COVID messed big time with my holiday plans. It meant postponing our trip to Norfolk Island and my January was mostly spent at home, hibernating, trying to avoid catching the virus. I have not read so much in my life. I was getting through a book every two days just about. We worked more on our home reno’s and I had plenty of time to write. I did go on two little work trips with my boyfriend out to Rylstone and Lake Mulwala where it was quiet and not many around.

Listened to - 

* my January 22 Playlist on Spotify

* Dawn Songs playlist on Spotify

* Real, Raw, Relatable Podcast with Kat John

 Read - 

* Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

* Twelve Rules For Living A Better Life by Reverend Bill Crews

* The Book You Were Born To Write by Kelly Notaras

* Fragile by Niki Shisler

* Fat, Forty and Fired by Nigel Marsh

* The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

* The Carer by Deborah Moggach

* I am, I am, I am by Maggie O’Farrell

* Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle

* She’s On The Money by Victoria Devine

* The Death of Me by Michelle Davies

* Death On The Trans-Siberian Express by C.J. Farrington

Splurged on - 

* new Rattan chairs for our kitchen area

* eight passes to City Cave sauna

* salt pepper grinders

* iPhone 13 mini

* new quilt cover from Pillow Talk

* side table from Fantastic Furniture

Watching - 

* Air Force One movie

* Prime movie

* The Piano movie

* Awaken Your Inner World: Free Medication ad Breathwork Practice with Biet Simkin

Went to - 

* Caves Beach for New Years Eve with my boyfriends family

* Richmond Inn for dinner with my bf -newly renovated

* Leaf Cafe and Co in The Ponds to show my bf area I work in

* work with my boyfriend out to Rylstone

* stayed overnight at Lake Mulwala for Australia Day

Booked - 

* Live Life Get Active X Training for twice a week at Tallawong

Cooked - 

* Chocolate Brownies, Sultana Scones, Cookies and Cream Cupcakes, Mars Bar Slice

* Pea and Ham Soup, Caramel Chicken and Rice, Seafood Paella, Cream Cheese and Spinach Filo Pies, Shephard’s Pie, Chicken Cacciatore, Eggplant Curry

What's new - 

* Home improvements - Major developments as my boyfriend has two weeks off over January and he smashed goals. Ensuite flooring went down, walls plastered, waterproofing down, floor strip drains in, ready for tiling. Downstairs bathroom tiling finished. I edged all the paths and fence lines by hand and got two blisters in the process. Completed the annual prune of our four big trees, dropped branches at Mum and Dads. Fixed up my succulent garden. Bought two new rattan chairs for the kitchen area, really updated the area. My boyfriend changed three bulbs that were out. Our fridge decided to cark it late one afternoon so we had to go fridge shopping, nothing in stock so we are using my small fridge for the moment until we get one. Booked a council clean up for February

* finally picking passionfruit from our vine. Most exciting thing and so delicious too

* renewed Entertainment Book membership - saved a pretty penny last year so thought I would do it again

* our motion sensor rubbish bin broke. It is a couple of years old. My boyfriend attempted to fix it but couldn’t get it to work so I bought a new one to replace it. It is super handy

* spent some time mapping out my goals for the year, then narrowed it down to the next three months, then narrowed it further to the next month. 1st goal - work on a travel ebook

Looking for - 

* perfume

Sold -

* Pocket wifi, blank DVDs and CDs

 
Started - 

* playing music in the house every day

* Ultimate Breakthrough Challenge 25-29 January with Tony Robbins

* doing Wordle each day

Attempting to -

* read 44 books again this year for the 2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge.

* hand pick each piece of clover from my backyard. I despise it

* spend more time on my blog

How was the start of your 2022? Did you get up to anything exciting this month? We would love to hear your thoughts. Please feel welcome to join the conversation and leave a comment below.

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