Today is the start of something new.

Today,  changes are a foot.  I don't know what the changes will be, but they will be. 

I often feel like I need to do something new or something just for myself.  Changing my blog name to 'Taku waahi harikoa’ may help a little, as there will be very few people who manage to find it.   Taku waahi harikoa’ means My Happy Place.  

My random thought:

Some people like to detail their live on face book but recently I have realised that FB isn't the place or at least shouldn't be the place to do that.  Mainly because it doesn't give your FB friends a choice.  Rather, your postings, unless your friends have very limited notifications, are there on their home page.  And often they click 'like' as they are scrolling through and not really taking the time to read and absorb. 

So for someone to found your blog, read blog and leave an actual comment, would mean that they are genuinely interested or bored, in which case they wont be back, their choice.  

Oh Well.

Where does time go?

2016 gone already, and what a year, ups and down.  As a family we lost several close family members and close friends.  It is hard to figure out what the new normal is with out them and the standard saying is that life goes on.  Such a terrible but true statement.  

This year, I wish for a new nice normal.  A year with no unpleasant surprises.  Wouldn't that be nice. 

Family time

Time with friends

Fun times

You can never have too much sugar....

Unfortunately you can,

but some days sugar is all you need to get yourself up and moving forward.

Bake night

Flourless Chocolate cake

3 layer chocolate cake with chocolate fingers and Ferrero Rocher chocolate treats and a couple of Strawberries

If I had a dollar for every time I heard, "if I had a dollar" I'd be rich.

It is one of those quotes often used.

If I have a dollar for every time I heard that!

If I have a dollar for every time I saw that!

If I have a dollar for every time You said that!

If I have a dollar for every time I did that!

My question is " who's counting.

I'd like their name so I can arrange some statistical reporting, so I can get my pay out.

What are you getting your dollar for?

I'd like more time.

Oh the things I would do.  The list would be endless and forever changing.  

But to be honest the more time we crave, the more we waste.

Maybe what I need to better time management.  

The point would be to try and spent the time I do have, doing, seeing, being.

And remember, work to live, don't live to work.

What would you do with more time?

I'd like to sleep all thru the night!

One full nights sleep:
No requirement to relieve oneself during the night,
No hunger pains waking you in the hope you'll get up and make a tomatoe and ham sandwich,
No child woken by a bad dream,
No husband snoozing,
No child snoozing,
Your own snoozing waking you!
No TV left on by your so called better half that wakes you,
No neighbourhood party with music to loud,
No neighbour's car lights on full beam shining thru the whole house and waking the kids,
No cat wanting to go out at 4 in the morning,
No cat wanting to come back in at 5 in the morning.
No random thought about nothing important,
Cramp,
Too cold,
Too hot,
Smoke alarm going off and no fire,
Phone ringing and the wrong number,
Phone ringing and the right number!
Mosquitos,
Moths,
A single fly,
Rain (I though I do like rain)
Thunder,
Lightening,
Wind,
Hail,
A dog barking,
Birds way to early in the morning,
Rubbish truck
Someone else's alarm,
Coughing and it's not you,
Feeling sick,
Being sick,
Bad dream,
Hmm a good dream,
Thirsty,
Bored,
Can't sleep for no apparent reason.

I could go on but I am tried.

What is keeping you awake at night?