{"id":446,"date":"2012-01-03T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2015-07-19T01:39:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T00:39:51","slug":"2012-a-new-dawn-a-new-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/2012-a-new-dawn-a-new-day\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 – A New Dawn, A New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
But I haven’t yet! As a working mum with a shift working husband one aspect \u00a0that I’ve had to resolve myself to is juggling family life. That includes taking time off with our children and\/or working at midnight when they’re in bed and\/or shutting myself in the bedroom with the netbook for some peace and quiet.<\/p>\n
So here we are on the 3rd January. I have another week at home (mostly) enjoying their company and although I haven’t sat down yet and written a list, I have been thinking about the year gone past and the one ahead.<\/p>\n
2011 was the busiest yet for Greenside Up with new\u00a0Community Gardens<\/a>\u00a0starting up, the launch of the community garden network at the GIY National Conference<\/a>, finding out I was a finalist at the Irish Green Awards<\/a> and again at the South East Women in Business Awards. Mr G built raised beds, whilst I helped individuals start up, taught at night courses, spoke on radio interviews and, despite my nerves, spoke at several events about my passion – veggies and community gardening.\u00a0I’ve \u00a0met so many lovely, enthusiastic, talented, genuine people in the couple of years since starting Greenside Up I feel blessed and I’m really looking forward to meeting them again, and hopefully meeting more.<\/p>\n