Oh em gee.
So I am now living in America for a year..starting...now.
After four days the squirrels, accents and hu-mungo portions of food are starting to sink in (my poor pot belly)
What isn't sinking in is the whole other-side-of-the-road driving thang

I'm lovin' it (haha..) though. Change is good.
The best part is experiencing it with my best friend, having someone by your side to gawk and gasp at things with you helps.

Next on the list is Brazil in a week, ahhhh!
Holy shit New Zealand and lil' old Waiheke seems like another world away

 

i am reminiscing.

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."-Kurt Cobain

i am motivated.

I have sandwich toast in my tummy (sandwich toast? It's basically everything you would normally put in a sandwich, but piled miles high on top of a piece of toast. Endless combinations!) and a strong black coffee chilling next to my laptop.

I have mounds of scrambled belongings and what-nots decorating my room, calling to me to sort them out and find them a new home.

It's the first of wonderful December today, which means it's officially 7 days until I move to America.

Yes oh yes my plate's very full (not just with sandwich toast), but I still managed to spend the last 2 hours drooling and being inspired over a handful of beautiful blogs.

I love seeing how much care and thought people put into their blogs, the potential is endless!

I'm at the bottom of my coffee and I'm ready to tackle those monster piles of miscellaneous items.

Thanks to all the amazing blogs! (http://thedesignfiles.net/, http://feeds.feedburner.com/uponafold, http://www.newzealanddesignblog.com/, http://www.finelittleday.com/)

I adore my Daddy O. Especially seeing him all excited like a kid on Christmas.

I discovered another passion of his when Dad and I got to go in a cute wee aeroplane, to fly over Golden Bay in Nelson. 

Nature is the most beautiful thing ever. Ever.

Just some food for your thought(I borrowed from one of the blogs).

Life is like a bucket:

what you put in, you get out.

i am a time waster.

It's 5.08pm on a Sunday and the suns pouring in through my nest onto my bed, my eyes are a bit stingy and I'm feeling snoozy. 

I wish I could say I had a major night and haven't slept and am still swaying to music, but alas I had a reasonably early night and had a huge sleep in.

I've got lazy, I spend my days not working and preparing for my big overseas trip wasting precious minutes looking up design and telling myself that "One day that'll me on Graphic-Exchange.."

I'm loving it, but do feel guilty. Why? I shouldn't have to. Meh. I'm just a major procrastinator, especially when it's a sunny Sunday.

Thank you NeighbourHood Studio, for distracting me from finishing my CV

I am sunburnt.

Yes oh yes, my shoulders are beetroot red and tender.

Looking forward to the crispiness and peeling skin.

2 of my beautiful friends joined me on a beautiful day to go to a beautiful place, the 'Bottom End' on Waiheke.

We pondered if it actually was the 'Bottom End' of Waiheke.

It's funny living on such a small (well..so you think) island for almost 20 years, you think you'd know how big, or small, it is.

How long DOES is take to get to one end of Waiheke to the other?

I think it's important to get away from your regular every day surroundings, so going for an hour long drive to get to the Bottom End is always bliss.

There's something quite homely about seeing rolling green hills and fat little lambs, not to mention the lack of cars and dusty roads.

Seeing people thistle grubbing (explaining what thistle grubbing actually is aswell..)brought me right back to Dad's farm too. 

I'm stoked I didn't grow up in a city, from growing up on a stunning island and staying with Dad on the farm has given me a real appreciation for nature.

Sitting on the warm concrete of the old WW2 gun placements, eating delisio food and having light-hearted chatter while looking out to the deep sea is special, you don't realise it at the time but I think times like that are irreplacable.

In a world where human recklessness is engulfing the earth's natural beauty and destroying and raping resources, you've totally got to appreciate and embrace it while we can.

A very very quick dip in the sea (shit it was cold.) has made my red shoulders stop throbbing, which means I can sit here and dream about food and friends with the sun comfortably drying my salty locks.

I love you Waiheke. Stay cool.