Happy July! The month has begun with the most beautiful weather and after June being the rainiest month ever it's been very welcome, I feel so much better for the boost of Vitamin D. I’ve not got any wild plans this month so far, I know some people have crazy busy summers but for me it’s the time of year where things really slow down and there is a little bit of extra room in my schedule for an evening dog walk which finishes my day off so perfectly. And even though I don’t have any wild plans there are plenty of things on my to-do list for July and they look a little something like this...

Reading is one of my favourite things to do but making the time for it is something I struggle with quite a lot, especially when I’ve got a seriously wound up and anxious mind. I’ve tried to go for the slow and steady approach this year and not get into the silly habit of comparing myself to those people on Instagram who seem to get through a book every other day as there is absolutely no way I can keep up with that. So here are all the details on all the books that I have completed this year as well as a look at what I’m currently reading.

Before I was a blogger I was an avid blog reader and religiously followed the recommendations of my favourite online humans. And I’d say 90% of the recommendations that I got then quickly became my most loved products but there were obviously some things that just didn’t work out for me but that’s to be expected (as much as it pained me), different strokes for different folks and all that. The word influencer has become a dirty word over the past few years and people now tend to hate when ‘influencers’ share something they love as it’s now presumed that there is a hidden agenda and spreading the word about something you love isn’t as easy as it once was. But, I know that without people sharing their most used and loved possessions then there are so many things that I might not have come across and these are some of the best things that I’ve been influenced to purchase over the years.

-paid partnership with Go Ape-

Sherwood Forest is a place that I’ve visited and walked in hundreds of times throughout my life as it’s a destination that I could walk to from my dad’s house and now it’s somewhere that we regularly frequent with Josie & Edie. There is one part of the forest that I never thought I’d be in and that is the Go Ape site, I’d always gazed up at people completing the course and it always looked like they were having an awesome time but it had always been a ‘no, not for me’ kinda thing.

Happy Friday and happy summer too, we’re officially now in the warm season so all we can hope is that the weather gets the memo and does what it’s meant to do rather than another few weeks of rain. Seriously, I’m not sure my brain can handle any more rain. The only thing the bad weather has been good for though is my research when it comes to these posts as there hasn’t been much else to do but go through my Bloglovin feed and Netflix. And here is everything that I’ve been reading, watching and listening to lately for you to hopefully enjoy too.