Iceland

Iceland was like nothing I had ever seen before, truly magical and I definitely visited at the right time of year. Everything was covered in a crisp white layer of snow, and it made everything so much more beautiful. I've never felt cold like it, but still dream of it to this day. I took multiple boat trips on the hunt to see the northern lights, which I kind of saw, but also not really. Other boat trips were whale watching trips, again I wasn’t lucky here either, but found it was of course due to the freezing temperatures and cloudy skies. I walked endlessly through the streets of Reykjavik, finding amazing things I never would have otherwise, like little museums, churches and quirky Christmas shops that are open 365 days a year. I went on a Golden Circle tour that took us to see the Gullfoss Waterfall, the geothermal area in Haukadalur which contained huge geysers and Thinvellir National Park where you can see the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

 Iceland truly was a dream.

Liverpool's Cat Cafe

Look at me, posting again, I can hardly believe it myself! It was a couple of months ago now, but my best-friend and I decided it was time that we visited a cat cafe. Cat's, free drinks, and friends, what's not to love? The way this Cafe works is you pay for the time you're there in 5 minute slots, all drinks are free for the duration of your stay and you can have as many as you want. PURRfect.

I absolutely adore cat's, if you do too and haven't been to one, head on down to a Cat Cafe, you won't regret it!

It's been a minute

I’m back! Don’t worry, I know that no one has been sat there eagerly awaiting my next post, but that doesn’t stop me from hoping. It really had been a minute, 6 months worth of minutes to be exact and hopefully I’ll manage to stay for awhile this time. I’m really glad I took a break from blogging, I think everyone should do that every once in awhile. So many pressures come from blogging without even realising them, I would often find myself questioning what I’m posting and wondering why people would care about it, typing countless words only for them to be deleted a moment later. I’ve decided to create my content for myself going forwards, I’m not going to force myself into tight deadlines, I’m only going to post when I actually want to and I’m not going to worry about whether people are interested in everything I post because I can’t please everyone.

A lot has happened since I was last here, and I’m looking forward to sharing that with you in this post and in future posts.

In October my husband and I were sent to The Liverpool Women’s Hospital as we have been trying to conceive for over 12 months and have had no luck. Now you already know the journey I’ve been on with PCOS, and that I’m down a Fallopian tube and to be honest, that’s why they didn’t hesitate to transfer me to a fertility clinic. We attended a few appointments at the clinic and were told that the pro norms ultimately come down to me, which is something we already knew. I don’t qualify to have any kind of fertility treatment at the moment because I am currently above the preferred BMI. Knowing that they wouldn’t help me because of my weight absolutely broke my heart because your size doesn’t determine how much you deserve a child. Everything always comes down to weight, regardless as to whether that’s the cause of the problem, that’s the thing blamed for everything. During our experience at the fertility clinic, we were told it was unlikely that we would be able to conceive on our own because although I’m actually producing more eggs than normal, these eggs aren’t developing fully. I was put on Metformin, which is a drug for diabetes, but apparently helps with ovulation in women who suffer with PCOS. I was also put on something called Norethisterone, which forces my body to have a period every 3 months, I was out on this because I don’t have periods myself naturally. That’s one thing I would love, to have period naturally, now I’m on these pills I’m having the lest periods I’ve ever had. After being given the above medication we were discharged from the fertility clinic, and no I’m here. Still not pregnant. Having the worst periods.

I really am so glad to be back, and I'm already super excited about future posts, but until then ...

Mr and Mrs Barrow

May I present to you Mr and Mrs Barrow!

“Now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the great story no one on earth has ever read, which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.” - C.S Lewis

On the 21st July 2018 one of my oldest friends said “I do” to her soulmate and now husband. The wedding was held at the most beautiful venue and was more perfect than I could ever explain, the entire day was as if we were living in a real life fairy tale. From the stunning decor to one of the best live bands I’ve seen in a long time. From the beautiful dresses to the gorgeous food. This day absolutely took my breathe away and I couldn’t be happier for Mr and Mrs Barrow.

Congratulations again to one of my favourite couples

Happiness

Positivity is a very important part of life, although sometimes it can be hard to keep the positive feelings going. Every month I'm going to pick one word, and I'm going to write a post about that word. Words can have different meaning, it depends on how you look at them and who you are as to how you analyse that word.

Happiness 

Have you ever really sat there and just thought about one single word? One single word could have a different meaning to everyone on this planet, yet it could have the same meaning at the same time…what does happiness mean to you?

Here's how google defines happiness … but why leave it for someone else to define what that word means? That word is worth so much more than this.

happiness

ˈhapɪnəs/

noun

noun: happiness; plural noun: happinesses

1.     the state of being happy.

"she struggled to find happiness in her life"

synonyms:	contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction, cheerfulness, cheeriness, merriment, merriness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, joviality, jollity, jolliness, glee, blitheness, carefreeness, gladness,delight, good spirits, high spirits, light-heartedness, good cheer, well-being, enjoyment, felicity; More
antonyms:	unhappiness

First and foremost happiness is a word, but if you forget about that factor for a moment then you will realise that it's so much more than just a word. You'll realise the true meaning of happiness, you'll realise that there may not actually be a true meaning of this word, it can be a feeling, an emotion, it can be a way of life and it's defined differently by everyone. 

It's thought that happiness is basically living the perfect life, it's often seen as living your life full of positivity, prosperity, and good health. How can you define a word as any one thing when it can mean so much, or so little, to each individual. 

To me happiness is the most important thing in life, everything that you do should be to gain complete happiness, and if there's something occurring in your life that isn't making you happy, then it probably shouldn't have any involvement in your life. I think that to be happy in life is to be the greatest that you can be, if you're living a life of happiness, you're more likely to spread that happiness around you. If there's one thing in the world that we were brought here to achieve, its happiness.

The more I think about this word, the more I begin to realise that happiness is a word that's hard to define, it's something that you can only truly know of once you've experienced it. What if you were to experience something in your life that made you drastically happier than something that you thought truly gave you happiness…how can we ever truly know what happiness actually means?

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."

- Anne Frank

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Making September Happen

I haven't done a goals post in awhile, maybe that's why I feel like I'm never getting anything done ...

With the start of September and Autumn just around the corner, I've decided it's about timeI start doing my monthly goals again, so here goes!

Monthly Goals

1. Read 4 books and review them all. I love reading, but sometimes I feel like it's hard to fit it into every day life, but 4 books in 30 days honestly doesn't feel like all that much. I'd say I'm more likely to struggle with the reviewing of the books than the reading of them because I need to take into consideration the time it takes to write said reviews, but that's why it's a goal!

2. Review films. Once upon a time I loved writing reviews and would do it all of the time. It's not that I don't love doing this, maybe I just watch too many films? But I'd like to post more film reviews onto my blog. 

3. Celebrate Mike's Birthday. It's my fiance's birthday towards the end of the month, and I'm not really sure what we're going to do, but seeing as it'll be a year since our engagement, it'll be special. 

4. Blog more. I've been doing really well with my blog recently, I often take breaks that last for months at a time, but it's time to break out of that habit.

5. Stop hitting snooze. I feel like this is a bad habit that everyone falls into, but it's now became a problem and something that I really need to break free from. 

6. Find a wedding photographer. We're getting married in October 2018, and I'm SO excited! We're tying the not in lovely Iceland, just us two, so the pictures really matter because we won't have a lot. 

Weekly Goals

1. Blog twice a week. 

2. Send out snail mail.

3. Active 2/3 times weekly.

4. Keep on top of tidying on days off.

Daily Goals 

1. No eating out.

2. Read every night before bed.

3. Bed at 10:00PM

4. Skin care routine

Have you set any goals this month? 

Drop a comment below, I'd love to hear them!