tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post2681815943758509917..comments2023-12-08T15:28:52.998+10:30Comments on taurus rising: a bit a me 'n' a bit a youKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-69471621030693478812009-07-01T10:15:46.245+09:302009-07-01T10:15:46.245+09:30agggh! - my response to katrine and em just got e...agggh! - my response to katrine and em just got eaten!!! <br />Thank you for sharing(cliche but true) i feel like i do know you all just a little more and i.like.it!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-17644351290321739722009-07-01T08:46:55.266+09:302009-07-01T08:46:55.266+09:30It's lovely to read all the responses!
Kel, y...It's lovely to read all the responses!<br /><br />Kel, yes! I am game for both. :)Veggie Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914328803975022495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-64827743288390271542009-06-30T14:09:23.874+09:302009-06-30T14:09:23.874+09:30Love reading your blog Kel, it's so darn inter...Love reading your blog Kel, it's so darn interesting. Most of the time I feel terribly uninteresting, so that's a bloggy struggle b/c (to answer Q2) blogging is mostly for me, but I know that other people read it, so do I really want them to peer into the milk and porridge that is my life? Often I postpone writing until I think it's safe that I *won't * be using the same bland Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512540414202977424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-78972127158798671082009-06-30T09:07:49.292+09:302009-06-30T09:07:49.292+09:30Significant choices....
Exactly a year ago today ...Significant choices....<br /><br />Exactly a year ago today a close friend of mine became a mother which started me thinking really seriously about what it would mean to me to become a parent and when i wanted to become a parent. <br /><br />This change in the focus of my thoughts has lead to a myriad of significant changes ... the most significant of which was probably starting a personal yoga Katrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876808853541309162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-34522855934553490502009-06-30T09:07:12.965+09:302009-06-30T09:07:12.965+09:30el burro - thanks. I love boundary changing stuff-...el burro - thanks. I love boundary changing stuff- it was a great one for me to learn too! It actually was life changing for me; i learnt to say no or wait to my ex- changed everything. I grew up. For me to its the multi level organisation too, i love having a really organised, visually exciting diary which is interactive,its very cool isnt it?<br /><br />LEF- bring on the reconnection/the Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-42680340080794465112009-06-30T08:26:15.140+09:302009-06-30T08:26:15.140+09:30I think I'm with Tricia and awareness would be...I think I'm with Tricia and awareness would be my biggest accomplishment. Just making myself look further than basic water and energy saving around the home. I have now got so much more to think about and many more plans to implement.<br />As for blogging - It's strangely addictive isn't it! I initially started one for mum so she could see regular updates of the kids, then I got Telelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724182152650878410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-64153474602164800112009-06-30T07:11:46.377+09:302009-06-30T07:11:46.377+09:30Great questions....I'm not sure I had even ask...Great questions....I'm not sure I had even asked myself these questions??<br /><br />I think the most significant thing I have changed is my awareness. I’m more aware of the ethical and environmental consequences of my decisions. I like the power that that awareness gives me. Not every decision i make is as ethical or eco friendly as I would like – but I have recently decided that’s OK – as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-7107493521705696912009-06-30T00:36:50.860+09:302009-06-30T00:36:50.860+09:30Hi kel...
great post, and just wanted to say that...Hi kel... <br />great post, and just wanted to say that even if i don't always make comments, i always read your stuff...thanks also for all of your comments over this last year.<br /><br />what have i changed? i'd say that the bit i've worked hardest at is managing to be honest with myself and others without feeling guilty about it...all of that boundary stuff. still in the process, elburronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-25977723865867049092009-06-29T22:52:39.840+09:302009-06-29T22:52:39.840+09:30oh wow- thank you all so much for sharing yourselv...oh wow- thank you all so much for sharing yourselves like this! Its exceeded anything i could have wished for and i really really appreciate knowing jus tthat little more about you all, especially those new here. I love the minutia of details, its those htings that really help with understanding the person. <br /><br />ICG- yes, for me too its the 'my sort ofd people' thing and i love Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-44354231854878290252009-06-29T22:14:39.865+09:302009-06-29T22:14:39.865+09:30Ah see, I knew I subscribed to this blog for a rea...Ah see, I knew I subscribed to this blog for a reason! I think I'll start with the second part of your question: why blog? I first set up my blog to learn about new web tools for work. We'd just moved to the mountains, so to begin with it was just to share with family and friends so they would know what was going on in our lives. Then suddenly one day I had two comments from complete Jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467803584504473036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-26971518695955790482009-06-29T22:14:10.667+09:302009-06-29T22:14:10.667+09:30Two questions in one post. How could I resist!
We...Two questions in one post. How could I resist!<br /><br />Well many things have changed for me over the year for the better. I feel proud of myself for maintaining my way on my families journey towards a sustainable lifestyle. Even with Kim's illness, which could have made me drop everything in the too hard basket, I found that the values that I have built up over the past few years held meAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995214671079288985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-62607287882751360132009-06-29T18:25:30.813+09:302009-06-29T18:25:30.813+09:30I think you know my answer Kel!
In fact I've...I think you know my answer Kel! <br /><br />In fact I've deleted all of the blogs I used to read from my reader as it was taking up too much time and I felt "obliged" to read them as if I would be letting the bloggers down if I didn't.<br /><br />Now you're the only one I read daily, but I've put you in my bookmarks bar for easy access.<br /><br />I occasionally look emmanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210606593812739748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-29003123042188736172009-06-29T17:24:42.455+09:302009-06-29T17:24:42.455+09:30I had to go away and think about this first.
I'...I had to go away and think about this first.<br />I'm really happy with how my garden has evolved over the past year and how I've continued to make bread twice weekly.<br />I think I started blogging as a bit of a vent, but it sort of evolved into a way of letting my family (in NZ) see what I've been doing, although my brother says he feels rather voyeuristic reading my blog, but I Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024358673602132526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-37144223427624712672009-06-29T13:35:30.713+09:302009-06-29T13:35:30.713+09:30Hmm, trust you to ask for long winded answers when...Hmm, trust you to ask for long winded answers when I have only the time to skim read ;-) Be back later!Minni Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-77678490721845560232009-06-29T13:15:40.090+09:302009-06-29T13:15:40.090+09:30I love blogging, stopping by peoples links to thei...I love blogging, stopping by peoples links to their lives, their gardens and the meals they prepare.<br />Since I became a part time "stay at home Granny", I don't have much time to write blog articles but I love sitting having a cup of tea and seeing what you are all doing or saying.<br />I am following Gavin's cheese making adventures. I intend to make cheese sometime.<br />Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155210756905386478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-71179676580824890112009-06-29T12:29:37.798+09:302009-06-29T12:29:37.798+09:30Why blog? I live in fairly small communities and d...Why blog? I live in fairly small communities and don't have that many in-person friends to share my thoughts with, so blogging has been a lifesaver. I love getting comments and having lively discussions. Perhaps there's a bit of narcicissm too mixed up with my love for blogging? Because I care deeply about childbirth and mothering and breastfeeding and, if I don't blog, I have almost Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-28877605271501695622009-06-29T11:55:32.446+09:302009-06-29T11:55:32.446+09:30These are two questions. Are you allowed to ask th...These are two questions. Are you allowed to ask that many?<br /><br />Q2: Bloggo, ergo sum.<br /><br />Q1: We have been changing our way of life for the last decade. With every year we embrace a few more new changes. They have become an integral part in our life so that we don't even realise how much we have changed over the years.<br /><br />Past year? Making soap, laundry liquid, deodorant Veggie Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914328803975022495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774169005849424657.post-1383118079804719892009-06-29T09:40:04.070+09:302009-06-29T09:40:04.070+09:30Well I think I blog mostly because it's a way ...Well I think I blog mostly because it's a way of engaging intellectually and socially with "my sort of people" while I'm parenting full-time. None of my close friends are parents and my relatives who are have some different priorities from mine. I needed a place to process some of my thoughts about all the stuff that's happened in my life over the last few years, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com