Happy!

Someone once told me that you have to choose what you win or lose,
You can't have everything.
Don't you take chances, you might feel the pain,
Don't you love in vain,
Cause love won't set you free.

I can't stand by the side,
And watch this life pass me by,
So unhappy,
But safe as could be.

So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?
I gotta find my place,
I wanna hear my sound,
I don't care about all the pain in front of me,
'Cause I'm just trying to be happy.

I'm holding on tightly, I just can't let it go,
Just trying to play my role,
You slowly disappear.
But all these days, they feel like they're the same,
Just different faces, different names, get me out of here.
I can't stand by the side,
And watch this life pass me by.

So any turns that I can't see,
Like I'm a stranger on this road,
Don't say victim!
Don't say anything.

So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?
I gotta find my place,
I wanna hear my sound,
I don't care about all the pain in front of me,
'Cause I just wanna be happy.

The Real World...

Trade a fantasy with reality and you might just feel like Alice back from Wonderland.The world may not sparkle and shine, but the ground will be solid beneath your feet, and your eyes will be open to all the adventures that lie waiting, right here, in the real world...

 

 

Making Marmalade With Mammy!

Today me and my Mam made orange marmalade! It was sooooooo much fun! :)

 

Last night we juiced the fruit and left the skin and pith to steep all night. We threw in lemon and lime to bitter it up a little ;)

 

 

Then today we boiled it all up with sugar after she chopped up the oranges nice and small to make the peel for the marmalade.

 

 

After it changed colour it was ready to put into the jars. We put the jars into the oven to heat them and then when they were nice and warm got pouring!

 

 

After that we decorated them... And "Voilà" we were done! Yummers!!! A day spent with Mammy is a day spent well! <3

 

If You Don't Want To Love Me

When you lower me down,
So deep that I can't get out,
When you're lost and alone,
Yes you'd think it was the last place you'd come back for more.

If you don't want me to leave, then don't push me away,
I'd rather blow out the lights, than watch them all fade,
But I'm going nowhere...

I'm gonna stay,
When you just wanna fight,
When you're closing your eyes,
'cause you don't wanna love me.

I'm gonna stay,
You can't push me too far,
There's no space in my heart,
Where I don't wanna love you.

When there's no storm,
Then how can I feel the calm?
If there's nothing left to lose,
Then what is this feeling that keeps on bringing me back to you?

So I'm gonna stay,
When you just wanna fight,
When you're closing your eyes,
'cause you don't wanna love me.

You can't push me too far,
There's no space in my heart,
Where I don't wanna love you.

If you asked me to leave, and I walked away,
We'd still be alone and we'd still be afraid.
So I'm going nowhere.

I'm gonna stay when you just wanna fight,
And there's tears in your eyes,
'cause you don't wanna love me.

Yes I'm gonna stay,
All the tears that I've cried,
I can leave them to dry,
If you don't wanna love me.

Goodbyes...

Someone recently asked me if saying goodbye ever gets any easier. We can contemplate the inevitable, be it that we are with them when they check in at an airport, or when the print their train ticket at a station, but can we ever adjust to the emotions attached to a farewell?...

We can envision how perfect our goodbyes can be, with paradoxical amount of pleasure and pain, but when it comes down to it: goodbyes are always the same. They signify the end of something, be it for a day, a week, a month, a year...

So I guess the answer is simple, goodbyes never get any easier. But in their purest form they tell us something about ourselves, and i would rather live my days filled with emotions of happiness, sorrow, apprehension, excitment etc, then to switch off feelings that remind me: I am merely human!

Life is not supposed to be endlessly easy. "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lighly"- Thomas Paine.

The Walk...

Shoes... some would say they are a girls best friend. They always fit no matter how big or small you are, and in an instant they can make you feel just fabulous!

But when it comes down to it, there really is nothing better for the looooooong walk home than a good friend! <3 Shoes or no shoes!

Friends are like shoes: some loose, some tight, some fit just right, they help you as you walk through life. Thanks for being my size! <3

The Notebook

"Summer romances begin for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone..."

Breakfast at Sarah's

Had a lovely "Breakfast at Tiffany's Sarah's" with my mam on Wednesday! Lovely vintage layout with fabulous grub!!!

Super pretty! :)

They ate healthy and I had a super tasty fry :P

Absolutely PERFECT!! <3

How Well Do You Know Your Friend's Face? Part 2

Part 2:

How Well Do You Know Your Friend's Face?... Part 1!

 Part 1:

Attempting To Make A Video...

It's all in the title...

Planking

The Importance/Rules Of Planking

How To Drunkenly Clean Your Face!

The title says it all!!! CLEAN YOUR FACE YOU DIRTY PIRATE H**KERS!!!

 

Bloopers...

The usual f**k ups from the videos!!! Enjoy my imperfection!! :P

Seven Deadly Sins...

After popular demand I decided to do another video today for my blog... This is "The Seven Deadly Sins Challenge". I hope yous enjoy it and leave a message in the comment section if there are any other challenges you would like to see me do! :)

Video F**k Ups!

Who knew making a short video for yesterdays blog could be so difficult! :P For someone who never manages to shut up, I don't know what I'm saying half the time! Mumble mumble mumble... No-one's perfect though... Enjoy my f**k ups!

Perfectly imperfect since 1987- And Proud!!! :D

Flora Women's Mini Marathon

I really hope people can support me in raising some money for a good cause. The marathon is 10km and will take place on the 4th of June in Dublin. Despite my incredibly dodgey knee I will still be doing it because the charity is so worth it!

For more information on The Hanly Centre or The Flora Mini Marathon follow the links below!

http://www.florawomensminimarathon.ie/

http://thehanlycentre.com/

ps... You need to excuse my mumbly video... I think it manages to gets my point across anyway! :D

3 Simple Things That Make Me Happy

I found a challenge on the internet that said if you can find three simple things that make you happy then you are an easily pleased, happy-go-lucky person.

So here it is, my three simple things that make me happy.

1) EGGS!!! In any form: boiled, poached, fried, scrambled... you name it, I want it! Eating a wooping 12-16 eggs a week there is no food that makes me happier! :)













2) Clean Bedsheets: anyone who knows me at all knows I probably spend half my life in my bed (not a sexual innuendo!). I literally can't get enough of being in/on a bed! Whether it's sitting/lying on bed writing college stuff, watching movies, eating food, or generally chilling, nothing beats the smell of fresh bed sheets! Especially when you're getting into them for a snooze and the lovely fresh smell is nice and soothing! Heaven! <3

3) Cuddles!: they come in all shapes and sizes, and yet they always fit! :) A good cuddle can cure anything, and always makes me happy! <3

If you find someone who's willing to combine the three then you've hit the jackpot!!!

Money Bags

This is the only time in our life time that we will witness this. This July , 2012 will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This situation only happens once every 823 years. Basing this on Chinese Feng Shui, it is called money bags. People are more likely to be lucky with their money during 'money bags'. Here's hoping they are right :)

The Perfect Easter Day

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Nothing beats waking up on Easter morning and having a nice big Irish breakfast! With all the ingrediants from home. (...well except the eggs)

It's like a heart attack on a plate! :D

Later on this was followed by a nice big 'Irish Style' Easter dinner with all the trimmings! Best dinner since Christmas I would say.

Roast chicken, roast spuds, mashed spuds, homemade stuffing, and carrots!! YUMMERS!!!

Afterwards it was all topped off with a nice bowl of Aero Chocolate mousse... it looks like a turd but it tastes like heaven!!!

A skype with mammy, daddy and Sarah and then its time to watch 'Babes in Toyland 1961'! What a classic! Such a lovely Easter Day!

Lent Is Over!!!!

After 6 weeks and 5 days Lent is finally over! Still as tradition since I was younger I gave up sweets (every form including mints), chocolate (in any form... not even hot chocolate drink was allowed), and fizzy drinks (coke, 7up etc...)

It feels impossible at first because you would be surprised how often someone offers you sweets or chocolate in 47 days! But after a few weeks it gets much easier! :) Delighted I managed to complete another Lent of giving up things I usually enjoy so much.

Wikipedia says we do Lent because: "many of the faithful commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penitence." Personally not feeling much 'penitence' I do it anyway! And I think it would take more than 47 days of avoiding luxuries to undo all my sins :D

Anyway, now when I can finally have my little luxuries back I am going to enjoy every minute of it!

Fizzy Orange, Aero Bubbly Mousse Desert, Chunky Chocolate Chip and Raisin Cadbury's Cookies, Cadbury's Milk Chocolate Buttons, Cream Eggs, Mini Chocolate Chickens, Mini Chocolate Eggs, and finally... Starbars! (My favourite)!

GET IN MY BELLY!!!

Bring on the sugar rush!!!!

Defining Irishness...

Just found this absolutely hilarious list on the internet! They are so true but I only really see it now after being away for sooooo long! The one about being 'absolutely terrified of the wooden spoon' is classic!!! :) anyone who doesn't get it will think we Irish are nuts!

 

 

 

Irishness is...

Describing someone with longstanding, persistent and untreated psychosis as "a character".

Saying "There's definitely no recession here!" every time you see more than 5 people in a pub.

 

Saying "Ah but he's very good to his mother" about some utter fool.

TK Red lemonade, Taytos and white pudding. Not together of course.

 Your mam or dad greeting you with the phrase "d'ya know who's dead?"

That mini heart attack you get if you go out and forget to turn off the immersion.

"You're not drinking??? Are you on antibiotics?"

Wallpaper on your school books.

Being 'Grand'!!

Boil everything in a huge pot for 3 hours.

Being absolutely terrified of a wooden spoon.

Learning a language for 12 years and not being fluent.

Going absolutely mental at concerts because you're a mad yoke...

Flat 7UP heals all illnesses.

Calling Joe Duffy instead of the Guards.

 

Giving directions to people using the pub names on each corner, instead of the street names.

 

Understanding what it means to make 'a holy show of yourself'!

 

Opening up coversations with "comere 'til I tell ya".

 

Knowing somewhere can't be too far away because it's described in distance as "a hens race"...

50 Things To Do Before I Die

Found this list online a while ago and it is getting smaller by the day… More than half way now! Obviously for discretional reasons some haven’t been marked off! ;) Make a list and live life to the full!

1.      Ride a Motorcycle (Wheelie If You’re Brave)

2.      Handbrake Turn a Car While Traveling Over 30 mph (50km/h)

3.      Get In a Physical Fight

4.      Go Camping

5.      Spend a Night Sleeping Under The Stars

6.      Go On Holiday With Your Best Friend

7.      Tour Through Europe In The Summer

8.      Throw a Snowball At Someone

9.      Go Snowboarding or Skiing

10.  Build Your Own Igloo

11.  Learn To Do A Standing Somersault

12.  Go To a Nightclub On Your Own And Make Some New Friends

13.  Throw A HUGE Party For All Your Friends

14.  Witness the Northern Lights

15.  Las Vegas

16.  Have Lunch in Monaco

17.  Live In A Foreign Country For At Least 6 Months

18.  Live On An Island For At Least a Month

19.  Build a Giant Sandcastle

20.  Play a Game of Poker (And Bluff a Hand)

21.  Play a Game Of Blackjack

22.  Win The Lottery Or Some Other Competition

23.  Fall In Love

24.  Kiss A Total Stranger

25.  Go On a Blind Date

26.  Go Skinny-Dipping In The Ocean

27.  Go To A Strip-Club

28.  Menage a Trois

29.  Make Love On A Beach

30.  Have Your Own Family

31.  Have Your Heart Broken

32.  Say “I Love You”

33.  Help Someone Without Wanting Anything In Return

34.  Teach Someone Something

35.  Get Your Life In Shape

36.  Spend A Week In A Meditation Retreat

37.  Watch The Sun Rise

38.  Watch The Sun Set

39.  Plant A Tree/Flowers

40.  Own a Pet

41.  Learn a Foreign Language

42.  Learn To Play An Instrument

43.  Learn Your Favorite Song

44.  Play An Elaborate Practical Joke On Someone

45.  Make Money From Your Own Entrepreneurial Project/Business

46.  Make Your Own Movie

47.  Write Your Own Book

48.  Eat Something Raw (Off A Tree Or Out The Ground)

49.  Fast For At Least 2 Days

50.  Catch A Fish

“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”