Christmas Decorations

Here's another link for a great starter shopping list...

https://www.unpakt.com/blog/new-apartment-heres-your-grocery-list/


But getting off the moving obsession.  I was looking on eBay yesterday for Christmas decorations for both tree and tinsel... I was amazed at how expensive some of them were even though they looked fairly dodgy and plastic...

I have therefor decided that I will be making my own... :) I will start off making ones out of felt but there are a few other styles of decorations that I would like to try and make as well...

Below are some images I found off google by searching for "felt Christmas decorations"

I don't know how mine will turn out but I will be making enough of each to decorate our new Christmas tree this year (once we get said tree of course) because I want it to look really pretty and festive this year!

First Grocery shop

So quite literally where my partner and I have moved into there a park literally a minutes walk from the end of the driveway. The local IGA and shopping complex is 15 minutes away to the right and and to the left 20 minutes is the local shopping center with a Sanity, Woolies, Coles and a really good butchers as well as my nearest bank branch.

My mom and dad are now further away and not having my license doesn't help in that regard but we are free and quite happy... And at least now I can just walk to the main road and catch the bus straight up then get off and walk the rest of the way.

Just came back from doing the first grocery shop with a $50 note... With that I got a shower curtain, a stainless steel potato masher, liquid hand soap, sausages (about 750g), 750g gluten free bacon, gluten free crushed garlic in a jar, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, a 1kg bag of frozen mixed veggies, 2x 1 liter long life milks, and 30 meters of glad wrap.

Luckily the people we moved in with already have cutlery, crockery, some cookware and things like rice, potatoes, pasta and some sauces. So we have enough now to hold us over for a few days...

A really good list I have found in my googling is the link below and I will also copy and paste the list.

http://betterthandormfood.com/2012/08/29/new-kitchen-grocery-list/

GROCERY SHOPPING LIST

Canned  and Jar Goods

• Beans (Black, pinto, garbanzo)
• Canned corn, string beans, etc
• Canned Chili
• Diced Tomatoes
• Pasta Sauce
• Salad Dressing

Dry Goods

• Pasta (various kinds)
• Rice (white and brown rice)
• Breakfast Cereal
• Crackers

Spices, Flavorings and Cooking ingredients

• Salt and Pepper
• Cinnamon
• Ground Cumin
• Curry Powder
• Garlic Powder
• Cornstarch
• Sugar
• Chicken Bouillon Cubes or powder
• Seasoning Salt (Lawry’s)
• Soy Sauce
• Canola Oil
• Vinegar ( red wine or balsamic)
• Peanut Butter and Jelly

Produce

• Garlic
• Bag of potatoes
• Onion
• Lettuce
• Your favorite fruits and veggies

Refrigerator Items

• BBQ sauce
• Butter
• Eggs
• Sauce, mustard
• Milk
• Cheese

Frozen ( or items to keep in the freezer)

• Bag of frozen skinless chicken breasts
• Flour tortillas
• Whole Grain Bread
• Frozen Fruit (for smoothies)
• Ground beef or turkey

I would also include in that list:

- Long life milk

Learning to fly

Last night and all of yesterday was completely crappy for me and my partner. In fact our weekend in general started off fairly poorly... I had cleaned the bus the same way I do at the end of every term which takes me to about 5:30 to 6pm... My partner then came and picked me up and we went home.

When we got there I had made a cup of tea and sat down for a few minutes to drink it because I was really sore and my back was aching from contortioning myself to get under the seats to sweep them properly....

We then had to deal with one of my partner's sisters yelling from around 6:30 to about 11:30 going off about how we hadn't been doing jobs or paying rent when it had been agreed between us and his mom that we would be doing jobs in lieu of rent.

This did not occur to his sister however and she had a right go off her nut. We went to bed after she had left. This was all Friday night.... We didn't end up being able to get to sleep until about midnight. Then I woke us up at 7am so we could get an early start on our jobs and I heard the house phone going off the hook. We started cleaning and doing the quiet stuff till his mom got in the shower at which point I put the washing on and did the vacuuming... A few hours later we had his aunty come round and have a talk to us about what we were going to do... Were we going to be able to afford our place soon. That wasn't too bad... It wasn't until his other sister came around that the trouble started. We kept working away and his sister kept getting more irate and in the end she said I should pack my stuff so I started doing just that.

Took me a few hours but I got there and then I found that Nic was moving with me too which I thought was fantastic... We ended up getting back to the mates house about 10m Saturday night... But I finished unpacking what I could of the room today which was fantasic... It looks like home now... :)

Tattoo artistry, drawing

What I've learnt today: Some people can be extremely judgemental. My partners eldest niece told me tonight that she wants to be a tattoo artist and seeing some of her drawings by hand I can see why.... I mean she is a brilliant artist! Her work is clear, bold and beautiful.

And yet as she was sitting at the dining room table with me drawing designs after dinner, she had her grandma, and another of her uncles sitting at the table lecturing her in how she didn't want to be a tattoo artist, how she didn't want to poison people's body's, and the fact that tattoo artists don't earn much. They kept going with the barb that "your a smart girl. You should do something with it"....

Or the other one "I wish you spent as much time on science as you do on your drawing"

Her grandmother's argument was that her husband regretted getting his tattoos.

But that is not a good reason to discourage someone from doing something they love and are good ... No BRILLIANT at!!!

If drawing makes her happy then fantastic it should be encouraged....  Her free hand drawings off images are amazing....

Even if my partner are the only people in his entire family to encourage her then that's fine... I will happy support her choice because if she can wield a tattoo gun as well as she draws she'll have no problems owning her own parlour....

Don't EVER let anyone discourage you from your dreams if it's what you really want... Go for it! You CAN do it! You are everything that you need... :) And stop procrastinating... Just take that one small step to get started and you've tackled one of the single most hardest barriers on your way to success and that is simply getting that start!!!