Archive for January, 2008

A Good Solid Start

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Today I finally braved the scales to weigh myself after the first week of the Go Smell the Flowers Weight Loss contest that has kick started my road to a healthier weight. I was expecting some loss, although I am sure I have gained some muscle mass. However, significant lifestyle changes have been [...]

Another Attempt

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that [...]

Preparing for the Move

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

This week and weekend has been very wet in Sydney. It is basically miserable and is preventing me from doing a number of things, including gardening. As a result there has been a devout lack of gardening posts on the site of late. Today is no different in terms of the weather [...]

I Won An Award

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Commenting on others blogs is a good way to participate in the blogosphere. Most of the time you get some return traffic from an often thankful fellow blogger.
Recently though I participated in a discussion at Space of Reality around whether or not there is a valid reason for white lies. Today I was [...]

How I Managed To Get Traffic

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Recently my little blog that was incredibly poorly trafficked and lurked in the mid 5 millions for internet reach in Alexa has made a large jump through the charts. At the time of writing this post it was at 496, 274 and improving steadily as shown by the graph available here. Now without [...]