Snow, cakes and blogging #Little Loves

Happy Friday Friends. Do you have snow where you are? I'm stuck up on the hill with 2 days now but the sun is shining and I'm hoping we'll get out soon. 

I'm linking up with the lovely Morgana over at Coffee, Work, Sleep, Repeat for #Littleloves.

Read

I've been reading lots of blogs this week, catching up on all I've missed out over the holidays. With back to school madness, I've been doing lots of homework with Jasmin. The break has gotten her out of practice and homework is taking a little longer than normal. 

Watched

We've been watching Operation Transformation with the last two week. There's a local woman taking part in the show this year so we love seeing how she getting on. Jasmin and I took part in a 5k last weekend as part of the Operation Transformation program. You can read about that {here}. 

Made 

It's my brothers birthday. Happy Birthday Daffy!! And for the past 3 year {so he says} he's asked me to make a chainsaw cake for him. I never thought I'd be able to make one though. I'm the family cake baker so it falls on me to make the cakes. I don't mind. Who doesn't love cake.

Oh, and lot of Banana Bread. {recipe here}

Wore

We wore lots of boots and woolly hats this week with the snow and ice. I can't wait to be able to get out and walk and run slowly. I got these amazing Sketchers memory foam trainers for Christmas and they haven't gotten nearly enough wear yet. 

Heard

All I've heard with the last few days is, "Mom, Mom, it'snowing, it's snowing!!". When really it was raining with a little snow. I really wish we did get snow instead of this frozen mess that we do have but I'll take a day off any day. The other thing we heard is One Directions album. 'd like to say that my 8 year old got it for Christmas but no, it was me. And I just love it. Yes, I'm probably, just slightly, too old to love them but I just do. 

And Lastly

I've started a new series here on the blog. It's called "20 Questions : Getting to know the Blogger". I will be featuring a new blogger or small business owner every fortnight, where they answer 20 questions and introduce themselves to my readers. If you want to take part, just shoot me as email at mycountrygirlramblings@yahoo.ie

Have a great weekend everyone! 

20 Questions : Getting to know the Blogger

Favourite childhood book.
My favourite book was a book about a girl who moved to the Scottish moors and found a wild pony and fell in love with it. Can't remember the name but it explains why I still love horses and the outdoors.

Favourite quote.
Overthinking kills your happiness.

Favourite clothing store.
Penney's

Favourite song/band.
Would have to be Kings of Leon.

Biggest fear.
Spiders. Can't handle them at all.

Any piercings/tattoos.
1 tattoo on my lower back. I have my ears pierced and one body piercing.

Weird quirk of mine.
I don't eat fried eggs whites. Can't do it. And I can pop my hip and crack my jaw on command.

Something I like to collect.
Notebooks and stationary. Don't know why but I just can't get enough of it.

Favourite comfort food.
Buttery mash with raw onion and chicken pie.

Dream job.
I'll tell you when I find out.

Favourite thing about me.
My sense of humor and seeing the good it people and situations.

Worst habit.
Forgetting things. I don't do it intentional. I just forget. Alot.

Guilty pleasure.
I love One Direction.

Something you miss.
Lost friendships. People change but I still miss the friendship and fun we had.

3 things you would take to an island

Wind up radio, matches, knife.

Last time you cried.
When I watched "The odd life of Timothy Green". Such a lovely movie.

If I won the lotto.
I'd like to say, I'd go mad a spend a load of it on crazy things but I'd pay off some debt, do some jobs around the house and go to Disney land with the kids.

What makes me feel better, always.
A hug from my son. Always!

Where I most want to travel.

Canada.

Where I want to be in 10 years.
Happy.

**Calling all bloggers, moms, small business owners or anyone that's interested**

If would like to answer these questions and be featured on my blog, leave a comment below with your email and I will email you the questions. I'd love to make a little series out of this to get to know more of you lovely people and share your blogs and/or talents.

Shoot me an email at mycountrygirlramblings@yahoo.ie 

The Weekend Recap #1

The Weekend Recap

It's January. The blogging juices should be flowing. I should be inspired to write all kinds of new year, new me, blah, blah blah. But, I'm not. I'm drawing a blank. I know I'm not alone in this, right?? In a hope to inspire myself and others to get back blogging, I'm starting a link up, The Weekend Recap. 

My blog is a life/family journal as well as a place to share my creative projects and whatever else takes my fancy. So I'm going to share a recap of the fun and boring thing that we get up to. It will be a keepsake for me to look back on. It will give me something to write about at least one day a week and hopefully the juices will start flowing. And the best part is, you can all join in too. 

Saturday

We had an early start on Saturday. We were heading to Newcastle West to take part in the Operation Transformation 5k walk to support Claire. She is one of the leaders this year and is a local lady. The morning was freezing but dry and the excitement was high. Jasmin has been bugging me with ages to do a 5k so off we went. There were huge number there, not sure how many yet, despite the cold weather. There was tv cameras and people from the tele (as Jasmin put it) getting footage for the show. We did the 5k in just over an hour. Slow, I know.But the crowds made the going slow. We met a friend and her kids there and it made the day even better to have someone to share it with. We're already looking forward to the next one. 

Sunday

Sunday was another busy day of activity. We went to follow our friends who were taking part in a local drag hunt. One of the members is collecting for the Hope foundation so we went to support a great cause. The sun shone all day again even if it was freezing. We spent the day with the kids and there cousins. They had a ball running through the fields and eating the picnic I brought. Daddy had to carry Paddy for some of it. Short legs aren't the best in high grass. It was a lovely day spent with family. We came home a little bit of every field we went into but also came home with great memories. 

And that my friends was our very busy weekend. The kids were exhausted after all the fun and fresh air. I'm looking forward to lots more dry days so we can get out and have some more family fun. 

Now, it's your turn. Link up your posts below. Have a look around at the other bloggers and leave a comment if you like anything that you see. You might even find somewhere new to explore.