Poorly Poorly Milo...

Poor Milo...My gorgeous little sausage dog! He's 15 years old now...And he's doing well...as in he seems happy enough, but we had to take him to the vet yesterday. £81 later, we were told that he has cattaracts in both eyes, so his vision is like looking through a net curtain, he has kidney failure (although it's not causing him any distress, he wets his bed every night bless him, and wees for England) and he has a yeast infection on his skin...Poor thing! He really does seem fine in himself, but he makes lots of comic stumbles, where his legs just go from under him for no reason, and bumps into large objects and walks headlong into the glass conservatory door! We shouldn't laugh, but how could you not? We love him to bits though, and as long as he still seems happy, may he remain on this planet for many years to come! God bless little Milo-Man! :) xxx

Blues Connection - Born Under a Bad Sign

Last night I went to The First and Last pub in Sennen to watch my friend Mark's band; Blues Connection. Mark is the technically technical left-handed brilliantly brilliant drummer. They have a video on youtube created by Falmouth University students and I love it! It's really funny and even looks a bit retro? Am I allowed to say that? Oh well, just did!!! Enjoy the video and the song...they're a fab band! xxx

The Amazing Danny Pratt - Mr Right

I met Danny Pratt recently- he is one of the loveliest, most genuine people around and is so talented. He's a successful model and a brilliant song-writer, singer and guitarist...And as we can see from this video, he is also a rather accomplished ukuele-ist!!!!! You can check out his MySpace music page HERE, where you can also listen to more of his gorgeous tunes, such as Warlords, Pretty Girls and Sweeten the Blow which I believe was produced by Zero 7. Please check him out...he's up and coming and I just know he's gonna be huge! Loves xxx

Pinch, Punch, First of the Month...

Wow...it's been a long time! I haven't posted anything since November! Oops! I think life just got a bit on top of me!!! So...A lot must have happened since I last posted...Hmm..Well, there was Christmas...which in all honesty, I have barely any recollection of...I had a stressful January and a stressful start at a new placement school. At the beginning of that I felt very odd...I really wasn't ready for a new placement! My confidence went right down the drain, but it only lasted a few weeks..I adore it now, it's a really fun place to be. Then there was February and March..Again, I have no recollection, apart from playing a few samba gigs and playing flute at a disco themed gig in a gorgeous pub called The Driftwood in St Agnes! The setlist was amazing- basically it was anything with the word "Boogie" in the title...Blame it on the Boogie, Jungle Boogie...You get the picture! So, April has just been which was a FUN month! A lot happened in April- I had 2 weeks for Easter holidays and I spent the whole time in London. I went out in Notting Hill for a friend's B'day party, visits to Richmond Park, watching F1 (sadly only on the tele), BBQs with friends, a trip to Brighton..and the best thing of all- I went to Exeter to buy a car AND it was delivered to me in London! How cooooool! It's my baby and she's called Bertha, a.k.a. Big Bum Bertha! It's a BMW 116......lovelyyyyyy! I am actually in love with her..she is the best thing ever. I had to part exchange my Peugeot 206 called Gizza which was a tearful goodbye but I am so happy with Bertha...love her! I'll post photos soon. I'm going to try really hard (again!) to keep up with my blog. Not much else to report...Over and out! Lots of love xxx

Owlishly Blog...I LOVE it!

My friend Izzy recommended this blog to me - Owlishly - and it's lovely! There are so many nice amigurumi creations that I am totally in awe of. They're all ridiculously cute...might have to get the old rusty crochet hook out and have a go!! :D Thanks Iz xxx

Milly's Blog...

While in London, I discovered that my good friend Milly also has a blog! I whooped with sore-throated joy as I looked at her pretty pictures...she is an amazing illustrator and has such a distinct style- I really think she's so fantastic and I'm so glad she has a blog so I can keep up to date with all of her amazing projects and artwork. Please check her blog out by clicking HERE...she's a very lovely and talented girly :D Hearts!

I went to London and I came back with tonsilitis! :(

It was half term last week, so I had Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at uni as usual, then my Thursday and Friday I would usually spend at school I had off! Yay! So I made the most of it and went to London for a few days. I usually work in a shop on Sundays so I asked for that Sunday off ages ago to make sure I really could make the most of my free few days! I had an assignment to hand in on Wednesday which turned out to be a way bigger project that I expected...so much so that I stayed up until 3am trying to finish it THEN I had to pack for London as I was going straight after uni. The problem with this was that I have to get up at 5.30am everyday to get to uni for 9am! (It's about 90 miles away and with car sharng and traffic, it's pushing it anyway) So I slept for NOT very long and got up shortly after going to bed, ready for uni! I had an Indian music class though which was BRILLIANT so it wasn't so bad, but I set off for London straight after the lesson and handing in my assignment. I was really nervous about driving but I made it! Hurrah! I spent a few days staying with friends, but I felt so stressed....I feel like my life is one big rushed stressball lately and when I don't have to be anywhere I freak out! It's an odd feeling- I always have to be doing something or be somewhere...and I had loads of work I SHOULD have been doing instead of being in London and so in the back of my head I was panicking about it all! I had a nice time though and it was good to catch up with people...but I was just exhausted by the time I got home. I was lucky enough to go to Wembley Drum Centre while I was there and I picked up a Remo practice pad...it's so cool...it's like an addiction....every spare moment is spent drumming on my little drumpad...it's so much fun! And I can feel an improvement already!
I drove back on the Monday, going via Reading to pick my friend from uni up who was coming back from Austria. I picked him up 1t 5.30pm which meant we still had a really long drive back to Cornwall! I ended up getting home at about 11pm (after a pit stop at his house to have a quick play on his amazing home-made electronic drumkit) and then had to get up for uni at 5.30am again the next day! NOOO! I was shattered and not in a good mood...anticipating a busy week ahead at uni and at school with lessons to do and plan- including a 4 hour samba workshop with a performance at the end of the day! It turned out to be really fun and the kids did amazingly well but it was exhausting and I had a majorly bad throat with a few nice white lumps down there! I decided to go to the doctors and get it checked out as it felt just like when I had tonsilitis in summer (excpet I couldn't even move out of bed then I was so ill!)...SO I went to the doctors and it turns out I have tonsilitis! NOOOOO! Today (Saturday) I'm just having a really relaxed day, catching up on work and just resting!!!! I think I need it! I'm working tomorrow in the shop then have a busy week next week, so I'm making the most of every restful second today! Aaaahhh...tea and a biscuit me-thinks!
Love you all xxx