whats happening around the house..

Every time i step foot out of the house to go start my Christmas shopping ( very late this year )

i end up at the nursery looking at plants ( buying plants ) oops , oh well does make the gardens look good

and once they all grow I'm sure it will look fantastic out there :-) 

i took a couple of pictures of the veggie garden not that its flourishing yet but it will after all its only all been planted a couple of weeks ago .

also today i done a little baking thought it was time i pull my self out of this rut and spend some time baking a few treats , and i also spent a hour on my own today for the first time since mums been gone and do ya know what i did , i folded laundry and cried like a baby i mean really cried i am just so heartbroken still and it was good i guess to be able to just sit and howl like a baby with out the kids and partner in the house ( molly is having her own issues with toileting since mums gone and she is on the ball about me being sad or crying so I'm trying to be a bit braver in front of her , i know we all miss mum-nan a lot and molly often says i miss nan i think of her all the time and that coming from my little girl whom has autism is pretty special hearing her express her feelings - mum told me to take her out to the night sky and show her the biggest brightest star and tell her that's nan and we have done that :-) 

I"M LOVING SRING..

I must say I'm loving this warmer weather , and all the colour that comes with it spring is one of my favourite seasons.

Iv made the decisions not to enroll our 4 year old in to school next year , I'm going to home school her ,she is still not settling at the Autism center and she wont eat or drink while she is there unless I'm there and i just don't have the heart to send her to school while she is like this i can not see how she will learn while like this ,as a mum iv struggled with my decision iv layed awake crying in the middle of the night and the decision that has been made feels right ..so iv enrolled her in to gym lastics for interaction with other children (not that she likes to interact ) but still !!!

and she will have Sunday school , swim lessons and plenty of other opportunities and i think we will be fine , though I'm a little bit daunted about picking the right curriculum but I'm sure it will all fall in to place!

Any how iv been planting some flowers ,and we have been getting the vegetable gardens ready we collected lots of horse poo from a lady's property last weekend so that's been dug in just waiting for the weather down this neck of the woods to get a bit warmer before we start planting !!

Apart from all the decisions being made about molly we have been keeping busy with early intervention programs and what not , and organising things around the home iv got that lets spring clean thing brewing lol we have been doing lots of baking ,cooking and cleaning and it feels good to be cleaning green and cooking /baking from scratch tho i really feel its time to get a bit more exercise in now the weather is good lol walk of a few of these winter kilos off.












On a warm winters day...

On a warm winters day it's nice to get out in to the fresh air and enjoy the sun that shines ...just stay out of the shade brrrr , I'm sort of over winter already!!!

I haven't been Blogging much for one iv been busy with molly and taking her to her appointments for her therapy and what not we have our last assessment coming up in less than 2 weeks well we hope it will be the last just see what happens i guess and how molly is on the day , we have to travel away for it so we will stay a few extra nights sort of a Minnie holiday the break will do us good just hope we get good weather ...

Iv also had my head stuck in to a few good books i love winter for that purpose alone i guess its nice to snuggle up to a good book iv been giving our local library a good work out lol

well I'm hoping to catch up on all your blogs I'm not sure if I'll be on line much i have a lot to do before we head off the week after next but I'll be back on track when i get back home and hopefully my heart will be back in to blogging again I'll take lots of pictures while we are away hoping to get to the Botanical gardens while we are away to and a few other outings if the weather permits !

Take care my friends and i will be back in a couple of weeks xo

DANG FLU

I'm still alive ...just ,iv had my youngest to the doctors and a couple of hospital visits and i just new i would get this after some lady stood in the hall way coughing with out covering her mouth spreading filthy flu germs not to mention walking right near my 2 youngest girls heads and threw dirty tissues passed in stead of dropping them in the bin she threw them grrrrrr dirty cow is all i can say iv been so ill and still am though antibiotics are kicking in a bit the doctor gave me 2 weeks worth but now my youngest is very sick to the only thing is ,is trying to get her to take panadole for her temp and i know she has the aches with her worming around poor little Darling i know her pain and because she has special needs its hard to get through to her that its important to have her medication she just spits it strait out she even recognises it in juice SIGH , she has a doctors appointment tomorrow so hopefully they will give her something to clear it until then its just keeping well trying to get her to drink fluids and lots of cuddles i take advantage of them when she is unwell she only gives cuddles on her terms though i know she still loves us ,its not something she can help !!!

Any way take care and stay warm I'll be back to blogging as soon as all is well here! x
P.S I'm looking forward to catching up on all your blogs iv missed visiting :-)

It's going to be one Dang cold winter Brrrrrrrr

Gosh it's cold ..no its beyond cold this is the coldest iv felt it in Tasmania in a few years , and I'm sure missing my wood heater gas just doesn't seem to warm the house enough....

So there's been plenty of comfort food to warm our bones pumpkin soup ,fresh baked rolls , even a batch of Anzac's yummo!!

Yesterday i got a call from my daughters work to say she had jammed her fingers in the hinges of the office door ouch trip to the hospital to get them fixed up needles to say 3 finger nails are black !!!

I'm so glad our kids are on a 2 weeks school holidays we have been sleeping in a little snug as bugs in a warm bed  ahhhh it's sure gonna be a shock when we have to get back up at the crack of dorn brrrrr lol... anyhow better go i was hoping to catch up on everyone's blogs and doings tonight but its not the case hopefully tomorrow night i can ... stay warm!!!

Just pottering ....

Oh It's been one of those days pottering around doing this and that but yet i don't feel like iv done much ...mmmm maby its because all 4 children are here today no one at school work etc who knows lol

any how i used up the left over mini hot cross buns in a bread and butter pudding , still gathering tomatoes nearly 2 kilo sitting out there with more to pick tomorrow so might manage a small batch of relish or something along that line,, i started washing another harvest of potato's then talked my other half in to doing that while i wiped them dry and sat them on cake racks to dry ;-) i cooked some for dinner tonight yum strait from the garden to the dinner plate nothing quite like it ... I even got some lattes work for the garden at the Tip shop today for $2 and that was delivered lol how's that for a bargain!!! 

Just when you think it's going to be a great start to the new year BANG Gastro hits!!!!

Just dropping in to say hello and i hope everyone is all well ...

i must say i have had better weeks apart from our 3 year old we all came down with gastro this week, and has not been much fun at all our 15 year old is just getting over her dose of it i had to call in sick for her work yesterday but hopefully everything can go back to normal now ,well as normal as life can be i guess lol ...iv found some fantastic recipes i wont to share over the coming weeks very simple and frugal and that's what this year will be all about for us we have some BIG plans that we are working towards over the coming 18 months give or take so FRUGAL will be my middle name :-)

well my friends stay healthy i will be back to blogging really soon
Hugs Heidi x 
P.S i know the photo has nothing to do with the topic just thought I'd brighten up the page ;-)

Lazy days !

Ohhh i just love the summer holidays ,its so good not to be in a rush for school every morning ,no packing lunches sports gear library books and the list goes on .....

we had a quite Christmas here and it was nice the children enjoyed it though the youngest was a bit unsure under the tree Christmas morning she stayed back for a while but she soon joined in oh and don't you just love the look of excitement on there faces priceless..lol

the garden is doing OK lots and lots of lettuces being consumed ..tomatoes are not doing to well ..but the rest is coming along just fine :-)

zucchini's ,capsicums,chilli's are thriving very excited since this is our first year of growing ,only wish we had of started years ago,bu better late than never i guess....

Hello summer.....

Hello summer ...well not quite but it sure feels like it dang did i get sun burnt over the weekend ..though on a good note i did get all the paths ,driveway and pathers high pressure hosed and it looks so good it amazes me how much red dirt builds up over the winter months and mold on the steep drive so it needs to be done every spring, and we have been putting in some more veggie gardens i really wont to get plenty of tomatoes in to make some relish .. life is getting so busy now with school things Christmas things and a few extra things going on with my 3 year old it's all very stressful some days but i do love this time of year.. did i mention iv still got so much scrap booking to do i don't no when i will find the time but it has to be done before the middle of Jan :-o

hopefully i will get a chance to start doing some Christmas baking soon , i know there's normally plenty to do with kids break up party's ect but its great fun and there is a few good little helpers to help!!

busy as a bee !

Hello everyone hope all is well in your neck of the woods !! it's been pretty busy here with appointments ,Christmas shopping and ....not getting much crafting or scapbooking getting  done  Dang .. but any way i guess it is a busy time of the year with lots on I'm counting down the weeks now to the kids break up for there 7 week summer Holidays i think they finish school on the 16th of December this year yay .. ..I'm hoping to get some sewing done this week and some scrap booking ,iv got some more seedlings that need planting ,the weather says rain all week grrrrrrrr and since iv been out more than in over the last week a back load of laundry to catch up on mainly towls , all the school uniforms are done though there is a pile of ironing singing out lol ah well i guess we would be lost if we didn't have something to keep us busy :-)

A few changes !!

Hello i haven't done all the Christmas stuff as yet though i have been doing a few changes to things colour wise anyhow iv had this Christmas fire screen for a few years but never really loved the colour it didn't blend in so i gave it a coat of burgany craft paint and it came up OK :-) i really wont to get a few things finished off ..so i can set up for Christmas ..though the teenagers are like saying wait it's to early ,then i have the 2 younger ones saying lets do it lol I'm with them :-) the rain has finally gone for now anyhow though it's still very cold with that wind i guess it's typical spring weather for Tasmania :-)

                                                                     After shot !

GETTING READY FOR SUMMER !

My little helper is at it again she loves to be out side and helping out these picture's were taken a few days ago ,unfortunately it's been raining for the last 2 days and she is becoming restless being indoors :-(

but on a good note we have dragged all the Christmas stuff out to get reacquainted with it ..lol i was going to try and wait till after the 7th of November that's my daughters Birthday ...but it;s just to exciting and I'm such a Christmas freak ..and our son his home for the long weekend and we never do the family tree with out all of us being here soooo it looks like it will be going up tomorrow :-)

baking,crafting,oh and red dirt .....

Not a lot going on of late just a bit of baking ,gardening ,and i did manage to start on some more crafting yay it feels good to be floating along doing what needs to be done around the house slowly but surely I'm getting there i wont to get a few more projects done over the weekend ,so i can start sorting through photo's of my son so i can start on his scrap booking , and i was thinking next weekend i will start with the big spring clean ...oh i love that because i know its getting closer to Christmas.

tho i also know i will be busy cleaning windows,going over every think from top to bottom,high pressure hosing the paths out side and unpacking all the out door furniture from the garage i just love these warm months...



Nans homemade soup recipe yum !

                                             
                                                 iv started on making some christmas crafts :-)

fresh new look !!

   busy busy we have been having a spring make over  here is a before look at  the colour on the walls....................                               

and a after look fresher don't you think ?                                                 

     the colour was called pineapple decent these pics don't do the colour justis                         

 it feels and looks so much fresher and brighter I'm loving it ....               

       the valances were made up out of a $10 roll of fabric from the op shop now that's a bargain ..... until next time take care :-)  ps I'm off to strip wall paper from the laundry and toilet !!!