It's the 'Lympics!

Welcome to August everyone!! Yes I know it is a little late...but use your imagination :D

So some stuff has been going on in London for a week now...you might have heard a little about it, because it's only small...

IT'S THE OLYMPICS!!!

Woo!

Now, I am not a very sporty person myself, but I have been getting into the Olympics much more than I actually thought I would!! Especially the Equestrian and the Gymnastics....the Equestrian is obviously because I love horses, and it is amazing to watch it all done professionally.. but I am not entirely sure why I find the Gymnastics so great to watch...it might be through pure jealousy with how bendy and talented they all are, or it might just be that I generally enjoy watching that sport!!

I know that we are never going to win the whole thing overall, because that is all in the hands of China and the USA at the moment, but it is still enjoyable to root for your own country, and to watch them achieve their dreams on home turf :)

The fact that the Olympics are held in Great Britain this year, means that countries like America and Australia don't find out results until the day after they have happened because of the time differences. In a way, I find it quite satisfying as I often find that many TV programs and films that I want to see come out in America first, so they are already talking about it before it has even been released. Therefore, it is nice to know that we (the British) are the first to know about everything to do with the Olympics. I also find it entertaining to see people in America tweeting what they think is going to happen in the "upcoming event" when it has already happened.....it is almost like being able to see into the future!! :D

As well as the Olympics, there are a few other things that I want to mention in today's blog....

When I last talked about the costume that I am going to wear for my own party, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do, or who I was going to go as...well I have made a decision....

I, Emily Forbes, am going as.....

THE GOLDEN SNITCH

So to make this costume, I bought some bright yellow trousers off the Internet, and I already own a bright yellow top...I will then put on some fairy wings and BOOM! I will have myself a Golden Snitch costume which will be quite easy to change out of if I get uncomfortable :)

And finally...

I posted a while back, talking about plans to re-decorate my bedroom....well yesterday I finished!!

....clearing out.....

So there is a lot more rubbish in there than I thought there would be, but I have managed to fit the entire contents of my room that I want to keep, into 4 medium sized crates, which can be easily moved around and unpacked...

So I believe that painting is going to be started tonight, or tomorrow (it's my dad doing it) and then I am going to get a new bed, then move back in, so that should all take a week maximum. I am having entirely new furniture and stuff as well, but as we are quite pushed for time, with guests coming, and the Olympics to see, it is probably going to be another few weeks until I get all of the new stuff, but that is fine.

Now, just so you are aware, I am not getting new furniture that is replacing other new furniture...the furniture in my room has been in my room for about 10 years, and previous to that has been in other rooms for another 10 years, so it is not like I am just getting a constant flow of new things :P

So I am currently living in our family guest room, which is much bigger than my room...it also has an en suite bathroom with it, so I am not pushed to leave at any time :) in fact, it is 11.20 now, and I haven't even left my bed yet :D

So that is it for now, sorry for such a long blog, but I hope it makes up for another long gap that I left :D

Hugs and fishes,

E x

Haha...that's PUNNY!

So I have a lot of spare time at the moment.....I mean A LOT of spare time :D
One of my favourite things to look at are pictures with puns on them... and here are some of my favourites of this month.....

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SpongeBob Goes To Hogwarts

As I have mentioned, my birthday is coming up, and that can mean only one thing.......

PARTY TIME!!

So in previous years I have done many different things with my parties, and one thing that I realized that I haven't done before is a fancy dress/themed party!

So after a lot of thought I decided that I would choose a Harry Potter theme, as me and most of my friend love Harry Potter quite a lot :P

But the only problem with this would be that not all of the people that I wanted to invite to the party would be that big a fan of Harry Potter, at which point I decided that there could be two themes. :D So as you have probably already guessed by the title of this post, I chose SpongeBob SquarePants as my second theme, as it is so far off Harry Potter, but is also fun and meant that everyone could find a character overall which they liked.

This was important, as I informed them on the invitations that everyone has to come dressed up as a character from either one of the themes...but I also told them that they were only allowed to come as an obvious character (e.g. Harry Potter (glasses and a scar) or Ron (ginger hair) ) if they had an AMAZING costume to go with it :D

So the party is going to be held at my house on the 24th August (the day after the results) and some people are going to be sleeping over onto the 25th. The fact that it is the day after the GCSE results could be a good or a bad thing really....if everyone has got the results that they wanted then everyone is going to be in really good spirits and wanting to party...but if some people are disappointed with their results then it is going to be a bit of a bummer for them as they will feel forced to cheer themselves up for my party... :S

I am currently still planning things that we can do at the party though, as its quite difficult to think up Harry Potter games that can be done in reality, or SpongeBob games that aren't too childish :P so that is something that I am trying to work on :D

I also don't know which character I myself am going as yet so that is something I need to decide on pretty quickly, as I have to make myself a costume as well as the rest of the party planning...wish me luck!!

So that's it for the party updates for now :) I am glad that I managed to get in a post today...and a long one too :D

Laters, potaters :D

E x

New Countdown!

Wooooo! :D
I know it is a little self-centered of me to put it up there...but then it is my blog ;)
So I have put up a countdown ticker for my birthday!! Which also marks almost the end of the summer holidays as well, so you can use that if you want to :)
Just if you couldn't be bothered to work it out, my birthday is on the 30th August and the Summer Holidays finish from between 28th August to 6th September :D

Speak soon!

E x

Wow....i need to get posting again....

So.....quite a bit has happened since I last posted :P
I have finished my GCSE's and they went ok-ish....i am getting the results on August 23rd so I have a bit to wait until then :S

I have finished school now so I am off to college in September and I have decided not to do A Levels like most people do, but I am doing something called a BTEC (pronounced: bee-teck) in Animal Management because I want to become a Vet Nurse when I finish University :)

Last thing I can think of to write about is the fact that I have literally just got back from a week long holiday in Mallorca which was really awesome :D me and my parents went together to the East coast to a place called Sa Coma which is only 5 minutes walking distance from the beach so that was helpful :) the only disappointing thing about the whole trip was that the other places that we have previously been on holiday have all had nice big pools and a great atmosphere around them, but this hotels pool was relatively small and there wasn't much of an atmosphere so that was a shame : /  but overall it was a really good holiday, if a little too short :D

So this is a picture that I took on my phone of the view from our balcony towards the pool at sunset...it is one of my favourite pictures and is worthy of becoming a computer wallpaper :P

And this is the view from the balcony also, but pointing in another direction. As you can see we had a nice view of the sea, but there were other people's apartments in the way...however it was nice and sunny :)


So that's it for now, I hope to be back as soon as possible!!
Lots of love,

E x

Iron Man

This made me laugh :D

Long time, No blog :P

Wow okay....so lots of time has passed since I wrote here... :S sorry about that :D

I keep meaning to write something but I could never be bothered before, so I am taking a break in my revision and writing something...anything that could be of interest to anyone...

So I will do a quick review of my life over the last month....
I had an Easter holiday which was awesome and filled with horsey things :)

I then had 3 weeks of school which was fun and sad in the 3rd week because everyone was saying goodbye :( for most of us that was the last time we would ever see each other and I am fine to admit that I cried like a baby :') but I am glad I did because otherwise it would all build up into anger so that was great :)

On the 2nd May, me and a friend went to go and see Derren Brown on his Svengali tour :D and he was AMAZING. I would go again if I could but it is all sold out! But I would seriously recommend it as it was brilliant and mystifying and completely inexplainable!... I don't think that is a word though... If you don't know who Derren Brown is, then I would say that he was sort of a magician, but on a bigger scale, as in he uses 'mind-control' and huge tricks and stuff so it is startlingly good! Also, he is really funny so it is entertaining for everyone!!

This weekend just gone (12/05/12-13/05/12) was the wedding of my cousin :) that was really beautiful and I had a really great dress to wear ;) the only downside to it was that I missed my prom at school which was on the 12th... so that was upsetting, especially when I get home and see all of the beautiful pictures of people on Facebook :/ but I am still glad that I went to the wedding :D

Now all I have left to do is my GCSE'S :D no pressure there then ;)
I have been busy revising after school and at weekends pretty much constantly since the Easter holidays, and my first exam was yesterday afternoon (Religious Studies: Christianity) and that went really quite well so I am in a good mood at the moment... :)
My next exam is on Friday 18th and that is Drama: Theory so that should be fun :D (sarcasm)

Right then...I think we are up to speed now :P

Oh and by the way, if you want to be my friend on FaceBook then please tell me that you are going to send me a friend request :D it is just that I have had some already but if I don't know what you want then I'm not going to accept...so just warning you :D

Alright then, see ya
Thanks for reading!

E x