Hi all,
My name is Cat and I am looking forward to sharing little bits of my life on our PEACE farm blog. Right now I am struggling to find time to put all my ideas down as my little baby Ollie (number 4) is only 4 weeks old. But the things I plan to share on this blog are my craft projects, cheese-making, recipes and cooking, multimedia creations, and general thoughts and musings on things such as parenting, farming, and living consciously in community.
So firstly a but about me. I have 4 children, Jasmena (9) and Marlowe (6) from a previous relationship, and Luca (not quite 2) and Ollie (4 weeks) from my farmer-boy Matt. Luca is the current biggest challenge in our lives as he struggles to adapt to having a baby brother. He is mostly gorgeous and gentle with Ollie, but occasionally will slap him on the face, or try and scratch out his eyes. Hmm yes, its a little stressful.
I have a background in secondary teaching, yoga and multimedia. I lived and worked for several years in the NT in indigenous education and have recently been the multimedia developer for Nosmokes.com.au a wonderful anti-smoking website for young Aboriginal and TSI people. I plan to somehow use some of these skills in my new life as farmers wife, perhaps setting up a farm school, or documenting our journey on this blog and beyond. We will also eventually have a yoga room operating here so I can get back into my yoga teaching. Right now it is difficult to find 5 mins to do any kind of stretching.
Yesterday I turned 40! I had a lush day of being completely spoilt by my beloved, my kids and my friends. It was such a beautiful sunny day, and the farm was full of friends and kids running around, yummy cakes and afternoon tea treats, massages in front of the fire. In what I call a "lush lounge" my girlfriends and I all take turns in massaging one woman at a time so you may have four or five sets of hands on you at once. Many hands make light work, and for the receiver it is one amazing ride. Yum. At our community dinner last night Trav asked me what it meant for me to turn 40 and what I wanted to set for my intention for this year. At first I was a bit stumped. Having just given birth 4 weeks ago, I haven't really had much time to contemplate turning 40. I know its supposed to be a big deal, but I guess I still feel the same person as when I was 39, and I don't feel "middle-aged". But I have been reflecting quite a bit on having lived on this Earth for 40 years, and its been a very full life. And now we are on this amazing peace of land, and living what has been a dream for many years. We are milking our own goats, making cheeses, designing the gardens and permaculture systems, raising chickens and animals for our eggs and meat, and connecting with eachother and the land in a deep and conscious way. But getting back to Trav's question, rather than being too unrealistic or grand in my intentions I settled on "Celebrating the simple things in life" and it is these simple things, like collecting the eggs and milking the goats, that give me so much joy and pleasure.
So I will leave you with that - and continue more another day. Right now the simple thing I want to celebrate is that the house is quiet and four children are all asleep. So now it is time for my head to hit the pillow as well. Good night!
My name is Cat and I am looking forward to sharing little bits of my life on our PEACE farm blog. Right now I am struggling to find time to put all my ideas down as my little baby Ollie (number 4) is only 4 weeks old. But the things I plan to share on this blog are my craft projects, cheese-making, recipes and cooking, multimedia creations, and general thoughts and musings on things such as parenting, farming, and living consciously in community.
I have a background in secondary teaching, yoga and multimedia. I lived and worked for several years in the NT in indigenous education and have recently been the multimedia developer for Nosmokes.com.au a wonderful anti-smoking website for young Aboriginal and TSI people. I plan to somehow use some of these skills in my new life as farmers wife, perhaps setting up a farm school, or documenting our journey on this blog and beyond. We will also eventually have a yoga room operating here so I can get back into my yoga teaching. Right now it is difficult to find 5 mins to do any kind of stretching.
Yesterday I turned 40! I had a lush day of being completely spoilt by my beloved, my kids and my friends. It was such a beautiful sunny day, and the farm was full of friends and kids running around, yummy cakes and afternoon tea treats, massages in front of the fire. In what I call a "lush lounge" my girlfriends and I all take turns in massaging one woman at a time so you may have four or five sets of hands on you at once. Many hands make light work, and for the receiver it is one amazing ride. Yum. At our community dinner last night Trav asked me what it meant for me to turn 40 and what I wanted to set for my intention for this year. At first I was a bit stumped. Having just given birth 4 weeks ago, I haven't really had much time to contemplate turning 40. I know its supposed to be a big deal, but I guess I still feel the same person as when I was 39, and I don't feel "middle-aged". But I have been reflecting quite a bit on having lived on this Earth for 40 years, and its been a very full life. And now we are on this amazing peace of land, and living what has been a dream for many years. We are milking our own goats, making cheeses, designing the gardens and permaculture systems, raising chickens and animals for our eggs and meat, and connecting with eachother and the land in a deep and conscious way. But getting back to Trav's question, rather than being too unrealistic or grand in my intentions I settled on "Celebrating the simple things in life" and it is these simple things, like collecting the eggs and milking the goats, that give me so much joy and pleasure.
