Monday, January 17, 2011

Just another new years

So, after a while, every new year, brings, just another new year:) Another year to grind hard, as my dad would put it, head down bum up (that is his expression of doing work..maybe at the office?? or in the garden?? not literally head down and bum above the level of your head, but perhaps head in a book or something??lol) anyways, so many things to do, not enough hands or finances to do it, so many ambitions, not nearly enough(at times) motivation:) If I had to recap last year, 2010= 2 weddings and a baby.
Yes, two big Samoan weddings, family weddings at da hotel and one new baby, all very expensive things to have embarked on so fair to say I am pretty sure our financial statement will show a big fat loss, but if you could put a price on 2 happily married couples and a beautiful baby girl, I guess you could say we made huge gains in 2011 (optomist in me and I am not usually an optomist!!)

On the same note, I am hoping, and so far I can only plan as far as no babies, no more huge fat losses in 2011:) only more gains please.
Things I need to do-
Brush up on my Samoan , seriously, this is costing me coz almost every other week, someone lands on my doorstep (and just to sway on this subject, in the last month, people landing on my doorstep has resulted in 3 pairs of shoes going missing from my doorstep- I mean seriously! i think some think this is a laughing matter but I wish I could SHAME SHAME SHAME the people that do it! this is not on and ONE DAY, i will have a camera security system, take your picture and post it on TVSAMOA ok...) so anyways, land on my doorstep demanding my subs, my contribution because I am a financial member of da village womans committee..for goodness knows what, and half the time I ask what its for, and some word I dont understand/have never heard and so will forget in 2 minutes, comes out "you know, the iko, the iko"..thats not the word but something like that that makes u go whhhaaaa??? And when asking what that is, answer is - dumbfounded look followed by "the IKO"..because saying it louder means Ill get it right??

anywayas..so yes, If I am to make myself more fluent, then perhaps I will be less easily fooled, as my baby sitter sometimes exclaims (she is also from da village) that she could not think of why someone (and I dont know all the people in the village) would collect $$ cos nothings being collected at the time (JUst me being a big fat sucker)

I really need to be excercising- My family have launched a fitness challenge for ourselves:) it involves money, fortnightly fees and penalties for gaining weight, a big reward for the biggest loser:) unfortunately there should probably be penalities for weight staying stagnant too, because I havent done any excercise in the last two weeks- crap!! reallllly want to though lol. I can sit here and 'think up" 20 different exciting routines involving sit ups, pilates, yoga as the sun rises, all that nice meditation get yourself in the zone type stuff, I can plan playlists that go for hours that make you wanna jump up and down and dance kick and punch...always the case aye, in your head youre like YEA YEA YEA I GAN DO IT...but in real life youre like ...ahh, ill just sleep another hour:) not that i sleep, more like i have cups of coffee, sit on my big butt and do nada...motion wise:) in saying that, im the lightest in the challenge so really, its really for everyone else he he he he!

Some other things i need (want ) to do
-more landscaping/planting
-create my own herb garden
-read up on homeschooling
- save up for my dream car
-do some part time work (yet again) at the hospital..when the little ones are older and not stuck to my boob and hip...
-make more dates wit my friends in Apia when I can make it over
- get myself a new wardrobe and toss out some of the -1)size 12 2) size 14 3) maternity style 4)when I was young and hip small shiney billabong boob tube types 5)NZ wardrobes that I continue to hoard in my wardrobe..
-get some new hobbies....seriously, I will need to creat them myself and urge other people to join, maybe kayaking or SOMETHING...because the lack of things to do in SAVAII can SERIOUSLY AFFECT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH..sometimes:) shhhh
-dats all I can think of for now, If you can think of anything else I should be doing, or you could recommend, please..feel free:)
take care

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