Simple pleasures

Gosh, I haven't been here for a little while. I've been busy trying to get some sort of an editorial scheduled (sounds very professional, doesn't it?) going for Journeyer's Chronicles and doing committee work.

So over the last week or so, I've been smiling a lot about the kids. They are all so different, with their own little idiosyncrasies.

• DS (7) has developed an obsession for football that sees him playing, watching or reading about it at almost every opportunity.
• DD (5) is really coming out of her shell at kinder and is participating in show and tell now - a great step forward.
• DD (3) has been spending a lot of time at kinder with me while I take care of my committee duties. She has absolutely NO problems with her self-confidence. She is making friends and entertaining the teachers with her stories and antics.

DH finished the vegie garden today and we have planted our first batch of vegies. It will be interesting to see how they come along.

Vegie gardens

We received our latest Diggers Club catalogue during the week. Everyone in the family has been pouring over it, choosing which seeds we should buy for our soon to be made (this weekend) vegie garden. All the vegies look so yummy and surprisingly, the catalogue indicates that most of them will grow here. We'll have to wait and see.

The Wizard of Oz

Tonight we're watching The Wizard of Oz. I don't think I've seen it since I was a little girl. I enjoyed the songs and colours then. Considering when the movie was made, the special effects are just amazing. It's better this time around though because I can watch it without leaving the room or putting my hands over my eyes every time The Wicked Witch of the West comes on! I've also realised that the characters in the black and white portion at the start of the film are the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Lion.

Birthday smiles

Image via WikipediaToday is our son's 7th birthday. The look on his face this morning when he opened his presents to reveal Lego's was worth being woken at 5:45am for. He has spent the entire day building new Indiana Jones creations. I have even had to remind him to eat breakfast and lunch (unheard of).

Why do I always wonder what to buy for him. Legos win hands down every time.

Peas!

Tonight we picked our first peas from our little container vegie garden and ate them for dinner. Miss 5 was very excited and did the shelling. We didn't get very many each by the time they were split up between the five of us. But they were delicious, even more so being our first homegrown vegies.

Being productive

I have been listening to a lot of productivity books lately. Yesterday I decided to put some of what I've been listening to into action. I wrote down my to do list and throughout the day I kept asking myself

What is the best use of my time right now?

I got so much done. Best of all, a lot of it was stuff I'd been procrastinating on for ages. Go me!

Roses

I pruned our roses today. It is probably a little late for rose pruning, but that one of the reasons they're great plants. They'll pretty much take whatever you do (or don't do) to them and still give you a bunch of lovely blooms come spring.

I'd forgotten how much I enjoy pruning roses. There's something about it that I find very calming and relaxing (apart from one nasty incident with some thorns). Our roses are now looking very structured and ready for their spring burst of growth.

Blogging

I seem to have found a schedule that works for me on Journeyer's Chronicles. My schedule for last week was quite workable and I was able to get what I wanted done in much less time than I was previously taking. Lucky, as it's school holidays :-)

Summer

I just received the confirmation for our summer holiday in the mail. Only six months to wait.



Beach, here we come.

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Imagination

Our 3yo daughter has the most amazing imagination. She entertains us daylong with her stories, games and imaginary snacks. I sometimes wonder where it all comes from.

Home Sweet Home

The wind is howling outside. It's freezing and the rain is coming in sideways. The kids and I are still in our snuggly jammies. The house is warm. We don't need to be anywhere today. Lovely, lazy holidays.