changes

I feel like this is the season for us to make changes that I've been longing to make for a very long time.
It will be a slow process and a bit of adjustment, but you have to start somewhere.
I'm phasing out the boxed junk food (chicken nuggets etc) from our house. I'm buying more veges. This week I'm going to put in an order for an organic vege box that gets delivered from the Sunshine Coast. I'm trying to buy organic where I can.
I didn't buy raw milk this week, I've been a bit wary after the gastro of drinking much dairy at all. But I miss it already as once you've tasted it, its hard to go back to the other stuff. So I'll probably pick some up tomorrow.

I've also made the decision to home school next year. My immediate family support me (that is Robin and mum) in the choice and the girls are interested. Obviously if we did it six months and they really hated it I would put them back into a school, but I am hoping that this will be permanent and that we can change our lives for the better in a lot of ways.
Other goals are get them involved in a sport or an outside the house activity (maybe drawing classes if that's what they are into) and to make a vege/fruit garden and have some chickens.
I feel excited and wary and crazy all at once. But I want to look back on my life and feel that I did well with what I had and I didn't let stupid fears get in my way. After all I'm not attempting to climb Mt Everest here. Well I guess if I'd said I'll never do that, I will end up wanting to! Seeing as pretty much everything I say I'll NEVER do, I do end up doing..
So I've sent an email to the organisation. It will be the Christian education that I did myself as a teen for a few months. I found it really easy to learn from and I like that I am getting two things in their mind at once. I've been really slack (horribly so) with teaching my kids my faith. That needs to change if they are to grow up and be strong in spirit.
I know that's not everyone's cup of tea that will read this blog, but that's me and mum gave me an excellent foundation in God, so that every time I've walked off the path, I've been drawn back on. These things are super important to me.

Not a lot going on around here. We are all feeling ok now although I've had a cold and almost lost my voice again. Twice in 6 weeks. Fun times.

Its a week til Brandon's birthday and that has me feeling like life is just slipping by me! His pregnancy went really fast, the only time that didn't was the all day sickness bit and the week of prelabour leading up to his birth. Now here he is a big one year old!
Even harder to fathom is that Rian is going to be 4 in a few months!
This is my deal with schooling. I will turn around and my girls will be leaving home. I want to be sure the right knowledge is in their head by that time.

I feel that I'm a boring blogger! But it is nice to have somewhere to put down a few thoughts.

I have had a bit of a t shirt (Threadless!) binge of late.. I love getting parcels in the mail. I decided to use the Mosaic Moon yarn I bought for Brandon, to make myself something, so I bought another skein of that yesterday too. The last lot of tees (I actually got the girls something, not just me this time!) and that yarn should arrive next week's end. Well maybe not the yarn. No shipping notice yet.
Finding the time to do that should be interesting!
Since leaving fb I don't feel I have any more time. I am definitely feeling like a better person, a better mother and much more at peace with myself. I am less angry and think I have more patience, most of the time!
I have seen that most people are not interested in being 'friends' if you are not on there. And that some rather use it as a friend than a real person. This is the trap that it can be for some. Myself included.
I like using instagram but have to be careful not to be carried away with that. But an audience of under 20 people and the fact that I suck at photography a bit, keeps me grounded! Its nice to stay in touch with a few people from fb that way and a few people I have known for a very long time. I've been choosy about who I'm interested in.

The weather is lovely. Tomorrow I'm going out with mum. I think we'll go for a drive. Maybe Burrum Heads.
For now, while Brandon sleeps, I guess I'll keep on with tidying up.