Mum on a Mission

This new mum is on a mission…to lose weight, to be the best mum I can, to be creative and to be the best version of "ME" I can.

Backyard Blitz

March12

We had a massive blitz on the gardens and lawn today. Mum picked DS up this morning and took him for the day so we could concentrate on getting some stuff down without having to keep an eye out for a certain little boy.

Hubby started earlier than I did of course seeing as I had to work till 12 but I got stuck into it and it felt good, very constructive. I called into Mitre 10 Mega on the way home and picked up some gardening gloves that have a rubber coating to them to protect my nails a bit better, some Yates carrot seeds and a small bag of Yates Black Magic seed raising mix.

I’ve joined the Yates Autumn Veggie Challenge as a bit of motivation to stay up to date with everything in the garden. There are 2 x $1,000 gift cards and 3 x Yates Garden Sprayers to be won, all you have to do is register at http://www.yates.co.nz/vegie-challenge/autumn-2011 (sorry tried to insert at link but I’m having technical issues), keep a blog on how your veggies are going and get your friends and family to vote for you.

How to win:

People’s Choice Award – Goes to the person with the most public votes
Yates Choice Award – Goes to the best entrant as judged by Yates
Encouragement Awards (x3) – As judged by Yates

What are they looking for?

  • Use of Yates Products: Of course we want to see you using our products. Submit photos of you using Yates products in your garden.
  • Quantity of Posts: This competition is about sharing information with other gardeners. So the more information the better.
  • Quality of Posts: This means helpful gardening advice, interesting commentary and honest blogging.
  • Photos: Not only do photos show the progress of your plants and prove that you’re actually growing from seed, they may also help other aspiring gardeners.
  • Public Support: Your family, friends, neighbours and members of the public are able to vote for you.

Wish me luck :) Also if you would be so kind check out my blog and vote for me :) :) :) I’d love you forever!

You can vote for me here – http://www.yates.co.nz/vegie-challenge/autumn-2011/gardeners/Dzinergirl (again, sorry about the lack of link :( )

I’ll post some photos of our garden tomorrow, including some of the vege garden with the rhubarb and lettuces planted and photos of me planting the carrot seeds into the garden and the cauli and brocolli seeds into seed trays.

Stay tuned and as always thanks for reading :)

C xx

 

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Hi, I’m Cheryl and this blog is all about my missions in life.

Number 1 is to be the best mum I can to my little boy who was born in May 2010. My next priority is to lose weight which is what prompted me to start this blog in the first place. It’s  going to be a place for me to share with you on this journey. I love to be creative so will also be sharing my flashes of creativity in all things artsy and craftsy.

I’m not perfect so I will endeavour to be as honest as possible in my posts especially when it comes to any failures I will most likely have in my weight loss mission and in my new job as a Mum. The most important thing I need to remember is when I fall off the wagon that I get right back on again.