Things That Make Me Happy | Confessions Of A Secret Keeper

07 Mar

30s….The New 20s!

Posted by Jen, under Things That Make Me Happy, things that make me sad

It was my birthday last Sunday (there was a birthday post but my photos wouldn’t load so I gave up – I will try it again though) and despite the fact that I’m still quite a way off 30 you do have to wonder what things will be like.

I’ve said for a long time that my 30th birthday party will be a sombre occasions, everyone must dress in black and there will be a funeral service (for the death of my 20s), but actually, I don’t think it’s going to be that bad!

Something has changed….and not just for me.

I think we are putting too much pressures on ourselves to make our 20s the best time of our lives. When actually, that doesn’t have to be the case. Your 20s are for establishing yourself. Finishing college / university, finding a career path or your dream job, having fun and being fickle! You don’t have to party every night but you also don’t need to find a significant other…you’re not going to shrivel up and disappear if you don’t have a guy or girl before your 30!!

I was gchatting with a blog buddy the other day and we both agreed that the recession has really made things a lot harder on our generation. Maybe our 20s would be the best years of our lives if we weren’t too wrapped up in worrying about money and whether you’re going to lose your job in cutbacks.

So, I’ve decided to cancel my funeral and possibly live my 30s like I’m a teenager again (but without the bad fashion (which never happened to me) neons (that also never happened to me) and lots of other things (that quite obviously never happened to me).

What do you think has gone wrong with our 20s?

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23 Feb

Hit Me With Your Best Shot!

Posted by Jen, under Things That Make Me Happy, Things that make me dance, things that make me sad

I’m not generally a competitive person, but I think this is mostly because I’m not that good at…well…anything! No joke! I’m at generally useless, I mean I’m good at things to a certain extent, like baking, cooking, reading, my job,

Just recently though,things are a-changing!!

I bought KPC a Wii for Christmas the year they were released, whenever that was. The only game I’ve ever really paid much attention to has been Guitar Hero (for some Pat Benetar). Oh, and Surf’s Up, but that doesn’t really count because I loaded the cheats for it and got bored very quickly. We’ve had a game called Links Crossbow Training for a couple of years at least, and to be quite honest, it freaked me out and scared me everytime it was on! There are fire breathing frogs, scary skeletons a-plenty, crazy looking things called Oocca’s that look like my cat with wings, these giant weight lifting toads (I’m not a fan of slimy things that wee on you) and loads of other creepy shit. There were many occasions KPC was not allowed to play this game because, yes, I am pathetic.

Just after Christmas my sister bought a Wii, and literally days later, my parents got one too (they have jealousy issues, I’m sure).

Anyhoo, now we all have this game…and I’m obsessed! No joke! I am literally addicted to it! I’ve made a Dog the Bounty Hunter Mii (he’s protecting me!) and we are blowing the competition out of the water (when I say “we”, I mean Dog and I of course). I cannot get enough! Even though I’ve got platinum medals on all levels, and that’s the highest you can get, I cannot stop playing!! I need to bake a cake or something! This competitive stuff is no good for me, I think it’s giving me anxiety issues!

I’ve even had to have a break whilst writing this post to play the fracking game! Help me!

If you don’t hear from me for a while, this is the reason! But you can always check out some of my favourite people and I over here!!

I’ve been trying to coach my mom to be better than Dad as well because, let’s face it, Dad is pretty competitive (it’s a man thing apparently)! I actually told her to “stop dilly-dallying”, dilly-dallying? Seriously. I said that! I think I need to put my addictive tendencies into something good, something creative that’s more worthwhile. Maybe a drug addiction would be good? Better than this anyway!

Title from Pat Benetar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot

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17 Feb

Fix Up, Look Sharp

Posted by Jen, under Things That Make Me Happy, Things that make me dance, things that make me laugh, videos

Last night, it an attempt to get closer to the Martha Stewart (remember, the younger and hotter version) I want to be, and also to keep the boyfriend happy, I made pancakes. For the first time.

When I was younger my dad used to love making pancakes. I could literally watch him for hours trying to make the perfect pancake (whilst eating all the not-so-perfect ones).

I decided that English pancakes, which are thin, but literally the size of your frying pan, and require flipping (or tossing…whatever you prefer) might be a bit complicated for my first attempt. So I went with the, possibly, easier American version. I say ‘easier’ because they’re smaller and there’s no flipping / tossing (again, whichever you prefer!).

OH. MY. GOODNESS! I now know why I’ve never made these before!!! I love pancakes and always thought of them as a bit difficult to make so avoided them! Dad always made the “making batter” part sound a bit complicated (clearly, he was lying to me!). As it turns out they’re super easy and I’m going to have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and maybe dessert) for as long as I shall live!

Thank you Jesus for allowing us to eat pancakes when you’re stranded in the dessert with no phone or cab!

In other news I was delighted to see Dizzee Rascal winning awards at the Brits last night. We obviously know I have no shame so I will tell you that this…

…is actually one of my favourite songs EVER!

Have you checked this out yet? We’re giving out plenty of advice at the moment! These are tips you definitely might need!

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15 Feb

Junior, You’re a Genius, You Think with Your Mind and Not Your Penis

Posted by Jen, under Things That Make Me Happy

Well, I wonder what that title will do for my search results!?

Post titles are becoming increasingly difficult to think up. I know they’re not exactly rocket surgery (haha, see what I did there? No? Oh, well rocket science + brain surgery = rocket surgery), but still, it’s difficult to find something captivating, or that I think is captivating. So, I think they’re just going to be random things for now…but I’ll let you know where they’re from at the end of the posts….because I’m good like that.

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Today is a relatively good day, despite the rain and cold weather (and still lack of snow!). Were you around this time last year? Well if you weren’t you wont know about Hush. Hush is another blog where myself and another blogger used to post…sporadically!! Anyhoo, that kind of stopped when I had my blog meltdown (I like to be occasionally dramatic) but we have started up again with some exciting new bloggers and today is our first day!! You can check it out here(and made sure you subscribe Via the Google Friend Connect box or by RSS!!! It’s imperitive to your daily living…or will be!

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There isn’t much to report from the weekend…I have a cold, so I was predictably miserable!! Seriously, I cannot believe I just said that there “isn’t much to report”…one of my friends had a baby! That’s pretty big news (for them anyway!). It’s school holidays this week so work is bound to be awful, this is literally the worst week to get sick because hardly anyone is at work and having time off isn’t even an option. Sucks! I shall need some good blog posts to read to keep me pepped!! Anyone got anything good planned for this week?

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