Currently

I have seen a couple of other posts in this style and as my whole mission at the minute is to get as much information about my self and get my style onto my blog I think this is a great addition! It is like a mini life update which I plan on doing maybe every week? If anyone else has done or does any of these tag me because I'd love to see them!

Watching; Recently I've been loving spending my evenings relaxing, in the bath and in bed catching up on vlogs from some of the Youtubers I watch and although this sounds slightly weird I have also been watching quite a few prison documentaries. I watched one on a channel one night and since then I've seen quite a few others! Love Island has also been a daily thing for the last couple of weeks and I love it. I watched it last year and this year has not disappointed me! 

Reading; "While my eyes were closed" by Linda Green is my current book. I haven't been able to read too much of it yet but what I have so far is intriguing! 

Listening; There are so many songs which I am currently loving and since going to the Big Weekend I have been listening to people I saw there such as The Weeknd but these are a few of the ones I have had on repeat!! 

• Often - The Weeknd
• Gold - Kiiera
• Me Too - Meghan Trainor 
• Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers

Smelling; I have been wearing my Calvin Klein IN2U a lot more lately and this has actually just reminded me I need to order a new one because I've used so much! Also, there have been rest sweet peas picked and put on the front counter at work so smelling them all day whilst I'm there has been very pleasant!

Feeling; I have been working a lot lately and it feels good to go there and enjoy what I am doing and who I am with and then earning my own money at the same time! It has also made me appreciate my free time more and so I have been making the most of walks and going out when I am at home. My grandparents all also making the 300 mile journey from Yorkshire to Cornwall this week so I am excited to see them.

Planning; I am planning on a shopping trip to Exeter this week to find myself a prom dress for my Sixth Form prom with my best friend so I cannot wait for that!! 

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Bookshelf Favourites

This is a little insight into book that I have on my bookshelf that I just can't part with! I have always loved reading, just like my mum and grandparents but being at school, then college I never seemed to have time to read because I would be doing art work, photography work or revising so the only opportunities I get to read are either, in the bath or on holiday! Now I am finished with college I am hoping to get lots more time for reading and I've already bought some new books which are piled up and ready to go. 

Anyone for Seconds - this book is one that I actually got from America! It was on my very first trip there and I took some of my own books to read with me and read them all so the villa we were staying in had cupboards filled with books that other people had obviously left there as well. So I rummaged through and found this one. It is about a woman who already has two children and she meets a new man and begins a story with him. I loved it so much that I read it within a couple of days and I couldn't bare to part with it so I swapped all the book I brought with me for this one and since then I have read it many more times! 

The Beach Cafe - I just loved this book from the moment I saw the front cover and the dainty little illustrations on the front and what is inside is no disappointment. It felt very close to my heart as it set  in Cornwall and so I found it very relatable but even if you aren't from Cornwall, it is a lovely read! 

The Girl on The Train - I have literally been raving about this book at every opportunity to everyone I know. When ever anyone mentions reading and wants to know good books I can't help but burst out with this title. It is so gripping, I just couldn't put it down and I thought it was so cleverly written, Paula Hawkins is a real genius and I want to read more from her. 

The Gathering - Now these next two books I read quite a long time ago and so although the stories are a little hazy in my memory, once I re read the blurb it brought back all the events from the stories and just why I loved them. The gathering drew me in because it focuses on a girl who is at one with the animals and as I consider myself an animal lover it loved the journey the book took me on. 

Stealing Phoenix - Again, when I picked this off the bookshelf I immediately wanted to sit down, abandoned my camera and bury my head in this for the rest of the afternoon. It is a great book to just read and forget about anything else going on around you and almost be transported into their world! 

I really loved all of these books and so many more but I just couldn't fit them all in but my bookshelf is filled to the brim. I have never wanted to have books on an iPad or on a kindle because I love holding them and seeing the pages and the way the font looks, weird but anyway! I will be doing some more posts in this style slowly getting to tell more about myself. Until then..

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It's all over!

Today was my last exam. I had a 2 and 1/2 hour English Language exam this morning and now I am officially finished with college work! The only thing I have left to do is go into art tomorrow and put up my work ready for an exhibition for the moderator and also for the parents to go and look round. It feels weird to not have any work to do, no revision and to literally not be able to do anything else at all to change the future and the results I am going to get. I will not miss much from college but I did have a really great English class and teacher so it is odd to think that I will never be in that class again. I am however, looking forward to going to Uni and starting over so that everything is new and exciting and I am working on something that I actually want to do!

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A calm place

This to me is one of the most relaxing and calming places that I like to go. It has been somewhere I have gone lots of times every year since I was little and we have had two different boats moored there. I never really see people there that I know from anywhere else from there, if that makes sense, so I never have to worry about getting dressed up or anything when I go there. Even though where I live is very close to the sea and water not many people I know have boats and so for me, this is something very special to me that I feel I am lucky enough to have whenever I want! 

So we took Monty for a lovely walk along the coast path and onto the beach which he loved, and he had a lovely cooling swim as it was quite warm yesterday! 

Talking about pictures of Monty.. I have decide that I want to sign him to up be a casual model! When I say casual model, I mean just go and do a couple of photos or something like that, that he would enjoy and we could go along with him to! I just think that it would be so nice to have some professional photos taken and I have seen a couple of dogs like him on the modelling sites so why not Monty! I mean, you can see from the photos I take (and I have literally got 100s) that when a camera is pointed at him he likes to give his very best look and show everyone what a pretty pup he is. I think everyone is biased about their own dogs, I suppose it is like with children, everyone thinks theirs is the best and I think it is lovely that a dog can mean that much to someone and Monty certainly does to me! 

The weather isn't the best today and it has been on and off raining so I have been inside revising all morning and I am about to get my wetsuit and go down to the beach with my Dad for the afternoon so I hope you have a great day too and I will hopefully have some more posts up soon. 

Until then! 

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Summer Plans

I have just finished work for this week and I have the weekend off, which I am very much looking forward to! It has been very busy the last couple of days so I am looking forward to relaxing tonight and giving my feet a rest. I took this picture last night when I was on my way out to walk the dog and I just thought it looked so summery and pretty with the flowers falling in front of the bird house and the colours. We have been in our house nearly a year and it has been such a good decision and I'm really glad that we moved into town because this house suits my family down to the ground. It means that we are closer to everything in town and able to nip in and out to places where as before we were out on our own a bit and so had to make the trip into town whenever we wanted anything. Last year we were really busy with moving and we went on holiday so this year it is nice that I have the long summer since I have broken up from college and I am just working and enjoying my time off.  

It is currently the Royal Cornwall Show which happens every year and this year is started on Thursday, Friday and then tomorrow is it's last day tomorrow however I am still undecided on whether I want to go or not but if I do I would really like to take Monty with me but I suspect that he might be a bit much with so many people in small spaces, so I might give that one a miss! 

Something else that I have been wanting to do is walk the coast paths we are lucky enough to be surrounded by. My Mum and I always say that we will walk from the boat yard we always go to around the coast past St Mawes and the lighthouse and maybe do it in sections and get a couple of walks out of it, so that is something else to tick off this summer! I am hoping to get out and get some good pictures and things this weekend and do some more posts so there should be more soon, so until then!

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An afternoon chat

I am back to work tomorrow for 3 days and then I have the weekend off so I'm making the most of this oddly hot weather Cornwall has been experiencing. I've just been around home, walking the dog, revising and I'm currently sitting eating this refreshing fruit with Mum outside. We are having a sort of laptop club. I do enjoy my job and the time I am there usually goes fast and I'm with really nice people but off course I enjoy my time off, I mean who doesn't?! I have already posted a 50 facts about myself post but that was a sort of last minute idea and seen as I have an afternoon free I just thought I'd get another chatty, relaxed post up. I am sort of treating this like my own personal diary and to be honest I forget that other people can read this but I enjoy it so thats the main thing! 

I have had a really productive afternoon so far though because I wanted to sort out some things on my blog and also set up a Bloglovin' account so go follow me on that and also check out the other links to my Pinterest, Twitter and Google+. I also got to read  some other people's blog posts and just caught myself up on new posts from people that I read regularly. It is homemade pizza for tea and I then plan on chilling out this evening and watching some Vlogs and videos. I am planning a post about my favourite Youtubers and then a series of posts to go up at every week about my favourite things such as tv series, books, places and every week have a post dedicate to them. I will alongside that do normal random posts but I want to get a plan and schedule so that I'm wandering quite as aimlessly as I am now! I'll make another post dedicated to explaining it properly when I have myself sorted.

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50 Facts About Myself

So a lovely new blogger friend, Hollie, gave me the chance to do this challenge and I think it is a great way of getting to know me quickly! Go and check out http://hberries.blogspot.co.uk she has some really interesting posts and I'm definitely going to be a regular over there! Right, let's get straight into this!

1. I am 18 from Cornwall, UK

2.  I haven't yet really said my name but it's Rosie by the way! 

3. I have currently just finished my A-Levels and I am hoping to go to Huddersfield Uni in September 

4. I have a massive love of baking and as you can tell from my posts, piping icing! 

5. I love boating and my family have had boats since I was born

6. We were once out on the boat and we saw Johnny Depp playing Captain Jack Sparrow on the ship whilst filming and he waved at me and my Mum! 

7. I've always loved dogs but it took me 16 years to wear down my Dad enough to let me get one

8. My lucky number is 64

9. I recently went to the Radio 1 Big Weekend which was amazing and you can read about it here http://oneleafblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/radio-1-big-weekend-2016.html

10. I've visited America 3 times and I'm hopefully going again in the next year!

11. I have 4 piercings all in my ears

12. I have a white rabbit with blue eyes called Alfie 

13. I have a worrying addition to sweet cinema style popcorn

14. Summer is my favourite season and I love the heat

15. I went to Thorpe Park twice last year 

16. I hate the idea of having my hair cut but I love once it is done

17. My Dad and I once caught 60 fish in two days 

18. My dream is to one day be a interior designer in America! 

19. My worst habit is biting my nails 

20. My favourite book that I have recently read is Girl on the Train

21. I work in a cafe owned by Prince Charles 

22. I've eventually broken every phone I have ever owned

23. I had 12 driving lessons and then passed my test first time

24. I am a massive clothes hoarder and I find it really hard to get rid of clothes

25. I once had my hair dip dyed hot pink for the summer

26. I'm heading back to Italy this year for my second visit there 

27. I have only once very best friend and then a small group of other friends

28. I'm embarrassingly bad at maths

29. I've been with my boyfriend for 1 year and 4 months

30. I used to help my Mum in the garden when she was digging and I would save the earth worms and name each one of them 

31. I have seen alligators in the wild and swam at the beach with dolphins in Florida  

32. I have done Art for 5 years through GCSE and A-Level 

33. I love binge watching TV series, for example Broadchurch (I was hooked!!) 

34. I love watching vloggers

35. I have been to Universal Studies and Busch Gardens and they were incredible! 

36. I want to have either 2 or 3 children 

37. I wear the same watch, ring and necklace every day 

38. I want to get married at St Just in Roseland

39. I have one younger brother

40. I have two cats, a black and white one and a black one

41. I've lived in 3 houses since I was born

42. I have created other blogs before but never published them 

43. I use a Nikon D3300 with a 24-88mm Nikon lens

44. I love photography just like my Dad and Grandpa 

45. I share the same birthday as my Granny, May 4th (Star Wars Day!) 

46. I went to Southampton last week to watch the Sidemen FC v Youtube Allstars 

47. I love animals and wildlife and seeing them in the wild

48. I'd love to go on a safari in Africa

49.  I love murder mystery series' and if there is a Midsummer Murders left for me to see I would be surprised

50. My family and I rescued a baby turtle whilst at a beach in Florida last year 

I personal love reading other people's 50 facts and I really enjoyed writing this for you to read! If you have done your own then please tag me so I can have a gander at it! Thank you for reading!

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Summer Relaxing

It feels so good to relax and spend time out enjoying the  weather and in the garden with my family. When I was at college I was having to use my time to do photography or art work and doing things like taking photos was just for work so I have been out taking photos for myself and taking them for my blog. I have been able to get back into it and I now would really like to keep creating posts the best I can and build my blog up.It would be nice to get to know some other bloggers and have some opportunities to chat to new people. 

I am just trying to get post after post out as soon as I can and hopefully draw more people to read my blog and then I have more plans for future posts and things throughout the summer! I love looking through peoples lifestyle blogs and just seeing their ideas and styles they have so please link your blogs for me to check out! 

 

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Summer Birthday Baking

Writing this, I am feeling super summery! These cakes are the product of an afternoon's baking and I had a really nice time making these. We had just come back from a day out on the boat and at the beach and a cake needed to be made for my brothers birthday. His favourite is plain sponge with buttercream in the middle and on top, so that was what I did! However, I like the chocolate icing so to compromise I doubled the mixtures and then made some extra cupcakes. 

As I've said before, the piping part is my absolute favourite! I do like the other parts but it is just so satisfying to do. I went for the classic swirl on the chocolate cupcakes and then on top of the cake I did some little swirl blobs (not their professional name I'm sure!!) of the vanilla buttercream all over the top. 

My brother is very boyish and so I didn't want to make his 13th birthday cake too girly and pretty but it did need something just on top and so I grated some Lindt dark chocolate over the top to dust the buttercream and then not to forget, 13 candles on top! 

I'd love to hear from more bloggers and get to know more people so leave a comment! 

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