Mini (cheap) Blog Sale - please have a look! :)

Hi guys, I have decided to raise a little cash so I am selling some of my costume jewellery and other miscellaneous stuff on my blog, have a look and if you like any of it please message me and things can get sorted over paypal. Everything is cheap, so grab a gargain!

River Island faded worn effect denim jacket, £20 (RRP £45)

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Fairy necklace, sits on collarbone, £1

New purple stone necklace, £1

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Dove charm bead bracelet, £2

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Remember your childhood memories: I am!

I would like to urge everyone to write down/document some special moments/memories from your childhood. I will do this now, and I think its a great idea as I have the worst memory ever and I would hate to forget the little things that meant so much to me when I was younger with the people that I cared so much about.





Some of my childhood memories:

Being carried around the lush green garden by my Grandad; he would hold me up so that I could touch the large beech leaves on the trees, they always astounded me for some reason!

Visiting my grandparents pet sheep and riding on the back of the old male.

When my Dad would blow raspberries on my belly and I'd scream with laughter.

Being allowed to push the trolley in the supermarket and feeling extra-grown-up!

Spending all day in my grandparents orchards, finding worms and collecting them in a big tub. I also went out of my way to obtain several pet slugs, or anything else that I could fit in an old Flora margarine tub with holes poked through the top!

Thinking that the piece of council grass hidden by trees outside my house was my own "secret garden".

Helping my Grandma in her greenhouse.

Making a zoo in my bedroom with all my stuffed animals.

Dreaming of owning a desk one day, then receiving one on my 9th birthday and crying with delight.

Me in the middle, about aged 12/13, having a party in my Grandparents garden with all my schoolfriends:

Me aged 13 and my Mum:

Me, aged 14, with my gorgeous pony Seaspray:

I urge you all to do the same, I have now entered a state of intense reminiscence!

my hectic past few months!

Hey! I have been so busy at my new job recently that I have not had time to even consider blogging!

I became a registered mental health nurse in October 2012 and stated working on an acute assessment unit in Hull, which means we have patients brought in by the police and our Crisis team, who may be drunk, under the influence of drugs, and suffering from psychosis or any other acute mental illness. Many may feel suicidal and it can be a worry having them on the unit, as they are considered quite risky.

It has been ever so interesting and I love spending time with my patients, talking to them and trying to work out with them a pattern of trigger events in their lives, or to identify ways in which they can go back to living at home with their families.

We often get patients who are detained under the Mental Health Act or "sectioned" and this can be a real challenge, as they often want to leave and I have to tell them why they can't.

Anyway, I have loved the past few months and am looking forward to going to Barcelona this weekend to watch FC Barcelona play at Camp Nou stadium!

My boyfriend and I are also going to Rome for 5 days in February which I am SO EXCITED for as I have always wanted to go and see the Colosseum and all the other amazing historical architecture.

I have also moved into a house with my boyfriend! I am moving my gorgeous cats in next week which I can't wait for as I have missed them so much whilst we have been getting the house all ready.

I am now going to try and start packing for Barcelona! I will post lots of photos when we return :)

xxxx

Back to blogger...with clothes for sale!

I've only just realised really that I haven't posted on here for ages! Since then I have finished university, and started up a little online clothing shop to try and raise money to visit my Dad in New Zealand this December! I haven't seen him for 18 months, so I'm really hoping I can go!

Here are some of the clothes I have for sale (most of which I have made myself!)

These shorts are £15 each, they started life as a pair of boring jeans!

French Connection studded yellow wool crop jumper £20

Studded distressed denim shorts £15

Bring on the sales! Flights are £1200 and I currently have just £41 saved! 

xxx

Head's like scrambled egg!

Today was my first shift at my new and LAST EVER placement for my nurse training! I have already posted about what kind of placement it is, so I'll just summarise my day!

Patients were lovely - felt threatened by one, but let's forget that for now - and the staff made me feel ever so welcome. They are all fantastic, the Consultant is funny and kind, and I really think I'll get on well there.

I have a lot to learn over the next 12 weeks but it is an amazing opportunity, I will be doing the medication rounds in a few weeks, leading the multidisciplinary team meetings and becoming keyworker for certain appropriate patients! I can't wait!

I always feel conscious that I am "in the way" on placements sometimes, especially when staff are busy, so I always try and keep as busy as possible. Spent some time with a patient in the art room, helped with a very tricky Simpsons puzzle (I am rubbish at puzzles!) and sat in the garden with a few patients and the other student nurse and had a laugh with a few other patients. I really like spending time on the ward and am definitely not one to sit myself in the nursing office and do nothing!

Had a blood pressure training presentation this afternoon and I stayed behind with the lecturer so she could show me how to confidently take them manually. I have only had one other inpatient placement which was 2 years ago so am not as confident with them as I should be, but I feel much better now! She showed me some good tips, like trying to find the exact location of the pulse in the arm before placing the stethoscope, and pumping the cuff up without the stethoscope first to guess the systolic range until you feel the pulse disappear with your fingers, then you know how tightly to pump up the poor persons arm!

Doing an early shift tomorrow, 7am til 3pm, and the same on Friday, then weekend off! I'll update my blog accordingly :)

Watch out Pudsey! You will not BELIEVE these dogs!

This is for anyone who watched Britain's Got Talent and was impressed by Pudsey (who won), seriously, watch these dogs from America's Got Talent, they are unbelievable!!

Recently :)

So it's been a while since I've posted, because I have been busy with university, however I have only 12 WEEKS left til I am (hopefully) a qualified mental health nurse! My last placement, which will last all summer (no summer holidays, boooo) is an all-male psychiatric unit in Hull, and I am reallyyyyy looking forward to it!

My boyfriend Chris has been making some lovely photos recently, here are a few that are my favs:

This is my cat Socks

This is me on my gorgeous horse Ikoss

This is my cat Muffin drinking out the kitchen tap, naughty thing!

This is one of his pet monkeys eating a cricket

Another thing we have been getting up to is looking around lots of antique shops, exploring all the cool items you can find there. It's so interesting learning about some of the weirder antiques and I wish I had a house so that I could put loads of awesome old stuff in it!

I have one last week off before I have to start my placement so I'm going to make the most of it and go on some day trips with Chris :)