What's your favourite Christmas movie

What is your all time favourite Christmas movie?

For me its a Muppets Christmas carol it's one of the first Christmas movies I remember watching but also the first one my whole family could agree on watching together without any arguments. It is one of the first Christmas movies we will watch at the start of December and is one of the reasons we know its now Christmas in our house.

feeling blue

So for the pas few weeks I've been feeling really low and things don't seem to have improved. I'm stuck in a job that I hate doing, I don't really see my friends anymore and on top of that I am struggling to cope with my uni work as well.

 Christmas is usually one of my favourite times of year when I get to see all my family and friends but this year I just don't seem to be happy but I can't understand why. My life really isn't that bad so I have no reason to feel down or upset but at the minute that seems to be the way that I feel. I always feel anxious before I go to work and don't really wan to be there. I used to really enjoy my job but in the past few months that seems to have changed for me.

I have always been quite shy and was often overlooked at school. Sadly I still feel this way even though I am now older. I have tried to make changes going out, joining clubs, volunteering. Is there something wrong with me? Is there something that I'm doing wrong something that makes me unlikable and uninteresting? I want to know what I can do to change all that. I don't really see many people outside of work and seem to be at work a lot of the time covering shifts and stuff. My younger sister has even mentioned that she never gets to see me or spend anytime with me. I think that's quite sad and I don't want that.

In all honestly I cant really complain as there are many people out there who are in a much worse position than me.

Christmas Crafts

So are you all ready and set for Christmas? I am! This year I have taken to hand-making most of presents.

 For my best friend I have made her a scrapbook including various bits a pieces from all our little adventures together. pictures, quotes, poems and other fun things from different place we have been, things we have tried and memories that we ave made. For example I have included a ticket from the time we went to see the Wanted in concert ad a ticket from when we went to Harry Potter studios last year. I got all kinds of little craft stuff from the range in order to help me make her scrapbook such as stamps, ribbon, buttons and other craft stuff.

 I have also made some of my own jewelry this year including earrings and pendants. I was able to turn some of our family pictures into pendant necklaces to give to both of my Nan's this year and they have turned out pretty well. 

Start of a Story

It was a cold and stormy Halloween night, the rain was beating down heavily in large waves of droplets and the thunder crashing loudly echoing around the thick dark forest making the sound all the more louder. Far in the distance you could hear the howling of wolves, a mournful sound, crying to the moon and the hoot of an owl hidden in a nearby tree only adding all the more to the already terrifying sounds of the storm. The occasional sparks on lightning illuminated the forest lighting up the twisted and gnarly faces of the old trees giving the impression of people looking out of them directly at you. From here I could see it all, stood at the old cracked and dusty window, I could observe the whole thing protected from the raging storm outside. Protected but not yet safe. Stood here in the dilapidated old house that stood alone surrounded on both sides by trees isolated from the rest of society. A house that I managed to find and take shelter in when this storm first began. Bare and barren the house stood damaged and worn, crumbling with broken windows and a roof which had several slates missing from it. A rough wooden door with its black paint all chipped and faded, which jammed as you tried to open it, and an old and rusty bronze door handle that was stiff with age. The inside was no better than the outside with bare wooden floors where the floorboards creak with every step you took and the furniture was all moth eaten and torn. The lights here didn’t work so I managed to make do by finding some old candles in one of the kitchen draws, lighting them I had placed them around the room. They provided little light in this large house seeing as there were only four of them. The light didn’t quite manage to reach the corners of the room, the patches of dark protecting whatever was hidden there. 

Standing next to your tall friend and your short!

This is how I look when standing next to my extremely tall best friend. If you haven't guessed I would be the short one!!! Xxx
(screenshot from TV Show Miranda)

Short Snippet to a Story I've started writing! Xxx

So here I am at only 20 years old, with my own large house pretty much guaranteed for life when I’m still only a mere student living off of what little I have left of my student finance. How I came to get this house you may ask, one that I would under any other normal circumstances not be able to afford. Well I was left it. That’s right I was just left a house! normal aunts might leave you a few bits of jewellery, a couple or paintings or even just some old rubbish that you would never use but you treasure it anyway for its sentimental value. Not my aunt, my crazy fortune telling, ghost believing aunt who decided to leave me just about the oldest house in Britain as a gift to me in her will and when I say house I mean more of a mansion. It’s that big and kind of resembles a small castle in some ways with its gothic design.  The building is a large dark imposing building, the kind of building you might see in a film you know the type, the vampire/witchy, medieval type film. It had large dark, thick oak doors, with a big black door knocker. It had multiple large windows which could only suggest as to the number of rooms there are. There seemed to be an aura of mystery and magic surrounding the whole building which only helped to increase the rumours that the building was haunted. The whole village was terrified to even step within 5 feet of the front gate before turning back. There were several turrets sprouting up from the main building which only enhanced the building unusual but creepy kind of beauty making it look all the more like a castle. All in all it looked like the perfect place to film a horror movie or a medieval T.V program. The building had a kind of Tudor/medieval era feel to the whole thing and that was before I had even stepped inside. Looking out of the window of my car I could see the estate agent stood just by the large double doors clipboard and keys in hand trying to keep up a professional image whilst all the while looking like a terrified child, pale as a ghost and shaking like a leaf looking like she was about to bolt any moment. You could see clearly by the look upon her face that she, like myself, did not want to be here only for different reasons.

Getting out of my car I quickly locked it and began to make my way over to the estate agent, walking swiftly across the gravel drive crunching under my feet. “Hello I’m Megan” the estate agent spoke as I reached her sticking out her hand for me to shake “ You must be Elizabeth” “urrm yeah I am but I prefer to be called Eliza” I replied whilst shaking her hand “Okay well Eliza as you know your Aunt umm she umm well she left you this house, I would…. I would like to get the paperwork done as soon as possible. I just need you to sign a few bits and they house is all yours.”. “Right okay well where do I need to sign?” “Oh oh right urmm….”flicking through bits of paper that were attached to her clipboard to find the right one. Grabbing it she pulled it out and attached it to the top before shoving it under my nose along with a pen. “You just need to….to sign across the dotted line… yeah that one right there” She said pointing to the spot at the bottom of the page. I quickly read through the contract which was the same one I had been shown at the office originally when I had found out that I had inherited the house. Nothing in the contract seemed to have changed it merely stated that I was now the owner of this fine house and that everything was already paid off for it in advance. Along with that I was given some other papers which showed the history of the house and how it was that my family came to own it, shoving those quickly into the bag that I had slung across my shoulder I signed the papers and handed them back Megan. Putting the clipboard away she turned to me and handed me the keys. They were large old rusty looking keys big and silver that matched the old looking lock on the door. “Do you… do you need me to show you around or urrr….. anything” Megan stuttered eyeing the door warily like something was about to jump out and bite her. Taking pity on the poor woman I told her that I should be okay to figure things out myself and with that she turned around and sped of back down the drive way and out of the magnificent iron gates faster than I would have expected considering the heels she was wearing. I had to admit it was pretty impressive seeing her rush away in 5inch high heels when I myself could barely walk at a normal speed. Once she had disappeared into her car and driven away I turned towards the giant oak doors, looking at them I figured that with the size of them they would be quite heavy to move. Shoving the key into the lock I turned it slowly and heard the lock click signalling that it was open, with a great big shove I opened the doors which let out a great groan as it opened slightly. Pushing it even more until it was fully open, I stepped into the house.  

If this doesn't tickle your funny bone! Harry Potter fans

(I own none of these by the way! I didn't make them so all rights go to the people who did!!)

Dumbledore telling you how the weekend goes!!

When you know the weekends nearly here so you can

because you know we all love seeing Dumbledore and Snape dancing!!

Xxx

Just wanted to say a quick thank you with this Harry Potter! Gif

Just wanted to say a quick thank you to those of you who read my blog with this Harry Potter GIF for you Harry Potter fans

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Cute Gif!!! Xxx

Halloween cake!!!!!

This is my Nan's amazing Halloween cake that she made last year Spookily awesome! Xxx

Strawberry Cheesecake Chimichangas!!! 1Minutemeals

Strawberry Cheesecake Chimichangas!
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Made by  Cheryl@everydaydishes_diy! 
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WHAT YOU NEED:
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8 oz package cream cheese, room temp
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Zest of ¼ of lemon
6 soft flour tortillas (about 8" in diameter)
12 strawberries, sliced
½ cup granulated sugar (for coating)
Vegetable oil, for frying
6 toothpicks
Deep-fry thermometer
Optional garnish
Sliced strawberries
Whipped cream
Hot fudge sauce

Recipe from 1Minute meals A page on Instagram which collects and put together easy, quick and great recipes from other sites and Instagram pages all put into one convenient place for you to look at and try. Recipes are from various different places so don't belong to me. 

https://instagram.com/1minutemeals/

Recipe Time!! Apple and Cinnamon Cake

Recipe time!!!

 

Here's a great recipe for you to try! 

Try making apple and cinnamon sponge cake it tastes great. This is one recipe that my Nan makes a lot especially when I go to visit because I absolutely love it. It's  great to have with a cup of tea especially when it's warm or just come out of the oven.

I love it when my Nan Bakes I think that she makes the best cakes ever however that may just be because I'm a little bit biased as she is my Nan. Unfortunately for me my Nan does not live close to me so I don't get to have apple and cinnamon cake often unless I'm visiting her or she is here visiting me and I seriously can not wait that long for my favourite cake. So instead I convinced her to give me the recipe that she uses. Now I know by now that you can find hundreds and hundreds or various recipes for apple and cinnamon cake however I already know that I love my Nan's cake, I know the recipe works and tastes great for my particular tastes so why bother changing it. 

So here it is the recipe of Apple and Cinnamon cake 

• 3 eggs- My Nan always says to weigh the eggs first and then to adjust all the weights of the other ingredients to match that of the eggs. This makes a great sponge, light and fluffy. you can nearly always guarantee great results for a great sponge if you do it this way.
• So then you add soft margarine, self raising flour and caster sugar remember that the amount of each of these ingredients that you add should match the weight of the eggs. For example if the eggs weighed 118g you would need to add 118g of margarine,caster sugar and flour to the mixture. It would be the same if the weight of the eggs equaled 130g you would then need to put in 130g of margarine,sugar and flour.
• You also need two teaspoons of Cinammon which you will sieve in with the flour. 
• You need 4 apples, preferably cooking apples, but normal apples should also work if you haven't go any cooking apples, which you might not during the winter. So you need to wash, peel and chop the apples then boil them for a short while in order to soften then up  to put in the sponge cake. Try not to boil them for too long that they turn into more of an apple stew. I did this once so used the stewed apple for something else and had to start again. Once you have soften the apple you can put it in your mixture.
• You then bake at 180 Degrees for 40 mins (I have a fan cooker so this is the timings I  would use so you may have to adjust this slightly depending on what type of cooker you have.

So there we go! once cooked take it out of the oven and enjoy!!

BellePheonix 

Xxx

Love this sooo cute!!

Help raise money for Dementia! Support Vanessa with her fundraising!!

Hey guys sorry I haven't posted anything in a while I have been busy with uni, work and packing for my holiday which I am going on at the end of this week.

However I just thought I would take a quick moment to ask you to help support my best Friend who is trying to raise money for dementia UK by doing a sponsored skydive. You can help to support her by going to her page and making a donation and sharing her page with others. 

She is attempting to raise £400 pounds for dementia UK by November 20th and with your support she should be able to achieve this goal. I will share a link to her page at the bottom of this post and on my. Google + page so go ahead and take a look. 

I am unbelievably proud of my best friend as I know she works hard and likes to help make a difference in others lives. She always tries to help others out so I thought this might be one way I can help her after all the times that she has helped me when I needed it most. 

Dementia awareness is important as it will help us to one day hopefully come up with a cure. Dementia doesn't just affect the person who has it but also affects there entire family and friends. I will also be sharing with you some links which will halo to explain to you what dementia is and the affects of dementia in a way better than I can explain. 

 However I will share with you that my great granddad had dementia when I was only little so I myself don't remember exactly what it is like having a family member who suffers with dementia. What I do remember however is that my great grandad never actually knew who I was. He would always call me by my mum's or my aunts name every time we visited him. I imagine it must have been hard for my parents and grandparents to watch this and to know they he didn't not remember a lot of the important moments in life. One thing my great grandad did remember was his absolute love of malteasers and how he could always expect a box when we went to visit. 

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200360

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200120

http://www.justgiving.com/Vanessa-Mary.         (Support Vanessa here! Go to her page and donate) 

Thank you

Xxx

A level results day stresses x

A level results day is always hard. It's always stressful because not everyone gets what they wanted or what they hoped for. Some people do better than they expected whilst others don't do as well as they had wished for. You always have a sleepless night the night before waiting and worrying about the grades you will receive after they have left you in suspense for over a month. 

There are plenty of oppurtunities for those of you who might not have got what you wanted. You could use it as an opportunity. For those of you who might not have got into the university you wanted you could take this as an oppurtunity to go to a different uni, to take a gap year and use that time to learn something new. For example you could spend that year doing another course that might help you with your future career. You could take that time to go travelling, to get more experience in your chosen area by volunteering. You also have an oppurunity to retake any exams that you want to improve. 

I decided not to go to university but instead I  decided to retake a few of my exams to help improve my grade to where I wanted it to be, go to work and save up some money and I took the time to volunteer. Experience is always useful and looks good on your CV . There are also other opputnities such as open university or college.

So don't feel bad if you didn't get what you hoped for some of the greatest people in the world managed to do some great things even without qualifications or A Levels but with determination. 

Keep trying!! And you will succeed. 

It's a long road of trials and errors but that just makes the achievement feel all the more worthwhile. Now is the time to make mistakes and to learn from them. 

BellePheonix 

A level results

Hope all of you who were collecting thir A level results today did well and got what they hoped for. If you didn't do as well as you expected remember there is always next year. You have time to try new things, study hard and try again the next year. You can get some experience, travel or even apply for another uni. It's not the end of the world if you didn't get the grades you wanted even if it is dissapointing at the time. It's a learning curve. You can only get better! :) 

Well done to all of you :)

I'm sure your hard work paid off even if it doesn't feel like it right now. 

Xx

Little Mix Radio 1 Live Lounge Mash up

Love this Little Mix Radio 1 live lounge Mash up Holy Grail/Counting Stars it's so good. Love how well they harmonize together and the songs go together seamlessly.

Just thought I would share this with you

BellePheonix

Xx

 

 

 

Go check out Danielle Peazer's blog Idle Lane

I follow Danielle Peazer's blog Idle Lane and I love it, it provides great inspiration and was actually one of the reasons I considered creating my own blog (amongst others). Danielle Peazer is a Dancer who was originally a dancer for X Factor (the UK version). She has since started a blog on all things fashion and beauty which includes ideas for outfits and fashion inspiration including links to different store/shops where certain items have come from or to similar items to the ones she includes in her posts. She also includes beauty tips, posts of events she is involved in (including competitions) had has her own shopping page on Depop (an app) where she sells some of her old clothes. She updates quite regularly so there is always something new. She has lots of photos of events, items and shoots that she participates in as well as videos. She is also on twitter and instagram so you can follow her on there. She also has videos on YouTube that you can go an check out.
 
I have posted the link on this post but will also put the link on my blog page so you can go and check her blog out at any time.

 BellePheonix
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 Go check out Idle Lane


http://www.idlelane.com/

Insomnia sufferers Listen up!!!!

Insomnia is just one of those things everybody suffers from at one point or another in your life. Insomnia is when you have difficulty getting to or staying asleep so ecveryone should have some experience with this. A lot of the time it is usually brought on by or linked to stress. It's that time during the night in which your brain just won't switch off at all and no matter how hard you try you just can't fall asleep or in some cases you might just get to sleep when you wake straight back up again. 

Well in one of those people that always gets insomnia when I get really stressed for example I can never sleep for a while before exams or if there is something that I am absolutely dreading. However I have found some things that help me at times such as these. If I know I'm not going to be able to sleep I try various different things.

List of things to try when your suffering from insomnia:

• About an hour it two before I go upstairs to be I will do some kind of excercise so that my body is tired and even if my brain isn't I might still get to sleep. For me the excercise was always doing just dance on the Wii with my mum.
• You could try a warm bath with bubbles or scented candles to help your muscles relax.
• Have a warm drink. I will usually take this upstairs with me to drink whilst listening to music. Make sure it's not a caffeinated drink as that will only keep you up. I prefer fruit teas such as Berry or Apple tea which are really nice. However you could try warm milk like my brother used to have when he was little (He used to call it Milk Ping because of the noise the microwave made when it was finished)
• Read a book for about an hour in bed (try not to use any electrics as it will only keep you awake. If you are really struggling to sleep during the night find the most boring book you can because that might put you to sleep simply because you can't understand it. For example when you are trying to read a boring book for revision bit just can't concentrate or keep focused on the book. This should work the same at night and surely send you to sleep.
• Put on some calming music none of this heavy metal or rock n roll because that's rather loud.
• If none of that works lay back and try to count backwards or forwards in your times tables if you do this for a whole you'll soon be able to recite them like a pro if you couldn't before and even if you can a little practice never hurt anyone. You could even try counting in French or Spanish or something.
• My mum got me a relaxation CD which works on teaching you how to relax your body and mind and surprisingly it works amazingly. Even if it doesn't help you to relax it does a good job of putting you to sleep just because to the readers tone of voice.
• You could also try listening to audiobooks because that doesn't involve any work on your part so because your brain isn't being stimulated by activity it should be easier to fall asleep.

 

Don't

•  Try to avoid thinking about whatever it is that is making to stressed or anxious
• Don't clock watch because this will make it worse because you will then become anxious about how many hours of sleep you will be getting from then until the time you have to wake up.
• Don't start making a list of all the things you have to do the next day this will just keep you awake.
• If still in school don't think about how much homework you have left to do save that for the next day when you have loads of time to properly think without panicking because you are picturing a worst case scenario which will keep you up all night.
•  Don't play and computer games or watch T.V because this stimulates the brain which is certain to keep you up. (even if it is the season finale to Game of Thrones you can catch up on that the next day rest is more important)

 

Hope this helps or gives you some ideas

BellePheonix 

Xx

Ed Sheeran and Passenger Mash up You Won't believe how good this is!!

 

 

For you +EdSheeranfans out there (Like me) and also passenger fans though I would share this video with you which I found on YouTube a year or so a go and fell in love with. Ed Sheeran and Passenger do a mash up of two major songs Thrift shop and No Diggity. It's an acoustic version and I have to say they go so well together. Lets keep in mind that I'm a huge Ed Sheeran fan anyway so I love most of the songs he does but this one is slightly different. I have to say I adore it. I showed my friend when we were on our way to Brighton to see The Wanted (Sad Face last tour) and The Vamps  (Who doesn't love the vamps now currently on a tour all of their own) as well as Elyar Fox and she loved it too. Before that she had never seen or heard this but now its actually top on one of her playlists (your welcome).

 

So here it is just for you

Ed Sheeran and Passenger

 

BellePheonix

Xx



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Amazing,quick, easy recipes!!

I follow  1minutemeals on instagram they have some great recipes on there and they share other great recipes that other people have made. They are delicious, interesting and quick to make snacks, meals and dessert from example one of the recipes they have is for Strawberry Cheesecake Chimichangas! and Strawberry Nutella French Toast Roll Ups!. It's great for ideas for new things to make when I am bored and want to do some baking there are lots of creative recipes to try things which I wouldn't normally think of. Some of these recipes include healthy snacks which are easy to make, tasty and healthy. I suggest you check it out and give them a follow or at least check out some of the recipes that are on there.

 

 BellePheonix

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Marvels Ant Man

Have you all been to see Ant Man yet. I have!! I went and saw it last night with my younger brother (I know a bit sad really) it wasn't quite what I expected to be honest with you. I saw the trailer and wasn't really that impressed but I had (and read on Facebook) some rave reviews from my friends about how good the film was. So I thought hey why not. My brother agreed so we went. I have to say it was much better than I had anticipated. When I heard they were doing a film about a superhero named Ant Man I wasn't really that interested I just thought what kind of superhero is named Ant Man not really the most inspirational superhero name I have to say. However it wasn't actually that bad it had some funny moments with some kind of funny lines, a fair bit of action. The fight scenes were actually kind of funny at points the director was quite clever in reminding you that the superhero was in fact Ant Man and therefore actually quite small. They did this by having Ant man and his equally tiny enemy fighting on a child's toy railway in which they cut between the centre of the action in which you see the fight as though you are a tiny ant sized spectator. It then cuts to the superheroes daughter watching the fight as a regular sized human being and you realise just how ridiculous the fight actually looks from her point of view. Not exactly scary with tiny little people running around throwing toys at eachother however I suppose if your really that tiny it could come across as quite terrifying. There is also a cameo from Thomas the tank engine (for those of you who have seen it you will get what I mean, for those of you that haven't it's just another reason to go an see it). There is also a scene right at the very end, and I mean right at the very end after all the credits and everything, which links to and hints about the upcoming Captain America 3 Civil War (which I am soo looking forward to). So after all that all I have to say is that I went in with some low expectations of the movie and came out loving it and recommending it to others. (Obviously not everyone will agree  ) 

So yeah go and see Ant Man 

 BellePheonix

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Unusual pets~ Dobby the house dog

It is strange how much my dog reminds me of Dobby from Harry Potter. I think it has something to do with her ears. It help that she is currently sat there staring at me with her big brown eyes and a sock hanging out of her mouth. Just so happens that her favourite chew toy happens to be an old pair of my brothers football socks.

Anyone else got an unusual pet? My dog seems to be everything but a dog she does an amazing impression of a meerkat, a statue and a seal but not a very good dog.


BellePheonix
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Question time!!! for all you readers out there here's some questions for you X

 I want to know what you guys want to see here on my Blog. I want to know what your interested in reading about? What you want to talk about? 

 What kind of things interest you that you want to see on here?


For example

lets start with one question for you all. 

If your life was a movie who would you have playing you and why? 

So my answer to this question is I would probably want to have Emma Watson playing me because I just absolutely love her as an actress, she puts everything into every role she plays and you can clearly see it in absolutely every one of her movies. I also think she is quite inspiring in her role as a UN ambassador in which she stands up and talks about equality and feminisim. I think she's done quite well for herself in that although she is an amazing and popular actress she has kept very grounded and succeeded in her education and completing university all whilst filming several movies. I think what she has achieved is something to aspire to because she has shown how far dedication and commitment can get you which is something I sometimes need to be reminded of when I find things difficult to do. So that's why I would want her to play me in a movie of my life. 
 However I think if there was ever a movie made about my life I would think it would be very boring and no where near as interesting as films such as The Bounty Hunter (Jennifer Anniston, Gerrard Butler) or Harry Potter. 

 BellePheonix 

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New Experiences and Changes~ Basically just talking about a whole new wardrobe

Last year I started something completely new. I started a new course at college. So way, way, way back in September when I started I got a bit fed up. I had this whole well new thing, new people, new experience and yet I still feel well rubbish really. I thought well new people who don't know me very well there is no judgement I can be whoever I want to be. They don't know me as the shy, quiet girl that a lot of people used to see me as. So why not surprise them a bit and try something a bit different and see what I come up with.

So about a week into this new course I suddenly decided that seeing as I had changed a lot of things already why not just try something different in terms of style. So one weekend I threw out a majority of my old wardrobe and replaced it with a completely new one. New style that I hadn't really tried out before and found it really suited me so I felt much more confident. That's same weekend I went out and had my hair cut. It went from partway down my back to being just under my shoulder, (  quite short) I had a fair bit cut off. I also had blonde highlights put in. I also got the top of my ear pierced (cartilage) something that I had been considering for a while but never had the guts to do ( Not suggesting you actually do any of this by the way).

After that I went back into college and a lot of people where surprised about my hair being short and blonde. A lot of people said that they liked it.

I was and am really happy about the result. I feel much happier as a person because it wasn't that I had changed myself because I hadn't really. I just cared less about what others thought. I accepted who I was so decided to do things my way. Which was what getting my haircut and a new wardrobe was all about. It was more about accepting than change. There are still things about myself that I obviously want to change or I wish were different, but at the end of the day I am working on building my confidence and Self esteem and trying new things whilst remaining myself.

 You tend to find that once you have left secondary school and you are no longer surrounded by the same group of people that you had been for five years, the ones who new you at the very start of the secondary. It becomes a lot easier to just be yourself because the new people you meet haven't judged you yet so you can be who you want to be. Unlike in secondary school in which it is more difficult because although you change the judgements whilst not always bad tend to find a way of sticking because they have already been set. You are often seen to be the same as you were back in year 7 when you started. For example I'm small and quite and shy particularly to new people I meet so for a lot of people who weren't really my best friends they only ever saw me as being quiet and not talking.

BellePheonix
Xx
P.s Sorry it's so long just though I would share as My younger sister is having a similar tough time at the minute and it gave me an idea.

I've still kept my hair shoulder length and Blonde and I'm still loving it.

Goals, Hopes and Achievemants~

Does Anyone have a list of places that they want to visit or things that they want to do in their lifetime? I do

I created a List of goals of things that I would like to try and things that I would like to achieve

Here are just a few of my goals on My list that I spoke about in my very first post when I started this blog just a few weeks ago . I thought I would revisit it.

I would like to visit a various number of different places. I personally quiet enjoy old buildings and learning about the history of different places.

Goals:
I would like to travel and see different palaces in the world and learn new things. One particular place that I would like to go to is Australia. That's one place I have always wanted to go. I also want to go to America and this year I am going on holiday to Greece with a friend of mine which I am really looking forward to.
Learn a language I think it would be really fun to learn a language and hopefully become fluent in a language.
Learn to play an instrument- I would love to learn to play an instrument  admire people who are able to play and play well I think it's a great skill to have.
One day I would like to plan a charity event and raise even more money and awareness for charities such as MS and Dementia.
I would like to try to write a story.
Be more active and healthy.

These are only a few of my goals as my actual list is much longer, far too long to post.

Over the years I have become a lot more confident in myself I used to be the shy, quiet type in the classroom and in some cases I still am but in the past few years I have become more outgoing and individual. I think in part this is due to me doing more and trying out different things not just staying within my comfort zone. This year so far I have learnt a lot and continue to do so.
                           
By creating myself and setting myself goals to reach it really helping me to try things outside of my normal routine but also out of my comfort zone. Its great to be able to tick something off and say Yes I have tried that, I have given it ago. It's a real confidence booster.  Give it a try.

   BellePheonix
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Hilarious F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Bloopers Xx

SO I Was inspired by a video on facebook of some of the friends bloopers and thought that you guys would appreciate seeing some yourself. Just when we thought F.R.I.E.N.D.S couldn't get any funnier you find the bloopers and find out that actually it really, really does. Behind the scenes mistakes and laughs put together could actually make a whole new episode of friends. SO Funny!!! It's great to see the cast of F.R.I.E.N.D.S messing around and laughing together. Absolutely love Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow's) Laugh it's infectious. These bloopers show you just how similar each of the actors are to their character and the relationship between them. Mathew Perry is so much like Chandler apparently liked to play jokes on set. 
The jokes are funnier when they go wrong!!
        Enjoy
BellePheonix
    Xx

(I don't own friends or these videos all rights go the correct people, I'm just sharing them for your amusement)

Cupcakes~ Making and Decorating~

So this weekend I made chocolate cupcakes and decorated them. Here's the result.

Avengers cupcakes with images of the different Avengers, we have Black Widow, Nick fury, Thor, Iron man, Captain America, Hulk and Hawkeye.
My favourites are Black widow And Captain America. However I must add that I do love Iron Man particularly in the movies he probably has some of the best lines, sarcastic and witty love it especially since Tony Stark in played by Robert Downey Jr in the films. I think that Robert Downey Jr is a great actor loved him as Sherlock Holmes.

For others I had white sugar roses which I covered in gold edible food spray which look amazing. I also made cupcakes with gold vanilla icing (which is essentially vanilla icing with the gold edible food spray on top) and Pink edible glitter sparkles.
I personally don't think they came out too badly. I'm actually quite proud of them to be honest. Going to make some more soon only this time with Frozen on top. The Avengers and Frozen cupcake tops are edible paper wafers.

Belle Pheonix
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Blank Space // Style (Taylor Swift Mash-Up) - Louisa Wendorff

Amazing cover by Louisa Wendorff a mash up of Taylor Swift's Blank Space and Style. She is soo talented she has so many amazing covers and mashups on her YouTube channel so go take a look. Loving her acoustic Mashups at the minute.Xx

"PITCH PERFECTION" - 50+ Songs Mashup by Megamix Central

Absolutely Love this Mash up sooo many good songs in there and put together so well. Brilliant loving it. Xx

Little Mix - Black Magic

In honour of Black Magic- Little Mix being released today I thought I would share the music video.

Little Mix Mashup - DNA vs. Boy found on Youtube

Mike Tompkins and Pitch Perfect cast Sing Nicki Minaj's Starships Acapella Syle

 And Again only this on is with the cast of Pitch perfect along with some fan videos its AMAZING!!!

Starships- MIKE TOMPKINS AND PITCH PERFECT CAST

Acapella Mashup or Taylor Swift's Shake it off and Bastille's Pompeii ~ By MIKE TOMPKINS

Love this acapella mash up by Mike Tompkins. Amazing!!! how talented is that can't believe he does the whole thing himself it's freaking fantastic. Want to see him do one with an Ed Sheeran Song now.

Shake it off/ pompeii

Wait WHAT! Daniel Radcliffe can Rap - On Jimmy Fallon

How have I not seen this before now I honestly don't know. Daniel Radcliffe can rap, he can RAP!

To be fair to him he does it well.  I honestly don't know how he didn't mess up it's such a tongue twister I would of gone wrong before I even finished the first sentence. It's actually very entertaining and he is really really very good. He rapped  Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics which is really quite the tongue twister and very fast. I'm not really sure how this passed me by to be honest with you I'm surprised I hadn't seen it before I only found it this morning on YouTube. I'm so behind the times clearly but I have to say this I'm glad I saw this video it really made my day. And for those of you who, like me, haven't seen the video of Daniel Radcliffe rapping on Jimmy Fallon ,because you know we clearly live under rocks, Here it is.

 

                                                    BellePheonix

 

 

~First Concert~

Does anyone remember the first concert they ever went to? For me it was Mcfly way way way back in like 2007 with my mum and my younger brother and is an experience I haven't forgotten since. I went to see them again at the very same place in 2012. I remember how exited I was at being able to go and see a band that I really liked at a place so close to home because there aren't many bands who perform anywhere near were I live. So if I want to go and see someone live I usually have to travel a fair way, as i'm sure most of us do. They say that your first concert is the one you remember most and I have to say I agree because I remember a fair bit about the experience for example the fact that I bought a little torch which when you turned it on would show the word Mcfly on the wall. I remember being sat on the third row back on the middle balcony and being able to see everything even though I was so tiny that when I sat down my first thought was that I wasn't going to be able to see over the people in front of me. 

I remember more details about my first concert than I ever expected to.

I have to say that it was just as good the second time I went to see them. The support bands were really good as well greeting people outside after the concert. 

All in all I think that Mcfly is a good band to go and see live as I enjoyed watching them both times that I went.

BellePheonix

Xx

Paris #Throwback to Holiday Photography

 WOW I miss this. 
Disneyland Paris

I went on a family Holiday to Disneyland Paris back in 2011 and genuinely had a really good time. I got to spend a lot more quality time with my family that week than I had in a while as I was part way through my GCSE's at the time. We had a great time everyone was really friendly and helpful from the hotel staff at the hotel we stayed at ,which was just a little bit further away from Disneyland, and also at the parks as well. Out of the five days we were there we spent four days at the Disney parks each morning we would have to catch a shuttle bus from the hotel to the parks. All the characters their were really lovely especially with my younger sister who had only about 6 at the time and she absolutely loved it meeting all the characters and getting to go on all the rides. I think the great thing about Disneyland is that its suitable for everyone and there's always something going on. There was was the Disney parade, various different shows and activities that go on all around the parks which the children can get involved in. They also have lots of different themed restaurants which are great fun to go to. The rides were great fun as well although the ques for them were quiet long unless you brought a fast track past. I took hundreds of photos whilst I was there and videos as well.

We also spent a day in Paris visiting the Eiffel Tower and going on a tour bus around the centre of Paris. The tour was quite interesting because you found out a lot of this history of Paris. 

 Great family holiday

I love Paris and Disneyland and would Love to visit again someday

BellePheonix

Xx 

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.~ 'The one with the football'

Absolutely love FRIENDS I'm actually quite sad that its finished however thankfully they always play it on comedy central. I think that my favourite episode of friends has to be the 'one with the football'. In which its thanksgiving and the group are together having a meal and they decide to play football in the park. In this episode Ross and Monica get really competitive doing whatever they can to beat each other. It ends up with a boy VS girls game in which the whole thing just ends up being really funny. This is my favourite episode because no matter how many times I watch it, it never fails to make me laugh. Just like most of them really.  My mum got me into friends because she absolutely loves it and although I like friends I have to say I'm not a huge Ross Geller fan although I do really like David Schwimmer. I just find that Ross can come across as being petty, spiteful, jealous and whiny especially with Rachel however he is still really funny as a character. My favourite characters have to be Joey and Rachel I think they just have some of the best lines although I also kind of love Phoebe as well for her quirkiness. 

BellePheonix

Xx

(Clip from Youtube, rights go to all the proper people. I don't own friends or the clip)