Postcrossing is a website where you can send and receive postcards from all around the world. I discovered the website at the beginning of June and its just my sort of thing. I love getting post so I'm kind of pleased I've found it . You have to start of by sending a postcard, which is fairly simple, you request an address and your sent to the recipients profile, where you can see a bit more about them, which is helpful to give you an idea of the persons hobbies and interests to give you a hand on what sort of postcard to send.
Each time you request to send a postcard, your given a code which has to be put onto the postcard, which when the postcard is received, gets entered into the website by the recipient to show its received. For every code entered from a postcard received, you will be eligible to receive a postcard yourself.
So I have started off, I have requested 3 addresses and have got the postcards ready to send. My first 3 are off to USA, Germany and Russia. I'm quite excited, I think I have picked appropriate postcards based on the profiles, but I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens when they arrive. I promise to keep you updated as I hear they've arrived and also when I get some postcards back myself.
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Friday, 19 June 2015
All About Me
I thought being a new blog I had better do the obligatory all about me post.
So
I love everything about travel, I've been lucky enough to visit a few places on my list but there's still a lot more to go.
My other biggest love is Musical Theatre. I love going to watch musicals and love listening to the soundtracks after. The technical side of them also really interests me. My dad has been doing the sound for local shows for as long as I can remember and I love going along to help.
Education
School was an ok thing for me. But for me the biggest highlight of my education were my final 4 years. The first 2 were spent doing a travel and tourism course, which I loved learning all about the aspects of tourism, including cabin crew which was a personal favourite. My final 2 years I completed a foundation degree in events management which was great fun, organising a concert and even a casino night.
Jobs
Well this is a weird one as my job is also a hobby for me, I turned my love of crafting into my job making handmade home décor items. It's the best job I could ever have, I get the flexibility of being around for what Amelie needs.
Amelie
So the biggest part of my life is my little munchkin. Miss Amelie Crystal
My best friend my beautiful little girl, she means the world to me, and I would do everything for her. She is 2 and a half and is full of so much energy, loves to play and is such a bubbly little girl.
Family.
I have a great family. I am super close to my little brother Kieran, he is 7 nearly 8, and such a little superstar and the best uncle I could ask for, to Amelie. This is a picture of my 21st birthday party with me, my sister Stacey, Kieran and Amelie.
So
Tanya Lynn
23 years old
Currently Living in Dereham, Norfolk, UK
Mummy to Amelie
Hobbies and Interests I love everything about travel, I've been lucky enough to visit a few places on my list but there's still a lot more to go.
My other biggest love is Musical Theatre. I love going to watch musicals and love listening to the soundtracks after. The technical side of them also really interests me. My dad has been doing the sound for local shows for as long as I can remember and I love going along to help.
Education
School was an ok thing for me. But for me the biggest highlight of my education were my final 4 years. The first 2 were spent doing a travel and tourism course, which I loved learning all about the aspects of tourism, including cabin crew which was a personal favourite. My final 2 years I completed a foundation degree in events management which was great fun, organising a concert and even a casino night.
Jobs
Well this is a weird one as my job is also a hobby for me, I turned my love of crafting into my job making handmade home décor items. It's the best job I could ever have, I get the flexibility of being around for what Amelie needs.
Amelie
So the biggest part of my life is my little munchkin. Miss Amelie Crystal
My best friend my beautiful little girl, she means the world to me, and I would do everything for her. She is 2 and a half and is full of so much energy, loves to play and is such a bubbly little girl.
Family.
I have a great family. I am super close to my little brother Kieran, he is 7 nearly 8, and such a little superstar and the best uncle I could ask for, to Amelie. This is a picture of my 21st birthday party with me, my sister Stacey, Kieran and Amelie.
18th JUNE 2015
LOSS
It's a hard word to comprehend. It's a hard thing to cope with.
We all deal with loss in different ways, I wish someone could of told me how to cope and I guess the truth is I've been lucky. That changed this morning, I had been expecting the phone call, but then it came, and I just felt myself crumble.
My Grandad was an amazing man, full of life, full of energy, a cheeky man who saw the good in everyone. He'd been unwell for a while, and the last few months had been worse. As a family we all knew today was coming, he was in pain and I never wanted that for him. At the same time today has been one of the hardest days of my life. I just keep thinking he's not really gone and he'll be back to his cheeky ways soon. I guess some point over the next few days it will suddenly sink in, and I'll have another good cry. There's part of me that's happy for him, that pain and hurting has gone and as my great uncle said earlier ''He's been promoted to heaven''. My Grandad would be super proud of that comment, he's with the lord now and I'm glad of that.
Loss is not an easy thing to cope with whenever. Today has been a hard day for me but the truth is I had been lucky in a way. Grandad is the first real person I have lost, I've had a few family friends and my great grandparents but I was either too young or I didn't really know them that well. I know it's going to be hard because I've never really been through this before.
I've tried to put on a brave face today for Amelie's sake. She's a 2 year old little girl who has been through way too much already for a girl her age. She knew though, she knew something wasn't right. All I got was 'oh no mummy upset, it's ok, we'll have cuddles'. What more could I need as a mum then a daughter like that. One day when she's a bit bigger, I'll remind her all about her great Grandad, how much he loved her and how he loved to play with her.
Grandad I Love you and always will
R I P
It's a hard word to comprehend. It's a hard thing to cope with.
We all deal with loss in different ways, I wish someone could of told me how to cope and I guess the truth is I've been lucky. That changed this morning, I had been expecting the phone call, but then it came, and I just felt myself crumble.
My Grandad was an amazing man, full of life, full of energy, a cheeky man who saw the good in everyone. He'd been unwell for a while, and the last few months had been worse. As a family we all knew today was coming, he was in pain and I never wanted that for him. At the same time today has been one of the hardest days of my life. I just keep thinking he's not really gone and he'll be back to his cheeky ways soon. I guess some point over the next few days it will suddenly sink in, and I'll have another good cry. There's part of me that's happy for him, that pain and hurting has gone and as my great uncle said earlier ''He's been promoted to heaven''. My Grandad would be super proud of that comment, he's with the lord now and I'm glad of that.
Loss is not an easy thing to cope with whenever. Today has been a hard day for me but the truth is I had been lucky in a way. Grandad is the first real person I have lost, I've had a few family friends and my great grandparents but I was either too young or I didn't really know them that well. I know it's going to be hard because I've never really been through this before.
I've tried to put on a brave face today for Amelie's sake. She's a 2 year old little girl who has been through way too much already for a girl her age. She knew though, she knew something wasn't right. All I got was 'oh no mummy upset, it's ok, we'll have cuddles'. What more could I need as a mum then a daughter like that. One day when she's a bit bigger, I'll remind her all about her great Grandad, how much he loved her and how he loved to play with her.
Grandad I Love you and always will
R I P
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