I grew up in the wrong era...

Hey lovelies,

I hope your all well! I am great at the moment, life is running pretty smoothly if I do say so myself! But this is a topic that's been on my mind a lot lately and that is "the olden days". 

By this I don't necessarily mean back to the Victorian times with the corsets and extravagant dresses (as much as I'd love that too) I mean the 80-90's! These seem like the absolutely best years and I'm so disappointed I only got to live through the last few years of the 90's! 

Your probably wondering why I'm so infatuated with this time, so I'm going to give you the run down. Firstly, the movies. The movies made in this time period are some of the most well made classics and love stories of all time! No, basically every single movie back then is pure perfection. Secondly, the way of life. That laid back, easy going, just-go-with-it vibe that everyone had about literally everything! Thirdly, how they didn't have such extreme technology. Back then they basically had a television and a landline phone and possibly one of those brick mobiles, so communication was a lot stronger! Also if a guy wanted to ask you out he would have to risk the embarrassment of calling you and hoping and praying your rents wouldn't pick up! - too cute! Did I mention 110% of the guys back then were practically gods and  every one of them looked like heavenly Heath Ledger lookalikes. Sigh. 

What I would give to have been alive in this fabulous era? Only my first born child! Hmm maybe not, but you catch my drift! 2013 is so not me, lets go back to overalls.... oh wait they are back in fashion! Sometimes I wish I could just catch a time machine falling from the sky and then all my wishes would be granted! But for now, ill sit back and watch the best of the best films and fantasise about dreamy boys like Freddie Prince Jr. 

If you agree with me, let me know! 

Find me at @courtneyshorter on Twitter! 

Thanks for reading this blogpost! I hope you enjoyed it! 

Remember to keep on smiling,

Love always

Courtney 

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Green Smoothies! - Healthy/Fitness Post!

Hello you lovely readers! 

I hope your having a fantastic week and I'm sure your praising The Lord just as much as I am that tomorrow is Friday! Well on this side of the world anyway! 

Today I'm going to talk to you about something a little bit different! I've never talked about diet or fitness etc on my blog so I thought, why not try?! So I'm going to talk to you about something I absolutely love right now! 

Green smoothies are a combination of healthy,nutritious,deliciousness which also happen to be incredibly good for your body and brain! Talk about a bonus! 

These are a great alternative to juice or something not quite as fab for your well being! I've decided since were going into Spring here in New Zealand I should start to get into the fitness and healthy eating time of the year, since soon it'll be summer! 

So I've got a few green smoothie recipes that I love, and I will list them for you below! I know they sound a bit crazy and different but change is good so embrace it my lovelies! 

Green Smoothie #1:

1 Banana

1/2 Apple

3 Tablespoons Fruity Yoghurt

1 Handful of Salad Greens

1/2 Handful of Spinach 

Squirt of lemon juice 

Blend together and then add ice! 

Green smoothie #2:

2 cups of spinach 

2 cups of water

1 cup pineapple

1 cup mango 

2 bananas 

Green smoothie #3:

2 cups of spinach 

3/4 cup of water

3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1 cup of strawberries 

1 cup of blueberries 

2 bananas 

Green smoothie #4:

2 cups of spinach 

2 cups of coconut water 

1 pear

1 banana

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

1 inch of ginger 

So there we go, there's some of my favourite recipes! So basically you just chuck all those ingredients into a blender/food processor and then serve it in a glass and add ice if you wish! These honestly taste so amazing and you feel amazing drinking them too because you know your body will love you for it so go for it!! 

So many celebrities have also jumped on this healthy taste sensation of a bandwagon such as Khloe Kardashian, Kimberly Synder, Ashley Benson and many more! 

Honestly try this I promise you'll fall inlove and you'll feel great too! 

Have a great rest of the week and remember to keep smiling! 

All my love always

Courtney 

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The Importance Of Being Young!

Hello my loves! 

Long time now blogs right! So sorry about that! I've been completely off the radar lately and frankly as lazy as a tortoise. Recently I've just had a much needed two week break of school for school holidays and currently I am now going into the third week of term three - oh how time flies! I hope you've all been enjoying whatever it is you've been getting up to and remembering to look after yourself! 

Today I thought I'd talk abit about the importance of making the most of your youth and just making the most of life. It doesn't matter whether your a pre-teen, teenager or young adult reading this somehow or another you will relate to this. As you know we all grow and we all get older and it's just a part of life as melancholy as it may be. Since the day were born we grow and we become older day by day and suddenly your 5 years old and your starting school. 

Before you know it life flashes before your very eyes before you even have time to take a good look at it. I myself am growing into the young adult stage and it saddens me a bit, there's still so much I want to do and I'm still young however I honestly do miss my younger days. The days where you could run around your backyard in the nude laughing your absolute ass off - no pun intended! Especially if your older you'll too agree how much you miss being young. So this is just a reminder to you all, make the most of everyday and don't be afraid to be a bit childish now and again! Don't grow up too quick because you have your whole life to be old but only a segment of time to be young! 

This may seem like a whole lot of jumbled nonsense, and it probably is. It's probably because its the end of a long school week and it's late at night and my brain is wandering... Oh well. I hope you enjoyed this seemingly average post! 

I look forward to talking to you in the very near future! - I promise this time!

Take care and keep smiling! :-)

Love always,

Courtney

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