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My Daybook: January 20th, 2015
Outside my window… the sun is shining, though thankfully it’s far cooler today than recent days I am thankful… that a loved one’s health is improving. It’s been a long road but the ‘light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter’ :):) I am thinking… about the direction for our local homeschool support group this year. I created a survey for our group and slowly forms are trickling in, first we need to know the needs of all and then we’ll tackle how to meet those needs. Collating the information tonight, and then taking it all to a planning meeting tomorrow. Learning all the time… the new school year…
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A Give Away:) – Rescue: Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture
When I was invited to review (and host a give away of) Rescue: Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture by Candy Gibbs I was most intrigued. Cindy Gibbs is the Executive Director of the CareNet Pregnancy Centers in Amarillo, Texas and as someone assisting young people through potentially the most challenging months of their lives I felt her advice would be worthwhile. Mrs Gibbs uses the analogy of a Coast Guard Rescue swimmer who is us, parents, who are trying to rescue our children from this tumultuous culture in which we live. We need flexibility, strength and endurance to battle for our children. Each chapter is broken into; commentaries from…
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Fence Comes Down
The fence along our driveway and around our orchard has been rotted for sometime, Spotted Gum is not a good choice when white ants are present. Michelangelo(15) decided the time had come for the fence to go, and forthwith he ‘marshaled the troops’ and organised his labour force Sometimes your children really surprise you in a pleasant way. The children worked on this project for hours under the blazing sun, totally alone, with no assistance, no direction, as PC and I were busy with other projects The bulk of the labour force was Michelangelo, Princess (13) and Jelly Bean (10), with help from the younger boys…
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Love to Hear Your Voice: A Reader Survey
Can you believe nine years have passed since I first picked up the pen keyboard here! Some months the words and pictures have flowed easily and frequently, other months sparsely. One thing is a certainty though, I’m so glad (and so is my family) that I’ve continued blogging all these years. What memories I’ve captured that certainly wouldn’t have been recorded at all otherwise. I’ve definitely grown as a writer and more recently as a photographer, developing and honing my skills, crafting words and pictures together brings me pleasure ’cause nurturing creativity is important, really important. Without you though, my dear reader, we couldn’t have a conversation, we couldn’t be…
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My Daybook: January 5th, 2015
Outside my window… the day is beginning, hopefully it won’t be a scorcher I am thankful… for a full house, fourteen people in total. All ten of our children are currently home, and we have a couple of special young ladies visiting as well. Our son’s girlfriend and my 22 year old sister. Fun times I am thinking… about a couple of big de-cluttering jobs I want to tackle. The shipping container, it’s a mess, I can’t walk in and The Shed but…. venturing into a man’s shed with de-cluttering in mind does not make for marital harmony, maybe I should re-think the second Learning all the time… holidays still,…
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Reading Goals: 2015
Reading for me is a passion, it’s simply a non-negotiable, some people must eat chocolate, I must read, well I must consume chocolate too;) I learnt to read at the age of four (so my mother informs me) and I’ve devoured print ever since. I’m a fast reader and I’m voracious, reading an average of 200+ books a year. Once upon a time I used to be more choosy in my selections, or at least included some substance with the fluff but for the last few years I’ve, um been reading less substantial matter, so it’s time to give myself some direction to aid in ‘taking it up a notch…
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2015: A Brand New Year
Happy New Year!:) I’m always excited to greet the beginning of a new year, fresh with new possibilities, new adventures to live, new dreams to unfurl. This year in part I’m also a little keen to usher out 2014, which whilst a year of many, many, blessings, was also a year of many challenges. I enjoy setting goals for the New Year, this action gives me clarity and direction, by thinking about and recording my goals I have a good chance of reaching many of them. I’m realistic in knowing that it’s all a ‘work in progress’ and each year isn’t that dissimilar to the last, I’m happy with that.…
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14 Things I Learnt in 2014
I know I’ve already shared a few reflections about 2014, but when I read Gina’s 14 Things I Learnt in 2014 (thanks for the HT: Theresa) I couldn’t resist joining the fun. Yes I know her post really says Learned but that’s American speak, I was compelled to change the wording to English, so Learnt it is;) So the first fourteen things that come to mind…. 1. Savouring your baby’s first year in your 40s has a different tone to enjoying your baby in your 20s, the feeling just goes ‘down to the bones’. 2. Talking about your 40s, this decade does change you in many ways, and I’ve finally accepted…
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10 Reflections on 2014
The conclusion of a year always brings forth reflections on the closing year for me, I tend to think along the lines of ‘what do I take from the old to the new year’. Maxabella has posed several reflection questions which I thought worth pondering upon. 1. What word do you think best summed up 2014? Savour and nurture, as I can never say just one word;) Ten days before the dawn of the New Year we were blessed with our baby daughter Bella, she is also our tenth child. We could be considered ‘older parents’ though we don’t really feel like we are, yet in some ways we do as…
