Thought of the day.

What is most important to you? Is it your home; job; car; partner; love; freedom; phone; popularity; family?  It's mad to think that people prioritise so many different things as important. So many people prioritise work and money over everything.

Its crazy that so many people put their happiness to the bottom of the pile to be able to pay for their houses; cars; phones; laptops ect. materialistic things.

To me my freedom and my happiness is the most important thing, if you're not happy with something, change it. You only get one chance, so you've got to do what is right for you. No one else can determine what is right or wrong for you, no one can make your life choices for you, it is totally down to you to be able to fix your situation in order for you to be ultimately happy. You have to go with your gut instincts and do what you feel you need to do for yourself.

It took a while for me to get to grips with my feelings in recent months, whether I would disappoint people if I no longer feel the same or want the same things. But at the end of the day, love your family, do your best, do what you love, do no harm and everything will work out your way.

Harome Wedding

This weekend we had a family wedding at Harome, near York. Helmsley is such  a gorgeous little village, it looks like it's out of a movie! All of the buildings are made from stone, there were classic cars everywhere and a beautiful little church. It was surrounded by fields full of horses and has little chickens and ducks wondering around everywhere.

We stayed at a hotel called The Pheasant Inn, I literally felt like I had walked into a different period of time ha! It had a quirky mix of old and new, with rustic furniture, mosaic tiled floors, book cases, pianos, lakes and a swimming pool (which I didn't know about ha).

The breakfast was the BEST breakfast I have ever had. I felt like I could just eat for hours; fresh berries, granola, croissants, salmon and eggs, cooked breakfasts. The view topped it off though, sat in the garden looking at the little lake and the horses in the field. Not to mention the weather was ace too, I'm so glad it was good weather for the wedding.

The rooms were so cute, little stone cottages with an open fire, duck down beds, a really deep bath and good coffee for the mornings. They had black out blinds and curtains so I literally slept so so good, I've never slept so long in my life.

The actual wedding its self was at Saint Gregory's Minister, an ancient Saxon church tucked way, surrounded by fields. It has a graveyard with all of the Saxon grave stones and also commonwealth war graveyard. The church was small but very haunting. The choir were awesome and the priest was pretty cool, he literally cracked open a tinny, while explaining how to maintain a good marriage haha.

The after party was at a place called The Starr Inn, the setting was really gorgeous, it has a big field with random hens and cockerels walking around ha. They had a brilliant singer on, she was so so good at setting the atmosphere. We sat down to have the meal; 10 COURSES! We were eating for about 3 hours ha. I enjoyed every bite, it was absolutely amazing.

The next morning, my friend Airlie who I grew up with in Cyprus came to visit for a coffee. She left Cyprus a few years ago and I have only seen her once since she left. She lives 10 minutes down the road from where we were staying and I didn't even know, such a great coincidence! It was so nice to catch up after not seeing each other for 4 years.

I then had to say goodbye to my family who were flying back to Cyprus, which is always the worst bit. I hate having to leave them, but it also makes me excited for the next time I will see them. Maybe I'll have to book my next trip ha!