28 days of gratitude - day 28 - life , full of possibilities

 

You never know what is around the corner.

Be brave.

28 days of gratitude days 26-27 - nearly 15 months old

He loves - 5am snuggles in Mummy's bed.  Sharing food with us and doggy mates.  Drinking water from the dog's bowl and picking food from Chester's in particular.  Picking grapes from the fruit market shelves and cherry tomatoes from the vines out the back.  He always gives a stranger a smile and they smile back.  Constantly pointing and following the birdies.  Loves raspberries blown onto his belly after a bath.  Starting to shake his head  gesturing a big "no!".  Is a collector of all types of sticks, rocks and seed pods.  In the afternoon really just wants to be carried around on the hip and kept close.  Has started wearing my undies on his head.  Would much rather be having booby more than anything else.

TOM JONES - Chills and Fever (1964)

28 days of gratitude - day 25 - inspiring books

 

Loving these 2 books.

I guess we were all once locavores.  One who sources food locally.  Lots of weekend trips now planned to sample the goods of the Shoalhaven.  Love that River too.

"The Shack" is full of simple earthy abodes in that great Aussie  rough it sort of style.  Thinking maybe a way of meshing these two aspiratons into our new place.

28 days of gratitude - days 18-24 - not that I've been ungrateful.........

 

We have been lying low.  Trying to re- establish a gentle rhythm to our days.  Ever so grateful for many things in this last week.

Grateftul for father and son.

Grateful for cute little boy who loves his doggie mates.

Grateful for psycho dog in lampshade.

Grateful for finding a good vet and dentist.

  So good to have fantastic healthy fresh food at our fingertips.  Have discovered Ga Cuon. Yum!

 Thrilled to find lovely preloved wooden toys and receive such thoughtful gifts in the post.

 Glad have potted out some kitchen herbs to have so handy for those slow cooked stews.

28 days of gratitude - days 13 to 17 - 5 days of pondering

Over the last 5 days have felt a bit over myself and a bit sad.  Still grieving a bit and being back on the coast made me miss everyone so much.  We camped in a cottage near our old house.  It felt like it should still be ours somehow.

Our little man is unwell again and in this morning I will be brave enough to take him to ED.  I think he may have pneumonia.

Poor little Chester pooch has a ruptured knee ligament and is currently fasting for his booked in operation in a few hours time.  Too much ball chasing.  Those days are now over.

Danny boy, well he is having a great time.  He had a big Vet check up recently as he was really pulling up slow and panting hard.  He has been cleared of heart failure and now on daily medications for his arthritis.  He wants to be a pup again and is sometimes even being a bit of a pain.  I don't know how many times I say not to sleep on the couch.  He has been quite boisterous and even Che has been  pushing his butt out of the way.  Go Dan !

We are now officially a one car family.  We said goodbye to our trusty old 1993 Subaru wagon.  This car has been up and down this continent.  We lived out of it for 6 months when I left the Northern Territory and locumed around Western NSW in 2005.  It eventually became Dada's car and smelt and looked like it too.  Full of chip wrappers, sand, tools, dog vomit in the dash covered up with leaf mulch.  Lots of little dings.  Now wonder the wrecker only gave us 200 bucks.

Pondering deeply there have been a few things that come to mind that I am grateful for these last 5 days.

1. Getting an early night

2. Although have been a bit ambivalent lately, still so grateful to be able to breast feed sick bubba and keep him well hydrated.

3. Even though our littleman has been sick he still gives me the most gorgeous smile and loves a tickle.

4. Doggy greetings when arrive home after a day at work.  They still folllow me into the loo, tails wagging with overflowing happiness.

5.  Friends, I cherish you so much.

28 days of gratitude - day 12 - the ability to conceive and grow new life

I know how hard this can be for some people.  We had given up hope and had moved on.  We thought about using assisted methods but it just wasn't for us.  We thought about adoption and again after a lot of soul searching we decided this was not for us.

Then at age 43 during a time of stressful renovations with no kitchen or bathroom, I became very tired and ill.  Thinking this was related to life stress I struggled on but it got worse.  After doing so many pregnancy tests in the past and only getting one line and then period arriving it took me awhile to consider testing.

Then one lunch break I thought yes maybe and 2 lines instantly appeared.

It has been such an amazing journey.

Looking forward to doing some blog hopping with Maxabella