Change is good. Change is a part of life. And I think that how we approach change and how we react to change is a good indication of who we are. Things have changed at work. New owners means new directions. Which is great they are passionate and friendly and generally lovely. But it is hard. Trust and faith in a person and in a person's character takes time. And with time comes growing pains. I think the owners will make work great. I think it will be amazing. Already they have started making steps to change things.
I wish my old bosses all the best in everything that they do in the future. They are smart intelligent men who have a great intergrity and strength to them that will ensure that anything that they do will surely succeed. I also want to thank them for everything they have done for me. In so many ways I have who I am and who I have become all because they took a chance on a green no experience girl and took her on and she became Bar and Cafe Manager. I wouldn't be who I am without them. I wouldn't have the strength I now have without them. They have in so many ways impacted my life in ways that I am sure they don't even realise. So to the Murphy's... Thank You.
Welcoming the end of an era because it surely brings a new one.
Karen and Josh xox
Sunday, May 22, 2011
...thirty before thirty
So Bucket Lists are a funny thing. For the last... oh forever I have attempted to write a list. Honestly I suck at it. I don't know why I am so bad at writing goals. I don't know where along the track I figured making goals and achieving them isn't a good thing. Don't get me wrong I like to achieve but I forget to dream. Something happened the other day that changed my mind. Joshua being Joshua has our planning in a plastic folder. All of it. So as I flicked through the book I had a feeling of I can't believe this is my life! I can't believe I am going to be doing this things. I had always dreamed of it but Joshua and I are actually going to be doing it!!! Little old me :)
So here it is Thirty before Thirty. But I have a confession to make because this is Joshua and my blog his goals are in there as well. Some are obviously mine others are obviously not. But I do have a four years less than Joshua to achieve them. So I better get on to that.
1. Regular communication with loved ones a. letters b. email c. facebook and d. blog.
2. Snowboard.
3. Live in another country.
4. Find a job I love.
5. Kiss under the Eiffel Tower.
6. Bungee jump.
7. Buy a book shelf.
8. Find a home.
9. Stay a week in Margaret River and visit the wineries.
10. Do something even though it scares the hell out of me.
11. Watch the AFL Grand Final in a Vancouver pub surrounded by Aussies.
12. Gamble in Vegas with a 1k bet.
13. Fit into my jeans again (don't worry this is my goal not Joshua's).
14. Order of a menu... that I have no idea what it says.
15. Visit Paris.
16. Gallipoli for Anzac Day.
17. Own a small business.
18. Play sport.
19. Work overseas.
20. Watch a sunrise...
21. ...and a sunset.
22. Go on a gondola in Venice.
23. Go to a Broadway show.
24. Run with the bulls (this is a Joshua one... I will sit on the sidelines and drink wine).
25. Drink a carton on the river in Vang Vieng (and again Joshua I would only get alcohol poisoning if I did this :) ).
26. Go on a picnic.
27. Camp under the stars in our swags.
28. Learn to speak French... well at least a few phrases I am sure it will be handy when we make it to Paris :)
29. Go to Greece and enjoy the blue waters and white houses.
30. Be happy.
Oh and yes I do see the common factor of travel in many of these goals. But it is a good thing considering our future plans.
Hope all your plans and goals come true as well.
Love,
Karen and Josh xo
So here it is Thirty before Thirty. But I have a confession to make because this is Joshua and my blog his goals are in there as well. Some are obviously mine others are obviously not. But I do have a four years less than Joshua to achieve them. So I better get on to that.
1. Regular communication with loved ones a. letters b. email c. facebook and d. blog.
2. Snowboard.
3. Live in another country.
4. Find a job I love.
5. Kiss under the Eiffel Tower.
6. Bungee jump.
7. Buy a book shelf.
8. Find a home.
9. Stay a week in Margaret River and visit the wineries.
10. Do something even though it scares the hell out of me.
11. Watch the AFL Grand Final in a Vancouver pub surrounded by Aussies.
12. Gamble in Vegas with a 1k bet.
13. Fit into my jeans again (don't worry this is my goal not Joshua's).
14. Order of a menu... that I have no idea what it says.
15. Visit Paris.
16. Gallipoli for Anzac Day.
17. Own a small business.
18. Play sport.
19. Work overseas.
20. Watch a sunrise...
21. ...and a sunset.
22. Go on a gondola in Venice.
23. Go to a Broadway show.
24. Run with the bulls (this is a Joshua one... I will sit on the sidelines and drink wine).
25. Drink a carton on the river in Vang Vieng (and again Joshua I would only get alcohol poisoning if I did this :) ).
26. Go on a picnic.
27. Camp under the stars in our swags.
28. Learn to speak French... well at least a few phrases I am sure it will be handy when we make it to Paris :)
29. Go to Greece and enjoy the blue waters and white houses.
30. Be happy.
Oh and yes I do see the common factor of travel in many of these goals. But it is a good thing considering our future plans.
Hope all your plans and goals come true as well.
Love,
Karen and Josh xo
Monday, May 16, 2011
...adding a little bit of melancholy
Today I was thinking. About our future plans. Josh and I have so much to look forward to. I haven't talked much about it as of yet. Honestly I am waiting for the right time to go viral with our news. So today I was feeling a bit melancholy about it all. Like I said last blog Joshua and I have been working saving our money and while I acknowledge that we need to do this for this period in time it has gotten me down a bit. I feel as if I am waiting for our adventure to start instead of living an adventure. I don't want to be the person who lives as if their life is on hold. I have too much good stuff in my life to be that on hold person. So while I acknowledge that this time in our lives is meant for saving and waiting it is still my life and still part of our adventure.
Loving the adventure no matter what,
Love,
Karen and Josh xoxo
Loving the adventure no matter what,
Love,
Karen and Josh xoxo
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
...my favourite holiday photos
Just a quick post today to share two of my favourite photos from our holiday.
Much love to you All,
Karen and Josh xoxo
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
...keeping our heads down
Hey all,
Firstly our apologies for our absence. The reasons being twofold. The first reason being that the both of us have been working hard and saving our pennies for our next adventure. Which leads me into our second being that because we have been working hard there honestly hasn't been that much to report.
Work has been full on since I got back from holidays. Honestly it has gotten me down a bit. I just feel like I have been missing out on a lot which is never good. But I talked to my Boss and he was wonderful. He completely understood how I have been feeling. It was nice to know that your feelings are justified and that you are not just being a sook:) Any way he was very gracious and made a few executive decisions that mean that I wont have to miss out on so much. On the up side work has been pretty exciting. We have had some great acts play recently and the next month seems to be much of the same.
Josh is good. Working hard of course but then what is new. Today I was reminded again about how wonderful he is. I make no apologies for my lack of tech savvy. Give me paper and pens or paints and I can create or draw just about anything but ask me to compare gegabytes or tell you how different credit cards compare and I got nothing. Joshua on the other hand knows all about that crap (yes I know I am definitely showing my ignorance now) and is so smart. He was organising some exciting plans for our future the other night. You should of seen him he was so cute just comparing the different things. Okay thats all for my mushy-ness for tonight.
So all in all, all is well in our part of the woods. We are well if not slightly anxious for our next step.
All our love to you all,
Karen and Josh xo
Firstly our apologies for our absence. The reasons being twofold. The first reason being that the both of us have been working hard and saving our pennies for our next adventure. Which leads me into our second being that because we have been working hard there honestly hasn't been that much to report.
Work has been full on since I got back from holidays. Honestly it has gotten me down a bit. I just feel like I have been missing out on a lot which is never good. But I talked to my Boss and he was wonderful. He completely understood how I have been feeling. It was nice to know that your feelings are justified and that you are not just being a sook:) Any way he was very gracious and made a few executive decisions that mean that I wont have to miss out on so much. On the up side work has been pretty exciting. We have had some great acts play recently and the next month seems to be much of the same.
Josh is good. Working hard of course but then what is new. Today I was reminded again about how wonderful he is. I make no apologies for my lack of tech savvy. Give me paper and pens or paints and I can create or draw just about anything but ask me to compare gegabytes or tell you how different credit cards compare and I got nothing. Joshua on the other hand knows all about that crap (yes I know I am definitely showing my ignorance now) and is so smart. He was organising some exciting plans for our future the other night. You should of seen him he was so cute just comparing the different things. Okay thats all for my mushy-ness for tonight.
So all in all, all is well in our part of the woods. We are well if not slightly anxious for our next step.
All our love to you all,
Karen and Josh xo
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
...wordless wednesdays
Inspiration comes from my friends blogs who every Wednesday they post some pics. This is from my camera from Laos. This was early on in the trip before I started using Joshs camera.
Much Love,
Karen and Josh xo
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
...the first adventure for 2011
Hello all,
I know its been a long time since we wrote last but alot has happened in the last 3 weeks. We just got back from holidays.
It was really good spending time together. Something I really appreciated is going to bed together and waking up together every morning. With Josh working away and me having ridiculous hours at work this is not something we always get to do. So to be able to wake up next to each other was so great.
We spent the majority of our holiday in a town called Vang Vieng in Laos. Laos is a country next to Thailand and Vietnam. Map below because I am not the best at explaining where it is:)
Vang Vieng is this beautiful little town in a Valley near a river. It was crazy to wake up every morning walk outside and see these massive Jurassic Park-esque mountains. The people are so lovely and you dont even have to barter. Something I was super impressed with because 1) I hate bartering and 2) I am epic-ly bad at it. Everything was so so cheap. Especially the food. Which was probably one of my favourite parts. Cant decide what you want to eat thats okay just order both:) We found this awesome little curry place by the end of our time there. Swear we had dinner there like 5 times... and by dinner I mean a feast!!
Something amazing that we did was go Hot Air Ballooning for Valentines Day. Even though it was the day before. Being in Vang Vieng is like being in a time warp and so I thought I was booking for Valentines Day but turns out I booked the day before. But nonetheless it was amazing the view was incredible. Hot Air Ballooning is only something new in Vang Vieng so it was cool to see the local kids run after the balloon calling out and waving (and a few adults as well.)
After Vang Vieng we missioned to Bangkok. Something I have learned about myself is that I am not a good traveller. Not only does my boredom kick in but my inability to be able to sleep properly in Buses or Planes. I am truly jealous of those people who can just sit down and fall asleep! But i did it even though it fully took it out of me. So after 24 hours of travelling we finally made it there. I really like Bangkok it has everything you can imagine (except the beach - but we have that at home so it was ok.) Something i loved was that they had these little fresh food carts on the streets. You could get half a pineapple cut up in a bag for 20 Baht which is less than a $1 or corn on a cob for 10 Baht. I loved it... fresh food as soon as you walk out of the hotel.
It was very hard to come home. As we laid in bed preparing to get up and mission it home I literally rolled over and told Joshua that we should stay in bed miss our flights and stay on our adventure forever. But alas reality calls and we had to go home to save for our next adventure.
I will post some photos soon but they are all on Joshuas camera so I have to wait for him to get back. Hope you are all well.
All our love,
Karen and Josh xo
I know its been a long time since we wrote last but alot has happened in the last 3 weeks. We just got back from holidays.
It was really good spending time together. Something I really appreciated is going to bed together and waking up together every morning. With Josh working away and me having ridiculous hours at work this is not something we always get to do. So to be able to wake up next to each other was so great.
We spent the majority of our holiday in a town called Vang Vieng in Laos. Laos is a country next to Thailand and Vietnam. Map below because I am not the best at explaining where it is:)
Vang Vieng is this beautiful little town in a Valley near a river. It was crazy to wake up every morning walk outside and see these massive Jurassic Park-esque mountains. The people are so lovely and you dont even have to barter. Something I was super impressed with because 1) I hate bartering and 2) I am epic-ly bad at it. Everything was so so cheap. Especially the food. Which was probably one of my favourite parts. Cant decide what you want to eat thats okay just order both:) We found this awesome little curry place by the end of our time there. Swear we had dinner there like 5 times... and by dinner I mean a feast!!
Something amazing that we did was go Hot Air Ballooning for Valentines Day. Even though it was the day before. Being in Vang Vieng is like being in a time warp and so I thought I was booking for Valentines Day but turns out I booked the day before. But nonetheless it was amazing the view was incredible. Hot Air Ballooning is only something new in Vang Vieng so it was cool to see the local kids run after the balloon calling out and waving (and a few adults as well.)
After Vang Vieng we missioned to Bangkok. Something I have learned about myself is that I am not a good traveller. Not only does my boredom kick in but my inability to be able to sleep properly in Buses or Planes. I am truly jealous of those people who can just sit down and fall asleep! But i did it even though it fully took it out of me. So after 24 hours of travelling we finally made it there. I really like Bangkok it has everything you can imagine (except the beach - but we have that at home so it was ok.) Something i loved was that they had these little fresh food carts on the streets. You could get half a pineapple cut up in a bag for 20 Baht which is less than a $1 or corn on a cob for 10 Baht. I loved it... fresh food as soon as you walk out of the hotel.
It was very hard to come home. As we laid in bed preparing to get up and mission it home I literally rolled over and told Joshua that we should stay in bed miss our flights and stay on our adventure forever. But alas reality calls and we had to go home to save for our next adventure.
I will post some photos soon but they are all on Joshuas camera so I have to wait for him to get back. Hope you are all well.
All our love,
Karen and Josh xo
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