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Fluttering around

January 1, 2007 by Jen at Semantically driven

As we welcome in a new year, I welcome in a new blog template. I would like to do more than just flutter around this year. I’m trying the tack of reverse psychology here. I quite often find myself literally fluttering around the house like a butterfly not really achieving anything.

Here’s my old blog banner.

Semantically driven - Naughty 40

The new banner uses some Encre Photoshop brushes. The possibilities are almost endless with Photoshop brushes and my use of them is very basic, but I have fun doing it.

Having said above that I find myself sometimes not achieving very much, when I look back over 2006 I think I have achieved a fair amount.

My son turned 5 and started primary school. It was a big change for both of us and brought up issues that I never envisaged, ones we’re working through still and will continue to work through in 2007.

I turned 40 in 2006. I guess that’s an achievement in itself, lasting that long without any major mishap in my life. I managed to organise a 40th birthday party which was great fun for me and confirmed that I do have a bunch of great friends who will help me out, and come along to yet another party the third week in a row.

In November I posted to this blog every day for the whole month for NaBloPoMo – the whole excruciating 30 days. Goodness knows why. Perhaps because I like a challenge. Perhaps because I’ve got nothing better to do? Hmmm.

I organised my house around it being painted on most of the inside. This was a mammoth task and one that’s still not quite finished. I still haven’t had the garage sale of the things I don’t want and/or need any more. I have to have it before the end of January though, when my 16 year old nephew comes to board with me while he goes to school in Adelaide.

I joined an online readers’ group – the challenge being to read a Patrick White book – The Vivisector. I’d never been in any sort of readers’ group and I’d never read Patrick White. I found it tough going as you can see here, here and here.

Not being content with just having one blog, I turned a website that I started in 2004 into a blog. This meant I had to teach myself how to install and run WordPress. Since I released it in November I’ve managed to update it once a week – with a bit of a lapse in the last couple of weeks over Christmas.

At work I filled in for my boss twice while she was on long service leave – about four months in total. That gave me some extra stress, stress I could have done without the second time, but I managed it without too many stuff ups.

I haven’t made definite plans for 2007. Truthfully, I haven’t made any plans. I still can’t decide whether I want to try and change jobs as I’ve been in mine for nearly four years and while I quite like it it might be time for a change. But at the moment, with my son only having recently started school and with my nephew boarding here for potentially the next two years, I think one day at a time will suffice for now.

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Comments

  1. Joy says

    January 2, 2007 at 3:00 am

    I loved this post Jen. You really have achieved a lot this past year. I haven’t planned anything out for 2007 either…I have learned to just take things as they come. The last couple of years have made it impossible to do otherwise.

    I hope you and JJ have a really wonderful 2007….much health, joy, love and contentment always. And…keep up the incredible job you’re doing with JJ…as hard as it is….it’s paying off. (((((Big Hugs)))))

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