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I found it!

jomaree
Mar 6, 2009
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I found my last blog, it was in my other blog site I wrote a few entries in but then stopped.

Trays of Tea

Right. Um a new post. I guess I could write about butlers. I think that if I was living in a very posh mansion I would definitely prefer to hang out with the servant.

Altho I don't think I would want to be a maid as I would get a bit frustrated at being given orders. And I would always be telling the servants not to take orders, and then they would get sacked and not like me.

Mmm then maybe I should hang around the posh people after all. I could maybe try and shock them.

Throw trays at them all.

Mmm

jomaree
Mar 6, 2009
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Hi, It seems my last blog has disappeared. I cant spell disapeared. I probably deleted it as I sometimes do when I feel bad about what I wrote.
Sooooo! Whats happenin around here? Well I've been getting some photography work, paid too which is cool as I'm saving for my loooong planned travels!

These are some of the places I'm planning on going -

London - Wonderful friends there, great music and would love to just 'hang out' there again.
New York - Have wanted to go there for years.
Costa Rica - I lived there for 11 months when I was 18, was amazing! Looking forward to seeing my family and friends and the beautiful misty mountains!
Brazil - Another place I have wanted to go to for ages. Have great friends there.
Sweden - Du ar gallen! I have some swedish friends who are lovely. Stockholm rocks.
Iceland - Beautiful!
Croatia - Lovely.
Mongolia - Tents.
South Africa - Have been reading Tandia, amazing novel! Interested in the culture and it sounds beautiful.
Russia

And manyyyyyy more! Not all of these are in the same trip though.
Ok I'm may go and watch a dvd now. But will possibly update tomorrow too after a gig and a party : )

xxxxxxxxxxx

The 183/26 Challenge

lulubird6
Jan 13, 2009
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Well, I did it. I went and made a public commitment. And here I am, doing it again, because lo and behold, if I say it out loud and proud, maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to stick with it.

Those of you who know me "for reals" know that I am exercise averse. I pretty much abhor anything that might make me break a sweat or raise my heartrate. I did, for a little while, succumb to the allure of waking up early and doing 30 minutes of yoga a day, but alas, the need for sleep (or actually, the need to stay up and knit at night) has won out and I find myself not dragging myself out of bed at 6am, like I am supposed to do.

My old friend Rachael, (who Always Wanted Four, btw) blogged recently how another blogging buddy committed to 500/50 for 2009. That would mean running 500 miles and reading 50 books for the year. Well, Rachael, about 99.9% of the time the voice of reason, realized that perhaps, 365/26 was a more realistic goal for her. Kudos to Rachael for A) being a runner who has actually competed in a marathon and B) realizing that 1 book a week was more her speed.

Unlike Rachael, I am not a runner, but thanks to Rodney Yee and my new Wii Fit Balance Board thanks Santa! perhaps I can average out 30 minutes a day by hook or by crook or by snow shovel as I discovered the other snowy day. Like Rachael, I am an Olympic tuner-outer and will devour a book until it is finished as evidenced by the Great Harrypalooza of 2007.

So I am settling for 182.5 183 hours of exercise and 26 books for the year. I've got to find a little blog widget to put on the side to track my progress. So far today I have hula-hooped on the Wii for 7 minutes. Crap! Gotta get moving!

Wanna join me?

Me-vs-the-wii

housekeeping and resolutions

Every January, I start to rethink my housekeeping habits and shying away from resolutions. And I mean staying far, far away from making resolutions. Because in my mind, once a resolution is made, then dammit! It's meant to be broken! And so therefore, I (think I) trick myself by not committing to the resolution and so therefore, if I fall off the wagon, its okay because it wasn't really a real resolution. Clear as mud?

So no real commitments like exercising on a regular basis or eating healthier or spending less money. Instead, I aim to just do them as I remember them. That way, I won't mess up as often. I get a success rate on this method of behavior change of about 25%. Not great, by any stretch, but at least it's better than if I didn't try. And I try to only tackle one thing a month. So instead of making 12 "I'm gonna try (fill in desired new habit)" for January, I make only one. And for January, I'm going to TRY think of the other 11 things I'm going to do for the year.

As for housekeeping habits, I am forever resolving to keep my home cleaner, declutter more, organize better, blah, blah, blah. Actually, I'm kind of addicted to housekeeping websites, organizing books, planners, moleskine notebooks and the whole shebang. HOWEVER, you would never know that by looking at my house! Rather, instead of getting more organized, I think I'm going to just try to work on keeping the crap out. Declutter in every aspect of my life. That way the stuff I really do want, like blogging, can find a way to creep back in.

Now that I think about it, during one of my other January brainstorming sprees in during a previous year when I attempted to craft my personal mission statement (don't laugh. It works.) I hammered out something similar. Maybe I should peek through those old journals and see if I can find what I had written down then.

And now, because I hate blog posts without pictures, I give you my mother and two of my sisters and myself..and my Dad in the background!

Family Picnic Summer 08

I'm back?

lulubird6
Jan 5, 2009
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Possibly? Maybe? I can't believe it's been over a year but the urge to blog has finally returned. At the very least, it'll be a place to post all the crap I don't want to forget about.

So we'll see.

Some thoughts

jomaree
Aug 11, 2008
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It feels like Spring is here already. Its sunny blue sky's here in Auckland, instead of raining almost every day!

Yesterday I went to a new friend Saleema's house.

She came to New Zealand 11 months ago from Afghanistan with her husband and two children.

They were sponsored by her brother who had a much more difficult journey here.

After managing to leave Afghanistan in 2001, he travelled through Pakistan, Thailand and Singapore. He then arranged through a people smuggler to board a fishing boat which then broke down! I think he was then taken to Australia on the MV Tampa, which was finally docked on Australian land, after much arguement between Australia, Indonesia and Norway!

What a story he has!

It was lovely to talk to them about Afghanistan and see the beautiful traditional dress her daughter was wearing! I want one!

xx

Elliott Frisby singer/songwriter TV Show - Sky 186

If you like honest live music then check out Sky 186 every week where you can see my singer,songwriter music show. Keeping the music live,honest and real, each week I perform a number of original songs as well as talk about and perform songs from some of the great songwriters of our time. I am also joined by a guest artist each week who gets to perform two original songs plus an interview to promote their latest work.

You can view the show every

Wednesday 8:00pm

Click here for the shows website
Click here for Elliott Frisby's myspace site

Elliott Frisby Show Promo

Excitement and Smiles

jomaree
Jul 24, 2008
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I'm excited about my trip to Afghanistan.Things are really starting to fall into place. I have been emailing some magazines with hope of them publishing my photos. I heard back from a couple so far, one is NY Arts Magazine, it sounds like a good one and they said they are interested in the project :)

I've been making some contacts there, one of whom is Sonia Panova. She's fantastic and an amazing writer. I'm looking forward to meeting her.

Jo xx

Breakfast with Spanky and Alex the Kid!

jomaree
Jul 7, 2008
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Breakfast with Spanky and Alex the Kid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiXVXS2Dfs

Another Dream

jomaree
Jul 7, 2008
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Last night I dreamt I found some tiny little kids (I think they were abandoned) and they had deformed feet : (. I think I made slippers for them so their feet didn't hurt. I remember really wanting to look after them.

I should start drinking chamomile tea or something before bed!

x