December in review
Books and/or magazines I read:
Books and/or magazines I read:
- The first three books of the Twilight Series (Twilight, New Moon & Eclipse) (again)
- "Breathless" by Dean Koontz
- "The Law of Nines" by Terry Goodkind
- Creating Keepsake's December issue
Movies, television shows, plays, etc I watched:
- New Moon (again, with Tamie)
- Notting Hill (a couple of times, because it has come on Austar)
- not much else, other than some old, turn on while doing stuff, movies
Fun things did I do with family and/or friends:
- MRC Social Club Christmas Party at the MECC
- A Christmas get-together with the Gordons and Kirsty & Luke
- Council's afternoon Christmas party at Queens Park
- Aikido Christmas party at Neil's place
- A Christmas get-together with the Krolls at our place
- Brunch with Grandma at the Lagoon's Cafe
- Lunches with Bev and Kirsty
- A Christmas get-together with Leah, Justin, Josh & Ally
- A great (but too short) time away at Tamie and Daniel's
- A day trip to North Stradbroke to see Bryde and Matt
- Christmas day with my whole family together for the first time in over 6 years
- Spending New Year's Eve with Bryde & Matt and Emma & Andrew
Best meal or food eaten in the past month:
- Aroncini (Risotto) Balls, Tamie and I made for made for Christmas lunch
- followed very closely by the Canoli & Tiramisu Tamie made for Christmas lunch
- OK, lets just say the whole of Christmas lunch
Gifts I gave and/or received:
- Best Christmas present I received was my Pandora bracelet (from Jason), and the beads for it (from Jason, Grandma, Tamie, Imelda & Frank, and the Gordons)
- I gave Jason the complete seasons of Buffy on DVD, and season 3 of Veronica Mars (which never came to TV in Australia)
Special or unusual purchases I made:
- Mum and Dad didn't want to exchange presents this year, but after finding a lego set of a caravan/motorhome, I couldn't resist. The idea was that they could put it together and then give it to Fletcher
The most challenging thing I did:
- Swim in the ocean at North Stradbroke, with fire jellies and all
Something I learned or tried for the first time:
- Looking after a 6 month old for a span of 2 hours (including changing nappy, feeding him a bottle, feeding him solids, and entertaining him)
The best advice I gave or received:
- Kirsty's advice on changing baby's nappies (only do it if you are the baby's guardian at that time. ie if the parents are there, they do it)
Anything else noteworthy:
- Christmas with my family went off with out any of the expected drama (mostly anyway)
- We had our Kearney family photo shoot, and I can't wait to see the results
One thing I would like to repeat:
- the day on Stradbroke Island was great, and I'd love to spend a longer amount of time there
Something I’d prefer to erase:
- The flight to Brisbane and back again (I'm not getting any better at flying with practice)
Training summary:
- I choose to not record any training or weights this month. Let's just say it's not good.
Things to aim for next month:
- Determine my goals for 2010 (read 'goals' not 'resolutions')
- Get back into a routine of exercise and eating well
Note to Self:
- "If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing" - an old Zimbabwe saying
At this point in my life:
- I am … appreciating the good things in life
- I need to change … my all-or-nothing approach to everything
- I can … not wait until Tamie, Daniel & Fletcher come up to visit us in June/July holidays
- I deserve … some time to create
- I know … that I have the cutest nephew ever (for evidence, refer photo below)
- I am thankful for … some really great friends
- I am looking forward to ... setting some goals for 2010, and then trying to achieve them
Favorite photo:
Nothing depicts the joy of Christmas more than this.
Nothing depicts the joy of Christmas more than this.
