Operation; Think Happy (pt 3)

"I pledge to list 7 things that makes me happy, that makes me thankful, that makes me love life!"

1. Seeing many familiar faces and catching up on the in's and out's

2. Graduation!

3. Feeling all special and grown up...well kinda

4. Galaktoboureko - and if you don't know what that is, you're missing out on the best cake ever!

5. Knowing that we are over half way in booking Europe accommodation...

6. Dancing and all kinds of night time craziness

7. Spending hours lounging in front of the TV watching cooking shows and then spending the next 2 hours craving whatever food they were cooking!

♥ M

amusing incidents (pt 1)...

Today en route to Thai with my lunch date we walked past a few other eateries. One man sitting outside eating his lunch was wearing a pirate hat just like Captain Jacks! Arrrrrr...

Campbelltown is an interesting place...

♥ M

Operation; Think Happy (pt 2)

"I pledge to list 7 things that makes me happy, that makes me thankful, that makes me love life!"

1. Spontaneous lunch dates with the most awesome of friends

2. Holding my brand new baby cousin for the first time

3. Trying new things - like that new recipe (win) or hitting a golf ball (fail miserably) but altogether having a good time!

4. Expressing my inner wogginess

5. Reading countless stories filled with nonsense and fluffiness for hours

6. Being on school holidays - even though uni holidays were SO much better!

7. Kicking my cousins butt at the Easter egg challenge last Saturday after midnight church!

♥ M

Operation; Think Happy (pt 1)

I've decided to start something that was passed from a friend to a friend, Operation; Think Happy! I've been inspired by some of these lists (and been mentioned in some too) so I think it's time I put my little bit of positivity out into the universe. So enjoy my first foray into what makes me happy this week!

Inspired by the wonderful Holly Homemaker

"I pledge to list 7 things that makes me happy, that makes me thankful, that makes me love life!"

1. Fireworks. I guess I really am just a big kid.

2. Easter chocolate. Why is it that it always tastes different better than normal chocolate?

3. Knowing that holidays are just around the corner!

4. My sore feet, always a tell tale sign of how good the night before was.

5. Lovely surprise presents.

6. Spending time reconnecting with people I thought I'd lost long ago.

7. Midnight phone calls from someone special.

♥ M

I'm feeling inspired...

I've just been reading a friend of mine's blog that's filled with all kinds of awesome. And so, once again (and I'm sure quite positive it won't be the last time) I am attempting the blog again.

Things have been absolutely insane! It's my first year out of uni and I'm not missing it at all missing it terribly. I miss seeing my friends around campus, having completely random conversations over coffee whilst we wait for our next class, but most of all I hate knowing that it's time I need to grow up, even if it is just slightly.

For the last year I've studied to become a teacher and I'm happy to say it's now what I'm doing. I always thought I wanted to be a primary school teacher...I used to love little kids. Suddenly at the end of my undergrad and within 2 weeks this all changed to becoming a high school teacher. Family members called me crazy and wished me luck, friends thought I was plain outright weird and had suddenly crossed to the other side. I always felt it was eventually what I needed to do with my life. The problem is I'm not too sure if it's for me now...

I'm working on a part time maternity leave contract at one school and trying to casual other days at other schools in my local area. It's hard, I won't even try to deny it. Some times I leave class repeating 'don't cry' under my breath until I make it to the sanctuary of the staff room. I never realised, kids can be so mean! And it's ridiculous that they can even effect me. I'm an adult for god's sake!

In saying all this, you have the good days too. The days where you walk out of class hoping knowing that at least one kid walked away learning something. The days where you think, "wow...I just had an impact on a kid's life". It's those days that, in a job like this, you remember in these dark moments where you start thinking 'why do I even bother???'

I do however enjoy how I've perfected my teacher voice :)

♥ M

embracing the love...

I'm not really a big fan of the day we know as Valentine's Day. Whether it's because it seems like such a commercial 'holiday' (and I use that word loosely), or whether it's due to bitterness stemming from the many years that I never had anyone to share the day with, or even a combination of the two, I'm not too sure.

When my boyfriend and I first started dating I think he thought he'd hit the jackpot. I told him I just wasn't really 'in' to Valentines and so I didn't really want anything. It wasn't until the actual day that I realised that yea I do care a smidge!

4 years on, we've never really celebrated the event. I've tried to enforce the cheap presents/ only cards rule. And I have to admit it works fairly well. Honestly, i'd rather spend the day together and have a beautiful card than spend massive amounts of cash on presents. And since our anniversary is but a month later, i'd rather celebrate THIS as it's a day all about US!

So this year we followed the 'no presents and only cards' rule. So you can imagine the shock I got when I woke up this morning and my boyfriend presented me with a beautiful long stemmed rose. We ended up heading out for breakfast brunch which was lovely.

And so my final words on the subject of Valentine's day are...

a) Even if it's just wishing that special someone a happy valentines day and buying them a card, it can really brighten their day

b) Surprises when you least expect it are all kinds of awesome and help remind you of the love you have for your each other

c) It doesn't matter if you're single, everyone deserves a bit of love! And you can find this in your friends and family so go out with a beautiful smile on your face and leave the bitterness at home

♥ M

well hello there little blog...

I have decided that apart from my resolution to write more, and we can definitely see that's going well, I have decided to add a new resolution for 2010.

This year I will also try to be more optimistic and positive. I like to think of myself as a logical person and because of this I often find it's hard to be either a glass half full or a glass half empty kinda girl. So this year I'm going to start looking at things with yellow tinted glasses.

Why yellow? Yellow screams sunshine and happiness to me. And so for that reason I will be taking a leaf out of the yellow crayons book. If crayons could smile, I'm sure the yellow one would be grinning, don't you think?

It would be most appropriate if it was a beautiful sunny day outside. Sigh...oh well :)

♥ M