Sunshine in the past

Today while sitting in the garden with the boyfriend, some mates and the almost inlaws (as I like to call them), we talked about the past and all the funny stories that come with it...

Being relatively new to the group when everyone gets together they tell me stories about their pasts and all the things they got up to and all the great holiday stories...

If you stop and look back at all the great stories you have to tell I hope they make you smile too



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in a basket

Life has its little surprises and sometimes these lead to you having that little ray of sunshine in your day.

For the past few weeks we've been discussing whether my cousin's cat Lucy is pregnant...Lucy being the cute cat that I uploaded while playing with the pull cord of the light switch

Turns out she was and now she has four of the cutest little kittens they are just adorable and I would love to take one home and look after it


These tiny little kittens have had me awwing and talking in a high pitched baby voice....the simplest thing like a kitten can put a smile on your face and brighten up your day, will upload the pictures and video tomorrow




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine on youtube

Sunshine thesedays can be found practically everywhere, whether it be changing the way you think or changing the way you do things...

Sometimes just finding something to do with a simple object - in this case a stool - can brighten up your day and everyone elses...

While having a good old browse on youtube I came across a new craze...a new sport

Extreme stool sitting / hocker

Once I saw it I just couldn't help but smile...some of the things they do takes your breathe away so enjoy



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the fridge

It's now the aftermath from the wedding, somehow I've managed to pull myself out of bed and I'm feeling pretty drained...on the bright side I've got a  fridge full of curry and sweet asian deserts thanks to my extremely genreous family friends

Sometimes all you need is to open the fridge and find something tasty to brightenup your day


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in different languages

Sunshine doesn't always need to be in English sometimes you can just tell from the facial expressions and the hand gestures...


After one of the numerous Asian weddings I've been to in recent years, I found myself sitting in the sitting room surrounded by those I consider my second family. As they all went along their usual post wedding story telling and family reunion chats the language slowly went from english back to speaking Bengali. Recently I've gotten accustomed to the way they talk....sitting in the sitting room I found myself naturally watching people and their expressions intently following the conversation....


It was only when my best mate points out to me why are you watching everyone it's not like you understand what they're saying....it was only then that I realised that though you don't understand the language you're still able to follow conversation...because essentially we all have similar facial expressions and hand gestures even though I didn't know the language I still knew when I was being talked about when to laugh and what was going on


Life doesn't always need to be in the and language for you to smile and know what's happening


Ps here is just a little snapshot of the henna tattoo they did for me




Hope it makes you smile




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine every step of the way

Sunshine may have always been there all the time but it takes you a while to notice it...you need to step back and realise that it's been there every step of the way.... 

I have a best friend who I've had since nursery (kindergarten)they've been with me every step of the way, been to every birthday, every day at school and in all my special memories...

Sitting at her aunties wedding surrounded by all her family...all these familiar faces I've gotten to know over the years made me realise that they have become like family to me too.

That moment when you realise your family has grown and that you fit into their lives as much as they fit into yours, is special and puts a smile on your face and fills you with an immense amount of joy

Sometimes you take those around you for granted and don't realise the family that you have around you every step of the way.


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine ontop of cars

Okay this does sound like a funny title for a place to find a little ray of sunshine....but bare with me

Sometimes you can find that little ray of sunshine on your journey home.whether it be round the corner ot along your street..

Normally I find my little ray of sunshine lazing around ontop of cars along my road....the little bit of sunshine is this fat cat that happens to always be found ontop of the most expensive car along the road...

The nice cars come and go but the fat cat still seems to pick the most expensive car along the road

I managed to get a picture of the car while it was on its break from carsitting

hopefully this would put a smile on your face and make you realise all the little things on your way home.


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in my Blackberry

I adore my mobile phone, I have a Blackberry and with it comes all these interesting apps but that's not what makes me smile....


what makes me smile is the app that tells me who it is that's calling or texting me.....for example when my parents text or call me the little light on my phone flashes blue or green depending if it's mum or dad


But it's the purple light that puts a smile on my face and sometimes makes me giggle like a little school girl.


Those of you who have been following my previous blogs will know that I have a boyfriends now who I love and adore and his caller ID is purple...


Now it's gotten to the point that, when my family see my face light up they don't bother to ask why anymore, they just know its him....


My point being....sometimes it can be the littlest thing like a little purple flashing light on your phone that puts a smile on your face and makes you giggle like a little school girl....or that one special person in your life that brings a little sunshine to your life....


I hope that we all have a loved one who puts a smile on our faces just by letting us know they are thinking of us




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine in the little things

Finally managed to find the time to get onto a laptop and post my latest bit of sunshine....

Today I woke up to find lovely comments about the little butterfly - which is still hanging out around my garden. So firstly I would like to say thank you for the lovely comments they have become a little ray of sunshine and put a smile on my face....

Sometimes you don't always have big things in life to brighten up your day...you can't always find big things in your day to day life and you have to focus on the little things...

Here's the butterfly in my garden

Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine outside my door

Today as I left my house the sunshine was shining through the clouds and the weather was picking up...something really unexpected considering that the past few days have been dull and dreary with windy and showers....


As I locked my door behind me I saw the nicest butterfly, something I haven't seen in a while...you  don't normally see butterflies very often or pretty colourful ones for that matter...


Hopefully once I find the cable for my phone I will upload the picture I took of it...It may be something small and insignificant for some but it's something that made me smile and hopefully will do the same for you too




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine in the streets of London

There are some days where you don't always find something to smile about...you can't always find it.

Sometimes it really is the littlest thing...the strangest thing that shouldn't make you smile sometimes just does....

Today walking back from from the local shopping centre with my hands full of bags someone was walking towards me on the busy street and said something as he walked past....I couldn't quite makes out what he said but sounded like 'nice to see you'...

I turn my head round and he's smiling at me with a look of recognition in his eyes as if we've known eachother for years....

How strange I couldnt help but smile back too. The whole way home I just couldn't work out if I knew this guy, or if he thought I was someone he knew. Well the story goes I walked the whole way home with a puzzled smile on my face.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine from abroad

I would never wish bad health on anyone because I've seen the sadness it brings to those affected. My little cousin from back home was diagnosed with lukemia last year...

Today him and his family are back for hopefully what is his last appointment

I haven't seen him for last 4 months and what put a smile on my face is how much better he looks. He has colour in his face, all his hair has grown back and he has that sparkle in his eyes which he has lost during treatments....

Seeing someone beat an illness and come out the other side smiling it's truly amazing.

I know there are many that have not been as fortunate to beat illnesses such as cancer but the sunshine through the clouds, is those that haven't let it drown their spirits and they still manage to smile


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine over the phone

Sometimes sunshine can come from the simple words that are uttered by a loved one...the confessions made late at night over the phone...

Today while on the phone with my boyfriend we were talking about how much we miss each other when we haven't seen each other for over a week, when he said the sweetest thing....

He told me how sometimes when he really misses me he sees me in his dreams.....and then went on to confess that I'm pretty much in all of his dreams (even if I'm not in the main role)

To some, this may confession may not mean much and some may not understand how that could  make me grin from ear to ear....

The truth is my boyfriend is a very emotionally closed off macho man who talks about football films....so for him to confess something like this really makes my day and puts a smile on my face.

well hopefully this made you smile or may remind you of a time when a little confession put a grin on your face.


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in my wardrobe

Today was spent doing a big spring clean day...well autumn clean out

Everything from my wardrobe came out and was sorted into winter, summer and autumn clothes well long story short - it took me ages to do.
But as always I managed to find something to smile about....

Today it was finding my old work uniform

Old uniform might not be much to smile about but let me give you the history behind it....that was 2 years ago and I've changed soo much since then - I've cut my hair got rid of my glasses and just changed my appearance completely.

I put on my baggy polo top and couldn't help but giggle at how funny I looked and how much I've changed since then.

Sometimes it takes something from the past to show how much you've changed and how much you've grown into a better person and makes you smile



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine on the dancefloor

Last night I had a small reunion with two of my old friends from secondary school(high school). We had decided on having a girly nite out on the town (before anyone freaks out I'm 21 and completely legal).....

Sometimes sunshine can be found in the comfort that even though you may be distant from your friends you don't always lose that bond you had all those years ago. Little things like this make me smile...

I havn't been in contact with these girls for the past 5 years but we still seem to talk like we've been together since the last day of school....

Maybe you might find a little ray of sunshine by simply contacting a long lost friend


Lots of love x

MLP