Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Me thinks it is about time I start thinking of some resolutions for next yr ...no?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Home project - Office/Bedroom 2
We have been doing a home reno project for nearly 1/2 yr now - slow and painstaking but then again, it is not that we are in a rush.
The lounge, dining, kitchen, powder room has been repainted. Am doing up the pergola from the yucky beige to white to freshen things up and my small space under the stairs has been repainted and redone to a nice coat/shoe cupboard. *Am quite pleased with the coat cupboard project too as I did that!*
In the meantime - the office/bedroom 2. Ah.. where do we start? The rooms were all a yellow-white which BF's commented looked like "A smoker lived here". It has been replaced with Dulux "Natural White" for the whole house except for the kitchen and dining areas.
I've been working from home for the past week or so and seeing that the office looks like a tornado has gone through it, where is a girl to work - the dining room!
Unfinished Office/Bedroom 2
Skirting boards - Sanded down and repainted
Wardrobe doors - Sanded and repainted
Walls - Sanded and repainted
Tidying up - Undone!
The lounge, dining, kitchen, powder room has been repainted. Am doing up the pergola from the yucky beige to white to freshen things up and my small space under the stairs has been repainted and redone to a nice coat/shoe cupboard. *Am quite pleased with the coat cupboard project too as I did that!*
In the meantime - the office/bedroom 2. Ah.. where do we start? The rooms were all a yellow-white which BF's commented looked like "A smoker lived here". It has been replaced with Dulux "Natural White" for the whole house except for the kitchen and dining areas.
I've been working from home for the past week or so and seeing that the office looks like a tornado has gone through it, where is a girl to work - the dining room!
Project HOME - Status - In Progress
Unfinished Office/Bedroom 2
Skirting boards - Sanded down and repainted
Wardrobe doors - Sanded and repainted
Walls - Sanded and repainted
Tidying up - Undone!
"Current" office.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Who...me???
Yes - I've been slacking off BIG TIME this yr, the lack of exercise is telling - been feeling sluggish and luggish and as for my gym membership? Lordy-lord - after months of paying for something I didn't use, I gave it up... only to sign up to another gym closer to home! Talk about being a sucker for punishment ey?
The thing is, the new gym has not opened yet - and this has left me feeling happy (I can veg out in front of the telly ..yay!) but sad (blubber-me). Haven't been jumping on the Wii-Fit either *yes, I have been THAT slack!*
Summer's a-coming .. need to lose the winter-belly! Eeeks!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Flowers from my garden
The beautiful thing about having your own garden is that you have your own lil haven of flowers.
When we bought this place we now called home, it already came with several rose bushes and the past 2 springs, they have been abundant with buds and flowers. I've always liked having flowers in the house as well and rather than spending $12 - $25 for 1/2 dozen roses, I've been cutting off some droopy stems from the bushes and putting them around the house.
Result - A happy lil me
Snap of the rose trellis at the back of the house 645am.
When we bought this place we now called home, it already came with several rose bushes and the past 2 springs, they have been abundant with buds and flowers. I've always liked having flowers in the house as well and rather than spending $12 - $25 for 1/2 dozen roses, I've been cutting off some droopy stems from the bushes and putting them around the house.
Result - A happy lil me
Snap of the rose trellis at the back of the house 645am.
And happy snaps of them in the house.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Social calendar updates - BF's bday celeb November 2010
As always, things have gone a bit slack with the updates as weekends are filled with social activities as we hit the silly season - it is less work, more play now baby!!
It was BF's bday on Sat - milestone of a day, hitting the mid-XX's and all, so it was decided that we take him out for a nice meal and some. Now do tell me, which man can resist getting his teeth into a big chunk of meat?
The place - Squire's Loft, Docklands
The ppl - Usual suspects
The usual suspects
My main meal - Lamb Scotch Fillet (300g) grilled served with hot chips and black pepper sauce 
The starter - Ribs, Beef Sausage, prawns and Garlic feta Mushrooms
The polished off dish of garlic feta mushrooms
Bday cake - Chocolate mudcake!
It was BF's bday on Sat - milestone of a day, hitting the mid-XX's and all, so it was decided that we take him out for a nice meal and some. Now do tell me, which man can resist getting his teeth into a big chunk of meat?
The place - Squire's Loft, Docklands
The ppl - Usual suspects
The usual suspects
My main meal - Lamb Scotch Fillet (300g) grilled served with hot chips and black pepper sauce
The starter - Ribs, Beef Sausage, prawns and Garlic feta Mushrooms
The polished off dish of garlic feta mushrooms
Bday cake - Chocolate mudcake! We ended the night off at Crown Casino, and the birthday boy didn't loose so it was wins all around!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Playing tourist VIC - Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Well I haven't been blogging as I have been too busy - BUSY PLAYING TOURIST!!
Lol, the problem with living someplace is that we tend to get lazy and go with the usual phrase " I'll do it next time, it is not going to run away". Unfortunately, that is not true. Seasons change, ppl change, heck, there might be a mishap * touch wood* and where does that leave us? Regrets.
I have decided that I will not take life for granted, I WILL go and try new things, I WILL go and DO new stuff ~ however mundane, trivial or silly ~ it is all for fun. After all, I am not getting younger by the day.
As such, after years of putting it off - this year Mel and I played tourist and headed to the annual tulip festival in Silvan, VIC. It runs for around 4 weeks and this yr it was on September 16th to October 17th 2010. There is a cover of $18 (Concession $15, Under 16 free). There is usually a theme run to go with the week and when we went it was the Irish Week!
The trip itself was gorgeous as Silvan is on the foot of the Dandenong ranges so it is green, leafy and calming. Silvan itself is well known for its nurseries and fruit farms so I did enjoy my mini road trip.
Will leave with pics till the next playing tourist series :)
Lol, the problem with living someplace is that we tend to get lazy and go with the usual phrase " I'll do it next time, it is not going to run away". Unfortunately, that is not true. Seasons change, ppl change, heck, there might be a mishap * touch wood* and where does that leave us? Regrets.
I have decided that I will not take life for granted, I WILL go and try new things, I WILL go and DO new stuff ~ however mundane, trivial or silly ~ it is all for fun. After all, I am not getting younger by the day.
As such, after years of putting it off - this year Mel and I played tourist and headed to the annual tulip festival in Silvan, VIC. It runs for around 4 weeks and this yr it was on September 16th to October 17th 2010. There is a cover of $18 (Concession $15, Under 16 free). There is usually a theme run to go with the week and when we went it was the Irish Week!
The trip itself was gorgeous as Silvan is on the foot of the Dandenong ranges so it is green, leafy and calming. Silvan itself is well known for its nurseries and fruit farms so I did enjoy my mini road trip.
Will leave with pics till the next playing tourist series :)
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