Did someone say W.A.L.K

Just popping in cute pick, I sit Abetha just outside the door in the pram sometimes, whilst I am doing other things in the kitchen (as most babies probably do, she loves being outside) so I can keep an eye on her. Well as usual I was talking out loud to myself "maybe I will take you for a walk". This is what I found on my doorstep. Buddy, ready and waiting!

Job? - What Job?

Well Hello,

I know I still have not given out my blog to anyone else as I feel I have not filled it up much or put anything I think anyone would be really interested in, so bare with me (talking to self) I will put something interesting on real soon......

In the meantime I will type what has been going on in my world for the past 3 weeks. Well I took on a sales phone from home jobby didnt I! Yes, genuis Sally no problem how easy is it!
I took it on thinking 2 hours per week ok, but the damn thing has taken up all my time. Besides the fact that I am absolute Crap at sales unless I genuinly believe in it and I really have yet to find something I want someone to buy, you know because it will save their lives or something. And although it was ringing businesses, not households I thought I could do it.

Mmmm no, ok here is how it kind of went for most of my calls (if I was not hung up on)

Me: Hi Hows it going?
Victim: Who is this?
Me: Good question, My name is Sally I am ringing on behalf of blah blah blah blah
Victim: Where?
Me: Blah Blah, keep talking very fast so they cannot get a word in PAUSE How bout it then?
Victim: No
Me: Fair enough! thanks for your time though......

Yes, suprised I lasted the 3 weeks really and even more of a suprise was that I did actually get 4 sales from which I should receive $140.00.

Anyway today I quit and it was the best feeling! I danced around the kitchen and Abetha was laughing and beaming like she was relieved! I have placed 2 posters advertising my new "Ironing Service".

http://www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au/readarticle.php?article_id=9

This is the recipe I used to make my lovely bread by Forest on this fantastic website!

Hoping to get round to other things soon, received climbing beans seeds and small black pumpkins? from uncle that I want to plant. (Thinking original pumkin patch days are numbered). (Don is on about it, but rain is holding him back). I love the rain and more importantly so does Abetha.

I have taken on a work from home jobbie. Dont know how it will all go, however dont know until you try and we need the extra dough at the moment. I have only done one day (yesterday) so early days yet. So in between that, keeping um...house and tickling Abby I hope to find time to do the other stuff. Will keep posting regularly hopefully. Well had 1/2 hour sleep since 3am, so on 31/2 hour sleep I may be talking nonsense. I am waiting for bread to bake then putting jam drops in oven, if they turn out ok I will post recipe.

(edited to say, I dont put Abby in the dryer just her nappies) just in case I needed to clear that up

Lets start with Bread

I finally made my own bread. Luckily Don loves it - he is a white bread eater. I have made several loaves since this one but this is my first attempt photographed.

I make a new loaf every second day, which is hard to do as you have to have 8-10 min to knead it without interuption which is a little difficult at times. But it feels good.

New adventures (at home)

Time has flown since my last post -well, wish I could post a little more often in 2008 . Now that Christmas is over and we seem to be at home more often (well thats the plan) hopefully at least once a week I will post - oh yeh and start giving out my blog soon as the only people that know it exists is my lovely sister.

Well I may have missed the start of 2008, but here are some of my new adventures for this year:

Making own bread
Making preserves
Tie dye
Plant more vegetables
Make herb box
Start sewing clothing for Abetha
Finish Dons Scarf and knit something a little more adventurous
Make own soaps
Make Abethas scrapbook
Attempt papermaking
Organise house.....

I will post when any of these have been done or attempted.

Goodbye John Laws

Well, today was the last day of the John Laws show. Now I started off listening to John when Abetha was born as our portable stereo is in our room ready for soft classical tunes to sooth our daughter at night if required. I turned to Dons 1980 Ghetto Blaster that has been sitting on our kitchen bench having no helpfull role until then apart from holding my hat (on the arial) and collecting dust. I think Don is quite attached to it and it has a record player (which requires a needle) but it had not been touched since we moved. Kind of like an ornamental candle you buy but dont use, it just sits there creating dust until one day in a heat wave the wick melts into it leaving it useless and out of shape but you still keep it in case of an emergency as it cost you a lot. But getting back to the topic at hand.

FM did not work and AM the only radio station was the local one which broadcasts JL Show. You can imagine my suprise having never heard the man before when he told someone they were an idiot or was it Moron. Love him or hate him, he sure entertained me and I am sad he is no longer on the radio as every weekday morning at 9am I switched him on, for some reason I seem to get motivated more easily too.

Now I have no right to miss him as I only listened to him for 2 months. What broke my heart is all the listeners who have tuned in for years - 45 years one person said. What a hole it would leave in your life. I mean I found him comforting as Im sure most of his listeners did, I did not agree with him sometimes , sometimes a lot! but he let everyone have their own opinion and loudly told everyone his. Now what are they going to listen to when for so long they could rely on that voice in the morning to cheer them up, take their mind off their own troubles or for people who live alone feel like they have someone to talk to/debate with/curse or agree with when no one else is there to discuss anything.

I was actually coming on my blog to fix it up a little, well enough to be able to give out the address. I know no one will be reading this, but it has been on my mind and I just wanted to say that about JL. As for 9am monday morning - I'll let you know.