Happy New Year!

Ciao!

Happy (Chinese!) new year everyone! Today is officially the start of The Year Of The Ox!

I'm not Chinese but I AM always looking for a reason to celebrate!
Oop, found one!

So the dashing Gala Darling has done a post on this also, complete with fantastic horroscopes and funky little pictures!

Here's a little something that I've dug up;

"People born in the Year of the Ox are patient, speak little, and inspire confidence in others. They tend, however, to be eccentric, and bigoted, and they anger easily. They have fierce tempers and although they speak little, when they do they are quite eloquent. Ox people are mentally and physically alert. Generally easy-going, they can be remarkably stubborn, and they hate to fail or be opposed. They are most compatible with Snake, Rooster, and Rat people."



How do you know if you're an Ox?
You're officially an Ox if you were born in any of the following years;
1937,
1949,
1961,
1973,
1985,
2009

I think that's as far as we need to go to cover my audience!

My mother is an Ox ('61 - but don't tell her I told you!) and most of the above is true. She's not so eccentric now but I've heard stories of her being a punk, dying her hair to match her shoes and driving a little Mini with balloons painted all over it! Her temper is fine but if my little mother used to be a punk there's no telling what her temper could have once been!

I beleive I am a Rooster (1993) so my year won't be springing 'round again until 2017! I can't even imagine it!
Click the link to Gala's site to check out what year you are!

Well, Happy New Year everyone, and may you have a fantastic one!

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

Ciao,

As a special treat for y'all today I wrote a little story! Well, no more introduction is really needed so...hope you enjoy! It doesn't really have a title but I'm open to suggestions!



I was so bored. It was one of those really cold days where you couldn’t even go out. None of my friends were out and not even any of my so called family would come out with me. I was restricted to the garden. So there I am, stuck indoors, when suddenly I hear Tara come downstairs. Brilliant, I think. Tara will wanna do something fun!

Boy, was I wrong. Tara came down all in a bad mood and everything and yelled at me for getting in her way. Then she sat and ate breakfast and didn’t make me any. I followed her through to the front room and picked up my new bouncy ball, hoping she’d want to play catch or something. Wrong again. She just sat there, watching TV. I sat down next to her and just looked at her. I tried to make my eyes big and cute, like a puppies’ but she was having none of it.

“Get lost!” She yelled, “I’m still mad at you for yesterday!”

Yesterday? Yesterday? What did I do yesterday?! We went to the park and mucked around with a rugby ball we found and then we jumped on the frozen puddles and then we came home. What was she on about?! Then, as if reading my mind, said; “There I am, faced with the man I love and what do you do? You push me over like a little five year old before running away into the woods! I can’t believe you sometimes. You think it’s all one big joke.” With that she stormed out the room. I mulled over her words for a few minutes before remembering that I did indeed push her over. How could I have forgotten? The thing is, is I was just mucking around and slipping over on the ice when I slipped a little too much and went into the back of her. She fell over and landed on an icy puddle and I felt so bad I ran into the woods so she didn’t have a go at me. It so wasn’t my fault and I don’t know what she sees in that boy anyway. What was his name now? Oh yeah – Leroy, or something else just as daft. He’s sort of tall and has stubble and has this mop of black hair. He smokes too, which is bad. And has his eyebrow pierced. The only good thing about him is that he has this little Jack Russell called Typhoid. It’s a ridiculous name but man is that dog fun! He’ll charge about all over the field and sometimes me and him will race. But only when I’ve got tons of energy. He always wins anyway. He’s a real nutcase. Sometimes I’ll play with his ball while he’s the other side of the field but he’ll see and come charging over, slam into the side of me, nearly knocking me off my feet and grab the ball back. Nutcase of a dog.

I sat for a few more minutes thinking about pushing Tara over. It was an accident. Honestly. I got up and went into her room. She was sitting on her bed writing in her diary. There were hearts all over the front of it with Leroy’s name in it and a picture of him stuck on the front. I think she stole it from his MSN or something. I stood next to her for a while but she didn’t even notice me. I moved round toward the end of the bed, so I was right in front of her but she didn’t look up. I went back round and tapped her on the shoulder. She glared at me and told me get out. I didn’t. I wasn’t leaving and she couldn’t make me. Whoops, wrong again, again. She got up, squeezed the back of my neck and dragged me all the way out! Honestly, I thought, the rudeness of some people! I come to apologise and she chucks me out. And just as she closes the door in my face I hear her mutter under her breath the worst insult of all; “Dumb dog. I knew we should have got a cat.”



Well, that's it for now! Hope you enjoyed!


Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

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Ciao,

I'm feeling A LOT better. Almsot normal.

I still have a case of My-brain-is-falling-out-of-my-nose syndrome and a nasty cough. I'm also still very tired.
So, no school for me today! Boo!
It's been a week and I miss my friends, I'm worried about all the work I'll have to catch up on and all the homework I've missed! Still, this will be my last day off!

Other than that, not much more to note but there will be better posts coming soon! Promise!

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

Magical Trevor and viruses

Ciao,

I know what you're thinking.
Who the hell is magical Trevor and how does he link in with viruses?

I'll tell you.

Backwards.

Yesterday and today I've been off school because I came home on Wednesday not feeling too good. I went to bed early and woke up every two hours and threw up 3 times that night.
Sorry, you probably didn't want to hear that..

Well anyway! Thursday I couldn't face school so I stayed at home. Normally if I'm ill I'll get some rest, go on the pc, maybe read a book for a little while. I might have a headache but with a few painkillers it's all gravy, baby.

Not so this time.

I was in more pain than I've been in for a long time and even the said painkillers didn't help. I literally stayed on the sofa all day. I got up a total of 4 times. One was to fill my stomach, two were to empty my stomach again (it is so not pleasant to see your breakfast again!) and the last time was because I rolled off the sofa when asleep.
So I didn't have the best Thursday on record, but there you go.

Has anyone else here ever had a day like that? Where you literally have to stay in bed/on the sofa? It's horrible. You fall asleep at 9, have a good two hour nap and wake up to find it's only 9:15. Time went sooooo slowly!

Friday morning I woke up and my tongue felt..different. I don't know about you guys, but I have never before woken up and had my first thought be; "why does it feel like my tongue has been replaced with a dead fish?!"
My second thought here was that perhaps I had accidently overdosed on the painkillers and was tripping/high/spaced out. Not so.
I'm pretty sure, for some unknown reason, that my tongue had swollen. I was up every 3-4 hours that night but it wasn't until the morning that I felt the difference. Maybe I had bit it in my sleep? Maybe a bee had stung it when I wasn't looking? Maybe it was Karma for breaking a new year's resoltion?
Whatever it was, man did my tongue hurt. Still does as I'm typing this in fact!
Well, I've suffered another really super duper long day on the sofa going from "I think I'm melting!" straight to "It's so freezing in here!!" without warning. I'm having heckloads of trouble swallowing because of my new log-tongue and I have a suspision that my brain is melting. But I have taken some stronger painkillers from the chemist so I can actually go on the PC now. I couldn't even watch TV earlier.
So that brings us on to topic two.

Magical Trevor.

I hope this brightens your days - it sure did mine! Although not much can be said for my days recently.. Still, Enjoy the repetitive magicalness of Magical Trevor!

I'll report again once I have recovered and my tongue does not feel like a slipper.

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

P.S Just to brighten the topic of viruses I thought I'd give you THIS link too! I want them all!!!! (Not literally! I'm having enough toruble with the one I've got without getting Ebola too!)

How to say sorry

Ciao,

It's a new year with a new start.

Of course, we all want to start the year off well and sometimes that means clearing up the old stuff. You can't decorate a room before cleaning it out, right?
For some of us, this merely means looking over old goals, or seeing what you want to change this year, but for others this means really cleaning out their closets. Now, there could be all sorts of yucky stuff in there that we didn't want to see again but some things you can't just shut the door on.

When we need to apologise it can be agonising. Most times we know it needs to be done, and yet somehow there's always a reason not to.
Maybe it wasn't entirely your fault? Yeah, we've all been there.
Perhaps you know they won't accept it? Been there too.
Or maybe you know it's your fault but the mistake was just too big. No amount of sorry-ing will help you this time.

Well, if you're noticing yourself in one of those situations or one like them, then this guide could be for you!


Who's fault was it really?
Think about it now. Don't carry on reading. Just sit for one second and think about it.
Done?
Now was it really your fault? Or was it their's?
Figured it out?
Good.
Now forget it.
Doesn't matter. If apologising needs to be done, ultimatley it's you that wants to do it. You want to get rid of those horrible feelings and put things right? You might know that it's screwed up that you apologise to Suzi because SHE dipped YOUR hair in ink! But when it comes down to it someone who gets a kick from ruining someone's hair is hardly going to be the bigger person and apologise!


Courage
You're going to need to be brave. When you think about it, saying sorry doesn't seem like much and you're hardly going to win a medal for doing it...but if it's so easy, why haven't you done it yet?! Think about why you're doing it, what you hope to acheive from it and what you can do to stop it from happening again.

Do it quickly
Seriously, the longer you leave things the worst they will get. True it may be that eventually they'll just forget about it but you, and them, will feel much, much better if you apologise.

Finding the words
Ever watched a fantastic speech in a movie and tried to say something like that in real life, only to have it crash at your feet? Probably...but you're not going to admit it!
Some people are naturally good with words. I have friends who can spout off improvised Shakespeare, while I try and find where I've got lost in the text! But even people like that have problems with dilemas like this.
You're going to need to look at the situation and find the words accordingly. Apologising to your brother for eating the last Jaffacake won't be the same as apologising to your girlfriend for cheating on them. Different situations, different words.


Keep it short
Saying sorry brings back the event to both parties and can be extremly awkward. Keep it shor but meaningfull.
You need to say:

1. You're sorry
2. Why you're sorry
3. You regret doing what you did, or acting/reacting how you did
4. What you will do to avoid this situation in the future.

It could also be a good idea to tell them that, even if they don't want to forgive you, you came to tell them you're sorry. The rest is down to them.

Move on
Possibly the most important piece of advice I can give you. Once you've said it and they've forgiven you, just move on. Let it go. Learn from it but don't fret about it anymore. It's in the past.

If you're not good with words, try sending a letter or a DECENT E-mail. What we don't want is a text or a quick "I couldn't really be bothered" E-mail.

Well my sweethearts, good luck!
Let me know if it all ticks over alright and if you need a little more help. I'm not exasctly a guru but I'm sure I can find something!

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

Media Project

Ciao!

I've always had a soft spot for media. Whether it's newspapers, photography, making a film, writing something... you know! The list is endless. But I dig that sort of stuff.

So when we were set a media project for English I was rather happy.


The Tasks:

1. Make a CD cover
2. Make the back
3. Write a press release

First of all I was going to put Marc Bolan on the cover - mainly so I had some eyecandy to look at while writing the release! I'm in love with him for those of you who aren't sure.

This is Marc. He is very pretty, nom?

But then I thought about it a bit more and decided it was wierd to put a dead man (Boo!) on my CD cover and that actually I could just watch videos of him anyway. ^_^

So then I realised that the x-mas holidays had just whipped past and that I had school in 2 days (this was Saturday I was thinking this) so I should just pick someone and get on with it!

Then I had a crazy little idea..


Front:


Back:

Please note track 5 - Vanity (Put yourself on the cover)!!

Sorry that the pictures are all wonky - I still can't scan!

Now, my release might be rubbish but I'm quite proud of this!


Has anyone else ever done something like this?

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.

New year resolutions: A guide.

Ciao!

I'll assume that we've all made New Year Resolutions before? And I think it's safe to assume that we've all failed at least once!

I was always one of those people who would promise something spontaneously and then give up by the 5th. That was, until I learned a few tricks...

Prepare

This is possibly the most important goal ever. You need need NEED to have everything sorted and ready. Don't wait until you're feeling sick from christmas pudding on the 31st to decide that you want to lose weight. You need to start planning what you're going to do and how. Are you going to get up every morning and jog? Are you going to join the gym? Or just cut down on those really cute cupcakes?!

This adorable bite is modelled on the adorable Gala Darling!

You may think that this tip has come a little late for this year but it's good for next year!

Set clear goals.

Another real important one. You have to know what you're going to do. Exactly. A few people mihgt be scoffing now but how often have you written "Lose weight" as a goal? This might seem a clear goal but you need to go much deeper! How much weight do you want to lose? By when? When are you going to start? What is your inspiration?!

This is my inspiration! I want this dress so so badly as my prom dressbut I reckon it'll cost acouple of grand..we don't have that but if I could even fit into it I'd be chuffed!

Pick a date.

A pattern that I have noticed in myself and others failing is that we have no clear start date. We just assume that it starts on the 1st. This is well and good if your goal is something like "Go to Greece in the summer" because you still have a little time to prepare, but are you really likely to "lose weight" if you're going to a New Years dinner? Are you really going to want to work out if you still have last nights hang over? A good Starting date is essential!

But how do you know when a start date is good? I try to pick a date that gives me time to recover from my "Celebrations" and to put a few last minute plans in place, but ultimatley one that's not too far away. I like January 5th. You can recover, tidy up, and normalise life again. What you don't need is a date like March 7th when you probably would have stopped caring or completley forgotten about your goal by then!

Measure your progress.

A brilliant tip for sucsess is to know how often you're going to measure your progress. You might want to wiegh yourself once a fortnight or count how many cigarettes you've cut out. Counting this at the end of the week/fortnight/month should be lovely motivation and if you're very proud of yourself you can treat yourself to something nice!

Go public.

Announce your goal. To family, friends, work mates, your donkey - anyone who will listen! Start a blog marking your progress or upload a series of Youtube videos. This works on a basic principal that no one likes to fail in front of others.You'll be under a little more pressure but you'll recieve a lot more support and encouragement!

Be confident!

Of course! You knew this was coming didn't you? If you don't elive in yourself how can you expect others too? You have to know that you can do these things or you're not going to get anywhere!

Condfience! What a thing!

Well, let me know how this advice works out for you!

What are your resolutions?

What made you pick those ones?

Happy New Year!

Cuddles and cookies,

Vixxie.

Tis only the begining..

Happy new year everyone!!!

I trust it all went well for you?
Anything really exciting happen?

Well here we are. For the third time I'm starting up this old blog with a slightly new spin!
It feels nice to be doing this again, I just hope I can keep it up!
Obviously this is just an opening post and a lot of the people reading this know me vaguely anyway so I won't go into real "introduction" posting.
There will be a post on New Year's resolutions coming your way either today or tomorrow so watch this space!

Well, I hope 2009 has all the magic we want and I wish everyone the best of starts!

Cuddles and cookies,
Vixxie.