I have some TV watching planned this weekend

Learning to garden, and garden successfully, isn’t an easy feat.  Ok, for some it may be, but not me, that’s for sure.

So I’m quite excited about a new programme starting up on Prime TV on Sunday at 7pm.  It’s hosted by Lynda Hallinan – editor of the NZ Gardener magazine.  Each week she will be leading a family new to gardening through the paces of creating a garden and growing their own food.

The programme is called Get Growing with NZ Gardener and I’m really looking forward to it.  I have so much to learn and think this might be a fun way to do it.

My 2010 Calendar

It's called: Pretending to be a Normal Person Day after Day is Exhausting! A calendar that celebrates the Wonderful Wacky Woman you Truly are.

I LOVE IT!

Each month has a saying and a bit of blurb.

January is:

This above all: to thine ownself be true.

William Shakespeare wrote, "This above all: to thine ownself be true." Boy, did he nail it on the head!

A lot of us go through phases were we think we have to be, act, and look like everyone else in order to fit in.
I tried it, and it didn't work. Now I realise God doesn't want an orchestra of identical instruments all playing the same tune, so I let go of the status quo and decided to just be me.
Besides, pretending to be a normal person day after day is exhausting.

I think I'm going to "let go of the status quo" as well. I'm ME. Not you or her. I'm me. And I think I'm the best person for me to be.

I'm looking forward to checking out each month, and just being me.

Let's learn to grow vegies

Learning to garden, and garden successfully, isn’t an easy feat.  Ok, for the greenfingered ones amongst us,  it may be, but not me, that’s for sure.

So I’m quite excited about a new programme coming up on TV very soon.  It’s hosted by Lynda Hallinan – editor of the NZ Gardener magazine.  Each week she will be taking a family that is new to gardening through the highs and lows of growing their own food.

The programme is called Get Growing with NZ Gardener and I’m really looking forward to it.  I have so much to learn and think this might be a fun way to do it, so I'll be sitting back, probably recording it as well, with pen and paper in hand ready to improve my gardening skills.  I'm sure my garden will love me for it.

It's looking better . . .

but it's still not quite right!!

 

Playing catch up.

The following few posts are catch up ones because I didn't want to go into the New Year behind the eight ball so to speak.

It's currently 9.42pm on the 31st  . . . Happy Birthday Veronica . . . Dallas is snoozing before we head down to Picton to party on the foreshore and watch the fireworks display.  Sad old Blenheim is not celebrating in the New Year - great disappointment all around!

OK - well - see you all next year . . .

Have a safe and happy New Year everyone.

Something is missing -

Can you guess what it is???  

This is a typical Smith job - things never quite go in the order they should **sigh**

All animals were very helpful with the hole digging.  Nearly had a couple of headless chooks running around.

The girls looking for worms in a newly dug hole.

Do you think they can read??

So what are we doing, I hear you ask.  Well, the plan is to fence off the vegie garden.  It was quite delightful to begin with, watching the chooks shred the vegies to bits.  Not so much now, though.  Especially as I want to plant a whole lot of new seedlings!  I do have to say that they are doing a great job of digging up the potatoes at the moment.  No dig taties - I like that!

25 December 2009

Christmas Day dawned clear and bright.  After doing the usual morning routine - feeding and exercising animals - the boys finally woke up.  It's certainly not like it used to be when the four of them were little - Santa had to bring them a box of cereal each just to make them eat breakfast - they were so excited they usually didn't want any!!!

Then we packed up some food and when to Carlenes for lunch.

Nana, Josh, Dallas & Bruce

Kaye, Lisa, Dallas & Carlene

Nana & Josh

Mother & Daughter - Kaye & Carlene

Bruce (and the answer to the question on the TShirt is YES!!)

Cheesey Dallas

We had a lovely meal and get together.  Headed  home after lunch, made some calls and texts to family and friends, then sister Anne came around and we had a light evening meal with lashings of dessert!

Weekend before Santas visit ~

Karl & Ricki couldn't make it home for Christmas, so we visited with them the weekend before.  On the Saturday we travelled down it was Liams 19th birthday:

Pizza and pressies at the Motel . . .

 

The next day was Rickis 21st birthday ~ a quick pressie opening before he had to go to work:

 

He had been out with his mates the night before - didn't get home until 5am then we got him up early to go and see Avatar.  He was a bit under the weather!!

Then we went out for lunch:

Dallas & Josh

Karl & Ricki

Ricki & Me

Liam afterwards

We came back from Christchurch with some goodies, too . . . a couple of Trade Me wins - 5 Wasgijs for Linda and a hutch for me . . .

I have plans to strip it and French Country it this coming year.

Preparing for Christmas

Got lazy this year.  Couldn't be bothered putting the tree up, so just put some Santas around the place.

The Kitchen display:

The Entry Display (the light doesn't do it justice):

 

 

 

My new (to me)pride and joy

Isn't she lovely!!