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    By Amanda Smyth 2 Comments

    taking stock, April 2015

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    taking stock is one of the many brainchildren of Pip Lincolne from Meet Me at Mikes.

     

    Making: plans for Mothers Day.
    Cooking: sensible meals to make up for the holiday excess.
    Drinking: tea.
    Reading: emails.
    Wanting: new kitchen knives.
    Looking: at photos from my week at Fraser Island with the girls.
    Marvelling: that I did all that four-wheel-driving and didn’t get bogged once!
    Playing: with photos of food.
    Deciding: what ugly food recipe to tackle next.
    Wishing: someone would invent a folding machine to complement my washer and dryer.
    Snacking: on ANZAC biscuits I made with rice malt syrup because I was out of golden syrup and had already promised the Little Sister we’d bake.
    Waiting: for the Department of Domestic Affairs to arrive on my doorstep and cart me away for atrocities against ANZAC biscuits.
    Liking: cooler nights.
    Wondering: what the rest of the year holds for us.
    Loving: our crazy unpredictable life and the opportunities it affords us.
    Pondering: my neglected to-do list.
    Considering: myself very lucky.
    Watching: the girls grow taller before my eyes.
    Needing: to find a packet of motivation.
    Smelling: the new veggie patch outside my office window.
    Wearing: a work shirt and a pair of denim shorts that should have been retired months ago.
    Following: Cook and Kid. I’ve only just come across this blog, the writer is a trained chef and single dad teaching his daughter to appreciate food. Loving his recipes, especially the suggestions about which steps kids can help with.
    Noticing: that the bag we took to Brisbane on Saturday night hasn't unpacked itself.
    Knowing: that it probably wont.
    Thinking: about loads of things, but not writing any of them down.
    Admiring: patient parents and families that are always at school on time.
    Sorting: tiny knickers. So many tiny knickers!
    Buying: more guinea fowl keets.
    Hoping: the neighbours’ dogs don’t eat them.
    Getting: further behind in an online course I’m doing (or more correctly not doing).
    Bookmarking: new jokes to tell the Big Sister.
    Disliking: how slow the internet has become on the farm.
    Opening: the fridge to see if any thing new appeared since the last time I looked.
    Giggling: at a joke the Little Sister told in the car driving home from Fraser “Why did the monkey drink his own wee? Because he had one leg.”
    Feeling: like I've fallen behind on everything.
    Coveting: new saucepans.
    Hearing: birds and the blokes working in the paddock.

    what's up at your place?

    how are you feeling? what are you coveting?

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    1. Lisa says

      April 20, 2015 at 1:52 pm

      love this!!! I'll have to do one too 🙂

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    2. Have A Laugh On Me says

      April 20, 2015 at 8:20 pm

      Oh bless aren't we knickers the cutest. I too have fallen behind in so much. So happy that you have a crazy/busy life. All the best getting routines back in order. P.S I'm still not getting each of your posts delivered to my email inbox like I used to - BOO. xxx

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