all the other kids are doing it..

so im at uni to use the internet.. and im just procrastinting.

Talia just did this, so i thought i would try.

i just did this.. and im surprised at how much i have done. i have been around in my 21 years, and that makes me smile.

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Apparently you're supposed to BOLD if you've done it. And ITALICIZE if you really want to do it sometime in the future.

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a preying mantis - not really fussed
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb - maybe i did when i was a kid?
27. Run a Marathon - does school cross country count?
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language - with some help from my lecturers at uni.. haha
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - every day
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David - yew!!
41. Sung karaoke
42. Been to Parliment House in Canberra.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted - well drawn.. he didnt use paint
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - well not the top. i think half way
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching - i dont think we saw whales though,,
63. Got flowers for no reason - boys can be lovely
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - what i dont get it?
70. Visited the Sydney Opera House
71. Eaten caviar - pretty yuk
72. Pieced a quilt - i started.. but never finished
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - never!! wooah me
76 Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding scooter
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - not fussed
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible - not yet..
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - only a fish though.
88. Had chickenpox - twice..
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person - not sure??
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit - i reported my boss to the tax office.
98. Owned a cell phone
100. Ridden an elephant - i chickened out.. cause you had to climb on the mans head to get on.. too weird for me. it was in Myanmar.

yumm yum

so the cook off has begun and yesterday the veggie stack attack was in stage 2..

i love veggie stacks as you just cook up a heap of goodies and pile them on top of each other. It is so hard to kill it..

anyway hope this inspires you to go make a veggie stack..

on my desk..

so originally on my desk this week was a welcome home sign i made for my friend who flew in yesterday. it was definitely a rush job. and this months new internationalist magazine on afghanistan.. such a great read..



but now.. its a ticket to soundwave festival. my amazing friend morgan gave it to me as an early christmas present.. super.. yeah..

thats me.

on my desk players

leaves..

1. Macro of Fake Rain Drops on a Leaf, 2. Day 83 15.10.08 when autumn leaves start to fall.., 3. Crafting 365, day 147 - oak leaves, 4. star leaf fringed in moon gate [─► this sweetgum leaf was before erroneously starred as a maple leaf ◄─], 5. red leaf, 6. A Falling Autumn Leaf....., 7. The Leaves, 8. Drop,Leaf,Waterstone, 9. leaves in green

I miss Melbourne autumns.. The leaves are so beautiful

free lunch you say?

This was my yesterday lunch.. It was really nice. Pete cant drive, and always get one of the other guys to take him to subway everyday. The other guy was sick.. so cause i took him he bought my sub.. it was yum..

Anyway.. i am one exam down, one exam and one paper to go. My freedome soon begins.. Books to read, sowing to do, and beaches to swim on..

hope your day is rad..

Barack Obama's Speech on Father's Day

im excited..

He is to be the President of the United States.. maybe there is hope

holly miranda

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Do it. Do it now!!

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lazy sunday

hello..

well i finished the painting. how it happened was a friend of mine had a canvas and his old housemate painted this hideous flower on it. i used to always bag it our when ever i went round.. so he told me to take it home and repaint it..

thus my painting was born.. im not usually a painter, and if i do i use water colours.. so this was kinda out of my comfort zone.. and it was fun.

anyway i just wanted to share some links to things i like this lovely windy sunday afternoon..

i am loving this print on etsy by one red robin. i really like the woodland creatures, she is so talented.

also if you could please vote for my friend holly here.
she is an awesome gal and this is an amazing opportunity for her, she has made it into the top 10.. now she need public votes to bring her across the link to win.


enjoy your weekend

coffee time

my favourite thing about coffee breaks at work is the selection of coffee mugs on offer..
here is just a few of my favourites..

each day i choose which one suits how im feeling.. or want to feel. its so great..

My other favourite thing is when i make a coffee or tea for someone else and i get to choose which mug i think represents them..

I love mug art..

on my desk time

well well well..

im back.. and today (or yesterday to be exact..) on my desk is books on Afghanistan ..

Once again here studying at uni.. working on my Taliban paper.

yay for learning about the Taliban..

on my desk players

sorry..

so my house mate borrowed my camera and i havnt got the cord back to connect it to the computor.. so no blogging till i get that back..

hope your smiling..

i am busy.. and working on a fun painting. no quite finished yet

so many friends.

so i found this little guy the other night as i walked back to my car from the libary at uni. I really love how beautiful this moth is. everyone always loves the butterflies but i think im sold on the moth..

I had a revelation today. I realised im not going to be living on the sunshine coast forever. It is so tempting to get caught up in making a lovely home, buying cute vintage things and collecting crap, but i know i am not called to live a life settled in the one area. I am called to be a nomad, a traveller, not settled.

This is hard, as i sometimes think of how lovely it would be to have a cute little house, with a handsome husband, where i read books, and explore thoughts and do all the creative things i want to do forever. But i know this is not what is planned for my life.

I know i have to live a hard sometimes uncomfortable life, to see change in this world, and hope restored.. and maybe one day i can settle down..

but for now i must focus and learn, enjoy where i at.. but not be settled.. not be content.. never give in to what the world tells me i need.

for now i have my moth..

on my desk..

i should just aim to do this thurs as its the day i have internet access..

anyway.. today. on my desk.. i my flights to melbourne.. i snabbed these a few weeks ago.. but getting excited this week. uni semester is nearly over which means i can do more fun things like craft.. and dinner parties instead of late nights at the uni.

4 weeks and i will fly fly away..

also.. my textbook for pacific security.. great book for anyone interested to learn the history of terror, and that its not just an islamic fundamentalist idea.

on my desk players

hoot hoot..

1. Mr. Owl's Haunted Castle, 2. owl wip..., 3. Vacation Owl - nice texture, 4. three wise owls, 5. Hedwig, 6. papercraft owls

i am loving owls

friday funn

I found this little friend after work on friday.. i was walking to my car.. and gonna pick a flower.. and found this little guy sitting on the stem.. how beautiful

a little surprise

so i walked into the lecture room and was heading down to where i usually sit and what do i find but some little friends waiting,.. six to be exact.. it was such a beautiful thing someone left behind.. i wanted to leave it for the next class.. but morgan wanted to keep it..

thats right.. i had another little friend join me in my lecture today.. i have never had a friend join my class before and i have always wanted to share this experience.. so thanks morgan for being great..

also thanks to whoever left their friends behind.. it made my day..

also nearly finished my empowering women essay.. so tired cant wait to head home and just rest..

fire-y weekend..

The fire action won again..

i had fun//

on my desk..

amazingly i made it for wednesday..

today i am at uni.. just finishing off a paper, with only a little bit of procrastination..
but the best thing today on my desk is a coffee with banana lollies. i love these babies.. they are my favourite candy ever..
also got my organic saltanas.. so much better than regular ones.. yumm yumm

on my desk original..

how time has flown

so.. i was just sitting here, looking through pictures on my laptop.. and i came across this beauty..

this is my sister and youngest nephew joshua.. who is now 1 1/2yrs..

This picture makes me smile lots..

when my first nephew was born sarah learnt that if she stroked the nose of the babies they would relax and fall asleep.. ever since she has been doing it and it works a treat but what i love is that its an aunty sarah thing. only she does it (well me occationally) and to me it opitomises her relationship with the boys.. She is so caring, relaxing and loving. I often wish i could be more like her...

Its also kinda scary how big joshie is now.. he has grown up so fast, i love it and hate it at the same time.

anyway just wanted to share my smile with you..

on my desk begins..

late already..

but its hard to be an avid blogger when you dont have the internet at home.. but enough complaining.. im here..

so for those who dont know.. there is a whole swag of bloggers who are super crafty who do a weekly blog on what is 'on their desks'.. ive been following a number of others [a, b, c] and decided it would be much more fun if i got in on the action too.. so here i go.. on my desk begins..

this week ive been focusing on my taliban paper and loving it.. although getting distracted by friends a bit too much.. ive also been slowly working through my list of things to do in my little super book.. and fixing broken stuff. like my necklace holder..

I am also the unsure owner of a pair of reading glasses.. the newest addition to my desk..

you can check out the other players here..