New Year’s resolutions never seem to amount to anything much do they? I don’t think I’ve ever made any that lasted past the first few days until last year and even then they weren’t New Year’s resolutions so much as February planning. I was quite pleased with how my goal setting for 2008 worked out, so I thought I’d do something similar for this year. One thing I’ve learned from looking at which things got done and which things didn’t is that there’s not much point in setting my heart on achieving something that would require a major shift in … Continue reading 12 things for 2009

At the beginning of the year I posted a list of things I wanted to do during the year. I kind of lost interest in keeping some of the more mundane things on the list updated but looking back I’d say I’ve managed to do almost half of what I planned. 1. Bushwalking.2. Swimming 50m laps.3. Bike riding at Western Plains Zoo.4. Cooking new meals.5. House extension planning.6. Bowling.7. Selling jewellery.8. Join the archery club.9. Go see a play – not Shakespeare.10. Camping with the Huscarls.11. Learn bead making.12. Write book reviews. 1, 2 3 & 6. I’ve done bugger … Continue reading 2008 in review

Where we used to have this: and this: We now have this: We have our coffee table back YAY! (But we need to find a new home for the Roomba.) Continue reading New furniture

When I switched to the 3 column template there were a few things about it that I wasn’t quite happy with but I had no idea how to go about changing them. Today I decided to see if I could find a new template that would do what I wanted it to. I googled and I clicked my way through to endless hideously designed blogs offering free templates that were either way too busy for my taste or just didn’t work. So frustrating. Then I found myself here reading a tutorial on how to create a 3 column template by … Continue reading I’ve been redecorating

There’s a whole bunch of stuff cluttering up my brain. Things that need doing, people I need to speak to, places I need to be, forms to fill out, plans to make, invitations to send, lists to write, all of it whirling around popping in and out of my conscious mind at random. I’m feeling paralyzed by the confusion unable to focus on anything and consequently stressing out even more over the most trivial things. The answer is simple of course. I need to write a list. But hang on, there’s all sorts of different types of things in my … Continue reading To do list