Tag: Monthly round up

March was a quiet one blog wise as life has been super busy but here’s my monthly snapshot.

Latest posts

• In my Planner – Jan/Feb 2023

New recipes

• quick chicken curry
• chicken leek & corn pie
• curried beef & noodles
• beef fried rice
• meatballs in sticky plum sauce
• garlic butter chicken
• chicken satay rissoles
• bbq pork ribs
• spiced rubbed chicken w maple glaze

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

Lots of craft & gardening videos
AFL

Gratitude

• family
• craft time
• internet friends

Events

• a 13th birthday party – we played D&D
• so many craft/business workshops
• our first lot of bottle fed foster kittens
• School athletics for both kids
• MIL’s birthday

Monthly stats

• Number of photos taken – 364
• Books/pages read – 4 books

Monthly Goals

Current

• Photo-A-Day
• Declutter 365
• Clean up this blog
• Set up April & May in my planner

Next Month

• Photo-A-Day
• Declutter 365
• Winter planner setup
• blog posts

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

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 February 2023

Latest posts

• No new posts since the last review

New recipes

• RecipeTinEats Chicken shawarma
• Beef kebabs
• Meatloaf cupcakes
• Creamy chicken pasta
• RecipeTinEats Chicken lasagne
• Stir fry beef bowl
• Ginger chicken & crunchy noodle salad
• Tandoori chicken wraps (with homemade flour tortillas)
• Chinese pork & vegetables

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

• More junk journal videos
• Lots of history docos
• Death in Paradise
• Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch by Rachel Patterson
• Creative Watercolor by Ana Victoria Calderón
• The Witchy Homestead by Zoe Ingram, Nikki Van De Car

Gratitude

1. Long warm days
2. Kids going back to school
3. James being allowed to drive again

Events

• Lots of craft workshops for me
• Kara turned 13 – I have a teenager!!
• Dad doing a presentation on my Grandfather (his Dad) at the Chin society

Monthly stats

• Number of photos taken – 292
• Books/pages read – 3 books started. 2 books finished.

Monthly Goals

Current

• Photo-A-Day – all done
• Declutter 365 – all done
• Get back into the school routine – daily alarm set for M-F but we still run late most days 🙁
• Clean up this blog – started

Next Month

• Photo-A-Day
• Declutter 365
• Clean up this blog
• Set up April & May in my planner

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

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

• 2022 – A year in review
• Around here in 2023
• Catching Up – my Winter planner
• Catching up – the rest of 2022 in my planner
• Planner setup for 2023
• 101 things Version 4

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