Dirt, mango, friend

1. A load of dirt for our new raised vegetable garden is delivered, and it is dark and lumpy and manure-smelling. Excellent.

2. I lay out afternoon tea for some friends; the watermelon and scored mango cheeks look beautiful.

3. Seeing a friend who moved away 4 years ago and I have only seen her once since then. Great to chat and catch up.

Friend, Bucket, TV

The reason I hesitated so long about starting a 3BT blog is because I knew that some days would be hard. Like today, when my 4 year old son was home vomiting and I had some urgent work I couldn't do while looking after him and also couldn't get out to the shops so .... you know. Some days are like that. But the point of this exercise is to find the good in each day, so:

1. My friend and neighbour and fellow-mother Janet brought my daughter home from school so I wouldn't have to drag sick Aiden out, and the school rang to check that that was ok. Two great things there.

2. After the first vomit, all the rest went into the bucket or the toilet, so there was hardly any cleaning up to do and only one set of sheets.

3. Wednesday is my favourite TV night, and I am looking forward to collapsing.