Boo its monday

Well its actually Tuesday yes I do know this :o) but it was bank holiday weekend here yesterday for Australia Day so only back to work today & its like a doubly bad Mondayitis.

Had really good weekend, didn't do all that much Sat chilled out needed it after the busy week last week. Oh & I did watch the tennis the Australia Open is on at the moment & its strangely additive. I've always enjoyed tennis but haven't played in ages. Sunday, myself & S went to Rays Outdoors cos they're having a sale on & we wanted to get a new tent, the one we have is crap & we've used it more than i thought we would so it justifies us getting a more decent one this time. Loved that shop could have spent a fortune there if I'd had my way :o) but I was good. All the tents were half price which was so handy so we got a fairly decent sized one this time, can't wait to try it out. I think we're heading to picton not next weekend but weekend after so get to use it then. Ah its the little things.

Yesterday we got up reasonable early & did a bit of a blitz on the apt, it needed it. Then headed down to the royal national park about an hour south of Sydney. We hiked for about two and a half hours, it was tough going in parts but the views were spectacular, I really enjoyed it more than I'd expected to. We're thinking about getting proper hiking boots etc & doing it more often. Huuuummmmmm might need another trip to Ray's outdoors hehehe.

Anyway that's all really, I'm thinking I need to do a bit of decluttering soon. I don't know how i do it but 'stuff' just seems to be attracted to me, it just appears & piles up. Does that happen to anyone else?

We're supposed to be going to the cinema this evening to see 'yesman' but not sure yet, think I might prefer to just go home. We'll see.

Hope you all have great day. Enjoy it.

Wehoo Friday

I'm tired today. I thought I had a really good sleep but I woke up exhausted, really exhausted. Maybe a few nights of good sleep will help. My eyes were so tired & red it looked like I'd gone to bed crying which i hadn't but its bit embarrassing coming into work looking like i had, even makeup wasn't a great help cos it was my eyes looking bloodshot. I might try eye drops, my sister gets dry eyes & she had saline ones before & said they brighten up her eyes. She has lovely green eyes, but wears glasses so they're kindda hidden. It'd be nice to see her with contacts so we could see her vivid eyes but don't think she likes them much.

Anyway what was i saying oh yeah tired.... you see i know I'm tired when i lose my train of thought :o) its Friday yipee I've no plans for the weekend, yipee well slightly untrue i have one plan that its going to be a veggie weekend. I've a few crafty things I'd like to do but that'll be if the desire hits me & it'll be for enjoyment. I might even go home bit early since my boss has already left & with so few of us here now no one really minds. But I've so much to do if i leave early I'll probably have to work late on Monday but you know it might just be worth it :o)

I bought a tarot card set yesterday its really pretty set. I've always been interested in it so thought i might learn how to read them etc. Who knows?

Emm not much really else I'm too tired to think & be coherent in any sort of thought process so think I'll sign off & hope you have a great weekend.

Things to be thankful for

Ok so I didn't win the lotto and I'm in work today but I'm much more grateful today for all I have. Part of me yesterday was so wishing I'd win money give up my job & travel the world which would be nice but since it didn't happen I tried to concentrate more on what I have. I'm so lucky in a lot of ways & I should be more grateful for that. So many others are having a hard time right now with the world economy being the way it is.

So I'm grateful that I have a good job, I'm grateful I'm healthy, happy(most of the time anyway ;o)), that the sun is shining, I have a roof over my head, food on my plate, a husband that I love & who loves me, for my friends & family. I'm grateful for all the happy times & happy memories, grateful too for the sad ones cos it's made me who I am today & so many other things that I can't even begin to name. Another new years resolution I'm going to try to think less of what I don't have & be more thankful for what I have. Try not to take things for granted.

So a couple of thoughts to mull on today, think about everything you should be thankful for & remember blessings come in all disguises.

Hope you have a good day & have a least one good belly laugh. :oD

WOW 2009

Ok I've said it before & i"ll say it again(probably another 10 million times but hey!!) where the hell is the time going???????? Anyone, anyone??

I just checked & my last blog was 28th Nov, it SOOOO does not feel that long ago.

But anyhoooooooo as they say in the films.........I"M baaaacccccckkkkkk :oD

ok bit of a catch up. December sort of went by in a bit of a blur which I'm saying way to often for my liking. But as the other girl in work was let go at beginning of Nov, Dec was the first month of doing all 3 jobs myself!! Crazy had a bit of a meltdown at one stage but that was to be expected I suppose, a body can only take so much. I then did the two exams I'd been cramming for. I was supposed to have been off the Fri before on study leave but ended up having to go into work to finish all the reports etc which was a bit of a bummer. So the exams were on the mon & tue(8th&9th), i think they wenk ok but I wish I'd had about a week off before to study more & just be bit more focused. I wasn't in exam mode. I didn't get one finished completely as I just ran out of time so if anything that may trip me up but the results aren't until Feb so I'll just forget them until then.

The rest of Dec was bit better was so relieved to have exams over & just had to worry about work. We had a really nice Christmas party in work & that helped to relax everyone a bit. We finished up work on 24th with a half day which was nice. S finished on 17th I was so jealous :o)

Then we headed down to Canberra where we were spending Christmas with out friends down there. Traffic was pretty crap but got there about 9pm so it was grand to chill out & catch up. I actually had a really nice Christmas this year. We got up earlyish, opened one present each then we went for a walk up the mountain that's near their apt. It was a lovely day & already really hot. K brought her bagpipes with her to practice up the mountain as you can imagine they're pretty loud so she doesn't often get to practice at home. She's really good she'd just bought a new set & was getting the feel of them. They're really nice ones. She's played for years but hasn't in awhile so wanted to get back up to speed. She's joined the local pipe band. Anyway so we came back & got all our stuff together & headed out to the lake. We had a BBQ beside the lake there for our Christmas dinner, it was yummy. I had even brought down with me a few of the tomatoes i grew, they were SO tasty I can't believe the difference in flavour between mine & store bought ones.!!

We headed back to their place & opened all the prezzies so that was good fun. My main prezzie was a photo printer so played with that for awhile. Everyone was busy with different family calls home etc. then we settled down with the game cranium, it was absolutely hilarious i haven't laughed so much in AGES. Its sort of a mix between pictionary, scrabble & trivial pursuit.....so much fun & of course add drink & it gets even funnier :o) Really nice relaxing Christmas.

St Stephens day we chilled out & went for walk the other side of Canberre & went to the cinema to see the new Keanu Reeves film..was ok.

Saturday we headed to the DZ in picton for the weekend. It was so hot there, I decided not to jump. But i wanted to practice my sports photography so my friends there who were swooping, i took action shots of them, was really good fun & good practice. Lots of food & drink later & pretty much the same sunday.

Monday back home to a bit of quiet for one day that is, it was nice to just chill together.

Tue our friends from Canberra came up to Sydney, we did shopping, walks around Sydney, ate lots again, went to the zoo & then New Year eve we went to the park near us to watch the firework off Sydney Harbour Bridge they were pretty amazing. They left on New years day as K had to work. I ended up having to work on the Fri too :o( even though i wasn't supposed to be back until 5th. oh well. I got a call leter on on Fri from friends from home they were in Sydney & wanted to meet up, so met up with them at the rocks, near circular key & S came after & caught up & had food & drinks. We caught up with them on Sunday too they came to our apt for a bbq, was really nice catching up with them. I hadn't seen either of them for about 3 years. So that was really cool. S & I went exploring around botany bay, south of Sydney on the weekend too, was so nice.

Then back to work 5th, that was SO hard, believe me I was praying to win the lotto although I'd have to do the lotto first in order to win but you understand the sentiment :oD

It was such a busy weekend last week as even if I'm off the work still needs to be caught up with so pure madness again. It was my birthday last wed so S treated me to a weekend away, we both managed to get half days on Fri & we headed down to Jervis Bay about 3 hours south of Sydney. It was so nice there, real seaside, summer holiday feel to it. I really liked it. It supposed to have some of the whitest beaches in the world. They were fab. Again ate & drank too much, we went walking in the National park there, Booderee National Park & we went snorkeling off the rocks at Murrays beach. Got bit sunburnt too, d'oh even with suncream on. Although it was cooler than Sydney it was still about 24oC. But it was breezy so you don't feel yourself burning, normally I do. I collected a whole load of really cool shells too when we went exploring. All in all I had a really good weekend.

So back to work today, boo & I actually did go out & do the lotto this afternoon hahhaa. Who knows i may be able to have a weekend like that everyday :oD one can only hope.

Anyway hope haven't bored to all to tears but I had a lot to catch up on & I'm hoping, well its one of my new year resolutions to get better at keeping up my blogging. Its so nice to have a record of things I've done or places I've been etc.

Anyway very belated HAPPY NEW YEAR & hope you all had loads of fun.

Be seeing you soon.