Which is something I ran out of last Monday night!
My week became chaotic due to an assignment at work, and I was very tired by the time I arrived home.
Every time I sat down to write, I had writers block and couldn’t think straight. The only saving grace was my very first downshift day on Wednesday and I managed to relax a little bit.
We have been eating so many veggie meals, and have only had meat once during the week which was sustainably harvested fish with the Marine Stewardship Council logo on it. We certainly have not found this lifestyle change boring and find that meals are so quick to prepare. My favourite veggie meals so far has been Lentil and Mushroom Bourguignon. It was easy to make, and was delicious. I served it with mashed potato.
Over the weekend, I managed to help Kim decorate a room, hung lots of shelves for the new classroom/art studio, cleaned out the both chookhouses and gave them a coat of lime wash on the inside, harvested some tomatoes (now in abundance) and a cucumber, and planted some spring onions.
Other than that, Ben and I went to the movies to see the new Tin-Tin movie. I haven’t been to the movies for over a year so thought it would be a nice treat. We both enjoyed it and had a good time.
However, a big surprise for us when we got back to the car was that some one had side-swiped us and smashed my rear bumper in. They were nice enough to leave a note with a phone number, however it rings out every time I give it a call. Looks like I am up for $550 for the excess on the insurance. One expensive movie!
I am hoping that my blogging mojo will return during the week, so stay tuned! I am hoping to get a fortnightly podcast up and running again about all things sustainable living wise. I just need a few ideas. Any suggestions for a podcast theme would be welcome to get the creative juices flowing!
Gav
Hi Gav,,,
I must say your fav linked veg meal looks very delish! Def going to try it. Damn re the bumper hey. We have had similar happen before and it puts a real dampener on a nice day out. As for the podcast – what about an a-z of keeping chooks?
sounds productive Gavin 🙂
Re the ‘rear-ender’ and the note- hopefully it wasn’t a ‘because people are watching us’ note, and someone actually answers.
Good luck either way.
thats happened to me with my car. there was nothing on my note.
Linda Woodrow does a “Tuesday Night Vego Challenge”, we tried out last week recipe, very tasty jummy straight out of the veggie garden:
http://witcheskitchen.com.au/gnocchi-with-zucchini-and-pesto/
My kids love to help me make gnocchi’s
Look after your health first, Gavin. Watch your iron and B vitamin levels, or you’ll have no energy to save anything! Don’t make me worry about you! 🙂
Sometimes businesses may have a security camera one the parking lotm but around here police will totally ignore small events.
With Manda’s advice, ramp up on some magnesium. We understand if you need to give yourself a little vacation.
After rest, have you ever thought about podcasts on alternative construction (cordwood, rammed earth, earth ships, straw bale, etc.)? Is that kind of thing popular in Australia? There can be some big impacts on energy use. What about resilience to high winds? Are there other advantages? Just a thought.
brenda from arkansas
Well that just plain sucks about the car. I would suggest you try blocking your number from registering on their caller ID and giving it another few tries. You never know they may have been screening their calls for the next few days and when they keep seeing the same number that they don;t know pop up they just not answer it. Or call em early in the morning!!
Dear readers. Thanks for your concern about my energy levels. On your advice, I downloaded a fact sheet about nutritional needs when on a vegetarian diet. It helped Kim and I balance our requirements, and we should be right as rain now.
Also thanks for the suggestions for the podcast. They sound promising, although I will have to stick to stuff I have mastered myself, as I wouldn’t want to give anyone bad advice.
Gav x