Author: Amanda Viviers

Place: My Sisters Bedroom

Poison: Water

Favourite Things: Jen Packing for her holiday, around the world in 25 days…(leaving 2night for round the world trip!)

Today has been salads, water, sun, pressies, kids, santa hats, homemade ginger beer and seafood all the way. No crystal ornaments, hot vegetables and snow for us crewbies…

I have had such a chilled out day, I have already fallen asleep twice and not from boredom (maybe exhaustion) from just chillen…

The last week has been crazy/ beautiful! Our Christmas productions have been so amazing. The creative team at Riverview have kicked butt this last week. Thousands, upon thousands of people have come to our christmas celebrations…photos to come at a later date.

I went a little crazy this arvo with my camera. So here it is:

A day in the life of Christmas…aussie style.

 

Jackson Jeremy Powell is totally addicted to horses!!

 

Miss Charlotte My God daughter, with eyes to die for…

 

The Christmas table smith and powell style…

 

Mariah and icecream, she is so beautiful…

Charlie post lunch…

 

 A day in the life of an aussie Christmas! (santa’s obvisouly been awake all night!)

More Photo’s to come 2morrow, but this is my favourite…

Merry Christmas

A

Place: my Office

Poison: diet coke

Favourite Things: christmas of course!

Walking through Mount Lawley yesterday I was arrested by all different forms of artwork on the street. There has been such an awakening in Perth of creativity and people expressing themselves.

As passionate as some are about the removal of grafitti, I am passionate about people expressing themselves and creating beautiful artwork in the landscape of our city and its everyday life.

I am not into freshly painted buildings being defaced in the name of gang warfare, but I am so intrigued by artists who beautify our streets with their gifts and creativity.

My friend Gayle sent me a email this morning with some photos of pavement art.

Check these out!

Merry Christmas and paint your landscape this Christmas with creativity.

A

Place: My Office

Poison: Water

Favourite Things: My boating clothes on ready to go out on the water this afternoon! Oh I love summer…

This time of year is a great time for new movies, outdoor activities and much celebration. LOVE IT!

I saw the shorts for this new film coming out on Boxing day called ‘The pursuit of HAPPYNESS’ and it looks so amazing.

Over breakfast I was reading an article in a UK magazine about happiness, and what makes us happy. Some of the writers talked about; security, peace, fun, love…

For me, it was a great challenge this morning. What truly makes me happy. What makes you happy?

This Christmas, (in comparison to past ones) I really want to honour, love and cherish the quality time I am spending with my family.

We have my brother Jeremy and his son Jackson with us this Christmas and I don’t get to spend much time with them, and I just love them so much.

 

What my challenge is though, ‘My family bring out my best and worst!’ Sometimes I do it really well and other times I do it so badly. Dinner tables can create happyness, warmth and great memories but they can also bring out immaturity, hurts and offense.

I so want to be a big sister this year in every sense of the word. I want to believe the best in all of my family, be slow to speak and most of all cherish the time we have together.

Family really is my pursuit of Happyness!

CRAZY BUT BEAUTIFUL!!

A

Place: My Office

Poison: Diet Coke

Favourite Things: My Church and the amazing day we have had!

The annual GTC cookie Bake OFF! 

Okay so it happened, with much hilarity and craziness. I cooked white choc, cranberries and pistacio cookies, and milk chocolate, mango and almond cookies.

I’ll let the photo’s speak for themselves, (sorry the photos take so long to load Im not sure how to change that, need to speak to my genius blog friends!!)

We had a ball.

STUFFED…

A

The girls (minus Miss Bonnie who was shifting house)

Miss E and the turkish delight rocky road…No wonder she’s married!!

My white choc, mango and almond bickies!!

We sung rudolph one to many times for Kymbo

Too much Talking ended up with burnt biscuits (they made it on the tree!)

A bit too much action for tracell’s and her mums kenwood!

wow that’s powerful!

 

 

 

 

Place: Kyms House

Poison: Pinapple Juice

Favourite Things: 38 degree heat, pools and baby showers

Yesterday Kym, Elly and I hid from the 38 degree heat and went to the movies. We went chickflick all the way, and I haven’t stopped thinking about the film since.

The movie was about two women, who after love gone bad, decide to house swap the week before Christmas. I don’t want to give much away, because a movie with little profanity is rare these days and I want as many people to go watch it as possible.

Anyways, the thought that keeps rolling is this one. Are you the leading lady in your life or the stilted, jaded best friend. Kate Winslett has this beautiful encounter with this endearingly, quirky, retired film maker. Who asks her this question…

Are you the leading lady in your life or the best friend?

Some people act as though, especially in the realm of love that they are the best friend, who can be used, abused and refused. However we were born to be the leading ladies of our own lives.

Not all leading ladies are self centred and pride filled…But they always know who they are and how they should be treated.

I am not one of those feminist, obsessed with ‘where are all the men’ type of chicks! But I know who I am and how I deserve to be treated.

Yesterdays movie totally reenforced that fact for me.

Anyways, great flick…Check it out!

Leading Lady

A