A Lovely Lunch

Fruit  Frappé

My sister Catherine, put on one of the most delicious lunches for one of our friends who we only get to see on rare occasions

(Hi Kelly!).

I loved at as it was so healthy and fresh, I ate about 3 times 

the amount of salad that I would normally eat 

as it was so crunchy and yummy.

Lou x

The courtyard at the moment...

I call them "rain flowers" as they flower after heavy rain but I have also heard them called "storm flowers", either, or, both names correctly describe them!

 I just love them and they look so pretty in the 

courtyard at the moment.

Just like I always have, Evie loves picking flowers.

Lou x

Our new bathroom, before and after

The new bathroom!

We combined the toilet room and the shower, bath and basin room
all into 1 to make a much better sized room.

The old toilet room that was as big as the entire bathroom. This room had already had a makeover  that we did a few years after we moved in, just to make do.

The bathroom at the beginning of the demolition. Shower over the bath to the right.

During the reno.

We looked all over Brisbane to find the perfect new windows, as we wanted to rip out the old tiny one.They could be brand new or recycled, as long as it worked well. After looking for ages we found in the weekend shopper this great pair for only $100.
They had been removed from a house in the next suburb to us, it was destiny!
 The windows are great, they had so much light and air to the room and don't need curtains as the house is up too high for anyone to see in.

Lou x

My little sweeties...

At the new local IGA ( which my sisters and I love) they do some free cooking classes and other fun events. We went to the free cupcake decorating class. The kids got a free chef hat and apron of their colour choice to keep and then a plate of a cupcake, icing and lollies. They had a lovely time!

The finished cakes, that they got to take home!

Lou x

Half done jobs

Due to the rainy weather, lack of spare time and the fact of having 2 kids, we are noticing we have a lot of half done jobs at the moment. Our side gate that leads to the carport has been rotting away for a few years and the gate has not closed properly for about 10 years. So we just decided to rip half of it down.

This is the result, now we just have to sand the putty and give it a fresh coat of grey paint. 

It actually makes the courtyard look bigger and nicer.

Another half done job that has been stopped from the rain. In a moment of craziness, during a break in the rain, I started painting the roof at 5.30 pm, and now has been looking like this for the past week. Hubby was not that pleased with me. Hopefully, it will be finished soon as we seem to have a break in the rain. 

We have been regretting not getting the shed re-roofed when we got the rest of the house done years ago, but this is a quick and easy solution and it actually looks so much better being gloss grey instead of red/black fibro. 

Unfortunately / fortunately Evie wont be able to 

enjoy climbing and swinging 

on the gate now that it has been removed!

The gate will be up for sale soon on eBay

Lou x

Bon Laneway

We went on a drive to Ipswich before Christmas, we had been told about this cafe in Bon Laneway.

 It was well worth the visit! We had great coffee and all 4 of us shared a date and orange scone, a croissant made at the shop and an awesome Breakfast Tart: Egg, bacon, feta and basil tart with chutney. 

It was all so yum !

We went to a Charity shop to look for goodies and the kids spent 50 cents and bought these old plastic bats and ball that smelt strongly of moth balls! Then we played with them in the nearby park.

And, of course another visit to the Antique centre was a must.

Lou x

Christmas 2011 front table display...

 Good Morning, Happy Saturday to you.

Here are some pics of my Christmas arrangement on the front entry table.

The Dalia's are from a road side stall at Mount Tambo

Can you believe that Christmas was almost a month ago? In one way it feels like it was forever ago on the other hand its shocking that January has almost come to an end. 

Lou x

Miss Lisa's Pink Paradise...

 As always, I had a wonderful day visiting one of my dearest friends Lisa.
She has written about it here: My Busy Little Life: My Boudoir .What Lisa does to her homes is a amazing, in such a short time and while also trying to manage 3 young, gorgeous and very energetic boys. This is her new bedroom, in her new house. The striped wall is a made up of pale pink, a creamy taupe with black gloss stripes. The other wall in the room are the pale pink. She has created a haven!

You can read Lisa's blog too, www.mybusylittlelife.com 

Lou x