Girlie Friends

I've never gone with the wind

Just let it flow

Let it take me where it wants to go

Til' you opened the door

Crazier

You found me

When no one else was lookin'

How did you know just where I would be?

Yeah, you broke through

All of my confusion

The ups and the downs

And you still didn't leave

You Found Me

Cannot wait for two concerts in the new year with two of my favourite people: the best friend and the sister. First will be Taylor Swift with Courtney and then its Kelly (for the second time :D) with Emma. I have now promised that if P!nk or Black Eyed Peas come back to Melbourne that I will be going with her. I am so lucky to have friends, good true friends. Never underestimate the value of friendships that stick with you through the thick and thin. We all change, sometimes sadly, but if they are a true friend you can weather any storm. We all make mistakes, but we can only try for the good things in life. Oh there I go being all philosophical on a blog that is decorated in clouds. They say you can only be truly grateful if you lose something, and it's true. It makes you realise what is and what isn't worth fighting for. Though, at the same time, there are some things I don't need to lose to know how much they mean to me. My family, even, if they drive my absolutely crazy at times, have helped me become who I am. I am so grateful for the oportunities they have given to me. And I love them so much. I am really glad my grandparents made it home safely. I missed them. Nana and Grandpa make me laugh so much and it is great to have them home in one piece after two and half months away. I got to pick them up with Dad early yesterday morning, had to wake up at 5:45 - ouchies. Having tea at their house will always make me laugh for the rest of my life. Emma is my best friend, she has to be, she knows me too well. And she will be my maid of honour, and I will be hers if she stops threatening me that she will kick me out of her bridal party if I am not nice to her. I have no "one" best friend, I never have because I need each and everyone of them for a different reason. They will be my bridesmaids, and I won't make them wear ugly dresses, so they better not make me wear ugly ones. Stewbie- my other sister. You probably won't ever read this, but we've fought, but thats why I love you. You aren't just a friend but a sister, just like how your family isnt just another family to mine. I loved talking to Maggie the other day. I miss you like crazy. Natalie, my first friend in Bangkok, I thought you looked nice because you had glasses. Talking to you, even though its far too far apart, always feels like no time has passed. I love that about us. It is just always easy, and we are good at sharing rooms and cupboards and WAY too good at taking photos. Seriously, we have a problem but I love it. Danaya, my second friend in Bangkok, and I do remember you now that first day. You wore a red top. We bonded over being teased by those three boys for our American accents and for calling the pencil case zebra, with the wrong pronounciation. Remeber that list with natalie? Band-aid vs. Plaster? It is an epic timeless battle, just like was it the chicken or egg first. You are both the husband and wife to my vice versa in our old married couple relationship, even though we both love Stephen in Primeval. It hurts some days to realise that I may never live in the same place as some of these people again. Caroline, my middle name marshie, I still remeber being your buddy and even though I know we would have been friends anyway, that was one of my best decisions to volunteer for something. We have fought, smelled ("spelled"), been failish, thrown books at one of us, and just been best friends. You have no idea how excited I am that you are coming here. You better not have been hoping to be rid of me because... You are doomed. I will be a frequent visitor of your room. I wish we could live together, but we both know that is the WORST idea. And Courtney, the reason why I am glad I moved home. We both make no sense, but we get it. Writing and reading makes us happy, as do fairies, mermaids, witches, wizards and magic. You always make my day brighter when I get to talk to you. Yes its cheesy, but I mean it. I'm going to miss you, but you and me will have epic fun next year! Taylor Swift first off. I can't imagine my life without them specifically, but that isn't to say I don't love others. Emily, my new and awesome friend this year. I still can't believe we were four down from each other at the awards thing. So meant to be friends. Imagine if you hadn't said you did IB in that first tute. You are my listener as you do your chinese homework, I just ramble on. And you are my relationship advisor, because we know I need it sometimes. You are the best person I have met this year and I miss you far too much without uni and the dungeon to hang out in. Rachie and Mel, I am really glad we went to uni together this year, even if I wasn't as good as a friend as I should have been. I hope the four of us do something once Mel is back and before Court and Rach leave. And to my gorgeous boyfriend, Kit, who makes me laugh and smile by just being himself. I'm so glad you got skype, finally! Can't wait to see you tomorrow.

Wow that was quite long. I didn't mean to leave people out by the way.

Sweet Dreams.

Words

http://www.wordle.net/

had an amazing day at the beach today, just focusing on the good things in my life. I can't wait for 2010, I think I may be a little too excited for it, but oh well. Tomorrow is cleaning my room, but Thursday is my day with my gorgeous best friend who I hardly see, Court. We shall be vamping and werewolving it up - just guess what we are doing? And my grandparents get back on Thursday, and I have missed them while they have been away for about two months. I have great things in my life, and they are what is important. So if I have told you I love you recently, I truly mean it and can't imagine my life without you.

♥

Roll the Camera

Love, Love, Loved it.

& what I love also are movie trailers and here are a few movies I cannot wait to see very soon!

Laugh :D

• Netball celebrations at Maccas with ice cream fuels giggling moments with the words 'tasty'.
  
• Talking to two of your best friends on skype for over 2 hours about everything in general.

Just Laughing.

CAMEL TIME!!!

WE WON NETBALL 9-8!!!!!!!!!!

A Maccas run was the icing on the sweet cake of victory. Yes, we actually won. 

Once Upon A Time...

If you know anything about me, you know that I like Disney, fairy tales and romance. And I especially love when all of these three things are combined creatively, so I present to you: 

Snow White in Apples

Found here

Castle & Firefly merge

Best. Reference. Ever.

& Oh it gets even better.....It references Hermione Granger AND Buffy while still in the Mal Reynolds costume. That's right. God I love this show. The writing is..."to die for" :P

Just Keep Kicking

Did 5 hours and 15 minutes teaching swimming today. Longest shift I have had so far, and it was school groups and I had one class of 10 kids! Oi! Not work's fault, since there were all these kids that weren't there the day before. Oh well, it was fun :D

Last night was so good - calling Kaz at 1:30 am to talk about her date. The timing was perfect. I was just about to go to sleep after talking to Rachel online and then miss Caroline texted me right before I was going to turn the light off. So glad I got to share the night with you.

Till later xoxo

Missing You

Cos this image came up when I typed in Peaceful to Google, since that is how I feel right now.

PRETTY new blog layout, just watch the clouds float across.... :D i need to get my chat box back, but right now I need to go to bed.

Had an amazing day today, just perfectly lazy, even though I had work for two hours. No kids drowned of course. So thanks to those who made it a really good day. As someone said, I'm just comfy. I wish MASSIVE good luck to miss Kazi on her date tonight. So glad I go to talk to you beforehand and help you get ready via skype. I seriously seriously cannot wait for you to get here.

I've missed you so badly, and its not who you think it is. And I adore this song playing on my blog, I just leave it open playing. It's Eet by Regina Spektor. 

It’s like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can’t believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can’t remember
You try to move your feet

The shows I'm loving right now:

The songs are just so damn addictive. Don't Stop Believin' will always be one of my favourites, then its the Mash-ups and then its a tie between Keep Holding On and Somebody to Love. 
Castle is amazing simply because Nathan Fillion is just that. There are even Firefly references in the show, which makes it even more awesome. Favourite character, though, is Alexis, his daughter. Those are the best scenes: father and daughter.
And an Aussie favourite - Packed to the Rafters. I just love this show. I watched the wedding episode tonight.

Goodnight everyone!

LOOK WHAT I MADE :D

Been a Baking Domestic Goddess last night and today because I have made.....

Stained Glass Lollipop Cookies!

They are cookies, cut like lollipops with melted sugar lollies in the middle. They are really pretty, and we made them in three different colours - orange, yellow and pink/purple. Took awhile to make but worth it.

 

Last night I also made...

Macaroons! 

I have an insane love for the Lindt ones so I wanted to try and make my own, knowing that there was a very high chance of failure but they were really yummy. My favourite thing I made out of the three. They have a vanilla white chocolate ganache in the middle - the best bit!

And finally, I made Anzacs. The least adventerous thing on my list as I have made them before, unlike the other two. But I decided to make them because I love the batter so much.

One exam down, one more to go...then summer and more baking :P

11:11

& I would love this as t-shirt

Advice

A wise girl once gave me piece of advice that I still haven't forgotten till this day. I wonder if she remembers that it was her who told it to me. I don't remember it verbatim, but this is the gist.

The different ways of saying I love you and what each means. (this are usually for written ways of communicating the feelings, saying it outloud is different, but still the same order)

luv ya: really doesn't mean much, they are just saying it since this is the shortest way you could write it.

love ya: its getting somewhere, but its still lazy and if they meant they would say the whole thing.

luvs you: not included in the original advice but its what my dad writes and it annoys me becuase luvs is JUST as long as love so why bother changing the spelling. its like kewl, which isn't cool.

love you: this does mean something

I love you: is the the big winner though. Because if they write this they mean it. And even better, if you are lucky enough to have a guy say and feel this way about you, each time you hear it, it will take your breath away.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the people who love you can't say luv ya if they are in a rush, but why not say the whole thing? its much nicer to hear.

And those are my thoughts of the day.

I Love You.

My Film

After seeing the amazing film Julie & Julia, which I adored, I was inspired to think who would I cast in the film of my life? :D So look out for in the next post or so just who I would cast in the film of my life.

My life can't get much better than it is now. I'm floating on cloud 9 and no-one is going to ruin it for me :D 

 i believe in fairy tales.

You Give Me Hope

my absolute favourite:

On 11/11 at 11:11pm, on top of the Empire State Building, my boyfriend told me to make a big wish, because i couldn't have one like it for a whole year. Moments later, he asked me to marry him. His 11:11 wish? That I would say yes. We've been married three months. The fact that fairy tales do come true GMH.

http://www.givesmehope.com/

I was talking with this little girl I used to babysit for before I started college. I explained to her that I'd be gone for a while and would only see her when I came home for vacations. She said, "So you'll be gone for the whole year except summer and holidays?" I nodded. Then she said, "So you're going to Hogwarts?" GMH

At Homecoming this year, many of the girls in my grade did not have any dates. While the entire freshman class gathered to take pictures, a boy started passing out flowers to every girl in our class, making sure to give us ones to match our dress colors so we could all feel special. He GMH. 

When I was nine, I went to pay for a fancy gold-rimmed journal at Barnes and Noble and explained that this was the journal I was going to write my first book in. When the man rung me up, I was $6 short. He paid for the rest, saying the world needed writers like me. My first book is almost done, and it's written entirely in that journal. He GMH 

Just over two years ago, my young daughter ran up to a stranger on the street, asking him to marry her. I was so embarassed, but he was so sweet he bought us both ice cream and after a while we started dating. Six months ago I got my very own proposal. My daughter's bravery brought two soul mates together. Baby girl you GMH 

I turned on my TV this afternoon to watch some football. I was confused to see one of the players with pink cleats. But then I saw another. And another. And pink gloves. And pink hats. Then I saw the huge pink ribbons on the goal posts. All these huge, imposing men showing their support of breast cancer awareness for the women in their lives GMH. 

A 5 year old boy in my town had leukemia. His wish for Make-a-Wish was to spend a day with Corbin Bleu (an actor in High School Musical), and he had a blast. Yesterday was the boy's funeral. Corbin flew in to our town with his dad and attended the funeral as a pallbearer. His selflessness GMH 

My brother was born with cerebral palsy, and we were told that he would never walk. At the age of 11 he ran a childs marathon around my school unaided. 200 children and 30 teachers burst into applause and tears at the same time. He is now 14 and training for the para-olympics as a runner. My brother GMH 

Today i was in a car accident on my way to work. I called the boss in tears to explain why I couldn't make it in. She left the office to collect me from the hospital, helped me with my police report, took me home to her house and let me stay the night because i was shaken up. I've been working for her for three weeks. GMH 

When i was in elementary school i was a very shy child and didnt have any friends. So when it came to lunchtime i would sit all by myself at the far end of the table. The principal of my school realized this and sat and ate lunch with me everyday for months until i finally found some friends. I will never forget him, he GMH.

One night while working as a resident at the hospital, we ran out of beds, meaning there was nowhere to put patients. I came home and while telling my husband this, my daughter walked in and said she can sleep on the floor, the patients can have her bed. She was three. GMH.

I work in an ICU, and yesterday while on shift I noticed that the same elderly man had been sleeping in the waiting room for four days. I asked him why he didn't go home for a sleep. Turns out he is the husband of a woman in isolation on the ward. In his words "We've been married 65 years, I couldn't sleep without her there anyway."

I found an operation beautiful note in a girl's bathroom at my high school. I live in a wealthy area where body image and appearance are taken VERY seriously. When i first saw it, i expected that it would be taken down. But, every time a girl sees it, she smiles and walks away from the mirror. It has been there for over two months now. GMH

I saw a bunch of letters on my father's desk today, birthday letters. They were from all from 3rd grade class telling him how great he is and many thank yous, also that they wanted to make him a birthday cake and that he is a great man for helping them out so much. He's the Janitor. Their thankfulness GMH.

When I was 17, I was told by my OB-GYN that I would be unable to ever bear children of my own.Hearing this news simply tore me apart. When I came home and my youngest sister found me crying, she hugged me and told me that she would be more than happy to be my surrogate. GM

To be or not to be...

I've decided that there isn't a book out there like the one I want to write. Like the one I've made up for class, so maybe I will be the one to fill the hole.

I'm pretty happy right now, just kinda at peace with stuff, which is amazing right now. I have no idea how things will be in 6 months, unlike those on Flashforward, which I happen to like by the way, and I'm okay with that. This has been a great year, although its had its ups and downs because I have learnt a lot about my self, both good and bad. I thought I didn't know who I was sometimes, but I'm getting there. I just hope I'm not lying to myself because I want to believe. Sometimes I need more spunk, but I think the spark is still there. Wait, this was supposed to be a really happy post, damn me getting all introverted (no idea if that is the right word for this situation).

One subject down, one more done tomorrown and then two more and then..........

SUMMER!!!!

(and the yellow always reminds me of mel. you have seriously branded that colour!)

One last year has come and gonne
It's time to let your love rain down on me

Can you turn my black roses red?

It's coming around the corner

I'M EXCITED FOR JUNE 4TH 2010!!!!!

Mel & Manda joint bday parties!

I Believe

I really want to write a fairy tale now, since I know all the stuff you have to combine to make a good one, thanks to my essay. There is nothing I'd rather do that write books and even design covers for them, since I just did one for my made up book, which I personally think looks amazing. I really can't wait to get into publishing and editing and do something. To be a Young Adult book editor would be a dream job, or a Children's book editor. Screw adult books, they are no fun :P I can't wait till the weekend when Emma and I buy a DS, gonna be epic fun, plus its her birthday. I have THREE work shifts this week. Thats right! I will be working 8 hours haha. But that means money so yayness! Better get back to the essay but here is a gorgeous song about things to believe in and just life in general.

I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness

Floating On Air

Nothing can bring me down right now, talking to two of my favourite people :D "amanda, there is your cousin" "yes rachel, i know" AHHH good memories. and ill let you win just this once cos apparaently of RKB. and i may be enjoying listening to music. Just need to finish this essay and I really will be as happy as I feel <3 

Let's do this again...

Clean Slate.

:D