Monthly Review – March 2023

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

Latest posts

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

Monthly Review – February 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 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

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