Photo Challenge Day 8

We had a work Christmas party today and they had a photo booth which was lots of fun.

I figure even though I didn't technically take the photo myslef it still counts as my photo of the day.

photo booth fun



Photo Challenge Day 7

Here's our little Christmas Tree....

Aaron is structured as anything so it all had to fit together just right. Nothing could be out of place and everything had to be evenly spread.

it looks nicer with it's lights on but i took this photo in the middle of our black out so i was happy enough that there was enough natural light at least.

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Christmas

oh christmas tree

Photo Challenge- Day 6

Presents

I finally wrapped the last of the presents that needed to be posted. So they will all be sent off today and then that's all done.

Now I just have to wrap all the presents for under the tree....*phew*

Photo Challenge- Day 5

So as I mentioned in the last post my little Polaroid Instax Camera is saving me with this photo challenge.

So here is the photo for Day 5-

Corn

Aaron was asleep this afternoon and as he is the usualy cook I decided to start to get dinner ready.

I don't think I've ever peeled corn before but it was surprisingly fun!

Polaroid Love!

For our Anniversary this year Aaron was uber sweet and got me this amazing Instax Polaroid Camera.

I would never call myself an photographer. I have no idea about settings, shutter speed, light or anything else. But I do LOVE taking photos. And there's something I absolutely love about these polaroids. The fact that they're not so clear and a bit grainy and just have that vintage look about them makes my heart melt.

The only problem is because the film isn't so cheap or easy to find I sometimes am a little stingy on my photo taking with that. But I just need to get over that because as you may have noticed...I'm in love with them.

So...here are a few I've taken since I got the camera.

*swoon*

Of course Boris has to do the model over the shoulder pose. Which I'm glad he did because I was worried I'd waste a shot on him moving around.



A quick shot of the bridge while we were staying in the city for our anniversary.



A shot of the Opera House...well probably more a shot of the tourists near the Opera House but you get the idea.



I just love it and it's saving me during this time where my other little camera has decided to die during my photo a day challenge.


I guess i'd better get some more film so I can keep snapping.





Oops

Well we're having a slight problem with my photo a day challenge.

It seems that my little camera I take everywhere with me has died....which is an issue.

I can always use my big camera at home it just isn't as easy to take around everywhere.

So hopefully I can get it fixed soon or I'll just have to lug big heavy around with me all the time.

So until there's another photo update here's a photo from last week. We invited some friends around to have a Viking Party. It all started that we found these massive turkey legs in the supermarket and thought it would be fun to try them. Then the idea just snowballed that we would eat everything whole and not use cutlery (even for the mashed potato).

Now I have a weird thing about touching food with my hands so I didn't think I'd cope too well. But once I kind of took a deep breath and just went for it it wasn't so bad.

We drank out of goblets and laughed big hearty laughs.

Dinner parties are just more fun with themes.

Food of Vikings

Photo Challenge- Day One

Well today I start my challenge over at 43 things to take a photo everyday for a month. I've kicked it off by taking a photo of my feet in lovely new sandals and a quick coat of nail polish I gave it this morning.

I figure this challenge should be kinda easy coz I take photos all the time and always have my camera on me. And I'm finding I take more than one photo which is good.



My doiley top and necklace

 So this will be a fun challenge and at the end it's another thing I can tick off the list!

Here we go again...

Okay so I've kind of given my blog a bit of an overhaul. I figured it wasn't really me but now I like it and it feels more right.

I still don't really know what I'll be blogging about but I'm going to try and make it as general as possible as well as getting the posts over from 43 Things and Polyvore

I figure no one is really reading at this point so I can make it about whatever I like.

And I know I say this all the time but I'm going to try blog a lot more regularly and try get into the habit of it a bit more. Maybe I'll take a notebook around with me in case I come up with any brilliant ideas.

And now just for no reason at all here are some cool cats-

Aren't they just loving life?

Ready for Work

Ready for Work by happy_cupcake featuring butterfly jewelry

Still Going

I just passed day 100!!!

So surprisingly I’m still doing it.

I miss some days but then I’ll ctach up.

I’m actually a bit proud of myself ^_

See more progress on: Keep a journal

Baby Steps

I’ve started taking a bit out of my pay each fortnight and putting it into a high interest account.

It’s not much but it’s a start :)

See more progress on: Save money

Saturday

Saturday by happy_cupcake featuring stamped jewelry

Camping

Polyvore

I'm loving Polyvore at the moment! I love creating lots of different designs and looks...so much fun!

I Love Lucy

"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. "Lucille Ball

"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do."
Lucille Ball

   Such a cool lady with such guts....

How to go somewhere new for dinner....

"Fun!"

How I did it: Well that one was super easy. My husband and i just went out for dinner somehwere we hadn't been before- Toscani's at Parramatta. Maybe i should have made it a bit harder...like go somehwere new once a month or something. Oh well...nice and easy!

Lessons & tips: Just do it!

Resources: Just looked on the net and did it.

It took me 10 days.

It made me Happy

See more progress on: Go somewhere new for dinner....

How to participate in the RSPCA's cupcake day

"Totally exhausting but a lot of fun!"

How I did it: I put out a notice on facebook for whoever wanted to buy cupcakes. It wasn't a huge response to start with but it picked up in the end. I made the cupcakes...collected the money and sent it all off!

Lessons & tips: I might be a bit more prespared next time and make some in advance and freeze them because it was just crazy at one point and some nights I didn't get much sleep.

It took me 5 weeks.

It made me Happy!

See more progress on: Participate in the RSPCA's cupcake day

Wuss Pants

So I've been a little slack with this blogging thing.

I think I just get scared that what I'm going to write isn't going to be great so I just decide to not write anything at all.....which is lame and wussy.

So I've crossed a couple of things off my list so far...and I'm kind of in the middle of doing some other ones so I think I'm doing okay.

I think my problem is that I'm just a big coward. I'm so scared to do anything that I often just don't do anything. And that's not how I want to live. I want to have an exciting life and do super exciting things and make my 14 year old me look at my life and say "wow! I turned out great! things will be okay." But then my fear steps in and I just get scared.

I thought these 43 things would make it easier to give my life a little kick start...and yeah they've been pretty great but I think I'm really just choosing safe things. I think i need to go out of my comfort zone a bit more and challenge myself to scary things! 

Man I really annoy myself soemtimes. 

Anyway...here's hoping I put my wuss pants away in the drawer for a while...

So one of my 43 Things is to "Give more to others".

This is kind of hard because I'm not really sure what I'm meant to be doing.....even though I know I want to.

I'm doing the RSPCA Cupcake Day at the moment so I guess that kind of fits. And I'm keen to do the Girls Night In for Women's Cancers. I'm sure there are other things out there I could do as well.

I could be a Charity Day, Fundraising slut! :0

Man I'm hungry....

mmmmeow

So....here I am

Well...here it is. My first blog post. Kind of scary.

 I've been putting it off for so so long. I keep thinking I want it to be perfect. I have to hold off until I know exactly what i want to say. But then I thought well really that's what I always do. I always procrastinate because I want things to be just right and then I never end up doing anything. So I just took the plunge and started....who cares if it's terrible. At least i can say I've tried.

 Which is really the whole purpose of this blog and this year long quest. I want to do things. I want to try new experiences. Scare myself. Create new things. Love people more. Fail along the way and collapse in a heap at the end of it all and can at least say i gave it a red hot go.

 I want to live....not just exist.


So here I go!


Wish me luck :)


:Dina  xoxo