TODAY

is my birthday, I have turned 40. Wow!!! I've been feeling pretty down about this number for a month or so and I didn't really understand why.

I woke up this morning with a different attitude, I should be so lucky to age and see how far I've come in this life.

I have had friends that never made it to 40, I'm sure they would have loved to celebrate this day but instead their lives were cut short.

I have 3 amazing, beautiful, healthy children and a wonderful husband who would do anything for me.

We live in a lovely town surrounded by friends and family and I am so blessed to live the life I live.

So, the feeling of 'OMG I'm so old' is no longer, instead I say 'bring it on'.

I AM STILL AROUND

Lets see, I've planted tomatoes in the hothouse in hope of getting a bumper crop this year for all of my sauce, passata and dried tomatoes. I will be planting outside in the raised beds also.
I would take photos but it's pouring with rain and I don't feel like getting wet.

I made laundry powder today following Rhonda's recipe here http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2010/08/homemade-laundry-liquid-revisited.html I have a load on now so I will wait patiently to see the outcome. I haven't made this before as I had been told to only use laundry products labeled suitable for front loading washing machines, really? Amazing how we get sucked in isn't it. I should have known better.