Forgetful much?!

Oops! I forgot to blog. Not a lot has been happening here. I have however reached 2/5 ins before March. So I need to be more careful if I want to stick to this! The weekend just got we went to Oberon for a long weekend. I did something I wouldn't normally do. Rather than buying some sort of souvenir of the trip, I got us tickets to go caving. So no ins from the weekends. The in happened in a sewing store the other weekend, as I have a project I want to make and didn't have heavy enough fabric.  
I feel like things are pretty stagnant around here. Mum had surgery last week and I know when Nana leaves in a week, things are going to get pretty busy around here because Mum won't be able to drive for a while. The other thing that is happening is job hunting. There aren't really career progression opportunities where I am or any more real opportunities for professional development, so I spent this morning working on selection criteria and cleaning. I find job hunting to be one of the most heart breaking and demoralising experiences.  I really struggle with writing out selection criteria, because I am much better and saying how good I am at things than writing it. So it seems to be a game of spending hours and hours working on the damned things and either not hearing back or getting a form rejection letter. In the past, if I did get an interview I was either told I was over-qualified with my glorified arts degree or didn't have enough experience.So here's hoping something awesome comes along with opportunities to progress and also more money, because frankly I don't know how I will ever come up with a house deposit at this rate and it's all driving me mad. Husband is all yay I've saved many dollars and I'm all well I managed to pay the bills.


In: 1
Out:1
Totals
In: 43
Out: 134

The come to Jesus Moment

So I'm 3 hours into what I thought was a simple job. I was going to swap the plates and appliances over so I could get the new appliances in and put away and then do a quick rearrange of the tupperware cupboard because it was getting unruly and someone (husband anyone?) put the floor and rice jars we'd been given into the tupperware cupboard before I could put them in the front room until I reorganised the pantry. I am surrounded by plant pots, empty jars, old sauce bottles, chocolate molds and multiple sets of measuring cups and am faced with a dilemma. How useful are the things I'm keeping because they are useful if I never, ever use them? So far I've thrown out containers with damaged lids, damaged containers, anything that is damaged beyond repair or repair I am willing to carry out, but still there is so much stuff. I have a pile of lids (I know right, lids?!) that will be tossed once I've confirmed I don't have the container stashed somewhere else. I'm trying to decide just how many icing sets I need (I do actually use them, but again, so many?), which sets of measuring spoons and cups I will keep (why do I need 4?). It's interesting sitting on the floor in the middle of my stuff trying to work out why I have it. Update from earlier: I threw out the lids, the bent ice cube trays and chocolate molds, but kept the icey pole maker.

In: 1
Out: 24
Totals:
In: 42
Out: 133

Almost the end

Christmas is done and New Years is almost here. How on earth did that happen? I had a bit of a fall down go boom in the Peter's of Kensington sale and then had a few other bits and bobs follow me home whilst out and about this weekend. I haven't included any gifts in the tally because that would be way too confusing with the ins and outs and my poor little brain would explode. Today I started on the craft room, which is why there is so many outs. I hadn't realised how bad it was in there, which is daft because I've just been tossing stuff in there for the last 2 months. I got the yarn corner wrangled and have put any WIPs into a blue canvas bag, so I know to go hunting in there when I finish a project. My goal is to get it sorted out before the New Year because it would be lovely to start 2014 with my craft room under control. I think it's been really good keeping the blog for the last few months. It's helped me think very seriously about what I'm purchasing and if I actually need it, as well as getting rid of stuff I just don't use. It feels good being able to tally up all my ins and outs and seeing that yes, most weeks I am actually slowing chipping away at my stuff problem. It's also helping me appreciate the things I do have. I'm making that conscious effort to think about if there's something I've already got that I can use. So I want to continue this in 2014. I'm aiming to get to a point where I'm not buying things I don't need just because I can.
 My other 2014 goals:
* get my orange star in derby
* money into my home savers account most pays
* knit at least 3 Christmas presents from stash
* start my Cert 4 in Practice Management or other health admin related qualification
* get more designs done and published
 * only 5 ins between now and when we go to Japan in March. Ins in this case count as anything that is not a necessity
* complete any WIPs in the WIP bag from this year
* react less to when my mother annoys me
* forward career movement

 In: 25
Out: 50
Totals
 In: 41
Out: 109

Pre-Christmas blech

So the last couple of weeks have been pretty crazy. I don't really have anything to say. I'm doing Christmas nails. I've just had to have ultrasounds done on my right shoulder and they've found that my muscles and tendons are fine, but that it probably means all the pain is in my joint, which is totally worse. I'm not amused.
 In: 2
Out: 1
Total
In: 16
Out: 59

No ins!

So I think this is the first week since I started where I achieved 0 ins. The only things bought into the house this week were Christmas gifts and replacement items. Our Christmas decorations got stolen out of the back shed (not quite sure who steals Christmas decorations, but whatever), so we did a quick k-mart run to replace them. I also had both my UV nail lamps die this week, so I've replaced them with 1 LED lamp, so they 2 counted as one out item. We finally went through one of the unruly cupboards and threw out numerous random things in there that we will never ever use again. So all up about 22 outs this week, not including all the packing boxes and bubblewrap that went out as well. This is our second Christmas without Brett. Last year, we kind of boycotted Christmas and went overseas and ate at a fancy colonial hotel. This year, we're staying home. It's the year we have Christmas with my husband's family and the niece's very first Christmas, so we can't pike or avoid it. I set the Christmas tree up and thought about how he used to do 3 and have accompanying room decorations and ornaments. He went into in a big way. It's sad and I miss him and it feels hollow setting up the tree and decorating knowing he's not with us anymore.

In: 0!!
Out: 22
Totals
In: 14
Out: 58

Early Post!

Ooooh a day early! Happy Birthday to Doctor Who! That wonderful show turns 50 today! To celebrate, my Derby team is doing a Doctor Who themed bout! I'm pretty excited. I'm painting my nails T.A.R.D.I.S blue and I'm wearing my BlackMilk T.A.R.D.I.S Dress and 4th Doctor scarf. I'm updating early because I have lots to do tomorrow, including seeing Dr Who at the cinema. I'm pretty excited. White Star testing for Derby is on the 15th of December and I am determined to pass! So by then I need to be able to do 20 toe push ups among other things. I think other than the cross overs and knee taps, they're going to be the thing that trips me up. I've sprained my rotator cuff twice this year, so it's a weak area. I can do 10 so far. I'm doing as many as I can every day and working on my side planks. I've got the okay from my physio and he's actually said that Derby is good for this because it's building up my shoulder and core strength, which should eventually stop my rotator cuff from being sprained again or at least so easily. So this week! There has been lots of shopping, but it has almost all been Christmas shopping. The only thing I've bough that wasn't is the Firefly board game. I'm so excited! It looks super complicated and I can't wait to play. So the last few weeks I've made plans to try and clear out things and it hasn't happened. So this week, no plans. The only goal for the week is to attend training and to work on my push ups and derby exercises as many days as possible this week.
In: 1
Out: 1
Totals
In: 14
Out: 36

Well after the last blog post, I got sick multiple times. It was super fun >.<. Basically I would recover and then come back down with yet another bug. Touch wood, I seem to be getting over it and I am hoping to remain healthy for a while. Because of all the damned illness, there hasn't been a whole lot of clearing out going. I managed to go through my clothes and get rid of 8 pieces. Which isn't many, but is certainly a start. I still have my underwear and socks to go, which is where I suspect there will be an impressive amount of clearing out. I even threw out a bottle of nail polish this week. That certainly felt like an achievement. I bought a dress and a Christmas Wreath and that's it for incoming lately. Part of this I daresay is being too sick to actually do anything, but I'm still pleased with my efforts. It's been a pretty crappy week at work, so I'm extra proud of myself for not resorting to shopping to try and "fix it". I wasn't even overly bad with the groceries. The whole being sick thing means there isn't really much to report either. I've missed derby for the last month, so tonight is going to be pretty brutal going back to it. Next week we have a Doctor Who themed match, which I am crazy excited about. I've got a TARDIS dress which I totally intend to wear, and then on the Sunday, I'm going to watch the 50th Anniversary episode at the Cinema. I'm thinking that next year, the bulk of my Christmas presents will be knit. Every year the commercialism of Christmas is annoying me more and more.
Out: 9
In: 2
Totals
Out: 35
In: 14