I’ve been trying hard to do a new recipe each week since these days Mr
S tends to do most of the cooking and I want to keep my “skills” up to scratch. Last Monday I tried a dried fruit slice. There
was far too much fruit in the slice even though I had followed the
instructions.
Mr S has got a vegie garden up and running but there’s still
much to do. We could only do so much. We don’t have a ute and we were not willing to pay $40+ to have
sleepers delivered 4 kilometres down the road, but fortunately for us my
brother is coming over today to help us out. I planted 8 broccoli plants a few
weeks ago but there are only three left. Mr S is having more luck with spring
onions, carrots, peas, spinach and lettuce, planted in the bed above.
In a roundabout way I’m trying “live simply” at work as I declutter
my many folders. I keep hundreds of worksheets. Many are filed, some are not. I
finally had some time this week to tidy my desk but I decided to approach it a
little differently. In the past I would keep everything. My idea now is to keep
only one copy of each file, with a view to reducing as much of the paper as
possible, working towards having a copy of most files on the computer. Even
though it means throwing away lots of paper, I have to admit I can’t always
find things because I have way too much.
Wow! Holidays are good. We had lovely weather today so I
suggested we go for a walk around Newport Lakes and visit the Native Nursery. The
lakes and parkland have been reclaimed from an old quarry. It was very pleasant
until Mr S saw a snake and I quickly took a detour. Later on we saw a lizard
trying to blend in with its surroundings. Mr S does not like snakes either so I
think it will be a while before we head back there again.
Often my weekends are taken up with housework and schoolwork.
I couldn’t help thinking how nice it is to be able to get out and enjoy life.
Now that spring is here I hope we can do more of this: relaxing, getting out of
the house, enjoying the local area, and doing it all simply. No cost or little
cost (just an icecream today). No stress (except when there’s a sign of a
snake). Easy on us, easy on the environment.
