10 Day Blogging Adventure!!

DAY FOUR

Seven things that cross my mind a lot

1. Will I ever save enough money to own my own house
   
2. Am I good enough for what I want to do
3. I want to settle down get married and have children one day and I worry it'll be too late when I decide to do this
4. People's opinions of me
5. The world ending (don't laugh)
   
6. Who will I go to for advice when my Mum is no longer around
7. Where will I be in 10 years time
   

T-Dog's first marathon!!

Yesterday my lovely dog decided he'd like to take part in his own marathon.

I came back from shopping to find my Mum had kindly taken Toby to the stables so he could run about all day.

When she came back I went straight out and took him with me to my Grandmothers as I was visiting and staying the night and my Grandmother loves Toby.

Anyhow I thought it a little strange for him to fall straight asleep on the journey over, he normally gets excited but just put it down to he'd been running around all day.

Today I thanked my Mum for taking him as I hadn't had chance to thank her yet as I was in such a rush the day before, and when I said thank you my Mum and my brother proceeded to laugh.

Curious I asked what this was about and they said he had a good run yesterday that's for sure.

There were two people down the stables yesterday my Mum and my friend who has a horse there as well.

Apparently my Mum had gone to the loo and my friend had got in her car to go to the feed store to get some more horse feed which is about 3 miles away and up and down lots of country lanes.

When my friend reached the feed store and opened the car door, Toby jumped in all out of breath, he'd followed her the whole way as he thought he was been left as couldn't see my mum.

Goodness knows what passers by thought seeing a dog chasing after a car, I bet they were thinking:

'how lazy and cruel is she'

Poor thing, I'm surprised his little legs didn't drop off, he's still sleeping it off now but if there ever was a doggy Marathon I'm sure he'd win paws down.

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DAY THREE

Eight things I couldn't live without:

1. My Ugg Boots, they are fashionable, comfy and you can where them whatever the season.
2. My dog Toby, I'm sure you are all aware I love him very much and he's very adorable.
3. My car, yes I know what your all thinking (lazy girl) but without my car I feel like I've lost a limb I travel everywhere to far places and it saves time.
4. I'm going to say food as you wouldn't survive without it and I love it.
5. Vaseline, saviour for cracked lips and acts as a lip gloss over lipstick to add extra shine to the colour.
6. My pink, hooded dressing gown, keeps me so snug and warm and it's my favourite colour
7. My camera, I love to capture those comedy moments when no one expects their photo to be taken.
8. Finally My mum she does more in my life than I think and I really value her so I don't know what I'm going to do without her but I hope to be like her one day.

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DAY TWO

9 Things about yourself that most people don't know:

1. I sleep with the covers over my head even if it's really hot, ever since my mum told me as a child she felt someone breathing on her and when she opened her eyes no one was there
2. I eat chocolate spread with a spoon out the jar
3. Although I seem confident sometimes it's just a front
4. It's annoying when people don't drive
5. I always say if I don't do this by the time this happens then this is going to happen to you. i.e 'if by the time I reach the traffic lights they have gone red then I will have a bad day'
6. I love the sound of heavy rainy on a window at night
7. I still own a spice girls album
8. I am terrible at hoarding stuff, especially clothes, I always think I'll wear it again someday
9. Prefer plants over flowers, flowers die too quick.

10 Day Blogging Adventure

So I noticed this post @ Diary of a Newlywed (check her

blog out it's awesome) and decided to give it a go myself.

Here are the daily instructions for this 10 day blogging adventure:

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.

Day Two: Nine things about yourself that most people don't know.

Day Three: Eight things you couldn't live without.

Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.

Day Five: Six things you wish you could change or you wish you’d never done.

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to you.

Day Seven: Four turn offs.

Day Eight: Three turn ons.

Day Nine: Two words that describe your life right now.

Day Ten: One confession.

Day One

1. Mum I never say I love you, so I am saying it now I love you very much and I don't think I could function without you in my life
2. Dad, I am not happy with you at the moment, you seem to have an ' I don't care attitude' and I think we need to sit down and talk about it.
3. Sophie (little CH) I love you like my little sister and I will always be there for you.
   
4. Chloe, we need to keep up with seeing each other every week, we're terrible and never make enough time for each other. I can't believe I've know you 13 years
5. Mum I took £5 out of your purse as I was desperate but I'll give it you back I promise.
   
6. To all my friends that don't drive, stop been lazy and just get off your bum and pass your test because you can drive you just can't be bothered
   
7. To Tom, am glad after 15 years of not seeing each other we get on so well. I feel like your one of my best mates now
8. Lydon, thanks for been such a good friend to me, I really don't know what I'd do without you. Your always there to listen
9. To my dog Toby, if you could understand me I'd tell you how much I love you and to please stop barking when we leave the house as we are never going to abandon you.
   
10. Finally I want to tell myself to stop worrying about everything, it's not worth it.

Adventures in the sun part uno

Firstly if you want to go on holiday and party all day and night and you have no money one word:

MAGALUF

My friend and I managed to have a good time for five euros one night but more about that later.

Magaluf is situated on the Balearic island of Majorca or as the Spanish spell it Mallorca.

Majorca as a whole has picturesque scenery, made up of mountains, windy roads , gorgeous beaches and in parts crystal clear waters, my friend and I could see shawls of fish swimming between our legs right by the shoreline.

Although Magaluf is known to attract the younger generation because of the party life, there is still much for the family to do by day, there are plenty of beach activities, not far down the road there are two great water parks which unfortunately I missed out on investigating.

Palma Nova which is situated just outside Magaluf caters for families mainly, it is quieter and away from the noise of the nightlife of Magaluf even though it's only a ten minute walkaway.

Magaluf by night is a different story, bright lights, young people, crazy drinking games, karaokes, dancing and lots of noise.

I spent 7 nights there and kept a diary of my time here as an insight for any young person who may want to go to Magaluf

Diary to follow soon..............

If you are interested in booking a vacation to Majorca please try the website TRAVEL REPUBLIC

They always have great deals on package holidays tailor made to suit your needs, check the site out and see for yourself.

SICKENED

I have recently read this Auto Biography and found it horrifying.

Auto Biography's always interest me as it's real life and sometimes it is something I can relate to however this book opened my eyes to a form of child abuse I had never heard of Munchausen By Proxy.

Julie Gregory tells us the story of her childhood and how she did not have one due to her mother causing illness by working her into the ground and inventing symptoms for her daughter to which she would cry to the doctors about and so would be given medication which in effect made her worse meaning more trips to the doctor.

The Blurb on the back of this book is right as it is the worse form of child abuse:

• doctors think the mother is distressed and just want to help
• child believes the only way to be loved is to pretend to be ill (causing them to be ill)
• it goes unseen by most as there are no physical signs

After reading Julie's story I wanted to investigate further into MBP as I was most disturbed by what I had read and wanted to know if there were many cases like this and what caused parents to act this way towards their child as I cannot understand how you would want to hurt another human being that you have carried inside you for 9 months.

After reading into MBP I found 90% of the time the parent was abused as a child and they act this way as they get attention/care/love from everyone around them as their child is sick. They crave the attention they never had as a child.

One case I read about where a mother had been injecting salt water into her 4 month old son which caused many issues and he needed to be hospitalised and this is where she was found out.

A nurse caught the mother disconnecting the feeding tube and so the nurse reported this.

Police investigated the woman's home to find salt and syringes all over the house, the mother has been given a 15 year jail sentence which I don't think justifies the fact that this little boy will now never lead a normal life as he will now suffer one or more of the following:

• Cerebral Palsy
• Blindness
• Epilepsy
• Other conditions

Quotes from the book:

'the part I hated most was the shaving. I mean , if your'e a twelve year old girl, how much hair can you have on your chest? But they lather me up anyway and run a new plastic bic between my barley there breasts. They needed me smooth and hairless so the little white pads would stick to those points con-stellated around my heart and record my beats'

'"How do you act when your sick Julie? Show me?" I slouch the edge of the table, limbs dangling. I hang my tongue out and my bottom lip falls away from my teeth

"That's right. Now what do you think the doctor is going to say if he comes in here and sees you're sitting up and smiling? Do you think he's going to believe me when I say your sick? You got to show him how sick you are" '

'Books are my friends now, where it's okay to be silent, where your not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out in a parking lot.... even if it is dark'

It's a really good book and worth a read.

An eye opener to what really goes on behind closed doors in this world of ours.