5 Things you didn't know about me!

Hello my sunflowers! I haven't posted in a while and I quite missed you guys, so I wanted to blog a little bit about myself today :) I haven't really posted much about myself before, so I guess for you all as readers it would be nice for you to get to know more about me! 

fact one
I have 6 cats (yes... you read that right... SIX!!). I quite often hate telling people this fact about myself because they usually assume that I am a crazy cat lady. Well I do like cats, but I'm not obsessed or crazy about them. One is officially my cat, who was the first one we got and is also my baby called Shiloh. She was a present from my mom after I had my tonsils removed in June 2011. Then over the years we 'collected' them of my mom's interest, but they are all absolutely lovely. They have all been 'done', however we did have kittens before which went to new, loving homes.  If you want to see more photos of them, check out my instagram. We now have (in order of arrival - Shiloh, Oki, Luna, Penny, Pepper, and Mila):

fact two
I am a new snail-mailer! I started penpalling a few months ago for the first time, I found a few lovely people from Instagram who were into similar things as me (stationery, organizing, planners etc) and we swap letters and little gifts every few weeks :) It's a great hobby, it's helping to improve my writing, and I've made new friends all over the world! I currently have 14 penpals from America, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, and England. You may think "Whoa, fourteen?! How do you keep up??"... Well, I reply and send out mail every 4-6 weeks, so it's not straight away (I don't like when it's super fast, plus I get paid monthly so I usually do it when I get paid), and it gives me time to find little gifts to send :) And my penpals all usually reply within that time too, so it's a nice surprise to find a cute little letter waiting for me one day!

I would definitely recommend penpalling for any age, there are thousands of people looking for new penpals each day. You can google it and find a bunch of neat websites which will help you find a new friend, or you can use Instagram and search #penpals #penpalswanted to find someone too. I personally like to keep my penpals updated when I receive a letter and when I send one out too with Instagram or send them a quick email (I think it's quite polite and friendly). Here are some of my sent and received penpal letters:

fact three
I've owned 3 miniature dachshunds and 2 English bulldogs. They were absolutely wonderful, especially the bulldogs, but we sadly couldn't keep them for personal reasons. We actually still have an English bulldog, Lexie, who is my brothers dog and currently lives with his girlfriends parents as they have a bigger garden and no other animals. I adore English bulldogs, they are so friendly and fun! I could see myself getting another dog but not for a while (my boyfriend wants a pug so badly......... :3). So in order: Sasha, Lily, Frankie, Lexie, and Rigsby.

fact four
I have two older sisters and an older brother, but they have a separate father to me so technically they're my half siblings); which means I am the baby! I love being the youngest, I've never wanted a younger sibling and I used to have nightmares I would suddenly have one (I'm not sure why I really hated the idea...). My siblings all have moved out, and I rarely see either of my sisters. My brother lives in the same area as me so I see him occasionally. I also have 4 nephews, 3 from my eldest sister and 1 from my brother.

fact five
I've always been extremely ambitious. My mom said since I was little, I have always had a dream of different careers and ambitions to achieve. I've been through pretty much everything you can imagine: singer, actor, teacher, astronaut, firefighter (although I have a fear of fire), baker, tattooist, photographer, interior designer, game designer, radio presenter, artist, paramedic, writer, and so on. Currently (and for the past few years) I've had big ambitions to become a qualified paramedic, which is what I'm hopefully going to uni to study :)

Now you all know some possibly useless facts about me, if you want to know more feel free to leave a comment or email me :) Thanks for reading!