Thursday 22 October 2015

Thursday Update :D

Hi guys!
     Yeah, sorry about not being able to post any pictures if the shirt today! I was working really hard on it (umm... unpicking my mistakes...) and then I suddenly remembered to take pictures at the exact moment all of the natural light was sucked from my world.
     Currently I'm sitting in my room trying to figure out what to take on my scout hike in 2 days. This is the real one this time - 12 ish miles to walk to the campsite on the Saturday and then another 12 all the way back on the Sunday. We'll  have to carry all our kit (minus the tents which one of us is carrying because he isn't staying overnight) which includes all the food for two days and sleeping stuff and clothes and shoes and the kitchen sink and did I mention I'm also the only girl.
     At least it isn't that awkward because there are only four of us walking in total. None of the other three are particularly idiotic airheads, so you can hold a decent conversation for a few minutes before it turns to football or other even less desirable subjects.
     What is awesome about this hike is we have no adult supervision other than about three checkpoints. I mean technically we were supposed  to plan our route but because of the practice I'm pretty sure I could go most of the way from memory. Nobody needs to know that though.....
     So yeah anyway, I'll try to show you what I'm going to have to carry, and if the weather doesn't do an England on us (and by that I mean 'rain' for all you people lucky enough to have escaped our climate) I might be able to get some decent photos of the view. I remember last time it was very green and blue and pretty. Everything's pretty. Okay I should not be allowed to write posts at this time of night because of the rambling!

Enjoy being more awesome than me!

Heather xx

Wednesday 21 October 2015

A Few Little Awesome Things!

These are just a couple of sketches and photos I've done over a while. Given the fact that the photos are all taken on my phone, the quality is surprising. I guess I'm never going to get the £400 DSLR I've really wanted. Oh well. There's always the bank of relatives.



My dad showed me a book on how to draw the human body and two hours later this appeared. Oops. I just wish I had a neck like that.
Rain on conker. My friend decided it looked cool and I'm amazed the photo turned out this sharp. (He only gave me about two seconds to focus and this was the first shot. I think it's all artistic and cool anyway. Don't judge me!)
There was mist. Along a road. Of course there was mist. That's why it's misty. Ft. irritating car that the picture would have been perfect without. Grr.
This was on a practice hike with my scout group - 12 miles and I managed to twist my ankle for the last 4 - but again it's very pretty and it was nice weather to walk in too.
This was also on the hike. More trees. What else can I say?


Were they awesome at all? Probably not. And what also probably doesn't help and isn't awesome is that I'm writing this at 3:00 in the morning with insomnia and too much coffee. I'm guessing I'll have to drink a gallon of it tomorrow. Ha. Anyway tell me which one you liked the most - if any - and also suggest which ones you'd like to see more of and all that stuff. (Yay!....)

     So. Today (yesterday) was rubbish. I woke up at half five and was sick (Bile - yum.) and when my mum emailed the school to give a reason for my absence she very wisely wrote this fact. Meaning? Meaning I can't go back in until 48 hours have passed. Heaven, right? Nope. Not when you've got about seventeen tests and a load of homework to hand in. I also have already got a (*dramatic teacher voice*) dangerously low attendance record at the moment so if I keep getting sick we could get fined. Aren't the government considerate?... Also tomorrow is Thursday which is when I have double DT and double art and I can't go and DAMMIT I would have also been able to do catch-up on the test I missed. Why couldn't I be ill on Friday when I have PE?! I hate the world right now...

     We think I was sick from a bug or a half-day virus or something, my dad had a similar thingy (technical IKR?!) on the way home from work a few days ago and it just seems to be going round. Anyway, what makes the thing about I'm not allowed into school even more annoying and slightly ironic? After about 12:00 I was fine. And I had a Pot Noodle too which proves I can't be ill if I didn't immediately die of a heart attack. (It tasted amazing though!) I managed to bake a banana cake and a CHOCOLATE cake - which is so chocolatey it deserves capital letters. My family were just slightly appreciative. *Oink.* 
     My brother actually ate some which proves how sweet it is, because he never eats anything that I bake. Mind you he never eats anything apart from Maoams and crisps or chocolate. Seriously, he'll only eat, for example, fruit: apples, pears, bananas. That's it. I'm struggling to think of anything else. Vegetables: carrots, broccoli, potato. And he hates peas. How can it be possible to dislike peas? (Mushy peas do not count as peas. I detest mushy peas. Mushy peas should not exist.)
     It's like it's hardwired into his brain to make our culinary (posh word!!) lives as painfully difficult as possible. That said me and my mum and grandma (my grandma lives downstairs after her brain hemorrhage five years ago, roughly) we're all vegetarians which means my brother could also be an undiscovered carnivore... of course we still cook him meat though.
     On a more crafty note, I've cut out the pattern pieces for a denim shirt which I'm probably going to make tomorrow, seeing as school won't allow me -_- so if I remember I'll get some pictures of my progress up tomorrow. Although, I have nothing wrong with me (as I've said half a dozen times before), so I'll probably be dragged around to help with housework all day.
     Okay, it's now 4:30 am, I haven't slept at all tonight, I'm wide awake - more than most of (yesterday?) so I've basically given up. I've got a big cup of hot chocolate caffeine and sugary biscuits. Let's pull my first ever all-nighter! (that I remember anyway 0.0) I'm listening to Spotify and desperately trying to think of something else to bore you with.
     I think I'll sign off for tonight (today...) so I'll try to keep you all nice and updated and all that awesome stuff.

Have fun being more fabulous than me!

Heather xx