memories

So grateful for memories. I decorated my room the other day. i think i went a little silly with love heart tape! maxabella loves has more grateful posts

nephews

I love my sweet little nephews. They are just adorable and love their aunty ambs! It is so nice to see happy, little, smiling faces. They fight over my attention and sitting next to me, on me or over me. They visited last month for a few days and i am lucky enough to have them again this weekend. My Ma makes the 3.5 hour drive to Melbourne with them and her dog. At the moment the house is bursting at the seams. Three adults, 2 children and 3 dogs.... it gets a little crazy in this teeny, tiny house.

It has been a while since i have done a grateful post but today sitting here watching Bailey sleep soundly, and Jye fighting sleep so he can see the last of who framed roger rabbit i just wanted to share my gratitude for:

- nephews
- ma for driving them down and the amazing car load of goodies!!!! yay a new shower cap!!! yummy treats (green bubbles how i love you)  2 new dresses!! Tartan blankets for the dogs!! She is amazing.
- being surrounded with family on days that could be sad (Dad would have been 62 tomorrow)

xx a

Linking up with Grateful for over @ lemon rhodes

i thoughts

i love that i got my good camera out the other day, i have missed her. Photos to come.

i admire my Ma.  Three days post hip replacement and she is up walking around and showering herself.  Its amazing how well she is coping.  

i dislike spiteful, nasty people. Its just not necessary. Keep your hate to yourself please. 

i want to achieve completion of this semesters marking. These histology exams are taking me forever.  Mega drainer.

i am reading (going to start reading) My new book club book - The Slap

i am craving couch time, movie watching, home made sweet treats, vanilla milkshake and some time with friends (i miss them). 

i want to change my waistline - almost 3 months of not smoking has left me 3.5 kg heavier.  Not happy.  It must go really soon.  Detox can start.... Monday.  Why do i always plan these things for Mondays?

i want for tomorrow to relax and just be, no deadlines or have to do lists.  

i want forever that happy with my life, blissful love, butterflies in the tummy feeling  

i am happy that i reconnected with a dear friend. 

i am grateful for hot cups of coffee, warm cuddly jumpers, long showers, brown creaming soda, flowers (not gerberas, i kind of hate them...), clouds, the radio (jjj i love you!), and the new Bon Iver album (so amazing beautiful).  

Happy weekend dearest ladies and maybe gents (i wonder if guys read my blog?)

Linking up with Maxabella loves today to share my grateful for things.

grateful for...

I have had a horrible few days of studying.  I get so lost in the details that I cant focus on what needs to be done. My mind swirls and the tasks at hand seem so unbearably daunting. So now i turn to hoping it will all be just fine. Hope - i have always liked this word (considered getting it tattooed on me for a while), i am in love with the idea of it and its meaning at the moment (thank you Google define):

'Hope is the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life'

I will finish these assignments, it always seems that I do.  My ma keeps reminding me that this happens at the end of every semester... i freak out, i cry, i write my essay.. repeat.

This week i am grateful for hope, Google define (I use it all the time, my English is questionable) and the amazing generosity of my friend i posted about the other day.

Happy Studyday  (hehehe.. i am too funny)

xxx a

I am linking up with Maxabella loves. Its nice, i always feel a little bit happier after i do my grateful post.

P.S I am very grateful for my Ma too. I could put her on my grateful list every week. She is wonderful, the poor dear listens to my rants about life being so unfair on a daily basis at the moment.  So grateful.

P.P.S I am also grateful for the pretty leaves around at the moment, i like taking photos of you.

mixed bag

Today i am feeling all over the place, i have had a mammoth two weeks of life. Jam packed with learning, stress, sleep deprivation, sadness, joy, realisation, achievement, love and that proud aunty feeling. More detail:

LEARNING - placement has been wonderful! i have learnt so much from my amazing mentor. I can not thank her enough for sharing her wealth of knowledge with me.

STRESS - lesson plans... yuck... they must be the worst aspect of being a student teacher. They are so time consuming and detailed. I have done to many to count over the last two weeks. Further stress has come from the class content, year 11 and 12 biology is rather advanced and very detailed.... i have been cramming.... plant reproduction is not a strong point of mine.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION - mostly because of the above mentioned lesson plans and cramming. I have not been this tired for ages!

SADNESS - i felt so very sad today when i read this post over at the lovely m.e it made me miss my Dad..... I completely agree: sometimes its hard.

ACHIEVEMENT - two weeks of placement done! which included over 1000 minutes of teaching observations, over 700 minutes of teaching and countless hours of school related activities.

REALISATION - teaching is the career for me, i love it!

LOVE - my nephew loves me so much, he told my Ma that he is going to get a tattoo of a transformer with my name under it. What an angel! It is so wonderful being loved and adored by him.

PROUD AUNTY FEELING - my little nephew (same one mentioned above) got three ribbons at his athletics school sports day! Made me fill up on the inside with that great 'i am so proud' feeling. What a little champion, love him to bits!

Jye and his ribbons xx

Thought i would link up over at maxabella loves, i am very grateful for the last two weeks and all the things i experienced.

xx a

P.S i had to share this link

grateful for...

i love pinterest!  From here 

This week i am grateful for:

Mums - They are amazing for a million reasons.

Skinny Cow - I never thought i would enjoy a low calorie ice cream, i was so wrong. Double Choc sundae you were delicious!

Grey's anatomy - Yes... it is a corny hospital drama but i love it.  I watch it with a dear friend of mine (she records it every week) and i cry and gasp and get all emotional.  And it does have amazingly beautiful men to look at!  Dr Avery you are one very handsome man (look here for visuals...)

Perspective - Terrible things happen every day but good things happen every day too. Death and birth.  Life is a balance between the good and the bad.  I just hope and pray that i don't get much more bad for a while.  Fingers crossed for good times ahead.  I have to keep being me and not let the bad weigh me down.  Life is for living.

for more grateful posts have a look at maxabella loves

grateful for life

from here

I have had a great few days!

I am feeling amazing, really loving life, and i am sickening in love with my man.

Everything seems to be working out and i am feeling so positive about the days, weeks and years to come.  I am actually looking forward to getting older, to living life and making the most of every moment.

This week I am grateful for life being truly wonderful.

joining in with maxabella loves

grateful for... dearest ma

pretty flowers taken by diminamu

this week i am grateful for

- my glasses - i haven't been that great at wearing them lately...  This week i have had then on all day, every day.  Goodness, they make a world of difference to my concentration and they have stopped my headaches.  I look like a super nerd (chunky black square frames) but it is all good (i am a scientist....).  My eyes are happy and i feel so much better for it.

- long phone conversations with my mum - i call her everyday and i am so grateful that she talks, and talks, and talks away to me.  How i miss my family.  The phone calls make me feel like i am missing out a little less.  There is a family dinner tonight..... its been 8 years but i still get homesick now and then.

- hot showers - its getting so cold, but a hot shower always warms me up.  I think a lot in the shower... and often run the hot water out... naught water waster! but its never intentional... I float away in my thoughts and forget about time.    

my cosrard. taken by me

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grateful for... tea and strangers

i had to post this beautiful shot. i found it here

This week has been long, and rather draining.  Early morning, late nights and restless sleeps.  I have one assignment in the drafting process, so very excited.  And lets not talk about the other on.  I have to keep giving myself peep talks to keep the motivation.

Today i am grateful for:

- Wonderful Australian bands that don't cost me an arm and a leg to see live at a great little venue 20 minutes from my house.  The Jezabels were amazing.  I have been listening to them all day to try and take myself back to last night.....

- lalaland 'Strawberries and Champagne' black tea.  It is yummy.  And the box is super cute.  And its helping me to stay smoke free. Every time i feel like a cigarette i am brewing up a batch, seems to be working nicely and it is way better for my waistline than all the other things i want to eat.

- The cheery lady that was in front of me at the check out today.  You were loud, and asked me heaps of questions, and your wool was all kinds of fluro.  I like random conversations with strangers, it made my  waiting in the queue at the craft shop so much more interesting.

how adorable! found here

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little things, inner strength and passion

this week i am grateful for....

1.  the little things that make me smile - 

my staffy snoring, a pretty sunset and leaves falling from trees

2.  my inner strength to move forward and persist 

3.  my developing passion for photography, the world is such an interesting and beautiful place.  My camera is helping me see this beauty every day 

for more grateful posts and sweet little things have a look over @ maxabellaloves blog