Gratitude Sunday

Where has the time gone?

It feels like forever since I wrote anything on here...and my posts tell me it's been a couple months since I wrote last. 

I've had the occasional blog post written in my head, but never got on the actually blog to write it.

I could have started this year off with a recap of my 2012, or what my goals for the year are, 

but I never got around to writing those either.

Some how I find it perfect that today is when I wrote again.

There is never enough gratitude to be expressed.

and with that being said, here's some things I am grateful for at the moment:

- Changes

- My calling with the Primary kids at church

- My time with the girls I babysat, which came to an end this past Thursday

- The home I have

- My family

- Work

- Clean water

- Downsizing

- Getting to start my teaching course soon

- Almost being 22

- Feeling like I am moving in the right direction

- Fun texts to and from my brother and sister in law

- Free feeds and the company that comes with it! (It's always appreciated)

- Music for every mood

- My lil bro getting his mission call (England London South Mission!)

- Good walks and chats

- New friends

- Holidays

and so much more...

Gratitude Sunday

I've been a little slack with my Gratitude Sunday posts of late unfortunately, so I thought it about time

I do one. I've kinda missed recapping the things I'm grateful for in my life.

My SIL's sister brought up a quote which said something like

"What if you woke up tomorrow with only the things you thanked God for today?"

Pure brilliance right there if you ask me!

So here goes...I'm thankful for:

- All the extra work the past week and a bit has brought (despite my very tired body)

- Beautiful days to wake up to

- Friends moving into my ward

- My new calling in Primary with the children at church, because despite how tiring they can be, they are totally worth it :D

- a new netball season starting up again this week

- a few new goals I've set for myself

- Being on the way to saving a set amount by the end of the year

- An awesome fireside tonight

- Promptings to do things

- 2 full MnM dispenser for when I need a little chocolate hit

- My brand new overlocker machine :D and at a bargain price!!

- Having a quick catch up with the parentals before they went away

- Dinner dates with friends

- A new month of daily photo challenges to complete

- The wonderful discover of sandwich thins...they're perfect for me

- My home and safety while so many in other parts of the world have lost so much

There is always something to be grateful for! So what are you grateful for at the moment?

Gratitude Sunday

I've been thinking a lot about gratitude lately.

I find when I stop and think about things, I realise just how grateful I am to be where I am in my life.

It's nice to occasionally just stop and think about everything that you have right now,

in this very moment. 

Lately I have been grateful for:

- Having a fair bit of work between my jobs, which helps me to be both pay for things and save for travel and other fun things I want to do

- Time with my family. No matter how brief it is, seeing them is worth the 6 hours round trip of driving

- The sunshine; it always lifts my mood

- Friends

- New ideas and inspiration

- Music

- Feeling the spirit

- The knowledge that I can be with my family forever, especially those who have moved on already

- The innocence of children

- One very happy, smiling little girl who I got to hold today

- Seeing others happy

- The ability to let go off some pain that I've been holding on to 

- Being alive

- The possibilities that the future can hold

What are you grateful for at the moment?

Gratitude Sunday

It's been a couple weeks since I did one of these...so here goes.

Over the last month I have been grateful for:

- Having my little bro come and visit...a couple of times

- Building relationships with friends

- Having sunshine to break up the dreary winter weather

- New shoes...and the deals I got buying them

- Going old school and playing different boardgames with people

- Free weekly rentals from the video store

- SLEEP! Apparently we are best friends now

- Getting to watch bits of the olympics....some seriously amazing athletes out there!

- Reading stories of people doing the right thing and standing up for 

- A random late night chat with Dad while he has been in the United States

- Any extra work I can get

- Good hair days...they seriously just make it all better

- Chocolate

- Fresh water...seriously loving it at the moment

- My new phone

- Skype...THE BEST THING EVER!

- Mexican food...apparently I'm obsessed with it at the moment

- Getting in the Aussie spirit

- Tips that help me save just that little bit extra towards Europe

and finally

- New and exciting things in general

What are you grateful for at the moment?

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- Seeing my family

- Celebrating my parents 30th wedding anniversary

- Having fun with Janelle and Leah

- Finishing some of my post exam tasks

- Learning how to play a new game

- My car still holding out

- Enjoying holidays

- Extra sleep

- Fun sleepovers with my niece

- Giving things one more try before I have to accept defeat and walk away

- Little things that make it all worth it

- Perspective, perspective, perspective

- Life...and learning to work it all out as I go

Gratitude Sunday

This week I'm grateful for:

- Being able to spend quality time with people who care about me

- Seeing my family

- Having a warmish bed on these cold nights

- Getting good advice from people

- Seeing other's perspective

- Pinterest ideas

- Sunshine

- Moments that make things better

- Choc mud biscuits...they're just amazing!

- Sweet treats from my visiting teachers

Lazy Days

So I had my last exam on Friday and I've been enjoying the days since...without any guilt!

Sure I've been to work a couple of days...but only for a couple of hours each.

I was able to go home for almost a week and it was nice to chill out with them and have a few good chats with my siblings. It's funny how our relationships have changed over the years.

I've also loved the extra sleep...I get seriously stressed during exam time and don't sleep properly at all. It was nice to be normal again....somewhat anyway :D

Now that I've had a few lazy days, I am going to start working on a list of things I have been putting off or have wanted to do for ages but study got in the way of.

I have till the 11th of July to find out my results and so I am going to start getting on with it.

Starting with a few little presents for my pregnant friend.

I think I'm going to enjoy the holidays! :D

Except when not long after I wake up I hear a strange male voice in my apartment and walk out in my pj's to find a young electrician fixing my thermostat....that was slightly awkward :P

Other than that...bring it on!

Gratitude Sunday

Sooooo it's been a couple of weeks since I've done one of these...my bad!

Apparently I have been having too much fun the last couple of Sunday's with my family 

and their in-laws.

This week I am grateful for:

- Good music

- Family...especially the visit from my little bro this week

- Having another exam over

- A new tv show to watch...The Mentalist!

- Lunch with friends...at the awesome Burger Got Soul

- The beginning movie session of the Harry Potter marathon Janelle and I will be having over the next little while

- Fun afternoons with the girls I babysit

- Days at home on my own

- My clothes finally drying! All this rain doesn't help!

- My favourite lollies on special

- 24 hour Kmart...it's like home :P It has most things I need...no matter what time of day!

- The internet...for basically everything.

- Good food

- Making decisions and being happier for it :D

Who I Am Wednesday - A little info

Bridget over at Tales of Me and the Husband had a few questions for her readers on Monday,
so I thought I would answer them here so you can see my answers.

Here goes:

Where you from?! Where do you live now?
- I'm from Mackay, QLD originally, but I live in Hobart, TAS now-

Male/Female? Age?
- Female, 21 -

How'd you discover my blog? Long-time reader? New?
- I can't remember exactly how I came across Bridget's blog...but it was her & Steve's love story that really caught my attention. I've stayed around ever since -

What do you do? for work? for fun?
- I'm hopefully just about to graduate. I'm currently a babysitter and pizza delivery driver. I want to be a teacher and I have the most fun when travelling the world -

Are you religious? Atheist? Something in between?
- I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...or Mormon. -

What's your favourite song? Band? Book?
- I don't really have a favourite one of any of these. My favourites depend on the mood I'm in. The song Landslide by the Dixie Chicks is a personal favourite...and I am currently reading the Harry Potter series and enjoying it more than I thought I would. -

What's your favourite vacation spot?
- I've been lucky enough to travel a fair bit with my family, and a little on my own. I'd probably say my favourite trip has been Japan. Just because it was so different and a good chance to use my language skills. -

What would you like to see more of on the blog? 
- I think blogs should be whatever the blogger wants it to be. But if you've got suggestions, feel free to let me know. It's always good to write on different things. -

Are any of you famous?
- I am not. Though I'm glad I'm not, because who wants people stalking you all the time...no thanks!
However if you're famous, sweet deal! -
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Now it's your turn to answer them for me. You can either do it in the comments, send me an e-mail, or do a post of your own. If you do, leave me a comment with a link so I can check out what you said.
I want to get to know you readers more too! :D

Salamanca

After having my first exam at 9am on Saturday, I decided some fun was in order.

So I asked Janelle to come with me to Salamanca markets.

I hadn't been to Salamanca for ages and it's always good to go every once in a while.

My favourite find was my GingerDEAD man

Isn't he cute?! 

It was nice to just relax after my exam before I had to go to work.

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- Fast breakers and firesides

- Honesty

- Seeing my sister, niece and nephew for a little bit

- My ice-cream 'date' with Maz before she left for Japan! Jealous... 

- Dinner and random hang outs with Janelle

- Laughter

- Goals for improvement

- Fun games with the YSA

- Having good work colleagues

- Water

- Seeing Lewie G...the post mission version

- Positivity

- Motivation

- Awesome lessons at church

- Time...it is both my friend and enemy

- Renewing my love for Bones...the tv show

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- Chats with my Mum

- Autumn leaves and the beautiful changes

- Nerf gun attacks

- Scavenger hunts around Hobart

- Dinner with the girls coming up to YSA over the next year

- Playing cards with the brother and my SIL's family

- A bed and blanket to keep me warm on these horrible cold nights! 

- Tender mercies

- Music

- Seeing friends I haven't seen in a while 

- Spending an afternoon with a friend and her camera :D 

- Words of wisdom from others

- A new start each day to try and improve

- Goals to work towards

- Funny shows to keep me entertained

- An ok amount of tips to help pay for my stupid, extremely expensive parking fine! :'(

- A life to live

Gratitude Sunday

This week I'm grateful for:

- Getting assignments in

- Spending time with friends

- Earning good marks

- People helping me out with their talents

- A sweet thoughtful person

- Future possibilities

- Having time to myself

- Inspirational stories

- Reminders of why I want to do what I want to do

- Little children

- Photos

- Learning, both in the classroom and in life

It hurts just a little too much

This song is exactly how I feel at the moment. Not in the romantic kind of love, but in the friendship kind.

Sometimes it hurts a little too much, but I want to risk it all to get it back.
The next few weeks are going to be torture.
I just hope it'll be enough.

SALS Gals Reunite

Tonight I met up with the girls from University that form our group called SALS gals.

(School of Asian Languages and Studies)

Most of us met in first year and have had each other in at least one class throughout our degree.

Tonight we went out for Japanese food...YUM! 

Of course the only picture I got was of my gyoza! -_-  PHOTOGRAPHY FAIL! 

From tonight we've got 1 engaged girl working for her parents, 1 doing honours, 2 doing a masters of teaching, 3 working/doing whatever they want, 1 honorary sister in her 2nd year of Pharmacy and me finishing off my last semester. 

There were 2 or 3 not present.

We are definitely a mixed bunch, all headed in different directions, but it was fun to come together tonight and catch up and enjoy a good meal.

We have plans to meet up again some time soon and potentially trying some new food next time!

So glad I have formed some great friendships from my time at University. 

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- Waking up from a bad dream and realising it was actually just a dream

- Cooking a meal and being able to enjoy it

- Using up bananas by making them into muffins

- Unexpected random adventures

- An awesome lesson at church today...just what I needed reminding on

- Work to help pay for everything

- Seeing old friends 

- Chatting with my family

- Seeing The Hunger Games!! LOVED IT!! :D

- Getting good grades after hard work

- Having a funny as phone conversation with my sister

- Brinner with the girls

- Getting and eating stroopwaffles from The Netherlands! SOOO good!

- Babysitting an adorable little girl

- Getting a good group for my class work in a class with no friends

- Feeling better

- Focusing on the positive and trying to let things go when needed

Brinner, Bubbly and Besties

For starters, I decided that I should indeed go to my class today, despite getting up late and not really wanting to go.

Then during that class I made friends with 2 girls who seemed really nice from the beginning.

Both of which are now in my group for the group project the unit requires!

A bonus I would have missed out on, had I not gone to class.

Then after class I picked up my first assignment and found out I got a Distinction...borderline High Distinction. Which had me so happy because I wasn't really sure how I had done.

Then I returned home and was reminded by a friend's status that my results from the two units I did in Japan were available. (She got 2 well earned High Distinctions!) Upon checking my own results I got the shock of my life when I saw that I got my first High Distinction for a unit!!

I actually got up and danced! :D

I have received HD's on particular assignments, but never the whole unit.

The best thing was that tonight I was going out to dinner with some girl friends anyway, so I kinda got to celebrate with Brinner! If you don't know this term...you should!

Jess and I celebrated a little earlier with some non-alcoholic sparkling cider

Today really was a good day!

Purchased!

I have just purchased a ticket for myself and a friend to go and see 

THE HUNGER GAMES next Thursday! :D

YAY!!!!!!!!

Via

That's right...I get to see it before America! :D 

And we are going to gold class...so I'll be enjoying this splendid movie, in a comfy chair with a pillow, blanket and food if I so desire.

It will be amazing! 

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- My mama! Happy Birthday! 

- Resolving issues

- My life...and the choice to live it how I will

- Productivity...I am loving getting things done

- Getting my first assignment in on time...good start to the semester

- Helpful teachers

- Seeing friends I haven't seen in a while

- Making a new Japanese friend...she is really cute! and from where the same provence I stayed in Japan! 

- Family

- Bright nail polishes

- Random extra work!

- Giving plasma...and finding out I have good platelet levels and can donate that in the future :D

- Native animal visits

- The cutest dogs I get to see while delivering pizza

- The most gorgeous moon last night! I wish I could have taken a good enough picture! 

- Making THE PERFECT PANCAKE...not necessarily taste, but golden and perfectly round!

- A good chat with friends

- Seeing baby bumps grow...how amazing is that though??

Gratitude Sunday

This week I am grateful for:

- Creativity with food...you have to work with what you've got

- YSA that come to activities and make it fun

- Fun chats with my friends on a bed

- A Valentine's day with my Bro & SIL...it's nice to see people so happily in love

- Fireworks

- Being back looking after the girls...kids just say the funniest things

- Random text updates from my siblings

- Facing things I should have done and having it work out ok

- Almost being finished with my Project 365

- Time to think

- A few really awesome lessons at church

- A movie with my housemate...oh what fun we have

- Realisation that things are better then they seem...the power of positivity

- A break

- Life...always grateful to have a new day

What are you grateful for this week?