Oh He looks like a Fun guy!

So today I was helping out my parents in the garden and I came across these fungi:

Doesn't it look gross?! 

My first thought of what it looked like was that it made me think of Spiderman...don't know why I thought that.

 Or the nose of a mole.

And so because 1) I was curious to know what it was and 2) I like to learn new things and 3) I wanted to know if it was poisonous to the touch cause I touched one I went and researched what it was.

It turned out to be an Aseroe Rubra or it's common name is a Starfish Fungi. That's some scary starfish! Apparently they smell of rotting meat and live with Native plants. It isn't really poisonous either...although it may be to eat it.
And to get rid of them you have to pull them out of the ground when they are still an egg.
So that's what I learnt today.
Also other interesting things that happened today were my defriending spree on facebook and me stealing potato chips from my brother.

When Life hands you lemons...

MAKE LEMONADE!

So I did. 

Today I made Traditional Lemonade. 

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Well actually I made the syrup that you use to make Traditional Lemonade. 

It is sweet and delicious...even in Winter. 

As for this saying of :

and:

I think it is funny. I'm blonde and whatever so I find simple humour very funny. 

Lemons are usually sour but you can change that by making sweet lemonade! 

Also my family always gets free lemons cause the first tree we ever planted on our farm was a lemon tree. It is a fabulous tree as it usually has fruit on it all year round so that means my family gets Lemonade all year round! And they are free:

I like Lemonade because it is sweet, fresh and clean tasting. Also it is a very old kind of drink that was very popular in my favourite era (1800s and 1900s). So I kind of daydream when I make it and drink it.

Homemade lemonade is the best! If you want it fizzy then just add soda water!

Back to Basics

Is it just me or is the term 'back to basics' popping up everywhere this year? I keep hearing it and not just because it was the title theme of the camp I have been on this week.
This week I was a leader on a Christian Youth Camp called Christian Life Week (CLW for short). This is the third one I have been on in the past four years.
It was great apart from the rain for the first 5 days! It finally stopped and the sun returned this morning and we were able to go to the beach.
But despite the rain we managed to have a fabulous week with meeting new people and reuniting with old familiar faces!
There was one particular new face with a vaguely familiar name that was intriguing this week. It turned out to be an ex-boyfriend of my boyfriend's sister (my 'sister') :) . I had never met him but I had heard of him. And it was great to meet him this week and to get to know him. He is a amazing guy, so I question why my 'sister' dumped him last year. But this isn't what my post is about...well it kind of is...I want to think and talk about teenage relationships.
Why?
Why do teens think that a romantic relationship is good when they are still growing up?
Honestly!
I hear about girls wanting a relationship...but what I hear is they want a boyfriend, an item, an accessory, as status symbol. They don't want a relationship! They want to have someone to make them look good. 
Ok to be fair not all girls are this shallow...and I know that my 'sister' is not truly like that. 
Girls need to realise that boys do want a relationship to last, majority of the guys out there are not looking for a short term relationship! 
The more relationships a girl has (or a guy) they are more likely to not last in a marriage relationship. (I don't have research to back that up but I think it's fairly evident and true in today's society without needing to go research it.) This is a sad, disappointing truth and my message to teenage girls or any female is to make sure that you either try your hardest to make a relationship work or don't start one without thinking about the future together. :)
I chose not to date when I was in school and I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 19 1/2. I believe this helped me to think about the future before I dated and also when I entered the relationship we discussed the future together. So we are set to have a very long relationship, which we are both very happy about. :)
So that's my little rant. Thanks for reading/listening.

How do you do?

Appropriate title, seeing as I'm listening to a song by the same title done by Shakira. Also I should ask everyone, how do you do, seeing as it is the first week back to uni! ...yay! lots of enthusiasm...or not.
So to my few followers you may be wondering how I 'do' since I have not been posting here of late. Well in answer to the no posting question, this is due to me not having much to talk about...it appears my ideas of thought come majorly from uni sources. Hence, me being back at  uni has inspired my writing juices. yay!
Well since I last posted I have gone for two driving tests...which I failed and I am due for a third in a couple of weeks. I'm a nervous wreck under test situations in a car it appears! But all things considered I truly believe I will ....let's say do better...I can't be absolute sure I'm going to pass but I will definitely do better!
My first day was yesterday and as for attention I was as focused as an F-14 pilot attempting to refuel mid-air. Today is my second day back at uni and both have included rain...yesterday a terrific, tremendous, thunderstorm display of God's amazing power! and today God appears to be showing His gentle side. Amazingly I love both!
Anyway, today I am yet to see any signs of intelligence coming from my lecturers...I've only had one lecture though so there is still hope!
And after I finish this post I hope to expand my knowledge through reading my many assigned readings...sigh...I can only hope these are in plain English! Not drabble.
Well to all my fellow uni students I wish you all the best in your studies!
Till next time!

Wishlist

So December is coming up in a few months and you know what that means? I’ll give you a hint: read the name of my blog. Yes! That’s right! My birthday is coming up! And it’s not just any birthday it’s my twenty-first! Now I don’t really know for sure why this age is extra special and twenty isn’t. Well in my opinion every birthday is a reason to celebrate but if you wanted to go to the newsagent and get a twentieth birthday card…GOOD LUCK! Although finding the perfect twenty-first birthday card can be just as difficult because they are the ones card companies make and people rather have a party for that age and invite lots of people who in turn are the ones who buy the cards making it difficult to find them! I’m going to propose an idea on my birthday (after I have had my parties) that people start celebrating the age of twenty more so that more twentieth birthday cards are made! I mean why not?! Twenty is a great age to celebrate…I mean it’s the second time you get to celebrate a birthday that includes a 0! Maybe we celebrate a 21^st because we celebrated our 1^st birthday and not our actual birth day. I guess it is a bit hard to know exactly what day you are going to come out of your mum…unless you had a planned C-section. Anyways I’m getting off track...the reason I wanted to write this post was because MY birthday is coming up and I wanted to write out some ideas of what I will put on my present wish list. I mean *cough cough* that’s not what it’s about I know but it’s a tradition of mine…to help people (mainly my family) know what I want for my birthday and Christmas (which reminds me while I’m writing this I’m listening to a Frank Sinatra Christmas CD). I just like to make a list so that people don’t feel disappointed when they see a disappointed look on my face, although I would try and hide it as much as possible we all know it’s a bit hard to hide. I don’t think I have ever mentioned what date my birthday actually is…well just so you know it’s the 23^rd…yes so close to Christmas I know…I LOVE IT! (Check out last year’s post on my birthday). ‘So ideas for presents?’ I can imagine you are thinking right now (or at least those who are expected to get me a present are thinking…you know who you are :P ) Hmmm so a list….now this list isn’t the final and exclusive list…meaning I may add to this up until my birthday. Also note it’s made for Birthday and Christmas presents. So here is a list of things that I would think would be perfect:

• A CD of Adele’s music, must have ‘Someone like you’ and ‘In the deep’...or any CDs of the artists mentioned in my post called What makes Me me.
• JAG TV series seasons 5 and up
• ‘Love Actually’ DVD
• Gift Cards to the following stores: Rockmans, Koorong, Jay Jays, Katies, Millers, QBD, kikki K. or Myers
• Puzzles - prefer landscapes with lots of different things in them. So no large expanses of one colour or sky!
• Laminating machine and laminating pockets
• iPod

Our Song

WOAH! I know two posts in a night?! What am I thinking?! :P Don't get all annoyed at me for hogging something or other...just deal with it cause I'm going to write another post.
So as I mentioned in my last post I was at Nathan's family's place on the weekend and I had the pleasure to discover through Nathan's sister what their parent's 'song' is.
You know how couples look for that perfect song that describes their relationship? Or makes them happy when they hear it cause it holds a beautiful memory?
They have a really lovely song. A song that I like. It's called 'Lucky'. It's a really nice song. However, even though I would love it as Nathan's and my song I can't steal it and besides we already have a song. Our song is called 'Such Great Heights'. I prefer the Ben Folds version.
I was wondering if anyone else could share if they have a song that they share with a special someone. Could be one that is shared between a child and parent or brother and sister even.

Family Differences

I dedicate this post to Nathan's wonderful family.

We all know how families annoy each other. Especially siblings and how they love their rivalry. Now in my family, we have rivalry but it turns out not as much as my boyfriend's siblings (with him right in the middle of it!). 

I went to visit Nathan's family over the weekend, this being the second time I have visited them. It's been so few visits due to an expensive train ride that separates us, thank goodness! No I'm only kidding. I love Nathan's family as much as I love my own. They are loud and fun. My family...I thought we were loud but it turns out our volume is on the quiet end of the stereo. While my family go about our daily preparations (the morning rituals) my dad is outside on the farm feeding the animals, my sister is often found sleeping in and I go quietly about getting ready, whilst my younger sister follows suit in regards to the quietness and speed. My brother on the other hand loves to make a racket by slamming the door and throwing the dog bowls (he feeds the dogs) to the ground. He also is grumpy in the morning. My mother assists my brother as much as possible to quieten his temper and to speed him along ready for school. I regard this as a normal family going about their morning...or I did until I met Nathan's family. 

I have decided that whether or not teenagers play a part in the family is usually the deciding factor of the volume of the household. See when I was a teenager a few years ago I was rather the loud one in my family (hard to believe sometimes). Now this tradition (if I may call it that) has been passed onto my brother.

Nathan's family follow this I think, except everyone is just a bit louder than normal (normal being my family...it may not be normal to you but it is to me) and the teenager of the family (Nathan's sister) the loudest of all. You would think that by all this that I'm saying that I did not enjoy my time and I did not like Nathan's family...but in actually fact I loved every minute of it.

Families are so wonderful and should be celebrated because it is where you can be yourself and your family will still accept you for who you are...even if they give you a hard time; a favourite pass time of Nathan's family with regards to his sister. And families will always love you! So I look forward to one day being an official member of Nathan's family even though they already say I'm part of it already (even took part in their family photos). 

So look for your family's differences and celebrate them and thank God for each person in your family, because your family is part of who you are!