☆ September Start ☆

It is already September, I am a little shocked how fast this year is passing by! Next month it is my Birthday month! As well as Halloween month! Yes!  ＼(^Ｏ^)／

This post is going to be a little mish-mash, I have been meaning to post these things awhile ago but unfortunately, two other items are still in the post, and by the time they arrive I not have the motivation - and will probably have erased the photos from my phone. 

Anyway a long-long time ago I went to visit my Friend, Sako. I am on a major hunt to find shorts, and NO WHERE is selling any within my price range. Even Primark are selling these odd 'carpet attachment pube tassle' shorts, gross. So we gave up, but I did spot one or two things but the queues in Primark are horrible and long, and full of Children and loud People, so no. I decided to go shopping in my home town and I found all the items I wanted, plus more, well - still no shorts. 

 Footless tights, which are slashed looking. I have similar leggings but maybe tights will be more comfortable. I also found 'knee high' socks. I've worn one pair, washed said pair, and they pretty much shrunk in the wash to mid-calf/ankle high, what the hell. (_ _ |||) Yeah I actually shouldn't be spending unwisely on items, but it's so difficult to resist anything with polka dots or cat faces. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

 

/insert iliterate keysmash and demonic sound

Isn't it so cute?! Okay so Primark are falling on that bandwagon of over using Cat faces, Unicorns.. WOT. There are so many pieces I want from Primark, and I'm just sat sniffling at my bank balance. Which is dead.

I did also buy myself a new book, which is really useful for anyone learning Japanese and can't quite grasp particles. Which within the first page I also learnt there are over 70 particles featured in this book. EH?! Luckily there are over 200 examples of how to use said particles. ‹‹\(´ω` )/››‹‹\( 　´)/›› ‹‹\( ´ω`)/››

What books do you find useful for studying Japanese?

[Personal] Oh and also, I am not dying! Σ（ﾟдﾟlll） I have good news after all! Aside from weight gain which I cannot gain because my metabolism is so.. good? I discovered there was a cyst near/on my ovary. Apparently these are really common in Women (well, who else?) and mine had become inflamed and rather angry. Apprently 'he' was 3CM, which sounds small, but dude it's scary!! I'm happy that it cured itself too without any operation, as they naturally come and go, a lot of women aren't even aware. So Girls, always consider going to your Doctor if you feel or think something is not quite right? (T 3 T) Weh~~

☆彡 Green Fingers! ♡

I love home grown produce! This year I actually managed to persuade my Mum to agree to growing an organic garden. However with the typical British weather it was hard to find the correct time to plant as we don't own a protective shelter or green house. Meaning our seedlings were open to the elements. Luckily we managed to grow, peas, beans and an assortment of flowers, sunflowers and sweetpeas. But never managed to pot the chive, carrots or onions! I was sad because fresh carrots taste the best too.  

Yesterday I harvested the last of my peas, they're super sweet to eat raw. We ended up eating them with a Sunday dinner. To feed a Family of four I need to grow more plants, we had eight plants in total but not enough! Of all the pods I have picked I found two bad-gross-eugh ones. But no wiggly friends, good job!

 

I recently managed to pot my Strawberry since they are.. multiplying? Each 'Parent' pot has two plants, and two of the 'Baby' pots have twins. I have ten Strawberry plants?! Actually I have fourteen in total but they aren't pictured. Everyone should love fresh strawberry! I adore them, and so do the birds. So luckily the plants not pictured were a good distraction as the birds seem to enjoy pecking those pots in particular. There was a good harvest this year, better than last year and had some really huge fat juicy berries! Yum.

Old Man!

  

I grew Sunflowers!! For the third year in a row! Although these were terrible, my first attempt was amazing, they grew so tall and the stems were thicker than two of my fingers. These ones are only a little taller than me, and I'm small. Boo! But the weather didn't help at all, they were slow to flower this year and the heads are tiny in comparison to the leaves, which bugs find yummy.

Oh yeah, and very typical as the rain snapped around half of the sunflowers, I have three others in jars of water. Once these die off I will hang the heads to dry out (unless it rains) and let the birds eat the seeds. Last year we had a squirrel visiting us, he was fun to watch.

 

My Mum really promotes a 'wild garden' that or she's a lazy gardener?  Behind our shed is a wild garden, we had wild poppies growing with full pompom flowers which are beautiful and so delicate. Here's another gripe about the rain: it destroyed these within a matter of minutes.

I love my Garden, but I don't love rain, or bugs - especially spiders. So I suck majorly at actually Gardening once I see something move. I am also really excited because my Boyfriend agreed and said I could grow something for him back in Japan! I wonder if he will tend to them? So when I next go we will pick something fun and easy to grow! Do any of my readers grow anything in the Garden? Actually this post was slightly inspired by another Blogger who is growing so many things herself!

☆ Castles in the Sky ♬

Because we haven't been on a traditional Family vacation this year, we decided to visit various locations in England, well, sticking mainly to the East of England. The weather is always better, okay? England is full of decent history, full of fairy tale scenery and -- as long as the weather permits, beautiful blue sky and greenery.

We went to visit Tatershall Castle, July 9th to be exact. I have been here once, but this was close enough to twenty years ago (gross, am I showing my age yet?) It's rather depressing that my first thought is: How many people died here? Thus giving you that spooky aura of walking over graves, being followed by spirits and BLAH. But the day was too nice to even have negative thoughts! Here is a photo:

 

Many people expect castles to look how they do in Disney movies, big and luxurious. Looks tiny from the outside in my photo, but it is HUGE inside with plenty of rooms inside that makes you wonder what happened in that room, and what it was used for. The first room I discovered was actually a toilet, which was just a hole in some brick-seating, I suspect the toilet seat had been removed and filled with cement to stop people actually using it!

 

We climbed the bazillion thousand hundred million steps to the top, well 150 steps to be roughly accurate, no I didn't count. The view from above was stunning! It shows how flat Lincoln is too, no tall concrete jungles, the only things piercing the skylines were Churches. This is one of the few things I miss while in Japan, is lush greenery of open fields with a skyline that rolls on forever with nothing blocking your view.

 

Then we walked all the way back down to the bottom again! I took a photo but to fit as much in I had to squat down and it still doesn't capture everything hoped for. Once we reached the bottom, we did venture into the cellar, which was just a rather large open space probably used as food storage - but also a prison during the Civil War. Creepy! It was eerily cold and not really a very happy place to be in. After escaping prison we went and had a picnic under some trees looking out across at the castle. It was so scenic and I really-really enjoyed it. Afterwards we headed to the coast, since Skegness is just a hop skip and jump away.

 

Yay! Blog extras: Mm, ancient graffiti, some graffiti was from the 1800's which was pretty impressive, especially the typeface they used! Even their graffiti was artistic back then, proudly signed and dated:

 'H.Babington M.R Phillips 1849'. 

I'm easily drawn and attracted by such things, it's almost mesmerising but then something always spoils it.. of course graffiti from 2000's, mainly consisting of a badly scrawled penis, and 'fuck off' by the lesser intelligent of society.

♪ 100th Birthday! ♪

Oh Goodness, I haven't blogged in a few months now, but I did not vanish! I always read my followers blogs! Don't worry~  ヾ(*´・3・`*)ノ Actually this blog is a bit delayed itself, and a lot has happened between now and uhmm, when I last blogged. My life is rather hectic suddenly, with one thing or another but I will probably explain in another blog post! (o・ｖ・人)♪

 

On July 10th, my Great Grandma celebrated her 100th Birthday! We visited her on her actual Birthday, and had a party the following Sunday where we had Family from all over the UK and Europe (well, Italy) came to visit her! It's rare to celebrate such an occasion, and she even got a card from the Queen herself! Which was amazing to see in person, usually you only see it on the News, rarely!

 

On the following Sunday we had the Party! It was held in my Grandma's home, she lives with her Mum, so it was the best location too because her garden is super big! We had a huge gazebo and it was a bit like a Tea Party - with no tea.. and only one cake.

My Aunt and Uncle supplied the food, and we did the decorations. Sadly I don't have any photos of the decoration - or food. I actually didn't take many photos at all. (_ _ ||) It was difficult because I didn't want to seem rude by using my phone often. 

 

YUM YUM WATER, due to personal reasons I shouldn't drink alcohol, even a low percent, well I lie my shandy at home is 0.05% alc so.. at the party I was limited to water and flat warm cola. Which I wasn't happy about considering my Family know my situation r00d.

 

Ta-da~ cake! We also supplied the cake, which was pretty amazing! I mailed a photo to my Boyfriend and he was impressed with the size alone because it was a three tier cake! Yummy and sickly sweet. The cake had "rolls of film" around it, to show my Great Grandma's 100 years of life, or ATTEMPTED to, granted cameras had not been so popular back in those days, and some film had more than likely been lost over the years. Anyway the cake had Family photos and photos of places my Great Grandma had visited all over the world. Hearing her stories is always great, even if her 'today memory' is fuzzy, she can remember something  60 years ago perfectly!!  

It was a long day, and afterwards we helped clean up and move stuff back to the original place in the Garden. It was super tiring, so I had to sit back indoors and rest. This feeling of constant lethargic is really dragging me down.. until I get mounds of energy which just pisses people off HAH. It was a really fun day~ even if I didn't know 90% of the people, even though I may have met some of them, fifteen years ago.

『AWAY TIME』

A pointless blog post; mainly because I have been absent on Blogger and every time I touch something electrical it flakes out on me. So I cannot retrieve the 300 odd photos from Japan right now either. Boo. Also the weather today (yet again) is raining, after a fab two/three days of sun and now I have a nice tan - well nothing compared to my Boyfriend, I'm still white as a ghost. So, here are 50 questions and my answers to pass time today.

As a question to those who follow/read my Blog; what would you like to know about me, or to read? I need something to motivate me and inspire me to write again. Thank you!

50 questions, 50 ways to get to know me.

• 1: What would you name your future daughter?
  Knowing my luck, I will end up with a dozen sons. Lets go for unisex names.
  
• 2: Do you miss anyone?
  At this very moment, my Boyfriend is whom I miss most.
• 3: What if I told you that you were pretty?
  I feel gross at the moment, so I'd probably just ignore that comment for an eternity.
• 4: Ever been told “it’s not you, it’s me”?
  Yup. It's such a lame excuse right?
• 5: What are you looking forward to in the next week?
  Nothing. I have to take a blood test in two weeks however!
• 6: Did you go out or stay in last night?
  Stay in, as always. Bank Holiday Monday = Sunday.
• 7: How late did you stay up last night?
  Not late, I was in bed before Midnight but I sent my Boyfriend a message.
• 8: Honestly, has anyone seen you in your underwear in the past 3 months?
  Yes, my Boyfriend.
• 9: What were you doing at 12:30 this afternoon?
  ... I'll come back in 29 minutes.
• 10: Have you ever told somebody you loved them and not actually meant it?
  I always mean it. But I never have said 'I am in love with you'.
• 11: Could you go for the rest of your life without drinking alcohol?
  Possibly. I sound alcohol reliant now don't I?
• 12: Have you pretended to like someone?
  I have to pretend to like someone to be nice.
• 13: Could you go the rest of your life without smoking a cigarette?
  Never have smoked, never will. So yes.
• 14: Is there one person in your life that can always make you smile?
  My Boyfriend without a doubt.
• 15: Is it hard for you to get over someone?
  Time is a great healer - for some.
• 16: Think back five months ago, were you single?
  Nope.
  
• 17: Have you ever cried from being so mad?
  I get mad often, but I mainly cry from a mad frustion.
• 18: Hold hands with anyone this week?
  No, I have shaken hands however?
• 19: Did your last kiss take place in/on a bed?
  No.
• 20: Who did you last see in person?
  My Dad last night before I went to bed.
• 21: What is the last thing you said out loud?
  ........ "Did you  lock the doors?"
• 22: Have you kissed three or more people in one night?
  Back in the School Days when "Spin the bottle" was considered cool.
• 23: Have you ever been to Paris?
  Nope. I don't plan to either.
  
• 24: Are you good at hiding your feelings?
  Yeah, because I hate people prying into things.
  
• 25: Do you use chap stick?
  Sometimes. I purchased lip gloss in Japan which is sparkly!
  
• 26: Who did you last share a bed with?
  My Boyfriend, and I miss sleeping with him. WEH.
  
• 27: Are you listening to music right now?
  I had the window open because the rain sounds calming.
  
• 28: What is something you currently want right now?
  Too long to list. But I want to stop being sick..
  
• 29: Were your last three kisses from the same person?
  Yes, they were!
  
• 30: How is your heart lately?
  My heart is fine -- my stomach, nope. UGGH.
  
• 31: Do you wear the hood on your hoodie?
  Sometimes if it's raining real bad.
  
• 32: When was the last time a member of the opposite sex hugged you?
  Uhm, yesterday actually. My Uncle hugged me.
  
• 33: What do people call you?
  Nothing creative actually. I get the whole 'chan' while I'm with my Boyfriend.
  
• 34: Have you ever wanted to tell someone something but didn’t?
  Yeah, but I can move on and forget.
  
• 35: Are there any stressful situations in your life?
  HA HA HA HA.
  
• 36: What are you listening to right now?
  Nothing.
  
• 37: What is wrong with you right now?
  I feel sick, and I want to sleep forever and McDonalds is far from home.
  
• 38: Love really is a beautiful thing huh?
  It is if you make it beautiful.
  
• 39: Do you make wishes at 11:11?
  Sometimes because I'm a faggot.
  
• 40: What is on your wrists right now?
  A hair tie, two bracelets and a pair of motion sickness bracelets.
  
• 41: Are you single/taken/heartbroken/confused/waiting for the unexpected?
  WAITING FOR THE UNEXPECTED + taken.
  
• 42: Where did you get the shirt/sweatshirt you’re wearing?
  Christmas.. It's my pyjama top.
  
• 43: Have you ever regretted kissing someone?
  Uhm, nope.. actually; one person! ICK.
  
• 44: Have you hugged someone within the last week?
  My Uncle and my Aunty!
  
• 45: Have you kissed anyone in the last five days?
  Nope, well I kissed my cat?
  
• 46: What were you doing at midnight last night?
  Sleeping.
  
• 47: Do you miss the way things were six months ago?
  It was December, so uhm not a lot has changed.
  
• 48: Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
  I would rather sleep with my Boyfriend.
  
• 49: Have you ever been to New York?
  Nope~
  
• 50: Think of the last person who said I love you, do you think they meant it?
  I would like to hope so! Otherwise someone is getting a punch!