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Friday, 2 January 2026

A Ietter wrote to myself 10 years ago

Dear Me,

It's the 2nd of January 2026 today! 2026! Wow.. This time 10 years ago you were sitting in your room writing this blog post, on an unmade bed with an air cooler blowing on your face. (I really hope you have an Air Conditioner for yourself now to keep cool today.) For the last two days we have had Penny and her Fiance Stewie, Ben, Zach, Jacob, Judea and Toby hanging out with us. They pitched a tent in our backyard on New Years Eve and we have all been enjoying the pool, the basketball hoop, the tennis set, the trampoline and we have had a BBQ both nights. Zach, Ben, Penny and Stewie sat up watching Guess Who with me last night. We pigged out on crackers and dip and chocolate and chips. It's so good to have company and was a really fun night. They're going home today.

My goals going into 2016 are pretty much the same as last year.. and some. Last years goals were to

Get My License
Finish my Cert IV in Youth Work
Possibly buy a Car
Lose 10kg
Go to my High School Reunion

However none of these were achieved. And with good reason. My priority has never has been me. My priority are my children. At this point in time I also kinship care for my sisters two youngest as well. They have both gone through and seen so much in their little lives so there has been a lot loving on them and them needing my time and attention. They will be 14 and 19 when they read this and hopefully still at school or/and working part-time. I hope I have been able to impact their lives in someway and contribute to them becoming good hearted and wholesome people out there in the world.

It's hard to think of my kids being 16 and 20 at this present time. I am smiling at the thought. My biggest fears are hopefully a distant memory as they start their journey into independence. I hope they each love and trust in Jesus enough to follow him and to be wise in hard situations. I pray that they will always love and be there for each other and that we still come together and lean on each other in the tough times. I really hope we were together the night before last bringing in a brand new year in and sharing our accomplishments and love around the BBQ with friends just as we did this year.

As for me,my hope is that I actually got to become a youth worker and impact the community the way I have dreamt of since being on the streets myself. I hope I am happy with or without a man and that Jesus is still the head of my house. I hope I am still in touch with my best friend Zoe and my Dad is still around for me to love, spoil and confide in. I hope at 37 I am finally enjoying some time to myself and if I haven't done so already, travel overseas this year. I hope I continued being the best mother I could possibly be and that my brother and sister still no that I love them so so much. I don't want to be rich or have a fancy house with amazing things at this point in time. This may change. But I hope I never forget the importance of family and hope that I am still a good role model for my kids. My Happy is my kids. I hope that is still my happy in 2026.

have set this letter to again be published on the 2nd of January 2026 when I will be 37.

Firsts for 2026🚰

Let’s share our firsts on the first day of the first month of the brand new year!

First thing I ate:

Two pike-lets with a piece of bacon and maple syrup

First thing I drank:

A bottle of cold water

First thing I watched:

The Wizard of Oz

The first thing I did:

Cooked my family and one of our friends a buffet style breakfast with Croissants, Fresh bread rolls, Toast, Bacon, Sausages, Eggs, Tomato, Baked Beans, Hash Browns, Sliced Cheddar Cheese, Ham with a tomato, red onion, cucumber, lettuce, avo and feta salad!

First person I spoke to:

My David who woke up at around 9am

First person I messaged:

David’s Best friend Long whom was coming for Breakfast this morning.

First Quote I shared:

First photo I took:

First message I received:

A Happy New Year GIF from both Robbie and Kelly just after midnight!

First song I sung:

“I want all of you tonight, I want everything tonight, for all we know we might not get tomorrow let’s do it tonight!”

First Game I played:

Roblox Theme Park Tycoon 2

First thing I wore:

A dress I’ve had for a million years and my black dressing gown.

First place I went:

Back to bed! The boys ventured out to take Long home and to see David’s Mum Linda so I took the opportunity for some more .zZ

First thing I won:

$5 off a scratch’n win card my son scratched for me!

First Perfume I used:

Misguided Babe Heat

First Bible study I began:

Letting Go and Letting God on the Bible App

And I can’t think of much more firsts! We did receive gifts this afternoon from David’s best friend Long and his Mum Linda in which we all enjoyed and my first dinner was a ham and salad sandwich. I didn’t have lunch as I was still full from Brekky but I did take my vitamins!

Happy day one of 365 everyone!

Thursday, 1 January 2026

New Years at Melton Entertainment Park

Wednesday, 31 December 2025

2025 in Review ✌🏾

What an awesome year 2025 was!

Here are all the things I have to brag about as we say goodbye to 2025:

What were your highlights for this year?

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Christmas Day 2025

Roast Pork

Oven Roasted Potatoes

Air Fried Rosemary and Garlic Pumpkin

Peas and Beans on the side

This was what we had for Christmas dinner (When I finally could be bothered cooking).

We pulled bon-bons, told jokes, wore party hats and Christmas glasses, played charades and read out and answered what would you rather questions all while enjoying our food.

And best of all we had an absolutely stress free, quiet and enjoyable day together just the four of us.

Here are some pics of our Christmas Day 2025:

Best Buys 2025 {Christmas Gift Edition}

Christmas this year was very chill.

After spending a full night of creating "Christmas Land" while playing Theme Park Tycoon on Roblox the night before I didn't get up on Christmas Eve until around 2pm.

David worked Christmas Eve and came home early and we watched Look Who's Talking Now.

Christmas Eve we picked up Nevaeh's friend Chloe up to join us this year and enjoyed Starbucks and Christmas Light Looking.

Early hours Christmas Morning Nevaeh was very eager to open her gifts so David, Nevaeh and I gathered around the Christmas Tree to begin opening our gifts to each other.

At this time Jie was asleep in bed and was too tired to join us although Nevaeh and I tried very hard to get him involved in the early morning festivities.

This year we bought 4 gifts for each other but a few days before Christmas I went and did a sneaky late night shop at Kmart and spent another $400 on David and the Kids for Christmas.

After David, Nevaeh and I took turns of opening our gifts for each other we proceeded to take Jie's gifts into his room and have him open them on his bed!

Here were some of our gifts to each other this year:

Nevaeh received an Ella and Earth Bag for School next year.

Jie got Nevaeh this encouraging Christian print.

I got Nevaeh this Charger for her phone and headphones.

I got these bracelets for Jie and I.

Nevaeh and Jie received a large Gum Ball Machine each for their Desks.

Nevaeh received a hair straightening brush.

Nevaeh wanted these Nommi's more than anything this year so Jie, David and I bought her one from each of us in the above colours.

I also got Nevaeh this old school but modern Alarm clock in which Jie also wanted.

Nevaeh's face lit up when she opened these Uggs. Also for School next year.

Nevaeh bought David these watches and he in turn also bought her a smart watch!

I bought David this brand new 2025 Storm Top and Nevaeh gifted him the two Melbourne Stars Tops pictured below..

I bought Jie a few books to add to his book case this year including these titles:

Jie and Nevaeh both received Nerf Guns this year because honestly, no one is ever too old for Nerf!

David loved his new customized wallet pictured below and couldn't wait to show it off to his work mates in the lunch room once he returned back to work.

Jie received a Grinch Oodie similar to this one in which he has been wearing everyday since Christmas! This was a great buy for him!

Jie also received a massive beanbag in which him and Nevaeh use daily! Just this morning Nevaeh enjoyed her coffee on it while watching an episode of Stranger things!

Jie also absolutely loved his TIKI cup which resembles the fella off Night at the Museum. This went well with his Gumball machine as the quote in the movie says “You dumb dumb, give me gum gum!”