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?

RIPs Spider

Fact:

Spiders are not my friends....never have been, never will.

Last night while watching a movie on my laptop in the dark I felt my 'hair' annoying my neck so I flicked it and noticed something fly off onto my bed.

In the light of my laptop I discovered to my horror that it was a spider. 

While tracking it with my laptop and attempting to squash it....I LOST SIGHT OF IT!

Not cool.

After running for the light and quietly screaming about the spider...that was in my HAIR!!!...I tried to carefully find it.

After not finding it I tried to convince myself it had run off and I could get back in bed to sleep.

I was WRONG!

As I went to turn the light off I saw Mr Spider crawling off my laptop.

Well he wasn't sleeping in my bed for the night.

So I waited till he crawled away from my laptop and with a shoe in each hand I summoned the largest amount of courage I could, counted to 3 and hit it right on.

And just to make sure it wasn't faking death I squished it some more, picked it up with a tissue and took it out into the kitchen bin.

Sorry if you love spiders, but unless they stay away from me and my bedroom they die.

Rest in Pieces Mr Spider! 

Thanks for causing me to have bad dreams about spiders all night! 

NOT... 

House Sitting

So for the last month I've been house sitting.

There are a lot of pros to house sitting.

- A whole house to yourself

- A bathroom to yourself

- You can stay up as late or go to bed as early as you want (provisional on work of course)

- You limit your own bills, because you're not there to use it

- You get a working tv (well I did)

- You get a cleaner every couple of weeks (well I did)

I kinda got used to the little lifestyle I had there...it was a nice little break.

Almost like a mini holiday....but not quite. 

Now I am back in my own little room, having to share a small bathroom and back to reality.

The plus side of being back to my own life is not having a cat stalk me all the time.

I have all of my stuff when I need or want it in the one location.

I have space to put things away, instead of in bags on the bedroom floor. 

Have you ever house sat for anyone?

Did you have a good or bad experience? Goodness knows you can have some bad ones!

Gratitude Sunday

Hmmmm so it's been a few weeks! Time certainly does fly.

This week I am grateful for:

- My new calling at church working with the Primary kids

- Seeing my family this weekend

- Celebrating my little bro turning 18

- Daily photo challenge

- Extra work

- Getting to go to Sydney this coming weekend!

- Celebrating Lewie and Katrina's love...via a reception :D

- 'Date' night with Cat

- Good food

- Daylight savings...despite the 1hr less sleep I got

What are you grateful for this week?

The Background story

Everyone has one.

Sometimes we let people see our background story and be part of it.

Other times we hide that part of our selves.

Getting to know people is one of my favourite things about life.

Learning the ins and outs of a person allows you to connect with them. 

I saw this video over at The Wiegands blog.

I was really excited to watch it because I've seen Lisa Leonard's jewellery before, but love learning

the story behind the person as well.

Take a look and learn a little about Lisa and her family, I certainly am intrigued myself. 

and you can find her blog here.

#fmsphotoaday

Are you one of many people who recognise that hash tag?

Well...if you don't, it represents a list of things/actions to photograph every day for a month created

by Fat Mum Slim.

In case you want to join me, the list consists of:

1. Where you stood

2. Lunchtime

3. This happened today

4. What you read

5. Shadow

6. I'm thankful for...

7. Light

8. Angle

9. Red

10. Emotion

11. Something close-up

12. On the table

13. Landscape

14. Makes you laugh

15. Dinnertime

16. Something you wrote

17. Fruit

18. Made you smile today

19. Letters

20. 4 O'clock

21. Calm

22. In your town

23. The view from here

24. Weather

25. People

26. Listening to

27. Morning

28. Looking back

29. Moon

30. Clothes

31. Whatever you please

I'll be posting my photos each day to instagram.

If you want to follow along with mine, my instagram is: lisatrav

Let me know if you decided to do it too :D

One video.....

leads to another and another and another when you're on YouTube!

My brother Rhys and I were looking through a bunch of magic videos, and then he showed me this card trick one.

How he does that...I have no idea, but it is brilliant!
All I want to do is go and see a comedy or magic show now.
If only Penn and Teller did shows in Australia!!

Have you ever been to a magic show? If so, was it worth it?