Back To Basics Challenge - Week 6

What's happening in the garden

• Harvesting
•  Lettuce, beetroot leaves, last of turnips, first swede

• Observing
• Blueberry flowers

• Broccoli

• Zuchinni seedling nearly read to plant out

• Strawberry flowers

• Egg total : 16

What I've been doing

• Planning for The Future
•  Move pool fence (mentioned this a few weeks ago, but the devastating news that a 5yo drowned over in Galston last week has motivated us to focus on getting the fence moved asap - fence is safe as is, but its layout means that to get to and from shed, gate must be opened and there is a risk it may be left open when people are trying to get through with lawn mowers and wheelbarrows). 
• Tackle last daggy unloved bit of garden - get ready for planting up with pumpkins and melons - did start to do this but realised I was sick and went and laid down instead

• Working for the Future
• Weekly menu plan - detailed weekly lunch/dinner plan, used for making a shopping list - working well 
• Blog settling down in new format

• Fun Stuff
• Building Community
• Went to playgroup to see Mother's Group friends - was rewarded with pizza, cake and biscuits :)
• New family tradition: having special dessert when we get home from nighttime school thing/concert that kids have been involved in.  
• Learn a new Skill
• Old skill reused: Keeping germs to self

• Becoming less porky
• Present weight 75.3kgs (top of healthy weight range for my height: 67kgs)

Week Summary

• Sick, so shopping, cooking etc all fell by the wayside - need to get more ready meals in the freezer and have better plan for when I'm busy or out of action
• Attended Primary School Brass Concert - totally blown away by the talent shown by all the kids - fave part; drumming on chairs with sticks, was so cool.  Miss 6 was excellent Dingle Dangle Scarecrow. Miss 4 now wants to learn the trumpet.
•  House went from unacceptable to appalling (or Code Red) - hubs motivated to clean bathroom due to smell (smell actually coming from bin and dealt with three days ago - but am not going to tell him that).

:)