Fridays Fabulous Five #35

Well the school holidays are here.  Thank goodness I say as I need a break from the hectic routine that comes from having growing children in the house.

• I came across this word Mindfulness today and did a little search and thought I would share this link.
• I love these bookmarks. 
• How about a great diy bow to put on a gift 
• Then there is a little something to bake....banana bread with chocolate and hazel nuts.
• since painting and gardening are a focus in my house at the moment this link might just help keep the creative juices flowing.

Wordless Wednesday 17 April

Even though as I type this it is drizzling with rain I know that it is not enough to fill our tanks or really break the drought in my area.  Fingers crossed that is not the case or else we will be doing a little more of this.

Just look how many men it takes to put the hose in the tank.

 

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys.

When you don't/ can't eat enough food.

Have you ever wondered what it looks like when you can't/ won't eat enough food?  Well here is what approximately 3 months of food for my son who is not hungry enough to eat (due to consuming about 4 litres of water each 24 hours.

 Ok so there is some on the back seat of our little car too.  It is all liquid and all delivered through his mickey button as he refuses to drink it.  I know hard to believe he wont drink it when his is always so thirsty. But for him it is water or milk and that is it.  No point forcing it as he will just vomit is back up.  To be fair the brown boxes hold the food that is delivered over night as there are not enough house in the daytime. 

Hmmmm. 

I wonder how all this will change when his kidneys finally fail?

Monday Menu 15 April

The last week of the school term with winter sport just starting and I tired.  Anyway bravely I decided that I needed to try some new recipes so here we go.

Monday  Curry Chicken Pasta

Tuesday   schnitzel with spicy pizzaiola sauce

Wednesday meatballs with pasta, mushroom and spinach  ( Something similar to this)

Thursday  three cheese lasagna

Friday pizza homemade

Saturday  chicken pie with salad

Sunday  leftovers.

sorry not so many of these recipes could be found on line this week.

I am linking this page to I'm an Organised junkie

Friday Fabulous five #34

Here again is my list of favourite finds for this week.

• some simple printable Thank You cards from How About Orange
• a lovely tutorial from Simply Tiffany Studios on how to create clean and simple scrapbooking pages. 
• Oh my if I wanted to create a table setting with a little bling then this is it, instructions and all.
• If only I did not have one heck of a busy life and terrible clay as the base to my soil I would live to be here with this blogger.
• Having recently had my email account hacked this article from the Guardian, UK made for an interesting read.

Wordless Wednesday 10 April

Hayden painting with water.  He is imitating his Dad.

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys

March in Numbers

What a busy month in house....well maybe that is the normal in my house.

So here are my numbers featuring number 2.

• we had to buy 2 lots of  water to put in  our water tanks due to the ongoing drought.  Here we are with the water tank at our house 7.30 in the morning.  We were his second delivery that day.

•  2 mornings of rain that's it since Boxing Day 2012.

Nothing like a happy rain dance when you get a little respite from the weather.

• Hayden had 2 blood test 2 weeks apart because his creatinine level was very high even for him.  He has kidney disease.
• We had to buy 10 bails of hay to keep the cow in our paddocks fed.
• 320sq m of tin roof that makes up our house/ garage/ carport and 'man cave' was prepared and painted twice.  150sq m of deck is underway.

• I/2 of our rather large wood shed is filled with enough fire wood, sourced (from a recyclable source) felled, split, moved and stacked.  I have to say in the middle of a drought it does not feel like we need fire wood ....but I really know better.  So I am happy that once those crisp cool days of winter hit us we will be able to walk around the house with our shorts and t'shirts on and the house will be lovely and dry.
• Hockey started in our house with 2 days of musters and team selection,  to mark the ominous arrival of all those Saturday mornings of sport about to start.
• I lost my car keys for the 2nd time in 18 months.  I am keen to find a solution to this problem I see to have.  Just maybe a bit of technology that helps with the find component might just help.

I am linking this post to Julie at Notes on Paper

Wordless Wednesday 3 April

I download the photos from my camera and found this little shadow dance performed and recorded by my daughter finger smudge and all.  I must say I had a little laugh when I saw it.

I am linking this Post to My Little Drummer Boys.

Monday Menu 1 April

Well another week is here and so my menu is reflects that we are reaching the end of the school term and winter sport (yes I said winter while we are still in the middle of a summer drought) is just gearing up.

Monday  Stir fry ...my version as I am using left overs

Tuesday  bbq chicken with potato baked and salad

Wednesday  curry chicken pasta

Thursday  vegetable and macaroni cheese bake

Friday  homemade pizza

Saturday  ham and asparagus quiche with salad

Sunday   Leftovers

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie

Fridays Fabulous 5 #33

Well here I am Easter Sunday and posting this

• Had a little look at stevia and how to grow and use it.  So here is a little article I really liked and it was easy to understand.
• I had a bit of art printed onto canvas.  I used a new to me company and took the plunge for the first time and I have to say that I love the out come.  

•  My daughter is going through the 'I can't sleep phase'.  I have tried may things to get her to change the bad habit she has now created but enough is enough.  Anyway I found this little bit of a post about sleep and teens and it made for an interesting read.
• After loosing my house keys twice in 18 months I am beginning to think I need one of these.
• With winter looming ever closer I stumbled across a pinterest soups and stews group and thought I would share.