In Him

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Lived on Austudy and Family Payments…thank you government.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Gave up coffee. (but took it up again half way through year!) Yes always.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

the only birth I knew of this year was Elisa’s Joel
4. Did anyone close to you die?
only 2 chooks
5. What countries did you visit?
Australia - the best place on earth!
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
and extra year of experience
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
none i don’t remember most things!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
writing a list for craft and sticking to it and ONLY working on ONE thing at a time (this is a big achievement for me!)
9. What was your biggest failure?
don’t know, I don’t think about failure that much (took a long time to get here!)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
no-mild cold once or twice
11. What was the best thing you bought?
new computer and fridge!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
no ones
14. Where did most of your money go?
food mostly
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
nothing I can remember?
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Altar and the Door – Casting Crowns
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? Slightly thinner
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
nothing, I think everything was in a good balance

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
nothing, I think everything was in a good balance

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Home with visiting rellies
21. Did you fall in love in 2008?

no
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Big Bang Theory and Spicks n Specks - these always make me laugh

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I’ve never hated anyone nor had a reason to.
25. What was the best book you read?
I read a couple of good series this year. Didn’t get much reading done this year. I think the best was The Yellow Rose Trilogy by Lori Wick
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That PS2 ‘Sing It’ is harder that I thought it would be!
27. What did you want and get?
A new fridge
28. What did you want and not get?
An overlocker – I’ve wanted one for year and will probably never get one.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Only watched 3 – Waterhorse, Alvin and the Chipmonks and Wall-e.

Wall-e wins.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I truthfully don’t remember, it’s not a big deal. 35.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to grow plants and know when to plant, harvest etc or even know how much water to give them!
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
modest, low cost
33. What kept you sane?
my very best friend of all time-Jesus
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
don’t follow politics
36. Who did you miss?
no one

37. Who was the best new person you met?
didn’t meet anyone new this year
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
Be where you are. If you are with someone, be there 100% instead of thinking ahead to something else.

Enjoy NOW.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
This is the…the big story…there is a God who’s in control…telling the…the big story…and He wants us to know…we can find ourselves…when we loose ourselves…in the bigger story…come and take your place…in the story…

Thanks Elisa for your post which prompted this post!

…make sure you have a mitt.

Today I read a blog post about a friend who’s daughter almost died.  Thankfully she made it through the incident.  First aid training would have made the situation easier to handle.

If you haven’t got any first aid training or wish to update yours, please book a course.  The cost is worth it.

St John Ambulance Australia is a charity with a strong volunteer ethos, is volunteer led and relies heavily on volunteers to undertake its charitable work. It is essentially self-funding with first aid training, the sale of publications and first aid kits, public duty income and donations funding its humanitarian objectives.

Life is fragile, protect it.

Rain and harvest don’t go together at the same time.  When I was living in Perth I always hoped the rain would “get out to the farmers” but after living in the wheatbelt for almost 18 months I’m slowly learning that rain isn’t always the answer out here.

Yesterday we all went to a friend’s farm.  Knowing it’s harvest time I was aware that we may be out to the paddock to help out if necessary or having to cut our visit short.  Neither happened even though there was no rain.  With the advances in technology such as GPS in harvesters etc, farmers can now get the moisture of the grain tested.  The more moisture in it the lower price they’ll get.  So even in if it’s a humid day or its rained in the past day or so they may not be able to harvest and get a good price.

This morning it rained here in town the birds are loving it,  but it looks like another day of waiting for the farmers.  Looks like they’ll be harvesting into the new year.

I thought I’d highlight the blogs that I follow - take your time to take a squiz, it’s well worth it.

The PASSION Blog

Phil Baker and Friends

Maxwell Family Blog (Titus 2)

Homemaking Homestead (Quiverful)

The Work of Her Hands

Sharing the Journey

Inside Cha’s Head

Rodney Olsen (formerly The Journey)

Life in the Field

Grace Reign

The Story of Us

Pea Soup

Simple Sparrow

I didn’t “get” facebook for a bit there.  Now I understand that you just get on there, play games, see what others are writing and comment.  When I first began (way back last week!) I felt like I had to say what I was doing all the time and it felt very weird.  Now, it’s better with more friends and more things to do (and be a fan of!!! lol)

My Kitchen Poetry 2

Naked Soup

Natasha's Sculpture

I first heard of this today at Peasoup who heard of it from Simple Sparrow.

This is my entry for today-Natasha’s Sculpture of Mandarins, Tangellos and Oranges.

Recently I joined the millions on the Facebook website. Since then I feel like my computer is less secure. (I have an application which works fine etc ) but I don’t like the fact that they ask you to link to ALL your information for differnt applications etc. So I’ve decided not to go back to Facebook. My account will be deleted and I won’t be there anymore. I don’t really see to point of it and I don’t like borrowing trouble.

Rodney Olsen has been blogging for 5 years.

Today he has told of how he started blogging…check The Journey out.