CHRISTMAS HAUL 2014

Some new, very comfy, PJs

A ring that I had asked for quite a while ago in preparation and then completely forgot about it (nice work mum!)
find it here

An adorable door stop

  

A case for my beautiful new baby

A onesie! 

An oversized blanket/cardigan

Some of my stocking fillers 

All of my yummy chocolate 

I did pretty well for Christmas presents this year so here are a few things that I received!

Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy new year :)

(p.s This is in no way a bragging post, I am just very,very happy with what I received this year)

Natasha

CONSTRUCTION WORK AND LIFE CHANGES

How long does construction work really take? Seriously, why has it taken three months to dig a hole in the ground? If it takes that long and nothing but humungous piles of dirt are what you have to show for months of work maybe a carer change is in order?

Now obviously I do not know how long it actually takes to dig the foundations for a fairly large building but it is absolutely ridiculous. My only saviour to this problem in my life at the moment is that in just under a month I will no longer be working in the same part of town.

This is quite bitter sweet for me because I will no longer be working with the majority of the people that I met in 2014 but I will be doing something I am going to really enjoy, maybe even more than what I have been doing over the past year.

With all of the construction that is going on around my place of work, It is making it very hard for me to be excited to come into work when I have to trek a diverted route that goes UP hill before I have fully woken up!

In all seriousness though, I really have enjoyed what I have been doing over 2014 and am very proud to call myself a 'college drop out'. The amount I have grown and have achieved has baffled me and only makes me want to aim higher.

This then brings me back to construction.

Why would you not try to build a building before Christmas and all the shitty weather starts? Maybe I should get into brick laying to find out the answer...

Natasha

RECENT NETFLIX WATCHES

Recently I have had a LOT of spare time that I wasn't sure how to fill. So I decided that I would look around on Netflix to see if there was anything that tickled my fancy.

I started out with Heroes, I think I am still at around episode 19 in season one. I didn't mind it, at the start it was interesting but it got a bit too samey for me and so I started looking around again. 

I then came across The Office (US) and couldn't stop watching it! It was dangerous that Netflix had almost all of the nine series because the first and only thing I wanted to do (and did do) when I got home from work was watch another episode - and I would continue to watch up until I was tired enough to go to sleep!

- I have seen all episodes in the eight series twice! - 

Netflix then recommended for me Life Unexpected. Which again, I fell in love with and couldn't stop watching. It has really made me appreciate the people that I do have in my life!

So after TV shows that I never actually watched on TV I had a quick look through the (awful) movie selection that Netflix has to offer and came across Black Fish. I had heard about this maybe about a year ago but couldn't find any channel in the UK that showed it so Black Fish was the first movie of the night. I don’t really agree with the whole concept of teaching sea animals (and all animals in general) tricks. so seeing that there was a documentary out there with some many credible people in it was really impressive to me and I would recommend it to anyone who likes documentaries. 

The second movie was Lovelace. I’m a sucker for any Amanda Seyfried film so I chose to watch it. Learning that the film was based on true events was quite distressing but it was interesting to see the early days of such a taboo industry.

And lastly was Afternoon Delight. Again I watched this because of the actress’ in the film who are Juno Temple and Kathryn Hahn. I didn't really know, even after the film had ended, what it really was about. Im not really sure why anyone would take a sex worker in to their house thinking that they are going to change their ways purely because of the person who took them in.

Overall I wasted around six hours on three films I will never have to watch again.

Have you watched anything on Netflix that you would recommend?

Natasha 

DRY FACE

I had the brilliant (<sarcasm) idea of changing up my daily face routine a few weeks ago which coincided with a doctors visit. I was prescribed a new acne pill and a new acid based cream for my face. 

A few days after I started on this new pill I noticed that my face both looked and felt dry, it would also react whenever I sprayed tea tree water on my face, which was odd because it had never done that before. After a week of being on the pill and using the cream, I decided to test out what it was that was making my skin so dry and decided that I would start with the pill.

The pill itself was supposed to stop my face from producing the oily build-up however I did not realise that it would take away every single drop of it! 

My skin wasn't really making any improvements that I could see, however I was still using tea tree water to cleanse my face in the morning and evening - not making the connection that it too was striping away the oiliness I needed back in my face. Once this had snapped in my mind (another week later) I cut that out of my routine as well. 

My routine now consisted of patting my face with cold water, drying it and applying a heavy duty moisturiser. It was tight and painful and made me miserable. 

This was only a few weeks ago and I am still having to use the same routine as my face is still not back to normal! However I do have a bit more movement in my face.

If anyone out there has painfully dry skin I would recommend you try honey face packs and try not to worry about how "greasy' your face looks as feeling good is better than looking it!

Another life lesson learned the hard way!!

Natasha