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Monthly Review – January 2023

Welcome to something new I’m doing in 2023 – my month in review. Each month I’ll be sharing my posts for the month, new recipes I’ve tried, what I’ve been consuming (media wise), how I’ve done with my monthly goals (& sharing the goals for the month ahead), things I’m grateful for, events that happens, stats and anything else I want to share

So onto the review of January 2023

Latest posts

New recipes

  • English muffins
  • Baguettes
  • Mongolian beef meatballs
  • RecipeTinEats Chicken salad
  • Beef rissoles with scallop potato
  • Chicken Kyiv pasta bake
  • Creamy French onion chicken salad
  • Thai chicken meatball salad
  • Cheesy one pan sour cream chicken pasta

What I’ve been consuming (videos, podcasts, books, music)

  • Junk journal videos
  • Cricket – Tests and Big Bash League
  • History Channel
  • Death in Paradise S10 & S11
  • The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2
  • Egyptian Mythology by Garry J Shaw
  • Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch by Rachel Patterson

Gratitude

  1. Family
  2. Super relaxed school holidays.
  3. Fresh summer fruits – hello mangos

Events

  • School holiday workshops for the kids
  • Birthdays – Dad & Mine

Monthly stats

Number of photos taken: 363
Books/pages read: 120 pages

Monthly Goals

January Goals

  • Photo-A-Day – all 31 days done
  • Declutter 365 – a couple of days behind but mostly done
  • 1st quarter vision board – done and in my planner

February Goals

  • Photo-A-Day
  • Declutter 365
  • Get back into the school routine
  • Clean up this blog

Want to see previous reviews? Check out the 2023 monthly review tag

Around here in 2023

Welcome to 2023! Yeah I know it’s nearly the end of January but life has been a bit more relaxed since Christmas. We’re enjoying the warm days, sleeping in when we don’t have work, the kids are sleeping in the tent most nights. Cricket is on the TV. Life is just generally slower before the rush of back to school and more structure in the first week of February.
The eldest is off to High School this year so that will be interesting.

Anywho, what can you expect here on the blog for 2023?

  • I’m starting with a good clean up. The majority of my craft posts will be leaving, they may turn up on my craft blog – Nightwolf Crafts.
  • I have a couple of Catching Up posts scheduled that I wrote towards the end of 2022 and never posted.
  • In the Den Kitchen is going to get a major revamp. I’m not sure what as yet but it’s going to change.
  • I’ll be archiving a bunch of outdated posts.
  • Still posting my planner setups and weekly layouts.
  • A new 101 things list (the last one finished in October 2022)
  • More of the Travelling Tasmania series.
  • Party planning for a 13th and 9th birthday
  • A new series of posts.
  • General posts about blogging, family, food and planners.
  • I’m hoping to branch out a little in 2023 with some planner things but we’ll see how that goes Smile

Hope you all had a good Christmas & New Year and I hope 2023 is a good year for you.

Happy December

and happy first day of Summer (& nearly Winter). The weather here is gorgeous today and I’m enjoying the cool breeze from the air con.

Lots going on here this month

  • end of school shenanigans. Pool parties, presentation assembly, big finding out if she’s made student leader in 2022, getting end of year reports and finding out class placements for 2022.
  • Summer holidays. No big plans as yet. A few day or weekend trips around the state so be on the lookout for some new posts in our Travel Tasmania series.
  • Christmas and all that entails.
  • Summer solstice, thinking we might beach it this year.
  • I’ve got a few blog posts scheduled on different topics, the first will be up tomorrow.

That’s about it at this stage. Hope you all have a great month.

Fat Mum Slim Photo-a-Day

I keep trying to do a full year of this. Don’t think I’ve made it yet. Maybe this year??

Anyway here’s January’s list

1. THIS IS ME
2. PAPER
3. A CAR
4. SO COLOURFUL
5. A PET
6. FLOWERS
7. THE SKY
8. I ATE HERE
9. A CLOSE-UP
10. SOMETHING NICE
11. SHOES
12. TECHNOLOGY
13. SOMETHING IN NATURE
14. HOLDING SOMETHING SMALL
15. I LOVE THIS SMELL
16. I CAN DO THIS
17. IN MY CUP
18. I LOVE THIS FOOD
19. MORE THAN ONE
20. A FRIEND
21. WATER
22. ON THE FLOOR
23. SUNSET
24. THIS IS FUN
25. A SWEET TREAT
26. WHERE I STOOD
27. A PATH
28. THIS IS MINE
29. LUCKY
30. SUMMER/WINTER
31. THIS IS ALSO ME

and my photos

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Happy Holidays

15 days in and I’m only just changing my blog theme. Oh dear. Oh well it is 2020 Winking smile

What’s been happening here over the last few months? Lots.

Work has been busy. I’m busy planning to add some new services next year and do some New Year/Back to School specials.

The kiddos finish school for the summer break on Thursday. Today is their school pool picnic. I feel sorry for their teachers. Behaviour at home has been pretty shocking but they are tired and over the whole year. I know I am.

Mum’s first anniversary passed quietly. We spent the afternoon with Dad. Did some cleaning out in the garage (nearly all the craft stuff is boxed up and ready to come here – I’m getting a craft room again!). Had a BBQ. Dad & the kiddos played a bit of cricket. Mum would have loved it.

I’ve been doing lots of crafting but that will all be over at Nightwolf Scraps

We’re still fostering cats. We now own 4 cats after one has become a permanent foster due to her stressful nature. Slowly becoming the crazy cat lady, haha!

I’ve enrolled to do some study next year. Waiting to hear back more details after getting offered a place.

That’s about it really. Will be back later with our recipes for the last few months. Some really yum foods.

101 Things (2017-2020)

Well one didn’t predict the lockdown and not being able to do anything much when I shortened my 101 things to finish in January.

Here’s what I was going to do and what my results are…..

  1. new jumpers for me  DONE
  2. a set of oracle cards DONE
  3. buy a Linkin Park t-shirt (I regret never getting one in my 20s) NOT YET
  4. get our wedding scrapbook finished  UM NO
  5. Keep up to date with my ALP KIND OF
  6. Create a quilt from the kids’ old clothes (at least get them cut) CUT UP
  7. Create a blanket of our old band/tv show t-shirts (as above) CUT UP
  8. create a spiritual journal/workbook NOPE
  9. celebrate the sabbats DONE
  10. aim for a weekly walk NOPE
  11. create a recipe book STARTED
  12. Have a BBQ (when we get the gazebo up!) NOPE
  13. complete one of my udemy courses HAVE ONE UNIT LEFT
  14. learn to crochet NOT YET
  15. Take the kids to Tazmazia NOPE
  16. Visit the tessellated pavement DONE
  17. Cradle Mountain NOPE
  18. answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind DONE (read it here)
  19. write my name in wet cement NOPE
  20. give my personal blog a makeover DONE
  21. sort our movie library STARTED
  22. Watch sunrise & sunset in the same day DONE
  23. Get that damn gazebo up NOPE
  24. take the kids 10 pin bowling NOPE
  25. make a brand new 101 in 1001 list! DONE Will be up on 1st May