and a year later...
*gasp* a post!
Poor LJ. Have we all forsaken you for Facebook? NY resolution #1: use this thing more. Even just so I can look through in years to come at what I was doing. Thinking about the sheer enormity of a catch-up entry has been what's stopped me doing one before now. Instead, I'll just write some random things!
I bought a house. It's probably around 80 years old and, yes, falling down in places (but nothing major). I fell in love with it. I know you shouldn't make emotional house purchases and I probably paid more than I should have, but it was our house as soon as we walked in. It's a weatherboard cottage and iron roof with a small courtyard out the back, which will become my urban permaculture wonderland, eventually. I'm learning all the wonderful aspects of home ownership, including watching as my interest rate rises every single freaking month and getting the royal run around from various tradies. Fun. We're in a great area near a cafe/restaurant strip with the BEST burger bar and coffee shop AND cafe for breakfast all within walking distance. So guess where we can be found? *grin*
"We" being Nathan and myself, who've been together for about 2 years against all odds, considering how we started out. Best relationship ever. I'm sitting here trying to think of how to sum up *why* we work so well in a few sentences, but it's hard. We just work. We mesh. We take the time and effort to make each other happy in those tiny ways every day that are so important. Yeah, it's good :)
I've just had the best xmas I've had in quite a few years. Ever since an ex broke up with me a few days before xmas (therefore kicking me out of his house to boot) god knows how many years ago, I've had a Christmas Curse. *Something* happens in the lead up and it's usually a break up or something similar. This year was wonderful, despite my brother and his family being OS. We just had family round for lunch, more pop-in family members in the afternoon, and friends round for a Settlers game at night. Perfect. Uncomplicated. Good food, wine and CAKE! Lovely presents :) Nathan spoiled me horribly. I gave him a list with heaps of options but turns out he got most of then and more! Wii fit (hooray!), a gorgeous teapot, a wine bucket, skipbo, A DINOSAUR!, some jewellery, a jigsaw mat....lucky lucky me. Mum and Rob gave me my very first power tool - a sander :) PHWOOOAR! I'm going to strip my old wardrobe down and paint it. They gave Nathan a DIY book, which we sorely need. We may be hopeless but we're keen to learn!!
Sooo many things I want to do around here. I need to build some raised garden beds out the back to start my permaculture :) I recently did a course in it and LOVE it! My dream would be to actually use my soil science degree (since I don't at work!) and perfect soils :) My dream (and goal) is to make a business out of permaculture design. Trick is finding some time to get this stuff off the ground. It will happen, maybe not in the short term, but it will. I'm determined.
So there you go. Wow, it's remarkably easy to fill up a whole lotta space with mindless dribble! Kinda like my brother's golden retriever, who's sitting dopily next to me. I love dogsitting :) I hope everyone out in LJ land is well, happy and fulfilled.
Poor LJ. Have we all forsaken you for Facebook? NY resolution #1: use this thing more. Even just so I can look through in years to come at what I was doing. Thinking about the sheer enormity of a catch-up entry has been what's stopped me doing one before now. Instead, I'll just write some random things!
I bought a house. It's probably around 80 years old and, yes, falling down in places (but nothing major). I fell in love with it. I know you shouldn't make emotional house purchases and I probably paid more than I should have, but it was our house as soon as we walked in. It's a weatherboard cottage and iron roof with a small courtyard out the back, which will become my urban permaculture wonderland, eventually. I'm learning all the wonderful aspects of home ownership, including watching as my interest rate rises every single freaking month and getting the royal run around from various tradies. Fun. We're in a great area near a cafe/restaurant strip with the BEST burger bar and coffee shop AND cafe for breakfast all within walking distance. So guess where we can be found? *grin*
"We" being Nathan and myself, who've been together for about 2 years against all odds, considering how we started out. Best relationship ever. I'm sitting here trying to think of how to sum up *why* we work so well in a few sentences, but it's hard. We just work. We mesh. We take the time and effort to make each other happy in those tiny ways every day that are so important. Yeah, it's good :)
I've just had the best xmas I've had in quite a few years. Ever since an ex broke up with me a few days before xmas (therefore kicking me out of his house to boot) god knows how many years ago, I've had a Christmas Curse. *Something* happens in the lead up and it's usually a break up or something similar. This year was wonderful, despite my brother and his family being OS. We just had family round for lunch, more pop-in family members in the afternoon, and friends round for a Settlers game at night. Perfect. Uncomplicated. Good food, wine and CAKE! Lovely presents :) Nathan spoiled me horribly. I gave him a list with heaps of options but turns out he got most of then and more! Wii fit (hooray!), a gorgeous teapot, a wine bucket, skipbo, A DINOSAUR!, some jewellery, a jigsaw mat....lucky lucky me. Mum and Rob gave me my very first power tool - a sander :) PHWOOOAR! I'm going to strip my old wardrobe down and paint it. They gave Nathan a DIY book, which we sorely need. We may be hopeless but we're keen to learn!!
Sooo many things I want to do around here. I need to build some raised garden beds out the back to start my permaculture :) I recently did a course in it and LOVE it! My dream would be to actually use my soil science degree (since I don't at work!) and perfect soils :) My dream (and goal) is to make a business out of permaculture design. Trick is finding some time to get this stuff off the ground. It will happen, maybe not in the short term, but it will. I'm determined.
So there you go. Wow, it's remarkably easy to fill up a whole lotta space with mindless dribble! Kinda like my brother's golden retriever, who's sitting dopily next to me. I love dogsitting :) I hope everyone out in LJ land is well, happy and fulfilled.