Personal Goals

This past summer,

I began a Summer Blog Challenge.

It didn't go very well.

But I've decided to give it another shot.

So I've joined the Autumn Blog Challenge.

I know posting each day will be difficult,

but I'm always looking for good prompts,

so I figure as long as I put my best foot forward,

I'll have a blast!

September 19th - List 5 short-term personal goals.

1) Study - Have you heard?

I've been accepted to Grad School.

Yup me!

I start next month. 

Am taking 2 courses

and plan to study my butt off.

2) Get Fit - I've been slacking lately.

Need to get back into a healthy routine.

Like how I said get fit

and not loose weight!

3) Reach my Goodreads goal.

I've challenged myself to read

fifty books this year. 

I'm almost there.

4) Move - We're moving at the end of the month.

I plan to get the pictures up

and settled 

as soon as possible.

5) Shoes
Oh come on!
You knew shopping would be here somewhere.
I came across these gorgeous boots,
don't you think I'd look great in them?
Think I need to make a purchase soon.

52 Weeks of Happiness - Week 28

Did you hear?

I got accepted into Grad School.

Yay me!!!!

I start next month.

I'm taking two courses this semester

and went and ordered my books.

Guess what arrived?

Two of the three required books.

Isn't it exciting?

Happiness is getting your school books. 

Eternal - V. K. Forrest

With going back to work,

I've been a little busy

that I haven't had much time to read.

I was finally able to finish reading

Eternal

this weekend.

Eternal is the first book in the Clare Point series. 

Clare Point is a small village

inhabited by ......

you guessed it....

vampires!

Fia Kahill in a vampire

and FBI agent, 

who has learnt that her cousin 

was murdered.

His body is found burnt

and his head and hands are missing.

Who else but a slayer would know

how to kill a vampire?

Fia is assigned to work with

FBI agent, Glen Duncan.

Glen, is the splitting image of Ian,

a man Fia once loved,

and who betrayed her. 

Fia and Glen must work together to solve the murder.

And more murders are happening.

Can Fia solve them before more of her loved ones are killed?

Can she solve them without Glen learning her secret?

Can she resist her attraction to Glen?

52 Weeks of Happiness - Week 27

Last week,

I suddenly realized

that I had not done any marking.

None.

Since the beginning of the school year.

I know.

Pretty sad.

Since it was not Scott's weekend home,

I figured I could get a lot accompished.

I promised Ethan a pizza and movie night,

Friday night.

So while he enjoyed his pizza

while watching TV,

I did some marking.

After he went to bed,

I did some marking.

On Saturday,

he went swimming with our neighbours.

Guess what I did?

Yup,

marking.

And Saturday night

I finished all my marking.

Yippee!!!!

So, Sunday morning,

after making Ethan his waffles,

I grabbed a latte

and my Kindle

and enjoyed the morning

out in the sun.

Ok yes, it's my iPad. Scott has my Kindle, but I do have the Kindle app.

Happiness is a latte and a book

on a Sunday morning.

Shoes

Yes.

This is another post about my shoes.

I came across a tweet about shoes.

Apparently,

your shoes have something to say about your personality.

Six things according to this. 

Which made me wonder 

what do my shoes say about me?

(BTW - I feel the need to add in here

my last year's Grade 2s

are disappointed that this year's class

do not appreciate my diverse shoe collection)

1. Practical and functional shoes generally belong to agreeable people.

These are my go-to shoes.
They are well worn,
well,
because they are my functional shoes.
So I must be agreeable.

2. Ankle boots belong to those with more aggressive personalities.

My black ones broke.
I need another pair.
Have seen a few great looking ones.
Now just need to choose one.
Apparently I'm agreeably aggressive. 

3. Uncomfortable looking shoes are usually worn by those with calm personalities.

I wouldn't say these are uncomfortable exactly.
They're just not meant for a lot of walking.
But at least we know I'm calmly aggressive. 

4. Those who are worried about relationships wear new or well-kept shoes.

I don't have a new pair of shoes to show you,
but since I have many,
there are many that are still looking good.
Hmmmm.... wonder why I'm worried?

5. Cheap people wear less expensive shoes.

I don't really wear these.
They're for going to the pool,
or in winter,
when the house is cold
they are my house shoes.

6. The more boring a shoe is, the harder it is for the owner to form relationships. 

This is because they don't care what others think of them.

You cannot get much more boring than a pair
of trainers.
I only wear them to exercise.
I will not wear them to go out.
So I suppose I care what people think of me.

 So what have we learnt?
I'm 

agreeable,
aggressive,
calm,
worried,
cheap
and
don't care what others think about me.

Writer's Workshop - The One

Tell us about the moment you knew your spouse was "The One".

Did I ever tell you how Scott and I met?

Well.... I guess today's the day.

Scott and I met...

over the phone.

Yup!

And no!!!!

Not like that!

Scott ran the logistics department at Nortel.

(This was back in the day when Nortel was huge in Ottawa.)

I was the supervisor at a local courier company.

Scott would call several times a day,

in need of something going from his office

to one of the other Nortel offices.

And after talking to someone

six times a day,

the conversations always included a

"how's it going?"

"How was your weekend?"

The Easter before we met,

I was single,

doing the dating thing.

Scott called one day,

to have something taken to another office

and I reminded him that Easter was coming.

He didn't get it.

I had to explain that he just asked me

to ensure that something very important

reach another office.

And I wanted chocolate for Easter.

I'd like to point out that:

a) some things never change

and

b) I bugged a few people to send me chocolate.

A few months later I resigned from my job.

I was going back to school

to get my teaching certificate.

I wanted to meet the people I had spent

the last two years 

chatting on the phone with.

Scott was one of those people.

We met.

We went on a few dates.

I liked spending time with him.

I had a box under my bed

with momentos.

One evening,

I was looking through the box

and found the note Scott had sent me

with my Easter chocolate.

(Yes, he sent me chocolate.)

This was the moment.

I like to say

I knew he was the one

before we ever met.

Why else would I have kept his note?

I didn't keep notes from anyone else.

52 Weeks of Happiness - Week 26

I love the weekends when Scott comes home.

And this weekend was extra special.

It was my birthday!

Yay me!

Ethan told a classmate on Friday

that his mommy is turning 24.

Gotta love the boy!

Being... well... me,

I love presents.

Both my boys spoilt me.

A new necklace and a gift voucher for a spa day.

Ethan is so my child.

He wanted to know which gift I liked better!

Saturday night,

Scott took me out for dinner.

He even arranged for some mates to meet us there.

The ladies

I had been bugging Scott for weeks now

to make sure he got a me a decent cake.

(He was in Australia last year,

so he owes me a cake from then.)

Of course,

he delivered.

Chocolate mousse cake. Yum!

We got home that evening,

and I found this on my doorstep.

Like I said,

I love pressies.

Happiness is spending your birthday 

with some amazing mates.