Sunshine in the time of year

Times have been really busy and it's all caused by the time of year and the festivities that are coming all too quickly and all at once

I'd like to apologise for the lack of posting but the silver lining in my day is looking at my stats and seeing that my alltime views are 100

But back to the blog and the sunshine I want to share with all of you today. This time of year brings sunshine in the form of festive cheer.

My current workplace has been going through a transformation lately...there's orange everywhere with pumpkins to carve and my favourite being the pumpkin pinyatas full of candy and sweets....

It doesn't stop there because in my store Christmas came early....it's mid October and we have christmas pudding and brandy butter mince pies and double cream snowflake cupcakes and the christmas trees up and looking fabulous.

Just having all these festive things around and the clash between halloween skulls and christmas snowmen just makes you smile.

Hopefully everyone can find a little bit of festive cheer whether it's dressing up for halloween or munching on a mince pie, I hope you all smile and have a little bit of sunshine in your day.


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine at work continued

Work can get tiring and retail jobs where you stock, restock, check then recheck your shelves can get mighty boring mighty fast but the little things you see and hear can make your day...

With our store at a certain time of day we start to reduce the food and sell it that little bit cheaper and as you can probably work out that some people get greedy and it all gets a little tense...

Today a customer pretty much filled her basket with majority of the reduced items....you may ask how can this possibly make you smile and brighten up your day and show the goodness in the world?

A rather elderly woman looked at the now reduction free shelf and looks down at the woman who took all the deserts and says,

"Is there any left for me?" then once the woman walked off away to the tils she whispered "I can't believe she took all the deserts"

This is when I looked back and saw a random act of kindness, another woman who had overheard this conversation went into her trolley and took out one of the special offer goods she found and gave it to the elderly woman.

When people give up a little bit of their own joy to spread a little bit to others makes me feel like there is still good in the world it brightened my day at work.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine at work

It is day 130 of my gap year and I just started my first day at work...it's a rather simple retail job as a customer assistant, which doesn't really require a degree but its only temporary for work experience and a little bit of money during my job searching.

This is the same shop I worked at 2 years ago so I was surrounded by familiar faces and a few fresh faces...

Being accepted into the group so easily made my day. All the new people were talking to me like they've know me for years with the others from the old days welcoming me back to work like it was only yesterday I left work.

The kindness and openness that people display makes me smile and brightened my day. Whether you are the new person being welcomed or the person doing the greeting...just stop and think about how much it brighten someones day. Spread the sunshine.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine at the party

I still havent gotten any comments on what makes everyone else smile, but I will not let it dampen my spirit...because that's what having a little ray of sunshine in your life is all about...Always smile and look on the brighter side of life.


The past few days have been spent planning and preparing for a surprise birthday party. I realised that sunshine can be found in crowds...when everyone gets together for a birthday party and when conversations go to weird and wonderful places.

In parties there is always the separation of the party into groups. The younger birthday crowd were running up and down the stairs and playing don't let the ball hit the ground (timeless classic). The birthday boy and his friends were in the garden talking about all sorts of topics, with the older adults being upstairs in the sitting room watching x-factor...

What made me smile was that everyone had a place even in the crowd and that no one was alone ...some say that yeah what about the odd people out that don't know anyone at the party?

Well here's the thing. In those situations all the people that are left out normally find eachother and have something in common and group up together and talk about how differene they are to the rest of the group...

Bottom line no-one is truly alone and we all have a place in life.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the kitchen

Me and my big mouth have gotten me into numerous tight spots...and once again it has done it again...

My boyfriends younger brother is having his 21st birthday so I've said I would help with the cooking. Last night they called me and said that the aunt making borek won't be able to go out and buy the ingredients and make it - my big mouth steps in - I offer to make it as well as the filo rolls I'm already making...

So here I am in an awkward predicament simply because I don't know how to make borek and yet I am the one they are relying on to make it....

Thankfully this is where the internet and good friends step in.

After a quick pop round to the nearest Turkish shop to get ingredients and a short browse on the internet me and my friend have managed to make a spinach and feta cheese borek (a lighter version of a lasagna made with pastry instead of pasta), which tastes pretty good if I must say so myself...

Here's a little snap of the borek I made earlier (I sound like a Blue Peter presenter)

The sunshine in my day is my best friend stepping in to help me after my big mouth put me in a tight spot. Good friends are sometimes hard to find but when you have good friends, show them appreciation and love.

P.s. Thank you to Iffet and her blog http://myturkishkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/ispanakli-borek.html for the recipe...it made me smile when I googled a recipe and ended up on blogger. What a coincidence.

Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the trailers

Sitting in the living room(lounge/sitting room) watching telly with your parents can sometimes make you smile...the funny things that come out of my dad's mouth make me smile...Today was one of those days where the whole room had a little giggle.

Today we watched this trailer of the new Tin Tin movie

Just as the advert finishes dad simply says

"I thought that was a film didn't realise it was animation"

Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in others

The smallest things can make you smile...Doesn't have to make sense, it just has to put a smile on your face...

So I've decided to hear from all of you...


What makes you smile??

Hearing all the great stories of other, whether they are epic, or simply make you giggle. I would love to hear from you all.


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine at work

This has turned out to be one of those days, which are rather pivotal and a sudden change to the way life from now on will be....


Today I had a job interview and to my utter joy I got the job.


I've previously worked at this supermarket and I know most of the people there so it's more me returning to the workplace...but this time it is a bit different.


The thing is that on the last day of work 2 years ago my now boyfriend asked me out...so I've always been in and out of the store to chit chat with him and everyone at work.


This time I'm going to be working with may boyfriend in the store....to add to that I will be wotking full time for the first time.


Well my little ray of sunshine from this was that as I walked into the store spreading the news, people greeted me with smiles and joy on their faces when they heard the news.


Sometimes the joy of others who are happy to hear the good news can brighten your day.




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine talking with old friends

Rays of sunshine can be found all the time it doesn't always have to be something big or epic...they don't always have to be things that are planned sometimes yhey can simply be sontaneous and of the blue...


Sunshne can be simply catching up with a friend...Life is so fast paced that you ofte lose touch with all of yoir friends...


You can't always find the time to be with your friends and sometimes the distance between where you live can really be a obstacle between you.


Today out of the blue I found out my friend who I havn't seen in months was having a day off and we decided to meet.


The day was great...we went to a mexican restarount called Chillango (a mexican version of Subway) where we scoffed down a burrito, talked for hours, watched others come and go as we sat and enjoyed our refillable Coca Cola.


Days like these are unforgettable and priceless and bring you joy and a smile on your face.




Lots of love x


MLP

Sunshine in a basket continued

Just as I was scanning through the pictures in my phone I realised I still havn't uploaded the pictures I took of Lucy the cats kittens

Well here it is hope it makes you smile as much as it makes me smile...

She had 2 black kittens and 2 grey and black striped cats

Lucy as you can tell from the previous video is a full black cat...so we worked out who the daddy cat was-the cat from the block of flats across the road.

Lots of love x

MLP



Sunshine on the motorway

The sun came out today and all I could think was

'Sunshine on the beach!!'

We all got ready in a matter of minutes packing crisps, rice cakes and a few bars of chocolate, took the cooler out from under the stairs and filled it with cans of coca cola and rammed it into the car...

Me and the family were in the car with high spirits and listening to the radio, by this point we had reached the motorway/highway/auto band.

The weather was starting to rise...so was every ones tempers so people started switching lanes the traffic jam was building up and you'd hear the occasional curses as they whizz past...


Dad kept his head clear and being the gentleman that he is decided to let this man pass and gave him way on the motorway...at the time I hadn't noticed, a little time went by and as I looked out my window I saw someone giving my car a thumbs up I instinctively smiled and with a puzzled look went 'dad...someone just given us a thumbs up how nice'

Dad replied with 'it's because I gave him way a while back'

I know this seems rather simple and not really worth smiling about, but having a guy remember your car half way down the motorway once we managed to catch up with him and for him to show his appreciation was just nice to see.

A little bit of appreciation goes a long way


Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the underground

Some say that chivalry is dead...you don't always witness it, but on the rare occasions that you do, it always makes you smile

Today was one of those days when everything seems to be going wrong...

The underground tube stations near my house were closed so I got on a bus to get to the next nearest station...when I got there that station was closed off too. I was already in a rush to meet up with someone and I was now running extremely late and beginning to get agitated-as one does in these situations-anyway...so I finally get to a  train station that's working...

While I was on my bus listening to my iPod I realised that there was a father holding his baby in his arms...to my surprise no one else noticed or tried to get up. Without hesitation I got up and gave him my seat...

So here I was in a crowded bus wearing my favourite pair of heels with a water bottle in one hand, my mobile phone in the other, which is also trying to hold onto the subway rail which I can barely reach above my head....this is when it happened...A man that was sitting next to me in the train got up and gave me his seat

Chivalry isn't dead, it's still here

This simple gesture made me smile and made my day that little bit more bearable

Those that do follow me, occasionally pop in and have a read please keep in mind the difference a little bit of chivalry and kindness can make to a person and their day


Lots of love x

MLP