10 years from now

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Ten years from now I see myself settled into my life at The Haven.  I see myself as being an even more established writer both of this blog and my other writings ✍️.  I will have finished writing The Angel Lady about Susanna and be still writing other pieces of fiction.

I will still go opshopping with Kathryn and Lani and enjoy the company of my many friends 🧡

I will be happy settled and at ✌️ peace.

5 everyday things that bring me happiness

What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

  1. Definitely Lily my dog and everything about her. I just adore her
  2. A morning walk with Lily
  3. The love ❤️ and support of my friends
  4. My memories of Susanna. I feel honoured to have known her
  5. Simple pleasures like good coffee ☕️ and a teaspoon of honey 🍯 on my cereal.

Ita Buttrose

I’ve just watched a program on the ABC about my absolute idol Ita Buttrose.  Ita is one of my heroes ❤️ from her time as a journalist,  magazine editor of Cleo, The Australian Women’s Weekly and Ita. She is aged now well into her 80s and her recent past history was as Chair of the ABC here in Australia. She is beautiful intelligent and graceful, she has power and broke the glass ceiling that prevents women from being as powerful and influential as men.  She is my absolute idol, she is kind and eloquent and has helped female predecessors find great success in traditional male roles in the media. She was once Australian Of The Year and has an OBE and an AM. She is a national treasure and she thinks that the thing she loves most about her success is the song 🎵 Ita which was written and performed by Cold Chisel.   The song 🎵 Ita is lovely,  witty and irreverent.  It is probably my favourite Cold Chisel song. Just google Ita and Cold Chisel and there should be a link to the song 🎵 

Ita is humble and remains witty, intelligent and irreverent. t. She still has a,sharp mind and sense of the ridiculous.  She is someone i would love to meet to just say thank you for being such an inspiration for Australian women of all generations.

Positive Change

Describe one positive change you have made in your life.

At first I was a bit confused by today’s topic.  I have thought about it and came up with something.

One positive change i have made over the last few years is that I no longer watch commercial television.  I only watch the ABC or SBS here in Australia.  I can’t stand watching commercial television now, the amount of advertisements frustrate me. It makes viewing unpleasant. 

I really particularly love the quality and type of programs that the ABC produces, I am proud of our national broadcaster.

Books I Could Read Over And Over Again

What book could you read over and over again?

There are a few books i could read over and over again  Definitely Past Secrets and The Year That Changed Everything both by Cathy Kelly i do read over and over again..I can also read anything written and illustrated by Graeme Base over again.  I can read These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder and The  Enchanted Wood series by Enid Bylton was a childhood favourite series.

Jessica Harrison or Andie Walsh

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?

There are two characters from films 🎥I i would like to be. I would like to be Jessica Harrison from The Man From Snowy River,  she was a beautiful headstrong independent woman and she got to play her role alongside Tom Burlinsons character. She was a woman ahead of her time.

The other character i would like to be is Andie Walsh from Pretty In Pink because then I would get to wear such stunning clothes that are definitely opshop chic and I would get to pash Andrew McCarthy in his character of Blane.   I think that was the favourite teenage movie of my generation.  Pretty In Pink remains one of my all-time favourite movies.