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Sad Little Heart
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My heart is a little bit sad right now. My FAVOURITE subject at Uni is the one I’m struggling most with… I don’t know why it is. I’ve had to re-do every task I’ve been given so far, because it hasn’t been up to scratch.
Take a deep breath, and breath…
In one of my other subjects, my core subject, I’ve been writing my assignment. Today I re-read it and it doesn’t even make proper scense. It’s due midnight Thursday. So I’m feeling a bit stressed.
***** UPDATE******
I stared writing this on Wednesday, but it’s Friday now! Gah- time has gotten away with me! I handed in that core assignment… I posted a ‘help me!’ message on twitter, and Carly replied! So I got it all checked over by her and Luke before I handed it in. So it does actually make sense. And it turns out I had just read it a few too many times, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought…
I am SO glad that we have 4 days off. I am planning on re-doing the drawings I’ve been struggling with, and also get some extra work done for eLA. My parents are coming over tonight (and possibly Hayden) for a (nother) Passover meal. It should be nice. We don’t have them over very often. We should probably do that more…
Quick question, how often do you have your parents over for dinner? My parents live seriously close- like on the same property, and Luke’s live about 15 minutes away, but we never seem to have any of them over. We definitely see them a fair bit- my dad at work, mum at weight watchers, and everyone briefly every afternoon when we pick up Pepper. Luke’s mum we see at church, and we go over there sometimes for dinner, and we see Luke’s dad every couple of weeks, either for dinner or just in the afternoon after work…
SO it’s not like we don’t ever see them… but I still feel like we should invite them round more?
Tags: carbis, carly, dinner, help, Luke, marlou, parents, passover, rodgers, stress, time, twitter, Uni
Christmas Round-Up
I know most bloggers would have done this inbetween Christmas and New Years, but being on holidays has really messed with my schedule, and we haven’t had internet, so I’ve taken a bit of an un-intentioned blogging hiatus. But I’m back, as you would have been able to see from the three posts in three days! This post will consist of a Christmas Round-up, showing some pictures from the day, and also a video I made of our craft group progression.
If you can’t view the video below, then click here to view it in Vimeo.
Craft Group: Christmas Decoration Progression from Talia Carbis on Vimeo.
I’ve started to plan our my blogging so that I don’t have long breaks between posts. The point of all this is to record life as I know it, and who I feel about things. Of course, I always love your comments- they keep me going. 
…CHRISTMAS… (click on the picture to make it bigger (will open in flickr)
This was the first year I wore specific Christmas outfits. I had a bit of a panic attack on Christmas Eve eve and reasliased I had nothing to wear. Christmas is the one day of the year when I know I’ll get my photo taken, so I really need to be sure I’m wearing something nice! We went to the shops and picked up some great bargins.
My Christmas Eve outfit (pictured) was some denim shorts, a cream top from Myer that was lacey over the shoulders, and red beads. I had red lippy to go with it, but this picture is during dinner, so none left!
This was my Christmas Day outfit (I’m holding a panel from Nanna which I can make into another wall hanging for Christmas 2010). New Red top/dress from Myer, with black leggings, a thing black belt, and red lippy. Thoughts? (it matched my new earings perfectly!)
Hannah’s having a look at the present I made Hayley- Luke, brother Ben’s, girlfriend. It’s one of those layered cookie ‘kits’, which I made myself. I put the recipe on tags from Shabby Princess.
My parent’s Christmas Tree. The stockings are ones we all made at craft group.
Luke gave me these Ruby and Diamond earings. Funny story- we went down to the Gold Coast for Christmas Eve to do the Fabri/Carbis thing, and Luke didn’t bring me any presents. He went out on Christmas Eve, while we were down there, and bought me these (and a few other things)! It was a bit over the top, but I love them.
My parents always make yummy, yummy punch with berries floating in it!
Some of my extended family- and everyone (apart form Luke- he’s taking the picture) who was there for Christmas Day lunch, this was basically a “Rodgers” Christams. I will give you a bit of a tour of the food we had another day this week, cause it was simply amazing!
Hayden, being the creative genius that he is wrote our names on leaves instead of traditional cards.
Pepper- she’s always a a beautiful gift. I love coming home to her each day.
Luke got lots of pizza related things to go with our new pizza oven. This is book for 500 pizza recipes.
We had a bit of fun with the fake moustache and beards!
Mum with Aunty Fairlie and Nanna. A gibson Christmas is always kind of crazy and hectic!
Me and my mummy and daddy. xox
Christmas Is Changing…
1. I now have to share my Christmas across two families.
2, Everyone (including myself) is older, and therefore things are not how I remember…
Christmas as a kid, and christmas as an adult are entirely different things. And this year I felt it.
We are now an extended family of people where most of us ‘share’ christmas’ with our in-laws. There aren’t games, or little kids laughing (there are no little kids), or threats of toilet dunkings…
Of course there still is adult laughing, and presents, and photos, and food. Lots of it. My family always makes a big deal of food. There is always way too much of it, but then again, there is always lots, and LOTS of us. Even with just two families (now with all our added spouses), we are a big group ranging from 11-18, and then Nanna, and other aunties and uncles and what not… we are well over 30 when all together, and for me, that’s what christmas is- lots of people, lots of decadent food, and lots of laughing, singing, and crazy things.
Luke’s christmas’ are different. One half of his extended family is all the way down in Melbourne, and the other half are Jewish, so no Christmas there. So yesterday when we spent a good three hours alone at our house playing Rock Band, just us and his little brother Jordan, it was… normal.
I’ll tell you the truth. I cried. This was not the Christmas I had been looking forward to for the last two months (at least), the one I’d prepared for, and made decorations for, and cooked for, and cleaned for, and anticipated… it was different, but stupidly, I didn’t expect the difference.
I have learnt though. Learnt to appreciate the differences, and to appreciate the fact that my idea of Christmas might actually be a bit too much for Luke some times as well… I enjoyed the day, and loved the presents- both the giving, and the receiving part of it. I hope that everyone got what they wanted.
MANY photos of facebook, videos to come, and below, the link to some on my flickr, which I have just started using again, and really wish I had a pro account for, but just can not afford it…
Photos on Flickr… http://flickr.com/photos/sunshinetalia/sets/72157611601051463/
Tags: 2Family, carbis, change, Christmas, gibson, photos, presents, rodgers, two
