Ultimate Blog Challenge Day Eight: July 8 - Video Games Day

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Well then, guys, today is Video Games Day! I have to say, this is yet another crazy and awesome day. Yesterday was an excuse to eat chocolate, now today is an excuse to whack out some awesome video games.

Video Games Day is all based on celebrating the awesome development of video games! Whether you are an Xbox user or you swear by your Playstation 3, Video Game Day might actually bring you all together.

I am pretty sure everyone these days plays on some sort of video game, and it isn't just for kids anymore - video games are spreading across age groups. The typical 'gamer' stereotype has been abolished because of this, so they are no longer seen as those spotty teenage weedy boys!

Aaaaand as usual, there is no origin or creator or this day, but my best bet is that is as created by all those gamers out there (pretty much everyone) who wanted a reason to be sat on their asses playing games all day!

My challenge to you today is this: grab all your old-school retro games and start playing them! This can be anything from Playstation 1 to old Nintendo and Gamecube games! You could even go one better and grab your old Gameboy Colour! Tweet me @LovelyChuby #RetroGames telling me all about your awesome games, or even send me a picture. Alternatively for all you non-tweeters comment in the boxes below and tell me about what you get up to.

I have to say, I quite like Video Games Day as I do like to play on my Xbox for unnecessarily long amounts of time. So this day gives me an excuse. I whacked out my original Spyro the Dragon game and the original Crash Bandicoot!

That is all for the UBC today, folks. Tune in again tomorrow to find out what the day is!

Toolde-oo, peeps!

Ultimate Blog Challenge Day Five: July 5 - Work-a-holics Day

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Today is known as Work-a-holics Day....so if you are reading this then you probably aren't a work-a-holic.

This is a day dedicated to all those people who have sacrificed their social lives to work...loads.

Maybe the saying "it's all work and no play" might actually apply to these crazy people.

How do you know if you are a workaholic? Well, here are a few tell-tale signs that you might just be a workaholic:

• It is a weekend....you are at work.
• You turn down a night out because you have work tomorrow, even if that's at 3PM.
• You think about work even when you aren't at work.
• You have dreams about work.
• In your mind, the worst thing to ever happen would be being late to work.
• You haven't taken a vacation in years.
• You enjoy your job more than seeing other people.
• Work is fun. 

Showing some of those signs? Or maybe all of them *gulp*. You might just be a workaholic.

Again, as per usual there is no known creator of this day, or where it came from.....Suspicious?

So, my challenge to you today will be a real challenge for any of you workaholics.....TAKE A DAY OFF. I know, it is a lot to ask....but you might be thankful for it once in a while. Tweet me @LovelyChubly with all the things you get up to on your day off, or comment below.

Can you imagine having any of those signs above? Dreaming about work would probably drive me mad.

Anyways that is all for today.

Toodle-oo!

Ultimate Blog Challenge Day Three: July 3 - Compliment Your Mirror Day

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Welcome to day 3 of the UBC! Today is Compliment Your Mirror Day!

I know what you are thinking, your mirror really isn't that good....it might have some scratches and some chips, or maybe is covered in make up like mine. Well hold your horses! This isn't about your actual mirror, it is about what you see in it....YOU!

Go grab your nearest mirror, or go stand in front of it if it is a wall mounted one, and say hello to yourself! Now go ahead and compliment yourself! Don't feel stupid, you don't even have to say it out loud if you don't want to, but pick out some things about yourself that you like.

This might be a good day for all you people out there who have low self confidence, like myself, and could do with a bit of a pick me up. Everyone loves a compliment now and again, so who says it cannot come from yourself?

There is no known creator or origin of this day. It would appear as if it is made up (it probably is), but I personally think this is a good day to have! Even though it isn't an official calendar date, I think this is awesome. Especially for the likes of teenage girls who are severely pressured by the media to look a certain way, but that really is a but of a rant for another day.

So here is my challenge to you for today: grab 5 post-it notes and look in the mirror. Now I want you to pick out 5 individual things you really like about yourself and write each one on a separate post-it. I want you to stick them all around your mirror so that you can see them each and every day as a reminder!

I know there are going to be people scattered about the world who think this sounds stupid. But I tell you what, as a girl I find that a single compliment goes a long way in my head. There can be a day where I feel slightly shit about myself, whether it be because I just do, or I am remembering something someone said about a year ago. This day might even save someone's life if they are feeling that depressed about themselves. 

Now if you take anything from this, I want you to take this: a single compliment can go a long way. It only takes a few seconds to say, but can stick with someone for a lot longer than that.

That is all for now.

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Ultimate Blog Challenge Day Two: July 2 - I Forgot Day

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Following on from yesterday's UBC post, today is I Forgot Day. I bet you're surprised that I remembered to write it, eh?!

Long story short, today is essentially a day to forgot! Or you can look at it in a different light of using it to try and remember all the things you have forgotten. Did you put the washing out? Have you forgotten someone's birthday? Have you forgotten where something is?

You can look at it in many ways; you could use the day to look through old photos and find events that you had forgotten about. This is exactly what I have done! I spent an hour or so looking through some pictures at my Grandma's house from when I was little about the times which I thought I had forgotten. I must say, this was all very interesting and I found a load of pictures of me that I had forgotten all about - like a picture of me and my cousin when we were younger. It is weird the things you can dig up.

I Forgot Day was apparently invented by Gaye Andersen in the USA. On this note I would like to clarify that these are not all necessarily holidays for the UK, but are definitely things you can use here! There is nothing stopping you!

Here is today's challenge for you: write down 5 things that you had thought you had forgotten! Post them in the comments below, or even tweet me @LovelyChubly with #IForgotDay. These can be anything from trivial things like leaving straighteners on for too long (I did this earlier), to forgetting about it being your uncle's, grandad's aunty's birthday. See what I mean, very random, but at the same time all very interesting!

You could even pass this on to friends and family, and see what crazy things you have all forgotten. I bet this could turn out to be quite amusing.

I am finding I Forgot Day actually quite useful as I am remembering all these things that I should have done - like sort out the header for my blog - that I haven't quite got around to doing yet because I have an awful memory. 

So get your thinking caps on, and start remembering things that you have forgotten! 

All comments are extremely welcome and I will reply to every one (if there are any!).

That is all for today's UBC, don't forget to subscribe to my blog at the top left, and follow me all on the top right!

Toodle-oo!

Ultimate Blog Challenge Day One: July 1 - Creative Ice Cream Flavours Day

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Well today marks the start of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, and also the start of my UBC subject of the different and unusual holidays in the month of July! So without further ado, here begins post one!

Today (July 1) is also Creative Ice Cream Flavours Day - did you know that?! I didn't to be perfectly honest. I must say, I quite enjoy this new found holiday!

I think this day is perfectly placed really; it is the start of summer, and here in the UK the weather is FINALLY starting to look up (it is very sunny and warm where I live today!).

The main concept of this day is pretty much self explanatory - create your own ice cream flavour! Could you think of anything better?! You never know, your flavour that you create could be the next big thing!

Essentially just get creative!

Unfortunately, there is no knows record of who created this day, or where it originated from. Because of this, I am going to just say that it was some random ice cream parlour from many years back who thought it would be a great idea to make a day where you can just go nuts with your ice cream flavours!

Here is the challenge for today's holiday! I challenge you guys to get ultra-creative with your flavours. You can literally add anything to any flavour of ice cream and make it your own! So, I would like to see your pictures/suggestions in the comment box at the end of your post and I will post them on my blog! Or you can tweet me them @LovelyChubly with #CreativeIceCream 

I will be making my own after dinner! I am adding chocolate chips, Haribo sweets and popping candy to vanilla ice cream. Not quite sure what the result will be, but it will be interesting for sure! Might top it off with some squirty cream and more chocolate....mmmm....that does sound good now. Maybe some chocolate brownie too?

I tell you what, you could host a crazy ice cream party! This is definitely something I am going to be doing when I get back to uni. Get each person to bring their own flavour of ice cream and a topping each, all muck in and create one giant awesome ice cream! Now that I would LOVE to see on my Twitter feed!

This ice cream here was what I treated myself to the other day, how amazeballs does that look?! It had cream, vanilla ice cream, fudge brownie, Cadbury's Dairy Milk pieces and loads more in it. Now that is what I call a creative ice cream!

That is all for today's UBC, peeps. I will be back with tomorrow's one around the same time in 24 hours!

Don't forget to post your pictures and suggestions in the comment box below, or tweet me them @LovelyChubly with #CreativeIceCream and I will reply to all your comments and tweets!

Toodle-oo!