A Very Nanna Sunday

Why do I want to blog about my experiences in Nanna Technology?

4 main reasons:

1. To get myself used to writing regularly.  I love to write but need a purpose.

2. To keep myself motivated to learn more about Nanna Technology.  I am not naturally a finisher - I start projects with so much enthusiasm and then they fall by the wayside.

3. To have a record of what I am doing day-to-day, month-to-month.  Staying at home with my daughter, people often wonder what I do all day.  Well, I keep the family organised and fed, 'nurture' my daughter and then Nanna it up!

4. To share inspiration with others - it feels good to work on nanna projects and talk about them.

Why did I put off blogging for so long?

1. Being a mum and a blogger is a huge cliche.

2.  I'm not an expert or want to suggest that I am.

3. I didn't want people to think I was bragging or trying to "one up".

I realised I can't control how others view what I do and the  positives outweighed the negatives -I decided to just start writing.   This is how I often coach myself when starting something new: Get over yourself, who cares if you look like an idiot, you are allowed to be crap at something when you just start.  Worse to be the person who steps back because they are too scared to look like an idiot!!

So please remember, if I show photos of my preserves, it is because I like to take photos (and put them into apps to make collages and add text).  It is just a snapshot of one moment in my day - a day which probably also involved watching TV, googling stupid stuff or whatever!

Enough said…here's how we Nanna'd it up last Sunday…

1. The tomatoes were pulled out to make way for the next crop, leaving 1200 grams of green tomatoes.  I found heaps of recipes online but went for the one that I had all the ingredients for.  It seemed illogical to go and but a bag of apples if the point of the exercise was to make use of an otherwise wasted resource.  Tried some with cheese on toast the same day- tasted alright to me!

2. My Mother-in-law suggested a joint project - making a small apron for my daughter.  I will cross stitch and she will help me sew it.  The last time I crosshatched was at Brownies!! So I youtubed and googled to remind myself.  I got a pattern for a simple heart online.  

3. Not me - my husband went and collected wood.  We have a small wood stove in our kitchen that we use as heating and to boil water.  

4. Cooking the quinces I gleaned from a roadside.  I looked at lots of recipes and went for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Companion recipe: poached in syrup.  These are really good.  I didn't get quinces straight away.  Like ginger, it was something my mum liked and that I would eat but not really enjoy.  I enjoy them now. 

Thanks Collage and Typic for helping me make the photos!!