It’s a new dawn, It’s a new day for me..

…and I’m feeling good.

That's right my beloved readers, I am happy in my life! Which makes a pleasant change. Since my last post I have made some progress on the list and been generally happy and bouncy!

In terms of the list I went to see the Lion King and went to a cider farm (actually did that a while ago but was waiting to blog it till I saw the show), been learning the joys of Guinness ready for my trip over in September, and well actually that is it!

I had a good friend visit me this weekend and I was supposed to be crossing off number 9, unfortunately my loving mother decided it would be a good time to protest against this one! So now this is on hold till i return to the lovely Bournemouth for my final year of university.

In other blog relate news..

I still am struggling to think of ideas to complete the list of 21 things. I can’t think of a new poll, and life has got busier recently leading to a lack of posts! However, my calendar is becoming less hectic, and girlfriend willing I should hopefully be back to a weekly schedule soon!

One final note, as of Monday there are now 7 weeks until I finally bite the big one and turn 21! So if anyone has any suggestions of things I should add to the list to do before the big day let me know soon!

Blog to you all soon! Especially as I will write the post for 2.A. now and publish it later in the week!

Life

Heylo everyone!

Apologies I haven't blogged in a while, my life as always is hectic. However there has been little progress with the list!

The little progress that has been made regards my becoming a scout leader, I now hold a pre-warrant meaning I am allowed to do it but need to take the training, well I have already been doing the training and have been waiting for the pre-warrant to get things made official! So hopefully within the next month I should be a properly fully qualified Leader! (Hopefully by St George’s Day so that I can take my first promise as a Leader!)

There have been a couple of suggestions made in regards to a number 17 however nothing has been pinned down yet, but as soon as I know I will blog it here first (as I have no-where else really to blog it).

Number 16

The segway ride at Goonhill got me thinking and I have final come up with number 16 for the list. I had wanted to ride the segway for a while and there where a few other types of transport I have want to try. So number 16 is:

16. Try 3 new types of Transport: Segway, Horse, ?

Now the ? poses the problem with this one, you see what I would like to include on the list is a personal Hovercraft however I am pretty sure this would not be possible.

So I turn to you, my friends and readers, can anyone suggest another?

The Many Adventures of a Maniac

Some of you may have noticed a lack of blog lately, this is due to a rather hectic 9 days and a distinct lack of mobile reception and internet access!

It all started on Friday the 13th when I ventured forth to Bournemouth. It was my Mum’s 50th on the Sunday and as part of the celebrations we where going on holiday to Cornwall with my Nan and Granddad , mum however as the constant worrier when it comes to me driving long distances didn't want me driving from home straight to Cornwall hence the random diversion. The diversion however gave me time for other things but I’m not about to blog that one into the public domain!

Anyway after a lovely weekend in Bournemouth I drove to Cornwall. Spent a lovely week visiting a load of different beaches, taking a load of photos, a nice meal at Bodmin Jail, a trip to Lands end and Dr Who Up Close, a trip to Healey Cider Farm, and a visit to Goonhilly and whilst there even got to ride a segway.

On Friday I moved onto my next location, this time a little closer to home. I lead a group of Explorers to HEAT (An activity weekend organised within Herts) which was brilliant fun. It was my first camp as a “Leader”, though technically I am not one yet, and it was a blast even though I did end up exhausted, gunged, drenched and frozen which just served as a brilliant reminder of why I love the Scout Association so much!

After camp I came home, all in all I travelled around 1090 miles! not bad for nine days! Though think I may just have a rest for a bit before I plan something that manic again!

14.E Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

So the first book has been read, and what a read! When someone suggested I read this book at first I was very hesitant as from what I had heard about it, which was a lot given the film had just released, I thought it was just going to be some soppy teen girl love story with no real plot. However I must admit I was pleasantly surprised I loved it, there is the soppy teen love story (but as an avid fan of chick flicks if I’m honest this didn’t worry me) however it was backed up with some good dialogue and great history for the characters. The history of those characters however is not completely revealed as this is just the first book in a series of four, I have now bought the another 2 books to read from the series which I will probably get round to reading once I have gotten through those which appear on the list!

Sorry my review isn’t hugely detailed but I wasn’t entirely sure what else exactly I could say!

A Life Less Ordinary

Well heylo my darling readers!

Life recently has been manic, but in a brilliant way! I'm so busy but have been loving everything I have been up to so I can't complain.

Have not yet been able to cross off the next item on the list, however am nearing the end of the first book! Have decided the best way to blog the completion of those is to write mini reviews! This will be a challenge in itself. Some of you may wonder how there is a challenge in reading 5 books, well the answer is that to be honest I'm not the biggest reader in the world. I was making a list of the books that I have actually read and the list only got to 5, and that applies to a 8 year period of my life! It is also noting one of those 5 is the one I am reading at the moment.

A little bit of housekeeping now! I would like to draw your attention back to the post I made about challenge 4, I have now included a link to a slideshow of photos from the challenge. I was just going to add a slideshow to the blogs page however due to factors of my existing accounts and what I like to use this was nigh on impossible.

Just before I close I would just like to evangelise something. I know I will get told off for being a fan boy here however the more I play with things the more I am loving them. This post was written using Windows Live Writer, an excellent little program which I recommend to anyone keeping a blog. The best bit being that I have been able to spell check this post without having to copy and paste between the website and a word processing program. Another brilliant thing about it is that it allows you to write a blog offline, store a draft then publish at your convenience when online!

Finally a brief note to any of you out there that don’t currently keep a blog. DO IT! I am loving having this blog, and have decided that once the year is over that I will have to continue blogging. However I will set up a new site for this I think.

Something a Little Off Topic!

Found this neat website that takes a look at text and pulls out the most common words, decided to plug my blog in and here is the result! Appologies about size but the site has a wierd policy!

Would like to point out I can't see many spelling mistakes in there, meaning I can't make the same mistakes to often!