The 30 Day Blog Challenge - The final chapter: day 26-30

Firstly I am doing a crash finish to wipe the slate clean.  To say that I finish something that I started.  I think a lot of people headed this way towards the end on this challenge.

day 26 - what do you think about your friends

I really feel like saying that I don't think much of them because it's the end of the blog and no one is reading it anyway but that is the furtherest thing from the truth *snigger*  They are all awesome!

day 27 - why are you doing this 30 day challenge

To improve blogging and writing skills as I do not really have the knack of composing in a journalistic manner.  It was worth a shot.

day 28 - a picture of you from last year & now, how have you changed since then?

I'm a year older, a little wiser and a little lighter :)

day 29 - in this past month, what have you learned

That it is good to finish something that you started, even if it is a little late :)

day 30 - your favorite song

Beautiful Day - U2

Day Eighteen - plans/dreams/goals you have

I have spent the year, once a month, catching up with a small group of dynamic women from all walks of life.  Our group has a facillitator and she is amazing.  We however never ever ever do what we plan to do but that is okay as the night always ends up being enriching, filled with laughter, tears and lots of stories.  I guess the whole point of it is that we had on hand a book by Dan Zadra called 5 (ISBN 978-1-932319-44-6).  The blurb to this book quite simply is:

'Where will you be five years from today?'

It is filled with quotes, questions, possibilities and celebrates the 'want to's, choose's to & I can't wait to's in your life'. I am still working through this book and can highly recommend it.

Don't say that you don't have enough time.  You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.

-H.Jacksoon Brown, Jr.

What I can tell you is that I would like to live a long and happy life surrounded by my family & friends.  I want to watch my children grow up, watch them fall in love for the first time, be there when their heart gets broken, teach them to drive, watch them laugh, be their taxi, watch them in their sleep, get no sleep while I wait for them to get home from being out, be proud of them, teach them about consequences, watch my girls walk down the isle, watch my son weep as his bride walks down the isle, travel the world more, become a grandmother, go to University again, be a better photographer, make new friends, share champagne & cups of tea with my friends of the yesterday, laugh and cry with them, make smart choices, learn from my mistakes, be passionate, care for those around me and all the while be holding hands with my husband.

And so much more that I just don't know about yet.

Day Twelve - how you found out about blogging and why you have one

I first started this blog 2 years ago and after a few false starts and a period of being dormant discovered it again thanks to the encouragement of a friend IRL & Facebook (that's you @anecdotal_anna) and a pretty neat tweep on Twitter (that's you @tiffanyff) - mwah to you both!

I'm no journalist, novelist or linguisit but I have always had an interest in writing from a very young age.  Albeit I have lost my touch over time I thought that blogging would clear the cobwebs created by baby brain which seems to have lasted longer than I had hoped for (that will teach me for pumping them out like a factory outlet).

So started the 30 Day Challenge and here I am. Blog up and running, meeting new people and enjoying the diversity of it all.

Besides, there are just not enough character spaces available in status updates for someone who has "something to say".

 

Image courtesy of Living Myth - Helen Norton



Day Nine - something you're proud of in the past few days

Image souced from: art.com

Me again.  I am having another attempt at this day as I have felt very clouded with my migraine/s and am not managing to think or write in the way that I would like to.

I will keep the original version as reference as so to reflect.

For those of you who don't know me my husbands work involves a hideous amount of travel and extended time away from home.  I am proud of him for the commitment that he has to us, his family and for his decisons to give us choices.  In turn I am proud of my ability to nuture our family in his absence. I am proud of our children everyday.

I may be a day behind in my blog but i feel better for revisiting day nine.

Well this is a day late thanks to yet another migraine :(

I am proud of managing to keep up with this blogging business (except for yesterday of course!). I first opened this blog page some 2 years ago and never doing anything constructive with it until now.

I am proud that I am making an effort with someone that I minimised in my life because my life has been so damn difficult for the past 12 months.

I am proud of my ability to raise my family in the absence of my husband (does lots of interstate & international travel).

Day Eight - short term goals for this month and why

I've never really thought about short term goals over a month.  Most of the time I can only manage my goals for that day.  Even then I don't know what they are (except for getting out of bed in the morning).  I tend to have 10 year goals and only realise that it was a goal 5 years after I have achieved it. 

So here goes:

Complete the 30 Day Challenge (which is kinda obvious really)

Read other 30 Day Challengers (it's very interesting the diversity amongst us)

Exercise twice a week (cos I need to keep the gremlins at bay)

Drink 2 litres of water a day (cos I am really bad at this)

Buy plants to finish back garden (it's only taken 3 years)

Organise outdoor blinds *thingamywhatsit* salespeople to quote back alfresco (bet they can't fit us in for 6-8 weeks & then another 6-8 weeks to make & fit)

Wash my car inside & out (even if I have to pay someone to do it)

Of course there is all the usual stuff that is just day to day like remembering to feed the kids & send them to school etcetera etcetera (what a cool word...)

Lastly, have a few early nights (there's been too many late ones of late and no, I am not a party animal,  just get my 2nd wind at about 930pm after collapsing on the couch at 7pm)

Wow that's some list.  Will come back and let you know how I went at the end of the month.

Stay tuned :)