the day thats just for me...

MY BIRTHDAY

was on April 28 (wednesday)

but the birthday week started on sunday...

my family came up to visit and we went to the bus depot markets (where the beef jerky lady recognised me and told my mum i'm a loyal customer haha) and out to lunch at belluci's (delicious)...

i went out with the girls on sunday night (it was anzac day)...

monday i went shopping with my roomie ellen, and bought a dress to wear out on my birthday...

tuesday i started my prac teaching placement for uni (its going pretty well, ill have a blog about it next week at some point), ellen and my friend dani gave me a bday cake with lollipops in it, a bunch of pink flowers, a bubble blower and a book lauren child's "I will not ever NEVER eat a tomato" (note: i HATE tomatos!!!).

wednesday: my 20th birthday.

walked out my bedroom door and ran straight into a balloon, looked around and they were every where (courtesy of ellen and danielle).

i had prac all day, and the class im in sang me happy birthday :)

got home, started pre drinking, felt sick by 6pm, slowed right down, and was all set for a great night out at my favourite wednesday night destination (a local pub).

my housemates and one of their friends even got me a lovely gift....

a bunch of celery (and great handmade card and frozen yoghurt)...

aren't they sweet?

and thats it...

im 20.

(ok so it was more like a birthday half week)

now to kick back and enjoy the weekend

(i wish! ive got to write lesson plans, essays, work, clean, argh! im sooooo busy - but dont worry i scheduled in time to read all your blogs!)

:)

xx

photo meme of mystery.

E from whining at the world tagged me in a fun little meme today...

Here are the instructions if you want to play too:

1. Open the first (oldest) photo folder in your computer library

2. Scroll to the 10th photo

3. Post the photo and the story behind it

4. Tag 5 or more people to continue the thread.

now ive only had the laptop i blog from since christmas 2007, so theres nothing too outdated on here...

this photo was taken in early 2008...

my sister and i were spending some quality time together before i moved away from home...

we spent the day by playing mini golf (pictured), going to the beach, swimming in and getting kicked out of a motel pool, driving around in my car blasting the stereo and singing our lil lungs out and i imagine there was some yummy food involved somewhere in the day too...

i love summer, songs, surf and sisters

:)

now to tag:

- Christa

- Lauren

-Siovhan

- Chantelle

and

YOU

feel free to play along...

just leave a comment so i can check out your old photo

:)

xx

 

this little space of mine.

i blog on my trusty pink dell laptop...

at my desk..

usually if i am sitting there i have the curtains open a little but the photo was too bright with them open...

yes, that there on the right is my bed...

i have a small room...

its on campus accomodation so you can't expect much more...

and its all i need anyway...

the drink bottle is always right there with me...

i find 8 glasses of water a day easy if i keep this with me...

see the dinosaurs up top?

cute hey?

i have a dinosaur chalkboard on my room door and these came with it so thought id stick them up (yes, im a total child at heart).

not the most exciting part of my room...

but i spend most of my time in this corner of the room, either on my bed or at my desk chair.

share your space too at helloowl

xx

how to look like a celebrity.

doesnt everyone want to look like a celebrity?

without needing to devote 98% of your time to maintaining your personal appearance?

and without spending millions and millions of dollars?

well, perhaps you already DO look like a celebrity?

dont believe me?

head on over to MyHeritage.com and find out...

i did...

haha.

fun. fun. fun.

and just for the sake of it and to see how accurate this program may be...

might aswell try another photo too hey?

and the only consistent match?

Eva Longoria

ill take that

:)

xx

how your flowers grow.

im currently taking a science & technology (for primary/early child educators) unit...

and as part of our assessment we had to perform our own experiment, using the processes that students should use in our future classrooms...

i chose to investigate...

"What substance can be added to water to extend the life of a cut flower"

We had to make a video to submit

(along with our written up experiment and a 1000 word essay)

I havent submitted it yet...

but once i do ill let you know how i went with it.

so which substance do you think will perform best?

plain water, bleach, sugar, aspirin, lemon juice or commercial flower food?

did you predict right?

let me know what you thought was going to make the flower live longest...

:)

xx

im famous.

centre stage...

with an admiring crowd...

the spotlight is on you!

brittany over at unexpected surprises...

is shining the spotlight on her readers...

and this week it was my turn!

want the spotlight pointed your way?

head on over and find out how!

now to stop procrastinating and get back to these assignments

:)

watch it wednesday.

another task ticked off on my day zero (101 in 1001)...

# watch the movie 'Greta'

so for todays 'watch it wednesday'...

the trailer..

i actually enjoyed this movie...

but i think it was only because im a huge hilary duff fan (dont judge me)...

its not a great teen movie at all...

in fact it didnt even make it onto the big screens here in australia (as far as i know)...

but there was something about it that made me enjoy it...

im not recommending it...

i dont think it will appeal to the majority...

but definately wasnt a waste of my tuesday night

:)

xx

the same mistakes.

does anyone else out there ever feel like they are making the same mistakes over and over?

like they should have learnt something about the world by now?

that people dont change...

and you cant always get what you want...

and sometimes the things you want arent actually worth the time and effort...

sometimes you just need to accept life as it is and move on...

sure people deserve second chances...

but third, forth, fifth chances?

nope.

i think im finally learning...

but knowing what needs to be done is alot easier then going through with it...

not caring isnt always as simple as i expect it to be.

thankfully i am surrounded by amazing friends...

who solve all my problems...

just by being them.

:)

xx

the lucky follower...

...who has won my reaching 50 followers surprise package giveaway...

has been drawn...

thanks to everyone who entered...

but we can only have one winner so...

congratulations...

carly

from everyone wants this

please email me (that_girl18@hotmail.com) your address so i can get your surpise package sent off asap!

winner was drawn using random number generator.

in other news...

i love uni life...

tuesday was a friend of mine's 20th birthday so we hit up karaoke and belted out a few tunes...

wednesday we hit up the local pub, totally my favourite day of the week...

thursday we went into the city to enjoy the benefits of cheap drinks...

now im exhausted and my bank balance has dropped a tad...

but ive had a great time!

xx

watch it wednesday.

want to win an academy award?

well its simple...

no really it is!

check this out:

play along with watch it wednesday...

post a link to your post in the comments and ill be sure to check it out!

xx

a very happy un-easter.

ive been at home for the past week on university break...

and this was my easter long weekend...

Friday.

quiet day at home...

just chillin with my mum and dad...

dad and i went and had a game of tennis...

in which i got totally smashed!

Saturday. 

i went with my parents and a few of their friends to the tilba easter festival...

^

^last years festival^

image credit

it was a horrible rainy day but the rain managed to hold off for most of the time we where there...

i found an item i had been looking for and got my mum to put it away for my birthday :)

(you'll have to wait til my birthday - april 28 - to find out what it is)...

watched the movie "BEACHES" (i bought it for my mum on dvd for her birthday, its her favourite) and it had us all in tears again...

Sunday.  

it just didnt feel like easter this year...

my sister wasnt home (she was pretty much just off with her friends or at work the whole time ive been visiting... pretty disapointing)...

and there was much less chocolate then previous years...

i miss easter egg hunts...

i cant wait to be a parent and get to hide them...

but this easter really did make me miss being 5 years old...

so anyway i went with my mum and one of her friends to the candelo markets...

nice relaxing day of browsing stores and eating!

 credit: google images

Monday. 

Another chilled out day at home...

just enjoying having nothing to do...

playing with mum and dads old records...

found the beaches soundtrack and we had a good sing a long to that :)

heading back up to uni soon...

dont want to go back to classes tommorow...

one week off was definately NOT enough! 

hope you all had a great easter weekend...

dont forget to enter my giveaway!!!

xx 

my first...

GIVEAWAY

and i am super excited about it...

i finally hit 50 followers..

 so a HUGE thankyou to all of you wonderful people who clicked on that follow button...

hitting 50 is one of the tasks on my day zero (101 in 1001) list...

as is hold my first giveaway...

and my birthday is coming up this month so ive been thinking about gifts...

so im ready to hold my first giveaway!!!!

now...

its not a huge giveaway as such...

just a little care package with bits and pieces...

something to put a smile on the dial of one lucky winner...

and entry is open to anyone, anywhere...

im not going to share with you what will be in my little care package...

its a surprise...

so to enter:

1. become a follower of my blog.

2. leave a comment telling me how you celebrated (or plan to celebrate) your 20th birthday.

3. follow me on twitter.

4. retweet my giveaway tweet.

dont forget:

to leave a comment for EACH entry!

giveaway runs for a week...

ending April 9th at 2pm. (my time - Australia, EST)

good luck

xx