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10:00 am
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Day 4.5 of Holiday Happiness
It's 9am on a bright and cheery Monday morning and I'm wondering, dear f*ck what the hell am I doing awake at such an ungodly hour of the morning! Particularly after all the tasty wines, cheeses and liqueurs I've been guzzling!
I think I've finally wound down from work-stress. Took a couple of days, a lot of good wine, and getting out and stretching my arms. Been out windsurfing three days in a row now. Haven't been out for more than half an hour at a time though, I have *so* lost the conditioning and tone I built up last season. Day two had my left heel decide to get a large cut. No point being a shark attractant, so that day got cut short, sadly. Even though the forecast says 'max of 6 knots of breeze for most of today, the trees are still throwing themselves about a lot. Hot and strong easterly this morning. Please die down. I'd like to go flying at some stage.
Did a jaunt down to Guilderton with Sarah's family. It's very picturesque, with the sandbar across the Moore River mouth, but also very fully of people. Very full. Got two decent photos of birds. Not the eye candy type, there was none, but a seagull and a pelican.
The dogs are enjoying themselves, being out and about nearly all the time. The kittens, however, are somewhat bummed about being cooped up inside the house.
Current Location: Lancelin
Current Mood:  blah
Tags: holidays
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12:32 am
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Christmas 2009
One of mine and K's favourite things to have happened, is to become part of the yearly invite to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) amarillion's family Christmas dinner. It's a huge affair, with heaps of food and lovely smiling people from several families and often friends (like us!) too :) K has become part of the carving team, and this year I contributed a pavlova - honestly, the best one I've ever made.
I also got to see pictures of the trip that amarillion's parents had done the year before at Christmas time to Antartica - wow.
I love the big gathering, with happy people coming together, all bringing bits and pieces and ever year, such warm greetings for us - even though we're additions and not actually family :) This year we brought Cameron too, and it was still just like a sense of 'home'. Cam fit in beautifully with discussions about Neal Asher amongst other things.
prk and amarillion are part of the chosen family for K and I and spending Christmas Day with them just makes sense... it's hard to imagine it otherwise. I love them *so* very much.
Christmas Day has come to include for me, cauliflower cheese, rolled roast pork, ham, turkey, roasted veggies and pot luck desserts. This followed by what seems to be a yearly marathon of Mythbusters on Foxtel from the couch where we all lie, half dozing and unable to move while our bodies digest. Late in the afternoon we stagger out and drive back home, and it always feels like I can't quite bear for the day to end.
The complexities of family move me and fascinate me. I love my family, and my chosen family. I think I'll discuss with K doing something as an event to share with our chosen family next year as we've never hosted a Christmassy thing before... we shall see :)
Tomorrow we hang out with Cam's family up in Mundaring - hoping that it will be lovely up there as K hasn't seen much of the area at all, while I got to see a bit when I was living up there with Darkewolf. It's an area of Perth I'd like to spend more time in as I have very fond memories of it. My fondness for Freo actually stems from being on an awesome picnic there in which I met Darkewolf :) Expect that the hanging out will be awesome and I'm looking forward to it.
Am experiencing some hormonalness, though not emo soppiness, rarely for me a quickness to grumpyness. Realised this tonight with the boys carrying on being cute and adorable in the back (but noisy and annoying too). We were heading out with Kallan to find food (Ninniku Jip rocks). I've been having late night dinner/desserts with Kallan often enough just the two of us that I was completely unprepared for the boisterous grossness of toilet humour that marks the experience of when the four of us are together - or rather me wibbling in horror with the three others outdoing each other with disgustingness :P
I'm missing my connections, companions a little atm, but had a wonderful phone catch up with Mr Brisbane which has my heart stirring - and his judging from words and sharing. He still plans to come over here for a Margaret River trip I'm planning next year. I'm just in one of those rare spaces where certain lovely people interstate just *feel* far away. It will pass, it always does :) Still putting it out there in the universe to meet some lovely and awesome person in Perth to enjoy connection and companionship with.
Current Location: home in bed
Current Mood:  cheerful
Current Music: "Life Less Ordinary" - Carbon Leaf
Tags: amazing friends, cam, christmas, connectionism, family, k, love, relationships
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08:50 pm
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Merry Christmas for Tomorrow!
Merry Christmas for tomorrow, except Linstar, who gets Happy Birthday instead!
Goodnight all!
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07:12 pm
callistra
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Santa is off and flying!
Santa is flying!
Thanks to Norad for the live pics!
Merry Christmas Every One!
Current Mood:  bouncy
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05:00 pm
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04:53 pm
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Charity suggestions...
Dear Flist...
I'm looking for series of 5 charities or causes to donate money to as part of my self wedding project extravaganza.
Since there's no one charity that could be represented by what I'm doing inside of this event, I figure I can cover it off through 5 if I play it right. The idea is that I can better promote and talk about what I'm doing if I can also point to the charities. I plan on donating a portion of the fees to these charities based on maths I will ask someone knowledgeable about. (Offers to provide awesome maths for me are very welcome!)
I'm after suggestions if you have them on charities worth consideration...
An idea of what I'm trying to do is:
* Promote self care and nurturing as an individual's responsibility
* Promote self esteem and confidence
* Promote emotional intelligence
* Promote connection to people and communication
* Promote well being
* Promote celebration of self
* Promote equality
I have thoughts around something around marriage equality, and perhaps beyond blue - though that's almost clearly off the mark, though simultaneously almost close (this is weirding me out :P)
I've also started work on a website, and need to be contacting people who've already done the self wedding thing asking them to contribute content for me to get the website happening with :) Perth is going to be the first event (I have a whole team in Perth - note those of you on it, I'll be emailing you around the weekend. I'm still looking for people to be part of teams interstate - any state is up for grabs at present! :)
Current Location: home in cluttered study
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: nil
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11:01 am
callistra
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I am starting to search for Meaning on the Net
It must be time for me to get back into the novel.
:-)
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06:28 pm
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Dinner Conversation
V: Can I have a shower?
Me: No, Daddy's already run the bath.
V: PLease may I have a shower?" *hopeful smile* J can have a bath and I can have a shower!
Me: No, Daddy's already run the bath, and we don't want to waste any more water.
V: You're very cruel.
Me: You'll survive.
It begins!
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06:02 pm
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So. Website stuff.
How does one go about that easiest?
I'm not sure that a Word Press setup will do the trick for what I have in mind. If you've some time and willingness to share expertise leave me a comment - this is for my epic self wedding project :)
Current Location: in my cluttered study
Current Mood:  hot
Current Music: Hell's Kitchen in the background
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10:21 pm
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11:30 pm
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what sanity? Australia plans to revert to pre-insanity airline security
::boggles::
we're note allowed free thought any more, but we will be allowed to use metal knives on planes again.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/carryon-restrictions-to-be-relaxed-20091216-kvm2.html
This line sums it up:
The Government has baulked at setting up a centralised aviation security screening authority, arguing it would be "overly prescriptive, more expensive and less responsive to passengers".
TSA anyone?
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11:15 pm
japester
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Lost your ability to make decisions for yourself?
Well no wonder, there's someone else claiming the ability to make decisions for all the adults in Australia now.
lacking the ability to be rational about this at the moment. and everyone else is talking about it already
Current Location: home sweet home
Current Mood:  murderous
Current Music: Muppets!
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12:33 am
mynxii
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Beautiful, inexpensive, vegan skincare:
I stumbled upon 'Sukin Australian Natural Skincare' this evening.
I'm in love.
In dot points why:
* Australian
* organic and vegan
* carbon neutral
* ethical
* smells *amazing*
* feels great on my skin
* inexpensive
This may give Lush a run for it's money as my preferred skin care... if only because it smells amazing and is significantly cheaper than Lush.
Website: http://sukinorganics.com.au/
Current Location: home in bed
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: nil
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cheshirenoir
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PS3 games
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