Hello Again!

Well, I am aware that I have not been posting on here like I should be and it has in fact been over a month since my last post! I would just like to say that in the time I haven’t been posting I have been extremely busy with other things and now feel that it is time to catch up with blogging! This may take several blog posts or this may just turn into one long post with several subjects.

First off, I have FINALLY got a new job which will HOPEFULLY be able to bend around my university timetable when I eventually get the timetable. I have a job at ASDA (UK supermarket, part of the Wal-Mart family) as a home delivery order picker. This job requires me to start at 5am two days a week and 6am on Sunday’s! At the minute the prospect of all those early mornings does not sound very inviting but it is only three days a week and once I get into the routine of it I’m sure it will get easier. I start tomorrow for one day of training and then go straight into my contracted hours. I am excited to start as I could do with the money and the job experience as this will only help me to get further jobs in the future. One downfall of the job is the ugly green colour ASDA’s uniform is! It’s cruel to make people wear this colour, it is horrific but I’m getting paid so I should not complain.

Secondly, I have started a few projects and sadly an old project has come to an end for now. My new projects I have started are nail art (only simple ones for now but hopefully as I get more experience with this I will be able to do trickier designs), crafting – finger puppets, decopatching and whatever else I set my mind to and the last one is writing letters.

Writing letters does not seem like much of a project but I am gaining penpals from around the world to write letters to and it will help me to learn about new cultures and new people and at the same time help me to develop my letter writing skills. So far I have only received one letter but I have two to send out and a few on their way to me so I am pretty excited about this!

Crafting is a hobby I developed before coming to university but unfortunately in the 120 mile move my creativity got lost and for the past year I have not made anything. Recently however my passion for crafts has come back from seeing blogs on sites such as Tumblr and from my mum and sister finding new crafts to do! I used to make sock teddies and felt finger puppets before coming to university but I could not fit my crafting materials in the car to bring with me so unfortunately they are at home waiting for my return. Now however I have picked up on decopatching which is basically decorating things with different coloured paper and it is really fun and strangely therapeutic! I am hoping to start a crafting blog on Tumblr when I think of a good name for it and when I have built up a collection of different crafts and photos of my creations. I am hoping to build up my craft supply once again now that I have my own room in this house where I can store all my things and use as a bit of a workshop.

Lastly, the nail art is something I just stumbled upon one day when I was trying to think up new ways of painting my nails. Painting my nails is something I have only just started to do as well as I never had the patience for it before but I have bought some superfast drying nail varnish which makes the whole process a little easier on my attention span. I have only done a couple of designs with a dotting tool but I am hoping to build up my nail varnish collection and hopefully with new colours brings new inspiration and new techniques!

As you can see I have a lot on my mind at the minute and plenty to be getting on with hence why I haven’t been giving this blog as much attention as I should be.

One last note before I end this blog post is that the business I have been planning has fell through as I do not feel I am ready to make such a huge commitment and settle down to one area so soon as I have not travelled and seen the country fully let alone the world! I want to get on with my new degree before deciding what I want to do with my future but I have thanked all the people who have supported me in the planning process and I hope to use their knowledge in the future.

Bye for now blogger! I hope to return soon with more news and updates on my life and how things are going.