~summer check list~

howdy...

I apologise for my lack of posts recently, but I have been busy travelling the world and being a spy.

so, as people think that summer is coming  ~I still need convincing~  I decided to do a summer preparation post thing... umm... yEAh. so here tis.

fishy biz is going down. wow i'm so hilarious.

i'm hoping that I don't only speak for myself that I enter the summer with high spirits and at the end am left curled up in a ball on my bed, crying cos I have to go back to school and I haven't done anything in the holidays. wORst feelinG.

so I came up with this list. thank me later

 

 

 

 

 

1.

make a scrapbook.

 

I started doing this every summer a few years ago, and it is honestly one of the best things you can spend your time doing in the summer holidays. not only does it help you to remember what you've done in the holiday when you have have your black moment the day before school, but it's something to show your kids and grandkids what us youngsters did back in days of yore. apart from that, its a great way to spend time productively when you're bored or its raining.

 

2.
bake cute stuff.

baking not only makes you feel like you're doing something with your life, but it has delicious outcomes. this summer, I dare you eat as many cake and cookies as you want, without feeling bad or guilty, cos lets face it: nO oNe actually follows a completely healthy diet, and everyone eats junk food. be like me and spend all day watching adventure time and friends and eating anything with sugar in it. its a good way of life.  *does a double chin belly wobble dance*

3.
invite all your friends over.

5-6 weeks is a long time for anyone to be apart and if you're anything like me, then when you get back to school and you haven't seen your friends for the whole of the summer holidays then it will be really awkward. you just end up sitting there while they talk about all the fun they had together when they met and or just generally left their houses. which I totally do... yup...

4.
spend time with real people

I nod here to family. yes, I appreciate that you're a grumpy teen (probably) who hates their parents. but they're only getting older, and when you get older, you'll be so glad that you spent time with them *superior patronising voice*  p.s. social media doesn't count (cries into their iphone)

5.
make a summer checklist

this will help you to avoid wasting away in front of the TV, eating too much cheese and being generally unproductive. make sure they're things you actually want, and can afford to do cos otherwise, there's no point in writing one. they don't even have to be big achievements, but I always feel like I've spent my time so much better when I can tick whatever I've done off a list.

I hope that this was vaguely helpful.

i'm going to try and post every week this summer with summery themes :)
I will happen I promise.

lots of love my little chubkins

love poppy xx

hellooo,


so yesterday I had another fit of creativeness and a longing for iced tea, and this was the result. I searched in Google a recipe for iced tea, and this was one of the first results which had a high rating, so I decided to give it a go. it was soooo worth it, it is delicious. I have added a few things to the recipe to make it more to my taste, but you can leave them out if you want. Here's how you make it:

ingredients:

2 teabags

2 cups of water

the peel of 1/4 of a lemon/orange

12 teaspoons of sugar

MAKES 12 CUPS

*I say cups not ml because it genuinely depends on sizes of glasses you have*

  



sterilise your bottle before you put anything in it, to get rid of any nasty germies, by pouring boiling water in it. 

 

put 2 teabags in a measuring jug or pitcher and then add the peel from your chosen citrus fruit (I 'spect you could probably use lime instead of lemon or orange if you wanted). I didn't have any lemons, limes or even oranges lying around, cos i'm not exotic enough *sniff sniff* so I used some juice from a jiff lemon instead, which worked just fine. 

 

 

If you pour 2 cups of water straight into the kettle, then you know that when you pour the water into the jug, there is the right amount. once you've boiled the water DON'T POUR IT IN STRAIGHT IN, leave it to sit for about 30 seconds, so that it isn't too hot. then leave it to stew for 5 minutes.*you can add the sugar here if you want*

 

 

then discard the teabags, pour it into bottle, and seal it straight away.

 

 

leave it in the fridge until it is cool. don't drink it before this time unless want a drink that is all lukewarm. If you make this in the summer, you'll especially want it to be nice and cool, so you can also add ice cubes. to serve, you fill the glass about 1/3 full and top up the rest with water. then, add 2 small teaspoons of sugar. I think that next time I make this, I will put the sugar in as it is stewing so that it dissolves better, although I didn't do that for this batch and it's still fine, so don't worry about it! 

 

 

then kick back in the sun and be all tumblr.

 

I hope that if you make this, you enjoy it as much as I did. I think it only keeps for 2-3 days, so I'd drink it sooner rather than later. I already have quite a few ideas for how I could use this handy little recipe, for example a summer tea party. picture lots of cake, iced tea and bunting and fairy lights in the trees.

sounds pretty close to heaven to me!

poppy xx