To kick off the christmassy posts for this year I thought what better than to share with you a christmas tag I saw. Perfect to get you all in the christmas spirit.
Favourite Festive Food
I love Christmas Food. Christmas Dinner is my absolute fave as is a good old homemade trifle (which I don't suppose is strictly christmas but always what we have Christmas night
Favourite Reindeer
Its got to be Rudolph. However if you have seen Santa Claus 2 I totally love Comet!
Favourite Day of Christmas
Obviously Christmas Day is awesome but I LOVE christmas eve. Tradition is we go to the Crib Service at Church at 4.30 (which is normally standing room only) and then have meat and potato pie for tea then go to Midnight Mass at 11.30pm. There is something SO special about Christmas eve that I just love, especially welcoming in Christmas at Church.
Favourite Christmas Song
In terms of Carols I love Silent Night and Oh Holy Night. In terms of normally songs it has to be the Fairytale of New York.
Favourite Christmas Present
Nows thats a hard one. I am always so grateful for any presents I receive.
Favourite Festive Film
There are Soooooooo many! I think my Number 1 has to be Miracle on 34th Street followed by Elf. We always have to watch Muppets Christmas Carol and other notable mentions for Nativity, the Santa Claus and Love Actually.
Favourite Cracker Toy
Got to be the fortune telling fish!
Favourite Cracker Joke
Totally gonna be that person now and say that cracker jokes are just too cheesy for me!!!
Favourite Christmas Decoration
When I lived at home my mum had some decorations on her tree which just reminded me so much of my childhood. One was a little white guy with a tree (who I named Geoffrey when I was little and it stuck)
Favourite Christmas Scent
Yankee do some amazing christmas scents! Christmas Cookie, Snow Flake Cookie, Christmas Memories. A particular favourite this year has been a Gingerbread Candle I picked up from Home Bargains for about £2.50
Favoutite TV Ad
Got to be the Coca Cola Truck Ad
Favourite Tradition
I am an absolute sucker for christmas tradition and I love that me and Adam have started to develop our own. I did a post way back in December 2013 about my favourite christmas traditions HERE - most of which are still standing now.
Favourite Place to spent Christmas
At Home <3
Favourite Christmas Fact
Right, I'm not going to lie and tell you I am full of Christmas knowledge... I googled... I wouldn't say I found a favourite fact on my quest however one which really confused me was that How The Grinch Stole Christmas is the highest grossing Christmas Film of all time. Now I have seen the Grinch. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. I wouldn't put it up there in my top 5.
Favourite Snowman Accessory
Its definitely got to be the carrot nose!
I hope you enjoyed this post. Just a bit of fun for you all.
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If you had come into my kitchen last night you would have been pretty convinced you had stepped into the Bake Off tent! Honestly it was like a serious production line of gingerbready goodness!!! I wasn't just cracking out 100s of little christmas gingerbread trees for no reason, we have a fundraiser for Rainbows and Guides tonight and a bit of festive gingerbread always goes down well. Ignore the fact that the sign says stars, this was my intention until I saw the tree!!
Recipe:
- 2tsp Ginger
- 60g Brown sugar
- 75g Butter
- 175g Plain Flour
- 3 1/2 tbsp of Golden Syrup
Add the Butter, Sugar and Golden Syrup into a pan and cook until they are melted. In a mixing bowl add the flour and ginger. Add the warm mixture and stir together. Once in a ball, wrap in cling film and leave to cool for 30 minutes (I popped mine in the fridge). After 30 minutes roll out to about the £1 coin size. Use your chosen cutter.
Pop into the oven for between 10 - 15 minutes (depending on the size) - take out and leave to cool. They will go hard while they are cooling so don't worry if they are still a little soft when you take them out of the oven. Add some icing to jazz them up a bit and serve!
Hope you enjoyed this little recipe. As I find some I will be sharing some more christmassy recipes in the lead up to the festive period!
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Hello my lovelies!
I hope that you are all doing well. I can not believe that 2 months has passed since I sat and put finger to keyboard to chat to you all. This year is absolutely flying by, I can not believe that we are almost in December... It doesn't seem like 5 minutes since we sat playing pie face on New Year's Eve and here we are, nearly time for the festivities to begin again.
To be honest I think the break away from blogging has done me good. Life has been hectic as ever and I think with everything that has happened over the last 12 months... Grandad being really ill, planning a wedding, getting married, planning a honeymoon, my brother getting married, going on honeymoon it's just been too much and something had to give. To be honest, I posted a while back to say I was at a point with my blog that I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do any more or where I wanted to take it. However, I think the break has done me good. I have actually found myself over the last few weeks thinking about blogging, content and the like. I've not dipped out of the world all together - I've been over on Instagram so if you follow me on there (@mybeautifulforever) you will have seen what I have been up to (and what I've been eating haha).
So.. The last couple of months..
Well I had my graduation for my post grad course I was completing for the last year. I now hold a post graduate certificate in health care leadership. The graduation was very different and low key to what I have been used to but it was good that Adam got to see me graduate - especially with all the hard work I had to put in doing it and planning a wedding too!
To be honest, that is about it... I wish I has lots of exciting news to share... I'm getting my butt organised and will be back - regularly! I am in the process of working out how often and when I am going to post but I will let you know as soon as I decide - I am thinking Monday, Wedneday, Friday with maybe a bonus weekend on either day...
Thanks for sticking around... I hope we can continue to grow this little community and gain some new friends along the way too! Take care xxx
I hope that you are all doing well. I can not believe that 2 months has passed since I sat and put finger to keyboard to chat to you all. This year is absolutely flying by, I can not believe that we are almost in December... It doesn't seem like 5 minutes since we sat playing pie face on New Year's Eve and here we are, nearly time for the festivities to begin again.
To be honest I think the break away from blogging has done me good. Life has been hectic as ever and I think with everything that has happened over the last 12 months... Grandad being really ill, planning a wedding, getting married, planning a honeymoon, my brother getting married, going on honeymoon it's just been too much and something had to give. To be honest, I posted a while back to say I was at a point with my blog that I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do any more or where I wanted to take it. However, I think the break has done me good. I have actually found myself over the last few weeks thinking about blogging, content and the like. I've not dipped out of the world all together - I've been over on Instagram so if you follow me on there (@mybeautifulforever) you will have seen what I have been up to (and what I've been eating haha).
So.. The last couple of months..
Well I had my graduation for my post grad course I was completing for the last year. I now hold a post graduate certificate in health care leadership. The graduation was very different and low key to what I have been used to but it was good that Adam got to see me graduate - especially with all the hard work I had to put in doing it and planning a wedding too!
At the end of October, Grandad celebrated his 90th Birthday. The last 12 months have been a really tough time for us as a family, grandad has spent most of it away from home, either in hospital or respite care and was actually in hospital on the day of his birthday, however they did let us bring him out for a little party at home with cake and nibbles. He is back home now which is lovely however we have been hit again with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia which has been really tough but we will pull together as a family as you do in these times.
(Isn't he just the cutest)
To be honest, that is about it... I wish I has lots of exciting news to share... I'm getting my butt organised and will be back - regularly! I am in the process of working out how often and when I am going to post but I will let you know as soon as I decide - I am thinking Monday, Wedneday, Friday with maybe a bonus weekend on either day...
Thanks for sticking around... I hope we can continue to grow this little community and gain some new friends along the way too! Take care xxx
♥
Hello my lovelies!
I have returned from my honeymoon / European adventure! If you follow me on Instagram (@mybeautifulforever) you will have seen some snippets of our adventures but its only fair I share with you here too! Don't worry I am not going to spam you all with millions of photos - heres a collage instead :)
London
We started our adventure in London where we spent a lovely couple of days. We saw Wicked, went on the London Eye, walked the streets at dusk, went to St Pauls (where we went to the top - well worth it). We also had the most epic picture taken at platform 9 3/4 (sorry I had to share this one!) I love this so much - it just sums me and Adam up so well!
Paris
After 2 days in London we got the Eurostar over to Paris. We went to Notre Dame, Ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, again walked the streets at dusk (which was amazing as we saw the louvre pyramid lit up), went up the eiffel tower - right to the top, went to the louvre and saw the Mona Lisa.
Venice
After a 14 and a half hour train ride we arrived from Paris to Venice. Lots of people told me how beautiful venice was but walking out of the train station and seeing the Grand Canal was amazing. We visited St Marks Church, got lost in the beautiful streets, went on a gondola and even had a customise your own magnum!
Florence
Ill be honest, neither of us knew what to expect in Florence but it was truly beautiful! We went on a day trip to Pisa, walked the beautiful streets and saw Duomo (the cathedral) and had the best damn full body massage in the hotel EVER!
Rome
Rome marked the last city on our tour! We spent a day at Vatican City, threw coins in the Trevi Fountain, spent a day walking the churches of the path of illumination (from Angels and Demons) - We even got to walk down the secret passage which links the vatican to the castle! We spent one of the days just riding round Rome on the bus seeing all the sites.
It truly was the best honeymoon we could have asked for! We walked 60 miles over the 2 weeks! My poor little fitbit is crying now. I am so glad we chose to do this. I will be doing some individual posts on the places we visited and tips etc so keep your eyes out for those.
I have returned from my honeymoon / European adventure! If you follow me on Instagram (@mybeautifulforever) you will have seen some snippets of our adventures but its only fair I share with you here too! Don't worry I am not going to spam you all with millions of photos - heres a collage instead :)
London
We started our adventure in London where we spent a lovely couple of days. We saw Wicked, went on the London Eye, walked the streets at dusk, went to St Pauls (where we went to the top - well worth it). We also had the most epic picture taken at platform 9 3/4 (sorry I had to share this one!) I love this so much - it just sums me and Adam up so well!
Paris
After 2 days in London we got the Eurostar over to Paris. We went to Notre Dame, Ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, again walked the streets at dusk (which was amazing as we saw the louvre pyramid lit up), went up the eiffel tower - right to the top, went to the louvre and saw the Mona Lisa.
Venice
After a 14 and a half hour train ride we arrived from Paris to Venice. Lots of people told me how beautiful venice was but walking out of the train station and seeing the Grand Canal was amazing. We visited St Marks Church, got lost in the beautiful streets, went on a gondola and even had a customise your own magnum!
Florence
Ill be honest, neither of us knew what to expect in Florence but it was truly beautiful! We went on a day trip to Pisa, walked the beautiful streets and saw Duomo (the cathedral) and had the best damn full body massage in the hotel EVER!
Rome
Rome marked the last city on our tour! We spent a day at Vatican City, threw coins in the Trevi Fountain, spent a day walking the churches of the path of illumination (from Angels and Demons) - We even got to walk down the secret passage which links the vatican to the castle! We spent one of the days just riding round Rome on the bus seeing all the sites.
It truly was the best honeymoon we could have asked for! We walked 60 miles over the 2 weeks! My poor little fitbit is crying now. I am so glad we chose to do this. I will be doing some individual posts on the places we visited and tips etc so keep your eyes out for those.
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1st September! Seriously how on earth did that happen? It only seems like 5 minutes ago since we were bouncing around on New Year's Eve playing pie face 😆
I can not believe after spending so long planning it we go on our honeymoon this weekend. I am beyond excited to visit all the places on our list! Especially because I've never been to any of the places but are places I have always wanted to go to!
Sunday is the start of our adventure (after a couple of days in Sheffield celebrating Adams mum and dads 30th wedding anniversary. I will be be using Instagram during our adventures and hopefully (wifi depending) I will try and do some blogging too! All the hotels we are in have free wifi so I should be able to share our adventures!
Also a little update - I have new hair!! I decided last weekend that I wanted to shake it up a bit and actually had intensions if going back to the red I used to have and picked a Garnier colour called Deep Burgundy however the colour itself has come our purple! On inspection of the box again I noticed the tab on the inside said Blackcurrent Deep Burgundy - sneaky Garnier! Good job I like it!
It's definitely different than I have gone before! It's still at that very dark stage at the moment and looks different shades in different lights - let's see how long it lasts eh! Nice to be a bit darker as the Autumn is coming!
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