Most of us are familiar with the word ‘pet’: ‘an animal kept in the home as a companion’. The definition of the word ‘peeve’ means ‘to annoy someone’. Nobody sets out to own a pet if they know it is going to annoy them! So why the term ‘pet peeves’? According to Wikipedia, the term […]
Somebody’s inspiration…
When our thoughts are positive, our hearts will be too Why is it always easier to remember a persons negative comments? Day two of my Blogtober challenge asks me to write about something somebody told me that I have never forgotten. As I lay mulling the question over in bed last night a million past […]
10 Things that make me really happy
We are kicking off Blogtober with a happy post – yay! List 10 things that make me really happy. Not just happy but really happy! Now I am not going to write a section about family and friends because – that’s a given. I love them without a shadow of a doubt! I am going […]
Scouting For Girls – The Trouble with Boys
The trouble with iTunes… Before I launch into my iTunes woes, can I first let out a not so small “YAAAAAAASSSSSS”! It’s been a long two year wait but Scouting For Girls dropped their new album today and I am beyond happy! Now if you’re a music geek like me you will more than likely […]
Why guilt is an indulgence of your ‘Monkey Mind’
There are two kinds of guilt… Bestselling author Sabbaa Tahir wrote “There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose”, and I am inclined to agree. Like Ying to Yang and sunshine to rain, it is impossible to ‘know something’ without […]
Health is life’s greatest blessings
Health is wealth Travelling to new countries gives me an exciting exhilaration I cannot describe. I love to wander aimlessly through unknown streets, sampling local foods and embracing different cultures. It is my opinion that travelling is a holistic experience. In order to get the most from my travels I find it important to be healthy […]
Travelling Thailand – a brief overview
Travelling Thailand Wow, four months into my travelling adventure! I finally have (some) time to reflect on what a whirlwind it has been to date. I have so much to write about but I’ll start with an overview of the four jam-packed weeks I spent in Thailand. Bangkok I would describe Bangkok as an assault […]
Memories Make Music
How Deep Is Your Love? Music has been a huge part of my life from a very early age. My earliest memories start during the year of 1996 aged nine. The 90’s seemed dominated by Take That and you were either ‘Team Gary’ or ‘Team Robbie’. Of my cousins who cared, they were all ‘Team […]
My Friend Kirsty
March 12th is, as usual, the hardest day of the year for me. It was on this day fourteen years ago that I lost the greatest friend I could ever have wished for to a tragic road accident. There is not a single day that I don’t miss her dearly. She was my best friend. […]
International Women’s Day 2018
With so many unofficial celebrations swirling around cyberspace it is usually easy for me to ignore most of them. Yesterday was different – yesterday was International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD has been celebrated for over a century now but it is the first year that I have noticed the impact this topic has within the […]
Life is a Rollercoaster
My good ‘pal’ Ronan Keating said ‘Life is a Rollercoaster’, and he couldn’t be more right. Life for me currently feels like something from the movie Groundhog Day and it simply doesn’t fulfil me anymore. My life became uninspiring around February of 2017 when my new job role failed to live up to expectations. Each […]