First of all, it's officially 2014, so HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
Some of you may know this, but some of you may be unaware, in 2013, I kept a "Memory Jar". I did a post about this back in July last year (which you can find here), but basically I found the idea on Twitter at the end of 2012, and the aim was to put in any good things that happen, or any memories that have been created also go into this jar, and at the end of the year, or in my case, at the start of the new year, I was to open them all up, and see what god things happened last year.
I have to say this was an excellent way to make me feel very happy super quickly. As I opened up the little white sheets of paper, my smile just got bigger and bigger, as I read through all the little memories that were created in 2013. They weren't spectacular memories, like I went sky-diving round the Sahara desert, but they were nice little memories for myself to read, and reflect on.
It's quite a personal thing, I think, but i'm going to share with you some of the little scraps of paper, that held some memories.

14/12/13 - "Going to see my painting in the Lillie Art Gallery in Milngavie! I felt so proud." The head of art at my school picked a handful of work to be displayed n an art gallery, and mine was one of the lucky few. I was so chuffed.

20/11/13 - "Got my braces off!" Anyone who's ever had braced (train tracks), will know exactly how big a deal it is to finally get them off!

30/10/13 "Got an email from the Commonwealth Games saying my interview was successful. Woop!" As many of you may know, the Commonwealth Games is being held in my hometown, Glasgow, next year. I applied t be a volunteer, and out of 50,000, i'm one of the 15,000 to be chosen to volunteer at the games this summer. Exciting! (I actually wrote a blog post about it, find it here)

4/12/13 - "Mr Brown (head teacher) saying my painting was 'amazing' and 'so realistic' aw:)" For me, this was a big deal, as I had put so much work into it (find a blog post about it here) and for the head teacher of my school to say that to me, made me so happy!

31/08-02/09/13 - "Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition. Hard work, but worth it! Loved the bonfire we had on the first." I'm sure most of you know what Duke of Edinburgh is, so I won't go into detail, but part of the award was a 3 day expedition, where we walked for around 6 hours every day. One night we had a bonfire, and it was lovely to have some heat, and to all chat around the campfire, as cheesy as that sounds!

So that's a few of the things I opened from the memory jar, I hope you enjoyed this post. Did any of you do this memory jar thing? Or is anyone doing it this year? Let me know!

Today's options were either "Beauty history" or "a happy memory", and I chose to do the latter, because I think it would be a bit more interesting.

If you've been a reader of my blog for a while, then this happy memory will be very predictable. If you haven't, then this will be completely new to you!

It's when I went to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. This is specifically one of my happiest memories because it was such a fabulous day. I have always wanted to visit Paris (as i'm sure you'd know if you've read this). I was so taken aback by how breathtaking the Eiffel Tower was, and the view from the very top was magnificent.
Whenever I see adverts on the TV relating to Paris, or I just see anything French, I instantly think of Paris, and in particular, the Eiffel Tower.

I would love to go back in the future, and spend more time in Paris, to see all the little shops, and the more touristy areas, but I would definitely love to see the Eiffel Tower again.
Below are a few photos from that day. Enjoy!










What's your happiest memory?

(so sorry for the horrific photo! My camera is broken and I had to use my webcam! New picture will be put up asap!)

I saw on twitter back in December 2012 that a thing was going round. Basically, you keep a jar in 2013, and in it you put down every memory that you have had throughout 2013, and at the end of the year you open them all, and reflect on the memories. I thought it was such a sweet idea, and so I decided to do it.

I know you aren't supposed to open it till the end of the year, but as we are six months in, I thought i would open a couple, at random, and share with you some memories that I have had this year!


1. "Paris, lots of fun times, memories created, great friends, brilliant trip!" 
The first one was when I went to Paris back in February this year. I would explain the trip here, but i've actually already written a post all about it which you can find here !

2. "Jogging with Jennie and Cara"
Basically, back in June, me and two of my closest friends went jogging and the weather was lovely, and we had a laugh, and it was just a great day, even if not a lot of actual exercise got done!

3. "Volunteering in art for the cultural evening. Good night."
Thinking back on this day makes me smile. I was in my school, at 7-10pm, and i was in our art department, getting on with my project, and I was really happy, because I love art! This was mid-June that this happened.

4.  "Getting my bronze Duke Of Edinburgh Award"
Way back in February! Again, another great moment in my life. If you don't know what Duke of Edinburgh is, you can visit their website here . Although the award ceremony was pretty boring, it was a great achievement of mine!

5. "Lanzarote. Sunday market. Goat gallery, real goat."
In July, when I was in Lanzarote, we went to a market, and there was a little gallery set up in one of the few buildings. It was literally dedicated to pictures of goats. I wish I was joking. But that's not all.. There was a real goat in there, just roaming around.. It was creepy, but so hilarious! (my sister actually found the website for it, so click here !)

6. "The dance show! Such a great night! I absolutely loved it! Gutted it's over."
I'm thinking I might do a post on this when I get the DVD from that night, so I can add pictures, but i've been dancing for 2 years, and we had out annual dance show back in June, and I was very nervous before, but as soon as it started I absolutely loved it. I'm smiling as I write this because I had such a great night!

7.  "Getting full marks for my French speaking talk."
This might not seem like a big deal to you, but to me, this is huge. I struggled quite a bit at French, and this talk makes up a quarter of our grade, so I was terrified. This was in March, and around this time my sister was quite ill, and she wouldn't stop crying. Basically, I had to memorise a 2 minute talk, plus about 20 different questions. It was stressful! To find out I got full marks made me feel so happy and so proud of myself!

8. "Meeting Alyx, someone I hadn't met before."
So I speak to a girl on twitter, and i've spoken to her for around 2 and a half years, and in April we finally met up properly! It was such a nice day, she's so lovely, and I was so happy we could finally meet. We're so similar, it's quite scary!

9.  "Chapman square tour!"
This was literally one of the best nights of my life. Back in February, My favourite band, Lawson (i did a blog post about my recent trip to see them, click here to see it) . They are amazing live, and we waited outside after and we met the band, and it was just great.

10. "The party we had for our Art teacher"
My art teacher was leaving to have a baby, and we wouldn't see her again (because we'd have left school by the time she came back), and she'd helped our class so much in 5th year. She was a lovely person and a great teacher, so us as a class decided to throw her a party in May. She was so touched, and it made her cry with happiness.


So, after this you can see exactly how boring my life is! I literally don't do anything, but these little memories mean the world to me. There is tonnes more memories in the jar, but these are the 10 I pulled out at random, and they all made me grin. I hope you enjoyed this style of post, as I certainly enjoyed making it!