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School Desk Revamp
This year Hubby spent the first 6 months off work following surgery and towards the end of his recovery he was getting very bored and I was running out of jobs for him to do. If we had been in our own...
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Found a few interesting things on the web this week.Switchel looks like it might be an alternative to Kombucha if you use vinegar that still contains the mother.I enjoyed this post from Becoming...
View ArticleHave You Heard Of Prebiotics?
You might know about Pro-Biotics but have you heard of Pre-Biotics?For a while now I have been reading up on Pre-biotics and how there are some African cultures that have very low incidence of disease...
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Just a few things I saw this week that I enjoyed.Some great tips here about making sure your seeds are really dryCheck out this short documentary "The Future Of Food Production"Raising Chickens For...
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Vehicle Maintenece And Prep For New Zealand
We are taking our ute to NZ so in preparation Hubby did some basic cosmetic maintenance/repair work. The ute has a steel tray that is powder coated for rust proofing however over the time we have had...
View ArticleStill Waiting For Peanut
So I am now 7 days overdue and Peanut is quite happy in his little water world. I am doing ok not too uncomfortable other than getting up 5 times a night to go to the bathroom and having a very tight...
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Taxing plastic bags in the UK reduced the amount used drmatically do you think we should do it here?What else should we tax?Making your own Garlic Powder if you had a bumper cropHave you ever tried...
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Using Up Food Before We Move
With our impending move to live with family we are doing our best to use up as much food from our pantry, fridge and freezer as we can. This is very difficult for people who are used to having a large...
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Peanut Has Arrived
Our little boy has entered this world and we are adjusting to the roles of new parents.Let me introduce KingsleyJust born with Daddy6 Hours after deliveryIn the end it all happened naturally. I was...
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The Baby Post
A big thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post I have not had time to reply as we are mid packing and moving out of the old house and life is just a little busy. But I thought I would...
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Eight Weeks Into My Motherhood Journey
It has now been just over 8 weeks since Kingsley arrived in our lives and while the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy dragged these past weeks have flown by. There has been a lot going on though not just...
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Poor Jessie
So Jessie had a little accident and managed to tear the outside of her entire claw off exposing the quick below with all the nerve endings in it.We took her to the vet as she would not even walk on...
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Quality Time And Saying Goodbye
Happy New Year to you all I hope everyone is safe and well rested after the festive season.For us the time has come. In 10 days time we will be in New Zealand and starting the next chapter of our...
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Our New Zealand Move - Week 1 Update
Well here we are in New Zealand starting our new lives and I have found time to do a quick update.The trip over was all going well with a baby who slept for a lot of it and had no trouble with his ears...
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Maharajah's Chutney
It is preserving time in my parents house and while we wait for our shipping container to arrive and I have the extra 2 sets of hands to help with Kingsley I am using some of my time to start building...
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Lemon Chutney
This is my favourite chutney hands down and I am quite happy to sit and eat a stack of crackers with this and blue cheese instead of lunch. This recipe has a 2 day lead in time to sale the lemons so...
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Still Here And Hoping To Be Back A Bit More Often
Hello.... Are you still there?Yes it has been ages. So long in fact I will not be surprised if you all left, but hopefully some of you are still here and are ready for some updates.The last six months...
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The Baby File - 6 Months of Being in New Zealand
So this post is pretty much all pictures and all about Kingsley.There are photos with cousins, grandparents, great grandparents, great aunt, aunts, uncles, Hubby and I and of course Jessie. There has...
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Happy New Year
Yes I am still here. So much has been happening here already this year and over the past 6 months since I last posted.Our little baby is now a happy little boy who is busy busy busy. At 15 months he...
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2017 - July - December
The second half of 2017 was filled with a range of activities that supported the development of our amazing little boy, took steps towards our future, worked towards the development of our new property...
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Homesteading vs Lifestyle Block or Hobby Farm
Our farm is 5.5 acres or 2.17 hectares in size and when we purchased it in 2012 it was one big grassy paddock of almost flat land with a dip in one area towards a pond in our neighbours land. We are 6...
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Choosing Land For Homesteading
Everyone will have a different set of criteria for the land they buy to homestead on. Some people will be like us and want to start from scratch, others will want something that has some bones to...
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Choosing our Homestead and 5 Years of Preparation
At the start of 2012 when we decided that we would move back to New Zealand from Australia we started scouring the internet for land. As I mentioned in my last couple of posts the geographic region...
View ArticleHow To Have A Better Conversation
If you have a spare 10 minutes this clip is really worth watching. In fact even if you think you don't have 10 spare minutes find the time, you won't regret it.
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So Much To Tell You
Hi Anyone and Everyone who is still listening.I know it has been a really long time since I stepped into this space but the business of life, study, work, house building, family and setting up a new...
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