Amanda’s Musings

So, the small handful of people who read my blog may be wondering where I’ve been as I haven’t blogged all week.

Last Wednesday Keziah and I flew over to Geelong in Victoria as my sister in law is due to have their second baby any day now. Michael had to stay in Perth until later due to his commitments at church and with SIM.

Flying with a 2 year old is hard enough with two people but on my own it was a whole new realm of hard. Kez did pretty good really, she’s starting to get old enough to be more aware of her surroundings and was of course interested in all the buttons on her seat. Praise God though, she fell asleep within an hour of the flight taking off and woke up half an hour before landing.

We are anxiously awaiting the birth of Johnathan and Candy’s new baby. Could happen any day!

Hopefully I’ll get to post a few times over the next few weeks.

Here’s a meme from Rodney Olsen over at the Journey in which I was tagged to do. From his blog:

1. Write down five things that you’re thankful for.

2. Tag five friends who you’d like to see participate in this meme.

3. (Optional) Include a link to the original meme post and encourage others to place a link to their completed meme in the comments section of this post so we can keep track of the thankfulness running around the blogosphere.

1. I am thankful for my family - parents in PNG, brother and sister in law and nephew in Geelong and my in-laws here in Armadale. For Michael - he’s a great hubby and does his best in everything.

2. I am thankful for Keziah - she’s so sunny and happy most of the time. She’s great company during the day and I love her a lot.

3. I am thankful for our church - we have settled in well there and I feel part of the family.

4. I am thankful that God loves me. I am in awe of how much he cares for us and how much he does for us no matter how much I do or don’t do for him.

5. I am thankful for creativity - I would go completely insane if my thing was maths or accounting or anything like that. I’m soooooo glad I enjoy drawing and colour and using my hands!

There ya go Rodney, I tag –Duncan!!

5. I am thankful for creativity

Duncan over at Beyond the Black Stump has tagged me so here goes:

1. What time is it? 9.48am
2. What is your full name? I’m not putting that on the web!
3. What are you most afraid of? driving/spiders
4. Place of birth? Newcastle, NSW, Australia
5. Favourite food? mangos, white chocolate, corn, licorice bullets
6. Your natural hair colour? brown
7. Have you travelled? Yes, USA, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Niger, Benin, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, around Australia (every state and territory!). Yes, I love travel.
8. Do you scrunch or fold toilet paper? its a secret
9. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes
10. Been in a car accident? No

11. BMW or Mercedes Benz? Neither - give me a VW anyday (see above)
12. Favourite day of the week? Friday
13. Favourite Restaurant? Nothing really, HUNGRY JACKS! (does that count)
14. Favourite Flower? Rose
15. Favourite sport to watch? Cricket/Tennis
16. Favourite Drink? Hot White Chocolate, Spearmint Milk
17. Favourite ice cream? Spearmint Chip
18. Disney or Warner Brothers? No opinion there
19. Favourite fast food restaurant? HUNGRY JACKS
20. What colour is your bedroom carpet? blue
21. How many times you failed your driver’s test? Failed once, got it second go
22. From whom did you get your last e-mail? Hester
23. Hobbies? Creativity
24. Bedtime? between 10 and 12
25. Who of your readers will answer this questionnaire? No one I reckon.
26. Who is the person you are most curious to see their answers? Candy and Simon
27. What means the most to you? God, Family, Honesty
28. Favourite TV shows? The Amazing Race, Survivor, House, Prison Break
29. Dating males or females? Married!
30. Tall or short? I’m short
31. What is your favourite colour? green
32. How many pets do you have? One rabbit (Alphie), three wiero’s and a lone budgie
33. Age? As of this Sunday I’ll be 33
34. What would you like to accomplish/do before you die? To bring up our child (ren) as kind, caring and godly people, to go overseas again, to be able to sell my wares in such a way that I can support a SIM project.

There ya go, I tag anyone who wants to have a go! Let me know in the comments if you are going to have a go.