the big THREE-O!

Well it's official. I'm now into a new decade. Bring on the thirties!!! Thanks to Bernee for the link to another blog with other peoples' reflections on turning thirty. It was eye-opening. There are people out there who panic and do drastic things like leave their husbands, quit their jobs or get tattoos. Don't worry, I'm not about to do anything crazy. I cut my fringe - that's about as radical as it gets!

A few weeks ago, at dinner with some friends, we were talking about someone who got married at age 22 - which we all thought was young. One friend commented 'I can't imagine being married at 22!' to which I responded 'yeah and when I was 22 I couldn't imagine NOT being married at 30!!!!' Yes when I think back to my last milestone birthday (21) I realise how much I've changed and how differently my life has turned out to what I imagined. I definitely am not as 'settled' as I thought I would be.

But do I regret anything? In Edith Piaf style I say 'non, je ne regrette rien'! I regret nothing. I never could have imagined that Father would take me on this exciting journey of living and working overseas, meeting fascinating people, doing what I love and learning to trust him more and more on a daily basis. He truly has done 'far more abundantly that I could have asked or imagined'! And I look forward to what he has in store...

This year, I'm so grateful that I've had the opportunity to be with my sister Melissa to share our special day together. Here are some pics from Saturday:


To see these pictures as larger images, click on the links in the slideshow. To see other pics from the picnic BBQ 'Flourish' with other friends on Sat (not our birthday party, it just happened to be on the same day), click here. One of my favourite little boys, Jacob, is the the star of that show!

i'm a twentysomething

well i have just a few more days of being a twentysomething. there are still a couple of things on my to-do-before-i-turn-30 list like get another piercing in my ear and learn to play guitar better (or should i say learn another strum pattern) but with just three days left and with an exam coming up next week, these things will just have to wait till sometime in my thirties!

this is what one of my favourite musician/songwriters, Jamie Cullum, had to say about being a twentysomething:

After years of expensive education,
a car full of books and anticipation,
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
but the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.

Maybe I'll go travelling for a year,
finding myself or start a career.
I could work for the poor though I’m hungry for fame
we all seem so different but we're just the same.

Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat,
aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers? Who do you trust?
I can't even separate love from lust.

Maybe I’ll move back home and pay off my loans,
working nine to five answering phones.
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
drinking eight pints and getting in fights.

I don't want to get up, just let me lie in,
leave me alone, I'm a twenty something.

Maybe I'll just fall in love that could solve it all,
philosophers say that that’s enough,
there surely must be more. Ooooh

Love ain’t the answer nor is work,
the truth eludes me so much it hurts.
But I’m still having fun and I guess that's the key,
I'm a twenty something and I'll keep being me.

OK so not all of it is exactly my lifestyle (I can't remember the last time I drank eight pints and got into fights) but it's still a fun song. Anyway, they say 40 is the new 30, and I definitely know a good number of thirtysomethings who are living like Jamie here.

what do melinda and justin timberlake have in common?

Tonight, watching a TV interview he did with Rove, I discovered that JT is also an avid hater of magpies! He had been attacked in Brisbane. He described them as 'dive bombing gangsters of the air' (or something to that effect - I can't remember exactly). See it's proof! Magpies are evil. Aussie magpies are evil. I'm not alone.

This is such significant news that my blog drought has been broken!

i'm still alive!

A combination of Facebook, busyness and lack of inspiration has kept me from blogging though I promise there's more to come very soon. Stay tuned, listeners!