taking stock [a list for april]

Making: kombucha and sauerkraut for the first time (like I need something else fermenting in my kitchen!!!!!)
Cooking: paleo, paleo, paleo....and LOVING IT! Last night we ate Meatzza....yeah, it's as good as it sounds!
Drinking: bone broth with turmeric, cumin, lemon and a sprinkle of salt (seriously good)
Reading: more teen novels from the school library...I just finished You Don't even Know by Sue Lawson....and now I'm beginning Butter by Erin Lange
Wanting: a ski jacket
Looking: for my lost mobile phone - it's been missing in action for over two weeks now
Playing: Carcassenne and Uno Rummy
Deciding: that early morning starts aren't always so bad
Wishing: I could travel through time!
Enjoying: the five to six yoga classes I attend each week
Waiting: for a parcel in the mail to arrive
Liking: squeaky clean floors and
Wondering: how long will they stay clean?
Loving: yoga! Oops, did I mention that before??
Pondering: the imminent global population explosion. What happens when our resources run out?
Considering: what can be done about it? Population control seems to be a taboo topic.
Buying: just food really.
Watching: the grass grow...I hope the mower man comes soon!
Hoping: my kids will always know they can ask/tell me anything!
Marvelling: at how great I feel having ditched grains and dairy COMPLETELY from my diet for nearly three months now!
Cringing: at the Global Warming sceptics...for goodness sake people!!!
Needing: wholesome soup, long walks and less computer time
Questioning: my desire for more kitchen gadgets
Smelling: passionfruit
Wearing: new/old jeans that need hemming (sucks being a shortie)
Following: The Paleo Way 10 Week Activation Program
Noticing: that food really is medicine!
Knowing: Facebook can be a real time sucker. I'm...
Thinking: I need more self control!
Admiring: the animation in this divine movie. Oh you have to watch it. It's so so SO lovely!!!!
Sorting: snow gear and washing (hmmm, was I sorting washing in March too?)
Getting: excited about said snow gear being used soon
Bookmarking: wholefood shops I hope to visit in New Zealand
Coveting: this awesome sauerkraut crock. I don't need it, but gee it's cool!
Disliking: that I pulled the sliding door off our ancient Tarago van the other day!!!!!!!!!!
Opening: the washing machine most days
Giggling: at funny things five year olds say
Feeling: healthy, happy and surprisingly calm
Snacking: on chia-nilla custard and activated almonds
Wishing: I could breathe under water
Helping: injured butterflies (it's a long story)
Hearing: Cold Play (the 'X & Y' album)

Oops, I almost forgot to give an explanation for the photos above. We recently had a huge guava fruit harvest at our house. The plants line the fence-line along our long driveway and across the back of our yard. Traditionally, islanders make a clear jelly-like jam from red guava, but I'm not fussed on it (so sickly sweet) and prefer to eat the juicy fruit straight off the bush! It's packed with Vitimin C.

chicken little no more

Introducing the newest girls in the chook pen (which by the way, means we now provide lodging for 17 hens!!!!). Ben asked me to take some photos of our sweet little egg-layers-to-be when they first arrived, at just a day old they were particularly endearing. I never got around to it, somehow I was too busy taking photos of um, well, you know - hoses and such. I finally got around to climbing into the pen the other day, though Ben was of the opinion they'd outgrown their cuteness! I don't know, they still are pretty sweet to me, and awfully photogenic!