Wednesday, 12 January 2011

WHILE WE WAIT....

for news about family and friends in Queensland, I am reminded of not only the loss and devastation but also the impact this crisis will have Australia wide for months to come.

Fresh produce will in some instances double as will some meat (so they predict).

I am putting my plan into action now to hopefully take some of the financial pressure off should this happen. We have our vege garden but are no way near self sufficient in that area. I do need to do some planting tomorrow to ensure we have some staples in the months to come. Thank goodness for the chooks and all of the eggs they produce. I predict lots of omlets for dinner over the next few months.

I will be stocking my freezer with frozen peas, corn, carrots and broccoli as we eat these most nights and while there is stock, I will either buy fresh and freeze myself or buy already frozen stock (depending on price).

Fresh fruit will probably become a luxury for a while, we will have to wait and see what happens there. We do still have some preserved fruit from last year to use and I imagine that I won't be doing very much preserving this year :(

I will be back to baking bread every day, nothing like a price hike to really get me back into the swing of things.


We will be eating 3 vegetarian meals a week, yes family, you heard right!

There is talk of petrol rising also, so I will be making more of an effort to walk or cycle places.

I will be using my set of '4 ingredients' books and be cooking simple nutritious meals.

This is off the top of my head for the moment, I'm sure there are other things I can do. I would love to hear what plans you will be putting into action.

Sunday, 2 January 2011

HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING

Well I haven't wasted any time in this wonderful New Year getting myself organised for what I want to be doing for the year.

I was up at 6am New Year's Day and at the gym working out by 6:15, what a great way to start the year off for me anyway.

I will continue being one of the moderators over at Down To Earth Forum (link over on the right). I am also a moderator for 2 Flickr groups, Mug Rug Swap and Doll Quilt Swap. There is a lot of time involved in these groups but it's great fun being apart of these big world-wide swaps. The talent and the people I've 'met' through being a moderator is so rewarding.

So, goals for 2011:

I have decided to start up my market stall once again after a 2 year break. I am flat out sewing baby and children's accessories and clothes. I will show photos over on my other blog as that is the craft blog after all.

I want to save $5000 this year and finally take my family to the Gold Coast.

Practice more what I preach and really buckle down and cook as much as I can from scratch. (I get side-tracked from this).

Have a big garage sale and de-clutter.

Spend 1/2 hour each day in the garden.

Get back to being a true vegetarian (I get side-tracked here too).

Drink more water every day.

Work out 5 days a week and continue to really push myself.

Stop sweating the small things and just get over it.

I'm sure I'll have a heap more goals during the year but for now I'll work on these.