This is my first Taking Stock, sounds a bit like a confessional doesn't it. I saw this version on Sandra Kelly blog, but she attributes Pip from Meet me at Mike's for hers. So here goes.
Making: Warming soups now the weather has turned. Mum gave me a couple of wild ducks someone had given her. I slow cooked them in the oven on Friday. It was fairly gamey and hubby didn't think too much of it. I didn't think it was too bad, so picked all the meat off the bones and made a yummy soup with a packet of McKenzies soup mix in the pressure cooker. So good!
Realising: I should be going to bed. I don't usually work on a Monday, but the other Kindergym coach is on holiday and I am taking her two Kindergym classes in the morning and then a Tiny Tots gymnastics class with eight, four year olds! Pray for me!
Cooking: Cake! And not just one. The last cake I baked was coconut with some choc chips thrown in. Meant to be cooked in a slab tin, in other words, to feed an army, I poured it into three tins, baked, and froze two cakes. So handy for school lunches, when there's bugger all in the pantry.
Drinking: Too much wine! I was thinking tonight I would love a hot chocolate. In fact I've been craving chocolate all day.
Reading: Well not much really. Oh, ok! Usually crap news stories sourced on Facebook! Or cookbooks.
Wanting: A holiday on my own.
Looking: Through my photos from the last year, trying in vain to decide which ones to enter into our local photography competition. I have about a week to work it out, and get them printed!
Pondering: Why I am grinding my teeth so much lately.
Wishing: That time would stand still, so I could catch up on everything that hasn't been getting done.
Enjoying: Watching Masterchef. I really wasn't that into it to start with, but have become hooked. Again.
Waiting: For Spring. I do not like cold weather, I don't care how much it rains, but I don't like being cold, and the last week it has been icy.
Liking: That despite the frosty nights and mornings, the sun makes a presence during the day. The wind is still bloody freezing though.
Wondering: How long I can sit here without my five year old, who is still awake, disturbing me....
Loving: Having a little extra money here and there, with my job at the gymnastics club and holiday house cleaning.
Listening: To music in the house, really loud. Well not too loud. the neighbours would have certainly heard it though. I've been revisiting music I haven't listened to for years. Like INXS' The Swing album and Harry Chapins' greatest stories.
Considering: Getting a hair cut. My usual hairdresser closed down in March, so I need to book somewhere else.
Buying: New pillows and a storage trunk for the house in Pelican Point. There isn't a hell of a lot of storage space for towels and spare linen there, so I've bought a trunk to put at the end of the main bed to store stuff. Plus it will look good. Wink, wink.
Watching: Reality TV. I have been trying to avoid the news lately, my tender soul doesn't want to hear about the tragedies befalling innocent victims. It all seems like a horrible nightmare. If only it was a dream.
Hoping: My son will be OK in his new flat, I spent Friday and Saturday helping him move and clean up his old flat. He seems happier. He's not 'just around the corner' anymore. But just down the road from my mum. She might get the early morning drop ins, just to see whats in the fridge or pantry.
Marvelling: At the bulbs coming up from the ground in the garden. There should be Jonquils soon. One of the things I do look forward to at this time of year.
Cringing: About how cold the gym is going to be in the morning.
Needing: To go to bed!
Questioning: What is wrong with the world? There's been lots of comments about 2016 being the worst year ever, even the year before. But 2017 is turning out to be a doozy!
Smelling: Gardenia oil in my oil burner. I usually burn incense, it does wonders to relax me. Lately I have been remembering to buy candles for my oil burner, all classy like from the cheap shop, along with smelly oils.
Wearing: Warm clothes! I need to lose a few kilos, because my tracky dacks in this weather are becoming way too comfortable, and I know there's plenty of other pants I could be wearing if I lost a couple of kilos round my belly!
Following: Some amazing local photographers on Instagram. I am in awe of the fantastic way they capture our area. Like and
Noticing: That my youngest has a cough. Darn winter.
Thinking: Too much about everything I need to fit in this week. One. day. at. a. time.
Admiring: My mum. Loads of people say nice things about her, and they are right to. She brought us five kids up, and now finally has done some study in aged care and I am so proud of her.
Getting: Quite uncomfortable sitting in our recliners after a couple of hours. the padding is going on the back and the frame is killing my back!
Disliking: Getting in a freezing cold car to take the kids to school.
Opening: A new tube of mud face mask that came in the mail this week. I wasn't game to do it tonight, in case I had a bad skin reaction. I don't want to be leading Kindergym with a poxy red face.
Giggling: Summer running from the toilet holding her pants up, to answer the home phone today. Brett accidently rung it from his phone, he was sitting two feet from it. It was funny. You had to be there.
Feeling: Generally with life, I am feeling pretty good. I have my moments, when I let it get on top of me, for about two minutes and then get back on with it.
Celebrating: I've had a few good life wins lately, it affirms to me that you get back good things when you give generously. It's nice to know that Karma has my back.
Pretending: That I am not nervous about taking a class of eight, four year olds tomorrow. Some parents will be watching me too. I hope the kids behave and are not looking at me like I have two heads!
Embracing: All I am learning to do with gymnastics. Embracing the kids who are giving me great feedback with their smiles and enjoyment in the gym. Even the good vibes from parents who are amazed at the facility we provide our community.
Making: Warming soups now the weather has turned. Mum gave me a couple of wild ducks someone had given her. I slow cooked them in the oven on Friday. It was fairly gamey and hubby didn't think too much of it. I didn't think it was too bad, so picked all the meat off the bones and made a yummy soup with a packet of McKenzies soup mix in the pressure cooker. So good!
Cooking: Cake! And not just one. The last cake I baked was coconut with some choc chips thrown in. Meant to be cooked in a slab tin, in other words, to feed an army, I poured it into three tins, baked, and froze two cakes. So handy for school lunches, when there's bugger all in the pantry.
Drinking: Too much wine! I was thinking tonight I would love a hot chocolate. In fact I've been craving chocolate all day.
Reading: Well not much really. Oh, ok! Usually crap news stories sourced on Facebook! Or cookbooks.
Wanting: A holiday on my own.
Looking: Through my photos from the last year, trying in vain to decide which ones to enter into our local photography competition. I have about a week to work it out, and get them printed!
Pondering: Why I am grinding my teeth so much lately.
Wishing: That time would stand still, so I could catch up on everything that hasn't been getting done.
Enjoying: Watching Masterchef. I really wasn't that into it to start with, but have become hooked. Again.
Waiting: For Spring. I do not like cold weather, I don't care how much it rains, but I don't like being cold, and the last week it has been icy.
Liking: That despite the frosty nights and mornings, the sun makes a presence during the day. The wind is still bloody freezing though.
Wondering: How long I can sit here without my five year old, who is still awake, disturbing me....
Loving: Having a little extra money here and there, with my job at the gymnastics club and holiday house cleaning.
Listening: To music in the house, really loud. Well not too loud. the neighbours would have certainly heard it though. I've been revisiting music I haven't listened to for years. Like INXS' The Swing album and Harry Chapins' greatest stories.
Considering: Getting a hair cut. My usual hairdresser closed down in March, so I need to book somewhere else.
Buying: New pillows and a storage trunk for the house in Pelican Point. There isn't a hell of a lot of storage space for towels and spare linen there, so I've bought a trunk to put at the end of the main bed to store stuff. Plus it will look good. Wink, wink.
Watching: Reality TV. I have been trying to avoid the news lately, my tender soul doesn't want to hear about the tragedies befalling innocent victims. It all seems like a horrible nightmare. If only it was a dream.
Hoping: My son will be OK in his new flat, I spent Friday and Saturday helping him move and clean up his old flat. He seems happier. He's not 'just around the corner' anymore. But just down the road from my mum. She might get the early morning drop ins, just to see whats in the fridge or pantry.
Marvelling: At the bulbs coming up from the ground in the garden. There should be Jonquils soon. One of the things I do look forward to at this time of year.
Cringing: About how cold the gym is going to be in the morning.
Needing: To go to bed!
Questioning: What is wrong with the world? There's been lots of comments about 2016 being the worst year ever, even the year before. But 2017 is turning out to be a doozy!
Smelling: Gardenia oil in my oil burner. I usually burn incense, it does wonders to relax me. Lately I have been remembering to buy candles for my oil burner, all classy like from the cheap shop, along with smelly oils.
Wearing: Warm clothes! I need to lose a few kilos, because my tracky dacks in this weather are becoming way too comfortable, and I know there's plenty of other pants I could be wearing if I lost a couple of kilos round my belly!
Following: Some amazing local photographers on Instagram. I am in awe of the fantastic way they capture our area. Like and
Noticing: That my youngest has a cough. Darn winter.
Thinking: Too much about everything I need to fit in this week. One. day. at. a. time.
Admiring: My mum. Loads of people say nice things about her, and they are right to. She brought us five kids up, and now finally has done some study in aged care and I am so proud of her.
Getting: Quite uncomfortable sitting in our recliners after a couple of hours. the padding is going on the back and the frame is killing my back!
Disliking: Getting in a freezing cold car to take the kids to school.
Opening: A new tube of mud face mask that came in the mail this week. I wasn't game to do it tonight, in case I had a bad skin reaction. I don't want to be leading Kindergym with a poxy red face.
Giggling: Summer running from the toilet holding her pants up, to answer the home phone today. Brett accidently rung it from his phone, he was sitting two feet from it. It was funny. You had to be there.
Feeling: Generally with life, I am feeling pretty good. I have my moments, when I let it get on top of me, for about two minutes and then get back on with it.
Celebrating: I've had a few good life wins lately, it affirms to me that you get back good things when you give generously. It's nice to know that Karma has my back.
Pretending: That I am not nervous about taking a class of eight, four year olds tomorrow. Some parents will be watching me too. I hope the kids behave and are not looking at me like I have two heads!
Embracing: All I am learning to do with gymnastics. Embracing the kids who are giving me great feedback with their smiles and enjoyment in the gym. Even the good vibes from parents who are amazed at the facility we provide our community.
Go you on the extra money, and embracing your new jobs! That's a big part of happiness, enjoying what you do. It was lovely to read such a positive post.
ReplyDeleteI love Masterchef too but it always makes me hungry!
ReplyDeleteLike you I watch my garden carefully for jonquils each winter. They're a little promise that spring will soon arrive.
ReplyDeleteI just had an amazing getaway without my children for the first time in 17 years! Every mum should do it. I hope your turn comes soon!
What a lovely 'taking stock'. Sounds like you are having a LOT of fun with Kindergym. I am glad your son is settling in to a place near your Mum. Have a great week ahead. D x
ReplyDeleteIt's been ages since I've done this. Loved reading yours, it's like a nose into what you're up to in one foul swoop! x
ReplyDeleteI love these lists (but I'm too lazy to do one of my own!) I'm pondering why I'm grinding my teeth a lot recently too - not sure if I'm stressed, cold or angry!!!
ReplyDeleteI think we've had some of your icy wind in Queensland this past week, but I do love the sun during the day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post! I realise nearly every night I should be in bed.... and then I don't go. ):
ReplyDeleteI love these taking stock posts! They give such an interesting insight into what's going on in your world currently.
ReplyDeleteI need to be in bed early tonight too, I've had way too many unnecessary late nights!
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