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Taking Stock 001

July 23, 2014 By Janine 11 Comments

RosesMaking :  A mess (as usual)
Cooking : Vegetable Soup.
Drinking : Lots of coffee.
Reading: Monica Lewinsky – Culture of Humiliation – Vanity Fair
Wanting: Someone to invent a drive through supermarket.
Looking: At my newly formed wrinkles. I gotta start taking care of my skin.
Playing: Around with podcasting because I want to do more of that on the blog.
Deciding: How to spend a Friday night with a soccer bye (we Friday night soccer mums deserve MEDALS, it’s cold and there’s no wine).
Wishing: I could get paid a motza to blog in my pj’s all day.
Enjoying: Friendship
Waiting: For the faceless people of the superannuation companies to release our funds.
Liking: The dumplings at our local Japanese.
Wondering: What if?
Loving: Sleep ins.
Pondering: Choices and chances, the big lottery of life.
Considering: The future.
Watching: True Detective.
Hoping: A decent income magically appears in my life.
Marvelling: At people’s generosity.
Needing: To regain my motivation.
Smelling: Chanel perfume at the chemist. I’m thinking that might be Simon’s next present to me. (If the super people ever deliver).
Wearing: Trakkies and uggs (it’s cold people).
Following: New bloggers who are doing Pip Lincoln’s Blog with Pip course (feel free to leave a comment with a link to your blog guys). This is a post idea Pip uses on her blog.
Noticing: Kindness.
Knowing: The little things matter.
Thinking: Too much.
Feeling: Sad
Admiring: My daughters.
Sorting: The study. Who am I kidding it’s actually a junk room and I just look at it for a while, move a few items around and give up in despair, EVERY DAY.
Buying: Myself flowers.
Getting: RSI ’cause I’m blogging from bed.
Bookmarking: The Design Files because I like to torture myself with images of stunning homes, fully aware my home will never attain that level of immaculate presentation while ever we are so chronically untidy.
Disliking: Winter.
Opening: A highly successful bookstore/art  gallery/homewares shop/cafe (well in my dreams I am).
Giggling: At re-runs of Friends.
Feeling: Tired.
Snacking: Chocolate Chip Biscuits
Coveting: Black tall boots.
Wishing: It wasn’t so.
Helping: My daughter deal with a migraine.
Hearing: All of Me – John Legend

 

Here’s the list if you want to do your own.

Making :
Cooking :
Drinking :
Reading:
Wanting:
Looking:
Playing:
Deciding:
Wishing:
Enjoying:
Waiting:
Liking:
Wondering:
Loving:
Pondering:
Considering:
Watching:
Hoping:
Marvelling:
Needing:
Smelling:
Wearing:
Following:
Noticing:
Knowing:
Thinking:
Feeling:
Admiring:
Sorting:
Buying:
Getting:
Bookmarking:
Disliking:
Opening:
Giggling:
Feeling:
Snacking:
Coveting:
Wishing:
Helping:
Hearing:

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Comments

  1. Lisa says

    July 23, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Hi Janet, glad you were able to take stock with us. (BWP) I think you should stop listening to All of me, because I always tear up when I hear that song. Glad you are finding some kindness..love the idea of a bookstore/art gallery, haven’t had dumplings for ages!!

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  2. Shell says

    July 25, 2014 at 10:07 am

    Love this post Jeanie, great idea. Cleaning the mess can wait. Sit in the pj’s a wee bit longer then have a glass of wine, its friday and happy hour somewhere in the world. 🙂 Can’t wait till you open your gallery, I’ll have to put in a tender to hang my photos. Anything is possible matie and if anyone can make it happen you can. xoxoxo 🙂 PS Would you like my extra scorpio venom to add to yours next time dealing with the faceless super peeps it’s on offer xo 🙂

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    • Janine says

      July 25, 2014 at 9:24 pm

      Thank you Shelly.

      Reply
  3. Rachel@thekidsareallright says

    July 25, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    For what it’s worth Janine your posts make me appreciate anew what I have and my here and now. xxx

    Reply
    • Janine says

      July 26, 2014 at 9:38 pm

      That’s worth a lot.

      Reply
  4. Emily says

    July 26, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    http://squiggleandswirl.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/taking-stock/

    Great post and I really liked your idea about sharing, I’ve done that on mine too (thank you). How great is this course!

    Reply
    • Janine says

      July 26, 2014 at 9:38 pm

      The course is a lot of fun, love the name of your blog.

      Reply
  5. nmsullivan0909 says

    July 28, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    hello there! my folks looked into owning a bookstore and found it is very hard to make any revenue from them. keep dreaming! you are so unique and have such a wonderful viewpoint of life, i bet you could make it work. right now, i’m procrastinating, so off i go. time to get some work done. hope you find a little joy in your day (and i’m sending sunshine. it’s cloudy now, but summer here.)

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  6. Chrystina says

    August 3, 2014 at 1:58 am

    What a great list. Also, I think you could totally take wine to soccer games…

    Reply
    • Janine says

      August 3, 2014 at 1:34 pm

      I reckon it should be madatory.

      Reply

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