June 2: my week on Instagram

Hello,

A little bit of a life update like I always do on these Sunday posts (which at the moment seem to be my only posts). A number of things happened this week

a) we are now officially in June (woohoo!!) for many people that means summer (I'm looking at you northern hemisphere people) but for me that means WINTER my favourite season. That may have something to do with the rain and the gumboots and the cold, but it also has to do with me being a little bit bias because there are now 19 days until my birthday (post series coming soon) and 6 day until church camp which brings me to section 

b) I am going to spend a weekend camping in a shed in the cold, playing sport, eating good food and making new friends. Some of you are probably looking at me (maybe not literally) and thinking I am mad (which I am). It's called State Youth Games, during a long weekend youth groups from around Victoria (and sometimes Tasmania) get together, camp in the mud and the rain, play sport and enjoy each others company. It sounds a bit wacky but it's a lot of fun even if like me you are not that sporty or co-ordinated 

c) I've been sick this week *sad face* which means I've had a lot of honey, ginger biscuits and vitamin-c tablets.

d) I have had soooooo many essay and assessments to write and to study for this week it's getting ridiculous but that's school for you less than 6 months to go (YAY!!!)
e) I was also out for dinner TWO nights in a row (what!?!?) we hardly ever 'eat out' though it was at other peoples houses so that does that really count as eating out? it does in my eyes. We were invited to two birthday dinner: one for a family friend and one for my cousin.
Busy, busy, busy little week it was.

(Woah that's a lot of writing)

Lets get on to the pictures

1. A picture of my favourite view in the city, straight down the path from the shrine of remembrance which was taken 2 maybe 3 weeks ago when dad and I were in the city and had time to kill so we went on a walk around the botanical gardens and the shrine

2. Rainy day picture. If you look close enough you can see me in the mirror.

3. One of the workers at the local coffee shop near my doctors remembered our orders: a large chai latte for me and a large latte for dad. It made us feel so special.

4. Here's what I wore on my date with YouTube of Friday night.

5. Warm milk and ginger biscuits for a sick little me

6. Itty-bitty cupcake thanks to my mama. She's brilliant.

Until next time,

Liana xx

PS I think you should follow me on Instagram 

PPS also my YouTube date was with Marie bitsandclips, she is so inspiring and wonderful and optimistic no matter what is going on in her life plus her daughter is adorable.

PPPS also (again) birthday kitten *happy dance* more on that later

Mar 31: I Love Easter (& other things)

Hello all and welcome to past me,
This is a pre-scheduled post because I am away not camping because my mother "doesn't do camping", but at our beach house for the weekend, weekend being the loose term for 5 nights.
So as you may be aware judging by the number of chocolate eggs and bunnies that are around, it is Easter. *yay! happy dance* Right now I am probably sitting in a great big chair eating piles of chocolate reading a book. I have a great life, it will make me fat but it is great.

Once again it is time for my Things I like-quite-a-bit Post:
Starting it off is that app I am using to keep myself organized - Astrid: It's basically a to do list that I have synced with my iPad, Phone and Laptop to keep myself on track and focused on what I want to do in the day. I have long term list and lists of things that need to be done today and it's a great way for me to stay on top of all the homework that has been set. It has a cute little octopus as it's mascot and it sends me cute messages when I miss calls. It is available on apple products, on Android and on the web.

Another thing I am liking quite a bit is this youtube channel. It is called The Brain Scoop and while I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea, I do recommend it to anyone who like biology, animals, and nerdy things. The host, Emily is a volunteer at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum and she takes us though various parts of the museum and there are also some dissections and some Q&A's and other awesome things. She also makes some of the best one-liners I have ever come across. It's funny, it's cute, it's a bit disturbing at some stages and educational but don't get scared by that.
Here's a video:

Also I am quite liking what I've been having for breakfast for the last week, which is hot porridge with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar to taste, finished off with some dried cranberries. Yummy! There isn't really any specific way to make it, just however you would usually make it and then eat.

I hope you had a Happy Easter and a wonderful Easter Break, for me daylight savings ends on Sunday night (which should be present me's tonight), which is sad but it means that I won't be waking up in them dark for a little bit.

Until next time,
Liana xx

P.S. The new Dr Who comes out tonight (present me)!!! I'm so excited! :D

UPDATE: So I made a mistake. Daylight Savings doesn't end until next week, a little mix up caused by Easter being early.

Jan 24: Horizons

Today didn't started out great. I'm not feeling very well so I spent most of the morning laying in bed watching youtube videos with a heat pack on my stomach (not a good thing when it's 37 degrees celsius) drinking tea, which is a little hiccup in terms of getting homework done.

I've still got to finish my English work and read the book, my Maths work also needs finishing, I haven't even started reading the 20 pages required for Classical Studies and a timeline to create, I've got a number of definitions to write for psychology as well as two chapters of text book reading, an last I have a whole lot of things (poster, brochures, business cards, webpages etc.) to find then evaluate for Visual Communications. So in other words I've done pretty much no homework all summer and have just realised a week before I go back that it's probably time to do some.

While I'm writing this I'm listening to Lisa Mitchell's songs 'Bless This Mess' and 'The Story of the Raven and the Mushroom Man' the second of which is based on the book 'The Little Prince' and is quickly becoming one of my favourite songs. It may not be to everyone's tastes but I find that going into things with an open mind gives you a better appreciation for them and broadens your horizons. I'm a big believer in not letting other people's comments and beliefs taint or change your own perception on things, however as much as I try to do to sometimes I just can't.

Until next time,
Liana xx