Guest Post - Meet Gaelyn Cokayne

Recently I have discovered a host of brand new South African Lifestyle blogs and I am loving them all. 

Here is 1 of them I would like to feature:

Heart of Iron is the story of a vivacious young lady with an inner strength I admire. Gaelyn has taken charge of her life despite some road-bumps along the way and she lets nothing deter her from being a positive and inspirational person.

The reason I asked Gae to become a guest on my blog is because she has lost 35kgs!
With Summer galloping up on us, I asked Gae to share some of her tips to help motivate and inspire us:

5 Steps to a Happier, Better You!

I have found some fool proof tricks to help me stay motivated and on track to my goal! Many of my clients have said that the same works for them, so give them a try!!

Step 1

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Step 5

GOOD LUCK on your journey, it will be tough but I promise it will be so WORTH IT!!!"

Thank you being a guest on my blog Gae!

Connect with Gae:

A New Weigh - Gaelyn Cokayne

gaelyncokayne

@anewweigh

facebook.com/anewweigh

Travel Tuesday - The US of A

The travel bug bit me when I planned this - my very first overseas trip.

Ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted to go to Disney World.

This dream shaped my entire future. I did not go to university after high school because I wanted to realise my dream.

I told myself I would go to Disney World and come back home and begin studying.

Once I travelled, I wanted to do it more! So I took a job and started saving for more travels around the globe.

Did you know?
Disneyworld, Orlando - Florida opened on this day in 1971. (Happy Birthday Disney World!)

To celebrate this magical place's birthday, here are some fun facts:

1. There are more than 20,000 different colors of paint used in Walt Disney World.
2. The Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow (EPCOT) was to be a real working futuristic city, it was once meant to actually be lived in. Walt Disney died before the park opened and EPCOT became park of the amusement park instead
3. No trash can will ever be more than 30 steps away from you
4. Disney World employs more people on one site than any other company in the US. During peek times it ranges between 55,000-60,000 which is about half of the Disney employees worldwide
5. Every single day, more than 200 pairs of sunglasses are turned in to the Lost and Found department
6. There's a hotel suite tucked away in Cinderella's Castle that can sleep up to six and has flat-screen TV disguised as magic mirrors. Unfortunately, you can't just make a reservation—overnight guests are winners that are chosen at random by the park each day.

A pretty river inside Disney World

The Magic Cinderella Castle

We also visited Medieval Times - as seen on The Cable Guy with Jim Carey

I loved the actual jousting and ancient tournaments

Medieval Times - Kissimmee Florida

Universal Studios was an absolute treat for a movie buff such as myself.

Back to the Future fans will recognise this scene as the street where Marty tried to get back to the future.

The backdrop you see in the photo is actually a painting.

Even looking at it now boggles the mind!

Universal Studios

Seaworld was an experience. The dolphin shows were so well executed I felt that South Africa had nothing on these shows.

Seaworld

We even got to see the real Free Willy whale and watch him swimming underwater.

New York was 1 of my favourite places to visit. My birthday was celebrated there. We only spent 4 days there and it was not enough at all.

I would love to go back and explore Central Park in it's entirety.

Statue of Liberty

Almost all of our photos feature the Twin Towers in the background - so sad that it is no longer there.

Probably the last photo taken of me wearing a T-Shirt. Never again!! You won't even find me wearing a One Direction T-Shirt.

Twin Towers from Liberty Island

Facts from HERE

Manicure Monday - Dappled Dots

This design was quirky and much easier to apply than the Ombre.

As you can tell, I am far from a professional - but hopefully with enough practise, the nail-art will start to look better.

Choose a Basecoat colour - I chose White, but it was actually supposed to be Pale Pink.

Choose 3 colours - I chose Grey, Teal green and fuschia pink.

Have a Bobby pin or toothpick for making the dots. The more polish you put on the pin, the bigger the dots.

Again, after completing the thumb nail I looked back at the photo and realised 2 things:

1. I wish I had a "dotting tool set" to make the dots look more professional
2. I should have overlapped my dots

Too bad - this is the amateur version of Manicure Monday!

What it should look like:

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Making Things Happen

I am sure most of you know my obsession with these guys:

Even though I try to keep the groupie side of me on my other Social Media, sometimes it slips through onto here.

I didn't choose the Groupie life, the groupie life chose me.

One day I heard a song on the radio and fell in love with the voice and then the song with it's cheeky catchy beat. A few days of hearing the song, but never the artist made me research them on Google.

This was my first glimpse of the voice I had fallen in love with:

A 12 year old boy (not quite)

Ermmmm ok..... Not what I expecyed. My first thoughts were: "They are SO YOUNG"

Proceed to watch the music video, love it, google them, watch all their interviews and that was that. I was smitten.

3 years later, look how my baby has grown up:

Liam Hotness Payne

"I want you"

I recently became the proud owner of this lovely perfume, which surprisingly does not smell like a 12 year old high on Candy Floss.

My dad and I had an hour long conversation about these boys and their success and I told him that my new life's mission is to see them perform live.

Yesterday, I decided to stop saying it, and do it. I am going to see One Direction. Live. At Wembley Stadium.

I can't contain my excitement!!! I have to keep looking at this photo to make sure it really happened.

Go ahead, judge me. I won't care over the ear-splitting grin and inward shreaking

I even entered a competition to see them live at Madison Square Gardens in New York, but sadly didn't win. If you feel like a good chuckle, here is the video. 

Is it just me who hates the sound of their own voice? Apparently your brain alters the way you sound - why? Why doesn't it just alter our vocal cords to sound better?