Oh So Lazily

Edit: We have our first 2 members… although 1 is me but still TWO! :)

Back in 2008 I joined a book challenge called ‘28 books in 2008′ and for someone like me that was just much too easy. Not really a challenge at all, so I thought this year lets up the ante.

This years challenge is 210 books in 2010. Now that’s a challenge! Especially considering it is already late January. I’m cheating a little and including the books I have already read this year. Although, I can’t remember them all. Yes, they were obviously very memorable.

Now, you can join too! Why not compete with me and we’ll see how we go. I’ll be adding a members list and will definitely check everyone elses list to see what they’re reading and get some (much needed, I’m sure) suggestions. Want to see where I’m up too? Here is my list

If you would like to join add a comment to this post and I’ll add you to the members list. And please take this neat button to let everyone else know that you’re competing:

Ok, so it’s only a little neat. A little blurry perhaps… it’s just the beginning. There will be more cool to come… watch this space :)

The rules? Well, there aren’t a lot of rules. Previously, I’ve seen challenges like this that restrict the amount of books you can read from one author and well, that is a bit mean! I want to encourage everyone to read as much as they can so you can read whatever you like!

I’d love to see everyone add their own book list though and link back please. The more competitors the better!

So, what are you waiting for? Join!

Members:
#1. Kalliste of Lazily – Booklist
#2. Sarah of Songbird – Booklist
#3. Zoya of Macabre Rose – Booklist

Oh my woah! Will you look at Lazily? So Squeaky Clean my friends! It’s all pink and blue and beautiful. Alas, though, I did not make it myself. It is a free theme that I stole.. well borrowed, with permission. I thought it was time for something new and fresh and I didn’t have the time or the skills to do it myself this time. Plus, this has widgets! Oh my how I love a widgetized theme! *drools*
I’m also incredibly envious of the little girl up there (to the right) bikini and beach… it is so hot here today I wish I had a bikini and a beach and a few fish and a flower in my hair.
So what is new and happening here at lazily? Well, I’ve decided to start using tags! (finally) although I am too lazy to go back and tag all the old posts. They’ll be jealous I’m sure. I’m going to add some pages and such… you know all the stuff I always say I’ll do (but hopefully I really do this time). I think mostly though, I’m going to learn! I’m so far behind in anything wordpress and I feel bad because of it. I want to make these things myself damnit! So, I will learn and hopefully the next shiny and sparkly layout will be all mine :)

Now to go tweak!

Initially, I wanted to have a post on 1/1/10 and write about the awesomeness of how Twenty-Ten sounds. Then I got lazy and remembered I don’t much care about the changing of the years and couldn’t much be bothered. As such my post is now dated 17/1/10. Not quite as cool.

I’m not really a new years resolution kind of person but I do like to think about what I’ll acheive in the coming year. I wanted a pay rise and in fact I have already accomplished that. Although, I didn’t get to negotiate it or anything. I should be super happy but instead I feel like they gave me some money to keep me quiet. I want to know why they chose the amount they chose, why am I only worth an additional $2500 a year when I have learnt and helped out so much? What was it that made them give me more money at all? I don’t know. The boss said “you’re getting a pay rise and this is how much, good?” and well… I wasn’t going to say no was I?

This year I want to work more on Lazily… yes, poor neglected Lazily. I’m hoping to learn more skills and be a more competent website owner.

Again, I want to lose some weight. I’m still 19KG from my goal weight, I wonder if I can lose at least another 10KG of that this year? Here’s hoping.

And… I don’t know what else I want. Happiness? I ask for that every year and never get it so perhaps I shouldn’t hope for it again.

What are you hoping to for in the next… however long? :)

Hee, so it seems a few people didn’t like my Christmas trash talk. My feed decreased by nearly 50%… that isn’t really saying much though heh.

Being that it is the holidays I tend to steer clear of shopping centres and as such I’m yet to buy some new cleanser. I ran out about 2 weeks ago and my face is feeling it! It is driving me a little crazy.

So last night after not being able to cope any longer I used my trusty friends the internet, and more specifically Google to tell me what to do.

They lead me onto facial scrubs made with baking/bi-carb soda and I thought ‘Wait, I have bi-carb soda!’ and it was ever so simple. Mix 3 parts bi-carb to 1 part water.

Now, I decided I’d take this a step or two further. Why use water when I have other natural skin helpers sitting in my kitchen? Why indeed? I ended up with a delicious smelling mix of bi-carb, honey and milk… unfortunately it didn’t taste quite as nice (no, I wasn’t eating it! Well, not intentionally anyway).
Then I smeared this gritty paste onto my face and waiting about 5 minutes (everyone said 10 but I wasn’t patient enough) and then massaged it a bit and washed it off.

And honestly? I was waiting for the burn or the rash but luckily I had neither and now my face is delightfully smooth and oil free!

With the success of my scrub behind me I looked in the mirror for something more that I can do and my unruly eyebrows stared back at me.

As a rule I would never put wax near my face unless I professional was in very close proximity but I suppose I was feeling reckless. I got that wax and trained those unruly brows and?

… I still have two of them… I really expected I’d be deformed for the next few weeks but fortunately the beauty angels are smiling on me today and I am rash free with two lovely eyebrows.

Ever feel the need to do something like this? Do you have any homemade remedies you couldn’t do without? Let me know, I’d really love to try them.

ah yes, Christmas. How I’ve come to loathe it. I really do. I’m sure there are other posts in the archive that mention my ever increasing dislike of Christmas and they might even say the same thing… maybe, you’ll just have to see :)

That being said, this year has been ok on the christmas front. Most probably because I didn’t go anywhere near a mall for the last 3 to 4 weeks. That might be my biggest hate about christmas, the increasing crowds! People get so rude and inpatient this time of year. Who would have though it is meant to be about love and family?

It really isn’t, is it? That is #2 on the ‘What I hate about christmas’ list… the commercialism. I remember one year, gearing up for christmas and watching Carols by Candlelight and just feeling disgusted about what christmas has become. I’m sure it hasn’t changed a lot but I had only just realised that the real meaning of christmas now seems to be how much people can spend on ‘loved’ ones. How much can retailers squeeze out of consumers by making them think they just need to buy a little more.

When you get down to it, who actually enjoys the entire christmas period? All you hear is how no one has done their christmas shopping and money will be tight because of all the gifts and food they need. Looking from the outside in, christmas is a lot of stress! Stress about presents, stress about christmas lunch, stress about christmas day guests, people staying over… and etc. where is the fun in all that?

Over the years I’ve been saying how I will no longer celebrate christmas but this or that person always drag me back ‘Christmas wouldn’t be the same without you’. Not this year though, no presents, no cards, no nothing! Finally, no obligation to go see people I don’t like or really know. Why should I spend christmas with family who I only see AT CHRISTMAS? I’d prefer to spend it with the people I actually like.

So this year, I enjoyed myself. I did what I wanted, when I wanted it and ate whatever I liked, even if it wasn’t considered ‘christmas’ food. When did christmas get a food type? I really don’t understand why thousands (or millions) of Australians eat roasts on Christmas day… the tar is melting on the roads outside it is that hot so why not roast a turkey? Sure!

That being said… it rained all day today :) I can’t remember the last time it rained on christmas. It feels amazing to not be cooped up in a hot house with people I don’t like but instead watching the rain falling out my window.

Now to enjoy the next 3 days off. Yes, the best thing about christmas? Public Holidays ;)