Wordless Wednesday 22 May

It has been a few weeks since I have time to post for Wordless Wednesday but here we go.  Today you can see my disabled son scared of electrical storms at night. We have been having a lot of them lately. Thank fully he is not unhooking himself from his pump and overnight feed to walk down the hallway and tell us that he is scared.

 I am linking this up to Trish at My Little Drummer Boys.

Monday Menu 20 May

I am feeling the need for some winter food so here is my menu.

Monday   I love soup so Pumpkin Soup  with homemade bread.

Tuesday  crockpot meal. on rice

Wednesday  spaghetti bolognaise

Thursday   chicken drum sticks with baked potatoes and salad

Friday  french onion soup

Saturday   baked falafel balls  with rice and salad.

Sunday  Leftovers.

I am linking this post to I'm an Organising Junkie.

Fridays Finds on Monday # 38

Very belatedly as I have been sick here are my links for this week.

• ever stuck for paper for your child to use for homework.  For an emergency then this printable paper site is just for you.
• My favourite soup for the winter.  So easy to make and loved by all.
• What about designing your own business card.
• Companion planting for my new garden.
• I love this post from eighteen25 blog

I hope you like these links

April in Numbers

I know I am a little late but the month not sooner finished and the school holidays were over.  Once again we were back into full swing.

• 12 days of March were school holidays.  The end of term 1 which unusually had 11 weeks in it so everyone in our house was really tired.
• My husband and I had for the very first time 4 days and night with no children at home.  We really didn't know what to do with ourselves. 
• Did you know that when you fly around New Zealand domestically your 12 year old is classed as an adult but when flying without an adult they are still a child.  As if I did not know that my lovely 12 year old is still a child.

• It rained finally.  After many months without rain and having to buy rain twice we finally have day enough rain.  Now all I can say is that we don't need any more...50,000 litres of water tanks are now full.  So rain please stop.
• The ride on mower is now officially irreparable.  So now it takes 3.5 hours to hand mow it and because it is raining the grass is growing ....fast.  Here is my grass after it being mown.

• My little boy who is 9 spent his last day at his school.  He is moving to a new school.  It was a sad and exciting moment for him.  
• The winter sport, hockey, trials we held and teams names with both my children excited about the teams they are in.  What hockey means for our Saturday morning is usually two games at two different destinations.  We are left charging around Auckland.
• My term of 0.5 work (2 1/2 ) days a week has turning into 0.7 days (3 1/2).  This is good news as it gives me steady work without being full time.

I am linking this very belatedly to Notes of Paper

Fridays Fabulous Finds #37

My blogging has been sporadic of late but hopefully things will settle down and I will get back into routine.

Here are this weeks links to take a look at.

• printing on post its.  It seems to be a popular thing to do at the moment.
• then there is this article on holiday planning for staycationers.
• what about a printable globe complete with instructions. 
• what about your own chalkboard fonts.  Now you might be able to make your own subway art.
• I love this blog post about happiness.  I don't know if I have shared it before but it is worth another look if I have.

Mondays Menu 6 May

Winter is really here and we now are thinking of nice warm meals to have in the evenings.

Monday  beef stew on rice

Tuesday  stir fry chicken on noodles (using the coconut cream stir fry recipe)

Wednesday  felafel balls on rice with green salad

Thursday   zucchini loaf with baked potatoes and veges

Friday   meatloaf with salad

Saturday   pizza with left over vegetables

Sunday  Homemade hamburgers.

I am linking this post to I'm an Organising Junkie

Mondays Menu 29 April

Here is my menu for the week.  My children are all back from their holidays so we are back in full momentum

Monday  takeaways (DH and myself)

Tuesday   spaghetti bolognese.

Wednesday  Fried Rice (a new recipe)

Thursday   Sriracha Barbecue Chicken with green salad.

Friday  Slow cooker Italian Meatballs

Saturday  Hippie Hash

Sunday  Leftovers

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie

Fridays Fabulous Five #36

Here I am and it is Friday with my on time post of fabulous finds this week.

• What about a few ideas and fabulous download to help organise all those papers you have in your house from Pinch a little save a lot blog.
• Have you ever wondered how to crochet?  How about a visit to Meet Me at Mikes with a post linking you to all her videos and post about granny squares.

(photo source)

• If you are a digital scrapbooker you might like this post about turning text into a spiral path.
• If you love fonts like me then this post over at Bits of Everything
• Finally since I love fonts then I thought I might try and use some of them into a blog post in the near future.

Link me up if you find something that you would love to share.

Wordless Wednesday 24 April

Photographed yesterday as we were tidying up branches in our paddocks with my little point and snap camera.

 

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys

What is it?

 The tree that this fruit comes from was saved and transplanted 18 months ago when we moved into this house. It smells like a citrus and spikes like some lemon and lime trees have. With this knowledge we assumed that it was a lemon / lime tree. This tree has struggled somewhat with its move but this year produced fruit. Surprisingly we have no idea what the fruit is. The fruit is quite lumpy and bumpy. We have not tasted it as we are not even sure if it is safe to do so. We don’t even know if the photo shows the fruit ripe.

 Hmmmm what a mystery we have in our backyard.

I scrapbooked it too.

 

(credits for this are found here at Nuts4Digi)