Q&A 2016 EDITION

I set up a Q&A thread over on my Facebook page, as I thought it would be a good idea for you all to get to know abit more about me, but the things that you want to know by asking the questions on things your interested in :)
Thanks to those few who weren't afraid to get involved!

Questions by Nikki at Nikkipedia

1. What are you hobbies outside of blogging?
   Umm, I don't really do much without Alex in toe so other than doing things with him, I don't mind doing abit of retail therapy or practising with my make up especially eyeshadows :)
2. What did you want to be growing up?
   Well, this changed every week, for a while a hairdresser, then a lawyer, then an actress haha, there's been so many career paths I've thought about. 
3. What was you inspiration for starting up your blog?
   It had been an idea I'd toyed with for many years with things I've been through/done as I always thought it would be good to jot down what I'm thinking/doing. And if I could help just one person in some way that'd be amazing! But watching my cousin set up her Youtube channel and a lot of encouragement pushed me to finally set it up :)
4. How do you plan what you will be writing about next on your blog?
   Right now, I don't really do a lot of planning as to what I'm going to write, if I enjoy something I'm doing/saw/bought I'll write about it. I have previously used a diary to put an order of what I was going to blog about but it always changed. 

Question by Macauley 

1. If you could go anywhere in the world to pursue a dream, what dream would it be and where would you go?
   Hmm, tough one! I'd like to travel all over the world possibly promoting my own perfume as it is my favourite thing ever!

Questions by Tunde Sanusi at TuhamWorld

1. What are your hobbies apart from blogging?
   As I wrote above alot of my time is spent doing different things with Alex and I very rarely get any time for myself but when I do its retail therapy or practising with make up haha
2.  If you had a chance to travel to Africa which part would you go and why?
   Umm, honestly I do not know alot about Africa or the cities in it. However, I think I would like to go to a holiday destination for a visit. Then flip it on its head and do the complete opposite possibly and visit to do some charity work somewhere.
3. What career you like todo in the future?
   Umm possibly blogging or maybe I'll branch out to YouTube, I'm not sure. never been sure on what career i want to take haha! Quite like my actual job most of the time :)
4. I hardly see a post of you talking about Alex's dad, its not compulsory one talks about his/her partner though but i mean like dedicating a single post for him, Is he so that very busy?
   He simply didn't want to be involved or talked about in great deal :)

I loved doing this and hopefully will do a few more in the future :) give the post a like if you enjoyed it too. Get INVOLVED leave your answers to some of the questions below, I'd love to read them :)

Thanks Again

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MY HAIR

Hello Helloooo...

Just a short and different one from me :)

Back at the beginning of March I posted this first picture of my braided hair, and never got round to doing a blog post about it haha

As you can see its not very tidy, but thats what practice is all about isn't it? Well I think so anyway :)

I came across this hairstyle from watching YouTube videos, sadly now I can't remember the name of the YouTuber but thought I'd giving it a go.

I'm not a big hair-doer, its either down, or up in a messy ponytail. I don't dry or straighten it very often either... its not that I don't want to, its just quite thin and has been falling out and re growing ever since having my little one. Always got baby hairs and fly aways as it grows. 

Anyway,, This hair style is a French braid all around your head, so starting at your parting and working your way around. Because I have a side parting, I just moved it over more and braided across my head if that makes sense (maybe not? ha) I actually just twisted the other side and popped in all into place with some hair pins. Although i think it would look so much better with hair pins with a flower design or something similar. 

I quite like this hairstyle and could be worked for any occasion. Could be quite messy and relaxed for a casual look, holiday hair or a lot more tighter and prettier for a wedding or function to attend. I'm certainly going to be giving it a go after some more practice when the summer arrives... if it arrives! Fingers crossed.
When I took it out it was all nice and wavy and full of volume.

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Send me your hair pictures, I love seeing different styles xx

WEEKLY WONDERS

Evening All :)

Another post that hasn't been wrote in a while... a weekly wonders post! 

This week

-I've been at work alot more, I'm due a weeks holiday soon which I can't wait for.. I'm making plans to spend some time with my friends that I haven't seen in quite sometime, also looking forward to doing abit of shopping and treating Alex and I :)

- We did our usual swimming on Tuesday, Alex had loads of fun. He's not keen on the changing rooms and usually gets a little upset but once in the pool its all forgotten about. Here's a rare photo of him in his little spider man swimming things :)

-What I wore to our swimming day. I usually walk to the leisure centre which is about 30 mins away, I love a good walk personally. The weather was lovely and warm but still abit of a chill in the air. This was the first day I've actually been out without my coat. 

A nice comfy big khaki jumper (my favourite jumper ever!) and a pair of black jeans, a nice gold necklace with a heart, stupidly I took the photo over the necklace so can't really see it, sorry haha! Nothing special but comfy mummy clothes and suitable for running those errands :)

- I've also decided I'm going to try and take more pictures.. try being the word, I generally just forget until something has happened! I'm also not very good at it, see above haha! 

- I bought a 2016 diary back in January that was only used for a couple of days, I've recently got that back out and started writing appointments etc in it, just to keep track and know where I am with everything. Nothing wrong with a little organisation!

- Over on Graciesworld I've created a thread where I'll be doing a Q&A blogpost tomorrow, head over, like the page and drop your questions there, I can't wait to answer them!!

Let me know in the comments what you've been up to, I love to hear about it :) 

Love to you all :) x

WHATS BEEN GOING ON?

Can't believe its been 3weeks since we last spoke... seems a long time.. hope your all good and been up to some interesting things, would love to hear all about it :)
Its gonna be a long chatty one.. bare with me :)

So what have I been up to?-Working has been thing main thing- I'll explain more further down

-We've been doing our usual swimming sessions with friends, Alex is really loving it which I am so glad about :)
- I added an About Me page where you can find all my contact details.

-On a walk to the shop the other day we randomly saw some ducks, Alex was so interested in them, chatting away and asking question. He got really upset when I said we had to leave. Personally, ducks are one of my favourite animals, don't ask why.. I don't really know haha!

He's become such a little chatterbox, and also a little monkey with a bad attitude at the same time haha! Anyone else with a 2year old the same?

I've started reading a book; Cheryl - My Story. So thats Cheryl Cole, Fernandez versini... not sure what she's called these days to be honest. Have you read it? I'm enjoying it.

This week I've been catching up on other blogs. Two that I've been enjoying are 

- Whimsical Mumblings

- TuhamWorld

Have a gander at both x

So where have I been?
Honestly, I've still been here, just very quiet on all social media accounts to collect my thoughts.

Without going into it all too much, the last 2 and a half years  have been extremely hard ones for me (and people who have gone through it with me) for many different reasons, for things that can be changed and for things that can't.  I just reached the stage where it was all too much and every day seemed like a bad one with things going wrong or hearing bad news resulting in hitting abit of a low moment for a couple of weeks, but seemed much longer.

I've had some good days and some really bad ones #totesemosh where getting out of bed was too hard- but Alex made sure I did haha bless him. He's been a great help in keeping me going and not becoming a complete recluse.

I lost all motivation to do most things for myself for example doing exercise, etc it all took a back step and sitting in pjs, being boring, is all I could find the strength to do most days. Going to work was a massive struggle for me, with loss of confidence and being judged for the way I was acting/feeling. But had to be done!
This also meant that my blog suffered as I also had Bloggers Block and just didn't know what I could talk about  or the confidence to start writing. The way I was being gave me quite a shock as never have I behaved in such a way- it was weird of me! 

But.... on a happier note, I'm feeling much more positive and I think I needed that time to just collect my thoughts,be with Alex, and just take time out.

I think going through tough times, build up your inner strength and the way you see things and every single time you have an obstacle to overcome you find a different way to deal with as you have learnt lessons and have more to learn. 

I want to say Thanks to everyone who has listened to me whinge haha I appreciate it :)

But enough of the serious talk - the sun is out :) yayyy. who had snow yesterday? We had hail, the weather is crazy at the moment. I can't wait for the 'real' summer to arrive!

Back to Blogging - woohoo! I have some ideas for blogspots but would love to hear yours too :)

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