I got him:

  • nothing
  • nothing
  • nothing
  • £1 trolley key ring (dart board design)
  • baby bell (I miss these)
  • mini pack of 4 Oreos
  • baby bell (I am really starting to crave these
dec 7 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
nov 12 2011 ∞
nov 12 2011 +
  • week 1: to do
  • week 2: 10 things I learned in the UK
  • week 3: things I learned from my dad
  • week 4: my wish list
  • week 5: a waiting list of books
  • week 6: What are 10 things you want/need to let go of?
  • week 7: things to do on a rainy day
  • week 8: ways to be a great companion
  • week 9: things I am looking forward to
  • week 10: favourite spaces and places
  • week 11: things I will miss about summer
  • week 12: she was fairly certain she could list 8 wonderful, stunning things about herself that they did not know
  • week 13: things I love about my job
  • week 14: my finace's wonderful qualities
  • week 15: "Things I am obsessed with as of late"
  • week 16: My life to do list (to be completed within the near future)."
nov 5 2011 ∞
nov 5 2011 +
  • purdidle
  • puppy
  • pup-adom
  • tart
  • sneeze-a-lot
  • cough-a-lot
  • fart-a-lot
  • sweetie-kins
  • I'm a little teapot short and stout. here's my handle here's my spout
  • soft puppy, warm puppy. little ball of fur. happy puppy, sleepy puppy. pur, pur, purrr...
nov 3 2011 ∞
nov 3 2011 +
  • hung up the old Advent calendar my mum bought years ago (the wooden bar at the bottom is broken and we did not try to repair it this year)
  • repaired the Advent calendar: the gold foil numbers were falling off so I traced them and then filled them in with an oil based silver marker pen. It looks fantastic.
  • we got advent gifts for each other and managed to fit them in the pockets (with a few exceptions eg. Oreos even mini ones are huge!) I got so stressed out only to realize Adam really didn't have any and I could fill about half of it at least. Spent hours ebaying and browsing and coming up with cute handmade ideas, then got a bunch of treats, so will not use all my ideas.
  • ordered some gifts from Amazon, including some for Adam
dec 7 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
  • Shelly Thacker - stolen brides series
nov 13 2011 ∞
nov 13 2011 +
  • Tata
    • Thornton diabetic chocolate
    • new scientist book
  • mama
    • English tea
    • calendar of English gardens or purdey
    • downton abbey dvd boxset
  • Keith
    • beer
  • Sandra
    • terry pratchett. book
  • bill
    • tuica
  • bridie
  • sebastian
  • jen
nov 10 2011 ∞
nov 10 2011 +
  • dreamweaver enough to put together a site w Css and html5
  • illustrator : learn to make a logo and trace a drawing
  • photoshop: learn to adjust colours, work with the magic wand, use brushes
  • flash: animation, drawing, as3, use xml , use flash builder basics, banners
  • Spanish intermediate
  • teach myself piano and difficult pieces
  • French beginner
  • how to sew: bag. top. skirt
  • how to meditate
nov 3 2011 ∞
nov 3 2011 +

On the 1st day of Advent my sweetheart gave to me...

  • nothing - stressed I didn't have enough gifts
  • nothing - too tired to do it
  • nothing - forgot
  • Lindt mini truffle
  • Lindt mini truffle
  • haribo Starmix mini bag
  • a Tamagotchi!!! (49 in 1 copy, but I prefer it as the creatures resemble animals rather than doodles)
dec 7 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
  • move to a house with a bigger garden so we can have 2 dogs
  • get better and have less pain
  • have loads of friends at my wedding to Adam, see people I haven't seen in years
  • Adam finding ways to cope and getting self confidence (back?)
  • have a career which does not stress me out everyday
  • volunteer
  • have kids with Adam one day
  • adopt
  • no fear when drawing or playing keyboard
  • be able to do bellydancing without damaging my back
  • be a healthy weight and maintain it
  • go to the sea on holiday. maybe Spain again :-)
nov 10 2011 ∞
nov 10 2011 +

Today, I did quite a bit, despite only sleeping a few hours this morning.

  • read 2 really good POTO fanfics (Per Innamorarsi & Letting Go)
  • took pills around 9
  • managed to get to sleep this morning
  • had a long shower (helped w flu & back & neck pain)
  • wrote my first Riverkids mentor letter (only 4 more notes to go)
  • held the envelope with the card(more like letter) from my grandparents without feeling extremely anxious
  • put the letter away without feeling guilty
  • slept for 2h this evening despite fireworks going off
  • didn't put myself down cause I didn't go to see any fireworks today or yesterday
  • let Purdey out of the room and got back to sleep
nov 5 2011 ∞
nov 5 2011 +