A quote that reflects my friendship with Sarah

The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly welded by the fiercest fire.

Crunch Time

Husband works making computer games. Unfortunately part of this is crunch time. It is when a milestone is due and he has to work back to finish the milestone on time.

It means that he needs to work 12 hour or more days, at least 6 days a week, every 6 weeks or so. It lasts for 2 weeks or so.

It is hard for him, as he needs to work so much, but also for me, as he is gone so much.

As I write, I am waiting for him to come home, hopefully soon, as it is Sunday and he left early this morning.

An Oprah Moment

Husband came home today and said he had gotten a call from his dad. Father in Law offered us a car that Matthew had been using that he no longer needed. For Free.

Let me repeat that. FOR FREE

A 2002 Kia in good condition, just because they don't want it anymore. Wow.

Words cannot express how grateful that I am, it is just amazing. My current car is 17 years old and I was starting to think about when it dies in a couple of years, what in earth I was going to do. Husband has a car that is 5 years old and it really good condition, so this new car will be for me.

But God is gracious and has provided me with a new(ish) car. And it is so very generous of the in laws. It is like that episode of Oprah where she gave everyone new cars, that is how I feel.

Mood Charting

At the moment, at the request of Bill, I have started charting my mood every day.

I have found this mood chart from the Black Dog Institute



It is an interesting exercise and very odd. Interesting because it lets me assess what I am feeling, odd because I am not used to assessing my feelings. But wonderfully therapeutic.

Simple Savings - one of my favourite sites

18 months ago I discovered a site Simple Savings It is a site on saving money, and I have found it is one of the best sites on that topic.

It has a great forum and a hints Vault. I have made many online friends there, and have enjoyed reading the blog on there.

The bloggers name is Penny Wise, and I adore her blog I was drawn to the website by her humour and writing.

All in all, a fantasic Australian site

Wide Sargasso Sea

I have just finished reading the Wide Sargasso Sea

It was an interesting read. It was written in 1966, a bit later than most of the novels I read. It is a novel based on the Bertha character in Jane Eyre

It shows Bertha in a more sympathetic light than in the original novel. In Jane Eyre, Bertha is not given a voice, she is a peripheral character, of no importance but how her existance furthers the plot. But in Wide Sargasso Sea, she is shown to have had a hard life and sinks into her insanity without her noticing.

While it was a good read, I still prefer Jane Eyre :)

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday my Lovely Husband!

Today is my lovely husband's birthday. He is 29, and I must say he is a wonderful husband.

The last 4 and a half years that I have known him have been the best of my life.

So, Happy Birthday My Darling

Cakes

I love making cakes, decorating them really.

I learnt to decorate cakes in high school. And luckily my husband loves me making them for him. As it is his birthday, I am making him a birthday cake.

This year is a drum cake, as Husband is a drummer


Hopefully this will pass the grade :)

I made the wall of shadow draw back,
beyond desire and act, I walked on.
- Pablo Neruda

Journalling

I just bought a journal, one that is a devotional/reflecting on my marriage. I have never been a journalling person, I usually give up a week in. But this blog has meant that I have been basically journalling for some time now. So I am going to try to do this.

I love my husband, he is a kind, considerate and wonderful person and I would like to journal my thoughts and feelings about our marriage.

So, wish me luck :)