Making: A video of Sienna jumping on the trampoline doing back flips.
Cooking: Healthy meals from scratch and making extra to freeze for the following week.
Reading: Tutorials on how to make family video films.
Wanting: To live on acreage not too far from here.
Deciding: On spending an hour a day cleaning out the garage for the next few weeks.
Wishing: I was on a plane going overseas on a world trip instead of/or with my sister.
Hoping: That I get through the month of October without having any diet coke.
Enjoying: The rain which has turned our brown grass into beautiful green lawn.
Loving: That I am a Mum to two amazing kids.
Listening: To the Today Show each morning.
Buying: Birthday presents for James who turns 14 at the end of November.
Watching: The Block, Doctor Doctor, The Wrong Girl, Landline and Gardening Australia.
Marvelling: At Sienna's persistence in learning how to do a proper back flip on the trampoline.
Needing: To go to sleep earlier each night.
Smelling: The jasmine in the backyard which is flowering at the moment.
Admiring: People who are great at putting together family video films.
Opening: The box over the weekend with our new Aldi TV in it.
Feeling: Like this year has gone by too fast.
Dreaming: Of winning lotto (I only buy about 3 tickets a year lotto though!)
Celebrating: Getting featured on "Self Portraits of Motherhood" blog.
Pretending: That my housework is done every week to perfection.
Embracing: Good days and bad days.
Hi Kathy loved reading your list...have to admit I am also watching the block for the first time in years..love the pic of you and the kids with the mountain in the background...you all look very happy :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzie...this year's block has been epic....
DeleteThat's a lot of taking stock!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of your acerage, keep visualising it will be yours :)
I for one have given up on housework, it's always there, it never ends, there's far more interesting things to be doing, I'll get around to it eventually ;)
I agree...
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