31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 7 - What's in my Handbag?!

Day 7 - What's In My Handbag?

This is my bag!

And this is whats inside!

I usually carry a vast amount of crap in my bag!  And my bags constantly change, I have so many but that's a whole separate post!

Inisde we have:

•  One mid year diary containing my scan picture and lots of notes!
• One "Baby On Board" badge in case I have to squeeze onto public transport with my bump!
• A spare phone case
• Lipgloss
• A mini bag containing phone headphones and an emergency phone charger
• Hand sanitiser (an essential!)
• My Alice in Wonderland style purse
• Sunglasses
• My name badge for work
• Keys!
• A pen

365 Day Photo Challenge - 176 / 365

176 / 365 - This morning when I woke up, baby was kicking like mad, Dean normally gets to feel this strange sensation in the evenings but Jacob misses out.  So it was great when they could both feel their impending son/brother kicking the crap out of me!

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 6 - My Pet Hates

Day 6 - My Pet Hates

Oh this post was made for me! I am the worlds moaniest person in terms of pet hates!  I have at least three or four new pet hates everyday and it get sworse as I have got older!  So this list will be longer than it should be but hopefully a good old rant will be needed to make me feel relaxed after!

• I hate mornings except for summer days when its easy to wake up and jump out of bed,  I hate the mornings when I have work with a rubbish nights sleep topped by it pouring with rain outside and freezing cold!
• Since learning to drive a year ago, it has opened my eyes to a whole new world of ranting and raving!  I hate drivers who go below the speed limit by at least 10mph, I hate drivers who have no consideration for others, I hate drivers who pull out when you least expect it and blame you, I hate drivers who tailgate me on a motorway when I am already doing 80mph and continue to flash me to bully me aside, I hate drivers who don't indicate round a roundabout, I hate drivers in general!
• Saturday shoppers is a big pet hate of mine and Dean's despite still going to our local shops every week! We know what to expect yet we still go!  Its packed at the weekend yet our moaning consists of hating the following:  people who walk in front of us and then suddenly stop with no warning then proceed to 'tut' at us for bashing into them; people who cut you up to go in a completely different direction to the flow of the crowd; people holding up queues for no reason, people standing in a queue when you queue up behind them for ten minutes before they turn around and tell you they are not in the queue; children running riot around a shopping centre and the parents screaming their name across your face to get them to stop!
• There is nothing worse than children not sitting at the table when dining in a restaurant!  It is not difficult to keep your child sitting by entertaining them and talking to them rather than letting them run around a restaurant spoiling dining for everyone else.  My son has never left the table for anything unless he asks and when I used to work in a restaurant I used to tell parents not to let their kids run around as I was carrying hot food to tables.   If you dont want to be disturbed when eating, don't take your children with you!!!
• Bus drivers who make life difficult for others.  Before I learnt to drive, I used to get two buses there and back everyday to do the school run so I had every run in you could imagine!  Not letting me on the bus with a buggy, not waiting for me to fold the buggy, and most recently not changing a ten pound note for me so I could pay my fare!  Not all bus drivers are evil so then its the turn of the passengers to be rude and not give up their seats for the elderly/pregnant, eating smelly food next to me, a hundred school kids getting on the bus when paying passengers get left behind, people sitting on top of you, kids (again) running riot, etc!!!
• Cold callers, and clipboard street sellers which I am sure most people will agree with me on!  I tend to walk past the charity sellers in the street however nice they pretend to be.  But the phone calls on our home phone drives me barmy.  It takes ten minutes for them to answer when I have answered my phone, for them then to ask me how I am before even telling me who they are!  They pretend they are not selling me anything but they are just wasting mine and their time.  The latest pet hate includes the shop stalls inside shopping centres where they approach you asking if you would like your hair straightened/ eyebrows plucked/ teeth whitened!  I believe that if your stall is there then I know you can provide me a service if I need it, someone approaching me asking to try it will only make me turn around and dismiss you!

To be honest, I could go on!  But I think this post will over take my blog and my mind and now I come across as a right old moany cow when really I am a stress free, relaxed and harmonious person!  *cough*

RANT OVER!!!!

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 5 - Ten Songs I Love Right Now

Day 5 - Ten Songs I Love Right Now

Considering music these days is so awful I have managed to pick ten songs that I love right now!  This would have been easier ten years ago but these days I never listen to the charts, I have no idea who is number one at the moment and I can just about pull through this list with my love for indie!  So here goes, pulling at strings here....

1. Coldplay - Princess of China  Regular readers of my blog will know how much of a Coldplay fan I am but this song is a duet with Rihanna and is suprisingly amazing!
2. David Guetta - Titanium  He seems to be everywhere on the radio but this is my favourite by him even if he ripped off his own song on Jessie J's latest hit!
3. The Maccabees - Feel To Follow  My favourite song this year, I cannot get enough of it and the album is just as good!
4. Linkin Park - Burn It Down  They are back and regular fans will not be disappointed!
5. fun. - We Are Youing  Loved by my son, this song is so catchy!
6. The Wanted - Chasing the Sun  I am a secret fan of theirs'!  Well, I was!
7. M83 - Midnight City  Have loved this band for years, its nice to see they have some commercial success.
8. Noel Gallagher - Dream On  Loving his solo album if not a little overplayed at times
9. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks  A happy jolly summer song!
10. Niki and the Dove - Tomorrow

xxx

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 4 - What Are You Afraid Of?

Day 4 - What Are You Afraid Of?


My main fears are:



Archways / Tunnels - I am most afraid of big, bricked, arched structures!  My big irrational fear which does sometimes prevent me from going to certain places in case I come across one!  I cannot explain where this fear originates but I know that when I see or go through one, I hyperventilate, cry, scream and generally freak out!  So embarrassing but something I want to ovecome. I am not scared of the arch falling down as I know they are a strong structure, I think it comes down to the more imposing they are, the worse it is, especially when I don't know one is around the corner and they jump out at me!



Spiders - Ugh, even looking at this picture is making me itch and feel sick!  I am a huge arachnophobe although I think I am getting better as I get older!  I think this fear rubbed of on me from my Mum and even small spiders freak me out!



Kitchen Knives - Another random fear which comes from my fear of horror movies!  Just the gore and mess of using knives makes me cringe watching it.  Im fine using ordinary knives, its just when there are sharp, bladed knives like these around I feel nervous!

Scream Mask - Then onto the horror movie mask!  The Scream films were the first proper horror movies I ever saw and this mask scares the hell out of me!  I remember being at a party when this film was on and I was so engrossed in it that I did not notice half the party go to the french windows behind me and scare the hell out of me by banging on them! 

Those are my main fears and the things I am most afraid of aside from the obvious things like death and my children being hurt. 
  Now Im off to look at rainbows, sunshine and chocolate before my nightmares haunt my dreams!

xxx

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 3 - My Favourite Quote

Day Three - My Favourite Quote

This is a tricky post as I don't really have a favourite quote but one that springs to mind when trying to answer is this:


" The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn Is Just To Love, And Be Loved In Return"

This is the tagline from one of my favourite ever movies, Moulin Rouge and I think its mainly for that reason that I love it so much!  Plus, I do think it is a beautiful quote and one that most, if not all, of us can relate to, having loved someone or be loved whether it be by family or lovers or friends.

I mainly love song lyrics more than quotes and I can instantly pick a handful:

" You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" - Hotel California by The Eagles
" Reading novels is banned by the Marquis De Sade...Life is wearing me thin"  - Legacy by Mansun
" Trust me, on the sunscreen" - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrman"
" Inside my heart is aching, my make up may be flaking but my smile still stays on" - The Show Must Go On by Queen

I could have carried on but that would defeat the object of the post!

xxx

365 Day Photo Challenge - 175 / 365

175 / 365 - I took this during the hailstorm I endured during the school run!  Although you cannot see the hail stones which were pretty scary driving through, you get a rough idea of the monstrosity that it was from my car window!

365 Day Photo Challenge - 174 / 365

174 / 365 - My lovely son drew this interpretation of his Grandad which we found hilarious because its almost exact!

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 2 - 20 Facts About Me

Day 2- 20 Facts About Me

1. I am a big fat rebel!
2. I am a geek and am proud of it!
3. I have been to Iceland where I have climbed glaciers, volcanos and earthquake cracks
4. I have been dying my hair red since I was 18, way before it became a fashion statement
5. I sometimes dress in clashing colours just to get a reaction!
6. Although I am proud to be a mum, I hate talking to other Mums about it!
7. I hate coconut and onions
8. I have over 300 cds, and over 50 notebooks!
9. My favourite tv show ever is Doctor Who
10. I have two tattoos, only recently done on my right arm
11. I have 7 gcses, 2 A Levels and one NVQ Level 2
12. I have worked for McDonalds, Claires Accessories and Virgin Megastores before it went into administration!
13. I have a fear of spiders and archways/ tunnels/ viaducts!
14. I go on Facebook more than I should but only when I have nothing else to do!
15. I bite my nails, badly! (Although only on my hands, never ever my toes, ugh!)
16. I love cross stitching and doing scrapbooks, I have made 4 scrapbooks and 5 photo albums!
17. I hate being cold, I am at my happiest when its warm outside!
18. I suffer from S.A.D and hayfever!
19. I hate being wrong even if I think I am right and will go out of my way to prove I am right in any situation!
20. I love doing quizzes, especially music quizzes as I am pretty good at them!

OOh, that was harder than I thought it would be!

31 Day Blog Challenge - Day 1 - Introducing

I have sadly neglected my blog recently due to having no energy to do anything!  But I am hoping to rectify this and first task is to complete the 31 Day Blog Challenge so I can cross this off from my list on my Day Zero Project. 
  I have been looking for a challenge like this which tells my readers more about me rather than just some silly random questions and this exciting challenge was stumbled upon Cupcake Mumma s' blog.
  I know I am starting this in the second week of the month but that does not matter, I am ready to blog every day for 31 days on the subjects given to me!

Day One - Introduction and Recent Photo

My name is Jade, 29, living in Essex

Fiance to Dean

Mummy to Jacob

And at the time of writing, 24 weeks pregnant with another little man!  I work as a Nursery Assistant but maternity leave will kick in soon so stay at home mum will be my new job role!  I started blogging in early 2011 as a way to begin my writing career which has sadly taken a back seat for the moment.  Instead, my blog is showcasing my life in photos and challenges and is a fun way for me to escape when I need to!

  I  have a close knit group of friends who understand me and are very similar to me, a very close family where my parents have been married for 30 years and I have two younger brothers, Scott, 26 and Glenn, 19.

  I have been married, divorced, homeless and jobless but I am proud to say I have the life most people in those situations would be envious of and have turned my life completely around.  I hope to be married to Dean in 2014 and we are happily settled in our home, enjoying life!

xxxx





Bump Watch @ 24 weeks

My ever growing bump!  I feel huge at only six months! Honestly this picture looks like a put a pillow under my dress for effect!  At least I have a summer dress on, its been so miserable weather-wise that I have still been wearing winter clothes!
  Things can only get bigger!
xx

365 Day Photo Challenge - 173 / 365

173 / 365 - Jacob went to a friends birthday party today and here he is making ice cream!