Why a blog?

Why a blog? Well because "everyone" keeps telling me to write one. Or even just to write. It's nice that my friends think I'm funny.

What labels should I put on this entry? Cogitation?

So a bit about me. I'm 37 or so (I often forget), I have been married for almost one year to a boy who grew up with me in the same itsy bitsy Western Victoria town, and I have a nearly 3-month old baby girl. I spent most of my twenties doing the work-travel-run out of money-work-travel thing, which meant I was back at uni finishing up the ever-handy Arts degree in my early thirties. Since then I've collected a couple of Grad. Cert.'s, one in Development Studies and one in Sustainability. I'm kind of keen to finish up with a Masters but time, money, enthusiasm... All of these things get in the way.

I'm a stay-at-home mother for the moment, but am thinking I'd like to get back to work. I think this for a few reasons - one it'd be good for my baby to spend some time with another care giver and other children. And two if I was earning a bit of an income we could finish renovating the house. Or so my husband tells me.

Speaking of renovations, we live in a nice house in a nice suburb in the town (city) of Geelong. The house is almost 100 years old and needed a lot of work when we moved in around 18 months ago. I went without a kitchen for a long time whilst heavily pregnant. I don't recommend that. When we bought the house, my builder husband told me it'd take 6 weeks to get the house done. We're still going. It's starting to look pretty good though. I'd like to completely change the back, as the kitchen is tiny relative to the house. I'd also like to get the garden finished. The front is almost done (despite the painters having a good go at accidentally stomping on it).

I'd not ever really spent a lot of time in Geelong before we moved here (from my little flat in Southbank), but it's proving to be a nice enough place to live. I think wherever you live it's about the people and experiences you gather around you. Which sounds wankier than it's meant to.

So I might go onto another post now...