I had some bananas that were extremely ripe last night and the whole house was smelling very "bananified" so I whipped up some banana cakes with things i found in the cupboards, self raising flour, 1 egg, 2 bananas(very ripe and mashed) sugar, milk and butter. Handy way of using up those smelly bananas!

Today the weather is "pants" I'm having a "stay indoors and be silly day" (It's also an excuse to eat the rest of those cakes) My inspiration for today is this picture. Taken from Dr Seuss Quotes

It's official It's chocolate week!
So naturally I shall be consuming a lot of the sweet substance this week.
Is anyone else feeling incredibly excited about Halloween this year or is it just myself? I decided it would only be fair to myself to indulge in some early Halloween goodness/ chocolate week indulgence by walking 1 and a half miles to purchase a chocolate covered apple on a stick. And it was completely worth it! Hope you're all excited for Halloween and getting your preparations sorted! I'm loving these little labels hobby-craft are selling at the moment:



We're being as Frugal as possible with halloween at the moment. So far we have made everything, props, decorations, costumes. We were lucky enough to find a shed full of cardboard, polystyrene, paint, old curtains and wood when we moved in so this has formed the basis of all our props. We've made gravestones with all the party attendees names on. Two coffins, dead bodies, broomsticks, framed pictures and ghost lanterns. I mixed up some red food colouring with water and splattered sheets and ripped cloths along with torn black bags. So far I think it's going to be a GRUESOME Halloween, and I can not wait!!! 

I got the idea of the ghost lanterns from craftgawker:
http://craftgawker.com/?s=Halloween

I am possibly the worst blogger as I keep forgetting I've even started one! Sorry for those of you who have been reading so far.

So a lot has happened since I last wrote. I've settled nicely into my new home (it's been a while since i've been able to call somewhere home that didn't involve my mum slaving over the stove creating a wonderful home cooked dinner and providing me with daily cuddles) 

The weather is some what colder here than the joys of London pollution warming up the streets. ( I'm quite glad to think I won't be filling my lungs with London's grey air for a while)

The houses here are very simple and plain as they were previously used as army barracks. However living in a simple village where there's no evidence of hierarchy in the way in which people live is quite comforting. In the village of ballykelly we have a few local shops and our nearest town is limavady. Travelling to Limavady is about the same distance as travelling from Staines to Sunbury. It's very behind in the times here, we don't have chain shops, just little boutique shops, cafes and charity shops. Which again I like very much.

I officially joined the local library yesterday and went to the jobcentre for more applications and information about "signing on" DUN dun dunnnnnnnnn!!!! 
Where we live is a very protestant area (I still can't get used to the sections of Ireland and all the problems it has caused in the past) I can tell this just by the amount of union jack flags casually waving in the breeze along side the red hand of ulster. 
From what I can tell there are many meanings to this and for any of you northern Irish lot having a browse at this please feel free to enlighten me as I am a complete "newbie" to understanding the culture of the north. From what I can understand it is loyalist's who adopted this flag back when "the main troubles" were about as a symbol to them as "freedom fighters"... which again I don't understand as the protestant community want to be a part of the United Kingdom. This subject is something that interests me a lot so if anyone has any information on it please feel free to comment!

I think it's terrible that in England we weren't taught about anything that happened in Northern Ireland. If it weren't for me having a fiance from the north of Ireland I wouldn't have Known anything about the terrible things their country had to suffer. In 1972 over two dozen innocent victims were shot by British troops. The victims were un-armed and more than 4 were just 17 years old. "One man was shot and killed while assisting a victim and waving a white handkerchief; another killed with his arms raised in a surrender position." 

After visiting Derry many times and settling in with my family here I have to say I am not in the slightest proud to say that I am British. 
Was anyone around when this happened? Was it televised in London? Or was it kept quiet? I'd like to know others views from England about this. 
Thanks for reading guys, the next update won't be such a negative one I promise.

For years I have often read/followed certain blogs and every so often I've felt a little inspired to start my own. However I've never had a "decent" reason to start one/ inspiration/ exciting life happenings to ramble on. (Not exciting enough for others to want to read about anyway)

So what might be the reason for starting one now? 

A few months back i was living in London in a top floor flat with my girlfriend, a flatmate and my cat. I had recently dropped out of university, was working two jobs to make ends meet and was experiencing financial problems. Our current flatmate had refused to pay rent or bills whilst living with us and resulted in her moving out. We then began to receive threats from our estate agents stating that we were liable to pay the other part of the rent. My hours begun to get cut at work, the pricing of food and drink shot up alongside travel fares and I started to receive those horrid letters that everyone dreads (and I am ashamed to say that I have opened a few) DEBT-COLLECTION!!!! 

From there on-wards it was a downward spiral and I'm still not 100% certain on some of the things that happened. I became afraid of the outside world shutting myself away everyday, not being able to work, everything sounding as if i were under water, sweating profusely, chest pains, not wanting to talk to anyone and unfortunately (i hate to admit this part) not wanting to be in this world any longer. 

Fortunately I have an extremely supportive family and girlfriend and they helped me get back on track. I was then diagnosed with GAD.  Having the great support of the NHS and my family really helped to get me back to the person I used to be! The image below inspired me a lot at the time thanks to the amazing Kerri Smith!!!

So about a month later me and my girlfriend were discussing a possible move as we'd had enough of the bad energy in our flat. It was then that we made a very spontaneous decision to move to Northern Ireland (where the gf is from). We sold as much as possible, took every hour possible at work for the next 4 weeks and camped in a tent in my mother's garden.

Le Tepee^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

May I just take the time to mention that my mother is an ANGEL! She has been the most supportive person in my life. Not only majorly financially (obviously with the great help from the world's best stepfather!) but also in terms of life decisions.

Le mother and Le step-father ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So we packed what we could on our backs put the cat in his carrier and ventured to the north of Ireland.

Le me ^^^^ saying fairwell to London