tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010612563137985632024-03-13T06:33:47.652-07:00Love From Jenna Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-70954474232536411582014-01-15T21:47:00.001-08:002014-01-15T21:47:30.939-08:00Reminder!<div class="customImage">
Hi Lovely followers!<br />
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Just a reminder to head on over and check out my new blog - <a href="http://www.theyearoflife.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Year of Life</a>.<br />
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I will be closing down Love From Jenna over the next few weeks. I have loved communicating with you all and it would be great to continue this on my new blog.<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-51098265403624552302014-01-12T01:32:00.000-08:002014-01-12T01:32:16.203-08:00A New BlogI hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a great start to the New Year!<br />
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For me what I love about the new year is the fresh start it offers - its a chance to start over, mix things up and try new things. On that note I would like to announce something that I have been working on over the last few weeks - a new blog!<br />
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As much as I have enjoyed interacting with you all through <i>Love From Jenna</i> I have lost my way with this blog. The new blog is a chance to refocus, set new goals and take my blog in a somewhat different direction. <br />
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So head on over to my new blog, <a href="http://theyearoflife.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Year Of Life</a>!<br />
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I hope that you will come along and join me for this new adventure!<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-38693966126216821152013-12-10T17:15:00.000-08:002013-12-10T17:15:34.549-08:00Body Acceptance - An Ongoing Battle<div class="customImage" style="text-align: justify;">
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always been something that I have felt in varying degrees but couldn’t really
explain and passed it off as just being worry. In 2013 the frequency in which I
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super fat today, whether I picked the wrong eye shadow, does my hair look messy
or boring, should I tan today so I don’t look so pale, is red toenail polish
the right choice. I spend so much of my life thinking about how I look to other
people and wonder whether they are judging all the parts of me that I don’t feel
confident about. My greatest fear is looking embarrassing or saying something embarrassing
which is just silly because you can’t be the perfect image of yourself 24/7.</span></span><br />
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and the entire world around us make me think “how could I possibly feel
confident about myself when I don’t look even a small part like these ‘perfect’
women”. I'm lucky to have a husband who loves and adores me in all my forms and
showers compliments on me. But the sad thing is, I can’t hear these compliments
because in my head I'm thinking “that can’t be right because I don’t look like
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in herself and can spread a positive body image and body acceptance message to
those around her. I just can’t get past this feeling of inadequacy. I have
moments and days where I feel good and say FUCK YOU to the media and people who
advance this “perfect women” image but I always come back to self-loathing.</span></span><br />
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husband who I know it pains to see me being so negative towards myself. I want to
see myself as more than my appearance, that the way I look is not the total sum
of who I am. That even on a bad hair day I can feel confident because I
actually like me….maybe 2014 will be the year that it all clicks into place…I know
one thing is for sure, I will be doing everything I can to make this true.</span></span><br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-1161979581268688372013-11-18T20:57:00.000-08:002013-11-18T20:57:27.934-08:00It has been a while…<div class="customImage">
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work, uni, family and friends and just life. It hasn’t all been bad, a lot of
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-14370037190537901922013-08-04T22:38:00.000-07:002013-08-04T22:39:12.208-07:00Today is not a great day...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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feeling in the pit of my stomach that comes with anxiety. I was agitated and felt a sense of dread. All day I have felt the same and at times worse
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situation, a nerve-wracking job but today that wasn’t the case. I had an
amazing weekend with my Gav. We enjoyed the sunshine and beautiful weather, went
to a film festival, ate delish food and enjoyed a few quiet drinks, I submitted
a uni assignment yesterday that I'm really happy with and I'm feeling really
inspired about my career path. I just don’t know what caused the way I'm feeling
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this blog as a way to document moments of my life and to talk about different things that interest me. It didn’t quite pan out that way, I found myself not really writing anything except recapping things I had done. I found myself trying to document moments thinking ‘I need to put this on my blog’ rather than enjoying and being in the moment. Whilst I only wrote about my life and didn’t embellish or exaggerate looking back and re reading posts it felt a little fake. There wasn’t any heart or soul in what I was writing about. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is my attempt at ‘Love From Jenna – Mark II’. I want to use the blog as way to express what I'm thinking and feeling. I want to post about topics that mean something to me. It won’t always be deep and meaningful; sometimes I might post about my love of coffee or post an obnoxious amount of cute animal photos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I have mentioned above a lot of change has happened in the past 4 months. Whilst some of the change has been large physical changes like moving most of the change I talk about is change within myself and small aspects of my life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In March my husband Gav and I made the move into the CBD of the city we live in. That might not sound like something major but to us it was. It was something we had wanted to do for years but we hadn’t found the right place or the right time to do it (rents are high and most property’s don’t allow animals). This move has had a major impact on our lives and is really what started a lot of change for me. We love city life! We spend our time walking to the beach and harbour or strolling through the city streets, picnics in parks, visiting art galleries and watching documentaries, dinners and nights out with friends and family, lazy afternoons spent in coffee shops and just generally enjoying our city. It has opened us to a whole world of experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-24879503422094080822013-03-08T14:09:00.001-08:002013-03-08T14:09:50.438-08:00Happies and Crappies - Week 6!<div class="customImage" style="text-align: center;">
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I am once again linking up with <a href="http://www.thevintagemodernwife.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Modern Wife</a> and <a href="http://www.scissorsandawhisk.com/" target="_blank">Scissors and a Whisk</a> for this week's Happies and Crappies.</div>
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<li>It's nearly the weekend!!!!! This week has been the work week from hell with long hours, constantly busy and just never feeling like I am actually ticking anything off my to do list. Rest and relaxation is the plan for the weekend!</li>
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<li>My lovely husband treated/owed (see in my crappies as to why) me a little shopping spree last night and I had so much fun wandering the shops which I havent done for a long time. I came away with, a super cute new bag, new work dress and 4 casual-ish tops for weekends, going out for dinner etc.</li>
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<li>Jets game tonight! Gav scored us tickets in the Chairmans Lounge through work meaning we get to have cocktails and canapes during the game plus there is a talk from the club chairman before the game. Excited!</li>
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<li>Despite my disappointment during the week from missing out on 2 rental properties we are again going to be on the search tomorrow and I'm feeling hopeful. Fingers crossed we find (and get!) something we love!</li>
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<li>I started my design course this week. I am doing an Advance Diploma of Graphic Design. One of my first unit its Drawing and ill sum it up by saying I suck BUT I am looking forward to improving. The only way is up really - I cant get any worse!</li>
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<li>I was starting work early one morning this week so Gav decided to help out and iron my absolute favroutie dress which I was wearing to work. Let me get this straight, I normally dont spend a lot on clothes as Id rather have ten items than one really expensive item but I splurged when I spent $250 on this dress. This dress just makes me feel good. Disaster struck as soon as Gav put the iron on the fabric - it was too hot and burnt/melted the dress! Cue me being upset and Gav feeling really bad about it. But because he is so sweet he promised to replace it. Best husband ever!</li>
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Its been a long week, very excited to have a relaxing fun weekend! What are your plans for the weekend? <br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-36686915428266674462013-03-06T16:57:00.000-08:002013-03-06T16:57:13.247-08:00Disappointment<div class="customImage">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disappointment. An emotion I absolutely hate but have sadly
been feeling this week. Early in the week Gav and I had applied for 2 rental
properties that we viewed on the weekend and fell in love with. I was trying
not to get too excited about them but Gav was incredibly excited and his
excitement made me excited and suddenly we were talking about when we could
move in, where our furniture would go in each place and how amazing our new
lifestyle would be living a 2 minute walk to the best restaurant and pubs in
town. When the news came through that we had missed out on each property we
were both gutted and just super disappointed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we usually do we had romanticised
each property and to find out we didn’t get them was really sucky and reminded
me why I shouldn’t get ahead of myself! I hate feeling disappointed and am going
to do my best to not let it get to this point again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know it’s a first world problem and we should feel lucky
that we have the option to live in a nice home in a safe, beautiful country but
this has been a big part of my week this week which is why I decided to blog
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How do you handle dissapointment? Is it worth getting your hopes up about something or best to stay neutral and not get too excited about things?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Happy
50</span><span lang="EN-US">th</span><span lang="EN-US"> Birthday to the kindest, sweetest most caring
mother in the world!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week my mum turned the big 50. To celebrate my mum threw a big party at her
favourite venue and invited 70-80 of her favourite people to celebrate with.
The night began with hugs and kisses and catching up with family members and
old family friends. Mum had a huge smile on her face overwhelmed by the amount of
people that wanted to wish her Happy Birthday and shower her with gifts and
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her party that there would be a surprise. I wrongly assumed it would be some
kind of performance (perhaps a drag show) but I was way off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">At
8.30pm on the night my parents both seemed to disappear for a few minutes and I
spent that time asking anyone I could what was going on. No one knew anything!
All of a sudden an MC appeared with my parents at her side and she started
welcoming everyone to my mums 50</span><span lang="EN-US">th</span><span lang="EN-US">. She
then started talking about my parents’ marriage, as they were also celebrating
their 30</span><span lang="EN-US">th</span><span lang="EN-US"> Wedding anniversary. I then
figured it out; my parents were renewing their wedding vows!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the room was shocked and overwhelmed. My dad unbuttoned his nice formal
shirt to display a tuxedo tshirt, which definitely got a laugh from everyone.
Mum and dad then recited their vows to each other in the form of lyrics from
songs that have been popular throughout their marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I
couldn’t stop myself from getting a little emotional (but also giggling a lot
over the song lyrics) and the rest of my family was the same! It was just so
sweet to see my parents who are normally shy people take the spotlight and tell
each other and the world how they feel. Their marriage hasn’t always been easy
and has had its ups and downs like every marriage does, but it is really
inspiring to have them as role models for how a marriage should be. It would be
tough to find 2 people as in love as they are after 30 years together – they
are closer and happier than ever!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li>It was my mums 50th party last Friday night along with my parents 30th wedding anniversary. They completely surprised all of there guests including my brother and I by renewing there wedding vows! It was so sweet and cute! I'm going to write a post about it in the next few days.</li>
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<li>We have been looking for a rental place for the past few weeks and there hasn't really been much available but some amazing places popped up this week. We are spending our Saturday going to open houses and putting applications in. Very excited!</li>
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<li>I'm really feeling in the swing of blogging again after taking a week off to spend some time reformatting my Mac. Lots of exciting posts coming up!</li>
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<li>Its the first day of Autumn today! I have had enough of summer this year, not a big fan of ridiculously hot weather! Plus clothes in Autumn and winter are much cuter than summer!</li>
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<li>This week my friends and I decided to plan a Sydney shopping trip in April whilst Gav is overseas. We are staying in a really gorgeous hotel right in the centre of the city, shopping till we drop than having dinner and cocktails at Jamie Oliver's restaurant. Cant wait!</li>
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As usual, don't forget to check out the blogs of the 'hosts' of the weekly Happies and Crappies post - <i><a href="http://www.thevintagemodernwife.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Modern Wife</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.scissorsandawhisk.com/" target="_blank">Scissors and a Whisk</a></i>.<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-37923945276827903742013-02-28T02:46:00.001-08:002013-02-28T02:46:45.439-08:00Liebster Award<div class="customImage" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, a big thank you to the lovely Aaliyah from <a href="http://eyeshadoweyeliner.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Eyeshadow Eyeliner</a> for nominating me for the Liebster Award. What is the Leibster Award you might ask? Well, it's an award that is given to new blogs with fewer than 200 followers. It allows bloggers to promote there blog and meet lovely fellow bloggers along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The rules for the award are the following: </span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominees must link back to the person who nominated them.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominee must list 11 facts about themselves.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominee must answer the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated them.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominee must than choose 11 people/blogs to nominate that have less than 200 GFC followers.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominee must provide 11 questions to be answered by the people they choose to nominate.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok so here goes, below are 11 facts about me. I have tried to make then different to other facts I have given about myself, I don't want to rehash old info.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have only been blogging since the beginning of the year (after thinking about doing it for about 12 months).</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I choose not to go anywhere without makeup on - it makes me feel well presented and put together.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I spent my childhood doing ballet,jazz and modern dance from ages 4 till 11 however I retained none of the skills or coordination that I learnt.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love football (soccer), watching not playing although I did play for a season a few years ago. My favourite position was the bench!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am addicted to Mexican food.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love energy drinks, Blue V is my favourite.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a very indecisive person whether its a small or large decision. What to have for lunch at work can sometimes take a good 10 minutes of pondering.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would spend all my time in pyjamas if it were socially expectable - Peter Alexander PJ's of course.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have what has been described as quite a high pitched voice. My work colleagues say my voice gets to such a high point that only dogs can here me.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have to set 5 alarms each morning to wake me up for work because I'm a very deep sleeper and lazy when it comes to getting up.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am about to start studying Graphic Design. I still am unsure about whether I'm creative enough to do it but I'm excited.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">1. What is your most used website? </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">2. Do you prefer shimmer or matte eyeshadow? </span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><br />
Shimmer - love me some sparkles!</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">3. If you could have an unlimited supply of anything what would it be? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. What are your top 3 beauty products? </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I love Face of Australia Primer, Revlon Colourstay Foundation and Rimmel lipstick in Drop of Sherry.</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Do you prefer ankle boots, mid-calf boots, or tall boots? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ankle boots.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. What is your favorite type of candy? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Reece's peanut butter cups.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. How often do you check your emails per day? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>What feels like every 3 seconds but I really just glance at my iphone email about once an hour during the day.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Do you prefer volumizing or lengthening mascara? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Volumising.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. What is your favorite color for nail polish? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Red, Black or Grey.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Do you have any pets? </span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Yes, two </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">adoreable</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> cats called Baxter and Harry.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Which season is your favorite? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Spring!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Now here are the blogs I </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">nominate! Unfortunately I only have 4 nominations but they are all wonderful!</span></span><br />
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</span> <a href="http://fulloflite.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Full of light</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.girlinflight.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Girl in Flight</span></a><br />
<a href="http://caudillclan.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Caudill Clan</span></a><br />
<a href="http://ninikat.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Whats New Nini Kat</span></a><br />
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To the lovely blogs nominated, below are my 11 questions for you!<br />
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<li>If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?</li>
<li>Are you a Facebook or Twitter person?</li>
<li>What is your all time favourite movie?</li>
<li>Sweet or Savoury?</li>
<li>Who is your favourite person in the entire world?</li>
<li>How do you like to spend your spare time?</li>
<li>Are you a Mac or PC person?</li>
<li>If you could change the world in one way, what would you choose?</li>
<li>What is your favourite animal?</li>
<li>Tea or coffee?</li>
<li>What do you enjoy most about blogging?</li>
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Lots of soccer! I have become a very obsessive fan over the past few weeks. I think it's because the finals are so close and I have a husband who loves his soccer.<br />
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Being super busy over the past week has meant not a lot of TV watching (this could be seen as a good thing...) so I have lots of our regular shows to catch up on!<br />
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Any recommendations for good movies that are out now/recently? Remember I'm in Australia and we can sometimes be a month or two behind you cool American kids. We have quite a few free movie tickets that expire at the end of March that I really want to use. Is 'Beautiful Creatures' good? Disclaimer: I realise this movie seems silly but I love teenage type movies and add in a supernatural element and I'm usually hooked!<br />
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We found out this week that my hubby will be going overseas again for about 10 days for work. This time he is off to the UK and Germany. I am incredibly jealous, plus neither of us function at all when we aren't together so Gav has offered me a BIG shopping spree whilst he is away to try to minimise how miserable I will be. That boy knows me SO well. So, I have roped in a few friends to go for a shopping weekend in Sydney. We will shop all day, stay in a nice hotel, have dinner and cocktails at a great restaurant and then shop again the next day. This is like my girl heaven! I will still be majorly sad the other 8 days he is away but those 2 days in Sydney are going to be pretty great.</div>
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How much I am going to miss Gav when he is gone for 10 days. We have been together for 11 years this year and have spent no more than one day apart in that time except when he went to America for 10 days last October. It doesn't sound like a long time but we are incredibly close and to not see each other every day was even more difficult than we thought. There were tears on both ends of the phone during that trip. Plus at that time, our little cat Harry just had a major cancer scare and was transitioning onto a new diet to help with the condition he has. He went from being a big cat of about 5kg to weighing only 3.3kg - he is now back over 5kg thankfully! At the time, he was sick after everything he ate and I had him at the vet every few days - definitely the worst time for Gav to be away. Both our cats are now very healthy so I'm sure this trip will be much easier for us both.<br />
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Girls night out Saturday night! Whilst I regularly catch up with friends for coffee or lunch dates we haven't had a girls night out in so long. Plus its an event to raise money for charity so its a feel good night as well.<br />
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During the craziness over the past week I have somehow managed to devour not one but two books! That shows my priorities, right? First i read Mindy Kaling's book 'Is everyone hanging out without me' which was laugh out loud funny. So many times in the book I would start giggling to myself like a crazy person. The second book I read was 'The Younger Man' by Zoe Foster. I could not put it down! If you are not from Australia you probably wouldn't be familiar with Zoe Foster but she is an author, insanely knowledgeable beauty expert and former writer/beauty editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Plus she is married to a very popular radio/tv personality and they are just adorable. The book is somewhat based on the two of them getting together. Anyway her writing style is very funny, if you like a good Chick Lit book along the lines of Lindsey Kelk or Paige Toon you will love her books.<br />
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I know I tend to harp on about him a lot but my husband Gav truly makes me happier than anything else in the world. I get so excited driving home from work knowing I'm going to see him. We are both too impatient and excited to just talk to each other when we get home that we usually call each other as we are both driving home (on handsfree of course) and purge all of the good and bad points of our days and any silly stories we have. There isn't a day that goes by were I'm not hugely grateful to have him to share my life with.<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-39470036524428080042013-02-27T01:52:00.001-08:002013-02-27T01:52:28.275-08:00I Return! // Welcome New Followers!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wow, I cant believe its been a week since I last blogged! Work, family, and friends have kept me super busy and slightly stressed over the past few weeks but </span>I'm<span style="font-family: inherit;"> nearing the end of the craziness. I plan to get back to blogging regularly - 4 times a week is my goal. I have lots of posts planned! Stay tuned over the next few weeks!</span></div>
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-48126491718526701902013-02-20T01:26:00.000-08:002013-02-20T01:26:22.180-08:00Currently...Week 5!<div class="customImage">
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This week I have been trying to catch up on my favourite shows; The Office, The Mindy Project, Chicago Fire, Smash, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl.</div>
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The hubs and I also went to a short film festival on the weekend called FlickrFest and it was amazing! Neither of us had ever really seen short films before but it was so great, we laughed, felt sad, and I covered our eyes in some parts (I don't do scary) - it was a good mix of movie genres. </div>
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I am loving anything by Loon Lake at the moment and my song of the week this week has been "Lay It Down' by the Rubens.</div>
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We are still planning to move house however there aren't a lot of options available at the moment. The Newcastle rental market is crazy right now, rents are high and vacancy levels low. Fingers crossed something we like will pop up soon in the location we want.</div>
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I've been thinking about how I am going to manage 2 Design Units when my course starts in March as well as work full time, blog and have a social life. Things will be busy but I'm excited.<br />
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I am very much looking forward to a busy weekend catching up with friends and family. It's my mums 50th Birthday party on Friday night so I cant wait to get dressed up and have a fun night celebrating with my family and the billion guests my mum has invited. We then have an engagement party on Saturday for a close friend of Gavin's. Everyone is so busy these days that we don't all get to catch up often so events like this are always good. I can see Sunday being pretty much recovery day after 2 big nights out. Sleeping in till noon? Yes please!!<br />
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My kittens (technically they should be could cats given that they are both 5 but kittens just sounds nicer). They are always super affectionate and can sense when Gavin or I are feeling a little down or stressed so they show even more affection. They truly are like our little fur babies. <br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-62251569503327159772013-02-18T01:02:00.000-08:002013-02-18T01:02:10.470-08:00Weekend in Review // The Week Ahead!<div class="customImage">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This week is shaping up to be super busy! Work is crazy at
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publication I design which is making me stressed. On the personal side of
things, Gavin and I have a busy weekend coming up with an engagement party,
family BBQ at our house and my Mums 50<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Birthday Party. Busy but
all fun, I just have a lot of last minute design work I need to do for my mums
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am trying to stay on top of things at the moment but when
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<li>I had a really perfect Valentines this year. Gav & I exchanged sweet presents and cards featuring love puns - so funny! After work we got all dressed up and went out for dinner to a great restaurant, ate amazing food and just chatted about our life and our plans for the future. Just percect!</li>
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<li>Gav had to go away for work this week, it was only one night but it meant I was home alone! Normally if he has to go away I pack the kittens up and stay with my parents but this week I was feeling brave! I grabbed pizza for dinner after work, watched my favourite shows and got a great nights sleep. I wasn't scared once - feeling super proud of myself (I realise this seems like a weird thing to be proud of but I hate being home alone over night even though we live in a safe neighborhood). Jenna 1, Irrational Fear 0!</li>
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-61643305520293391032013-02-14T14:58:00.000-08:002013-02-14T14:58:03.567-08:00Currently...Week 4!<div class="customImage">
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SMASH! I loved the 2 episode season premiere and am so excited to see what happens throughout the season!<br />
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How there are so many good, kind people in the world. I have had so many lovely blog comments this week and they really brighten my day!<br />
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This weekend! Tonight we have a Jets game (if you haven't already noticed, I'm soccer obsessed!), tomorrow I have a gorgeous friends baby shower and tomorrow night we are going to a short film festival. Sunday will be spent as a lazy day, maybe a picnic for lunch and shopping for my mums 50th present. Any present suggestions?<br />
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Unfortunately a busy work week has meant I haven't had time to read anything this week apart from blogs. Hoping my Mindy Kaling book arrives soon so I can get stuck into it!<br />
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My blog! Like i said before I have received such sweet comments this week and I am really starting to feel a part of the blogging community now. I just wish there were more of us in Australia to have meet-ups and cool blog conferences like you lucky Americans!<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-39903934655463524082013-02-13T18:41:00.001-08:002013-02-13T18:41:13.590-08:00Valentines Day Love<div class="customImage" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is Gavin & I's 10th Valentines Day together (that makes me sound old!). Over the course of our relationship we have both celebrated and not celebrated Valentines Day for various reasons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But this year we made a point to celebrate! We said no over the top gifts, just a $20 limit and homemade presents encouraged! We are going out for dinner though to an amazing restaurant we have been dying to go to. As part of Gav's '12 months of Dates' Christmas present (I'll blog about this soon) I included a voucher for 'Rustica' and tomorrow we finally get to use it! Follow me on instagram (@mrsjennachapman) to see photos!</span><br />
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And now to my amazing and super sweet Valetine - Gavin. I know we tell each other everyday how we feel but I just wanted to make sure that today you know just how crazy I am about you. You are my world! Love you to the moon and back bub! And just like I already told you today, if you were a transformer you'd be Optimus Fine! Hehe<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-86557565737307030142013-02-11T00:25:00.000-08:002013-02-11T00:25:15.095-08:00A Weekend In Review // Instagram & Instax Photos<div style="text-align: justify;">
Gavin and I love our weekends! We usually pack so much into our days off but this weekend was fairly quite for us.</div>
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On Friday night we grabbed some takeaway for dinner and had a picnic by the beach before heading home to watch our favourite shows.</div>
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On Saturday we did a little shopping in the morning before heading down to Sydney to watch the Newcastle Jets game. We made a stop at Ikea on the way - as you do. Who doesnt love Ikea?</div>
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Disaster stuck at around 1am on Sunday after we just arrived home from Sydney - food poisoning! I guess it serves me right for ordering a cheeseburger from McDonalds at 10pm but gosh darn I was starving after the soccer! It was definitely the sickest i have ever felt. Positive note: I don't think i will ever want McDonalds again!</div>
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Exhaustion from being sick all night prevented me from getting out of bed at all on Sunday, luckily i have a super sweet husband who took great care of me.</div>
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1. This is our fav spot for a picnic in Newcastle - King Edward Park</div>
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2. Cinnamon scroll and Pepsi at Ikea for only $2.25 = bargain!</div>
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4. Food poisoning meant my Sunday kinda sucked. Sunday night was spent sitting on the lounge with Gavin watching an aleague match and drinking lots of water.<br />
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I love this weekly post - it allows me to reflect on the week I've had and really makes me appreciate the good moments!</div>
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<li>Gav and I had a mid week dinner date last nigh at a new Mexican restaurant - Casa de Loco. It was AMAZING! The food was well priced and delcious, the service was outstanding and I had the best Margarita I have had in my life! It was also really cute and hipster with glass jars as water glasses and flowers in old Coke bottles. We will be going back for sure!</li>
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<li>I have decided to grow out my full front fringe (bangs to those in the US). This is both a happy and crappy, whilst I'm excited to have a new look I also have to tolerate pinning my fringe to the side until it gets long enough to actually do something with.</li>
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As usual, don't forget to check out the blogs of the 'hosts' of the weekly Happies and Crappies post - <i><a href="http://www.thevintagemodernwife.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Modern Wife</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.scissorsandawhisk.com/" target="_blank">Scissors and a Whisk</a></i>.<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-70140758073255395332013-02-07T08:30:00.000-08:002013-02-07T08:30:00.753-08:00Best Friend - It's A Tier Not A Person<div class="customImage" style="text-align: justify;">
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was watching The Mindy Project (I seriously adore this show, anyone else with
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are all best friends. It’s quite random how we all came to be friends. I went
to High School with Jade, Melissa and Candice however it wasn’t until after I left
school that I started to spend time with them. During our school years we were
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was dating Gavin’s best friend. We did not like each other and we both
found it really hard to have a conversation with each other. We then found
ourselves at the same high school in Year 11 (both our high school junior
campuses fed into the same senior campus). We were in lots of classes together
but still didn’t get along despite the fact that our boyfriends were besties
and we would often see each other on the weekend when the boys got together. It wasn’t
until a few years later that we actually started to bond and from then we
became BFF's. Whilst the relationship between Jill and Gav's
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6-7 years later and we are all still best friends and the girls were all
bridesmaids in my wedding. We are all really independent people who have our
own lives, relationships and hobbies but when we are together it’s like no time
has passed and we have the most fun! We may
not live in each others pockets and talk on the phone every day (or week for
that matter) but we catch up regularly and always know what is going on in each
others lives. It might not be the typical best friend relationship but it
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-52645124425158283052013-02-06T01:38:00.002-08:002013-02-06T01:38:30.591-08:00Currently...Week 3!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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To move house!! We have started looking at rentals in the location we want to live so now we just have to find a great place! We have also discussed maybe buying a place next year - very exciting!</div>
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How amazing my husband is! He is my best friend and the most supportive and kind person I have ever met. Not to mention how super cute he is! I feel very lucky to love and be loved by him.<br />
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My bestie's and I are going along to a local charity dinner/night out in a few weeks and I'm really looking forward to it. Getting dressed up, night out with the girls, champagne, awesome food and it's for charity = perfect night!<br />
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Nothing right now other then blogs but I have just ordered Mindy Kaling's book "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?". I'm hoping it arrives soon as I cant wait to get started - that girl cracks me up!<br />
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I have started a running program this week and feel like I have lots more energy. This is making me very happy!<br />
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-27307625745751412932013-02-03T18:41:00.001-08:002013-02-03T18:41:23.991-08:00Couch to 5k!<br />
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Over the weekend I decided enough was enough, I really need to make an effort to get fit. So last night the husband and I made the decision to start a Couch to 5k program (granted, Gavin is super fit so doesn't need to do it but he was there for support).</div>
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Our first rulk (run/walk - do you think that combining the words will take off?) was at 5.30am this morning. My gosh, it was super hard to wake up to my alarm and actually get out of bed but I knew that if I made an excuse on the first day I would never stick to the program.</div>
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The first day program is intended to be easy with a 5 min warm up then alternating 1 minute running with 1 1/2 minutes walking however as I'm very unfit it nearly killed me! Luckily I have a super sweet husband who was there motivating me! The plan is to do a rulk (he he) 3 times a week...hopefully by writing this it will make me accountable for going.</div>
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I was going to post this last night but decided to hold off until I had actually gone for my first run. Historically I tend to have these great ideas about things I plan to do but follow through on so few.</div>
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Hopefully this wont be one of those times! </div>
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-73925200350131785892013-02-01T02:01:00.000-08:002013-02-01T02:01:09.691-08:00Happies and Crappies - Week 2<div align="center">
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Its Friday so that means it's time for another instalment of Happies and Crappies!</div>
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<li>I just ordered another pair of my all time favourite jeans from Topshop - free international postage as well!</li>
<li>Gavin and I were out for a midweek dinner date to celebrate the end of Gav's uni semester and we found a new burger place by the harbour in Newcastle. Its called Craft and Co and they have really good sliders and a big craft beer list. It seemed a little pricey at first but was well worth it. I can see it becoming a regular.</li>
<li>Excited to go scouring furniture second hand stores tomorrow to try to track down a replica Eames chair to complete <a href="http://plateandpaper.com/a-seat-fit-for-a-queen/" target="_blank"><i>this</i></a> DIY project.</li>
<li>Very excited for the Newcastle Jets -v- Sydney FC game tomorrow night. We are big football (soccer) fans in this household and have season tickets to the Jets.</li>
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<li>I ordered new reading glasses from Firmoo and they are taking forever to arrive. Apparently there was some kind of fault with my lenses when they were made so they will be at least another week.</li>
<li>I had to make a few sales calls at work this week to sell advertising space in our publication and it sucked! Ive never really had to do sales before and let me just say I am SO not a natural.</li>
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Also, don't forget to check out the blogs of the 'hosts' of the weekly Happies and Crappies post - <i><a href="http://www.thevintagemodernwife.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Modern Wife</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.scissorsandawhisk.com/" target="_blank">Scissors and a Whisk</a></i>.</div>
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Jenna Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944197854418544635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101061256313798563.post-72298749396232829252013-01-30T02:03:00.001-08:002013-01-30T02:03:04.377-08:00Currently...week 2!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I really enjoyed writing this post last week so I am persevering for another week! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">WATCHING...</span></div>
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Lots of movies! Over the weekend I've watched: The Impossible, The Promised Land and Robot & Frank.<br />
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Mostly listening to the radio particularly the Triple J Hottest 100 over the weekend. I have also had "My Number" by Foals on repeat in my car.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">PLANNING...</span></div>
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Currently planning which design course I am going to do and how many units to study at a time. I would love to do it full time but I also work 40 hours p/week so don't want to over commit and end up getting burnt out. I am also helping plan my mums 50th Birthday at the end of next month.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">THINKING ABOUT...</span></div>
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A million things at the moment - Blogging, money, moving house, study, work, travel! Ahh, overwhelming! One of my new years resolutions was to stop over-thinking everything but I seem to be failing this at the moment. Ohh well at least its all positive.<br />
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Hopefully moving house towards the end of February. We really want to move into the city so its just a walk to the beach or harbour after work and plenty of restaurants hopefully at our doorstep!<br />
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Blogs, blogs and more blogs! After finishing 'The Kite Runner' last week I definitely need a time out from heavy novels. I have been given 'The Boy In The Stripped Pyjamas' by a colleague so will probably start it in the next few days.<br />
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Life in general at the moment is making me happy. Everything is quite positive in my world at the moment and it is keeping a big smile on my face! Having my husband finished with uni exam's is also making me happy as it means lots more time together....atleast for the next 3 weeks until another semester starts!<br />
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Do you update a 'current' post on your blog each week? I love reading these posts so comment below with a link to your blog if this is a post you do!<br />
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