practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically

• having new neighbours very, very soon. I am so excited…!
• a wonderful Block of the Month class last night ~ so much fabulous girl time
• trying a new bread recipe today
• making time for Tai Chi every day
• knitting coming along nicely

• a lovely walk and Tai Chi overlooking our town
• home made fettuccine for dinner tonight
• baking for sewing class tonight
• some down time to catch up with knitting

• a wonderful visit from a wonderful friend
• safe travels to and fro
• Salamanca Market and the Quilt Fair on the weekend
• fabulous food to share
• Tai Chi this morning – an extended 2 hour session. I feel like I have had a really good workout!
• finishing my block of the month before the next class
• knitting on the go

I decided not to keep this goal open as I’d been duplicating entries since recently starting a blog but I think I might still do it sporadically.

• A fantastic long weekend in Melbourne. Shopping, eating, drinking, catching up with friends, seeing family, music. It was my annual ME weekend away and really needed.
• Liam’s 6th birthday. Poor thing was quite ill on his actual birthday – first day back at school after the holidays, I’d backed 30 cupcakes for him to take in and he couldn’t go. His party went quite well. It was the first time it was more of a school friend oriented one which in some ways was easier as the parents didn’t stay so it was a bit less chaotic and not as much cooking to do. They all had fun. Picture of the spooky castle cake I made which didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped.
• My birthday – lots of phone calls (local, interstate, England, 3 from Germany), lovely presents, flowers, $ to spend, – the highlight was tickets to see Tori Amos in Amsterdam (fabulous surprise!)
• A gorgeously fragrant package arrived from the LUSHous Ru. 4 LUSH bath bombs. Aroma climax.
• Etsy sales, more creativity, compliments and feedback.
• The head cold is dissipating and headache dissolving.

• having energy to get a bunch of stuff done
• clean laundry and dishes
• getting my neighborhood pizza joint to make me an eggplant sub (and quite a good one at that)
• my intern telling me the story of leaving Somalia with her family, and how it shaped her into the wonderful human being she is
• the enjoyment of making things a little prettier around here for Mr L’s visit… tomorrow!

• wonderful visitors
• safe travels
• surprise birthday gifts _{they are still coming!}
• Tai Chi this morning
• Quilt and Craft fair this afternoon
• an incredible amount of rain (some-one has forgotten to turn off the tap?!), but we now have overflowing tanks and dam

• a sparkly house
• washing dry before the rain came ;-)
• sewing get together last night
• more knitting finished
• a walk up to a friends house and a lovely cuppa..!

• tai chi get together
• a beautiful morning walk with friends and doggies
• baking to my heart’s content
• sewing group tonight
• getting all the winter pruning out of the way..!

• The slow cooker has been busted out for its winter run and today I made a honey soy chicken. Delicious.
• I’ve been watching a few old movies lately and really enjoying them. So far I’ve watched A Touch of Evil, Now Voyager, Laura, and the Way We Were (ok, not so old comparatively). I’m about to watch Rosemary’s Baby!! Excellent!
• Next week I should be paying off my floating mortgage. This is not my whole mortgage, just a little chunk. But still it’s one debt less and that feels great.

• the forward momentum associated with staying on my feet when I get home: phoning Mr L, working on the kitchen, even doing dead boring, stupid tasks like (ahem) dusting the lightbulbs over the bathroom vanity
• guacamole
• getting rid of more paper and clearing surfaces
• interesting conversations with cool people: a coworker here, a neighbor there – as a result, realized might be a good time to apply for funding to write my book!
• getting bored with the internet, enough to turn off the computer and plow through a few things