Archive for December 2008

Grandparents

December 16th, 2008 @ 16:12

I love being close to my grandparents. I have three that are still living and I am fortunate enough to be able to spend significant time with all of them. Two grandmothers that impart knowledge on many subjects from cooking to values to life lessons and more, and one grandfather that imparts knowledge on pretty [...]

Mixed Bag

December 11th, 2008 @ 14:12

On Wednesday nights C4 has been playing some decent movies. Last week was Sixteen Candles and last night was The Breakfast Club. So bloody good! I find it really interesting what a typical, I guess somewhat “edgy”, teen movie from the 80s is like compared to one now. I don’t know just how edgy they [...]

Writer’s Block

December 6th, 2008 @ 14:12

One of the pitfalls I find with blogging is frequent writer’s block. Sure, there are things in my day-to-day life I could write about, but they’re not really interesting to read — or write, for that matter. So now I sit in my sister’s living room with not but a clue what to write about! [...]

Christmas Tree and Cards

December 3rd, 2008 @ 17:12

Today my mum and I bought a tree and I decorated it using our new decorations. We had to buy new ones because we can’t find our usual ones (they’re packed away somewhere).

It’s not really shopping if you don’t have money

December 1st, 2008 @ 20:12

This weekend was a fairly busy one, actually. On Saturday I met a friend I’d known online for about six years for the first time. She’s in New Zealand for an internship until mid-2009 and lives in the city, so hopefully we’ll get to hang out again soon. I had a lovely time. That night [...]