Category Archives: Home & Lifestyle

Another year bites the dust

Posted on January 1, 2012 by admin

It’s amazing how the year manages to fly past just a little bit quicker every year that I get older. It seems not that long ago that we were sitting near the Coomera river watching the fireworks display on the … Continue reading →

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This is why I’m not a “girlie” girl

Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin

Three weeks flies so quickly normally and it’s certainly no different when on holidays. It only seems like a week ago that I was on the plane tapping out a post to publish as soon as I had connection to … Continue reading →

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I love having a mud room

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

A mud room is a handy place to have in a house. Initially when we were looking at house plans a couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have thought of it as a necessity. On the plan it just looked … Continue reading →

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Cooking from scratch!

Posted on June 11, 2011 by admin

Hello Queen’s Birthday weekend, you sure crept up on me quickly this year. Sure it might be overcast and occasionally drizzly but all the better really. The cooler weather is most welcome so I figured I’d put the oven to … Continue reading →

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Dear pests: please sod off already

Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin

I hate spiders, bugs and pretty much anything that crawls but usually if they hang around outside, they’re pretty much welcome to stay there. Until they start making a nuisance of themselves that is. At our last house, we could … Continue reading →

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Goodbye 2010, hello 2011

Posted on January 2, 2011 by admin

I fully intended to have a crack at the “Day in the Life” photography project. But I kind of forgot that it was an hourly photo thing….whoops! New Years Eve is generally a pretty quiet time for us, most other … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Bah Humbug

Posted on December 23, 2010 by admin

And we are in for a wet one. It doesn’t really bother me because we don’t have any trips or any outdoors activities planned. And to be honest, I wonder why anyone in Queensland plans an outdoors event at Christmas … Continue reading →

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Ceiling

Posted on November 20, 2010 by admin

Another day, another item off the scavenger hunt list. I was trying to find a more interesting ceiling, pity I don’t live anywhere near an old church with a fresco or something. As it happens, my work Christmas party is … Continue reading →

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Finished and fully operational

Posted on November 6, 2010 by admin

I thought I’d post a few photos showing the cats house now that it is all up and running (so to speak). The last photo didn’t quite do it justice – the ledges weren’t in, we hadn’t finished staining it … Continue reading →

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Rum and raisin cake

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin

Rum and raisin to me is the perfect flavour for anything sweet. If it’s chocolate, icecream or fudge, it’s always best in rum and raisin. Mint comes a very close second. So when I was flicking through a cook book … Continue reading →

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