withvintageandme has moved!

Hi everyone!

Just letting you all know that I have moved over to wordpress.org. I have been doing alot of thinking over the time that I haven't been blogging. I have lots of changes to make and I found that wordpress will work with me much better than blogger.

My blog is withvintageandme.com. I have a domain name and web hosting now. I am very happy with what I have decided to do and am looking forward to growing my blog.

I hope you will still follow me and see what exciting things will be happening at my new place.

Look forward to seeing you over at withvintageandme.com

My Nanny

My nanny passed away two weeks ago and I miss her.
I haven't posted anything on my blog for awhile because I just wanted some time off. When a special loved one passes away, you start to think about what things are important in your life. I always wanted to do my own blog and thought I would give it a go. I realised that if you wanted to post every day, it does take atleast a few hours to put something together. I was starting to worry that I didn't have anything to post about and I wasn't posting something everyday. Would I lose followers? Is my blog interesting? Not posting anything for the past few weeks, I haven't been stressed about what I could post on my blog. I realised that I will post something when I want to. I want to enjoy my days doing what I love and that's looking after my family. My family comes first.
I am still going to do my blog but I am thinking about changing what I post. I will post things about what I enjoy doing such as baking and my vintage finds. I have started meal planning again so I might put some posts about that. I just need some more time to think about things.
xx 

What the weekend brings

We are visiting my hubby's auntie on Saturday

Going for afternoon tea 

Making a cake in the morning to take to enjoy with coffee

This is the one I am going to bake 

peppermint meringue brownie cake

I found this yummy recipe over at thesweetlife.com

 I will let you know how it turns out

On Sunday, we will be hanging around the house

Vacuuming, washing and baking

Enjoy your weekend x

Busy days

It has been nearly two weeks since I last put a post on my blog. The reason is, we have been busy.
The kids have had dress up days at school. There has been incursions and excursions last week.
Our little dog had major dental surgery. She needed to rest and wasn't allowed to chew anything hard.
 Our washing machine of 4 years decided to not work anymore so I had to do some research and shop around so we could get a new one.
Only 1 chick hatched from the 8 eggs we had incubating. We had to buy 3 little chicks so our little chick wouldn't be alone.
And, we had an underground tank installed in our backyard.

The new three beside our little one 

Our little chick that we hatched

She had to check it out

The school holidays are starting this friday. I am looking forward to doing day trips with the kids and spending time at home. I have started baking our own bread again. I have put aside some time during the day to do baking. I love baking and trying out new recipes. The smell of baked goods is amazing.

Do you love baking? What are your favourite recipes?

One little chick

At 7.00 am this morning, one little chick hatched out of its egg. It stays in the incubator until tomorrow then gets transferred to the brooder box. I can't take any photo's yet as the chick needs to rest. 

I will see you tomorrow with some 

pictures x

A new chicken run

I have finally found some time to sit down and write a post for my blog. Monday, I cleaned up from the weekend and did heaps of washing as we have great weather at the moment. Tuesday, the kids had a day off from school so I was spending time with them.

So the weekend I nearly got everything done that I said on friday with "what the weekend brings". Master 10 had his haircut. We purchased a booster seat for Miss 6. We did a little bit of landscaping. I planted the pea seedlings in the veggie garden and they are already growing up on the wire for support. Made a start on the new chicken run. And of course in Australia we celebrated Father's Day on Sunday. Hubby got three vintage auto tin signs to put in the garage. The kids made some lovely cards and hubby thoroughly enjoyed the day. 

This is how the chicken run is at the moment. Chicken house on the right, a run on the left(where the green sticks are) and there is a run on the right behind the chicken house

This is where the new chicken run is going, from the chicken house down to the sleepers. 

There will be bricked steps here. This is my lovely digging from the weekend. Hubby helped me abit as there was some clay and rock that we needed to get through.

And there is always someone who wants to be in the photo!

News on the chicken eggs that are in the incubator, there are 5 left that I am hoping are going to hatch. 1 day left for incubating. Fingers crossed there will be some little fluffy chicks either tomorrow or thursday.

What the weekend brings

Master 10 gets a much needed haircut

Shopping for a new booster seat for Miss 6

Doing some landscaping in the backyard

Planting the pea seedlings in the veggie garden

Planning a new chicken run

Making some tea light candles

Celebrating Father's Day on Sunday in Australia

And just relax.....

Enjoy your weekend x