aspirations

I'm feeling quite dissatisfied with 2009 on the whole, which is a shame as I think June onwards has actually been amazing, but before that I can't remember much good.
I can't think of anything at all I want to achieve which is so dissapointing, but I've given it a damn good try.

'tis the season

I don't know about you, but I love christmas time! For this reason, it is the one time of year when I am actually quite generous (by my standards) towards my family. I have bought my mother, father and sister all fairly decent presents (by decent I mean they asked for them, except for my sisters, that one is a suprise and therefore a risk) and also unlike me, I bought them a couple of weeks ago, so I'm kind of lost now, two days before christmas, it's usually when i do the majority of my christmas shopping.

unconditional love

my dog, being the loving lady that she is, is having a bit of a hard time with the fireworks. So much so that she, oh so sweetly, came up to my bedroom last night at 4am just to check if I was okay. And in a completely caring way, jumped up right on my stomach, probably to ensure I was still breathing, I'm sure. Oh and don't worry, she gave me a nice wet lick on my face to protect me before she left. Ladies and gentlemen, I am protected by the best guard dog.

a minute on the lips a lifetime on the hips

so I was writing a list on how I absolutely will become healthier and therefore improve my general fitness. This really isn't going very well. There are some luxuries in life not worth giving up (biscuits - the whole pack not just one...etc) and I am not the kind of person who is crazily motivated to do exercise. So that my exercise levels can go up, and my growing number of lates in school can go down. I have established a master plan to try and walk to school (on time, not just because I missed the bus). This will involve earlier awakening (or just not going back to sleep then waking up in a panic 5 minutes before I have to actually be in school). To achieve earlier awakening I have devised a master plan of aiming to be in bed earlier than 3am, even if not to sleep. I shall also drink loads and loads of water and sleepy time tea (which is good for your skin too!) because if all else fails (I already have ten alarms staggered for about half an hour and I still manage to get back into a cosy slumber) I will desperately need to pee and be driven from my duvet! On reflection, I pee like a sieve so that won't work. Oh well I can get healthy next year.

how much is that doggy in the window?

so on my daily gander down to our very, very (and if possible, too) local Sainsbury's, I stopped by the pet shop (when I say stopped I mean I was basically dragged in by my sister), intregued by the claims that they 'now stock lizards'. The first thing that caught my eye is the fact that along the shelves and shelves they have of dog treats, collars and other things that make dogs and dog owners alike very happy, they also had a shelf of the book of 'Marley and Me' which if you have ever read, you will know is completely out of place there! Sick people. I then particularly enjoyed the dog coats with phrases such as 'Born to be bad'. The lizards creeped me out though, they just don't move, and they are called 'bearded dragons' which once got over my initial giggles, I realised sounds quite sinister! And I definitely do not like the idea of having a box of live locusts lying around my bed!

billy bookcase

I have a lovely new bookshelf! From Ikea - of course. It has Shakespeare quotes all over it in a hip young 'graffiti' style. Scrumptious. It took a ridiculous amount of time to put up considering it actually consists of about three pieces of mdf and a really long strip of something little stronger than paper. The people who make flat pack furniture really need to sort themselves out! They should surely anticipate that nobody who shops at Ikea is going to have a bedroom, or indeed any room, the length of two times the height a bookshelf. So shimmy-ing (I can't describe the motion any better, hip swagger 'n' all!) a long piece of something barely thicker than paper into the back of the bookshelf, length ways without breaking it. Well I think we deserve some kind of medal, at least!

42 days down...

and still no lottery ticket purchased as of yet! I really need to get on top of my game if I want to make the big bucks.
Time is money, people, time is money.