Thankful Thursday

Over the last few days there has been horrid rain. And it is so cold here in Ireland that it feels to me as though it's Christmas already... Brrrr... so with that I'll lead into...

1 - having hot water bottles. Letting me have that brief moment of relaxation. Oh how good it feels to be warm.

2 - Having the sunlight pour into my room at dawn. I feel wonderful when I have the start of a new day begin with a few rays of sunlight. They may be no heat, but the light to me is a positive sign. A sign that the day will be good if I want it to be. I just love to have a bit of colour in the sky, instead of the boring, grey, lifeless clouds.

3 - Enjoying a mocha with Mum
4 - Sleepover with the little English cousin, Disney movies of course!
5 - Even though I detest the phone, I did enjoy chatting to Edel. We have a friendship where it seems strange to have not spoken in so long... a week for us is long! Haa!
6 - Going round the shops with my brother. He hates town, but thankfully he came and we ended up having a well-entertained evening.
7 - I bought a few DVDs over the last couple of weeks and the one I happen to love best is 'The Mirror has Two Faces'. Peachy, (if you're reading) more movie recommendations please. It's nice to know that I'm not the only movie fanatic freak in the world!

Thanks for reading sheepies,

Much appreciated,

30 Day Snap #1 | BBQ & Family

I'm amazed how this time last year I was doing the 30 day snap challenge (inspired by none other than our wonderful lifestyle blogger Sprinkle of Glitter) I actually met some amazing bloggers from it last year.

I've decided with posting each days snap a day ahead. Sinead muh #truefan over at Dreaming Again came up with the idea first. But I think since we're Irish, we're allowed to be late Haaahaa ;)

30 Day Snap Challenge - Day 1 June 2014

I really was not in the mood for a day of going to a family BBQ with a throat infection, but by the end of the day I was happy I went. I couldn't exactly gulp the food down but being out in the sunshine was nice. Getting heavenly cones from the ice-cream van was a delight as well. Back in Ireland, in home estates we don't really get much ice-cream vans (*mutter* God has probably something to do with it.)

I enjoyed feeding Cleeko with some of my sprinkle-covered ice-cream. The little sweetie fell asleep on my lap which was so adorable. He reminds me of a little lamb.

So Cleeko, the sunshine, the flowers and my little cuz Coco were some of the highlights of my day. Just a nice relaxing Sunday, as it should be.

The picture of my cousin trying to have a stare down competition with Cleeko makes me laugh. He kept turning his head towards the chicken legs on the table :D

And finally my Instagram pictures of the day.

If any of you are doing the 30 Day Snap Challenge, let me know, I'll be interested in following your months journey :)

Thanks for reading lovies :)

My Holiday to Mauritius | Part 1 ( The Beaches)

It's taken me ages to sort out these pictures of my recent trip to Mauritius (Ile Maurice), over 400 of them. So I have planned out a series of parts, first up the beaches of Mauritius.

It was perhaps one of the most laziest, luxurious things to do. You just had to grab your kindle, your ipod and just lay down in the sun.

I had a routine with lying out, scorching to death, run into the sea/pool, bring camera while collecting shells on the beach.

As you can see, the ocean was so clear and the perfect shade of blue.

This beach was a private one, belonging to the Plantation Hotel.

It was a lovely hotel, with it's volleyball tournaments, pool parties and sega nights (Sega - Mauritian style dancing)

I loved this beach. We got to go paddling and got plenty of free drinks at the mini bar on the beach.  

There was a waterfall near the beach as well, along with men fishing along the stream. I thought this was a lovely little place, just to have some alone time. Very peaceful setting, don't you think?

This is one of the funniest things that my family does. We go to other other hotels that are beside ours. This one was just across the stream from the one we were staying at. If you can squint your eyes, you can see my little cousin wearing a shower cap. She likes being different! So you can imagine the embarrassment her mother had to face when she walked in that hotel.

There's a reason why I took this photo. In the water there was this family; young parents with a 2 year old daughter and a disabled 11 year old daughter. They were staying at the same hotel as us for the 2 nights. And every evening I would see them at dinner. At first all I could think of was, "Their relationship must be tested to the extreme point with having that much stress." But looking at them, they were so happy. The husband adored his 2 daughters and would give a quick peck on his wife's cheek as he would play with the 2 year old. One night the parents were out dancing, as though they were this new lovey-dovey couple. Even knowing the stress they were going through, I couldn't help but feel a somewhat envy from this family. It was their faith and optimism that really shined through their happiness.

I was just happy that they were like shadows in the ocean, so I could snap a quick shot of them. This picture of the family, out of the hundreds of pictures is a favourite of mine.

Having a sunset every evening made this time even more valuable. When in Hertfordshire am I ever going to get such a sunset like these again!

We went on a glass-bottom boat. Looking at all the fishies and corals. We even had a chance to go snorkeling, jumping from the boat and diving under.

My cousin and her dad collecting shells. It's one of the loves they share. Having a fascination for nature and life. Both share interests such as cooking and gardening as well. With my dad, it's music, music, movies, music, certain foods, history, chocolate, meat & potatoe pie, sci-fy movies and tv shows & music again.

My dream job would be a singer. My dads, a music manager. 

This was a little island 15 minutes from the east coast of Mauritius.

It was as though I had stepped into a dream. I'd never seen the sand so gold before, or the water so clear. It was as though there were diamonds in the water. Ooooh SPARKLY!

We brought back some starfish as well. All the time I was picturing the starfish from 'Finding Nemo', haahaa :) 

I have two more parts belonging to this holiday mini post series. This blog after all is for memories. And I'd love to share them with you.

I'm planning on doing the next post (Part 2) on the places I went to around Mauritius.

If any of you that have traveled, what was your favouite holiday and what were the highlights?

Cheers for reading,

King's Cross, Baker Street & London Bridge

Hey Peoples :)

I've been meaning to put up this post for ages, but I don't have my laptop over here in England and its hard to get time to do it.

Well, this post is just a few photos of my last trip to London.

I revisited Covent Garden... seeing as it's a lovely place to just hang out for a while. The day was mostly done in a rush though, with seeing different places, so when I get back after Summer I'll be returning back here to Covent Garden, so I can take everything in.

London bridge was perhaps one of my favourite places to see. The bridge itself is beautiful, but I liked how I got sit down with my lunch on the lawn and take in the whole site. I was so lucky to get the marvellous weather as well. The blue sky made the city prettier, making the buildings pop out.

It's pretty impossible to get a 'normal' picture of my brother... takes after my Dad. I now see why there's no family pictures hung up around my house back in Ireland. We'd scare the guests.

This was my second time returning back to the 'Sherlock Holmes Museum' at Baker Street... heehee, but sadly there were no tickets on sale... the place was so busy. So I bought some little souvenirs and tried on some hats instead.

I'm sooooooo excited for the third season of 'sherlock'. Thank God for television :)

And what else can measure up to sherlock........ Uhhh.... Harry Potter of course. So me and my friends visited King's Cross Station. I felt like one of those scary fans.... "Ooh, that tower is from the second movie..." and then can you believe it, we almost missed the gift shop. I bought myself a Harry Potter key chain and 9 3/4 train ticket. I left the station feeling pretty great.

I feel stupid not knowing that I was standing behind Buckingham Palace... and it was the next site that was on our list. Might I say, I bloody hate the maps around the city. It's better to have one of your own i think.

I really liked this shot when I took it. There were so many cyclists around. And the lane itself gave a 'Pride & Prejudice' feel to it.

I hope you enjoyed these pics, and if you have any questions about where I visited, 

ask away.

Tomorrow I'm heading to the 'Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios' in Watford. So if I get the time, I'll post up a blog about it.

Thanks for reading :D