A smile a day...

Ok, so limiting myself to only one smile a day would be a little bit silly as I spend most of my time smiling!  But, I took the Facebook craze of #100happydays idea and made my own - if you follow me on Instagram then you will have seen my #99happymoments - the man reason I changed it was because when I worked out the end date for the whole thing, it finished the day after my birthday.  Personally, I felt that that was a missed opportunity - so I rejigged it so that the 99 days will be up on the 8th of July!  The other reason is that I like to be able to find my photo's on a hash tag, very much like #vernonsadventure - when you follow those hash tags, you find my photo's - it's kinda like having a folder.  A little bit of organisation...

Anyway, my smiles over the last few days have been pretty spectacular... I spent Wednesday and Thursday with my favourite little person in the world - Sethy Monster!  And of course with Momma Kate and Chris.  We spent a beautiful sunny day in Skegness on Wednesday, spent lots of pennies in the arcades playing for tickets, and even went for a paddle in the sea after a serious hike down the beach :)
The next morning - despite it being an extremely early wake up call - I got to spend some time with Squeak while his mommy got dressed.  This has to be my favourite photo of me and him that I have ever taken :)

We spent Thursday in Woodall Spa - Chris found an amazing bakery where we got dinner then headed to Jubilee Park where we had a picnic and went to play in the park :)  and of course - no trip out would be complete without Vernon - he got involved in all the fun... both at Skeg and at the park... he had fun playing for tickets in the arcades and playing on the climbing frame in the park.


Today has been a totally different day - it started out with a well planed jumping lesson... which for a while was going really well - unfortunately, the best jump I pulled off was also the jump that I spectacularly dismounted Rosie unexpectedly... in other words I fell off... And boy did it hurt...  I am still suffering the consequences and expect to be for a few days yet...
I do have a little proof that I managed it though...  Despite the fall and the strange sensations in my lower back, I loved the lesson and fully intend on trying again once I can walk properly...

The rest of today, Vicky and I have spent being reasonably spontaneous - started out with a drive to nowhere... ended up at Bolsover Castle - somewhere we pass signs for all the time, somewhere I've hear of loads, but never been.  Today we changed that.  Some beautiful sunshine and Vernon's company, we explored the grounds and remains of the stunning castle.  (Check out Vernon's other travels on Instagram with #vernonsadventure)  

 I have loved today - and proved that we seriously can do spontaneity when we want to...

Me and Vernon even sneaked up onto a posh seat to have a photo taken :)

Let's see what tomorrow brings...

Louby x

Easter Break!!

Well it's Easter Break :)

Two weeks off work for a well deserved break after a six week half term with a lot of mayhem!  What to do, what to do?  I plan on using this break wisely... I have all sorts  to get done and loads of places I wanna go with friends.  I don't want to waste this holiday like I did half term.  And boy have I started off well!  

This was today's 'To Do list'

• Go food shopping with mum
• Bath the dogs
• Clean the bathroom
• Clean and hoover my bedroom

This is what I have actually done today...

• Been food shopping with mum and unpacked it and put it all away
• Cleaned the bathroom
• Cleaned my bedroom (tidied, cleaned, hoovered and spring cleaned the cupboard and wardrobe)
• Walked the dogs (didn't have to bath them because Sammy did it this morning)
• Put a load of stuff into storage in the loft
• Been to Crystal Peaks to buy some storage boxes and to take bag full of shoes and clothes to the Cash for Clothes place (Totally made £3.50)
• Made tea for me, mum and dad,
• Cleaned up after tea
• Fetched Rosie and Mollie in
• Taken all photo's off my phone and my camera and uploaded Vicky;s Birthday Party onto facebook!

I think that is what i can call a successful day - don't you?  I even bought myself a little present at Crystal Peaks because I could!  I have seen him so many times and wanted him - today I decided that I would buy him - he is now sat in my car :)

I have a to do list for tomorrow as well, I want to get up and off to the yard early and turf the horses out and sort the stables out.  Then I have the back yard to clean up ready for summer - it wants cleaning, the furniture wants cleaning and putting out, and mum has bought a gazebo to go on the decking so that we can get the cane sofa out there :) If anyone wants me on a nice day; that's where you're going to find me - most likely with a book in my hand!!  Then if i get all that done, I want to get my car hoovered out before I got to fetch the horses back in again :) Doable?  Of course!  

As for starting the holiday off with a bang - Saturday was Vicky's 30th Birthday and she had a fancy dress party :)  It was an amazing night, with amazing people.  There as a lot of work put into making it special for her, but I think it was pulled off!

 The Corpse Bride and The Joker all ready to party!

Me and my Mommy - Lady Marian from Robin Hood!

I said Oops up side your head!

Me and my lickle sister looking awesome in her Catwoman outfit!

And although they couldn't be there in person - they were there in spirit - Mr and Mrs Benson - the magic behind this amazing cake designed just for the Birthday Girl herself!









Well That's enough from me for now - I'm off to watch Game of Thrones with a nice mug of hot chocolate and mini marshmallows.  I'm sure you'll hear plenty more from me this holiday - I'll put an update form Vernon on soon - he has been out and about quite a lot recently :) (follow him at #vernonsadventure on Instagram)

Till then,
Louby xx  

Planned Spontaneity

Spontaneity - I am seriously struggling with this whole being spontaneous thing - surely there has to be a reasonable degree of decision and planning or else nothing would ever happen...  I get the feeling this may be the best it ever gets, but I am trying!

Today I have plans to go out and be 'spontaneous' - the plans to go out and 'do something' with Terry have been made for a couple of days.  However, the actual act of what we are going to was decided by me only a few hours ago...  So that's reasonably spontaneous right?

Anyway, here goes - the best days are the unplanned, random and the spontaneous... today I decided that we are going to go and play by the sea!  Madness I hear you say?  It very well may be, but to quote Alice when talking to the Mad Hatter, "I'll tell you a secret.  Al the best people are."

My only aim is to have fun, smile a lot and take some photographs - easy! Vernon is even sneaking along for the adventure (check him out at #vernonsadventure on Instagram) so I'm sure he will find some sort of trouble to get up to :)

Over and out,
Louby x

Fantasy Photography Challenge :)

Well the 1st April is here... that was the deadline!  I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed with how many people haven't taken part when they said they were going to.  But hey ho - Not my problem!
So here goes - the general idea of the challenge was to see what variety of photographs came from the same ideas.  I have definitely got that because they look awesome!  

Number one was a book...

My photograph :)
My ring balanced with the right lighting to represent my love for books! 










Daddy's photograph :)
A really cool idea with the pages!

 

Mummy's photograph :)
One of her favourite quotes from Twilight!

 
Vicky's Photograph :)
Looking at a book from a different perspective!

 Number two was reflection...

My photograph :)
Using the reflection to create a little magic (and writing that backwards was tricky I'll tell ya!)

 

Mummy's photograph :)
The only one of us not to use a mirror of some sort - clever thinking!

Vicky's photograph :)
I hope you weren't driving when yo took this Miss Gould!! 

Daddy's photograph :)
Same goes for you - you'd better have been parked!

 Number three was the number three...

My photograph :) 
Three little lights in the dark!

Vicky's photograph :)
The only one of us to use the actual number three... very cool effect!















Mummy's photograph :)
This makes me chuckle every time I look at it!




Daddy's photograph :)
Three Royal Mail vans all lined up in a row!

 Number four was the moon...

My photograph :)
I had to get creative as I fully intended on capturing the full moon but it evaded me completely!












Mummy's photograph :)
Some improvisation here too, epic idea!











Daddy's photograph :)
The actual moon in the actual night sky!












Vicky's photograph :)
A beautifully made point!








Number five was light...

My photograph :)
Lickle Wishie swimming around, I loved the way the light came through the water!

Vicky's photograph :)
The very pretty sunrise!

Mummy's photograph :)
Shining in the darkness! 

Daddy's photograph :)
Little fairy lights all caught up in a jar!

Number six was flower...

My photograph :)
This took me forever - I knew what I wanted it to look like but could not for the life of me get it right lol!

Daddy's photograph :)
Up close and in pale colours!

Mummy's photograph :)
Up close like Daddy's! 

Vicky's photograph :)
Up close like the other two but I love the water droplets on this one!

 Number seven was black and white...

My photograph :)
Love this view when I walk past it every day at school - think it looks stunning in black and white!

Vicky's photograph :)
This looks like a really old photograph - I love the effect it has!

Mummy's photograph :)
Showcasing her awesome talents and penmanship!

Daddy's photograph :)
Actually of something that is black and white!

I love how these look together :)  I love how everyone had totally different ideas on seven reasonably simple things!  See what thinking outside the box can bring you!

Till next time :)
Louby x