It's been way too long!!!

Gosh I haven't blogged for ages. I've not had the inspiration or desire to.
I've been so busy with lots of things, working mainly until last week - it was random casual work that my husband's work gave me. The work itself was rather boring - entering numbers, checking things off and helping with bank recos. I've also been busy getting our garden and yard organised and sowing seeds. You see, we are getting chooks soon. We have the chook house and yard made up. M and I worked on it together. We got the chook house off ebay - a flat pack kit house that seems pretty sturdy. It also seems fox and snake proof which is good. We are getting the chooks tonight - we're both excited. it's going to be a new experience and fun as well. Tiger will be rather intrigued by the newcomers. I'm not sure what he will do. I'm sure it will be amusing to watch though.

I have also been making ginger beer. The first batch is nearly ready. I can't wait to drink some. I'm sure it will be great!

The main reason I wanted to blog is because I wanted to share that I have finally made a book of all my poems using lulu.com It's great because I can get my book printed but I don't have to sell it. I designed it in Indesign and found great free stock photos on stock xchng.com
Alot of work went into and I've been working on it for a year. I am so glad it's finally done!
Most of the poems that are in the book are poems I wrote during my teenage years, there are some from my childhood too. I used to be able to compose poems in my head and write them out. Or they would just come to me in a flash of inspiration. Unfortunately I have lost that somewhat - probably because I haven't used it enough. I have been too busy and weighed down with life. I want to get back into poetry writing though. I really really enjoy it. It's really fun and inspiring once I get into it. The book looks really good. Of course M helped me design it because he is a graphic designer. He knows so much about Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. I was trying to design my book and having a few troubles. I ask M for help and he spends a few minutes working on it and it looks amazing!! I am so blessed to have a graphic designer husband - it comes in handy :)
There is a poem writing contest that's on at the moment. I really want to enter. I haven't written anything yet, but I'm planning on it. Just need to set aside some time for it.

That's just a taste of what I've been doing - there's lots more.
Right now though I am beginning my studies - it is rather late to start I know. There was alot of organising for the Uni to do before I could start. I'm doing these two subjects as a one off distance thing because my cross institutional didn't work out. I'm eternally grateful though that I am able to finally complete my teaching. It's been a long time coming, I can tell you that. So I really have to get my butt into action and get my study done on time.

We also recently celebrated our 2nd anniversary of marriage. Which gave us time to reflect on the past 2 years. We are happier than ever and taking steps to become even closer and building a better marriage. It's great.

I also bought a few books - that I want to eventually read. One of them is about the inner child. it's called Homecoming by John Bradshaw. I'm really enjoying reading it. It explains so much about all the crap that people pick up from their childhoods and how it gets passed on from parent to child in a crazy vicious cycle that won't stop unless someone makes a decision to break the cycle. Which I have decided to do. I don't want to pass on all the crap that my parents gave me onto our future children. No offense to my parents of course - they couldn't help it. No one can. They've done an amazing job and did the best they could with what they had at the time.

The rest of the books are about materialism, the effects of advertising (how it manipulates people into buying more stuff), more family stuff (it's called "They F*** you up") and the history of perfume. I love reading stuff about the world and what makes it tick. I also love reading biographies, particularly about people that have survived abuse.