MY 2011

2011 was such a big year.

FIRST ROAD TRIP EVER To Matai Valley in Nelson. It was an amazing roadtrip. PUPPIES when they were still small. Now they are full grown Maltese. HAMNER SPRINGS TRIP with my boyfriend at the time. Amazing experience. Trekked for 3 hours. Romantic time of my life. EARTHQUAKE that killed 182 people including Jaime Gilbert and Siwen Huo R.I.P :’( It was devastating. Lots of buildings destroyed including Christchurch’s iconic Cathedral church. The quake fucked up half of Christchurch and we weren’t allowed to flush toilets or drink tap water. The east ended up with the sewage and silt :( .The break up with a good friend. I got too much and he was working 80 hours a week. I got too much because of relapse of DEPRESSION. That was the biggest thing of this year. I didn’t want to go through all this again. I just wanted it all to end. But I went on medication for the first time and it’s made all the difference. It’s made the battle easier. I’ve learnt I have to keep things busy. Spend time with people who make me happy, baking and doing things craft related is therapeutic. Although reading is a great love of mine, sometimes it’s not enough (have ended up countless times just lying in bed for days when reading was meant to be the distraction). 2 months of counselling. One thing I’ve learnt is people do not understand depression. I got told “Snap out of it” “Why do you need attention. Trying to kill yourself is attention seeking. You do know that when you die that’s just it right? You don’t get the attention” O_o;; “Just don’t think negatively” a lot and I know I sort of just have to help myself. My biggest support was actually my ex (even after we broke up, which is why I think he’s amazing) and then the friends who have known me for years. ANYWAY, I discovered Yahagi Patisserie (a beautiful delicious Japanese bakery), I started a scrapbook EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK I bought whatever clothes I felt like. I had to quit Pak’nsave (but that was in September when I realized it was costing my happiness). On my Birthday, I had Denny’s with the people I love. I got spoiled. I tried curly fries for the first time (delicious). I got my favourite necklace (Alice in Wonderland). I bought a car and learnt how to drive a manual and got my restricted license. It was my biggest achievement because it was hard to get practice in and my car is temperamental (still love the thing though). Driving is also therapeutic. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. I did ADRENALINE FOREST Amazing! It was scary when you got to level 5 and had to walk across a rope between the tops of two thin trees… ARGH! I couldn’t do level 6 but maybe next time. FLATCATS Football and Nancy - both the most passive cats ever. They received a lot of snuggles. SNOW DAY! Because Christchurch isn’t used to snow, when there was a snow fall we were all stationary. People who tried to drive crashed. But it was beautiful as! It hasn’t snowed for years. I learnt to make pumpkin soup and SUPER MARIO MUSHROOM CUPCAKES, which were a hit. AKAROA DAY TRIP with amazing people. Trying a JAPANESE ICE CREAM delicious. JAPANESE CLASS. Probably kept me going throughout the year. I learnt so much and had so much fun although it was challenging. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK Tried a kimono and sat through a tea ceremony. ACTUALLY GETTING TUMBLR best thing ever. Spend a lot of time on Tumblr. Discovering NAME OF THE WIND. GAME OF THRONES. TRUE BLOOD. SCRUBS. TRIGUN. DURARARA. Halloween Party. Wendy’s dinner dash. Watching Bird Babies grow :P (chicks). Meeting REALLY NICE JAPANESE PEOPLE and becoming their friend. QUITTING PAK’NSAVE AFTER 7 YEARS IN TOTAL. Am now so broke I can’t afford to renew my rego and warrant and I am $400 in debt (why? I owe the dentist $200 and have a year to pay it back. I also owe a friend $200 because I didn’t get the benefit for a week and then had to pay another week for the last flat -> also moved out this year). Will need to job hunt. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. Started dating a weirdo that likes to wear a mask while driving. He is different from me and half the time at the start I hated him. Didn’t know why I was with him. Now it’s pretty nice and smooth and he’s a lot more affectionate and caring. He got a kitten called YUKI and I love her. Making my first ever Pavlova. Making a Christmas pavlova. EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK. I am now into altering my clothes. I want to make a mini skirt. SUMMER

I hope next year is a better year for you and me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I think what I might do one day is... get a sewing machine. Go to sewing machine classes. Then.. I will go to fabric shops and make my own clothes mwhahhaha. I just bought a piece of fabric to make a sailor style collar. But! There should be enough to attempt a ruffle skirt too! Yay xD

More DIY

Before

After. I learnt how to make collars from this site. I also cut off the sleeves

My bf was looking for a TV to buy and I got bored and was craving an ice cold energy drink. Then I remembered I still had a $10 Warehouse voucher!! xD it made my day because I went into the Warehouse looking to buy a drink for me and my bf, and I spotted this tin! $4.50 from $9 xD It is now my chocolate tin :D <3

DIY clothing modification

These clothes, i have to force myself to wear. But after modifying them, I don't have to force myself anymore xD

I just cut off the sleeves of this top and added red bands using cord ribbon.

Alice in Wonderland tank. I only added a little bow. But I think it's way cuter.

Tshirt before

Tshirt after

I used buttons x 3 (the bow has a button in the middle) a bow you can make yourself, scissors and I hand sewed the straps. I had to use another top for the straps because this T shirt is small and i didn't want to cut the bottom of the top. If you have a longer top it works though. Inspired by this site

Christmas

I painted this for my friend but it didn’t come out quite how I imagined it would. Oh well, she loves it and that’s the main thing. I told her I would paint her a picture of a carrot for her Birthday. A year later i finally get around to doing it. (I always knew the plan was to just include a carrot and make it suit her).

I spent Christmas with my boyfriend’s family (about 12 people came)

I made this for Christmas and I think it was a hit. The first pav I made went flat. But the 2nd and 3rd (this one) turned out fine. It’s all in the beating (of the egg) ;)

I also messed up the icing but it still turned out alright.

I also made brownies and Oreo truffles (recipe) the truffles were a hit.

Kitty cat with her new present

We did secret Santa. I reckon it turned out good because everyone was happy with what they got. I didn’t see a present someone wouldn’t like.

This is what I got for Christmas. I’m pretty happy about this xD can’t wait to read.

It was a great Christmas. There’s a really cute pic of kitty cat and my boyfriend but I’m not allowed to say his name or post pictures of him on facebook/blogs T_T *sighs* but trust me, the pic is cute.

Hope you all had a good Christmas too :)

Craft ideas

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New Kitty

She climbed up my boyfriend's leg! Notice how she's a bit stripey. Cool ai?

My boyfriend had a cat that went missing pretty much when we got together. He saw a kitty at a petshop that looked a bit like his cat Fubuki, and it was playing with a ball like his cat used to. A few days later, he and his dad were talking and saying how they could hear Fubuki (means blizzard in Japanese I think) meowing and were going to buy him (the reincarnation). So I went with him and got this kitty. She's a girl and apparently beats all the other kittens up. She's called Yuki but he might change her name (Yuki means snow in Japanese).

She's really energetic and I love her a lot. She's got white socks xD she purrs a lot and is quite a happy kitty. She likes exploring.

On another note me and my boyfriend are a lot better now. I actually like our relationship and we haven't really had problems lately. I think it's because we know how each other work a little more. He's way more affectionate and we're not a secret anymore.

I went window shopping today and found 3 clothes I really wanted to buy (a pair of lacey black shorts with a bow in front, a white tank top with a black bird and the words "fly away with me" and this short blue dress that fit me really well and flattered me >_< I hate being poor!)

P.S Blogspot's upped the game. This blog entry was easy!