Day Twenty Two - what makes you different from everyone else

• My gene pool of course! *snigger*
• The very unique flower pattern in my iris. *always stumps iridologists*
• My ability to say YES when I really wants to say NO. *damn, can't help it*
• To help without question or reason. *That's my job here on earth*
• To trust knowing full well that it will bite me on the bum. *well that sucks*
• Love unconditionally. *how can you not when you have kids*
• A terrible sense of humor. *inability to tell a joke without screwing it up*
• Queen Bee of organisation. *cos I am awesome*
• Never ever want to see people fail. *always want people to succeed*
• Because I am me. *nothing beats that*

Day Twenty One - Picture of something that makes you happy

A snippet of what makes me happy

Day Twenty - someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future

I am married and I plan to be with this person in the forever future.

How lucky am I? Cheers!

Day Nineteen - nicknames you have and why you have them

Custard - Amongst other forms of dancing I did gymnastics for a number of years.  We didn't wear the traditional leotard but a t-shirt and 'bloomers'.  As I already had to wear bloomers under my sports uniform for school it made sense to just wear them.  Now my bloomers were my faction colour which was GOLD.  My bloomers were as gold as you could get back in the day so really they were deep yellow. Hence the name 'custard' form my gymnastics coach.

Beedo - Typical of all Australians my surname (maiden name) was shortened and an 'o' whacked on the end by the male contingent of the crew that I knocked around with at University.  I was one of the boys so it seem fitting that I should be included in their nickname gang.  They did try to sexy it up a bit by making it sound French until they realised that putting Le in front of Beedo meant something else.

Sare-bare - Usual name given to me by boyfriend.

Gurlie Gurl - Sounds better than Wife.

Otherwise I am just known as Sarah.

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.