10 Things…

I feel so tired. Even just a night like tonight- Big Band Theory/Stargate, Thai Food and cuddles on the couch makes me feel tired. Not in a physical, “I need to sleep” kind of way, but more in a mental way I guess…

So, these are the Things I’ve been thinking about lately:

1a. I feel so tired. Maybe I’m not eating enough good, healthy food? Not sure what I can do to remedy this though because we already eat home cooked meals a lot… :-S (though ironically [??] not night…)

1b. I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately. Sweet, sugary, fatty delights. This had undoubtably been my downfall.

2. I’m feeling more and more convicted to eat non-processed/sugar free food. This morning I had subway for breakfast (NOT a regular thing- just a lazy, one off kind of thing), and I looked at the food I was eating and though, “Wow, The eggs don’t LOOK like eggs, and the ‘sausage’ looks like a pile of tiny tiny bits of brown stuff. It’s been cooked once and then HEATED and put on some bread with cheese and sauce.” Needless to say I closed my eyes and ate the whole thing up.

3a. How does one stay on top of the washing up!? I hate the idea of washing up every day. I’m probably not a very responsible person in this regard??

3b. I wanted to particpate in this week’s My Place and Yours, but my kitchen is too messy with dirty dishes.

4. I like having friends over. We spent a lot of our weekend with our good friends, lets face it, best friends, Rachel and Aaron. It was delightful.

5. I want to accomplish more.

6. It’s silly to think this- I acomplish HEAPS. Maybe I need to do the opposite and take time for ‘me’ which doesn’t involve projects?

7. I can’t really do that though, cause I feel like just sitting there watching movies/TV/reading books is a waste of time? (am I insane?)

8. My parents are back from Cairns tonight. I am SO glad that they had a good time. I am also really proud of myself for making everything run relatively smoothly at work while Dad was gone as well. I didn’t even have any sort of anxiety/panic attack either!

9. Hopefully this post isn’t completely idiotic…?

10. I’ve been watching parts of Masterchef online. I HAVE BEEN MISSING OUT!!!! Why didn’t somebody TELL me how awesome this show it!!???!!?!

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Tags: cairns, dinner, food, lists, my place and yours, projects, ramblines, subway, Work

Another (short) era over…

So far this month things are happening well.

At the beginning of the week I finished my Graduate Certificate at the University of New South Wales, and signed up to be RPL’d for a certificate IV in Frontline Management with a connection from work. And I’m also enrolling in a Cert IV Trainer and Assessor. Even though my Bachelor of Learning Management permits me to be a registered teacher I’m not qualified in the VET sector- hence the TAA. What’s another qualification, hey?!

I’m feeling a bit under-whelmed with finishing Uni. I was expecting to get sick or something. You know, because I’d be relaxing, taking my eye off the ball etc. But no, no sickness. I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve just transfered my intensity into other areas of my life (example: work, sewing etc), and I’ve kept up that intensity etc., or if I just actually wasn’t that stressed when I was doing Uni.

I have a feeling it’s the second one, which makes me pretty proud.

Seeing as this is my blog, I will the take the opportunity to brag on myself, because I feel like no one has fully appreciated what the last semester has been like for me. I mean, I’ve been working full time, in a management position, and doing Uni every night after work until all hours of the night. This, coupled with cooking, cleaning (abeit, not much of that went on…), and a stack of social functions we couldnt miss (birthdays etc), I am pretty gosh darn proud of myself! I even had time to post on here, catch up on some blogs (apologies to everyone I’ve been unreading… I’m catching up- slowly!), AND I’ve stayed current with my Creative 365 journey!

Anyway, rant over.

Speaking of my Creative 365 journey…Do you ever pop round to have a look what I’m up too?

I’ve not only been doing the creative things each day, but I’ve been uploading them too! It’s a miracle! Well, maybe not particularly a miracle.. probably more to do with the fact that I have just finished Uni!

I’m feeling pretty proud of the things I’ve created. I would love to have pop round here and tell me what you think.

Summary of June's creative things... http://taliacarbis.tumblr.com/

You might also remember our June Challenge? I’m pleased to say that we’re right on track with that too. We’ve had a few nights of toasted sandwiches, that would have normally been Thai nights, and quite a few lunches which consisted of just cup-a-soups, but we’ve survived! I’m getting more organised, which is a good thing, and tomorrow will be our first check in to see how much we’ve saved so far!

I’ll post up a bit of a summary of this week’s menu (We’ve been eating lots of Jamie Oliver recipes), and next week’s menu in the next few days. In the mean time, go have a look at what I’ve been up too!

Tags: creative, creative365, jamieoliver, journey, junechallenge, qualifications, tumblr, Uni, Work

23 by 23

When I read Amy and Carly‘s posts on 23 by 23 (23 things to do before you’re 23) I thought to myself, “Yes, Talia, you should totally do that when you turn… oh, wait, you’re already 22!!! You have less then a year to do a 23 by 23 now!”. Of course, one could always do a 24 by 24, and maybe next year I will, but then I have to remember to do that by near my birthday…

So here’s my 23 by 23. Some I will cross of already- but only things I’ve achieved since my birthday. 7 months!

Yesterday I needed a bit of a reminder...!

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

2. Secure the Hutchinson job at work.

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

4. Buy Powderfinger’s new album

5. Persue graphic design and photography lessons/online courses

6. Take an enormously large bank loan for our investment

7. Find the perfect cupcake recipe

8. Have a handmade christmas

9. Start saving my $$ again (in the piggy bank- loose coins)

10. Loose 5+ kg

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

12. Read through 2 more books of the bible

13. Get my reader to 0

14. Drink 2 bottles of water a day

15. Start Luke’s scrapbook

16. Make plans for another holiday

17. Track my Weight Watchers points every day!

18.  Finish editing Pete’s mime photos!

19. Make some pants for summer

20. Finish my christmas wall hanging

21. Finish my paining I started the other week, and paint another

22. Scotch Gard the car seats!

23. Keep Shabbat better.

Tags: 23, accomplish, finish, gifts, god, list, things, todo, weight, Work