We had very specific goals this morning and it was a good way to start the morning.  I got the laundry started early while Pete tackled office work.  The kids and I worked with the housework till morning tea.  After that, they piled in the car with Pete and headed into town for a rubbish run, lunch in town and to buy a few things to fix their bikes with.  I had a couple of hours to myself – I finished off the housework and did a little bit of reading – two hours don’t last that long! 

Pete planned on fixing bikes, collecting palm fronds and spraying weeds around the veggie patch with the kids in the afternoon so I took the opportunity to be in the office with no interruptions.  Yay!!

I then cooked dinner.  Now this sounds like an everyday occurrence but….thinking about dinner has happened at 5.00pm around here lately.  I am trying to develop a new habit of thinking of dinner after lunch and by 3.00pm at the latest.  So a big tick for me for today!!

Jess had a piano lesson and while Josh mowed the lawn I thought I would wander down to the veggie patch and do some weeding.  But Pete had beat me to it with the spray wand – so it wasn’t worth doing by hand till they all die.  Pete and I planted out some seeds instead.  We have a huge garden this year; we can’t fill it even when we try.  It will be good to have a few empty patches so we can plant a second round in a few weeks’ time.

We sat at the dinner table this evening, quite content with our efforts for today.  We are tired but all is well!