...in Life on Jan 1st, 09. Have your say!
It’s been a long long 2008 with many ups and downs. My hope for 2009 is better health and, well, a better year overall. I make resolutions pretty much every year, some of them I stick to and some of them I don’t. So I’m going to try again this year and to make it more possible for myself i’m going to make them as realistic as possible. I already know what I will and will not do, so I’m not even going to try and lie or trick myself into thinking that I will do something I know I wont.
1. Read all the books prescribed in my English modules. This is sometimes very difficult, so please if I ask for any help or info on the book (try be kind and tell me what you know).
2. Write notes on all my English books while I’m still reading them.
3. Finish my 3rd year of University.
4. Exercise every day. I really wanted to say do Pilate’s, Yoga, or Jog every day but I know as I dance most days (which is already exercise) I will be too exhausted to do any more and then I will only be left feeling guilty. This all includes stretching.
5. Get my Pilate’s teaching qualification. Please Please Please hold thumbs for funding…
6. Start up dance classes at a few new Nursery schools (aiming for 5, but to be honest I know how difficult it is to get them so any will do).
7. Save, Save, Save…save save save save save (I want to save enough to go to Europe and move into a nice little place with Matt).
8. Try to join Matt in his Water Only thing. Ok, No. I no I can’t go without coffee and my winter warmers but I will drink MAINLY water.
9. Eat breakfast every morning or a fruit or meal supplement…I need brain food.
10. I need to read more Books and watch more Movies (any suggestions are welcome).
11. I need to keep my new years resolutions.
Well that’s done now. Pretty much all I can think of and I think it’s more than enough too. If I do come across any other crazy things to ad to my list I might do so, but for now I have to go do my stretching as I can’t break my resolutions on the first day of the year.
Tags: 2008, 2009, Dance, Dreams, Goals, Hopes, New Year, New Years Resolutions, Pilates, Yoga
...in General on Dec 30th, 08. Have your say!
WOW! There’s a new year coming already.
Am I the only one that feels this year has simply flown by? There are so many things that I promised myself I would do and so many that I didn’t even get close to. So I have really been thinking about my new years resolutions for 2009. I’m really trying to make them reasonable and possible to keep. But before I get to my resolutions for next year I’d like to look back at the good in this year.
I’m so happy to say that my mom (after having breast cancer) is clean for her 3rd year now.
My cat Sushi is still alive. I love him very much and to be honest, he’s getting very old. I don’t want him to die.
Matt and I have been dating for 2 years now.
I had a great birthday this year (I was very spoilt) and spent it with great people. Normally I hate my birthdays.
I have had some wonderful and some not so wonderful holidays, but holidays none the less.
Matt Fishing in Waterval Boven
Matt and I at Old Joe's Statue
Matt and my cousin Syndi putting up the tent in the Kruger Park
Our lovely neighbour
Our neighbours caravan, ha ha ha
Matt Feeding the Buck
Some water fun at The Vaal Dam
Matt at The Vaal Dam
Matt and I
Lovely Ngwenya
Breakfast at Steers
Expensive dinner with lovely company
Had a great End Year Show.
Passed my second year of University.
After uploading all of those holiday pictures I want to go on holiday now and can’t remember what else was good this year, but honestly it was a good year, with great people and lots of fun. Lets hope next year will be even better?!
Tags: Birthday, Breakfast, Cat, Dinner, Donzelle, Fishing, Friends, Holiday, Kruger National Park, Matt Geri, Ngwenya, Old Joe, Picnic, Show, Steers, Sushi, The Vaal Dam, University, University of Pretoria
...in General on Dec 30th, 08. Someone has commented on this!
Now I know this doesn’t look too yummy but I think it was rather good. Something very different, completely vegetarian and extremely healthy.
Yesterday I found myself searching around food websites for some easy-to-do recipes. I landed up making a combination of a few of them and this is how it looked.
This pasta is a combination of spinach, basil, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, olives and chili. Yummy!!
While searching through many recipes I came across some sites with good food and ideas on them.
Taste.com.au (a compilation of recipes from the following magazines; delicious, Vogue, Food Ideas, Good Taste, Simply Food, Notebook, and CountryStyle)
Jamie Oliver, Food Idea
FOOD24
Tags: CountryStyle, delicious, Easy Recipe, Food, Food 24, Food Ideas, Good Taste, Green, Green Pasta, Healthy, Jamie Oliver, Naked Chef, Notebook, Olives, Pasta, Pasta Rice, Recipe, Simply Food, Taste, Vegetarian, Vogue
...in Just For Fun, Language on Dec 14th, 08. Have your say!
Well before my Sunday is over I have decided to do a Sunday meme.
RULES: Everything that you have done must be bold.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang/played a solo (danced a solo)
11. Bungee jumped (Bridge swinged)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
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 Niagra Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (still trying)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I live here, ha ha ha)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
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
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
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
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (my dog and a fish)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Made a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Gotten a speeding ticket
Tags: Meme, Sunday, Thigs I wanna do, Things I have done
...in General on Dec 13th, 08. Someone has commented on this!
Cleaning up and changing my desktop.
Alice in Wonderland Wallpaper
And I got a really cool dock. I like it.
Tags: Alice In Wonderland, Desktop, Dock, Morning, Vista, Wallpaper, Windows
