Things aren't always as easy as they appear or what they appear to be. You can go into something, thinking one thing and come out of it thinking something completely different, not necessarily bad but just different.
Like the time my friend got stuck in a drain pipe with a dead cat. We had been working on a cherry farm that summer and she had left her handbag outside during a freak flash flood. We figured her bag must have washed away so we went searching for it, only to finally spot something inside one of the drain pipes that looks remarkably like her hand bag. after crawling in We heard a muffled "Aw Yuk, it's a dead Animal" Followed by "Oh My God, I'm stuck.. I'm stuck in here with a dead animal". My other friend and i were outside the pipe in fits of laughter, which had me rolling on the grass. We eventually got her out and she forgave us and saw the funny side (thank God).
A bit like today i woke up thinking I'd be productive, work on my website and building Design assignments, but my girls didn't get the memo and instead Ive spent most of the day so far, holding my 8 month old who is going through a very demanding time and kissing hurt body parts on my wild and beautiful 2 1/2 going on 12 year old. But They go to bed at seven so being the night owl that I am, looks like work I will put of work till then.
When your a stay at home Mum, everyday is different you need to be flexible enough to work around the children's needs. I would go crazy trying to fit them into my schedule, unless you have crazy amounts of help, like every second Man and his Dog is offering to baby sit. It's not easy.
Photos.. Fashion.. Interior Design (Five years to something)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Stepping out
So Back track a little...
"So what do you want to be called?"
I could see she didn't want me to take over her title, despite working well together there was still a little unspoken competition between us. "well.. Didn't we already decide" i replied
"do you even have qualifications for that" she repeated quickly. I wanted to say "what are you talking about just as qualified as you, what are you trying to prove.." but instead I said "yes"
"just wanted to make sure we can call you that, so what qualifications do you have?" she repeated, tongue in cheek.
That was my first real experience of being involved in a business with someone else, since i started this 'trying to establish a home business venture' last year. Turns out it's not that easy to work with just anyone esp a friend or someone you haven't known very long. That fell through pretty quick but i learnt a lot.
"Well baby I'm glad your not working with her anymore" declared me supportive husband Dan after I told him the working together idea fell through. "I think your better of on your own, you can do it right?" Yeah maybe I thought at the time, but i find it hard to do things on my own, I'm much better at bouncing ideas of someone, working with somebody.
"Well I still have the Building design to keep my mind occupied over the next four years" but even that idea felt a little threatened at first, because i was worried about how Dan was going to go having to stay home with the girls a few nights a week while I'm studied. "Yeah one day at a time" said Dan, probably thinking the same thing.
Where to now? Monday need to ring 'IP Australia' to talk to someone about amending a patent application for an innovative patent application i filed. and this week market research, hm. but where to start, if i had lots of money could hire people for stuff like this. Like someone once said "your only as successful as your ability to delegate", sounds about right but for now there's no delegating, just me.
This week i realised I love driving with my windows down instead of using the aircon. There is something about the wind blowing through your hair and the gentle stroking of breezing fingers around your neck that just screams, refreshing and alive. Aircon is too controlled, we live in a climate controlled society, not to hot not to cold, just right. Everything has to be just right, everyone is on a mini power trip over their environment. No wonder people stress easily, if we want control over the smallest things, how do we cope when something really dramatic happens in our lives. relax a little, try eating a piece of fruit without a napkin or driving with your windows down, don't be afraid of messing up your hair or getting a little sticky and dirty in life, learn to embrace the winds of change.
Katri :)
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"So what do you want to be called?"
I could see she didn't want me to take over her title, despite working well together there was still a little unspoken competition between us. "well.. Didn't we already decide" i replied
"do you even have qualifications for that" she repeated quickly. I wanted to say "what are you talking about just as qualified as you, what are you trying to prove.." but instead I said "yes"
"just wanted to make sure we can call you that, so what qualifications do you have?" she repeated, tongue in cheek.
That was my first real experience of being involved in a business with someone else, since i started this 'trying to establish a home business venture' last year. Turns out it's not that easy to work with just anyone esp a friend or someone you haven't known very long. That fell through pretty quick but i learnt a lot.
"Well baby I'm glad your not working with her anymore" declared me supportive husband Dan after I told him the working together idea fell through. "I think your better of on your own, you can do it right?" Yeah maybe I thought at the time, but i find it hard to do things on my own, I'm much better at bouncing ideas of someone, working with somebody.
"Well I still have the Building design to keep my mind occupied over the next four years" but even that idea felt a little threatened at first, because i was worried about how Dan was going to go having to stay home with the girls a few nights a week while I'm studied. "Yeah one day at a time" said Dan, probably thinking the same thing.
Where to now? Monday need to ring 'IP Australia' to talk to someone about amending a patent application for an innovative patent application i filed. and this week market research, hm. but where to start, if i had lots of money could hire people for stuff like this. Like someone once said "your only as successful as your ability to delegate", sounds about right but for now there's no delegating, just me.
This week i realised I love driving with my windows down instead of using the aircon. There is something about the wind blowing through your hair and the gentle stroking of breezing fingers around your neck that just screams, refreshing and alive. Aircon is too controlled, we live in a climate controlled society, not to hot not to cold, just right. Everything has to be just right, everyone is on a mini power trip over their environment. No wonder people stress easily, if we want control over the smallest things, how do we cope when something really dramatic happens in our lives. relax a little, try eating a piece of fruit without a napkin or driving with your windows down, don't be afraid of messing up your hair or getting a little sticky and dirty in life, learn to embrace the winds of change.
Katri :)
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
5 Years to Something
Ohh No, Here she is again.. How can no body else find this funny, a sixty something lady in my gym class wearing a G-string leotard? I could feel the laughter bubbling up inside, i tried to suppress it, being over tired doesn't help. cant believe I'm so immature, no one else thinks it's funny, besides it's rude to laugh at people.
Suddenly all the hilarity of the week just gone begins to flood my mind like a wave of funny stuff. The wedding we went to where the best mans name meant something a explicit in my native tongue "Finish". I couldn't help my little snicker and jolting when the minister said "#@*# pass the rings" or the emotional reception speech "We'll miss you #@*#". Managed to look like i was crying for that one by keeping my head in my sleeve and only raising it every now and then to say "how beautiful".
Nooo... Here it comes, Once again I burst out laughing in the middle of my gym class, sitting alone on my bench unable to hold the weight of my bar any longer, people must think I'm crazy or at least very rude. The instructor ignored my hysterical chants and continues with the class.
"right everyone, lets do squats, spread your legs.."
I love to laugh, it's one of the many things my parents have blessed me with, a good sense of humour. I come from a family of strong laughers. Even my grandma, who is serious at the best of times (you'll be lucky to catch a smile) laughs, she goes strait from stern to a hearty laugh to stern. We managed to catch her regular smile on camera last year, now just waiting for the opportune moment to bring out the picture. The down side to this is "the awkward situation laugh" I inherited from my mum; put me in a room of serious people and a serious situation and I'm almost guaranteed to laugh. Why? Well I don't really know, must be a defence mechanism or a nervous thing.
However I'm glad i can laugh, laughter sooths the soul, it's like a beautiful healing balm over a tired mind. Laughter takes you to a place where worries seem less and fond memories are made. Have you ever met people who don't laugh? I know some non laughers in fact i often wonder if they've ever really laughed. The kind of laughter that cant be switched of easily , childish uncontrollable laughter. These people just chuckle a little before going strait back to serious again, it's like they don't know how to laugh, they put on a fake, on Que for jokes or situations but just as easily as they bring it (chuckle) just as easily switched off. What a sad life without uncontrollable laughter. Search your funny side, humour is one of the many mysteries of life.
I'm a Mum of two beautiful girls and laughter flows even more freely now because most of the time I'm either over tired or just can't believe some of the ridiculous situations i find myself in. Most of the time with spew on my shirt or a run in my pantie hose. It's been a long and interesting road from Single to married to Mother. No one could have prepared me for motherhood, and while the following saying isn't true for every situation it's true for being a parent "you'll never ever know if you never ever go". It's a different world all together full of different emotions that cant be replicated in any other life situation. There's a new kind of love that can only be discovered when you have your own children, not to mention a new kind worry stress and frustration. But if you haven't had children yet don't be put off by that, the new dimension of love is the greatest feeling.
So.. for the next five years I've decided to commit myself to staying at home and looking after my girls till they start school. I am also going to use this time to try and start a business from home. I remember when i was younger, I used to say "I'll make my first million by 21", well that didn't happen so now pushing twenty five, I've changed my target to thirty. That gives me a little over five years. The world at the moment in 2009 is climbing out of the worst economic collapse, with most western countries in a bad recession, Australia reported to have dodged the recession with a positive quarter, I'm pretty sure it takes two negatives to officially be in recession, so that's a plus since I'm hailing from Australia at the moment. No better time to start then now with the world at rock bottom, it's only up from here. Plus many new opportunities and ideas come from the hardest of times.
Katri :)
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