Welcome to Living the Good Life, a blog that is not dedicated to any one thing in particular just to our life here in New Zealand.
Our 8 acre block is providing us with character building challenges since moving here in 2008. Follow the blood, sweat and tears as we renovate and try to make the farm more manageable. We have our Boer goats, Dexter cattle and chooks. We share our home with our dogs Bonnie(RIP), Clyde and Max and the cats Tiger, Squidge(RIP) and Jinx. I hope you find the read interesting, I would love to hear your feedback folks.
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can. ~Cary Grant
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A Little Lavender Throw ...
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Believe it or not I had to start another project. As if I don't have enough
going already. My excuse "How could a crafter just sit and do nothing with
her...
There are times....
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... when I think I'm pretty nifty with a crochet hook ...
... then I stumbled across this blanket in a charity shop, looked at the
craftmanship when I got ...
Is this March or May?
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Everyone’s talking about this weird weather we’re having, I can’t get over
how warm it is and have to wonder what this means for the upcoming summer’s
g...
Spring Has Sprung!
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Our warm weather continues! Temps are running 30-40 degrees above
normal.Yesterday,it was 80 degrees here,which is practically unheard of for
this time of ...
another crack at the shops...
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It's still raining!!! But that never deters me from going out, the worst
that will happen is I will get wet!! This afternoon me and Sue W did a few
oppie...
Digging Deep
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I have been thinking a lot about my childhood. And while there was a lot
of shit and abuse that happened, there were good times as well. I know
there was,...
Vintage Bikini Action
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Warning: This post contains photos of an middle-aged woman in a bikini,
those of a nervous disposition best look away now.
I've been watching flights t...
This song made us dance until our faces fell off
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*DAY *
*I wore: *
Pussybow blouse, skirt, bangles - Op shopped
Shoes, sunnies and leopard bangle - Retail
Hair flower - Gift
*NIGHT*
*I wore: *
1950s crep...
Camelot, o Camelot!
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Bouffant again!
Sometimes I take a fancy to a particular bag for a few days.....as is
clearly the *case* here!
This little case is so adorable! I only foun...
It's a boy!
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My sister had her baby last night after a day of labour. She is very happy
and surprised that this little baby is *hers *and she is *taking it home *when
t...
Sock It To Me
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My efforts to declutter continue, hampered primarily by my husband's need
to keep everything Just In Case. His grandparents were pre-war children,
his pare...
Random thoughts on a rainy Tuesday
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Apologies, my thoughts are a bit random and all over the place today and
since I don't feel particularly inspired today, I'll just share a bunch of
things ...
Make It! Cascarones
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My son recently started at a new preschool where one of the things they do
is learn a new Spanish word each day. The deluge of his cultural
questions beg...
Poncho CAL
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I aways wanted to make a pocho.
Today Angie from over at Sucrette's started a CAL and I happily joined in.
As for the colour choice I choose this sample I ...
Floods!
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It's still raining, and we're back from our drive. There was an awful lot
of flooding along the way. There is a town not too far away from us called
Kaeo a...
Satisfaction in...
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the making of something from food that is grown at home...
Carrot and zucchini slice...YUM!
The recipe can be found* here*
Using some of the peaches...
Spring!
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Is there really anything more cheerful than the sight of daffodils in
Spring!
One of my favourite things to do is to go for a wander round the garden or
a...
Night Gardening
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Last Wednesday was my 25th birthday and I really wanted to celebrate by
making something pretty for my block.
In front of my building there's this little sq...
Orders taken....
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I have had heaps of orders for Hoot and Hootabelle
and for anyone interested
they are $35 each
plus postage.
I have orders that will take me up to
the mi...
Have You Ever Considered Deleting a Post?
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I am seriously considering it.
My most read post is a crappy little post of no literary effort or thought.
It is an embarrassing little number concerning I...
Spring is in the air and a clothespin bag
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Spring is in the air, finally. The weather was beautiful today, I was happy
to hang my laundry outside for the first time. That means Spring to me and
what...
The gifts I was given today
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Four eggs:
The first daffodil bloom:
A visit from a curious cat named George:
and a kiss from my llama, Kai:
Tell me, was it coincidence that it also...
Attitude of Gratitude
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I have been away from blog-dom, because I felt the need to build a
fortress around my family and I needed the energy to help our family
heal. Some of the...
Hello again
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A very belated Happy New Year dear readers and a warm welcome to some new
faces as well.
There's been lots going on here, I'll do a bit of a catch up post ...
Now what?.....
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Kevin and I made it through the retirement
ceremony/celebration/hoopla.....now what? I feel relief that it's over, but
kinda sad.
On to the next project!...
Something new
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We've just created a brand new Youtube video of Bianca that you have to check out! (Click here for it).
I'm especially proud of it because the song is based...
Wallingford Wool
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Today was an exciting day. As part of a PR project I've taken on I've
decided to start promoting Wallingford as a centre of wool. We have a wool
shop, some...
New Blog
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I have decided to start a new blog as I am in a new chapter of my life.
Here it is:
http://sometimeslifehappens2u.blogspot.com/
Thanks for following Crit...
Starting again.
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I'm so looking forward to getting started in my garden again. Planting
seeds, watching them grow, eating them, yum yum.
We are having some massive trees ...
The time has come.
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Officially signing off - no time or energy to keep this blog updated. And
Facebook seems to be doing the trick quite nicely. It will be nice not to
have t...
Christmas Chaos - the post that didn't make it.
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*Image Flickr -By Theresa Thompson*
I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year.
I tried to write a post ....
explaining how inadequate i feel at the ...
2 comments:
Love it!
This is great Sue, and if only we could live like that little dog, such a happy chappy!
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