Earth Hour-

Hi all,
Just a quick one today...wayyyyy too nice to be inside, and trying to type outside is just too distracting :)

I just wanted to share this link for Earth Hour .
I think Earth Hour is a really great idea. Fabulous even!
Here's why:

It doesn't COST you anything (in fact it saves you a few $$)...

You get to actually TALK to your loved ones, maybe play a boardgame, or cards, or charades, stuff that is really really fun but everytime you play you wonder why you don't do it more often??
If you can play the guitar why wouldn't you get that out & have a bit of a sing-a-long? That's what I would do if I could play the guitar (or sing!)
My family like music a lot & we like to play a lot of musical themed games.....one time the power went out for three hours & my Dad & I drank wine & spent THREE HOURS humming songs for the other one to guess....
(we are not very good hummers, but we had a LOT of fun!)
But I digress.....

I also like the idea of Earth Hour because it really is nice to feel like you are a part of something bigger.
You might sometimes think...'big deal, who cares if I turn my lights off for an hour...how much difference will it make?!"
But when you think just how many people will turn off their lights for an hour tonight....the change is ENORMOUS! It really is. It does make a difference. What YOU do, makes a difference!
Check out these cool pics. If these landmarks around the world can switch off....so can we yeah??
Pics here
This link will take you to the Earth Hour facebook page...you should 'like' it & have a squiz at the snaps ;)

Now, turn off the computer...go outside, plant your winter veggies, weed your garden, make a compost bin, or start a worm farm.....

Then relax with a candlelit dinner....it's what Jon & I will be doing!

Starting Again....

Wowsers...
It's been AGES since my last post. Almost a year, and SO much has changed in my world.
Most of you will know me, (because you have followed my link from Facebook- THANKYOU!)
So you will know of the BIG changes-

I Got Married :)

My sister had her second baby- the cutest little Lolah Violet
Ohhhh she is SO PERFECT!!

 Equally as perfect as her cheeky, and SO FUNNY big sister Willow Ivy

And the last big change......
My beautiful, beautiful Mum passed away....
This is me & Mum:

I miss her every single minute!

So, with these three BIG changes, life for me is different now.
I think a lot harder about the circle of life...birth, marriage, death....all of that.
And I think a LOT harder about how we make our lives more worthwhile, and I certainly do not mean the Lets buy a mansion & Ferrari type of WORTHwhile!

I mean the worthwhile life that is JOYFUL, GRATEFUL, LOVING and LOVED!
That, to me is WORTHwhile!


All this thinking has made me even more conscious of the way I live, of each decision I make...
What to eat, how to spend my time, how I spend my money and how I conduct my daily activities.
I THINK about these things a lot, but as yet I've been SLOOOWWWWWW to implement any true changes.
So this blog is to keep me accountable.
To MAKE CHANGES!!
To share the things I learn (most likely from my failures lol)
To learn as much as I can from YOU,
and..... to join the revolution, the slow living revolution- growing our own, sewing our own, eating locally, living sustainably, sharing resources....and saving them for the future!!
Reducing, Re-using, Recycling......
You with me?