Handbags. If I was Oprah, I’d own a handbag to match every outfit. I love them. The bag pictured was my 40th birthday gift this year from my husband. To me, it’s the most thoughtful gift Hubby could have come up with, because he thinks it’s just silly having so many bags, but he knows how much I LOVE them.
Motherhood.
Growing up, the thing I longed for most was to be a mother some day. Even though I complain sometimes – ok…often! – about just how much hard work it is, I feel like I’m doing my dream ‘job’ as a stay-at-home-mum to three gorgeous, very individual and clever (in my opinion, of course) boys. Sometimes I look at them and just can’t believe Hubby and I made something so special together! Blessed.
Blogging. It was weird. I joined the school’s P&F Committee, and I started thinking about how the P&F pages in the school newsletter should be written. Words were just jumping in to my head, and I was writing newsletter entries in my mind. Someone else was writing the newsletter at the time, but within a week or so of thinking I’d love to write it, the opportunity came up to actually do so. Fate. I wrote my ‘column’ in a fun and personal way (and still write it), and received a lot of great feedback. A friend’s husband suggested I start a blog.
I get to write, but not only that, I get to communicate and I’ve found so many amazing people through blogging. I’ve met a few bloggers in real life too, and I count many of my fellow bloggers as my friends. The opportunities I’ve been given over the past year through my blogging have been incredible. Who’d have thunk it?
Stationery/Paper. I love all sorts. Books, writing paper, pens, pencils, post-it notes, diaries – you name it. I can spend hours in a stationery store or in a book shop. Love the smell, the feel and just everything about it. My favourite time of year as a school student was always the beginning of the school year when Mum would send me down to the local shops with some money to buy myself some new stuff for school. In seventh heaven.
