Story of the bookcase and my famous recipe

So last week I had a zoom conference with some ladies from our homemaking online group and one bright eyed lady spotted my very untidy bookcase behind me. We all laughed when she told me I need to tidy it up, so it didn't take much for that comment to spur me on and get it tidied up.

It had been an eyesore, as you can see

Ta da nicely visible...and I didnt end there, I actually tidied up the whole office lol, you know how it is, you just cant stop. Anyway I now have a really nice clean office.

On the second shelf there is a book in the middle called Homecooked Feasts, my recipe for marinated prawns is in it on page 115

I have since improved that recipe so I use the original for chicken

Lifestyle Goals - Weekly, Monthly, Yearly Week 8 - 14 May 2020

How did you do with your goals last week?

Completed goals for week 1- 8 May

1.     Purchase a monitor/tv so Michael can get connected properly when working from home þ

2.     Continue to clean out pantry (its a huge one so its taking abit of time). þ

3.     Plant more winter vegetables like cabbage, (dang already misplaced the seed packets when I went to see what I was going to plant)

4.     Water plants with Potash, its a two week cycle, for the plants that are fruiting.. Nitrogen for when they are first starting out and any greens. þ

5.     Plant out sprouting ginger

6.     Watch the Eta Aquariids meteor shower between Saturday and Tuesday Tried but realised on the news report that it was best seen between 2am and 5am þ Zzzzz time

7.     Finish letters þ 1 down more to go

8.     Do my physio exercises þ

9.     Make chilli dishes with the Chillies I got from a great friend on the island Waty Marsh 

10.   Do something with the 847 g or 64 Quail eggs I got from and Island friend Huney

11.   Make soft yummy fudge that I got recipe   þ Ended up making 2 trays of this yummy fudge

12. Read a few pages of my current book WOMEN OF THE LAND – LIZ HARFULL.  þ

13. Continue with my family history research þFound some really interesting stuff about my great great grandfather

Goals for this week 8 - 14 May

1.     Learn how to work the Smart TV and its remote

2.     Continue to clean out pantry (its a huge one so its taking abit of time)

3.     FIND winter vegetables like cabbage, (from misplaced seed packets)

4.     Plant out sprouting ginger

5.     Dig holes for poles to plant dragon fruit

6.     Continue with letters

7.     Continue with my physio exercises

8.     Make chilli dishes with the Chillies I got from a great friend on the island Waty Marsh 

9.     Do something with the 847g or 74 Quail eggs I got from and Island friend Huney

10. Read a few pages of my current book WOMEN OF THE LAND – LIZ HARFULL

11. Continue with my family history research

12. Look for CURVES to photograph for A Bracelet of Days May Photo theme

Lifestyle Goals - Weekly, Monthly, Yearly - Week 1 - 7 May 2020

We normally set our goals once a year in January and fail because the goal is too large. I want to start doing monthly goals as I feel the week goes too fast and nothing I planned gets achieved. Sometimes daily goals get thwarted.

I always admire people who write down their goals and achieve it, I also notice that these same people will not put down tools and smell the roses especially when it comes to an invite to socialise. Each to their own.

My motto is do your thing and if someone calls or sends an invite - accept it because it suits them when they invite to have you over or come visit - this was the lifestyle I grew up with in Fiji, it was wonderful and I have many stories to tell. 

Yes you can have your beautiful clean home

Yes you have achieved your goals

But is that what the (your) world is about or is it about 

memories and 

laughter 

spent with people you love and cherish

I challenge you to rethink your week/month/life/world

That is why I am going to try doubly (is this a word?) hard to do weekly goals.
Inspiration comes from two blogs that I follow Little house by the lake and A Bracelet of days 

Sometimes I think my goals are too many, I love too many things. 

Goals for this week 1 - 7 May

1.    Purchase a monitor/tv so Michael can get connected properly when working from home

2.    Continue to clean out pantry (its a huge one so its taking abit of time)

3.    Plant more winter vegetables like cabbage, (dang already misplaced the seed packets when I went to see what I was going to plant)

4.    Water plants with Potash, its a two week cycle, for the plants that are fruiting.. Nitrogen for when they are first starting out and any greens

5.    Plant out sprouting ginger and mulch my old raised garden beds

6.    Watch the Eta Aquariids meteor shower between Saturday and Tuesday

7.    Finish letters

8.    Do my physio exercises

9.    Make chilli dishes with the Chillies I got from a great friend on the island Waty Marsh 

10. Do something with the 847 g or 64 Quail eggs I got from and Island friend Huney

11. Make soft yummy fudge that I got recipe for

12. Read a few pages of my current book WOMEN OF THE LAND – LIZ HARFULL

13.     Continue with my family history research