The Lovely List of Lovely Things November 11, 2009

Ok this started a week or so ago when my friend Abi posted on her facebook status that nothing beats the loveliness of new socks. I responded new socks are one of the lovelinest things in the lovely list of 26 things that are lovely. At C.U House party last weekend, we decided to write this list with the help of others (the list is longer thatn 26) and since I haven’t blogged for a while I could put them on here.

The Lovely List of Lovely Things in all their Loveliness

1) Fluffy bunnies

2) New Socks

3) Bubble Wrap

4) Running tea leaves/sand through your fingers

5) Jumpers straight out of the tumble dryer

6) Frost/dew on spiders webs

7)Crunchy snow

8) Smell of chocolate/coffee

9) Buying a new notebook with a nice cover

10) Waking up and realising you don’t need to get up

11) Grass after its been raining

12) Waking up to find its been snowing the night before

13) Seeing a rainbow

14) Feeding ducks

15) Hot melted butter on toast

16) Jam roly poly pudding with custard

17) Wake up feeling refreshed

18) Balloons

19) Hot water bottles

20) Finding all your old toys and all the memories with them

21) watching the sunrise

22) Christmas Eve

23) The smell of new books

24) Having a whole sofa to yourself

25) Kittens

26) New shoes

27) Thinking of lovely things for the lovely list

28) Babies skin

29) Friends and family

30) Flowers/recieving flowers

31) The feel of a hand on your cheek

32) Coming into the warmth out of the rain

33) A nice cup of tea

34) Sunset

35) Little ducklings

36) someone you love who loves you back

37) A text from a best friend

38) When someone offers to make you a cup of tea

39) The smell of Autumn/Christmas

40) Smell after the rain

41) Jets on a summer day

42)Fresh cut grass

43) The ocean when its foggy or raining

44) Climbing trees

45) Jacket potatoes

46) Walking through forests

47) Looking at stars

48) Baby guinea pigs

49) Driving by moonlight

50) Smell of old books

51) watching people smile

52) Being told you’re beautiful

53) Cuddling in bed

54) Having your hair stroked

55) Sitting round a fire

56) The cool side of the pillow

57) Someone runs a bath for you

58) Having a day dedicated to watching films

59) Pyjama days

60) A good pint after a hard day

61) A glass of rose

62) Not feeling like you have to wear makeup

63) pretty dresses

64) Hugs

65) Having a shower after a long flight

66) Swishing through leaves

67) Being met at the airport by someone you love

68) Finding something you thought was lost

69) Being given something for free

70) Singing your heart out

71) A child’s smile

72) Having your hair cut

73) Recieving a letter from abroad

74) First intake of air as you step out into a cold winters day

When life gives you lemons…make lemonade! May 20, 2009

For my birthday 2 of the 112 boys, who live down the street from me, gave me lemons. I have no idea why, whether they’re trying to say something about me (have no idea what is ‘lemony’ about me!) or it’s just pure random.
So I had a couple of lemons, not knowing what to do, until I suddenly thought of making lemonade, stereotypically a pastime done by American kids selling it for 5 cents a cup.
After a pancake party we had, there was also loads of lemon juice left over as well, so I found a recipe on the internet and on Monday before Prayer Lunch decided to make it.

The recipe is really simple, all you need is sugar, lemon juice and water. The measurements were in cups, now I didn’t know if there was an actual cup measurement or you just use a mug. I used a mug

In a pan gently heat one cup of sugar and one cup of water until the sugar dissolves. To this add one cup of lemon juice and stir. Add to a big jug and dilute it with 3-4 cups of water to taste, then chill it. It’s best serve with ice cubes but I didn’t have any. A good tip i found is to make ice cubes with the actual lemonade, so when they melt, they don’t dilute the taste of the drink further.

For my first try, I thought it tasted ok, maybe a bit too much sugar, but people seemed to like, especially Martin! Hmmm…i spot a money making oppurtunity…:P

Ross Noble in Buxton April 22, 2009

Last night me and my boyfriend Spence went to Buxton to see Ross Noble perform at the Buxton Opera House.
My Mum picked us up about 2 o’ clock and dropped us off at the Pavillion Gardens. I showed Spence around Buxton, taking him through the park, the hot house, showed him St Ann’s well where spring water comes straight out of the ground, and the main shopping area Spring Gardens.
I felt a bit sorry for him as I dragged him through the shops looking for presents for some upcoming birthdays. We went into Currys just for the hell of it and into Waitrose as Spence has never been in one before!

As we walked up the hill to my house, I pointed out to him all the buildings, like the university, Palace hotel, the town hall and Trinity Church.

As I began to cook some food, my brother came home from school. He’s grown so much! He has even started to grow hair on his chin! He said he missed me alot, which is nice to hear from my brother.

I was worried about what Spence would make of my family (and the state of the house!) but he hasn’t run off to the hills just yet!

We left about 7 with my sister. Before I was going out with Spence, I bought a ticket for myself, which was Seat 16 in Row G. When I was going out with Spence, I thought he might want to come along too, so I bought two more tickets, on Row D seats 28 and 29. So my sister got my first ticket, but she didn’t want to sit on her own, but I wasn’t going to let Spence sit on his own either!

the four headed ross monster a.k.a 'Steve'

Ross Noble’s shows always have some weird thing in the background on stage and this had the weirdest ever. It was a monster with four of his heads, a tortoise’s body, lobster arms, wings, dragon legs and octopus tentacles. Truly bizarre.

With every passing minute I got more and more excited at seeing Ross Noble live, and frequently did my fast clapping that I usually do when I get really excited about something. Then the lights dimmed and Ross Noble came on stage.

It was hilarious. I have never laughed so much. My cheeks were sore and even my teeth began to hurt. Highlights were when someone came in late they had to have their face stroked, Pat the hairdresser in the front row who was Ross’ personal moral barometer, you change into a woman when you get off the train at Macclesfield, moles tunneling into the Opera House, Beyonce punching a pig to death on a treadmill (which went on for ages!) Jade Goody, Axel Rose and the students on the front row.

At the ‘piss break’ as Ross calls it, my sister came over and just plonked herself onto my knee after I got her an ice cream, and began to talk about how she was sitting next to the worse people ever.

I loved the ‘any questions’ section at the end, when Ross talked about his 6 month old daughter, how she has a frisbee face and when his wife was in Baby Gap, he just walked past her saying ‘What a f***king ugly baby!’. The woman didn’t in the shop didn’t know they were married and just looked shocked!

Another story was when he was buying clothes for his daughter. He said people who work in baby shops don’t seem to be able to get over the fact that everything they sell is teeny tiny. Every time the shop lady folded the clothes she went ‘awww’ which was driving him mad. The final straw was when she said ‘New baby?” to which he replied, ‘No, my wife is a dwarf’. It was brilliant!

At the end they were selling posters signed by Ross Noble, some of the proceeds are going to help people in Australia whose homes were destroyed in the bush fires. Noble virtually lost everything in the fire. I really wanted one and Spence bought it for me, which he didn’t have to, but it was sweet for him to do so