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Day 29

Day 30

I keep apologising that my photos aren't great...and so I am now going to try and stop, and just tell you when I'm really excited about how nice one looks. Day 28 was taken before I went out on the stash social. To be honest I should have worn trousers, I don't know what came over me that made me think shorts and tights were a good idea when it was frickin freezing outside! But I am still alive, so all is good.
It snowed over night, and was really sunny today. Was therefore very pretty. :) I love snow and blue skies. Finally got off my bum this afternoon and went into town. Bought the new(ish) Michael Buble CD (love) and 8 canvas's! YAYS! They should last me a while, since I seem to have little time to draw/paint nowadays. Am very happy. I spent the rest of the afternoon decorating our Christmas tree. We didn't take it down, and because of the 'superstition' and the fact that we are lazy and don't know what to replace it with, we have kept it up. I'm decorating it for the different holidays throughout the year, so now it's covered in hearts and pink and purple tissue paper roses. :) I will take a photo.

I'm off to bed now, but here's a pic of feet and snow...because I love both. This was almost Photo 29...I'm still tempted to switch.

EDIT: Have chosen the shoe photo for Day 30! Don't want to change the whole post, so am adding it as an extra!

Weekend.

I'm planning to use this weekend to sort my room out, it's managed to become quite a mess this week! I have notes that need organising, floors to clean, clothes to hang up, rubbish to throw out, passport to renew, and maybe some art time. I really don't like my new timetable...it seems to take up so much time, I'm either at lectures or exhausted from lectures, and by the time I'm done with one the other starts...does that make any sense?

I'm going to try make myself some little routines, and maybe creates rewards for doing my to-do lists, because at the moment I have very little motivating me to do a lot of them. :)

I think I need to try and not get glued to my computer. I tell myself this a lot. But I find it hard, because it were James lives. Hehe. I don't like leaving it when I could be on it talking to him. It's ok when I have to go for lectures, but when it's something without a deadline, like shopping, or tidying, or cooking...it tends to get pushed further back and back. Hehe.

I will stop this. I will organise myself. I will do things that I love. :)

Pictures coming soon. :) Yesterdays is a bit on the not-so-good side. Longest time I spent at home yesterday (awake that is) was about 1.5hours. Ho hum...life goes on.

Update before bed.

Day 28

I've been having a life this past week, and am hoping to continue to do so...which does mean less blog time. But I'm sure eventually I will get bored of hanging out with the same people and having a good time that I will come back with a better update than this, that or I will find some proper time some day. Biggest thing to happen today: I got my hair cut and dyed, black, but only the bottom layer. I like it. :) Looks pretty normal from the front, which is kinda cool. :)

PS: I've started wearing colours! Haha...having said that my outfit planned for tomorrow is mainly black and grey...shhhh!

Day off.

Day 27

Today I should have had one lecture, but well I decided I desevered some sleep so slept in. Woke up at 11. :)
Didn't do much today, I don't seem to do much anyday...but then I do usually go on to say I have done a lot...hmmmm...
So, got pasport photos done. YAY! They look like...passport photos. Yuck. But anything is better than what I had before. :P And I got my dad a b-day card, sending it off tomorrow. :)
Had Basketball training today, it's been a while since I went to a Wednesday one. It was quite nice, learnt how to do a lay-up. I seem to only be good at it when under pressure, hehe.
I then re-did my farm on Farmville...yes, I am one of those people. :P
Am now enjoying a G&T, yays!

Tuesday.

Day 26

My photos for Mondays and Tuesdays probably won't be very exciting. They are pretty tiring days. I had hot chocolate with Sonya today. Was really nice to catch up. :) Other than that my day has been pretty long and boring! Ho hum, it's Wednesday tomorrow! Yays! And Thursday I'm getting my hair cut! eeee!! Good times!

Tired.

Day 25

Day 24

Mondays and Tuesdays are the worst. I hate them, they make me tired and exhausted. I wanted to be in bed by now, but felt like I needed to finish some work, so am up. Thought I'd post my pics. One of my new paperclips from xmas, and the other of my relaxing evening with Rogue.

Happy Photos.

Day 23 - I was just a little bit/very happy.

There were quite a few other pictures taken by others, but these ones make me happy. :) Picture from today coming tomorrow. :P

Feeling a bit...

Casino Night party thing last night. It pretty much murdered me. I didn't feel too bad last night, like I could walk and talk fine, and I remember everything. But today, I wish I didn't have to move. Updates are therefore coming later.

Who am I?

Day 22

I'm not sure if this is something everyone asks themselves a lot, but I definetly do. I have always wanted to define myself, know what I liked, what clothes I wear, what style I fit. I've tried to fit myself into so many catagories, but have never really felt happy in any. I think I might finally have come to terms with the fact that you can't really define a person, and that we are constantly changing, and that I am just me. I think I'm happy with this, but it's gonna have to take some time to sink in.

Day 21! Thats 3 weeks!

Day 21

After showing you some ultra cool, grown-up heels I thought hey! Why not make todays picture this one, it's cute and makes me look 5! :P I think it's the big brown eyes and rosy cheeks, but I might be wrong!

PS: Here are some glasses I am crushing on. Love.

STASH!!!

WE GOT STASH!!!!!!
WE GOT STASH!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! We are so excited! Look at our cool logo! :D It's awesome! :D

And here is the photo from yesterday! :) My new shoes!Day 20

A day off.

I spent today chillaxing. Miriam had only 1 lecture today too, and so did Will, so we all sat around chatting, having tea and coffee and cookies, and they worked. It was really nice and relaxing. I love my college wife and husband. :)

Went to the hairdressers at 12:30 to talk to the colourist. They don't let you book a haircolouring appointment until you talk to the colourist, it's a little stupid. Anyways, I told the guy I want to dye the bottom layer of my hair black, like I had done with red and purple in the past. Guy said it'd be a little dated. Didn't make me very happy, and he didn't suggest anything else, so I stuck with my idea. Stupid man. Anyhoo got an appointment for next Thursday! YAYS!!

:) Today has been pretty good.

Battery dead...again.

I need to look at my battery more often. It died on my again...so photos taken from today will be uploaded tomorrow. I took some pictures of my pretty new shoes. I LOVE THEM! :P :D

Handed in my essay this morning and feel overly happy and relaxed! It's so nice. :) Have a 9am tomorrow though...so better get some sleep!

Day 19...only?

Day 19

Days have been so exhausting recently. I have pretty much been getting up, working and going to lectures. These essays sure do take it out of you. Managed to finish both on time though! YAY!!! Planning a bit of relaxation before I get back to working again, TLC. :)
Photo today is of a picture I drew in a lecture. It's supposed to be me. I think it does kinda look like me, I'm not that skinny though, but I like drawing people like that. :) I drew myself in all clothes that I actually own. Hehe.
Tis late and I am tired...so night!!

Time seems to go

Day 18

I feel like time just slips away. With two essays and stupid lectures it just doesn't seem to add up. This was what the sky was like when I got home...and I finish later tomorrow. Yay! One essay is done though, have to finish the other tomorrow. Fun fun. :)

Colours.

Day 17

I took these from B&Q, they are some of my favourite colours. They make me happy and want to work. :)

Day 16

Day 16

So I wore this skirt today, and it was cosy, and I liked it.

I did the Kitchen

They are not amazing pictures...but still you get the idea. These ones didn't want to stick as well as the others. I think the wall is supposed to be clean, and with all the cooking this wall isn't...so I cheated and used some bluetac to help. :P They britghten up the wall a little.

Decorating.

So I reached 800 words, and decorated! :D eeee!! I should maybe have taken a before picture but pfff. Here is the after! I am very happy with it. :D It's in our entrance, the little black squares are stick on chalk boards, pretty niffty!

Got quite a few more words to go until I can attcak the kitchen. I am currently on 1,008 words (thats over half way!) and want to get to 1,500 before I do the kitchen! Hehe...not too far yet. I'm not sure if I've actually made any coherent arguements yet, I seem to keep contradicting myself...but then so do many of my sources...so maybe its a good thing? Hehe. We'll see when I get my grade...I'm hoping for more than 50% but would not be upset with 50%.

Back to work I go!

I'm writing!

I'm finally writing my essay! Hehe! It's quite amazing. I'm allowing myself little breaks after so many words. I am on 300 at the moment, and when I get to 500 I am showering and getting dressed. Then at 800 I can decorate a bit, then at 1500 I can decorate some more. :D

All very exciting! :)

I wanted to share quite a nice quote here, it's from Larkrise to Candleford, an TV show on BBC1.
"Hamlet folk often said that poverty was not a curse, but an inconvenience. They seemed to know that lost art of being happy on little. Strange as it seems a threat to that art comes not when things get worse but when good fortune promises to make things better."

I've always been envious of how happy some people can be on very little. :)

Day 15.

Day 15

So, I managed to read all my articles. BUT still haven't written an essay. There is always tomorrow!

If you're doubting.

The comments to this post will restore anyones faith that there is good in the world. :) Very touching.

It's going oh so well!

I have got 8 things to read...I just need to read them! And I am starting to get a headache, damn headaches! I don't really want to read, but am starting to stress over how close these deadlines are. AND annoyingly my busiest days next week are Monday and Tuesday, so I should really try have it done by Sunday evening!

PS: I want cool headbands like this.

How do you get ready to work?

See how ready I am...theres a pen and paper on the table! :O

I still don't know. Sometimes I need coffee and quite, sometimes I need music, sometimes I need to do some tidying and organising inbetween, sometimes I just need to get dressed. Maybe I just need to want to. I am having trouble getting started on my essay. It's due nxt week, and counts towards my degree...and I am not finding it interesting. I found the whole topic interesting before, but now...now I have to write about it. I really dislike essays. I'm pretty sure maths teachers don't need to write essays, so it's not even good practice for my future job! :P Oh well. I want to do my PGCE here, so need to get above 60% overall, preferably above 70%...so I should try and do well...I CAN DO THIS!!!

If I don't want to work later I will be updating again...

First day back

Day 14 - Yes, I am a bit odd.

So I'm back in Durham. I always seem to get headaches when I get back...it's weird. And I have decided I should not ever have a job that involves travelling, because it seems to take me a while to settle down into a routine again. I don't like new beds and showers etc. Takes me time to adjust. This means I got like no work done today, when I planned to do all my research today! Oops! Oh well.

I've decided on a kinda routine for this term that I will start on Monday. I should be in bed by 10 or 10:30. I should not drink tea after 8, it will keep me up. I will not allow myself on any 'fun' websites until after 7 on a weekday. That means I have to work or read or something in those times. Which is good. And I should be more awake and hopefully calm. :) I like a bit of routine too, but occasionally like to have a day where I break free, we'll see.

Bad day = bad photo

Day 13

I didn't do much today. Woke up, checked flights, showered, finished packing and off to the airport. We got there around 13:00 and my flight was supposed to leave at 15:40. So we had a nice lunch, except the dude serving us wouldn't look at us, and ignored us, and liked the people behind us, and never asked if we wanted dessert, and we wanted the yummy looking dessert BUT it was getting late and he had ignored us for too long so we left. It was about 14:40 so I said bye and went through the security people. First, what the hell has happened to the airport? It was soooooo different! like weird, like I didn't know where I was. Second, stupid flight was delayed 2 hours. Poo. So I sat and read, and read some more, and some more. Then we were told a gate, so went to the gate, and read. Then got on the plane...and flew. The view was relly pretty, but hard to take a photo of, so you get the bad photo up there for today! YAY! Yeah, then I came home to an empty house, order chinese and watched TV. Not really that much done!

Exhausted.

Day 12

I am so tired. I took a nap, still tired. I haven't even done much. I just feel exhausted. I wish I didn't because then I could do some work...but it just feels even more exhausting thinking about haing to look up policies on ethnic diversity in Higher Education. It's tiring just saying it!

My parents are playing darts tonight, and I wanted to go out with them because it's my last night. I so hope I start to feel more awake!

Did some more shopping...will talk about it in a happier, excited mood. Off to have some tea!

Tada!

Day 11

Haha..yes. I did not know what to do for a photo today. I went shopping and FORGOT MY CAMERA! How annoying! So took a photo at home of random ol' me. I seem to have a need of putting my hand up when posing for the camera...weird I know.

Was not the most eventful of days today. One of my calves (is that the right spelling? makes me think of a baby cow...PS: My spelling sucks) hurt from skiiing, and then I manaaged to SHUT THE CAR DOOR ON IT! Brains or what? So now it hurts more! Yippee...
Being in the car meant a drive to a shop! Score! Leroy Merlin. Oh yes, a DIY shop. I love those places, especially the lights and decorations and displays...ah! the dreams!
After that I introduced my mum to the hilarious Kevin Rudd videos done by Rove, they are on youtube. Look them up!!! Then I did some clothes shopping. Both tops worn above are a result of that. I also got two pairs of shorts (I know shorts...in the middle of the worst winter in a while...but ya know it'll warm up eventually!), another nice top and a SEQUIN JACKET!!! I am excited about that last one!

Yeah thats pretty much my day. I leave on Weds, so planning on packing and washing tomorrow AFTER spending money on more awesomenesses! I shop to ease the pain of leaving! Ha!

I've always wanted to do....

...this.

It's so awesome. Give me a day off, and some googly eyes and I will entertain myself! :D

Frizzy Frozzy Frozen!

Day 10

Today started off looking very pretty! See look above. SO pretty, very nice, sunny, warm looking. BUT DO NOT BE FOOLED! It was freeeeeeezing!!! So cold! I froze myself to the point of feeling ill when we went out skiiing. My hands were almost as pink and my nail varnish, and I couldn't feel my toes, and i could hardly talk properly from my face being so frozen! eeek! It was pretty though!
I took comfort and warmth in our little Chalet. I love our Chalet. It's so pretty and cute and warm. :) I worked on my essay whilst nice and cozy. Wrote about 1000words, it's supposed to be 1500, and I still want to add quotes and a conclusion, so I'm feeling like I had a productive day. :)

Whilst I was working away my dad was outside waiting for a dog race to go past. Hehe. A husky race went right by our Chalet. SO cool! I oculd only see the people making the huskies run from where I was sitting inside but my dad took my camera and took some nice pictures, here is my favourite:
:) We came home after they all had gone past. School starts for Sarah tomorrow. I don't start til the week after. I like to remind her of that. I am a lovely sister!
There has been more snow down here, I'd say around 15 to 20cm. Which in the UK would stop anything from working, so it's quite a lot really! :P

Off to have some Dominos Pizza and watch some Sunday TV with the family. :)

Day 9

Day 9

It was quite cloudy up here. I think we were literally in the cloud, so there wasn't much potential for the normal glorious mountain pictures. If tomorrow is like this too then I may have to wait until easter for them! Which is a shame. I love mountain photos! I love snow photos! I love snow! I like both these pictures, but decided since the rest of my 365 project are landscape I should keep it that way, but I could be easily persuaded to change. Hehe! I took them both today, almost froze my little hands of taking them! Brrrrr!

We're liking the snow!

BBC published a picture of Britain from above, I thought I'd share it. I think it looks pretty amazing!!! :D

So you heard about the weather in the UK?

If you haven't then you've been missing out on some funny stuff! The snow is DEEP, hehe, by British standards and hard for them to cope with. Roads are blocked, planes can't fly, schools are closed! It may possibly be getting bad now because the rest of Europe, who are used to lots of snow, are starting to have a few problems. We haven't hit any yet though. :) I thought it was noce to see the British enjoy themselves in what appears to be a horrible winter! Here are some awesome photos, credit here.

I've decided!

My Day 8. :) I thought it was the most interesting of the photos. I dunno why I was just drawn to it more. Asking a question always makes an answer more clear to me. Does anyone else have the same? Asking makes you realise what you want people to say, therefore what you want. I'm sure it anoys others that I usually have an opinion when I ask a question, but oh well!!

So, photo 8. It's the view from my window looking down. You can just make out the difference between the roof and the ground. :) Snow is so magical!