Smiley Sundays - #100happydays day 65- 71

Good Morning :)

I'm finally back off my wi-fi-less holiday and I had a great time :) I will most likely talk about that in this weeks Smiley Sunday post which I will probably post tomorrow because this is last weeks due to lack of wi-fi and oh my gosh I've written three lines and this is already confusing aha :) So for now, here is #100happydays day 65-71 and I hope you have a very wonderful and a smiley Sunday :) 

#100happydays: day 65 ( Monday )

A post it note I left in MacDonald's <3  

Today I went out with my friends and my boyfriend .. we didn't really do anything different to what we do every weekend which is : Eat MacDonald's , Chat in MacDonald's for an hour plus, Go to W.H.Smiths so I can look at the books ( the rest of my friends seem to find that bit abit less interesting ... so they wondered off to read '50 Shades of Grey'  out loud in the children's section .. ummm yeah they're not normal aha I love them though :) ) Then we will walk over to the main town, go Costa, Pound land, Home Bargains, We used to go to the milkshake pallor but I don't think we're welcome there any more .. one of the employees found me trying to sell my friend to her boyfriend XD The exact words I think she heard were: " Her nose isn't that big once you get used to it " ... flighty awkward :) Finally to finish off the day we headed back to McDonald's because calories taste good, life is too short and why the hell not ? :) <3 What awkward/funny situations have you been in with your friends ? Comment bellow :) 

#100happydays: day 66 ( Tuesday )

I spent most of this morning planning blogs and trying to work out when I'm going to have time to write them because of helping out at a summer school for the last two weeks of the summer holiday but when I'd had enough I began to procrastinate as usual and I would struggle to do that without my ukulele whom I named Aurora :) However in the afternoon I had to go and meet someone in Costa so I dragged myself away from my song writing at the promise of a free Costa :) Whilst at Costa I tried their ' Original Iced Lemonade' but I really can't decide what I think of it ... At first I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't fizzy at all and I didn't particularly think it tasted that good but then I found myself fancying some more and it's definitely grown on me :) What do you think about them ? <3

#100happydays: day 67 ( Wednesday )

Some days are going to start out rubbish . It's inevitable <3 But what way more in control is how they end :) Whether you're feeling scared, lonely, upset, heartbroken or just a bit rubbish-y for no apparent reason ; I'm really sorry you feel like that but today I proved to myself that those sort of days can get better <3 If you're struggling with a bad day I wrote a whole blog post about how to get out of feeling sad which you can find here :)   When I woke up I was really stressed but me and a friend worked it out until we found a solution and then ate strawberry laces and everything felt better :) yourself can do this darlin' you're going to be okay and you can be a little bit more okay everyday I know you can <3

#100happydays: day 68 ( Thursday )

I quite happily spent this morning watching YouTube video's and planning blogs until my boyfriend came other :) We had a lovely night , I attempted to teach him how to play ukulele... he can NOT play ukulele aha :) After his ermmm interesting attempt we watched Gavin and Stacey episodes back to back all night because it's absolutely hilarious :) I don't think I know anyone who could watch that show and not be in love with it .. it makes me laugh and therefore makes me happy .. what part of that is not completely amazing ? <3


#100happydays: day 69 ( Friday )

I love how the butterfly
isn't scared of something so
different but still recognises it
as wonderful <3 

Waking up bright and early is a great way to feel ready to face the day... as long as you go straight back to sleep for several hours ;) Don't worry , that 's exactly what I did aha :) When I finally forced  from my bed me and my boyfriend went into town to meet my friend and her boyfriend :) We went for a lovely walk, I thought I'd lost my phone and as my friends boyfriend chased after a stranger to ask him if he'd stolen my phone ... I found it in my bag ... yeah I'm an idiot XD I also saw some really cute graffiti which brightened my day and i bought a lovely bag which I will show you in my up-coming August favourites blog post :) 

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" I was very scared of her but I could also tell that she was upset , so I decided to hug her " - One Million Lovely Letters



#100happydays : day 70 ( Saturday )

I loved the spacious living room ... which had leaking windows XD

I'm Going on an Adventure ! :D Today I'm travelling to Ireland and am super excited ( you can read about that in my 'I'm Going To Ireland'  blog Post ) I was slightly less happy about this when I had to get up at 4;30 am ... and then realised that my mum only told me we were leaving at 5:30 so that I actually got up .. we didn't leave the house until 7am aha :) I know a lot of people find travelling boring but I really enjoy the time to just listen to my music and as for going on the ferry ... I LOVE the ferry ! I have no idea why but it just makes me so happy to be floating across the sea like a pirate <3 When we got to our holiday home the woman who was giving us the key literally gave us a list of things wrong with the house which I found hilarious .. needless to say my mother did not XD I then read all night and once I finished my book I snuggled up in my boyfriends top and fell asleep :)

#100happydays: day 71 ( Sunday )

My first proper day in Ireland :) I went for a walk down beach when I got up and it was lovely I couldn't wait to swim.. swimming in the sea is one of my favourite things but you'll have here about that in the next smiley Sunday post :) The views we're stunning and I'd never been somewhere so lovely and the people were so .. so .. well friendly ! :D They nearly always smile back and say good morning in their wonderful accents and I couldn't be happier to be here :) If you're ever sad seriously go to Ireland <3

I wasn't aware that things could actually look this wonderful <3 :o

So all in all although this week has been stressful I really can't wait for this coming week because I get to spend it in Ireland :) I couldn't be happier about that fact <3 Have any of you ever been to Ireland ? Let me know if you have and where are your favourite places there ? :) 

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Things will get better , 

Much love, love muchly 

DontBurstMyBubbleXx 

P.s. Fun Fact : Ireland has won the Eurovision Song Contest a record seven times :) It seems they must be talented as well as lovely :) 

#100happydays: day 33 ( A letter to the heart )

Hellooo :)

Once again I'm behind and this post is a day late ... sorry about that :) Both of today's posts will be short because I've been to a funeral today ( cheerful I know ) and I have a long list of things I haven't done that kind of really needs doing :) I also said in #100happydays: day 32 ( Music; a remedy for all ) that I would do a June Favourites blog post that night and I did however my computer for some unknown reason will not let me post it so when I get home I will try again on my own laptop and get that up as soon as possible :) 

Today I had an argument and was pretty upset. I didn't know how to get my point across because I felt like I couldn't say anything that would be listened to ( basically we were too alike with strong minds and different opinions that neither of us wanted to change ) So the first thing that made me happy was a tree ... okay I know that's weird but for some reason I managed to get it into my head that the trees leaves looked a bit like a turtle that was sat in the tree dancing aha It sounds ridiculous and it was ... I think that's why it made me giggle :) I have found that laughter ( even when it's forced ) can cure a lot in the way of sadness so next time you're sad try forcing a laugh and then laugh at you're laugh and then laugh at how you're laughing at yourself ... why are you laughing at yourself you numpty ? ;) It sounds crazy but it might just work , anything's worth at least a couple of tries :) I then decided to use my new letter writing set ( wooo new stationary is literally the best thing eveeeeerrr :D ) to write a letter explaining how I felt , how I wanted to feel , how I thought that we could move forward to make us both feel better and stop the argument from happening again . When I give it to them I hope it might make things clearer and rule out any problems because who wants to be sad all the time ... I don't , I really really don't :) Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and try to fix things as best as you can because I'd personally rather be happy than right ( although I am still rather fond of being right ;) ) So next time you have an argument or mess up and can't see a way out , write it down . Write every last detail of how you feel because you are amazing and deserve to feel happy and the other person is amazing and deserves to be happy . I recently read in my book One Million Lovely letters something that really made me think and reconsider how I and so many other people I know see the world , the people in it and the kindness that these people deserve however Jodi Ann Bickley said this :
"Were told it's a flaw to wear your heart on your sleeve, but I don't agree. Being honest and kind isn't something anyone needs to fight against. I don't need to 'toughen up' or 'stand up for myself more', as I've been told in the past. Wear your heart on your sleeve, you put yourself out to receive love but someone can just as easily more salt into your heart. It's a fine risk to take because when you are honest and people really see you for you, that's when you find true happiness and true friends. Whoever said kindness kindness should be earned is wrong. A kick in the shins is earned - kindness is not" 
Please read that , re-read that and think about it ... It changed my thought process forever and I think if the whole world saw life like this it would just be a way nicer place and everyone would be more smiley .. and smiling's good ;) 

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :)

No matter what has happened , No matter how hopeless the situation may seem , It's not . Things can work out because you are so strong that I know you will keep going :) You're that awesome , even if you cant see that <3
Much Love, Love Much-ly
DontBurstMyBubble xxx

#100happydays: day 27 ( Festival Fun ! )

Hellooo :)

I'm back ! :D Despite how much I loved sleeping in a freezing cold tent in the middle of no where with no WiFi  and next to no sleep ... it's nice to be back ;) So I know I don't ever do my #100happydays blogs all in one day but as I've been away for three days... well i am writing all the blogs now for festival this weekend :) I did mention I was going to a festival with my youth group in my last blog which you can find here :)

Festival Fun day 1

Woo it's Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday, Everybody's looking forward to the weekend, weekend ! ... I don't actually like that song I just felt it was fitting and couldn't get it out of my head... so yeah I'm sorry if you have that in your head all day now , my bad ;) 

#100happydays: day 27

I actually spent today feeling terrified about going to a festival because I get annoyingly nervous about meeting new people and them not liking me and then the day before I go I spend the day inventing worse case scenario's in my head where I allow my self to freak out about situations such as people hating me on my arrival for no apparent reason and throwing rocks at me or something else completely ridiculous ... which is obviously so realistic ;) I only knew three people that were going to the festival because I'm pretty new to the youth group but people from all over the country were coming to the festival so there were going to be 2000 people at the festival :) By the time I was on the coach I was completely freaking out so I sat in the corner listening to  music and finishing my book :) I actually love long journey's because I can just relax knowing that I can be doing anything but reading and listening to music so I don't have to feel bad about it so I finished One Million Lovely Letters by Jodi Ann Bickley. It was amazing ! Such an inspirational book :) If you've read it then let me know your thoughts on it in the comments and if you haven't ... well I personally recommend you go and start right away ;) You won't regret it .

I pretty much stayed like that for the rest of the journey ... and then we got there and I was just like Oh my gosh Lots of scary thoughts entering my head I don't wanna be here with these people ... Everyone was actually lovely and surprise, surprise no one through any rocks at me aha ;) I was however, incredibly nervous when meeting people but I already new the girl I was sharing a tent with and I kept with the people from our group pretty much on the first day but everyone seemed lovely :) My problem is that I'm either super confident and offering hugs to strangers who seem sad ... or I hide behind people barely being able to make words come out wishing the ground would swallow me up , there's no in the middle :)  So if you get kind of nervous when meeting new people like I do then here's a few tips that I found helped me out a lil bit :) 

1) If you know someone and trust them then try and keep them with you , you'll feel better if you have someone who understands you there so your not completely out of your depth 

2) When your walking over to the new people/ person that you're meeting get your friend to make you talk to them it doesn't matter what about but seriously just anything this way you will be talking when the new person reaches you and words will come easier :) I always panic when I'm near someone new so don't talk but this then makes me feel that if I talk it will come out all croaky and they'll think I'm weird and I'll just shut up again for the rest of the time I'm with them until they walk away ... most likely because of the undeniable awkwardness ;) This also avoids the moment of panic before you speak because you're already talking confidently to someone you know :)  

3) Tell yourself this : look , I don't know this person but they don't know me and actually they might be really nice but unless I just go for this and act confident with them so they can see the real me then i'll never know ... I mean this could be my future best friend and I don't want to ruin that by being socially awkward when I know I'm secretly confident beyond belief :) 

4) Talk to them like a long lost friend . Show them you appreciate them talking to you and value this opportunity for friendship because everyone likes friends .. they can change your life :) If you make them feel welcome this way then they will remember you as a really nice person and will want to talk to you again :) 

5) Fake it till you make it - You can do this , pretend you're really confident just take a deep breath and go " heyyy my names ...." and then it's over with and you can just talk freely because you've done it now . If you're not confident then act as if you are because you'll be surprised how quickly you convince yourself :) Try to remember this person doesn't know you so you can have a completely fresh start with this person ... every new person you meet is a really good opportunity so don't even think about it just grab it :) 

So I hope that helps you out because you never know , this person might have a story that inspire's the rest of your life.  I know you can do this because you are AMAZING ! You just don't quite know it yet :) 

Today's quote is : 

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living out fears.” 
― Les Brown

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 
You can do anything if you want it enough , I believe in you <3 
Much love, Love much-ly 
DontBurstMyBubble xxx

#100happydays: day 26 ( I'm in Love : One Million Lovely Letters )

Good evening :)

Tomorrow I'm leaving to go send the weekend at a festival that is organised by a youth group I'm in so this for once is actually going to be a short post when I say it is ;) I don't know what it is but the minute I write short post , it triggers a thousand different idea's in my head that are just desperate to be translated into words and weaved into some sort of morals within a blog that ends up being a 3000 word essay by the time I'm done ... I just love writing :) I mean I definitely don't have time to write hence why I write in my sleeping time but there is no denying that I love it unconditionally :)

Another woman who loves writing is one whom I have written about before in this blog; Jodi Ann Bickley :) If you want to read me explaining more about her and her project One Million lovely Letters , the you can  find that blog post here :) However today I would like to talk about her book of which I am about one third of the way through and it is quite honestly breathtaking . I'm not going to lie , usually I dislike reading auto biography's. I often get bored and they simply don't keep my attention but One Million Lovely Letters has captivated me in a way I  believe no book has ever done before. I was enthralled by the un-dying kindness of her mother and her words and use of language was enchanting . This is a truly inspirational book ... and I haven't even finished :) Frequently I disagree with the kindly short reviews of fellow writers and newspapers on the front cover of the book and feel they are over exaggerated to sell the book which is of course there overall purpose . However in One Million Lovely Letters I now realise that I couldn't agree more with Ed Sheeran when he states "It's a fantastic book, from a fantastic wordsmith. " I deeply recommend you read this book at the first chance you get and I sincerely hope you get as much out of it as I am :) Today's #100happydays picture is a picture of the book from my lunch hour which I spent reading it with a 7up which my friend bought me randomly which was really nice of him :) and my post it notes and a pen :) I actually started putting post it notes on the pages wherever Ms. Bickley really took my breath to the point where I was left wonder struck and had to stop for several minutes to process the utter compassion and awe I felt for what I had just read ... and just me this happened a lot you can barely read the book for post it notes aha ;) 

“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”

—Charlie Chaplin

Finally because of the festival that I spoke about at the beginning of this blog , I will not be able to post until sunday due to being in a field with no internet access and a lot of spiders :/ However I will write my blogs on paper and and I will probably do one big blog on Sunday with all three of those days #100happydays pictures in and a big long blog :) 

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :)

I hope you have a lovely weekend , remember that you're beautful and amazing because it's true and I would be very upset if you forgot <3 Try out something new this weekend even if it's just a new meal or booking a class for something you've always wanted to learn and let me know about it in the comments :) 

Much Love, Love Muchly 

DontBurstMyBubble xxx

#100happydays: day 11

 

Helloooo :)

 

Interesting fact ... well not that interesting if I'm being honest with you but its really cute :

Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets :D

 

I feel better now I've told someone that :) Now , on with the post . Today's #100happydays changed about ten minutes ago when I got a text from my friends saying "have a look in your bag" so I did ... I found an origami hearts just like the ones I frequently make with letters in an put in people's bags ... she'd done the same for me :) I don't mean just a note though, I mean a full on letter and it was beautiful and it meant so much to me :)

 

 

Hopeful notes are something I'm extremely passionate about as you would probably of guessed from the amount I talk/ waffle about them ;)
However when you know someone personally and you know they really aren't feeling great well perhaps you know them well enough to write them a  whole letter :) Letters aren't as commonly written nowadays with the ever increasing use of social media and mobile phones ( don't get me wrong I use them a lot and I think they're fabulous inventions) However I do love a good letter :) I think they're wonderful to receive and great to write ... I like to write mine with each paragraph in a different coloured pen , just to brighten it up ;) In addition too my love for letters and coloured pens I love stationary and projects ... you know those people who get annoying enthusiastic about a new project they've taken on. So they just dance around as the positivity of a new passion rains down on them , the good sort of rain where you can already see the rainbow before it stops because the sun's shining so bright ... yeah I'm one of them :) I've been to WHSmith's because you can't start a project without new stationary that's the rule right ? That better be the rule ... If it's not I've well umm consider it officially changed so that is the rule because seriously any chance for new stationary especially notebooks is like someone handing me a ticket to heaven .. I did warn you I was one of those ;) So firstly I'm going to try and write a letter to a friend once a week. Just one that looks like they need ; as Jodi Ann Bickley calls it " a hug in a envelope" .Secondly there is a fantastic website called PostPals that allows you to write to seriously ill children which you can find here : http://www.postpals.co.uk/
Imagine how much a surprise letter could brighten the day of an ill child or a sibling. It takes like ten minutes to write a letter. I'm always saying how we don't know how many minutes we have left but for a lot of these children they're pretty sure they have less minutes than us and I think it would be awesome if we could put a smile on their faces for some of those minutes :)

So let's try brighten some days :)
"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart." 
-Phyllis Theroux
Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :)
I hope you have a lovely day and write letters enjoying some wonderful stationary ;)
Much love, Love much-ly
DontBurstMyBubble xxx

#100happydays: day 4

Helloo :)

 

How are you today ?

 I hope your feeling good . You know why ?

because I love you :) and because you should be feeling good because you my friend are alive .

 

Okay... that got a little deep for an opening sentence but the point stands :) I want you to know that no matter how you feel you need to stay strong, positive and smiley because you're worth it and it will get better . However this isn't what I wanted to talk about . As much as I care about you, I want you to think ; when I need a smile what could someone say to me , either a friend or a stranger to make me smile just a little bit ... and go say it to someone else who needs it .

 

whhhhhyyyyy ? I hear you ask :) well:

 

1) Its nice and its not costing you anything but it might just make their day when they really need it. 

 

2) Maybe... just maybe someone might do the same for you :)

 

3) I guarantee you will feel a little better for making someone smile . They say trust is a two way street, well happiness can be too .

 

And voila ! You both feel better :) it's definitely worth it .

 

The reason I'm talking about this is because today my #100happydays picture is a cropped screenshot of a text my friend sent me after a singing lesson of mine didn't go so well. The important thing is she boosted my confidence, she made me smile and it really meant a lot . Another important thing to remember is that I know she wasn't feeling particularly great either today but she still found time to try and make me feel better.

How you make people feel is important , being happy is important and you can make someone happy! So go and make someone happy, be the reason they smile ... be the little bit of good in their day :) In the words of an amazing poet :

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"
- Mary Angelou

One person who is constantly bringing smile's to the people's face's who need it the most, whom has actually made it her life to do so is Jodi Ann Bickley :) This wonderfully inspiring woman created a website 15 months ago after becoming ill causing her to stay in her house and the majority of the time in her bed. On her website she stated " this is a call out. To every other person other than me on the planet - I’m going to write you a letter. A letter just to make the day a bit better or to remind you of the bloody amazing stuff about you that you’ve forgotten because we all forget once in a while". Ms Bickley has written "3000" letters in the last 15 months and currently has 4000 more waiting to be written :) All I ask of you today is to leave one post it note with a nice message on for a stranger or a friend ....If they don't have a smile lend them one of yours , if you don't have a smile; here have one of mine ^  

So I hope you've had a nice day too and that you might now feel like making someone else's day a bit nicer :) If you would like to help Jodi Ann Bickley in her "One Million Lovely Letters " Project then I will leave the links to her website and her kickstarter page here :
Website : http://onemillionlovelyletters.com/
Kickstarter Page : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/274419960/support-one-million-lovely-letters

Thank you for reading
Much love, Love much-ly
DontBurstMyBubble xxx

P.s. My apologies for the swearing in the #100happydays photo , I'm not good enough with a computer to work out how to block it out ;) so sorry bout that :)