with Blog Neglect.
Argh I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last posted a blog post. I really need to get back into this – I guess I just feel like there’s nothing that exciting to write about (well, there is, but I’m going to have to talk about that in a couple of months’ time since we’ll know for sure by then).
I guess I have other things that I’m committed to – ie. work, home life, my other projects including the Tasmanian Pagan Alliance, etc. It’s all happening and yet not happening at the same time if you know what I mean. Probably not.
Anyway, I shall set myself reminders to post here!!!
To be honest, I immediately think “But what is ‘myself’?”
I once had a theory that you never know your true self, because we all act differently around different people. I can be ‘myself’ around work colleagues, then another version of ‘myself’ around clients, another around family, etc. I felt that the only time that you are your true self is being by yourself.
But, as I’ve grown, I’ve realised that the differences in ‘myself’ amongst different people are slowly transforming and merging into the one. Of course, around strangers (clients at work, etc.) I’m more polite and swear less, but I never pull any punches, I’m always honest.
Being myself is becoming easier as I grow older – I’m letting go of biases that I grew up with, letting go of stigma and expectations. For example, everyone expected us to have a baby within months of getting married – two years later, we’re still without children, and that’s being true to myself because I knew for the last two years we couldn’t afford to have a child.
I’m geeky, quirky, generally happy, overweight, unfit, life-loving – and I embrace everything that I am.
*wow, talk about tangents*
So obviously I’m not doing too well with this 365 day challenge. So I’m going to continue on through, but do it intermittantly, rather than every day. Makes it less of a challenge, but gives me topics to talk about when I can’t think of anything else.
I’m going to combine Days 8 and 9 together because I just don’t think I can blab on about stuff that makes me sad and walk away from it feeling very positive 
And, there’s not a whole lot that makes me sad – there’s more things that make me angry or frustrated than sad. So here goes:
Things that make me sad
Animal abuse.
Child abuse.
People against free will or basic human rights.
Money.
Mess (although I am admittedly a messy person, which frustrates the hell out of me).
Pain.
Things that make me happy
My husband.
My pets.
My family.
My house.
Driving!
Feeling secure and safe.
Being able to express myself freely.
Being openly Pagan and my family and friends being totally cool with it.
Games.
Computers <3
Art and design.
Cleanliness – not just in the basic sense, but when things look and feel clean.
Lame post, next one will be better
Hubby and I are in the process of working out what we’d like to do with our bathroom. We’ve worked out that it should cost us well under $4,000 for everything – fixtures, fittings, tiles, paint, labour and plumbing/electrical.
Currently, our bathroom… well, sucks:
As you can probably see, there’s not much there. This is the current floorplan:
Yup, just a shower and vanity. Not really that great for a three bedroom house where there’s technically room for a family to live, not just a couple. We obviously have a toilet (that’s out the back, in the laundry) but we would like LOVE one inside, in the actual bathroom.
So, we’re looking at the possibility of knocking out that ridiculous wall in the middle of the room and installing the following layout:
Pretty snazzy, eh? I want everything white or off-white/cream, including tiles, so that it looks as big as possible. That also leaves me the ability to accessorise with colour (and change it up as the mood hits me). Across the bath/shower, I want a simple pane of tempered shower glass, so nothing gets in the way, and I think it’s best with glass as you can see right through it and it keeps your line of vision going right through to the far wall, rather than stopping at, say, a curtain.
We’ll also keep the existing toilet in the laundry because, even I have to admit, it is handy particularly if we’re out in the garden or having a barbeque – it’s easy to duck in, pee, and come back out again without trudging dirt through the house. We will replace that toilet though, with a newer nicer one.
Whadda reckon?!
