Children in Need - Pudsey bear cookies

Not donated yet? What are you waiting for, people, its tonight!! If you really want to donate, but haven't had the time to do your bake sale/sponsored silence/sponsored run/sponsored bathe in custard (bathing in custard, sounds soo fun, doesn't it!) then now's most defiantly the time

There are so many different things you can do to raise money for Children in Need and it is not only REALLY EASY it is also REALLY FUN and on top of that could there be a better cause??

Me and my family made some Pudsey cookies and some spotty cupcakes, which we sold to various friends and neighbours and I have to say, they were DELICIOUS and very, very CUTE!

We asked for donations and guess how much we got!!

Roughly £65!! All for Children in Need!!

A few years ago we did this and got about £40. We bought a special kit, with a Pudsey cutter and bunting and a tea towel and a recipe and what not.... So, we used the cutter again and these came out! The recipe is really simple, just, butter, sugar, flour and cornflour, in a bowl, turn into breadcrumbs, then squish together, roll out and cut out the shapes. The bandanna is ready roll icing with Smarties for the spots! Even if you don't have a bear cookie cutter you could print out a bear picture and cut around it, to make the shape. We made the cupcakes with just a simple plain cake mixture e.g. sugar, butter, flour and eggs with a icing sugar and water icing, again decorated with Smarties! The facial features, for the cookies are just black food dye applied with a cocktail stick or if you have a food pen, that's perfect.

Because children in need is tonight, you might have a bit of problem selling them if everyone has already donated, but you can only try!! Ask your neighbours for donations, you will hopefully get more than asking for a fixed price. Obviously make sure you know the people you are asking!!

Good luck with the cookies and remember even if you don't get much money from the cookies, donate something to children in need, which starts tonight at 7:30!!

Radio waves, kept me company....

Yep it's the next one in this series already! Told you it would be soon.

This is one of those where I tell you what I'm listening to, recommended stuff and general la di da.

Previous Music posts;

    Saw your face in a crowded place....

    Music to try out

Somewhere in Stockholm by Avicci

Awesome. Just love the chorus.

    I hear echos of a thousand screams

    as I lay me down to sleep

    there's a black hole deep inside of me

    reminding me

    I lost my backbone, Somewhere Stockholm

A must listen to. Does it remind you of The Script or is that just me?

When I Was Boy by ELO (Electric light orchestra)

One of the best comeback songs EVER.

Bad Day by Daniel Powter

So calming, feel good stuff. But if you're looking for a laugh, search up the Alvin and the Chipmunks (remember that film? ADORABLE) version and blast it over the entire house!!

Hello Seattle by Owl City

Immortals by Fall out Boy

Theme for Big Hero Six. That film was so sad. I mean seriously, did they have to kill off his brother? But good song, none the less.

Harry Potter jumper

I love this jumper. It says "Yay, I love Harry Potter!!" but in a subtle (ish) way.

I got it in Primark when I was shopping with a friend and I had a hard time deciding whether to buy this or a t-shirt that said on it

    "After all this time?"

"Always".

Only someone who had read the books/watched the films several dozen times would get that!

In the end I got the jumper (obviously) and I'm so glad I did, because not only does it look amazing, it is oversize on me so it is super snuggy as well!

You could wear with just jeans keeping the focus on the symbol or you could wear with a more stand out piece, like a patterned skirt with boots or coloured trousers possibly with a beanie hat.

 That was an fun shopping trip, because not only did I get an completely awesome new jumper, I also discovered Japanese pancakes filled with custard! Off the subject I know, but they were delicious!

Magnus Chase - Pro's and Con's + Trials of Apollo

Yes I know I'm late.... Sorry.... But Rick Riordan has a new book out (yee!!) Magnus Chase and the The Gods of Asgard Book 1: The Sword of Summer. I only got it last week and have been glued to it since to get it finished, but then I was too busy to write this review. But anyway here it is, finally.


Contains some spoilers (however small), so if you haven't read it yet (and are even later then me!)
then you might want to shut this page now. Just warning you.

I will now read through it properly and slowly and probably find tons of stuff that's vital to the story but I missed the first time! I do that kinda thing. I skim read it as quick as I can 'cause I need to know what happens and then I go back and -most of the time- find at least 5 hilarious/useful/generally awesome paragraphs I missed! At least that's what happened with his other books. Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure if that will happen this time, cause I found it stop started in coolness.
That doesn't make sense does it! I guess what I mean is that I did like the Sword of Summer (don't get me wrong on that) it's just that I felt it didn't flow properly.I was expecting it to be as good as Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus and it wasn't, so I was disappointed.

I was also expecting to like Sam more, for her to be the next Annabeth and be all awesome and funny and she was, but more in a kinda action girl way.
    My favourite characters defiantly include Hearthstone, TG, Mallory, Blitzen, Magnus and of course Annabeth! I really liked how Magnus was a hero but not in a complete Action, swords, fight fight fight kind of way.

One more thing; I really wish that we could have read the conversation between Annabeth and Magnus at the end! Would have been so funny!

So over all it was cool, not quite awesome but I would definitely recommend. 

But on a even more exciting note, there is a new book set in the Percy Jackson world coming out next May!! I’m not giving spoilers, mainly ‘cause I don’t know any *awkward pause*.
    Though I do know this; it’s about Apollo, Zeus is sending him down to Camp Half Blood as a human and this series (yes, I know series!!) is about Apollo trying to regain his godliness!

There have also been a bucket load of hints about a few “well-known” characters making an appearance- I’m crossing my fingers for Leo to be one of those characters!

    Did anyone else nearly spontaneously combust with excitement when they heard this news??!! Please say yes, otherwise I just made myself sound seriously sad!!

Once again, sorry, I know most of this is old news, but I thought better late then never, hey?

And finally.... Lollipops! - London Pictures

What do you get when you stick me in London armed with a camera for half term?
A shed load of photos!! I thought I would share my favourite ones with you.
    You will get what the title means by the end!

Outside the British museum

Inside the British museum - Awesome roof

British museum - Oh look some more cool ceilings

And more ceiling....

A tree.... A very cool tree....

Window of Zara on Regent Street

Royal Opera House

Pineapple dance studios

Leicester Square

Another building on Leicester Square

Yep I know it's just a hot chocolate, but isn't it pretty? No? No.

And finally.... Lollipops!

Strictly come dancing 2015 week 6

10 best bits

1. Two words; Harry Potter - speaks for itself - instant awesome-ness.
2. Jay, Big Bad Wolf, Green contact lenses, crazy good costumes and oh yeah some pretty amazing dancing.
3. Helen George as a mummy....
4. Jeremy Vine turned Michael Jackson. Need I say more. It was amazingly hilarious.
5. Did I mention the Harry Potter theme? One more thing to say on that; Dancing on the table in heels. Kellie Bright is soooo cool. Star wars, now this
6. Anton's reactions
7. That waltz.... Those horns....The dress....The dance....That funny contemporary bit at the end....
8. ALL DA COSTUMES, to name a few; Jay, Jamilia, Helen, Antia, Kirsty and Brendan,....
9. Carol Kirkwoods hair
10. Oh and all the blow your mind dancing; Peter Andre, Jay McGuiness, Georgia May Foote, Helen George, Kellie Bright, Antia Rani....