I was the first of four children. The only girl.

My mum was 29. My dad was 33.

We’re a family. And we are awesome at it.

Presents and Cards from Sunday’s party…

So, I’m 23. How did I go with my 23 by 23?

1. Finish my scrapbook from our Jan/Feb travels. DONE

2. Secure the Hutchinson job at work. DONE

3. Be a good blog commentor and comment on at least every 3 or so blog posts I read. DONE

4. Buy Powderfinger’s new album DONE

5. Persue graphic design and photography lessons/online courses DONE, Only one more week and my Graduate Certificate is finished!

6. Take an enormously large bank loan for our investment FAIL

7. Find the perfect cupcake recipe DONE

8. Have a handmade christmas DONE, though family members were the only ones who appreciated this. Gifts I gave my friends are unused.

9. Start saving my $$ again (in the piggy bank- loose coins) DONE, though not that well…

10. Loose 5+ kg DONE! I’ve lost 6.6KG!

11. Make a header for this blog!! (have been meaning to do this ever since I put this theme on!!) DONE

12. Read through 2 more books of the bible FAIL

13. Get my reader to 0 DONE, though this is defintely not CURRENTLY the case!!

14. Drink 2 bottles of water a day HALF

15. Start Luke’s scrapbook DONE, it’s STARTED, which is all I required this year.

16. Make plans for another holiday DONE, Booked, and paid for!

17. Track my Weight Watchers points every day! DONE almost completely. I think I’ve only had a few days when I haven’t.

18.  Finish editing Pete’s mime photos! FAIL

19. Make some pants for summer FAIL. They are cut out, but not sewed together.

20. Finish my christmas wall hanging DONE!

21. Finish my paining I started the other week, and paint another DONE! I’ve done several since then! (here) and (here)

22. Scotch Gard the car seats! DONE!

23. Keep Shabbat better. FAIL

Keep an eye out in the next month of so for my 24 by 24!!

1. What is something your wife always says to you?

“No”

2. What makes your wife happy?

Unexpected suprises as opposed to expected suprises, which she probably gets a lot of.

3. What makes your wife sad?

Sad movies.

4. How does your wife make you laugh?

By being really mean to me.

5. What was your wife like as a child?

Messy.

6. What is her favourite thing to do?

Scrapbook.

7. What does your wife do when you’re not around?

House work.

8. If your wife becomes famous, what will it be for?

Art or blogging.

9. What is your wife really good at?

Painting, scrapbooking and analogies.

10. What is your wife not very good at?

The morning.

11. What does your wife do for her job?

Read blogs/Twitter. <- This is not true!

12. What is your wife’s favourite food?

Garlic.

13. What makes you proud of your wife?

Her relationship with God.

14. If your wife were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Wonder Woman.

15. What do you and your wife do together?

Watch TV shows on our Media PC.

16. How are you and your wife the same?

…

17. How are you and your wife different?

How are we not different?

18. How do you know your wife loves you?

She cooks for me.

19. Where is your wife’s favourite place to go?

Home. <- or anwhere Luke and Pepper are together.

Love...

It’s really simple. I love how every photo tells a story. Some short stories, some long tales. I want to know what is your favourite photo of yourself. Everyone has one. The photo they look at and smile. It reminds them of something, some time, some place. A moment in time.

So share the photo, share the story and then tag three other people. I want to see photos and stories all around the blogosphere.

Baby me and Daddy

The photo isn’t the good- it’s 22 years old now, and is pretty spech. That’s me and my daddy. Our first photo. I love him SO much, and I by the looks of this photo, he loves me too. There is something so special about daddies and their daughters.

I can’t wait for the day when I can take a picture of Luke with our daughter in the same position. I love my dad, and think that he’s the best.

I tag Bonnie, Bettina, and Lucy!

1. Before my husband and I started going out, we were BEST friends. There a came a time though when he made it pretty clear to me that his intention was to marry me. My reaction? “Well, you’d better ask me out then!”

2. I’m not a fan of shoes… I wear them cause I have too, but it’s not my preference, and I don’t own very many (a lot less since Pepper came into the equation).

3. I honestly believe that it is my ‘call’ to be a mum. I think it’s what God wants me to be, and I think that with his help I’ll be able to do it well.

4. My computer at work is a mac mini, and my computer at home is a hackintosh.

5. I’m incredibly spoilt. Luke says I’m not allowed to spoil out children, or they will be… well… spoilt. Like me.

6. I can validly (without including airports) tick off 4 countries that I’ve been to. Australia, London, Tunisia and Indonesia. I will tick off another 3 in about 13 days!! (Israel, Jordan & Egypt)

7. I have a wii fit and Rockband. Guess which gets used more…

Most people have already done this now, so I will endeavour to choose people who haven’t…

So the people I am tagging are:

Luke

Bettina

Julian

Esther

Zoey

Bekky

And people I would have tagged, had they not already are Simon, Sue, Tawny, and many others…