Today is a day for GREAT celebration! Joanna slept all through the night for the first time in her life. 11.5 hours without touching another human. I didn’t actually think she was capable of this and the relief is incredible. Let’s see if it happens again!!

the glass is half full

The kids are in great health. Kira is getting on better with reading and things other than tv, and enjoyed reading a whole book (comic) and going to reading club at the library. 

We are going to get 100 free trees from Life Terra and the process was pretty straight forward. We can get more and more.. 1000 or more in autumn.. in fact I don’t think we need to buy trees again. This is amazing! A big project really getting down the grass roots. I’ll keep you updated and the tree planting activity will be open for people to join us. Dates will be confirmed soon, likely mid-february.

Alex has been getting really organised down in Boodaville Caseres, fixing the sink, and I love the map he made showing the routes from Caseres to Boodaville Finca. 

the glass is half empty

Well to be honest, sleeping 7.5 hrs straight wipes out most of this. My partner is feeling better today after 5 days straight of high fever, groaning, tonsilitis, and paranoid crazy dreams preventing any real sleep. The child care/ house work implications of this were high for me and our neighbours. The babysitter canceled yesterday and I won’t get either of my free from kids afternoons this week. 

I lost my notebook. This is incredibly annoying and I hope I don’t miss anything important.

What else.. I could mention some minor health issues. Ah yes, I also felt feverish and really really struggled through Tuesday and Wednesday.  My goodness!! I’d almost forgotten. What a difference having a good day makes.

Oh and we’re set for a 3000 euro cash flow issue if we don’t get money we are owed for EU projects before 1st Feb.

plans ideas dates mishmash 2023

I was going to stop writing here and leave to get my thoughts together for 2023, but why not just share it all here!!

JAN 

– Starting Boodaville Barcelona / Boodaville Caseres 2023

– Preparing Doughnut Economics Barcelona Accio Clima funding bid

– Finish accounts 2022

– Possible KA2

– Call for 2 more Boodaville Caseres volunteers

– Call for Site Manager to start mid-april

FEB

Event Boodaville Caseres : Tree Planting

Deadline : 15 Feb Accio Clima. Possible Doughnut Economics project application

Deadline : 23 Feb Erasmus+ and ESC deadline. Vianna Red Tent? Elena Training? Sanilles reapply? Anything else?

Get a job for a week?

MARCH

Final report : Volunteering 2022

Event : Biochar making weekend nr Caseres?

Focus on delivering SPARK project

Revive Rovira Regenerativa – video?

– Evaluate Boodaville Caseres structure and hopefully get committed site manager through to at least sept 2024

APRIL

9 April Easter, when are school holidays?

Event : end of April till 3rd May : REBUILD THE DOME

MAY

Youth Exchange Mas Les Vinyes

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

UK EVENT? Re-connect / real connect at CAT and weekend with UK friends. End august better

SEPTEMBER

MARANYA FESTIVAL / BIORNE @ MARANYA? – need a team 

OCTOBER

– Big tree planting and agroforestry implementation, part of Rovira Regenerativa, get a team back in and talk funding to buy the vineyard