The struggles of a teenage girl

Greetings, I decided to put down a couple of struggles of a teenage girl, that I am familiar with or I know friends that have been in the situation. I was actually thinking about doing a bit more of a serious blog post, about actually becoming a teenager and the stages of development but I really didn't have the guts to do it :/ however if you would like anything like that, please leave a comment down below, and give ideas, or even questions that are longing for an answer. Just before I begin I think that I need to state out that I am thirteen years old and a "developing teenager" cringe...just incase you thought I was older. And I also got a few of these points from various websites, which I didn't think of writing down for credit, as I did my "research" earlier so I'm sorry, however some of the points are mine, and I am defiantly describing each point with my own words.


1) Waking up for school, feeling like an owl.
I guess this isn't just girls, or just teenagers, but don't we all hate waking up for school! The dreaded alarm clock, and especially when it is cold it's the worst, because we want to stay within the warmth of our duvet and blankets, but thats not possible, we need to  get up and make our way into school.

2) The split personality.

When one minute we are all kind and genuine, but the next, someone blinks and you want to rip their head off, mood swings my darlings.

3)Exam fever.

Now I have not faced some "serious" exams yet but my GCSE's are coming up soon, if like it or not, and I'm dreading it.

But even on them class tests, especially maths, my heart beats like never before.

4)Spending ages to look presentable in the mornings.

Every girl! I don't wear any makeup, but I still take ages...mostly doing my hair, but you gotta look good.

5)Life decisions.

Constantly being asked what you want to be when you grow up, but your mind keeps changing and you really don't know.

6)Being nervous around the opposite gender.

I guess it's natural to be like that, even if we don't like the boy lol.

7)Sports rivalry.

I personally love sports, but when me and my friends play, even if we are in the same team, it's game on, jheez haha, like dodgeball with a certain Feo, or hockey with Elly.

8)Trying to get rid of acne and spots.

We all know that time when we wake up and get that huge spot or a few, and it all just ruins our confidence, we just want to walk into school with a hand over our face. 

9)Internet as a distraction for everything.

When we know we have to be doing our homework, but we also have to watch that youtube video, which for you is far more important.

10)Your always hungry!
Foooood! ;)

11) Self confidence.
I don't know about you, but I am a very shy person, I lack confidence.

12)When someone enters your bedroom, and when they leave, they leave the door open that one little wrong bit.

13)That one girl in your class, that you and all your friends hate!

Thanks for reading todays blog post, hope you have enjoyed it! See you next time! :)

Summer drink: iced tea.

Hey guys! Summer is unfortunately coming to an end, but I have a summer treat to make it last that little bit longer! Enjoy...

So the thing I made was ice tea! I love ice tea in the summer, it's the perfect refreshing drink for the heat, so I decided to make it at home, it is really simple to make so I hope you can give it a try:
There are actually two ways of making my ice tea, the first way is to use a fruit syrup to flavour, like I did, but if you do not have fruit syrup, a good idea also would be using flavoured tea in bags, for example raspberry tea, which you can find in your local supermarket. So when you see me using black tea and syrup, just use your fruit tea.

1) First you will need to boil your water, as we are making tea, (which will be "ice tea" later)

2) Next you will need to get your tea bag, I here was using black tea.

3)Let your tea stand for a while, the time is also depending on how strong you want it to be, I don't like mine to strong, even though it looks extremely strong on the photo.

4)When your tea looks ready to you, take the tea bag out, and pour the syrup in (which means you won't have to add any sugar, because the syrup is already really sweet.)I was using raspberry syrup.

5)Once you have poured your syrup in, mix the tea with a teaspoon, and then leave it to cool down, until it's not so hot, but warm. Then when it is warm pour it into a glass, like I did, because who drinks ice tea from a mug?! But only when it has cooled down, because it could ruin the glass. After that when it is in the glass leave it until it is a room temperature drink, you can also get your ice ready at this point if you haven't already.

6)Once your tea is room temperature, put it into the fridge, I would leave it in there for about 20 mins.

Featuring Oreo chocolate haha.

7)Whilst your tea is in the fridge, you can get started on your lemon! You will need to slice the lemon in half, juice one half of the lemon, and then cut one thin slice of the other half for decoration.

For decoration I made a slit halfway through the lemon slice and then put it on the edge of the glass.
8)Later on you can take the tea out of the fridge and take the ice out the freezer and pop the ice in the drink, my heart shaped ice failed :0 Add fun straws and enjoy your drink.

Thank you for reading my blog post, it was the last summer post I will be making this year, as summer is coming to an end, no more summer bucket listing! I hope you will try out my ice tea! If you do be sure to post a photo of it on instagram and tag me in it, instagram is ally.co.uk but it is also linked on the right side. Enjoy your ice teas, see you next time! :)

My ice tea actually reminded me of lipton's raspberry ice tea!

Flower photography

Greetings guys,I know I mentioned in my previous post that my scariest things tag will be up soon/shortly, however I have had a re-think and tbh there is nothing scary that has happened to me! So the post would be a bit boring, however if there are any scary things in the future, the post will go up, sorry Elly and whoever else was looking forward to this.
For today I thought of showing you some flower photography I did whilst being away in Poland, just a short gallery...enjoy:

All photos taken with my phone! The last photo was not taken in Poland, but Walsingam in England! So huge shout out to Rhianna&Chloe for accompanying me on the trip! :)

Vogue's 73 questions

Welcome back to my blog! I have not posted in what feels like ages, due to me being on holiday, but I am back, finally, and ready to carry on blogging! For todays post I thought I might do the "Vogue's 73 questions" which if you haven't already seen, you can go see it on the Vogue video website...but celebrities such as Jessica Parker get asked 73 questions at a quick pace which they have to answer, but it's not that boring, for example, they give a tour of their house whilst they are at it. I loved the concept of this, so I decided to give it a go myself, but obviously, in a very different way as I am typing.

1) What's your favourite movie?

I think its got to be forrest Gump!

2) Favourite movie in the past five years?

I don't really know but another movie I like is the maze runner!

3)Favourite hitchcock film?
I don't know...

4)A book you plan on reading?
Tbh I'm not planning a book to read any time soon, I'm not thinking of that one specific book, but I am looking forward to girl online on tour aka girl online 2, by zoella very much!

5)A book that you read in school that positively shaped you?

Shadow by Michael Morpurgo was one book that I read in primary school, and I loved it, I think that it grew my perspective on war, at a young age!

6)Favourite t.v show thats currently on?

Pretty little liars all the way, but I've been watching a bit of dance moms and I've been loving it.

7)On a scale of one to ten, how excited are you about life right now?
Probably a 7, I'm going back to school soon, which may not be the most exciting thing on earth, but it's also getting closer to christmas, and omg how I love christmas!

8)iphone or android?
iphone!

9)Twitter or instagram?
I don't have twitter, and I love instagram, so instagram!

10)Who should everyone be following right now?
On instagram I have been loving @highhsoul which is Anna Grostina's instagram, I have been loving her photos, as she travels a lot, and her instagram page is very inspirational, also I love @aliencreature perfect page! (both on instagram, recommend!)

11)What's your favourite food?
Italien...pizza, pasta, lasagna, gelato. I also love potatoes, steamed treacle pudding&custard,toffee popcorn, apples+much more!

12)Least favourite food?
Broccoli, spring onion, raisins&sultanas.

13)What do you love on your pizza?
Ham, pineapple (Hawaiian.). Pepperoni, or chicken&bbq sauce.

14)Favourite drink?
Iced tea, or tropical fruit juice lol.

15)Favourite dessert?
Mentioned this before, but steamed treacle pudding and custard, if you haven't tried it you should, I also love a good ice-cream sundae.

16)Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?
Most definitely Milk!!!

17)Coffee or tea?
I'm a lover of tea, herbal tea, fruit tea, or the classic english tea with milk!

18)What's the hardest part about being a mum?
I am not a mum!

19)What's your favourite band?
THE BRITISH (and Tyler and troye etc) YOUTUBER BAND!

and more...like way more!

Okay lol, thats out my system! My favourite music band, is paramore.

20)Favourite solo artist?

I honestly don't have one! It changes all the time, but I'm always loving ed-sheeran.

21)Favourite song?

At the moment it's tove-lo talking body!

22)If you could sing a duet with anyone, who would it be?

John legend always!

23)If you could master one instrument, what would it be?

Piano! I'm so jealous of people that can amazingly play!

24)If you had a tattoo, where would it be?
I don't think I'd like a tattoo, but it could be something like a daisy chain on my ankle, or a quote somewhere, or something on my wrist...

25)To be or not to be?

To be.

26)Dogs or cats?

Dogs!!!But I love tiger, a cat I know aha.

27)Bird watching or whale watching?

whale watching, that would be cool!

28)Best gift you've ever received?

I think my dog Fiona, but then again she's not only mine, she's my mum and dads and brothers too, but I'm still gonna say Fiona!

29)Best gift you've ever given?

I gave myself to this world, and I'm amazing! lol no joking I don't actually know!

30)I'm not too sure, but me and 2 other friends, made another friend a memory book as she is leaving/left for Canada! :( I guess that must be the best gift, I/we have ever given!

31)What's your favourite board game?

Snakes and ladders, the classic, I'm not into board games, but I also love chess!

32)what's your favourite country to visit?

I like France, and I'd love to go to Italy!But I don't know what my favourite is!

33)Whats the last country you visited?

Poland!

34)What country do you wish to visit?

Australia, or America

35)Whats your favourite colour?

Blue!

36)Least favourite colour?

Red.

37)Diamonds or pearls?

Diamonds.

38) Heels or flats?

Defiantly flats!

39)Pilates or yoga?

Pilates, then yoga!

40)Jogging or swimming?

Jogging...sprinting, I sprint, yes.

41)Best way to de-stress?

Favourite movie+favourite food+pet.

42) If you had one super power what would it be?

Mind reading, or invisibility, or flying.

43)Whats the weirdest word in the English language?

Pronk; leap in the air with an arched back and stiff legs, typically as a form of display, or when threatened.

44)Whats your favourite flower?

Lily, tulip, or daffodil!

45) When was the last time you cried?

???

46)Do you like your handwriting?

No, not at all.

47)Do you bake?

Yes I love baking, at the moment I've been loving baking flapjacks, there is a recipe up on my blog!

48)What is your least favourite thing about yourself?

I am too sensitive, and probably annoying! :)

49)Who do you miss the most?

At the moment, Bethany, as he has left to Canada!

50)What are you listening to right now?

Me typing!

51)Favourite smell?

Field of flowers, gardens, baking!

52)Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?

I rarely talk to people on the phone, but my mum yesterday.

53)Who was the last person you sent a text to?

Rhianna <3 ! Telling her when I'm going to post on my blog.

54) A sport you wish you could play?

I wish I was really good at ice-skating,or gymnastics.

55)Hair colour?

Brown.

56)Eye colour?

Brown.

57) Scary film, or happy endings?

Both, but I rarely watch scary films.

58)Favourite season, I love winter and summer, I can't choose! But it's closer to winter so...

59)Three people dead or alive that you would love to have dinner with?

Zoe Sugg, Robbin Williams, Walt Disney.

60) Hugs or kisses?

HUGS XOXO

61)Rolling stones or the Beatles?

Rolling stones.

62)Where were you born?

Poland.

63)Furthest you've been from home?

I don't know but not anywhere else than Europe.

64)Sweet or savoury?

Both!

65)Lip stick or lip gloss?

Probably lipgloss.

66)What book have you read again and again?

I have never read a book twice.

67)Favourite bedtime story?

Don't really have a favourite!

68)What would be the title of your autobiography?

Tbh I would just name it "life" lol.

69)Favourite sound?

nature.

70)Favourite animal?

I like all apart from insects.

71)Who is your girl crush?

No one.

72)Last photograph you took?

I honestly don't know where number 73 went, or what it was, but thanks for reading anyway as always! Thanks for vogue for creating this!

And I'm going to make this a tag, I tag Elly from Ellagram www.ellagram.blogspot.co.uk  Yes I know she tagged me to do the scary things tag, I will be writing that shortly.

This post for me, took extremely long to type, but I enjoyed it! Thanks for reading! :)