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Well, sometimes you just have to laugh. Or cry. I was thinking we were doing pretty well for being only 2 weeks postpartum. In the two weeks since little BabyJ was born, I've made 3 skirts -- one for my daughter, two for me (found I had an empty closet once the maternity clothes were out of commission!). I found a new polo shirt I had set aside to make a shirt dress for Miss Em, which I re-worked by cutting off the collar to make a scoop neck, cutting the sleeves shorter, gathering, and binding them with some strawberry-print fabric to make a puffed cap sleeve style to match her new skirt.I helped hubby pick out and buy new plants for the backyard (Australian natives to beat drought conditions and attract birds -- kangaroo paws, bottle brushes, proteas, Geraldton wax, etc -- and some other favorites such as Chinese jasmine to grow up the fence, hydrangea, flags, camellias, and others. He planted them all though
. We'd like to have veggies but are planning to sell the house within the year so decided to landscape instead -- besides, we shop at a farmer's market, and they are cheaper to buy in season than spend all the money on water and fertilizer for our VERY non-fertile sandy soil.I've reviewed the kids homeschooling and written out a plan to get them caught up in their language arts. (Long story -- they got behind at the end of the pregnancy when I was in a lot of pain and just struggling to keep up with the laundry and get meals in the freezer).
I've done all the grocery shopping since we've been home from the hospital; I've gone second-hand clothes shopping; I've gotten the laundry caught up; I've started making a schedule for the rest of the school year now that I'm a little more familiar with how BabyJ "works", LOL! (school year ends in December in Australia).
Now tomorrow, hubby is going back to work and wouldn't you know it -- yesterday I came down with the most severe case of mastitis I've ever had. Fever, chills, sweating, extreme pain -- it was worse than labor. Last night was AWFUL. Today was Sunday -- and I was dreading a trip to the ER, but fortunately I recalled there is an after-hours clinic here in our (new) neighborhood. So I went there -- got antibiotics -- feeling SOMEWHAT better (i.e. I'm out of bed now
). I just wonder WHY, after two weeks of recuperation time, with hubby at home ( yes I know I'm very blessed!) the day before he goes back to work, I GET SICK!Well, that's all for now....hoping to have pics of some of the projects described above soon!
Honey, I'm home!
Sooooo....this is homesteadblogger, huh!? Nice place! Well, since we are new and all, we'll take a moment to introduce ourselves. We are Mama Moey and Miss Em. Mama Moey is a busy homemaker and mother of four (9yog; 8yob; 2yob; and Baby, 1 week old today!).
Miss Em is our eldest and only daughter! As Miss Em grows up, and Mama grows older, we find that we have more and more in common. We both enjoy a good book, a cup of tea, cooking, making things, teaching others, and developing our musical skills. We both like to write, and most commonly you can find either of us with our noses in a book, learning something new.
Mama Moey has another blog at homeschoolblogger.com , but has found that she blogs about EVERYTHING but HOMESCHOOL! And now that Miss Em is an up and coming homemaker, we decided to put our collective brains, skills, and quest for knowledge together in a blog about what we do at home. So Homeschooling will stay at homeschoolblogger, and all the rest will move over here.
We don't quite know our way around yet, but when we do, the things you'll be likely to find here are: daily events and happenings in our lives in Australia, spiritual discoveries and devotions, things we are learning about managing our urban homestead, frugal tips, OAMC recipes, and hopefully lots of photos and fun stuff!
Welcome, come back soon, and enjoy!
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