House and Home

Burning Question – What Would You Have in your Dream Kitchen?

August 29, 2011

It both amuses me and frustrates me that I’ve blogged this very question before, 3 years before! Yes, it was three years ago that we first spoke to an architect and took the first, very tentative, steps towards our renovation. If I knew then that we would still not be even close to finished three [...]

Burning Question – How Many Clothes Do we Really Need?

August 22, 2011

Our house seems to be over flowing with clothes. Clean clothes, dirty clothes, clothes that are put away, and clothes that have been left in a heap…. and yet we still never seem to have anything to wear! I can’t decide if we have nothing to wear because we have too many clothes, the wrong [...]

Ah the Insanity.

August 8, 2011

Sometimes the insanity of what we are doing really hits me. We really are building our home, ourselves. That doesn’t mean we are ‘project managing’ like all the cashed up Brits on Grand Designs who have loads of contractors running around doing to actual building bits while they swan around in hard hats and argue [...]

Starting Out Organised…

July 11, 2011

I can’t believe that the school year is half over already! While I am certainly not wishing this last week of the school holidays to move any faster than it has to (in fact I’d be happy with an extra week please!) I am quietly preparing for the second semester to start because I desperately [...]

Winter Cleaning.

July 4, 2011

The lure of a fresh new start at the change of seasons is what gets me up off my bum and into the cleaning mood at the start of spring. But it’s the middle of winter here right now. Today is cold and windy and it feels a long way from the motivation of spring. [...]

Ten Survival Tips for Renovation Cooking

June 20, 2011

I’m currently ‘cooking under plastic’ or that should be ‘trying to cook under plastic’. The current state of our renovations means that our kitchen has only one wall and no roof. The current state of the weather means that the tarpaulin that is supposed to be saving the kitchen from the elements is slowly being [...]

Mess, Manners and a Dyson Review.

June 13, 2011

My children are the messiest eaters on the planet. The smallest thinks it is fun to toss any unwanted food over the side of the high chair. The big boy shovels food in so fast most of it ends up everywhere but in his mouth. And no matter how cushy or comfy we make their [...]

Home Renovations – Excitement Vs Terror.

June 6, 2011

With the floor structure complete it is time for the demolition part of our renovations to begin. During last week weather-boards came off the rear of our house, the study window was removed, the back door is gone (it will one day become our living room door!) and it is a matter of hours before [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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