'I've had the time of my life, and I owe it all to you.'

This is my Bradley / Brad / Babe /  Baby / Gorgeous / Stinky / Shitface  :]

I don't think words will ever be able to justify what he means to me, which I must admit is mildly irritating at times but I've decided that I need to stop writing so much in my blog anyway and put more pictures in so here it is, my first photo based blog post :o

And that's us :] I love you <3 

'We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!'

2/1/11 (well that's when I started it!)

After a lovely Christmas it is time to make some new year's resolutions and also just some other things to make it up to...

26 things to do before 1st January 2012 

1. Pass my AS levels with flying colours
2. This will require working hard in all subjects
3. Lose weight and keep it off 
4. Pass my Grade 7 vocal well
5. Pass my Grade 6 flute. Doesn't have to be well!
6. Pass my Grade 5 theory well
7. Stay in a relationship with my man <3
8. Have a partayyy.
9. Tidy my room more
10. Get driving lessons
11. Get a car
12. Go abroad
13. Go on holiday with Brad
14. Get a job
15. Do Stars in your Eyes again
16. Try out for X-Factor
17. Write some songs
18. Attempt to play the guitar
19. Learn basic domestic skills
20. Apply for university
21. Make more of an effort in general
22. Try not to be so distracted by facebook
23. Watch my dad get better
24. Be less pessimistic
25. Go to a couple of concerts.
26. Be appreciative of what I have.

'All I want for Christmas is you' ♥

22/12/2010

December 25th is fast approaching us, and it looks like snow has decided to join us. I hate snow,  I really hate snow - it's cold, slippy, dangerous and even if you love snow a lot, you will still complain afterwards. It's like: Snow! Before it gets on your tits. Or... I'm having a baby! Before childbirth, then it wrecks. And you complain... a lot.

But I do have to admit, under the conditions that my body is firmly  inside and the snow is firmly outside, it's quite pretty and festive especially because it's three days until 'The Big C'. Lol I'm joking I'm not that uncouth, it's just some may refer to it as 'The Big C' because it's the best day of the year for some :]

Christmas tree at Mother's ♥

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, it's brilliant really. BUT (there's always a but with everything) Christmas has turned into a commercial holiday and people don't actually remember why they have 2 weeks off school, work etc! Christmas is meant to be a religious holiday to remember the birth of Jesus - even though he was actually born 4BC, yes that is before christ hahaaaa, 25th December year 0001 is just symbolic, oh dear- who was born to be the saviour for everyone.
Ironically, I'm not religious and just marvel at the fact that it's the day for giving and receiving presents but I am aware of the Jesus thing, obviously otherwise I wouldn't be writing about it.

Chrismas tree at Father's ♥ 

Got to mention the Christmas trees. You're basically classed as a Scrooge if you don't have a Christmas tree up in your house (preferably the lounge xD) but they're so pretty and worth the effort that you just have to have one! You can see the two that my family put up in the two households, wonderful :]

All my love,
Libby
x

'Diamonds don't blink in the dark.'

The most expensive charm by Pandora. £620. *Drules*.

I'd never wear my bracelet if I had this. Dilemma.

I'm never going to get it anyway. Wishful thinking never hurt anyone :]

UPDATE ON 7/1/11 - Pandora have been little fucks and raised every fucking charm like by £3480667495867495, so this is now £720.  ARSE HOLES :(

'Aint no mountain high enough, aint no valley low enough.'

06/12/10

I'm not going to lie, it's been a while since inspiration struck me and i'm still a little devoid but it has been so so long, therefore i'm a little obliged really - never mind.

I've been going through a really rough time in recent days but as the saying goes, through pain you find strength and I've definitely realised that my friendships have a lot of strength and more depth than I really ever thought they did. My best friends have been so supportive and I couldn't ask for a better set of people! I get them and they get me so it works wonderfully, and if you've ever met them you'll know how amazingly overtly sexual they are. It's... weird, but cool. ;] I've also found that quite a lot of people who i thought (as the term states) 'nothinged me' actually do care a great deal and i'm eternally grateful for the support.

When I have time I shal change this photo to a more recent one :]

I can't say I'm not scarred and wonderfully untouched by recent events, because I'd be lying. Really badly. But nevertheless I believe that it has developed me as a person and I'm a little bit more mature than I was the day before. I dread the day i'm senile and suddenly it works the opposite way and you become less mature (excuse the unintentional pun) each day. Dear God, please shoot me if this happens?

I love the little things that people do or say that can just make your day instantly. It could just be a little innocent but genuine smile at someone and you've made their day! You may not know it but it's worth a try, besides what is there to lose? If they've had a crap day then they need a genuine smile and if you've had a crap day then putting on a genuine smile is proven to lift your mood, even for just a second. Awesome. But, as with all of life, there is the antithesis. How irritating. If we are mindful of what we say about or to people then there's less of a chance that you'll be hung up over something someone said to you and then you've got more time to think about other things that may well be positive. It's especially bad when it's someone close to you that says something a little offensive and suddenly what would be merely a scratch on the surface if said by anyone else is now unduly knifing you where it hurts most. Though being all philosophical I, ironically, am quite guilty of not thinking before I speak very often but as is true with most people (unless you're Simon Cowell) you can give out the best advice in the world but you can never take your own.

All my love,
Libby :]
x

'We can cry together, we can grow together, be ourselves together. And I love you more than music.'

04/10/10

Today I am ill and bound to my sociology project; perfect opportunity to think of yet another excuse to why I should be doing something else other than my sociology project. I'll deal with that and the consequences, if any. Mr Butcher, such an apt name... Bazinga.

This post is dedicated to my boyfriend of nearly 14 months if you count from the date he asked me out, or just over 14 months if you count from our first kiss. Young love, Exhibit A: (knowing the dates and times of your first kiss and when you first started going out) LOL. I'm not complaining :]

I'm not one for posting loads of statuses of how madly in love with him I am,  or writing big long essays on a regular basis spilling my heart out (an example of  young love that, strangely, I am not privy to!) but he's a wonderful guy so I thought now would be a nice time to tell the world how amazing he is.

This is the most recent picture of himself and I that I have taken. I'm biased (bien sur) but isn't he gorgeous? :D

I love every single little piece of him that he has; I love him for who he is, what he is, why he is the way he is, how he became to be all that he is and where he is now in his life and physical state. I want him and need him and I'm honestly baffled by any thoughts that come into my mind about if I ever were to lose him.

If anyone were to ask me if I was in love with him I would reply that yes, I really am in love with him. And if what Brad and I believe to be love really is not true love at all, then I don't care whatsoever, because what ever it is that I am therefore feeling is the most amazing feeling that has ever to existed in my heart, and I wouldn't want real love if it meant I had to trade in what I feel for Brad now with an unknown.

You're amazing Brad and 'the best part of me was always you'. You really are my world and I love you with al of my heart. You're the best thing ever to have happened to me and I'm eternally grateful for making my life the best it could possibly be at all times. <3

All my love,
Libby :] x

'Time goes by so slowly.'

25/08/10

From September two years ago until this June, I studied for my GCSEs and now I have my results! In retrospect it seems rather pointless working for two years to receive a piece of paper which on it has letters that my school's ethos gave me a specific opinion of. Nonetheless I was not disappointed with many of my results at all:

In the end I ascertained 3 A*s, 4 As and 6 Bs. So not too bad really :D I was predicted 3 As, couple of Cs and the rest Bs. I got an A in maths! (you'd understand my excitement if you knew how utterly terrible I have always been at that subject) Woot!

As a well done my wonderful mother bought me a pandora charm. J'adore ca. <3

'Earless and eyeless, perfectly voiceless.'

22/08/10

This poem is one of the very few that I liked from our GCSE syllabus. I wouldn't say I'm as much as a feminist as Sylvia Path was, the writer of this poem, but I just love how it's put across. :]

Mushrooms
Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly

Our toes, our noses
Take hold on the loam,
Acquire the air.
Nobody sees us,
Stops us, betrays us;
The small grains make room.

Soft fists insist on
Heaving the needles,
The leafy bedding,
Even the paving.
Our hammers, our rams,
Earless and eyeless,

Perfectly voiceless,
Widen the crannies,
Shoulder through holes. We

Diet on water,
On crumbs of shadow,
Bland-mannered, asking
Little or nothing.
So many of us!
So many of us!
We are shelves, we are
Tables, we are meek,
We are edible,
Nudgers and shovers
In spite of ourselves.
Our kind multiplies:
We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door.

'Home could be anywhere when I am holding you.'

21/08/09

Blackpool. WHAT A HOLIDAY! I went with my boyfriend and all of his friends to the heart of Blackpool from Friday 13th (shock horror) to the Monday - so a weekend thing really.

 Ah the happy couple :] ^^
We basically spent all of our nights drinking in clubs and all of our days walking around the beach; the local shops and attractions doing whatever the flop we wanted. Twas brilliant really.

In this picture you see Syndicate in the background, and a little bit - and I stress only a little bit! - hungover Libby in the foreground. We went there the night before this photo was taken and it was awesome. Though it was slightly too large and Brad and I had a slight issue in finding the other drunkards :] As far as my knowledge goes, it holds the most amount of people on one floor than any other club in Europe, hence why we lost people; and also hence why - even on a Saturday night - the top floor was closed because not enough people were in the club. If I'm being honest there were ridiculous amounts of people there! So we didn't get the full Syndicate experience but it was good enough for us to remove our original plan to just generally club hop because of our wristband things. So, all was well :]

This particular holiday was my first without any adult supervision (if you don't count eighteen year olds as adults, of course) and I full on adored the independence it gave me! It was generally speaking inexpensive and most definitely THE holiday to remember :D x

'So take the photographs and still frames in your mind, hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.'

18/08/09

I'm safely back from Turkey, I got home at about 1.30 dans the matin and I slept a lot and I feel recovered enough to write about the wonderful time I had there!

I went with my mother, my sister Ellie, my nanna, my uncle and my two cousins James and Matt. Yes, as you can see there were quite a few of us to all be going on holiday together so my Uncle (i do love his sense of humor) founded the 'Von Trapp Seven'. Everywhere we went, to round us up one of us would shout 'Von Trapps!' and there were the 'older types' and the 'younger sorts' within our clan.

'the von trapp seven.'

It was a holiday full of laughter that for every day that we were there, a 'quote of the day' was introduced and we had to choose which was the funniest thing someone said that day. My personal favourite was 'Actually, Matt your balls are quite tasty.' Don't ask. I'm now wondering why I put a private joke on a contraption that people are supposed to read...

Our days consisted of trying to learn the lingo which ended abysmally - sizzling sorbet - sunbathing and eating and drinking as much as we jolly well liked. Oh the wonders of all inclusive holidays.

'As this picture demonstrates, I do not tan awfully well...'

 We also met some absolutely wonderful people there. Jess and her family from Manchester could not have been any nicer if we'd asked for it. Without them our holiday may not have been as enjoyable being as we were able to share the lovely moments that we had in Baia Lara other than amongst ourselves. We spent days sunbathing together and spent the evenings wandering and doing as we pleased. All in all a beautiful family and a beautiful holiday.

Oh. My. Goodness. Turkish baths.com. When taking a break from the 36 degree heat, you walk into this spa and this particular room is where you can perform Turkish baths. It's huge; it's fully marble; the marble is nicely heated; the room smells gorgeous and  you can just pour water over yourselves and others with authentic jugs and such. Amazing.

While there we also had a photo shoot done just for the hell of it and it wasn't cheap but we had a lovely time doing it - the photographer being foreign to us was trying desperately to get us to understand him: 'Little up, stronger!' He was a dude.

I loved Turkey very very much and I've made memories I'll never forget. <3

All my love, Libby :] x