Also, Camilla is on of my all-time faves. Her style is very different from mine but I appreciate that she’s *totally* unique, plus she just seems super cool and I wish she were my friend. =)

1. My cats. They are simply brilliant.

2. My friends. I’ve been contemplating last year’s events and how lucky I am to have them.

3. Black tea. Not the healthiest of drinks, I know, but if a nice cuppa manages to calm and soothe me, it can’t be that bad either.

4. Fried potatoes – I could just eat them all day (and sometimes I do).

5. A little book called “Save the world for a fiver”. Lovely ideas to help you make this world a better place. Everyone should have a copy of it, so I’ve started buying loads (mostly second-hand) and giving them to friends or just leaving them in cafés etc. for anyone who might be interested.

6. Care2 – an internet platform for people who want to do good. I’m very concerned about the state of our planet and where it’ll all end, and get frustrated because most people seem completely ignorant (or just choose not to see what’s going on, which is even more frustrating). Care2 has almost 18 million members and makes it so easy for them to do good: by signing or setting up petitions, distributing information, or making donations without having to spend any money (!!).

7. A new year beginning and all the possibilities and opportunities that I’m sure are waiting for me. :)

Good luck to all of you,

Bettina

Happy New Year!

The ‘holidays’ are were fun but a teensy bit over, and now our holidays are starting. Tomorrow! We’re going camping in Tasmania for a few weeks. Yaaaaay!

Homemade iced tea. In all sorts of variations, with black, green, herbals and with all sorts of flavourings and other stuff – it’s glorious, and a much loved refreshment in this past few days of 39C (102.2F).

Ninety-Six. My score (tertiary education rank) for getting into uni, which means that I get into the clinical nutrition course, which means I am super stoked. Plus, 96 is pretty damn good in general, so I’m pretty pleased with myself.

This lady, Miranda ‘Queen Of Tassie Forests’ Gibson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auIzAC-QiZM
She’s been working in blockades and other protection of Tassie’s [non world heritage listed, but should be] old-growth forests for ages and has taken on a solo mission to personally protect a coupe that was promised to be protected by our Prime Minister and Forestry Tasmania in August 2011.
She spent Christmas day in her sit, opening her presents with her family over Skype, 60 metres above the ground.
She is amazing.