Who Am I ?

Eden from Edenland posed this question today in her Fresh Horses Brigade today - and I have been thinking about it on and off during the day - still not sure I can answer the question but I am going to give it a try !

I am :

- grateful
- happy
- cranky
- busy
- lazy
- unorganised
- loving
- quiet
- thoughtful
- inspiring
- encouraging
- helpful
- shy
- annoyed
- daughter
- wife
- mom
- sister
- lucky
- accountant
- reflexologist
- massage therapist
- work colleague
- niece
- aunt

I am all of the above at some point in time or another - sometimes I am even more than one at a time.  I can swop from being one to the other very quickly if I am crossed !

Eden is right - it is a simple question that is hard to answer.  Thanks for making me think of who I am - and even now I am not sure I got it right !!!

Sorry

Linking in with Eden from edenland for Fresh Horses Brigade - this week it wasn't hard for me to write this blog to link in with Eden.

I'm sorry that I take my absolutely first class wonderful husband for granted on so many occasions.

I'm sorry that I didn't make myself available more for my daughter while she was growing up - now that she is nearly 20 I have realised just how much of her growing up I missed because I felt like I owed the company I worked for more than I owed her.

I'm sorry for not being a better daughter to my parents - for not doing more for them and making myself available for them.

I'm sorry that I never lived by myself before I got married - although sometimes I wonder if I could have - even so, I still regret not doing it to see if I could !

I'm sorry that I put more importance on buying our home rather than travelling overseas - I would have liked to have done more travelling by this time in my life.

I'm sorry that my brother and I have had a falling out and I cannot bring myself to put it all behind me.  It really doesn't matter if I was right or not but I just can't do it.

I'm sorry that my Dad is sick again - I am not ready for him to die yet.

I am not sorry that I am part of an amazing family who, even though I feel I have fallen far short of being the best wife and mom, love me unconditionally and accept me as I am and for who I am.

Why I Blog

This may not be the best time for me to blog given the volume of Amarula I have consumed tonight,but will give this a go anyway so that I can link in with Edenland!

I blog because it gives me somewhere to vent - somewhere where I can just say what I need without someone trying to fix it. Somewhere I can say exactly how I feel without feeling like someone is judging me. Somewhere where I can get support when I need it and encouragement when I need that. There are some bloggers that I feel closer to than I do people that I see every day - just a quick how are you and a question about something relevant at the time makes all the difference to my day. The 'converstions' on twitter on occasions are fantastic and show me that I do have things in common with other people - especially as there are times when I wonder just how different toothers I am.

This time around with blogging, I seem to have come across a vastly different range of bloggers and, while I have found many blogs I enjoy reading - I still find myself looking for a couple more who are in the same place as I am, and, when the time is right, I will find them. To me it is all about the timing (just as it is in life - it is about the timing)

Have the best Sunday ever !

My Handwriting

I am waaaaay late with this link in to Edenland's Fresh Horses Brigade about handwriting. 

I am a self confessed stationery addict - I LOVE pens - not interested in pencils or paper or crafty things - I just love pens.  I have a huge collection of different colours and types and styles and depending on my mood, I choose my pen accordingly.  Any paperwork at the office may be covered in a range of colours depending on when I wrote on it.

My hand writing changes depending on the pen I am using, the paper I am writing on and how long I may have to wait on the telephone for someone to talk to me. I doodle - lots - and probably use up half the ink in the pens doodling !!!!

Here are two lots of writing - one while waiting (not that long I might add which was a very pleasant surprise) to talk to the ATO and one my To Do List (another thing I love - LISTS - I always have a list going for something whether it is a shopping list, a to do list, a chore list or a tasks around the house list).

When I am scribbling while someone is talking I often do it

at an angle and ignore the lines

When I am writing with my fountain pen -

I always stay on the lines !!

Thanks Eden for the opporunity to see how we can all be doing the same thing so differently !

TFTD : The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure - Sven Goran Eriksson