AROUND THE HOUSE
I really like this idea of decluttering. For sometime now we have been considering having another baby. Almost every morning, in those semi-awake hours, I lay in bed thinking about how I would arrange my house to accomodate another little person. Ideally they would have their own room which would mean finding somewhere in our not-so-big house to put a computer desk and spare bed for visitors to sleep in! Quite a challenge!! In the dreamy hours of the morning I have a lovely extension planned with a huge new lounge-living area and a new deck...and then I wake up properly and remember how much money this would cost! So for now I've decided one thing I can do is organise and declutter. I have inherited a hoarding gene from my father it seems (lucky for him he has an acre of land and two massive sheds to store all his stuff in). I have a lot of stuff already in crates under the house and in our sheds for those things that "I might just need one day".
So the point of all this rambling is that I am going to take a idea from a friend and throw out, or donate to charity, at least one thing that I don't need/use, every day for one year!
It will be quite a challenge...I'll start tomorrow :D
IN THE GARDEN
Yesteday I bought some fruit trees. Two apple trees, as you need two so they pollinate each other, and a Peacharine! Today I'm going to prepare the soil and plant them. I have dug out two barrowloads of lovely compost that has been stewing in the bottom my compost bin for over a year. This is going to be dug into the holes for my new trees and will hopefully give them a great start! MUST REMEMBER TO WATER THEM EVERYDAY WHEN ITS HOT!!
I also bought some pretty Petunias and a cherry tomato plant for a pot. Its still too cold for planting the tomatoes in the garden but I'll keep this one on the deck where its a little warmer. I also must plant the potato eyes I bought 3 weeks ago today!! Its going to be a busy day in the garden. I am very thankful for the warm spring weather - 22 today
THE LITTLE ONE
It was a busy weekend for Alex and his routine has been thrown way out. For two days he has only had one tiny 40 min nap, whereas he normally has between 2 and 3 hours each day! Poor little guy was exhausted, and just a little cranky! Todays challenge is to get back into the routine! We did have a lovely day yesterday at the Tulip Farm Festival though - atleast for the parts where Alex wasn't tired and cranky :)
