Kahlee Rose

25. Smile at 100 strangers

1. Lady with kids on escalator
2. Visiting lady at work
3. New Mail Lady
4. Man at elevator
5. Waitress at dinner
6. Lady with sweet potatoes in vegetable section
7. Sales Assistant at Dymocks
8. Lady with baby at Coffee Club
9. Lady at Check-In, Sydney to NYC
10. Concierge at Trump Towers
11. Sales Assistant at Marc Jacobs counter
12. Man “driving” horse and carriage in Central Park
13. Concierge at the NYC Palace
14. Bellboy at the Palace
15. Waiter at Gilt
16. Sales Assistant at Magnolia Bakery
17. Sales Assistant on shoe floor at Saks
18. Pole Dancer’s friend in our trapeze class
19. Trapeze Instructor
20. Lady walking her Westie in the Village
21. Man at Check-In, NYC – Sydney (who upgraded us for free!)
22. Flight Attendant who brought me tea, NYC – Sydney
23. Guy with pram
24. Elderly man with umbrella
25. Sales Assistant at QBD
26. Lady with umbrella
27. Lady in elevator with briefcase
28. Lady with coffee
29. Older man in elevator
30. Man with baby
31. Lady at Clinque Counter, DJs, Melbourne
32. Sales Assistant at Spotlight
33. Sales Assistant at Bodyshop
34. Lady with kids at Smiggle
35. Guy at Lenards
36. Man at Absolutely bookstore
37. Man with puppy at Vet
38. Lady with dog who tried to eat my dog
39. Lady with Cairn Terrier
40. Sales Assistant at Big W
41. Man at Check-In, Darwin – Sydney
42. Lady checking us in at the Westin
43. Couple with Westie on Oxford Street
44. {Couple with Westie on Oxford Street}
45. Waiter at Cafe Escobar
46. Sales Assistant at Kookai
47. Sales Assistant at Zimmerman
48. Waiter at bills, Darlinghurst
49. Japanese tourists in Martin Place who needed help reading their map
50. {Japanese tourists in Martin Place who needed help reading their map}
51. Bus Driver #326
52. Bus Driver #398
53. Waitress at the Bogey Hole, Bronte
54. “Gary” – Sydney FC Game
55. “Charlie” – Sydney FC Game
56. “Zane” – Sydney FC Game
57. Lady on #380 who offered seat {Bless}
58. Lady and daughter asking directions
59. Lady holding daughter’s hand telling husband they’d go up a shop as they didn’t want to look in EB Games {I hear you}
60. Lady at Mimco
61. Lady breastfeeding her baby
62. Lady with baby getting out of elevator
63. Man at Omelette Station at the Westin
64. Man at Juice Station at the Westin
65. Lady carrying baby in Mosaic, Westin
66. Cab driver, Sydney
67. Lady at Check-In, Sydney to Darwin
68. Guy at Toyota
69. New Security Guard
70. Older lady with puppy
71. New Vet
72. Guy who moved trolley
73. Creepy looking guy
74. Man at Parap Fine Foods
75. Sales Assistant at PFF
76. Lady at Deli
77. Lady with funky necklace in coffee shop
78. Music Therapy Man
79. Music Therapy Man with guitar
80. Music Therapy Man with ukulele
81. Old couple walking their dog
82. {Old couple walking their dog}
83. Waitress at Char
84. Security man at JB Hi-Fi
85. Pretty lady with sunglasses
86. Man who let me go first at newsagency
87. Lady at Medicare
88. Lady at Post Office
89. Man at Newsagency
90. Guy with orange pram
91. Lady entering Petbarn
92. Sales Assistant at Petbarn
93. Young family walking
94. Girl eating apple
95. Lady at vet with pretty dog
96. New lady on floor
97. Kids gushing over Molly
98. Sales Assistant at Cue
99. New Barista at coffee shop
100. Man who delivered birthday flowers and bubbly the day before my birthday

The hardest thing about this 25 by 25 item was remembering to make note of people I smiled at! I realised that I smile at strangers more than I first thought … and the more I smiled at people I didn’t know, the more comfortable I felt with it. I also noticed that some strangers gave me odd looks -  what does that say about the world we live in?

19. Have a night at the ballet

Romeo and Juliet at the Lincoln Center followed by Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and Cake at Serendipity3, in May 2009.

23. See Phantom of the Opera at the theatre

A show on Broadway, preceded by a five-course meal at GILT (New York Palace) – I couldn’t have asked for a better night.

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20. Fart in a crowded space

Another item crossed off my 25 by 25 list – in David Jones at the Boxing Day Sales in Sydney.

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Looks like last year’s non-resolutions were winners – I’m sticking with them again this year.

Welcome, 2010!

… for my blog re-design!

… to put my 30 page assignment in the post. I can’t look at it any longer.

… for dinner and drinks with friends tonight.

… for our new car to arrive in the country – it should be up here by the end of the month!

… to go shopping for new air-conditioners for the house … let the renovations begin.

Visit Buttons by Lou Lou, and play along!

21. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge

I know the post is a few months late, but just noting another 25 by 25 goal was completed. I still can’t believe we were in New York, for the second time, in May!

This is how far behind in my posts I am .. Telle {one of my favourite bloggers} posted this a month ago.

Head on over to Fat Mum Slim to see my Everyday Everybody interview with Chantelle!

… for the arrival of Molly’s new Burberry collar!

When we first picked her up at ten weeks, she weighed just shy of a kilo – a whole 900g – and the collar swam on her. Now, a year later, my pumba tips the scales at 6.1kg – and I’ve had to order a size or two up.

You know things are sad when you’re looking forward to the arrival of a (rather expensive) dog collar. If it makes it any better, I’m also waiting on a shipment of DVDs from Amazon.com, and the delivery of a new Tupperware Rice Cooker. No? Didn’t think so ..

Visit Buttons and join in the fun!

Last month, the lovely Dana at Between Two Worlds kindly tagged me for a Lovely Blog Award. Such a sweet gesture – thank you, Dana!

The One Lovely Blog Award rules are: Accepting the award you have to post it on your blog, together with the name of the person who has granted it and his/her link. Then pass the award to other 15 blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the boggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

In no particular order, I nominate:

1. Daydream Lily
2. Sweet Sweet Life
3. Yellowgoat
4. Making It Lovely
5. Pancakes and French Fries
6. Colour Me Happy
7. Made By Girl
8. Brown Button
9. La La Lovely
10. Girl with Satchel
11. Manganese Blue
12. Ink On My Fingers
13. Mocking Bird
14. Coco & Kelley
15. A Cup of Jo