Friday: school league table stress out.

Saturday: mowed the front yard. Took Elora to her first ballet lesson! She didn't participate but was happy to watch. Took Atti and Elora to a birthday party at Sydney Park late afternoon (5pm! So late for 5 year olds!) - it was nice and relaxed and not hot.

Sunday: finished reading the first Percy Jackson book.

Wednesday: tennis and swimming (for the boys) started again. Me: non event.

Thursday: BIG DAY. Became the mother of a 5 year old! Who started Kindergarten!
And we had gelato for afternoon tea on the way home.

Australia Day:

Ran and walked approx. 10km this morning then came home, cleaned up the backyard and mowed it.
Hosted lunch for 25 people, 24 of whom sang Happy Birthday to the other. Atti turns 5 in two days.

So unhappy and tired tonight. Me and all in this house. Proof that I need this happiness project.

Today's achievement: consumerism. Bought some nice tops from a shop recommended by Dan's sister. Bought food for Atti's b'day bbq tomorrow.

Yesterday: helped Bec buy Elora's flowergirl dress (and got her a nice pair of red leather Maryjanes whilst there).

Saturday: some ironing and packing of new wardrobe.

Friday: added fish and plants to my fishtank at work.

Thursday: went to Gosford with the folks and the kids to visit rellies (and brought back some goldfish (comets and a fantail) and mollies&guppies.

Today I set up my fish tank at work. It's only been three years!

A new beginning

I started this journal because the days were flying by too quickly and it was making me stressed and unhappy. The idea, taken from The Happiness Project, seemed like fun.

It seems that I lasted about a month doing it. Really? I am quite amazed that I didn't stick with it for longer, although the Hive journal is still going strong, perhaps not as strongly as at the beginning, but it's still there and that makes me happy.

Of late the stress and unhappiness has been creeping back into my life... and the start of the new year has triggered something in me, some sort of drive to reorganise my life and to unclutter - my house and my brain!

So I hope I will stick to the journal this time. I approach it with a different idea in mind. Not just tracking my days, but tracking my achievements. Whether it be work, home, parenting, craft-related. There must be more to my life than just the usual drudgery. But sometimes there is even satisfaction in that. So I will write what I've achieved each day. Keep it as a positive reminder that I CAN be a productive person. No matter how little a thing.