This is Me!

How do you all like the hairstyle???

This morning I decided to try a change of hairstyle, usually have it lose or tied up in a single ponytail, to get it off my neck. It has been 30 degrees today and I was ironing, so felt like a change!

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I feel young and cheeky, with it tied up like this, but love it. The great thing about being 44 is that I do not worry about what other people think of me anymore, so can wear my hair how I like. Funny though, because I asked you all "How you like my hairstyle?" Maybe, not quite as confident as I thought, although I am not going to change it for anyone except myself.

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I have realised that I am really happy today. Wrote another couple of poems last night, "Laughter" is already published on Vesta-poetry and I am working on the other one. Bought the DVD of Mamma Mia this morning and bopped along to Abba as I did my ironing, only the 5th time I have watched it - the best movie ever and now my favourite movie!

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Family news:

Elizabeth received a fantastic '7' (top grade) for a recent English essay for Contemporary Literature, the one subject that she has really struggled with this semester. The books that were chosen were all depressing and dealt with serious issues in society. She hated the selection, but in her usual indomitable way, she conquered all. She also wrote her final Contemporary exam yesterday. Has completed her final Gothic essay (English) and now has just 2 history exams on Thursday and Friday, one course of which she has sufficient marks already that she has passed the course. Quite a girl!

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Matthew has been invited to the 2008 National Young Leaders Day in Brisbane on 14th November. As a candidate for middle school captain next year, he was given an invitation. This will give him the opportunity to meet other school leaders from schools across Brisbane, wow, what an honour.

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Sarah is still practising her flute and was paid an amazing compliment recently by the school accompanist! Mr Ramm, told her to keep up her flute lessons as she has one of the best 'pure' flute sounds he has heard in a long time. Very special for someone, who has only been playing for about 9 months.

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Ivan is travelling, now in South Africa, for a couple of days and due home on Thursday evening, we are all looking forward to having him home again.

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So that is all for the early November family wrap-up! We have Sports presentation night on the 14th, Matt's presentation night on the 19th and Sarah's presentation night on December 3rd, so a busy month ahead of us all.

The Bucket List.

Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson recently starred in the wonderful movie called "The Bucket List". Both having been diagnosed with terminal cancer, they set out to achieve some of the things on their list of 'things to do before I die!' It is a funny, sad and inspirational film with two great actors.

My friend Michelle, has today set herself a challenge to make up her list of '101 things' - her own 'bucket list'. Unlike the actors, she has decided not to wait until she is dying to work on her list, both writing it and also achieving it now while she is young and healthy.

It has made me think, that I to would like the challenge of finding the 101 things that I would like to achieve in this life. It sounds so easy, but as soon as you begin, you will find that you run out of ideas really quickly. My first five came easily, these were the ones on the top of my head. Dreams and wishes I have had for a while, then I stalled! Wow! I did not expect that. I thought about it and managed another five, so I have a list of 10, but now I am going to keep a notebook with me to record all the 'little and big' dreams and wishes that I have for my life.

I have realised that I cannot begin to achieve any of the things that I wish for, if I do not even know what they are and also if I don't focus and work towards them.

The first item on my list was: To go to University next year to study writing and poetry. When I first decided to try and attempt this, it was a 'sort-of-vague' thought, but it has taken root in my soul and I really want this. It is one of those things that I would never have imagined that I would ever want to do and yet here it is top of my list.

I am keeping all my goals really personal, not focusing on things that I want my children or family to have or achieve, but goals and dreams that are purely my own. That may sound a little selfish, but I think just the idea that we can wish and dream for things just for ourselves, is a powerful thought. It is neither selfish or self-indulgent, but rather a way that we can be fulfilled and serve our true purpose in the life that we have been given.

Why not join the challenge and make out your list? It may not have 101 things on it, but imagine how exciting it will be to dream and plan and then achieve your goals.

Writing in my head!

Last night I informed the children that I did not want to be woken before 8.00am under any circumstances. We all agreed we needed a lie-in. (I love it now that my children are older and don't wake up so early). I woke at 5.00am, let Abby (our dog) out and went back to bed. Having only turned off my light at mindnight after reading a wonderful book my friend Michelle had lent me (Angels in my hair), I was rather tired!

At 8.01am I woke for the second time and just smiled, my internal body clock had rung its alarm and told me it was now 8.00am. I decided that it was time to get up and begin writing down all the words that had been floating around for the previous 8 hours! There are times when I wish I could connect directly to the computer, as amazing words of power float in my mind. I see poetry and words that just flow with ease and when I try to capture them through my fingers, they sometimes disappear.

I have posted a new poem on Vesta-poetry last night, it is a little different but so reflective of my space in life at the moment. I hope you enjoy it.

Today I feel the need to write, I counted last night that I have written 20 poems this year, poetry that I am proud to own and at last have found the courage to share. Thank you to everyone for your encouraging words of support.

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Beverly

Final Halloween post!

THE END!

Three Mummies and six excited and sugar-hyped girls and boys!

I hope you enjoy looking at all the photos of our first (and I think last for a while) Halloween party. I have had to post 4 or 5 different entries to try and show you all the photos, so scroll down and have a peek!

Today is November 1st, and Christmas will soon be here! So I wish you all a wonderful weekend and a great day. I hope you enjoyed our Halloween party photos!

Beverly

Halloween decorations! We had lots of fun decorating the house with many of the amazing things we brought back home from the USA. Inside and out, the house looked amazing. Now today we have to put it all back together.

Halloween game

THE MUMMY WRAP!

Three teams - two toilets rolls and a prize for the best and a prize for the fastest!

Elizabeth's friend Sam, joined us and was such good fun in all the games.

Matthew's team won the best wrapped, Elizabeth's team the fastest wrapped and Sam's team won the prize for getting out of the paper first!

Finished Mummy's next post

Halloween creatures!

Mad Scientist dies of a broken heart! Bride disappears after wedding?

The body of Freddy Frankenstein was found, 10 years to the day, after his wedding to Melissa, his famous assistant.

It appears that Melissa disappeared after the wedding and Freddy's heart was broken, thinking she had run off with te dashingly handsome Vlad Dracula!


Freddy was found reading a book of love poems, still dressed in his wedding suit. His diary next to him records his heartbreak and sorrow.

Mystery deepens: Where is the Bride?????

We had the above story next to Freddie. Poor Melissa was in the bathtub, where she had fallen after the wedding. With only candle lighting in the bathroom, no-one wanted to go in and wash their hands.

More photos to follow