Thank goodness September 25, 2008

Thank goodness Mozilla remembered my password otherwise this blog would go from extremely rare updates to absolutely no updates whatsoever.

Bin update: STILL havent put out our wheely bin! Expecting to probably before Christmas, but to be honest I originally estimated 6 months and it has been 8 months now so you never know. Saying that, I am having a week off in November for various events and to clear out the house so I’m willing to bet I’ll find some unrecyclable/freecyclable stuff that will find its way in there.

Other updates: Went to the Netherlands! Lovely stuff. I absolutely love it there. So pretty and none of that ‘Im better than you because I have designer label clothes’ attitude that I notice among so many of the people who live in my area. Anyway, have found one place that looks for volunteers to help with organic gardening and related bits so am going to apply and see what happens. Have also been looking on HelpExchange for Spanish and Portuguese volunteer opportunities, just generally want to get off this island!!

Anyway I mainly came on here to add a new link to my blogroll, check out Andy’s new blog (one of the authors of The Self Sufficientish Bible, and one of the founders of the Self Sufficientish website) – Self Sufficientish blog

I love the concept of Self Sufficientish, it is one of my favourite websites, and the only forum I go on regularly. Basically, its the idea of not giving it all up to work the land, but doing bits here and there, like home brew, foraging etc in order to save a bit of money and have a bit of fun but still having the freedom to take a day off and go to the cinema or to a restaurant. It’s the middle ground and Self Sufficientism can be practised anywhere from a huge country farm to a tiny city flat.