Category Archives: Life

1 Month to go

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Wow… it’s December and it’s almost time to close this years list, but there are still a few things to go…. since my last update I have crossed a few more off:

7. Finish scrap booking my old stuff – completed 4/11/12
It’s all done, from 2000-2012… well what’s happened to date… all packaged neatly in a little box.
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23. Buy a new dress – completed 1/11/12
My new dress was for my brother’s wedding on the 17th, which was a super lovely day which you can read all about here… but here is a picture of Davo and I all done up… 20121206-103250.jpg

27. Go on a picnic – completed 4/11/12
A nice little fish and chips on the beach… not a full on picnic, but a picnic all the same.
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36. Do a fun run… well I have actually done two runs and a walk now… I think I am addicted… I walked the Parkinson’s Australia Walk, ran the 10km in the Melbourne Marathon festival and ran the 5km Color Run…  – completed 14/10/1220121206-103236.jpg

44. Go without TV for a week – completed 21-28/10/12
It was a necessary break in which I finished two assignments both worth 50% each… it was quiet and I felt a little behind in terms of world events as I didn’t really know what was going on, but I actually really enjoyed it.

67. Play my Flute – completed 20/11/12
Turns out my skills aren’t as awesome as they used to be, but it was nice to play again… maybe I might not wait so long before I do it again.20121206-093148.jpg

75. Try Listerine mouth wash – completed 20/11/12
Well I tried it, but I think the pictures tell you how much I liked it… 20121206-103258.jpg

76. Swing on some swings – completed 20/11/1220121206-093142.jpg

90. Buy that whistle song off iTunes – completed 6/11/1220121206-093132.jpg

94. Pump up my own tires – completed 13/10/12

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Which means I now have a month to finish the rest… some can’t be crossed off until the very end of the year but others can which means I still have 40 to go and a month to do it… here we go… could be a big month.

Season of Lists

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The season of lists has started… the time of the year where you need to make lists of things to be done, lists of cards to send, lists of presents to buy, lists of food needed, lists of how to stay sane… seriously I have a list for everything… and it is only going to get worse. The thing is, without these lists life would be even more stressful, trying to randomly remember when I need to do things, what I need to get… I mean I have a very incredible brain… but it gets a little jumbled when you add a healthy dose of holiday madness. This is also the time of year that I start thinking about my list of things to do for next year… what I will put on it, perhaps what may need to be carried over from this year’s list… One day I think that I may in fact end up completely covered in lists… but regardless I declare the season of lists open…

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Life in Colour

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I have decided that I love fun runs… I love the atmosphere, I love the challenge and I love the support and this weekend I ran the very first ‘Color Run’ in the southern hemisphere… right here in good old Melbourne. And despite the fact that it wasn’t as well organised or as colourful as I had been led to believe from the advertising that preceded the event it was still a lot of fun…

To be honest I don’t really have a whole heap to say about the run… but I guess it needs a little explaining…  for those of you who are unfamiliar with the ‘Color Run’ (spelt like that because it’s a trademark from America… even though we are in Australia and it’s now wrong) it’s dubbed the happiest 5km in the world… and while it was not quite 5km… it was happy, at each kilometer mark runners and walkers alike were covered with a different coloured powder (coloured corn starch) so by the end you were a rainbow… which in real life was colourful, but the pictures don’t really do it justice… but just because I can below are some before and after pictures for you viewing pleasure:

Before:

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After:

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Dear Bird in the Chimney

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Dear Bird in the chimney,

There are many things your could be doing if you weren’t stuck in the chimney, you could be flying, making new friends and generally much much happier… But at the present you are stuck and refusing the assistance that has been offered multiple times.  Dave has made enough room for you to get down, I know it’s true because one of your mates has done it before, unless it is you again, in which case you should know better… And to stay away from the chimney! There is also bread for you at the bottom which we hoped would tempt you to make the journey down, but apparently carbs aren’t your thing…

Here is the thing little bird, I have been told several times to just let you die as you and the rest of your Indian Minor friends are actually a national pest… But I don’t really want that, for two reasons… 1. You sound sad scratching on the pipe and unfortunately I have started to like you and 2. If you die in the pipe… You’ll stink and be much harder to get out.

So please, stop resisting, head towards the light at the bottom and once you are in the fire place we can let you out… And you’ll be free…

Thanks,

Em