Fireworks

Last night Mary and I went to the Lord Mayor Fireworks over at Waterloo!

It was really nice as I didn't get a chance to go to fireworks over Bonfire Night but they were quite short.
We then walked home and ended up in the middle or a McDonalds/Scout Leader riot! It was quite exciting.

Have a lovely Sunday. 

Pinch Punch

Pinch Punch 1st of the month!

And with the 1st of "Movember" brings my first ever guest blog post!

This lovely lady I have known for the best part of 16 years and we grew up together.

She is my bestie and I asked her to answer some questions for you guys to get to know her better.

You can find Jo over at Jo Blogs where she is sharing her new life in Belfast with us!

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Age? 21 but only for one more month

Bed Size? Single - my room's what I like to call "compact"

Chore you hate? Cleaning sinks or showers - the combination of water, dust and stray hairs - vom.

Dogs? Not my own... the bf has one. He's sweet but has a sexual fondness for my leg. The dog's not bad though. Ha.

Connor the bf!

Essential start to the day? Not great with mornings. Coffee and Chocolate Weetabix help me through though!

Favourite Colour? Green.

Gold/Silver? Silver generally, unless I'm competing at the Olympics!

Height? 5'7" maybe? Definitely somewhere between 5'4'' and 6'.

Instruments I play (or have played)? Flute, recorder. Taught myself a tiny bit of ukulele, piano and trombone. Air drums.

Job Title - Future Environmental Manager! Occasional waitress at weddings - stressful but fun!

Kids - are baby goats!

Live - in Belfast in term time and Oxford during holidays - two lovely cities!

Belfast!

Oxford!

Mum's Name - Debby. With a Y.

Nicknames - actually countless. Joey, Josephine, Jojo, Jobo, Fox, Foxy, Foxriver, Foxface, The Keeper of Time, Bubba, JoFo....

Overnight stays in hospital - Nada.

Pet Peeve - Skipping your Ps and Qs! Manners people! Also swearing or smoking around children. Seriouuuslllyyy!!
Quote from a movie - "shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, peppe shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That - that's about it." Forrest Gump.

Right/Left handed - (al)righty.

Siblings - One bruv.

Time you wake up? - Before you go-go. No I really have no routine. It's not good. Very unsettling.

Unattractive qualities - Laziness amongst many others.

Vegetables you dislike - Generally quite a fan of veg! Had a traumatic time with aubergine recently though. I thought I liked it but have been rocked into doubt.

What makes you run late - I don't need a reason to, it's almost natural..think I've made some progress though. I've improved it to running just on time. e.g. have perfected the art of reaching the bus stop and walking straight onto the bus. Not good for my heart tho!

X-Rays - Teeth. All bones present and correct, ne'er a bone been broken.

Yummy food you make - Can make a mean cookie. Working on my main meal skillz atm, made a pretty delectable chicken curry last week.

Zoo Animal - Capybara - like giant awesome guinea pigs.

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Thanks Jo! Make sure you head over to her blog NOW!

Have a lovely Tuesday evening!! X

Liverpooool

I spent this weekend in Liverpool.

I am awful at accents (it is a well known fact) so the only word I can say in a scouse accent is 'worm'.

This word has been definitely overused during the last 3 days.

It was great seeing people again!

Anyway here are some photos from the weekend away:

I do love feet photos!!

Joel, Jasmine and Chazzy - looking very windswept.
We took a ferry from Wallasey (where we were staying) to Liverpool.

Some really interesting and beautiful buildings.

Scott, Tom and Stuart.
Stu couldn't stop singing the whole weekend - looks like he is mid-song here.

Myself and Andrew my dear friend and co-pianist. 

Day 10

I've been putting off this post, just because I had absolutely nothing to photograph.

But tonight I do have something.

  

The challenge for today was to take a photo of something I've made..

Normally, as shown in other posts I do A LOT of baking.

Recently, I've been far too busy to even think about making any cakes or desserts.

BUT - my dear friend Nat came over tonight for dinner and so I have photos to show you.

Firstly, I made a random mix of gnocchi, chicken and vegetables:

Then I knocked up a chocolate bread and butter pudding:

I'd forgotten how much I love cooking - very therapeutic after a busy week.

Tomorrow I'm heading to Liverpool so there will be a blog hiatus but hopefully I'll have lots of photos to show you on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend. X

Day 9

Mary came back to London today! Yey!
I haven't seen her for almost 5 months so it's great that she is back.

Last night we went out for dinner with my family which was lovely - great to catch up with some good food.

Today has just been spent working and reading. Nothing very exciting at all.

The photo for today is a faceless self-portrait.
Here is mine:

It was taken when we went on our family holiday last summer.
This photo was taken somewhere off the coast of Italy.

Have a lovely Sunday! X

Scenes from the Weekend

Bit of a photo heavy post today, sorry.

This weekend was pretty busy.

After a late evening at work on Friday I had to get up on Saturday pretty early to go and meet my friend Nemi, who I haven't seen in AGES.

Berkshire have a county show every September for a weekend and it is about a 15 minute drive from my house, so we went there.
It is full of food, drink, animals and different shows and stands. 

It's a nice place to visit although, pretty expensive.

Then yesterday I went to Reading to meet Scott and Laura (who you maybe remember from here)

It was really great to catch up and chat.

After we left Laura, Scott and I just had a quiet afternoon and then we went down to the arcade where Scott was obsessed with the basketball machine.

To be fair, he did beat the machine's high score, twice.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. X

My top score of 27!

Scott's top score of 40!

Place in the sun...

Again a major lack of posting. The weeks are just flying by and I seem to have no free time!

Last Saturday I was back in London and we spend the afternoon in the lovely Hampstead.

Amongst the showers Zach showed us around and told us all about the buildings and the famous people who had lived there.

It was a great afternoon. Thanks Zach!

So be prepared for another load of photos - have a good weekend. X

David works up in Hampstead so we popped in to see him.

Mazo's attempt to eat an unripe kiwi.

Posed much? 

Hampstead Heath