happy dozen years milestone

well hello there,

i'm pretty sure today's been 12 years since i left home and did my own thing (my own thing, being a loosely used term at the time lol)

so let's see what has happened during these 12 years as a brief pointed list!

30/10/2015

20:36

• lived in 7 places
• up to my 11th job
• 2 longer term type of relationships
• attended 2 weddings
• attended 4 funerals
• driven probably 500,000 kms or more
• 3 vehicles
• owned 3 houses
• wisdom teeth out, braces on, major operation
• travelled overseas 3 times
• accumulated (so i found out today) plenty of crap lol
• helped people move house a few times, across town and interstate
• drove to adelaide once
• travelled to tassie once
• a few speeding fines here and there
• lost my job from business going into administration/liquidation 3 times
• grew fondly passionate about chooks
• met some amazing people
• met some arse holes
• went to a hair cutting establishment to get my hair cut twice (due to both times my clippers breaking down mid cut)
• attended the first visit of the airbus A380 when it came to melbourne
• travelled on the first flight from wollongong (albion park) to melbourne when qantaslink started doing trips for a few years
• travelled in an ambulance once
• involved in minor car accident 3 times
• started to wear glasses for long distance vision
• got paid for 5 months when i took time off work that was meant to be unpaid lol
• visited all 3 lunatic asylums in victoria
• called the police to attend to rowdy neighbours and late night parties probably half a dozen times
• watched live in concert in melbourne - dido, sheryl crow/john mellencamp, garbage (twice), sharon corr (and left when ronan keating came on lol)
• my favourite teams won a combined haul of 5 afl premierships (and attended 2 of them in 2007 and 2009)
• watched the fireworks of the opening ceremony of the 2006 commonwealth games by standing underneath it
• paid for the most expensive diesel in 2008 while in transit at goulburn ($.192 per litre)
• experienced the hottest ever day of my life so far @ 51°C the day before black saturday
• experienced the coldest mornings of my life in sub zero temperatures
• saw snow for the first time in australia in ballarat
• owned 2 birds and up to 10 chooks
• more recently - found my place in life and loving every moment

going through everything today sorta made me a bit depressed about the stuff i've carried with me, but at the same time, i'm embarking on an important new chapter and this is merely a stepping stone towards the future.

i wouldn't change things for anything at all... i know where i belong and what my purpose is.

bring on the next chapter and the next 12 years

i am sexy, strong, smart, loving, caring, kind, honest, brave, very brave, generous and gentle

i am thankful for everything and everyone for shaping the past to give me the benefits of now and the future

i love me

moving forward....

moving forward is such a tacky political catch phrase lol

but it's what is going on

moving forward

26/10/2015

20:00

good bits:

• booked in a garage sale in lieu of the regular open for inspection this saturday... it's time to just start selling stuff i'm not going to need in the next chapter and raise funds to get things organised
• had a good weekend with my family
• told my loved ones that i love them all
• met and made a new friend
• helped another in the pack with their future
• booked in the truck for service on friday
• made lunches for the working week
• brushed my teeth and have apnea splint ready for bed shortly
• put a charcoal paver on top of the letter box - still looks funny but it's better than a floor tile with a brick on top of it lol
• posted everywhere i could find about the garage sale in local area buy/swap/sell groups on facebook
• had a decent dinner
• used the lint shaver to get rid of most of the fluff on my work hoodie

yeah that's about it i think

it's a cool/cold night so i better go hop into bed and make some movements to warm up the cold sheets! brr!

hugs for everyone

i'm approaching a little milestone this week in the dozen variety... i may just post a bit about my achievements and events during that time.....

bloggering and colouring........

good afternoon all!

what an absolutely perfect spring day! not a cloud to be seen, mild winds, sun high in the sky - perfect!

what a busy weekend i have had, and whilst today was more of a relax day, i still managed to get a few chores done too :-)

19 october 2015

16:39

good bits since last we spoke:

• washing and ironing was completed (small load got done this morning and will iron the few pieces later today)
• pruned each of the hebe hedge bushes out the front yesterday by hand with scissors (about 30-35 plants)
• watered and fertilised the hebes, and watered the rest of the gardens
• went to lee and tahnee's baby shower yesterday and went out for dinner with them afterwards to lazy moe's (been ages since i went there, damn their food is yummy and filling)
• coloured in one of the pictures in the colouring book
• told my family i love and care about them
• thought as little as possible about work
• bought some grocery things to have some lunch at work this week and to make fried rice for dinner tonight
• reconciled receipts to the latest quarterly bank statement
• filed lots of paperwork
• sent online request to transfer some super to consolidate accounts
• enjoyed lots of sunshine (think my ears are burnt lol)
• had some chit chat with conan about anxiety and talking about how it feels when anxiety occurs, in turn, identifying how much less of an issue it is for me these days (thankfully, and fingers crossed it stays!)
• i am sexy
• i slept with my sleep apnea splint, and even after waking up during the night, i forced myself to put it back in and continued sleeping *pats on back*

i think that is about it - i'm glad that today has been generally good. usually when i have 4 days off in a row and i'm not in sydney, i start to get a bit of an anxiety itch - wanting to know what others are doing, start to get in a rut, easily bored etc

i've managed to fend it off quite well without incurring the wrath of hard heavy labour today...

so continue, relaxing afternoon, and provide me good food, good tv (family guy season 3 in the dvd player), some milk and biscuits and a restful night sleep (with splint in mouth!)

love myself and love my friends and family

enjoy today's coloured item :-)

Bloggering on the train.....

Good evening people

Greetings from the 20:55 southern cross to wendouree

Got my first aid certificate today :) well done me!!

Big thanks to April for finding the course for me :)

Have had a great couple of days

17/10/2015

20:55

Good bits:

- got some sorta bad news on Thursday but took it in my stride and saw all the positives that came out of it

- picked up 2 contracts on Thursday totalling about $380,000 plus gay

- neighbear gav worked on the front yard on Thursday by completely weeding the front garden and mowing the front lawns

- I spent a couple hours that evening mowing the back yard lawns and removing the chook yard wire roof so I could mow in there

- Friday I finished the mowing, put heaps of new mulch down in the front garden bed and took all the grass clippings and chook wire to the tip

- finished the online assessment for the first aid course

- went out for Sharon's birthday dinner

- completed the first aid course day today

- cleaned alpha's house and had lovely dinner with him

- rang bio-dad to wish happy birthday (2 minute chore completed relatively painlessly lol)

- paid some fuel injector monies

- paid part of the water bill

- had a couple inspect the house today and seem very interested - asked about quantity and location of tv coax antenna points and asked about cost of council rates 

- rubber band continues on right wrist - 6 weeks now I think?

- as always I tell my family I love them and care about them

Overall, I'm doing really well. Things are feeling as though they are heading in the desired direction

I'll keep fingers crossed and hopeful that some big events will happen soon and provide more direction for my future :)

Until then, a nap on the train home tonight followed by milk, biscuits and some computer games :)

I love me, I am sexy, smart, intelligent and strong

Love you all

Bloggering whilst gamering.....

Good evening all!!

I'm currently multitasking by bloggering on my phone whilst playing some civ 5 on the computer :) go me!!

How was your day?

Good? That's great!! :)

Mine?? Yeah can't complain... Well, I could - but I'm not going to :)

Let's get to the good shit :)

Tuesday 13th October 2015

19:43

- got through the day at work

- are an apple on the way to work

- had a good sized lunch

- had a decent night sleep

- finished a few modules last night for the course on the weekend

- fired up the bbq tonight for first time this season, and cooked a couple of chook snags

- currently playing computer game and eating biscuits (milk to follow shortly!)

- had a nice chit chat on text with Conan this morning

- weather has been pretty nice today

- got new uniforms at work, some shirts, hi vis best and a black hoodie... Shorts are on order apparently

- it's nice to get home in daylight thanks to daylight savings

- told my loved ones that I love them

- identified a post on Facebook I did as not helpful so deleted it soon after

Hmm I think that's a good list for today

I better get some milk to wash the biscuits down :)

Have a good night people :)

Xoxoxo

slacker!!!!! :-)

well good afternoon to you all

yes i have been slack with bloggerings, however i was spending time enjoying annual leave and then getting back into the swing of work then another busy weekend...

so here i am sitting at the desktop computer and thought i could type something up whilst Civ V could download all the new expansions i got a couple weeks ago :-)

monday 12th october 2015

16:29

things have been great.

on occasion there have been some bumps, hurdles, jumps and spin outs - but overall i think i've conducted myself to the best of my abilities using what resources i have access to

since my last post, on my birthday, the following good bits have occurred:

• spent time with my family in sydney and enjoyed every moment i possibly could
• got to spend time with april and keenan - twice! (even though the second time was only for 15 minutes, it was still great!)
• enjoyed warmer weather and the return of daylight savings
• jumped a few more hurdles for constructing the future
• did a bundle of garden work in sydney
• consoled some of the family with a passing of their own, as best as i could
• got to attend more rope classes with alpha and he has graduated to the later class! (go alpha!)
• started to be more self-identifying with issues crossing my mind and doing my best to assess them and deal with them in a reasonable manner
• made Master proud of my efforts of self helping, resilience, the garden work and more
• self-pride of the above and more
• coloured in the first of a book of adult colouring in things (adult as in - made for adults to colour - not meaning adult pictures [porno etc lol])
• planned a day of work in the gardens here in ballan to make the house look more presentable for sale (weeding and grass cutting mainly - this friday - helpers are welcome!)
• bought some fruit to eat for the week
• booked in a course on saturday to further my future
• pimple things on my back are slowly disappearing
• told lots of people that i love and care about them
• took some awesome photos with Master yesterday afternoon - i look great in some of the pics :-)
• rubber band remains on the right hand wrist - i think i'm a few days past 5 weeks now! :-)

generally, everything is going good.

as mentioned, i'm dealing things pretty well and i'm proud of my efforts to remain calm at all times when considering what thoughts are useful and what might be less useful (or useless, even...)

things will continue to go on in a reasonable and controlled manner as long as i remain vigilant with my resilience, strength and pride of good outcomes

i am loving, kind, strong, honest, caring, sexy, generous, thoughtful, passionate and sexy (yes twice lol)

hope everything in other people's lives are travelling well :-)

work hard for what you are passionate about and what you believe in

living by your values is what is most important - mindfulness helps bring this to fruition

and then that reminds me of the yummy fruit i have chopped up in the fridge.... which reminds me to start on dinner soon....

i love myself and love all of you xo