(I will spare the thought of putting in a human heart but i think that this heart will rock this blog)

The advice that i have given on the bottom on this blog is my own advice and if anyone needs tips on having  healthy heart check out the irish heart fountain website.

Oh my god how tough is the student life? I have been asking myself this question for the past few weeks now. It’s tough to say the least. Its 3 50 sunday morning and while everyone else is sound asleep and all comfy in their beds im literally stressing about my paper for college. As you all know im doing my holistic course at the moment and i have to say that its going really good but im stuck. I am in the middle of writing a paper on coronary heart disease and i have to say that it’s not easy. It’s a challenge though and an interesting you at that. But as i right this paper i am learning more about myself and everyone around me.

I must have spent the best part of the last few weeks talking to doctors nurses, and other people who work in the wonderful world of cardiac care and i have also did my research on all the heart fountain websites and to say the least taking care of the human heart is a right that is god given and its something that should never be taken for granted.

But while doing this paper i had to take a long life at myself and life in general and i am so glad to say that i am well fit and healthy (ok i may complain about been tired all the time but thats a given). But as i was looking at case studies of people with congenital heart defects. Im so glad that i dont put my body under extreme pressure. I know certain people who have either have and are still making a mess of their bodies and i think christ almighty the big man upstairs has given you a life now im not going on a rant here to tell you how to live your life but i will give a few health tips if anyone is interested.

What i have found out in writing this heart paper is that i may have a few bad habits but my bad habits are nothing compared to what my findings are when it came to having a healthy heart. I might have a sweet tooth and i might enjoy a burger every once in a while. But i have seen people younger than me having health issues. This is really due to bad habits. As a human being we all have bad habits but it’s what we can do for ourselves in the present time can and might actually save us in the long run. 

My attitude in life has always been everything in moderation and it’s always worked.  But its all well and done saying that we tend to make promises to ourselves to eat healthy but then again we tend to binge on our favorite foods but i actually see no harm in having that little bit of you time and having a slice of cake. But as long as it is part of a healthy diet.

But what alarms me is when i see people not taking care of themselves and in some cases i have seen people who are a bad food step to having a heart attack. But i have noticed when you try and advise people about having a healthy attitude to diet and exercise they laugh at me. But than again the way i see i the jokes on them.   So i have to say im so glad to be healthy and at least my habits are ok on my and my old ticker but im not perfect but hey who is.

now i will give you all a few tips on having a healthy heart.

Get plenty of exercise.

Yes i know everyone says this but its true. whatever exercise you like go for it and make sure you have fun in doing it. Whether its walking running cycling or going to the gym. You can have a healthy heart rate in doing it and also its fun to do as well. I have to say my favourite exercise is walking shep. Shep’s really grown up now and he loves nothing more than to run along the park on his new lead. It also makes me happy and its also a great stress buster.

Have a healthy diet

Now everyone know this by now to have a healthy diet. But i like to think that i can have a bit of everything that i like in my every day diet. i also use olive oil in my cooking as it is low in cholesterol and its also good for the heart as well. also try to have a diet that always have oily fish like sardines. Nuts fruit red meat white meat breads pastas and everything else that your heart desires just remember to go easy on your irish breakfasts.

Have a laugh

This one is important to me. Whether its Homer Simpson saying d’oh or reading granddad’s headrambles blog or shep barking at me as in asking for a re match in tug of war. It’s always important to have a laugh. I have to say that i have been in a few sticky situations of late and the best way i got out of them is by laughing. It’s good for you and it also can relax you as well.

Have a drink

A personal favourite of mine. A glass of red wine is good for your heart studies have shown that red wine is good for your heart and its also pretty nice as well. just make sure its a glass and try not to over do it.

Having a pet to look after

You may laugh at this but its true. Having a furry friend in your life can have good effects on the heart and on the person themselves. I know that shep has a huge calming effect on my mum. Anytime mum got upset over anything shep would always walk over to her and put his big paw out. he would do this as in saying look im here for you. I maybe be a dog but im a clever collie and im also a good listener. I have to say that  having shep has calmed me down a lot. Anytime i feel a stress attack coming on. I just call Shep and say walkies and true to form shep coming running up to me with his leash in his mouth and we than get ready to run out the door and have a ramble around the park.

Try and not sweat over the small stuff

if i had a euro for every time i got stressed over the little things in life. i would be a rich girl but no im not rich. I have to say in letting go of the small stuff that i use to get stressed over. I feel much better in myself and i also feel comfortable in my own skin.

now theres my little insight in having a stress free life and in also doing my coronary heart disease paper. Now i have to admit that it’s not done yet. It’s not yet near complete but you know what. Thats way there is extensions and thats why i am going to use them to my advanage.

This is just a small piece about my mum and shep. For those of you that dont know my mum is sick in hospital and she needs an opertaion on her hip. So the doctor has brought her over to vincents so i am hopeing that she gets better soon. Well i know that a certain little dude is missing her a lot. Get well soon mum.

mum and shep having a chat about things all dog related

While taking my beautiful puppy shep for his morning walk and drink down the sea front we stumbled on this picture and to say the least we both choked on our latte and bowl of water when we say this. I think that i wont be having fish and chips for a long time after seeing that ad.

Poor shep was just sitting there thinking what is the world coming to fish and chips at this price well you can keep them at least i have my milk bones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDeUssDFE0

Howdy all.

my little boy has gone so big dont let the look of innocence fool you

I am sorry about my absence over the last while i got a nasty chest infection and i also had the flu the normal kind which left in bed for the last while and it nearly melt half my brain away. i dont think anyone wanted to hear me talk about socks and shoes for some reason or another.

So i am feeling much better now still though the flu has taken a lot of me but i am happy to say that it did not take away my sense of humour. So what can i say college is going pretty good but i had to miss a few days due to the flu but all in all its going great. I actually got to do my first hands on massage class a little while back and i has to say i actually enjoyed it. I think now that i know doing holistic has been the best decision for me to do for the rest of my life. I have to say that i am also really enjoying my anatomy and physiology classes as well. This class always brings a huge buzz of excitement in what we learn in this class. i have always found anatomy as a subject very interesting and so far i have been getting top marks in the class but i am still working hard at it.

I also have to say getting my first massage done in the class was so what a very relaxng and enjoyable experience. The person who got to work on my back was really good and when you have someone working on your back it is quite nice. I have to say if i had to compare it to something that us mere models has had in our lives its like the following having a smoke of some really good weed. Its really strange to start off with and when i had my massage done i was in with my cynical mind. There is no way this is going to relax me and there is also no way that i am going to enjoy this. But no i just layed back face down on the bed and let the feeling of total bliss take over. I have to say if you have a sore back and if you do need work on it can be really beneficial and it can do wonders for the body and the mind and the soul.  If anyone who has never had a massage before and would like to get one done i would highly recommend that you get it done.

I also have to say that i feel so much better in body mind and spirit myself in with starring this course. I am eating much healthier my posture is much better and i dont get stressed as often as i did. BUt i do still have my sharp wit and i am still tending to shoot from the hip in which i am proud of that. I actually said this to a person last week  i am now its up to you to take me as i as i am tattoos sharp wit and a gorgeous border collie puppy to boot and all. Speaking of puppys sheps doing great hes in great form hes made a few new human friends by the taxi rank at bray dart station and i have to say hes never been better. hes also learned a few tricks or 2 since i have last posted up my last blog. Hes now learned to give me the paw give me high 5 hes also toilet trained and now he gives me his lead for when he wants to go for his walkies. hes more than just a collie hes my collie and also hes my best friend.

I also would like to say that with doing my holisitcs course its really opened to the door of my health and in doing this course i am also doing my bit for my diet. I have actually managed to eat healthy and cut way back on my mcdonalds and i am also drinking water. I use to hate drinking water but now i actually like it.  Oh yeah a few things to me a little while back. I actually met a person that i use to go to school with and we had a little chat about what we are doing with our lives. So emma (not her real name of course) what are you doing with yourself now. So she chimes in im actually not working i am back at home with the little one and i am still doing hair dressing. Oh i said hair dressing how wonderful. No offensive guys and girls but i hate hair dressing sweeping up human hair and rising  our hair is not how do you say a dream job for me. Sorry if i cause any offensive. Oh hair dressing i said with a i dont give a shite look on my face.

So what are you doing with yourself she said to me. Well i said i am doing a 3 year holistic course. in my first year i will be doing anatomy and physiology success in business massage and stress management. With that i got a shocked look in my direction. Oh god that sounds like a lot of hard work she replied. Well it is not when you care about something so much and you want to make a difference in your life it should not be classed as hard work. Oh she said well you must like it. Well of course i like it if i didnt like it i would not be doing it you idiot i actually hissed this under my breath.  Oh so what will you be doing tonight my dumb blonde friend asked me. Well i have to open up my grays anatomy and study that for a while. Oh is that the tv show with doctor mc dreamy. With that i just said its actually a book on the human body and how it works. I am currently studying the cardiac system and how it works and with that mouthful of information i lost her thank god.

so i have a quick joke for you guys and i hope that you like it. whats blonde and brunette blonde and brunette blonde and brunette?  Its a naked blonde doing cartwheels.

Seeya and bye for now

Hiya folks.

After much needed talks with eircom regarding the whole kidnapping and holding my modem to ransom im back. I came to a small agree ment with eircom and with that thet have decided to put me back on line. After all i am a student who needs the internet nearly all the time for her case studies and if i need to look up information on different subjects well i am certaintly not going to go to any more internet cafes any more. ugh internet cafes they are just the pits.

so i dont really have much news i have started on my holistics course and its going really well. i have made new friends and my new friends in return have made me a student council rep. Its a fun job but mighty tiresome but hey someone has to do it.

I am actaully very sick with the flu so as soon as i get better i will write a longer better blog. So i am going back to bed and see if i can get any better in myself. Bye for now and take care

regards vicky

Firstly I would like to apologise I know that I have been missing in action for the last while. To cut a long story short eircom have decided to kidnap my modem and they are currently holding it to ransom for a few quid but I have said no to getting the modem back and I will be getting broadband on a stick very soon. So it will be just a matter of time before I get back on my feet and back in the wonderful world of the web.

So I am really pleased to tell you all that I have become a mummy for the first time. I have to say that I am very happy that I am a mummy in fact I am a nice yummy mummy. Now here’s a description of my baby. He’s small got beautiful brown eyes and he also have 4 legs and he is a tan and white dog. He’s a border collie and his name is shep. I got shep as a gift and I have to say he’s the best gift that anyone could ever get. Now shep have been in my life for the last month and I would not change him for the world. He is without a doubt a great puppy and one day he will be a very strong and handsome dog.  He is still very small but he breaks hearts every where he goes. Anytime I take shep out every man woman and child stops me to coo and pet him and I have to say that we both love the attention.  He’s very bright and also very cute and in the small amount of time that we have been together we have a very strong bond together. Which I think is a great thing to have.

Now certain people have different views when it comes to their dogs. But when it comes to my shep we both break the old views that many people have told us over the last while. Anytime that I have walked anywhere with my new baby. You would always get certain busy bodies telling you how to raise your dog. I think the best one I heard was that if you have a border collie on your hands hes going to be trouble. But I have to say that my little dude has been good as gold and has not given me any trouble at all. He likes to eat the odd slipper but I just laugh at that. I have to say watching shep growing up every day its quite nice to say my little dude learns different things on different days. Like for example last week shep has learned to give me the paw and anytime I hide a treat in my hand he knows where to find it.  The only thing that has spoiled our time together is the odd dog napper trying to taking him from me. So I have to say thank good in a way that he had an ID tag and he is microchipped. So that is all the news from me for now. So bye for now and take care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eb651s_o1Q

Hiya guys hope your all well.

I am going to write abut my favourite thing to do in the world apart from writing this blog watching hollyoaks ( there will be a small piece on hollyoaks coming soon so watch this space) and cooking. One of my great passions is music. I love listening to music. I like all kinds of music if you can name it you will probably find it on my MP3 player. I have to say i have an eclectictaste when it comes to music i like all kinds of music from rock pop irish folk dance oh god i will be here all night telling you all about what music i like. So i will get straight to the point.  I am going to write a piece n a avery talented young lady that i stumbled up on while i was on you tube and i would certainly highly recommand that you check her out. Her voice is beautiful and when i listen to her music she just stirs something in my very soul. She is also a jazz singer which is briallnt becasue i love jazz so much. I love miles davis and the old school crew of brillant jazz singers and I have to say when i listen to jazz it just takes me to another place and its a really good place to go to.  So anytime i need to take some timeout for me i would put on a jazz cd pour out a glass of red wine and just relax and loose myself in the music.

So without further adue i introduce to you Ms Melody Gardot. this wonderful singer is from england and with her good looks and smoky sound she is most certainly got a permanent place of residence of my heart. But what makes her stand out from all other jazz singers is she has a brlliant talent but behind that brillant talent lies a very sad story. i actually read her story in glamour magazine so i will be taking pieces out of the magazine to put in this blog. Melody was in college studying for her fashion degree when one day tradegy struck. She was cyling to work on her bike to a resturant in which she worked to pay for her college fees when she was hit by a car. Sadly she was taken to hospital and when the doctors did tests on her to check her reflexs in her legs they didnt work. So when her doctor came in to tell her the bad news that she could not walk again. She just fell silent and said with a smile on her face oh well i can get a really cool wheelchair and i can still use my hands so i could also go to an art course and start to paint. 

Melody than had to have therapy and slowly but surely it started to work. She went in to a rehabliation centre and started to do aqua therapy this is a type of therapy in which a therapist would place you in in a tank and it would fill up with water and with the  help of the water it takes the gravity away so it makes learning to walk again not so painful. So with the help of occupational therapy and yoga and huge support from her family she has slowly but surely has learned to walk again. melody now walks with a stick but as she says in the interview people dont need to know that about me. Also she has to wear special tinted glasses due to the accicent that i had my sight got damaged badly so it there is a reason in which she wears the glasses. I have read other blogs about this girl and i think that if anything the glasses that she wears only adds to the wonderful and beautiful singer and person that she is today.

I have to say that while reading her interview and listening to her music i could not fault this girl even if i could. Shes amazing talented she looks really beautiful when shes performing. There is a lesson to be learned in this story no matter what shite life decides to throw in our direction it can make or break us as people. I am glad to have read and listened to some of her work and she is amazing her voice is just beyond wonderful. She has a great talent and she can blow the amy whinehouses out of the water. (yes i know winehouse is the proper spelling but i dont really like amy winehouse shes not really for me).  So i will give you a link so you can check it out for yourself and you can tell me what you think of Melody Gardot.  I hope you all enjoy it and i will say good bye for now.

Hiya guys hope your all well and life is treating you good.

Well me i am not doing so good at all. I have been sick for the last while and when i say sick i mean very sick. I think its due to the stress of everything really. I mean this whole global money crisis havent helped anyone and the whole thing of not having a whole lot of money in the kitty hasnt helps things either. So after a while of being sick i decided to go to the doctr. I have had crippling tummy pains for the last while and well anytime i ate some food well i wasnt keeping it for long. I also noticed a little while back i was getting a bit too skinny for my liking. Dont get me wrong i am a skinny girl but when i started to see a size zero person standing in front of my mirror instead of me i was starting to worry.

So i took a trip to my GP last week. Only to see that my regular doctor wasnt there so i had to see the part time doctor that is actaully a parttimer who comes in to cover the other doctors that might be on leave or might be on holiday. Now i have to say that i hate seeing new doctors its something that i dont like doing. Seeing a complete stranger and telling her my most personal information about me and who i am and what i do. So as i knocked on the door i was greeted by a somewhat nice lady doctor. So tell me she says what can i do for you today she said in a cheery voice. Well i have been sick for the last while and i havent been eating properly and i need you to fix this problem. Okay dokey she says and as i took off my jacket she gave me this shocked looked on her face. Have you been eating properly ms rogers she said as she poked at my frame with her finger. Well you see thats the probelm i have been sick for the last while and i cant eat. So as soon as she said down and i got dressed i was given the low down on my shocking weight loss.

So i told her i was under stress and anytime i ate food i could not keep it in me. So she told me staright away what it was. I think you should avoid dairy and wheat for the next while. Try and take some vitamins and try and cut back on the stress. Wwhn she said cut back on the stress i could have cried. I had to tell her what was going on living in a bad neighbour hood and worrying about my sick mum. So she wasnt all that helpful so when were finsihed i got my coat and walked away. I went for walk thru the park and had a little time to myself and think about whats been going on and how to fix this problem. When i went home i typed in my little problem to yahoo answers and 2 minutes later i got the answer and not only the answer some nice tasty recipes to help me alone the way.

I now have cut all dairy and wheat away from my diet and i am feeling a bit better in myself. My skin is starting to clear up my body is slowly starting to accept food again and i actaullyfeel better in myself. I think the only thing that i miss from my diet is my latte coffees but its a small sacrifice  to getting back to proper health. I am eating plenty of greens and lots of vegetables and some red meat and lots of fish but i am getting there towards better health.  So in a way this blog is just to clear up a few things about me and my health and why i have been commenting on my dairy and wheat free diet on facebook.

So i say goodbye to you and i hope that this clears things up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGjifZi4LzI

Now the link i have used for this blog is the jigsaw doll from the saw movies. Hes one creepy little dude and if you read the blog i have wrote a piece on the saw movies.  I hope you enjoy it

Now just a word of warning these are my own views on this blog and if you dont like it well dont read it. I dont want the guilt trip of making some angry or miffed because i am just telling it like it is.

So i have become quitea movie buff of late. mainly thanks to my sky box and of course buying shares in my local video shop. (before you ask i am kidding like i would buy shares with the currant stockmarket and oh yeah lack of funds) .  So i have watched some interesting films of late and in this blog i would like to reccomand a few films that i have watched of late and and what has been really pissing me off with the whole film industry of late.

I have been watching a mixture of good and bad films and i have been watching the new films that have come to dvd. One film that i would recommand watching is slumdog millionaire director danny boyle. I can actaully see why that it won a rakeful of awards and a whooping 8 oscars. Its a really good film about a young boy who goes on the indian version of who wants to be a millionaire and it shows you his life story alone the way and how he had not had not easy. I have to say its quite a charming film very enjoyable a bit tough to watch at times but really good. Some bits made me laugh some bits made me cry and others make me think about eeven though if you go through the shit times of life it can make a better and stronger person and wehn you go through the tough times it can make you the person that you are today. i have to admit i have not had an easy life but watching this film made me realise that even the little guy gets a break in life he or she wont have it easy but they also do get a break in life. Whether it is good of bad it is up to the person themselves and what cards they decide to play in the game of life.

Another film i actually watched and really enjoyed was hes not that into you. Its got a brillant cast Ben Affleck Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Connelly Drew Barrymore and a few other good actors. Its basically a chick flick and one for the girls this film is. What did put me off though in getting this movie to rent was that the writers from sex and the city wrote the script from the film and my first thoughts were on no not more sex and the city god i hate that show. But needless to say i got the film and guess what  actually enjoyed it was quite good great storylines and it had funny one liners as well. while watching this film i saw certain people that i know that have certain relationship problems and what made the film good was in whow they dealt with each problem. It also had a great performance from Jennifer Anistion. I am so in a Jennifer Anistion mood of late. I cant fault the girl even if i could i really do love her shes such a wonderful actress and she would be most likely my best friend to hang out if i had a best friend of course. But yeah if you fancy having a girls night in its a film i would highly recommand watching.

I also got to watch the Kill Bill series and mostly i watched out of respect for the late actor David Carradine who sadly passed away. I am a total kung fu fan and i also loved the fightscenes in the film. I loved that scene with the Uma Thurman knocking out the crazy 88s one by one. I also loved the scene in whcih she spanks the young crazy 88er it was just too funny for words. It was also good that Uma Thurman can hold her own in such a hugely popular film that is Kill Bill. I also loved the way she always had the upper hand on all of her enemies their strengths their weaknesses and i also loved the fightscenes when i saw the fightscenes they looked really punishing to do at times and i just got really tired looking at certain fights i was like wow she much of had to have a whole lot of energy to do them. I also loved the fact the Quentin Tarantino used manga animation as well as black and white photography for the still shoots when it came to the brides wedding in el paso texas. It was shot very well and what can i say the man is a genius.

Now with great views sadly has to come bad reviews well not bad reviews as such but sometimes film directors and writers can come up with a bad idea that might make or break a product that they intend to make into a million dollar franchise.

Now i have started to watch the saw movie series. If you have never watched the saw series the saw films are about The franchise revolves around the fictional character of John Kramer, also called the “Jigsaw Killer”, introduced in Saw (2004), who rather than kill his victims outright, traps them in situations, which he calls “tests” or “games”, in order to test their will to live via physical or psychological torture. Now the main character john kramer has a simple mission in the film. If you do not appricate your life he will find you kidnap you have to take part in a game or a tarp in order for you to survive. I have only seen the films of late but judging by what i have read in blogs and reading film reviews online i think that this is a pretty good films to watch. Each saw film is gross and strangely addictive to watch. The only problem i had with saw was that i had to watch them twice because i would ask my friend who watched the films with me why is that bloke in the trap for and what does he have to do get set himself free. I have actaully watched all the saw movies.  The last one i watched was saw 5 and it was good but heres the thing. The makers of saw are going to stretch the francise to a whooping 8 movies. As far as i know saw 6 is being made at the moment but what i am thinking here is over kill. Without giving too much away how can you make any more saw movies when the main charcter is long gone from the film. I think that the writers of saw better pull a great big cat out of the bag while trying to make a new saw film. If you think about it if you try and make another film without your main guy or girl in film well whats the point of making it. I know a certain film company that made the omen films. They made i think 4 films and they stopped. But i think that a television company got hold of the rights of the omen film and made it into a tv show needless to say it destroyed the credabilty of the film itself and the writers of the omen i think got seriously pissedwhen the tv got cancelled. It just goes to show you really when you do something good stay at your craft and try for the love of god not to mess it up.

So thats all from me with my films reviews if you guys and girls have seen anything good of late please let me know. Remember all comments welcome

oh why do i bother i sigh to myself. This has been happening a lot of late. I am currently not sleeping all well of late and i feel as though that everything is so hard to do. I know that i am being bitchy here but i tend to get like this from lack of sleep. This is going to be short but sweet as i cant function my brain from my sleeping problem.

Although if you do have any helpful advice on my sleeping problems please do drop me a line plese and the best answer will get a goodie bag and i big hug from me.