Place: aunty eileen

Poison: water

Favourite things: family night

Water: just

Coke zero: nope

Walk: nope

Family night tonight reminds me a hundredfold why I shifted down…I love my family.

There were kids and people and ransoms to boot. A party for Josh who turned two yesterday the atmosphere is so palable.

I love my family. They are full of life, full of life.

I am so glad I made them my priority.

A

Place: church

Poison: long black

Favourite things: singing tonight…

Coke zero: nope

Walk: not yet

Water: none yet

Yesterday was a strange day. The weather was moody and my attitude reflected it. No matter what I did I couldn’t shake it. I was awake all night trying desperately to sleep because I knew today would be a huge day and I needed the rest.

Sometimes days are just hmmmmm

sometimes you’ve just got to say well that didn’t go that well, wake up and choose life and rejoice in the new day that God has made.

So that’s what I’m doing. Rejoicing in the new day!

A

Place: sotos

Poison: long black

Favourite things: my new black bday dress

Coke zero: nope

Water: yes

Walk: yes

Writing a blog on an iPhone is the ultimate of stretching…after painfully typing every word on the little touch screen of this post I lost the whole lot when someone rung me out of the blue!

Take two…

In the last twenty four hours one of my closest friends got news that her dad has cancer and I also got a hard decision to make regarding my new property that I am bursting to shift into.

I can’t begin to explain how stretching this year has been with the financial melt down, close friends loosing their jobs, operations, rehab…definately a large stretch.

Today I’m so thankful for my 30 day challenge as it’s providing perspective in the midst of my madness.

I was reading Oswald Chambers today and he reminded me that the stretch brings intimacy and trust into our closest relationships if we let it!

Stretching times enabled Oswald to write like this…’i find faith as natural as breathing, And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been not trusting Him earlier.’

When we are stretched it forces us to trust or freak out, there is no in between. When life is casara sara we live in the in between land of whatever will be.

As much as the stretch is uncomfortable, the more I trust, the more faith comes as natural as breathing, the more I am
Enabled to live a large life of risk.

Help me

I’m out of control…and trying to love it!

A

Place: loungeroom

Poison: chardonnay

Favourite things: breathing deeply

Coke zero: nope

Water: yes

Walk: yes

Today my body is extremely tired. I went for a really long walk along the shoalwater foreshore, complete with many flies and a pod of dolphins.

When we are at our tiredest that’s when it’s so difficult to stay true to the goals we set for ourselves.

I found myself thinking, how many days am I up too with my 30day challenge?

It wasn’t until I stilled myself and reminded myself of the why….and I was back on track.

Tiredness is a part of the lifestyle that we all find ourselves subjected to.

Find ways to combat it.

Find ways to refresh and revive.

That’s what I’m doing right now…

A

Place: teaching team meeting

Poison: water

Favourite things: thinking about catching the train home

Walk: not yet

Water: happening

Coke zero: nope

I am listening to a fabulous message on speaking to a post modern world.

The quote that was just given was the importance of stories in our post modern world. ‘A story is a creative demonstration of truth.’

Everyone has a story, there is a tension/ conflict in everyone of our lives that creates intrest.

Interesting people live interesting lives because their stories are full of tension and conflict.

How often to I wish away conflict and tension, yet the truth is it brings amazing stories and strength to my life.

Every trial brings about the possibility for a great story. Take others on the journey with you, learn from one another.

what’s your story like today?

A

Place: rockingham

Poison: water

Favourite things: my neice Charlotte

Coke zero: no I nearly pepsi Maxed it but rectified my blurring of boundaries.

Walk: yep

Water: on my way

I shifted all my stuff yesterday from my rental to my mums, yesterday. I’m awaiting the finalization of my settlement on my house so I’m living with my family.

Coming back to the place you grew up is a little confronting, it brings out the best and the worst. I’m looking forward to being confronted, it’s such a good way to truly find out who you are…

Love family, love life. Even when it’s challenging!

A

Place: church

Poison: long black

Favourite things: birthday presents…

walk: not yet

Water: need to drink more

coke zero: nope, last night was so tempting at my party but I stood firm.

Our new theme for the month is feast on life… I’m excited. Feast on life. So often christians are the ones with the placards and the jargon that condemns everyone to darkness.

However I see more scriptures about life and life to the fullest.

Celebrate each day with the ones you love…focus on that which is inspiring and delightful than all that is bad.

Personally I have been so challenged about complaining. So often I can fall into a place of complaining or criticism/ sarcasm. How is that helpful in anyway! I am trying my hardest to stop complaining and feast on life.

He sets a table before me in the presence of my enemies!

love it

Laugh. Love. Learn. Live…

A

Place: loungeroom

Poison: champagne

Favourite things: black nail polish

Water: yes

Coke zero: no

Walk: yes

I am officially the worse nail polish applier in the world. I dropped nail polish on the floorboards! Ahhhhh and I think I got more on my cuticle than my nail beds. No girl can host a party without it however.

I am waiting for my guests to arrive with three home made pizzas in the oven, lots of treat bags with white rocky road, champagne on ice and I’m excited!

I love to host parties and to feast on life. To take time to celebrate one another. I meet so many people who are afraid of hosting people, the house though is the most amazing resteraunt no matter it’s state of repair.

This week I watched Jamie Oliver and he went to some illegal resteraunts in America, peruvian resteraunts, Egyptian, Greek and creaole and I was in love.

I am thinking I’d love to start an under ground resteraunt, maybe at my new flat that’s just what I might do.

When was the last time you hosted a party for no reason at all. Open your door l, send out a simple invite, cook up some lovely fun filled treats. I am sure you will create a night in to remember…

Party hard

A

Place: bed

Posion: water

Favourite things: milking my birthday

Coke zero: nooooo

Walk: yes ish

water: yes

Ahh fresh from a massage, I have so many excuses why I didn’t blog yesterday.

1) my birthday
2) held two events, three if you include the after party.
3) I was staying in a hotel.
4) forgot my walking shoes.
5) spent to much time on facebook checking all my birthday love.
6) had a glass of wine at 3pm.
7) refused to walk into my office where my laptop was.
did I already state how busy I was?
9)the stars weren’t aligned.
10) my thumbs were too sore from too much…um…what do thumbs do? Eating.
11) no one knows in my family about this little 30 day venture, so no one to hold mr accountable.
12) my current crush only textd for my birthday wish, no phone call or visit. Spose that’s why it’s called a crush. They crush you!
13) did I mention how busy I am and our event was a sell out!

No
Excuse is ever enough (beside from say a fatality..) if you commit to something just do it.

Thus endeth the rant.

Amen

Place: My Office

Poison: Water

Favourite Things: Expectation in the air

Walk: yes

Water: yes

Coke zero: no

 

There is an edge of expectation in the air, so often in an event the edge of expectation can convert to fear and panic, but today my soundtrack is an instrumental one from Paris and the expectation is palabable.

Sometimes you truly need a bit of expectation to help get the adrenilin kicking and for it to bring out your best.

What are you expecting today? The measure of your expectation is often the fullness of the result.

Expectation begets expectation.

Also today I said no. Ahh someone (my lovely sis) kindly brought me a coke zero with lunch as I normally steal hers, and I said no. Yay me…

Just say no. simple. (yeah right!)

A