…that I could get back into the swing of things. I forgot what it was like to have a public journal, and I’m still not entirely sure what I’m doing!

Summer is gradually leaving us, the days are becoming cooler and we’ve even had some rain (and one major storm that did a lot of damage – thankfully not to us though!) I’m getting out of the city in a month or so for a few days, where it will either rain the entire time I’m there or it will be sweltering hot, or everything in between. I’m really looking forward to it, as I’ll be seeing my Nana for the first time in 18 months – and I love spending time with family.

I’m also in the process of setting up a new site. I’m just waiting for the layout to be completed before I can get things up and running. I’ve given up all of my fanlistings so my collective (Abstract Delusion) will be closing down at some point in the next couple of months. I want a fresh start, that has nothing to do with fandom (even though it was very hard to give up quite a few of those fanlistings!)

Exercise is something I’ve never been good at, and I’m planning to get back into yoga soon (I say this as I’m eating some doritos). I’m going to do some at home before I subject myself to classes again, I feel so unfit and extremely non-flexible when I go to yoga class, so I want to attempt to do something about that first!

Hopefully I can stick to my goals this time, and update here more. I need a weekly reminder to pop up somewhere!

I had a whole post typed out and it has disappeared. I am not impressed!

I’ve had an email in my inbox (sent by myself) to tell me to update this journal since early December. I have thought about it, a lot, but I guess that doesn’t really count as updating.

2011 trip of awesome has been moved back to later in the year, though it could end up being early 2012 I guess. I actually have no idea whatsoever what’s going on with various things. I need to stop worrying about it and just see what happens like I usually do. I am a firm believer in everything happens for a reason.

So far this year summer is zapping all of my energy. It hasn’t rained for 77 days or something ridiculous, and while I know a lot of people would hate me for saying it, I’m sick of seeing a blue sky all the time. I’m also sick of arsonists who have nothing better to do with their time than be irresponsible and risk homes and lives. Bushfires are bad, deliberately lit ones are so much worse.

Therefore some rain would be nice!

I did not intend to make this post about the weather. But since I had an entry typed out that has vanished, it’s like whatever was in my head went with it. Easy does it.

And start saving money! I now have a rough plan in my head on where I want to go and what exactly I want to do for my trip. It’s nice planning so far ahead, means I don’t freak out about it *g*

I’m now thinking June 2011 for the trip of awesome. Mainly because then that will give me a year to save the money for it, and between now and June next year, I should learn how to control my spending habits! Christmas is not helping, at all. I have so many things to post overseas, I don’t even want to think about how much that’s going to cost!

Having said that I am totally looking forward to Christmas itself! I can’t wait to decide where we’re going to put our tree this year and then help Mum decorate it. And then put everything (once I’ve wrapped it) under the tree. I’ve almost finished my Christmas shopping, super early this year! I’ve only got one more thing to get – I just need to work out what that one thing is.

Right. I think it’s about time I updated my flickr account don’t you? I’ve got photos sitting on a usb stick somewhere that are from my trip to Canada in May last year. I haven’t had any photos developed from that trip. I’m sort of failing in that department. There’s just something that’s stopping me from getting them printed. Maybe because once I’ve done that I’ll have to find somewhere to put them?

I am also disappointed I didn’t take more photos in Norway. I didn’t even think to take photos! It’s just something that slipped my mind because I was so thrilled to be there *sigh* oh well. There’s always next time ;)

But flickr must wait, as I have to go and look for a new bed! Woo!

Goodness me. Another month has gone by? Really? It seems as though every time I login to update there’s another Wordpress update waiting to be installed – that’s how rarely I’m here. Alas, it is my own fault entirely.

The good news is that I have finally decided what to do with this here blog! I have been shamelessly inspired by Penelope Green’s book ‘When In Rome’ (it is fabulous, I recommend everyone give it a go). It’s about how she relocated from Australia to Italy because of a simple dream to live and experience the Italian culture and learn the language, and though frustrations and hurdles were plentiful she stayed for her and no one else. I look forward to getting the next book in the series of three (so far?)

As to how this has inspired me? I have a great desire to travel. When I was in Norway last year (it seems so long ago!) I absolutely fell in love with the place, even though I was only there for a short time. I absolutely intend to go back some time in 2011 – though I’m not sure when exactly, nor am I sure about what I’m going to do! I plan to do a bit of travel around Europe beforehand, as there are other places I want to see (Germany is a must).

So this here blog will probably become my sounding board for plans, plans gone wrong, what I’m thinking about, what I want to see, etc.

And I will of course throw in the odd random post I don’t mind the world reading (things I do mind the world reading is what LJ is for!) oh and about baking and crafty stuff since I am determined to get into both now we have a shiny new kitchen and I own knitting needles!

Phew. I am glad that is sorted! I intend to update perhaps once every week or two for now, as it’s still 2009 and try as I might to get it here quicker 2011 is a rather long way away! I’d like to blog weekly, but as my life isn’t all that exciting right now I’m not sure that’s viable. We shall see!

And it stems from the fact I’m not quite sure what to do with this space.

There’s so many things I could blog about, so many awesome movies I have seen lately, so many television episodes I could babble about forever and so many crafty things I want to blog about so I might actually end up trying (they involve sewing and knitting, something tells me I am turning into a complete girl) but at the same time I feel completely blank.

I don’t see much purpose in spewing crap out about my life, because in all honesty it’s not that exciting and I have an LJ for that. I’m trying to remember why I bought this site, I’m sure there was some profound purpose behind it – and I just need to find that again.

I actually forgot that I had this to update. Completely forgot, until I visited a friend’s site and was all ‘oooh, I have a second one of these!’

One thing I do want to talk about is the Sookie Stackhouse novels. But I don’t know where to start, they are so awesome and addictive – they’re definitely not deep thinking literature but they are great fun. And then there’s Dan Brown’s new novel, which I am currently trawling my way through. I forgot how much I like wordy things.

So why can I not find words for this? I’m working on it. Slowly. Working on it. It’s like I have too many things to get done so I am procrastinating over them all.

And this has turned into babble. So I shall end right here.