When does 2011 start for you?

Here it is the 4th of January 2011 and the New Year is only really starting for me this year as this is when people head back to work and you can make them calls to companies,Dr's,Dentists, and other places that close down over the New Year period. This is the time I start hunting around for a appt diary for this year as most places sell them at half price now compared to full price before the New Year.

This year is already shaping up to be a busy one with me aiming to lose a kilo a week till I'm down to 55 or 60 kilos, for those of you interested in following my weight lose you can follow it here . Also I'm planning on doing some sort of study via correspondence course before Easter rolls around so will be spending this week and maybe next week checking out if I need to enrol now or if I can enrol closer to Easter.

Also hoping to meet up quiet a number of times with some twitter friends who live in and around the South East Queensland area, all of my twitter friends have been a great source of new friendship for me and have made me feel very wlecome online but my next hurdle comes in metting a group of them. I've meet one twitter friend one to one and that was lovely but when it comes to a group even if  know the people I get worried and scared if I haven't meet them in real lift. I'm not going to put people's names on here but all my friends know who you are (I hope you do) 


I'm looking forward to what the new year is going to bring me even though I know some of what it's going to bring me the rest of it will be surprises even if it means hitting a rough patch here and there I look forward to them cause its through rough patches that part of me learns to grow stronger. 

What about you, when does 2011 start for you? What are you persoanlly looking forward to this year for you and/or your family?

 

Thousand Word Thursday 4

Thursday has rolled around again, were I find myself looking for a pic that means a lot to me and playing Thousand Word Thursday with toushka one of many wonderful twitter friends. The idea is to find a photo that has meaning for you, place it on your blog then write why it has meaning then to post a link to it on toushka website. 

You can play from Thursday through to Sunday so please join us in sharing your pictures would love to see some of them.

This picture was taken at my husband's 2006 Year 12 graduation as a mature age student (this is where we actually meet & fell in love not the spot but the college)

He attended the college there over 3 years part time doing years 11 & 12, he went back to school not to only improve himself, but also to show his daughter that education can be an important thing to have in life and that no matter how old you are, you are always learning.

Thousand Word Thursday 3

Thursday has rolled around again, were I Find myself looking for a pic that means a lot to me and playing Thousand Word Thursday with toushka one of many wonderful twitter friends. The idea is to find a photo that has meaning for you, place it on your blog then write while it has meaning then to post a link to it on toushka website. 

Won't you please join us in sharing your pics would love to see some pics

This was a school picture take of me when I was year 2 of School down in New South Wales, the reason this picture has a special place in my heart is it's the only picture I do have me as a young girl as I lost of lot of my pictures when I split from my ex (the guy I was going with before I meet the guy I am with now) 

It brings back a lot of memories both of good and bad times at school, the games I played with friends, the teachers I had, the school I loved sometimes I want to be that age again just for the school part of it I really loved school & still love to learn.

I wish my hair was still as blonde as that but over the years it's naturally turned a browny colour. I still try to keep it long I always loved long hair, sometimes I do get my hair cut short but for the most part its always long


Have you got a pic to share?

Fathers/Mothers Day = Parents Day

In our house we don't celebrate Father's Day or Mother's Day instead we call it Parent's day, why Parents day you ask?

Well families these days are not made up of just a Dad or Mum anymore, families are all different these days you can have two guys/ladies raising a kid(s) or a single parent family.

With our step daughter having friends that cover all these types of families we thought to hell with fathers/mothers day lets just have a parents day.

That doesn't mean our daughter misses out of Fathers/Mothers Day stalls at school she still shops there & the presents go away till we have parents day.

Also it means we can go out for a meal or buy a present for parent's day & not have to pay an arm or leg like you do when it comes to Fathers/Mothers Day.

Our daughter is not missing out but we are just combining two wonderful days into one.

Is anyone else game enough to ditch Fathers/Mothers Day & just have a parents day?