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Taking Stock June 2015

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 It's been a little while since my last "Taking Stock" post, and I really love writing them as I find that having one word to respond to really hones in on what actually is really happening in your world. 

So lovely people, the latest taking stock:

 

Making: Lists of things to do for my upcoming trip to Bali (24 days and counting!)

 

Cooking: Quite a bit actually, and slowly enjoying it. Huh? I know, amazing!


Drinking: Lot’s of COFFEE! Of course wine but I change to Red over winter.  


Reading: Lots of blogs at the moment. Saving a couple of good books to get into over

the holiday.  

 

Wanting: A cigarette, a smoke, a dart, you get the drift?? Tomorrow will be two weeks since I had my last smoke. I’m on an electrical cigarette (which give me my dose of nicotine) but man – I would run up to you a sniff your face if you lit up in front of me right now!


Looking: Forward to skin needling next week. Say what? It’s basically a facial that generates production of collagen and repairs skins scars, which I have from having bad acne as a teenager.

 

Playing: AC/DC every morning when I drop Ethan off to the bus stop for school,
Back in Black has been the morning wake up mantra for the last week!


Wasting: Weekend time – just when I get into the swing of a couple of days off, it’s surely back to work and Monday has come around before I can blink!

Sewing: Sewing? What? I don’t comprehend that word..

 

Wishing: Winter would finish even though it has just started (Please winter, go quick!)

 

Enjoying: Meaningful discussions with people that I care about

 

Waiting: For my Internet cap to increase so that my new Netflix addiction can be totally satisfied – I mean, how good is it??!!!

 

Liking: The smell of lit candles in the evening – my go to at the moment are Soy Candles in Lemongrass and Lavender that I bought from a local market – Yum!


Wondering: Whether the world is getting more full on, or whether we just are seeing more as we have quicker access to information…..

 

Loving: Instagram!

 

Hoping: That what I think I am and how I behave and conduct myself I actually am that towards other people.

 

Marvelling: How quickly my boy Ethan is growing up! Saw a picture of him today when he was a toddler and now he is so close to being as tall as me! When. Did. That. Happen???

 

Needing: Some Rescue Remedy to help with a teeny bit of anxiety I’ve been getting lately.

 

Smelling: Like perfume that I can actually smell since I quite the smokos.

 

Wearing: Ugg boots underneath the desk at work because its so freaking cold!

 

Following: Reno Rumble like a hawk! I am such a sucker for reality shows!

 

Noticing: The inner calm that I am more and more of. I like it.


Knowing: That all you can do is your best.

 

Thinking: Positive.


Feeling: Excited that in a few weeks our family will be going on a trip together for the first time! Cannot. Wait!


Bookmarking: The renovation list of things to do, so we can actually do them and finish the reno of the century! ( 6 years and still going ). Hold me. Actually, hold Steve, he’s the man on the mission; I’m just the coffee and food maker.

 

Opening: My mail to find $125 rebate cash back from my electricity provider. #winning

 

Giggling: To the point where I snort and cry. I love that feeling.

 

 

 

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