ringing in the new year.....

I'm just popping by to say

Happy New Year

to all my lovely blog readers....

as i look back over 2011 , its been an interesting with some very lovely highlights and some not so good ones....all in all not a bad year but i hope 2012 will be way better.....

i found this journal page, i made on Jan 1. it was a part of 10 min art journalling a day , i lasted 3 days lol.

art journalling it seems, is not for me....

anyway it made me quite depressed as i have only managed to tick one thing off for the WHOLE year [probably why i stopped making new years resolutions years ago]

Anyhow, those are still my goals so i will just keep plugging away.....

Have you noticed how people have words for the year that they try to live by?

nice words like

true,compassion,refine, collaborate, authentic [liked that one patty], create etc....

well mine for 2011 ended up being ......stressed !

and for 2012?

purge....

yes purge , it has a nice ring to it doesn't it ?

i am decluttering my life of all the crapola that has built up over the years....my family is not impressed as i have started on our books and then the linen closet , oh wait it was the fabric cupboard from hell . i now have 3 shelves for linen, what a luxury.... i will make some people very happy with my purging so its win win for everybody :)

anyhow enough rambling i would like to thank you all for the wonderful inspiration, eye candy and lovely comments, but, most off all the wonderful friendships :) online and otherwise....wouldn't it be lovely to meet up some day?

i hope the New Year brings you ...

good health [always my number one cos without it you are stuffed !]

enough money to keep the wolf from the door

and

good times with family and friends....

looking forward to cocktails and vids with my family tonight.....

Happy New Year !!!!!

so here we are....

in 2010. i used to to wonder when i was 16 what i would be doing in 2000 and 2010.
Dont know what it was about those two dates but they stuck in my head!

Would i be married, have kids, have travelled the world ?

would i be rich? lol. [no]

have met the love of my life and live in in a mud brick house we'd built ourselves or an old renovated miners cottage?

you know, those are still the things i would want but i should've given a career a bit more thought!!! i never knew what i wanted to do....

well in 2000 i thought id achieved most of those things, would've liked to have travelled more but generally content with life and family and figured i had still had time to have no regrets.

now i feel like time is running out , 50 this year and still battling the career demon....still got another 15 years in me so its not too late is it? [then I'm gonna get in that gypsy caravan, follow the stock routes and sit on a river bank with hubby and paint and draw and stitch.

Maybe now my roster has changed back to 4 full days, ill feel a bit more balanced, not feel like I'm at work all the time and figure out how I'm going to make a change.

Anyhow i guess its just that time for reflecting .....

I went to the flicks this week with Lucy and saw Sherlock Holmes. I was pleasantly surprised and we both really enjoyed it.

Last night we went the open air cinema at Lake Eppalock and Watched Maos Last Dancer. It was quite cold after the sweltering heat and was funny to see everyone wrapped up in blankets. Was good though as it kept the mossies at bay.

We took these silly shots


how long can the beard grow? I've been threatening to bead it!!



and i meant to take a back shot of all the people in their deck chairs but was so enthralled in the movie i forgot! it was full by the time the pic started. I'm dying to read the book.





and this was Christmas 09 Aussie style.....






and some more button angels....






Wow ! what a mixed bag this post was! i wont have to post for a least a month now ;)

anyhow my wish for everyone in 2010 is peace, health, happiness and lots of creating! xxjen

Happy New Years everyone!!!!

To all my blogger Friends, wishing you all a very happy, healthy and creative new year!!

Lets hope this year is peaceful and all the financial doom and gloom improves.

I have finally got some batteries [well, nicked them from hubby's work camera!] and am sharing some summer Christmas pics for my o/s readers.
We had great day over at the farm with family and its always lovely to see all the cousins getting along so well.

One of our family traditions is that the pressies get opened after our Christmas dinner. sometimes that has been 10 pm in the evening, a rather long wait for the littlies!!

Papa dons a santa hat and the youngest has to help him hand out the presents. Ofcourse, we usually lose the helper after he or she gets a present but this year 'little G' did a wonderful job and stacked his up to open later!!!

This year we had a pinata.....first the kids...

go on bash it little G....



K gave it a pretty good whack....


Getting battered....




oops it fell off, but still intact. Uncle S to the rescue....


Go aunty s!! wouldve been my turn next!!


Collecting the spoils....




And of course it wouldnt be Christmas without the family cricket game....

Go Warnie.......


smacked for 6......


fielders....


Usually our cricket pitch would be dead lawn but we have had a bit of rain and everywhere is looking quite green at the moment....


Oh and look what my sil got for Christmas. Isnt it beautiful , its made from ironbark. It has a little possum head carved into the leg......which i didnt take a pic of!!