PROCRASTINATION STATION

experiences
So as you may have read in the title of this post, this is an attempt to be productive/creative in some way. 
Maybe this is a good opportunity to just have a good old conversation with you guys, maybe a bit of ideas will spring from it... such as how to NOT procrastinate!


Today, this is my beautiful picture (in my opinion) that I am choosing to grace you all with. This is my number one way of procrastination! YouTube and browsing the web for rubbish is everything when it comes to something I don't want to do. 
People I am absolutely loving recently on YouTube are The Michalaks. They are a family who live in London and they are so nice! I am crazy about their videos because they are so beautiful, they make videos that are so lovely to watch. They have all this stunning equipment that I am so envious of! Go check them out when you have a chance. 

Another way of wasting time, I realised today, is to paint your nails. So with the long weekend this week, I decided I would paint my nails blue. If I do paint them over the weekend then I paint them a really lame light pink colour so if I don't take it off in time, school doesn't notice. Don't break the rules... it's bad! 

  I was going to take this opportunity to tell you about what is yet to come on this page in the next couple of posts but considering I am really bad at posting on time, I will just let you all wait and see. What I can tell you is that there is going to be a bonus post either tomorrow or Sunday just because I like to express who I am and what I do with my life (keeping in mind I am in matric so nothing very exciting).

 I just thought I should inform anyone that may have asked why, in my older posts, you would've noticed my images are all weird and horrible. This is because of the new format of the page and the old format of the images. I am trying hard to fix it and will probably do that after I am done with this post. But if anyone asked why, that's the answer. 

 Just a cool thing to remember is that it is Earth Hour tomorrow from 8:30 - 9:30pm. It is a really cool initiative, if you want to read more about it, visit the webpage.

 I hope you enjoyed this chatter that I was procrastinating with. If there is anything you would like me to post about please let me know. Have a great weekend and a very festive Human Rights Day on Monday. 
See you all soon,
Lots of Love 
Soph <3 
xx



SOME SUMMER

lifestyle
So, as we hang onto the last weeks of summer, there is no better way to celebrate sunny days and friends than with some delicious summer coolers. 
Here are a few recipes that will help you make the most delicious drinks, whether in company or just relaxing by yourself. 
These can have alcohol in them but I made them without alcohol, if you feel like a bit of a punch, just add what you prefer into the drink. 

Two of the recipes require simple syrup, so we'll start with that:

Ingredients
1 cup of water 
1 cup of sugar 
160g of raspberries to add later



Place a saucepan over high heat with the water and sugar and bring to the boil. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and then turn the heat right down and leave it. 

1st Cooler: Strawberry Limeade

Ingredients
Fresh Strawberry slices
2 Fresh Limes
Fresh Mint Leaves
Simple Syrup (made above)
Sprite or lemonade
You may add some cucumber if you like


Cut your limes in half and squeeze their juice into your serving glass with a tablespoon of the simple syrup. Mix well. 
Add some ice, stir and add the Sprite or Lemonade. 
To finish off, slice up strawberries and add a sprig or two of mint to garnish. Add a cute straw for fun! 





2nd Cooler: Raspberry Virgin Mojito:

Ingredients
1 lime, sliced
6 or so mint sprigs, plus garnish leaves
2 - 3 raspberries for garnish
Lime flavoured sparkling water

Place the simple syrup back on low heat and add the 160g of raspberries. Let simmer for 3 - 4 minutes, stir well. 
Strain the syrup from the pulp and allow to cool for a few hours. 



 In a serving glass, place the lime slices and the mint leaves into the bottom of the glass. 
Carefully pour the cooled syrup into the glass just less than half way. Add some ice and stir well.
Fill the rest of the glass with the flavoured water. Garnish with a few mint leaves and raspberries. 


3rd Cooler: Watermelon Breeze

Ingredients

1 - 2 cups of cubed watermelon
3/4 cup of coconut water
A squeeze of lime 
Sprig of mint 


I de-pipped my watermelon, but you don't have to if you don't mind the pips and cut the watermelon into smaller cubes. Place the cubes and the coconut water into a blender. Add a squeeze of the lime and the leaves of the sprig of mint. I added one or two cubes of ice to the blender too, blend well. 


Add some ice cubes to the serving glass and pour the blended cooler into the glass and garnish with mint. Place a fun straw for some accessories. 


Here are the finished products to enjoy on a hot summers evening. I hope you all try these out, also please let me know what you want to see on my blog.  
Thank you for reading
Lots of Love 
Soph 
<3 









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