable and hold a lot of memories so I can that's valuable for me. 

Gold Mary & Pitch Mary?- Are you a hard worker or a lazy one?
I work hard at school and at home studying and at dance I work harder then ever but if we have a supply teacher then I don't really get any work done. More because I get distracted then because I'm lazy.

The Snow Queen- Who is your best friend? What would you do for them?
I wrote a post about my best friend for Daily Tay's link up which you can read here, but I would pretty much anything for her! 

The Princess and the Pea- Are you sensitive?
Very. I have very little control over my emotions and the tears come flowing so quickly.

Godfather Death- What qualities make a good parent? 
The qualities I like the most about my mom is that she listens to me and the one I hate the most concerning my dad is that he interrupts me when he asks me questions to talk to/about something/someone else and just generally doesn't care about what I have to say so for me I think it is definitely about having time for your children and listening to them.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses/ The Worn-Out Dancing shoes- Do you like
parties? I never miss a good party! I'm in my final year of school so while I spend Friday/Sunday studying, someone has a party of some sort going on Saturday and it's keeping me from going insane! 

The Emperor's New Clothes - Do you care a lot about your clothing?
Probably too much, I am the type of person to change outfits ten times and I spend way too much money on clothes, its also a hobby for me. I love shopping and I love putting music on and then just messing in my wardrobe for new cute outfits and all sorts.

The Brave Little Tailor - Do you consider yourself brave? 
Quite the opposite, I can't explain it but I never feel brave.

I TAG EVERYONE! 

If you do/have done this tag feel free to share a link to your answers in the comments I'd love to read them.

I Wanna Be Yours

I'm a bit late to jump on the valentines day band wagon, but hey, better late than never right? Also the title literally has nothing to do with the post it's just a song I  like you.

I have no idea why I was so psyched for February 14th, maybe I could just tell how great the day was going to be.  Before school Abbie, Han and I went to subway for breakfast.

Cheese toasties anyone? That was the best way to start the day and then when I walked into form everyone had a valentine on their desk, and my form teacher told us he'd forgot to lock the door so somebody must've snuck in. How sweet.

I wonder what his wife thought when he was writing thirty valentines day cards the night before. The whole day I was just so excited and happy and I played pictionary in maths with people I wouldn't usually talk to (one of my new years resolutions was to get involved more).

Except for one of my friends, valentines day isn't the most exciting day in the world, it's her dad's birthday and he passed awhile ago so it's not a pleasant day bless her. So towards the end of the day I got kinda fed up with all the excitement that no one else shared and then we had assembly which blows. Assembly? On a Friday? No thank you. To top it all off I got kept back after assembly to talk about redoing my coursework which was bringing down the A I got in my English Language exam. That also sucks. Then I went to maths, which is voluntary but I go to because it's pretty important for my grade and we were doing vectors which got really hard towards the end. That sucked.

So my day went from exciting to kind of flat if that's the right word and I couldn't wait to go home and eat valentines cupcakes and watch netflix.

said cupcakes ooo

 It's valentines day though right? A day for love so it wasn't really a surprise (lie, it was a huge surprise) when Alex walked me home and I made pretty big progress on the crush front. We always walk home together but he was being super sweet and he hugged me because he could tell I was upset and kept implying things that made me blush, teenagers ay?.

My mood soared and I didn't have to wait for the bus because it was sat there waiting and I didn't even run and then I got home and ate cake and watched netflix and decided that I was pretty wise for believing in valentines day. Especially after Dani, Amirah, Hailee and Emily spammed me with valentines on twitter like this one.

Are you still reading this? Then you deserve a medal because that was probably so boring. I'd love to hear about your valentines day!

Why we work: link up!

Daily Tay and The Life of Bon, two of my favourite blogs and they're doing a link up! I was thinking what could I write about since I am (and it seems forever will be) without someone of the male gender to pine after I went for someone who's close enough. If you have a best friend then you'll know what I mean when I say I'll never need a boyfriend (near enough). 

Why we work... 

~ We grew up together so there's no awkwardness with each others parents, which is the worst thing ever when your at a friends house.

~ She loves the same tv shows as me so every Tuesday after supernatural we're fangirling on the phone.

~ We both love shopping/parties and being out and about.

~ And most importantly we both like sitting about for long amounts of time. (Which usually happens more than the going out.)

~ We're the same size clothes, this is very handy.

~ Those taboo subjects (weight for me the word slut for Abbie) can be avoided completely and we still get to insult each other. Once Abbie's mom actually asked why we were so mean to each other. 

~ I can get her to favourite tweets I think are funny so I feel less lame. 

~ She let's me burn all her cds onto my laptop and I told her the netflix password. (Changing it is an amazing bribe.) 

The point is this valentines day I don't need a boy, I have...

Netflix!

Funny story, Abbie, another one of friends and I are actually going to subway after school on valentines day; it's a date! Just kidding, it's a tradition. We go to subway after school on the last day of term/half term without fail and have done since year seven. Now I think about it, it's a good thing valentines day's on the last day of term. All those disappointed boys pining for my attention, now I won't have to face them on Monday.