On the Move

Is this a recurring theme for me or what!? But this will be the last move for awhile until we buy our own house that is. It's sad to be leaving our first family home where I got ready for my wedding (back when Mum lived here) and then preparing for Logan and finally bringing him back here. It's bittersweet because we are moving into a lovely more practical home but this house is amazing and I don't think I'll ever find such a nice view in suburbia ever again.

It will be great to not be living out of suitcases and plastic tubs anymore, we've been moving between parents' houses since end of February! I can't wait to live within walking distance to my Mum she has been the hugest help to all of us since Logan was born and it'll also mean a more set in stone exercise program! We'll also have grass (yippee) and be 2 minutes away from a park so I can easily walk the dog now and won't need to use my car so much.

I can't wait to post a photo showing our new house once it's all set up. I've never really done a home tour but definitely will with this place. So in the interim forgive me if I go a bit AWOL I'm hoping to get back to more regular posting when I'm all settled in.

 

Mr & Mrs Merry Christmas

I think I've been so repressed with my sister banning Christmas until after her birthday (mid December) that I've gone a little over board with our first Christmas.

First came the tradition of buying each other a Christmas decoration...unfortunately I found Hubby's whilst he was there but at the same time we bought an awesome acorn to represent getting engaged in New York ;) He also accidentally let slip that his present to me was a tree topper because I wanted to buy a star.

I got let loose in a hideous Christmas decoration shop and went nuts. I've still got to hang stuff up around the house and I'd love to put lights along our balcony and I might just do that if I get a chance ;)

We also managed to get the majority of our shopping down in the space of 1.5 hours and along with some other random bits and pieces we've now only got about 4 presents to buy. That includes Mum, her boyfriend, his daughter, my Great Aunt and whoops...the Hubby!

I have no idea what to get him though, I'm tempted to buy him a Cockatiel but I'd want us to hand-rear one so that might have to be a purchase after Christmas thing. I've always had birds when I was little and now that we have 2 doves nesting on our balcony I really want want a bird. He's always wanted one too so yay!

And I will leave you all with a photo of our tree:

 

PS: We've moved into our new place as well and love it. Tomorrow I just have to make sure Hubby has cleaned our old place well enough and then we'll just cross our fingers someone rents it soon!

30 Days Whoops

Ok so I have come to the realisation I'm not the world's best blogger and forcing myself to do something like the 30 Day challenge wasn't the smartest thing to attempt!

Today I went to 2 baby showers, the first was SiL's second and the other one was one of the girls I made friends with at a tempt job last year. The first one was very very pink (for obvious reasons) and low key which was nice. The second was AWESOME, lots of women we drew on bibs and played games it was all lots of fun and exactly what I'm after when we finally have a baby.

We went through baby names at the first shower (we had to do a name for each letter of the surname) and my list was her favourite. This of course leads to problems because our name taste is way too similar but then when she mentioned what they were actually thinking I wasn't very keen on them so I guess that's good. I blame my brother-in-law though because he thinks too many names are artsy. She had a gorgeous name picked but he would let her use it because he thought the possible nickname too artsy! Oh well, we keep telling her to just talk him into when she's actually giving birth!

Hubby is ALMOST finished with uni for the year (and fingers crossed this time next year it will be over forever). I'm so excited for him but at the same time I feel terrible because he's really getting sick of studying and over it all. Which I completely understand he's been at uni for almost 8 years (and he's not even studying medicine!).

Next Monday we finally move into our new digs (Mum's old place where we got ready for the wedding) and I can't wait to decorate. Mum's pretty much given us free run to paint, drill holes etc... AWESOME! It'll be like our own home and at least I know money is going to Mum (who definitely deserves it) instead of some random people. Now if only this place would rent out so we could actually pay Mum!

Day 3: 30 Days of Truth

Day 3: Something you have to forgive yourself for.

This is a tough one, I can't really think of anything that I should forgive myself for (sounds so serious/deep and meaningful!). I guess I forgive myself for being crazy...forgive the hate but that seems a bit silly. I feel like it should be something serious that happened in my past but nothing serious really has happened. I don't have anything that I regret or need forgiveness for so I guess I should just be proud for that right!

Or maybe I should forgive myself for not doing Nanowrimo...this would be the first year it would be easy for me to do it because the only commit I have is moving house at the end of the month!!! But that's a pretty big exercise.

We're so excited, we're moving into my Mum's old place very New York old school meets Paris tres chic hehe. Both Hubby and I love the place and it's where I got ready for my wedding so what better place to start a family (even if the stairs are highly unfriendly to little ones). I can't wait to have a shower with doors no a shower curtain that sticks to me cos the shower is so small, no dodgy drains/water pipes and no more black washing coming out with white marks all over WOO HOO!!! Finally back to it (and celebrating my 6 year anniversary YAY!).

Day 1: Something you hate about yourself.

Day 2: Something you love about yourself.
Day 3: Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 4: Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 5: Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 6: Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 7: Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 8: Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 9: Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10: Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11: Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12: Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13: A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14: A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15: Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16: Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17: A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18: Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19: What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20: Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21: (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22: Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23: Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24: Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25: The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26: Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27: What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28: What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29: Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30: A letter to yourself: tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself.