There's something nice about going out to eat

There's something nice about going out to a restaurant to eat. When I was really young my family would get all dressed up to go out to dinner. It made it special somehow. I do like cooking and my parents are good cooks as well. However, it's nice to go out and eat something fancy. Even if it can be expensive, somehow food tastes better when someone else cooks it and you don't have to do dishes at the end of it! I hope everyone has a chance to eat somewhere that's nice, just because it's fun!

A relaxing song

It is the singer Norah Jones's birthday and she sings this really nice song called "If I Were A Painter" which really helps me relax. It makes me think of taking a nap in a hammock for some reason. It's just peaceful. To all who read this I hope you had a very peaceful Friday!

Simply beautiful

I saw this clip of a group of mothers singing with their kids who had Down's Syndrome and I thought it was really beautiful so I had to share it here. Happy Thursday everyone!

Favorite foods from the UK

The English cookery writer Hannah Glasse was born today in 1708 and I'm writing about her now because she was celebrated on Google and it reminded me of my grandmother and my mum. My mum is British and when we'd go to visit my grandparents in England my grandmother would go all out cooking like crazy for us. It didn't matter that we told her she didn't have to, she cooked up a storm anyway. My mum also likes to cook and taught me a lot about British cooking. Plus, if we had nothing else in our house, we always had tea. Just for fun, I thought I'd write about food from the UK that I rather like.

• Fish and chips. It's incredibly traditional and we used to eat it after going to the beach.
• Ice cream in cones with a chocolate flake stuck in it. A chocolate flake is basically a stick of chocolate shavings that is super good in vanilla ice cream. There was a playground by my grandparents house where my parents took me and my siblings to play and I remember an ice cream truck always seemed to be nearby when we went there and we always got ice creams with flakes.
• Custard tarts-They basically are very small custard pies. I haven't been able to find them in the US but they are super good.
• Sausage rolls. My mum always make them at Christmas and holidays generally. In the US it's called pigs in a blanket.
• Plowan's lunch- It's basically a ham, lettuce, tomato, and other vegetables and often accompanied by something called Branston Pickle. Branston Pickle is a type of pickle relish which is an acquired taste but I like it now.
• Jaffa cakes-they're cookies with chocolate icing on the top and they have orange filling. They're really good!

I think I'll always like British food because it reminds me of my family and my home, which are two things that will always be most dear to me. 

A silly (very short) story

A hog decided to try doing something different for a change and ran through a hedge, got stuck and thus became.... a hedgehog!

A flipping iceberg!

I saw this video of an iceberg that actually flipped over! For whatever reason it makes me really happy to see something that makes me feel awe.  Nature really is flipping awesome!

There's something nice about holding someone's hand

I think one of the nicest things is to be able to hold someone's hand. It's just nice to feel connected to someone in times of need. From the time when I was a little kid to now that I'm a bit older, whether I'm feeling frightened or sad or happy, it's nice to be able to hold someone's hand to know that I'm not alone in that feeling I'm having. To celebrate the goodness of holding hands, here is a Beatles song that always makes me feel happy!