Category: Daily Blog

As a parent I am lucky that both my kids enjoy reading for both pleasure and knowledge. A lot of their reading now is on the computer researching for school assignments etc, but they both still read books at bedtime. Read More …

After a family outing exploring our local area today we all came home and worked in the yard together. Mowing, weeding, spending time with our lovely dog “Ledi”, feeding the neighbors cows, all at the same time. It’s our yard Read More …

Today is Saturday, and yet my Daughter willingly spent hours doing a wonderfull job on the homework knowing she will be away on school excursion on Monday. Her self-movivation is inspirational to me. You are amazing Mia. 

Yesterday my Son achieved his goal of buying himself a new game with his own money. He vacuumed, moped, cleaned toilets and more over a few months to make sure he would have enough money for it when it came Read More …

What a beautiful place to spend time while my husband plays ( Wins ) more fabulous golf. I went for an easy one hour horse ride. Saw kangaroos, wallabies, birds. So lovely outside I didn’t even read my book. Then Read More …

The view from my window is changing colour now as the weeping willow along the creek turn golden yellow with the arrival of winter. It’s a visual reminder to me of changes required to move from one season to the Read More …

Today I am especially grateful for the rain. We usually get most of our rain in the summer, however after another unusually dry summer getting some rain now is a delightful relief. Now there is more rain in the ground Read More …

My husband and I are a great team. We are both very focused and deliberate about doing our various tasks. So to avoid loosing contact with what each other is doing, we have a meeting together once a week to Read More …

Today we went shopping as a family to get a desk for my sons room and a bookcase for my daughter. Then we spent the afternoon building them. Wow, all done in one day. Well done team. I’m grateful now Read More …

Today on the way to my daughter’s gymnastics competition we stopped to visit friends and got to explore their fabulous garden. It was just a blank yard with baby plants last time I saw it and look at it now. Read More …