grow baby grow

We are getting into growing our own food. Part of our journey to simple living. I love that we know what goes into these plants and that they are nutrient dense.

It's been a bit of a learning curve as I am such a newbie though! Growing plants from seed has been... interesting! I have tiny little beetroot plants in the ground now and so very glad to have them out of the seed trays and into the soil. They are particular little plants and it took 3 round of seeds/ seedlings before I got these ones. I managed to kill the others through lack of sun and then too much sun...

Loving learning and can't wait to get fresh beetroot juice into my Mom. Pure goodness!

Lisette you are lovely

In my secret parallel life (the one where I don't have to actually earn money) I sew. A lot.

And because I dream about this life a great deal I buy fabric and patterns and then they sit in a cupboard. They call to me when I pass by and every now and then I look in and stroke them. TMI???

So anyway. I also follow craft blogs . Like this one. I love her patterns and fabrics and books. Today I called in at the local Spotlight store and nearly fell over. Liesl Gibson has released Lisette patterns under the Simplicity banner exclusively for Spotlight. YEEEHAAAA!

I got this one. Yum yum.

By the way, the ladies at the Glenfield Spotlight sewing section have to be the unfriendliest and least helpful people I have ever come across. It's like the customer is there to annoy them. Today I murmured to the lady next me at the pattern bench about how unfriendly they were (after a sales lady had basically told me she was too busy to help me) and unleashed a torrent. The WHOLE bench was soon discussing the inadequacies of the staff. Seems I am not alone!

Making do

Rupi's beloved Thomas car bag fell apart. Cue many tears as he stuffed the cars in and they fell out like a Hansel and Gretal crumb trail as he carried the bag.

I could have gone out and bought another one for less than $5 from the one of the cheapo bargain stores. But really?

Thomas was reinvented and stitched to the new super reinforced car bag. Rupi is thrilled and so am I. This cost zero dollars. Zero- whoop!