BLESSED SPEEDY

After the last 2 years and all the ups and downs that have happened, particularly in the dairy industry, I thought there weren’t too many challenges left that I couldn’t deal with However last Monday, my Mum had a stroke.  Thankfully she was visiting my sister in Bendigo at the time and not alone or on a bus or something and she was quickly found.  Initially she had paralysis down one side and couldn’t speak.  Once she got to emergency at Bendigo hospital they discovered that she had a blood clot on her brain.  She was given an injection of clot dissolving drugs and helicoptered to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.  It was looking like an operation might be what had to happen. Once I found out what was happening I asked everyone I knew to pray. Another scan was performed once she arrived in Melbourne and amazingly (Praise God!) the clot was dissolved.  So no operation. She has rapidly regained use of her arms and legs and her speech and the only ongoing i...

The last week Ive been posting on social media #7daysofgratitude Its been an interesting week and Ive challenged myself to not post the “usual” but something that people might not necessarily know about Things like my surroundings, food I eat, lifestyle changes etc. Today was day seven and its come at just the right time Ive realised that I am grateful just for being me - being a dairy farmer - and all it entails Yes we have to milk twice a day - but its flexible - we don’t have to start morning milking on the dot of 5 am or the afternoon milking at 4 pm.  If a friend calls in and we choose to have a cuppa with them we can and milk a bit later.  A bit different to working in a shop or an office. Yes there is poo and wee from the cows and yes it often ends up on us - but you hose it off and clothes (and us!!!) wash.  And a bonus is we don’t have to get dressed up to go to work! As for travel time to work - for my hubby and I we live where we work and its a minute or...

As I wrote in my previous blog - Ive realised I don't like having unfinished things hanging around.  Im aiming to "attack" something every day to sort it out.  Clothes, projects, stuff, etc.   One of these things is that I have a HUGE pile of books beside my bed in the "to read" pile.  Yes thats ok but it seems to be growing and not getting any smaller.  So..... Ive gone through the pile to see if they all still interest me to read - and I managed to cull two - which leaves this pile "to read".  All different topics but all look really interesting to me.  Also Ive realised that I need to make "Di time" to do things that I enjoy - and reading is one of them. So Im going to try and set aside at least half an hour a day to do reading - yes most nights I read a page or two when I get into bed but of course Im really tired and end up having to read with one eye open and one closed just to keep awake - which is ridiculous.  Im also going to keep...

It's been a long time since Ive blogged - well January! A lot has happened in that time - it seems mostly bad but there have been some good times inbetween Long story short - its time for me to reassess and regroup and get back to finding the real me A week or so ago I attended a one day workshop with Cynthia Mahoney called "Driving your life - well being workshop for busy women" It was all about setting goals and directions and self assessing and learning how to put yourself first- something that Im pretty ordinary at doing I realised I have no goals really for the future - or if I do they are very vague and not defined I also realised that that is ok too! Ive also realised that I dont like to have unfinished things around me - books, projects, dreams, goals, etc etc So.........I now have a goal - to finish things Ive started or if I dont want to finish them - Ill "gift" them elsewhere So stay tuned Di xxx

2016 has ended - it's time to look back on the last 12 months - yes it's been tough but we survived -  # dairylove  was created and we all learnt grew and stretched ourselves May 2017 be a year where more blessings flow and #dairylove abounds xxx