People Watching

This post should have been published a long time ago. Over a month! But anyhow, here it is...

So I went to the airport to pick my brother up as he had been away in Spain. While I was waiting I did some people watching, always something I find very interesting. I thought I'd share my observations with you! I saw...

A man wearing what I can only describe as a Christmas Cardigan! It was lush! haha

Kids gone wild! Seriously, there were like 3 little kids just running rings around their parents and grandparents.

A man reading paper - he looked particularly bored and infuriated by the kids.

This next one was my favourite... a cleaner coming down the escalator and simultaneously using a mop to clean the sides, only she didn't have to lift a finger because the escalator was doing all the work!

Flight attendants - I wondered where they had been. Made me want to be one!

A shop worker with the biggest fake eyelashes ever - glued on really badly, and I mean REALLY BADLY!

Cafe worker in Halloween costume and witches hat head band (oh yeah, it was October).

A guy with a really hot man bag - totally reminded me of the Friends episode where Joey gets a man bag. Love it.

And randomly, a girl who's make up looked like a geisha from a distance!


Finally, I found this picture rather amusing:

Friendship.

Back in the day there were these cool photo booths you could go in with a friend and have your picture taken and then you got to watch it paint the picture. Well, me and my cousin Nadine used to love them. We'd be on holiday at Pontins or something and we'd find one and run over, split the cost and wait for it to print. Here are a few I found a while a go. Ahhhhh sweet childhood memories!

Scotland.

I love this picture.

My Family and I always go on Holiday to Scotland. It's just a fact. We have gone pretty much every year for as long as I can remember. We have had some great times with family and friends and we usually stay at a different place every time. I have to say my favourite thing to do is go on a Bike Ride but I know that everyone else hates it, so for the last couple of holidays I have just dragged my Aunty Lyn with me. We hire bikes and then just hit the road - the routes we take require a lot of pedal power but it's worth it for the view and the super speed we come down at!
Also on holiday we like to go on walks, out for meals, stay in and read, do jigsaws, play scrabble, visit local attractions and just generally be together as a family.

 

This is our dog Willow.

I found this skeleton hanging from the roof of a very interesting book shop in a little town we visited called Wigtown.

This picture was taken a few years back at a museum - the big white blob on the left is actually ICE!! And that's my sister, Ally. 

So this weekend I went to the Huddersfield Convention which is for YSA of the Church (Young Single Adults) - and it was awesome! It was jam packed and on the first night they had a dance with two DJs: one inside and one outside in a big tent! Also they had KRISPEY KREME DOUGHNUTS and ice-cream. Pure joy when I saw those bad boys! My tummy was very happy. I had six. Shhhhhh.

The Chorley MTC President and his wife spoke at the Saturday Morning Devotional. They were really nice. They talked about the theme for the convention which was "Open Thy Mouth" (see D&C 28:16).

Then we did a service project which was clearing up rubbish in a forest. It was fun and we got to wear latex gloves which always makes me feel like a surgeon (yeah right! ha!). It turned into kind of a competition to see who could find the most interesting thing, we found: clothes, beds, tvs, kettles, computers, wheels, etc.

In the afternoon we were split into groups and went to do fun activities like bowling and lazer quest... my group got to go on pedalos! Such fun! And kind of wet. We went on a beautiful lake in red pedalos and pedaled all around for about an hour. Everyone was switching pedalos and generally having fun on the water! :)

I stayed at my friend Katie's house - I love her bed. It is soooo comfy. Although I do tend to stay over there for the weekend and it's always very busy so maybe anything would be comfy at that point!! Who knows!

Don't worry - it's a rootbeer float!

On the Saturday night I had a bit of a wardrobe disaster... I forgot to bring all my stuff so all I had was my dress. I ended up having to borrow make up and someone lent me a cardigan and vest for under my dress, then Katie did my hair. I also had to dry my shoes with a hair dryer because they were still wet from pedalo-ing (?). But the dancing was still fun...

Sunday was great. Lots of people bore their testimony in Sacrament Meeting. But I didn't get chance to so I figure, hey, what's a blog for if not to bear my testimony?!

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is the best church on the whole earth and I know it is true with all my heart. I am so grateful to have grown up with the knowledge of the gospel and such a wonderful family. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have a testimony of tithing that it really works. I have such a strong faith, and even when I stray from the path I always return with a stronger faith. I know that if I keep the commandments that I will be blessed. I am striving to reach the celestial kingdom and become more like my Saviour - I want to develop christlike qualities like him. I know the Holy Ghost is a member of the God head and when I live worthy of his companionship I am comforted and guided throughout my life. I love this gospel and the people in it.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

A Day in the Life...

of a college student.

That's me. A college student. At twenty. Yeah I know it's a bit late on in life, but things will work out eventually. So this was how my day went...

Got up and went to college.
Had boring lessons.
Had to write assignments
Had lunch and then went back to boring lessons.
And then, in our last lessons our tutor brought out:

SKITTLES! JIGSAWS! PLAY DOUGH! MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS!

And oh what fun we had!

Octopus!!

Bayley with her cool necklace that she threaded herself!

Our Postman Pat Jigsaw

Gina trying to make a cupcake...

There's something you should know...

... I love One Tree Hill. It is my all time favourite TV programme. I have watched it forever. I have watched it so many times I can probably tell you the story from start to finish (that's 8 seasons)! What do I love about it? The characters - they are what makes One Tree Hill so good. The depth of the characters, their story and their relationships. There's a lot to be learned from One Tree Hill too, ya know! So anyway, I thought I would just share some of my favourite quotes here... enjoy!

 "At this moment, there are 6 billion, 4 hundred, 71 million, 8 hundred, 18 thousand, 6 hundred, 71 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day... others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men at war with good, and some are good.. struggling with evil. 6 billion people in the world, 6 billion souls -- and sometimes... all you need is 1."

"Did you ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? It makes you wonder how many people have pictures of you."

Peyton: "Name a wish, place it in your heart. Anything you want, everything you want.
Lucas: "Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true.
You never know when the next miracle can come from, the next smile, the next wish com true."
Peyton: "But if you believe that it right around the corner.
And you open your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the serenity of it."
Brooke: "You just may get the thing your are wishing for."
Nathan: "The world is full of magic you just have to believe it.
So make your wish. Do you have it?"
Haley: "Good. Now believe in it with all you heart."

"Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it's one day further from the last time you saw each other, it's one day closer to the next time you will."

Mustaches and Toilet Trips!

I love to make friends! And I am constantly meeting new people because I am always all over the place at dances, etc. Just recently I made two new friends and already I love them loads! They are called Sophie and Hannah (pictured on the left). They make me laugh so much and in the little time I have known them I have learnt the following things about them:

They have to go to the toilet at least every 10 minutes! (not even lying)

They take ages to get ready but always look beaut!

They are crazy... and I mean CRAZY!

They are lovely. :)

And then there is Katie (pictured middle right, next to me!). There are not enough words for how much I love this girl so I shall save it for another day. Just know she is amazing and I could not live without her!
I love this picture! Its ace! It was taken when we were at YSA Convention this summer in Nottingham - such a fun weekend! Anyway, just thought I would share it with you!
Love Jenny x

City Girl at Heart

I have this song on my iPod by Kate Voegele (who I discovered because she plays Mia on One Tree Hill- more about that awesome tv show later!). It's called Manhattan From the Sky and the lyrics say...


Baby whatcha doing today
what are you doing later
I don’t know my way through a maze of gray skyscrapers
But I’m willing to learn

If you want me to I’ll stay just where I am
But I promise just to follow when I land
And you can take my word for that

You are my Manhattan from the sky
You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high,
But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside
And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.

Daises
Once upon an old daydream, that’s what you gave me
Out on the corner of Broadway and 48th street, on a rainy afternoon
(Well) I could start discovering your world
And I would make a damn good city girl
Things would start to bloom, I’m sure

You are my Manhattan from the sky
You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high,
But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside
And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.

I know you want me to see don’t lie to me
Why you gotta go be so shy to me?
I ain’t buying the false anxiety let your fortress fall
What’s it gonna take to get you there?
If fear was money you’d be a millionaire
Or all alone in a leather swivel chair counting stacks of gold
Oh oh
You are my Manhattan from the sky
You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high,
But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside
And I wanna come down and walk around ohhh

You are my Manhattan from the sky
You look so neat and tidy when I’m way up high,
But I know your streets are lined with a fine mess inside
And I wanna come down and walk around your mind.
Oh ohh ohh oh

I took this beautiful picture when I was in London this Summer with a friend! :)

Well, I would make a damn good city girl!! I really would!! I would love to live in a really busy city like London or New York - I've never actually been to NY but who cares!
I have been to London though, quite a few times, some with my family and some with my friends. I love the hustle and bustle of it all! I love the culture and all the different things there are to see! I Love the shops! I love the parks - especially Hyde park! It's so cool, I have some interesting memories of that place. I love the history an the fact ita our capital! I love the London eye and the big red buses and the tube! I love that everyone is so ambitious and always has somewhere to be! I just love London and one day I am going to live there. Fact.


Love Jenny x

A Woman's Purse...

I found this really good blog idea online to list all the items in your purse so just for a bit of fun I thought I would do it for today's post.
In my purse I have:
A Matalan card
A tesco clubcard
A library card
A hard rock cafe card
A Nando's loyalty card
A bite discount card (gives you 20% off food at railway stations!)
My national insurance card
My European health insurance card
My drivers license
My bank card
Loads of reciepts
A packet of chewing gum
£22.04

But I think, more impressively is what's on the outside of my purse, I have 8 badges I have collected:
A Micky the mouse badge I bought from the London Disney shop
An Alton towers badge
A Young Womens torch badge
A cadbury badge thy I got from cadbury world in Birmingham
A tgi fridays staff reward badge - that took some hard work on the waiter to get it!
A daisy badge which is for a charity
And a Drayton manor badge I bought when I went there for my friend sarah's 19th birthday
And a hard rock cafe badge that I also ha to work very hard on the greater to get

So there you go, my purse/a snapshot of my life!
Love Jenny x

When I grow up...

When I grow up I want to be...
Age 6: A horse rider!
But don't all girls? It's all that my little pony! But seriously, I wanted to be a horse rider, as a job. We have a field next to our house too so there was always that hope that one day my dad would buy me a horse, I never understood why he didn't! I did have horse riding lessons for a while, as far as I can remember I loved it. I don't remember why I stopped though...
Age 13: A photographer! I've always loved taking pictures (some of which I will be sharing on this blog). You start off with the throw away ones, they're always fun! Then I remembered I had this special polaroid one that dispensed these cool tiny photos about the size of a passport photo. Then I had a digital camera, a Sony Cybershot. I could take endless pictures on that - much to everyone's annoyance! But it didn't have a zoom and that really bugged me. After that it was digital camera after digital camera, I'm sure they decide to stop working after a year! And then... ahhhh my sweet sweet DSLR Camera. I love it. With its beautiful lense and brilliant quality - it's so pretty!

Age 16: A journalist. I even went to college to study it... and then figured out it wasn't what I wanted to do.
Age 17: A teacher. It's my life calling, I'm telling you! If there is one thing I can do without thinking it's teach. And I love playing with kids and watching them learn. Oh I want to be a teacher so bad! And that's the plan. I'm at college doing childcare & education then it's on to university and one day I will be a primary school teacher.

So there you go!
Love Jenny x

Well, it's official: I'm a blogger!

So I guess this is it, my first post. Best make it interesting, eh?! I'll just jump straight on in...
In case you can't guess it from my blog title, I'm a Mormon and yesterday I had the privilege of watching General Conference. It was amazing!! I scribbled away as the various speakers gave their talks and wrote a tonne of notes! One thing I felt I should do was to start a blog (I even wrote it on my official "What I need to do now" to do list!)... and that's what prompted me to start.
I guess I've been meaning to do it for ages, I really enjoy reading a couple of other blogs so I thought "why not?". I plan to blog about my life in general and share photos that I take, as well as share my thoughts on a variety of different things, including my religion. So feel free to follow me and comment... hopefully I will get better at this blogging thing!
Love Jenny x