Category: about me

 

It’s been a manic old couple of months. I was debating whether or not to continue blogging but decided to do so. So, here’s to many more posts about things that I’ve been up to, things that make me happy and potentially a few little rants!

I know that this little space of the internet isn’t going to attract hundreds of readers, but that isn’t why I started it. I started to have my own spot to keep track of what was going on in my little world, and to share my opinions with whoever might be reading out there. Not all my posts need to be long winded, or trying to fit in with a certain style (that I’ve enforced upon myself in my head!)

For today, it’s all about an amazing afternoon tea I had with a lovely friend earlier today. Sunbury is a little tea room in Lancaster that I’d never visited before. It looks fairly unassuming but definitely went beyond expectations when they produced their own scone menu with 8 different scone flavours!

Should you ever be in the Lancaster area I would definitely recommend a visit; if not for the afternoon tea, for one of their incredible scones and a cup of tea! I can wholeheartedly recommend the cherry and white chocolate scone. (Insert all the heart eyes emojis here.)

If you’re still reading after my little hiatus, thank you for sticking around. Also, be prepared for a bit of wedding spam over the next week…

So far 2016 has been a mix of incredibly high, highs and horribly low, lows.

On April 16th I married Jonny. It was a genuinely amazing day. Even thinking about it now puts a silly little smile on my face. I’ll do a proper post about it all once we get our photos back (our sneak peek of these so far has been fairly exciting!) Here’s one of them.

On May 9th my Grandad died. I’m still at the point where somebody being nice about this can reduce me to tears. His funeral was on Friday and I really think it’d have been all he wanted from the day. I did a reading at the funeral and it was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. But I like to think I made him proud by getting up there and doing so.

I’ve included a happy photo in this post; of my family who are, as always the heroes that keep me going. (Jonny is obviously included in this but this photo just makes me smile.)

2016 you’re being a real rollercoaster so far.

I hope it’s treating you all well.

One week until the big day.

One week until I’m Mrs Huck.

One week until I’m a wife.

One week until I have a husband.

Bloody hell, it’s all a bit grown up. I’m on the verge of hysterical excitement every time I think about next Saturday. I’ve had little butterflies thinking about our wedding day for the past month. They’re now more like enormous tiger moths rather than tiny butterflies.  The build up is like Christmas and I am loving every minute of it. Here’s to next Saturday! As for now, I’m about to enjoy my last week as Rebecca Carville.

(Also, fully loving that our calendar slogan this month is ‘new beginnings.’  Totally fitting.)

I’m a sucker for a bargain Kindle book. Even if the synopsis isn’t the most riveting in the world that 99p price tag pulls me in every time. The Happiness Project by Gretchin Rubin was no exception to this rule.

Now I love a self-help book as much as the next noughties Bridget Jones. My Kindle library is testament to this with a bevy of 99p titles on mindfulness, being productive and generally trying not to let shit get you down, filling it’s pages.

The Happiness Project, for me, is different to the others. Less patronising. More relatable. Rubin sets out a 12 month plan to change her ways in her quest for happiness. From the opening I was completely agreeing with her sentiment. The comments she makes were really hitting home with me. Comments like; “I am happy – but I’m not as happy as I should be. I have such a good life. I want to appreciate it more – and live up to it better… I complain too much, I get annoyed more than I should. I should be more grateful. I think if I felt happier, I’d behave better.”

Now I’m only up to March (the book is divided into chapters for each month of her project) but I’m loving it. I’ve created my own list of things that make me happy. Things that truly make me happy like being creative and spending time with friends and family. I don’t know if I’ll necessarily tackle a new way of thinking each month as Rubin does but I am going to start putting some of her actions into practise.

Hopefully this will help the stress of teaching a Year 6 class in the lead up to SATs and the manic whirlwind that is the countdown to our wedding!