I was reading through my blog roll today and found this inspring post from http://slowlivingessentials.blogspot.com.au/ it is another way of looking back over the past month and seeing how you have progressed towards achieving goals and then sharing with other like minded people.
Now I am only very early into this new lifestyle of living a more simplier life and changing the way we do things, but this participating in this will only help keep me focused and inspired by others to continue to make the changes. So here goes:
PREPARE:- (Stockpile and Preserves) Hmm this is one category that I haven't added to this month. I have read a fair bit about stockpiling over the years and am planning on establishing and adding to a stockpile. This is definetly something I can work towards next month.
REDUCE:- I made soap into body wash this month and was able to reuse two bottles from my recyling to do so. I have refused unneccesary plastic bags as shops when only purchasing a small number of items. I am reducing eletricity and for the 25 days we recorded our electricity usaeage in Jan we average 13.7 Kw per day.
GREEN:- I research a green way to clean my windows, so simple, so easy and what a brilliant result.
GROW:- One that I can easily fill in, this month we established our vegetable garden and we are have growing at the moment, corn, pumpkin, squash, gerhkins, cucumber, beetroot, beans, raddish and lettuce.
CREATE:- Nothing to exciting here, could I included that fact that I created a vegetable garden plan using a great website http://www.growveg.com/gardenplanner/gardenplanner.html . I also created a medication chart for my boys. I also created a website for my Year 9 Maths class.
DISCOVER: I am reading text books for uni, I am studying my Graduate Certificate in Learning Disabilities and am currently reading - Your Going to Love This Kid, its about austistic children in school. Intersteing stuff. I am still discovery several blogs that I am reading which I am finding very inspriational - these are listed in my blog roll.
ENHANCE: This month I volunteered at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament as an Usher working there for 8 days. With my boys they did a photo shoot for Big W for their Big Hearts for Sick Kids Fundraiser trying to raise money for all kinds of sick kids.
ENJOY: My boys were in hospital for two weeks this month and we made sure that as a family we enjoyed our time together. It was the first time they had been admitted at the same time. My mum had her birthday and I dedicated a blog post to how much she means to us all. I also enjoyed hearing about Aidan first half day at Kindy and Jordans first day of year 7.
I'm so happy you decided to join in, Sheridan. With all that's going on in your life you still find time to focus on a simpler life. My hat goes off to you. :) xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, I am still a work in progress but it is happening slowly, slowly and as we all know its the tortoise that wins the race.
DeleteYou are truly an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThank you Purple pear, but truly I am just a mum who does what she can.
DeleteSorry to hear your boys were in hospital.
ReplyDeleteThe range of vegetables you have growing in your garden already is impressive! Enjoy the gardening and pasta kneading :-)
Thank you Tricia, unfortunitly the boys in hospital is just par for the course with Cystic Fibrosis and we just have to manage as best we can. I can't wait to add to our vegetables with the new beds we have on order.
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