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Sometimes I wished I lived on the mainland. I mean I love living in Tassie but then things like Nuffnang Blogopolis, Digital Parent Bloggaroke and the Organic Expo & Green Show International 2011 come along. Maybe I just need to become rich so I could fly over to these things

But back to the reason for this post – the Sydney Organic Expo & Green Show International 2011.

I try where ever I can to buy organic and I try to live green (but in no way consider myself to be a Greenie – a bit of a hippy/spiritual/goddess yes). I grow my own vegies, well when I have a veg garden (it’s on my list of things to do in our back yard – I’m growing veggies in pots atm). We recycle as much as we can. Miss K wore reusable nappies until recently – I need to find eco friendly disposables or just buy some new reusables. I can’t bring myself to use moon cups or the like yet. I love going to organic/sustainable living/green expos and finding out ways I can impact a little less on the environment. When I found out about the Organic Expo & Green Show I knew I had to check it out. Shame I can’t get there

The Organic Expo & Green Show International is returning to Sydney for it’s 7th year. There are over 200 exhibitors predicted to take part this year. Exhibitors will be representing the very best from fashion, beauty, health, food & wine, gardening and much more.

I checked out the website & there are some awesome presentations & guest speakers including Tobie Puttock, Costa Geogiadis, Kylie Kwong and many more. Things I’d love to check out (if I was going) would be the Foods the harm and foods that heal presentation by Holly Davis and Kylie Kwong Freestyle (I LOVE Kylie, so does my Dad). Then in the Speaker’s Corner I’d check out Natural Mama – Before, During & After Birth with Dr Sarah Lantz and Gardening 101 with Jerry Coleby-Williams.
AND there’s the Organic Kids Fun Zone and the Organic Vineyard.

So when & where is the Expo? Saturday August 6 (10.00am-6.00pm) and Sunday August 7 (10.00am-5.00pm) at Hall 3, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour

Why visit the Sydney Organic Expo & Green Show International? At the Organic Expo & Green show you can indulge your senses in so many ways with an extensive range of exhibitors showcasing the very latest in green and organic products from all over the world.

Where can I buy tickets & how much will it cost me to go? You can buy tickets online (& go into the draw for an exclusive Meet & Greet with Kylie Kwong). Ticket costs are as follows:
General Pass $18
2 Day Pas $30
Family $55 (2 adult + 2 concession)
Concession $15 (kids 12-16 yrs & holders of senior, full-time student & disabled ID cards – proof may be required)
Under 12 years FREE (proof may be required)

I’ve been given the opportunity to give three of my readers a double pass to the Sydney Organic Expo & Green Show 2011. The double pass will be valid for EITHER Saturday August 6th or Sunday August 7th.
What do you have to do to enter? Leave me a comment sharing your favourite organic recipe or green tip. Tweet or Facebook about the competition (& then come back & leave me a note) for an extra entry. AND if you have a question for Garden Guru Costa Georgiadis* leave that too (I’m hoping to do an interview with him soon) for yet another entry.
The winners will be chosen by a random drawing. Tickets will be held at the Trade Registration & Ticket Collection Booth for the winners to pick up. This competition is open to Australian residents only. Competition closes 20th July 2011 – extended by one week

* Costa Grogiadis is an Australian landscape architect and television personality, best known as the host of the SBS TV gardening show, Costa’s Garden Odyssey.

Disclaimer: I have received no monetary compensation for this blog post. I was given the opportunity to give three readers tickets to the Expo and decided to write about it as it is something that interests me & hopefully a few of you

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

1. What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
   Finally finished That’s What I’m Talking about by Shane Crawford
2. What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
   TV – True Blood, S**t my Dad says, The Glee Project, Sarah Jane Adventures 
   Movies – I am Number Four
3. What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
   Celebrated Mum’s birthday
4. What gifts did I give and/or receive?
   Gave/received a iPod Touch (hubby & I bought one to share)
5. What special or unusual purchases did I make?
   New cases & PSUs for our PCs. an iPod Touch
6. What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
   Had a small op at the beginning of the month. Nothing serious
7. What were my accomplishments this month?
   Getting some blog rebuilds done.
8. What were my disappointments this month?
   Tas Govt agreeing to North Melb playing games in Hobart.
9. How did I do on my goals for the month?
   Managed to do a fair bit of art journaling. Still journaling everyday. No exercise due to surgery (no exercise for 6 weeks!). Still managing to keep house clean
10. Anything else noteworthy to include?
    In laws had 5 weeks in the US. Miss K had first hair cut

Tasks to do
Back up all digital pictures. DONE
Format memory cards.
Sort all June photos into 2011 folder. DONE
Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
Backup my blogs. DONE
Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
Update LYM Logbook from Momento app

Goals for July
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook pages for July
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – working on this with HabitHacker
Organise at least one scrapping day with mum

Finally getting around to taking part in Yay for Home’s Things I know.

This week I know

• no matter how hard I try, Miss K will not have two day sleeps

• hubby will always be out when I need him (& have forgotten his mobile)

• this letter from singer Pink is amazing. Willow is a cutie too

• that if I plan to have some me time, something always comes up

• I love Twitter & the new friends I have made because of it

• and the amazing blogs I have found

So there you have it. That’s what I know this week.

Hoping to have a #saturdayscrap tomorrow on Twitter. Feel free to join us.

(someone forgot that our hosting was due last week….um that would be me. All paid now and we’re back for another 12 months lol)

So did I miss blogging over the last few days? Yup you bet. I’ve got a bit to share with you all too.

I’ve been a bit inspired to do some scrapping, well art journaling actually. Thanks to Kirsty (@mummytofive) and Lisa (@heyLisaWarren) for our scrapping chat on Twitter (search for the hashtag #saturdayscrap).

Anyways back to what I did Saturday night. They are in my gallery if you want to check them out.

I got another couple of pages started and I’ll share them as soon as they are done.

Miss K is growing so fast and getting a real attitude lately *sigh* Bedtimes are becoming a real struggle and day sleeps are nearly non existent 🙁 any suggestions blog land?

Looking forward to working with the team at Scrapping Shoebox. We’ve said goodbye to two members and welcomed a new member. Look for some changes and take part in our poll to help us share what you want to see.

Anyways, I’m off to do some more art journaling. Back soon

Membership to Sunny Mummy

I would so love to join the Sunny Mummy site. It seems like such an inspirational place to be.

This chair and footstool for Miss K (in cream)

The Mog Collection. Another for Miss K (well for me too I love the Mog books)

The OTI Organiser. I think I really want one of these for Christmas this year.

and one for hubby (& me) who is a huge Star Wars fan.

What’s on your wish list right now?

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

WHEN MY HUSBAND DOES THE DISHES by Kerri Sackville (OMG this book is freaking hilarious – review coming soon. You can follow her on Twitter @KerriSackville)

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Bones, Holmes Inspection, Glee, Time Team, AFL, Doctor Who

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
Got to catch up with my cousin & her gorgeous son

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
didn’t give or receive anything this month

What special or unusual purchases did I make? just the usual purchases this month

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Had minor surgery to remove scar tissue from when Miss K was born

What were my accomplishments this month?
Got all the paper work for the last 2 financial years to our new accountant. Signed up for a scrapbooking challenge.

What were my disappointments this month?
not getting as much help around home as I’d like & getting grumpy about it.

How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Journaling everyday still. Started scrapping my P365. Did some digi pages & art journal pages. Exercise has dropped off recently due to not feeling 100% & my op.

Anything else noteworthy to include? Mum feeling much better. Miss K still sleeping in her bed.feeling up & done. Miss K still in her own bed & coming through when she wakes of a morning; self settling overnight and only occasionally having overnight feeds.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all May photos into 2011 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. Burn onto 2011 DVD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
5. Update LYM Logbook from Momento app

Goals for June
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook pages for June
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – working on this with HabitHacker

Playing around with a new theme. Trying to create something a little more clean & stream lined.

Feel free to let me know what you think 🙂

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