baking and making with my family of 9
In about an hour or so (assuming that I ignore the washing for a little while) this little knit will be finished. Unfortunately school is back and my model has gone. I got a lot of knitting done yesterday in the hope that I would finish it and get it on her but it just […]
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We have cupboard handles! Now you can go to Bunnings or the local hardware store and select cupboard handles or you can have your heart set on a particular type of cupboard handle and search and search and then end up at the store where you bought them for the last kitchen renovation. And that […]
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OK so I know that it’s been a little bit quiet around here with the kitchen photos but we’ve been waiting for the kitchen cabinets to arrive before installation next tuesday. Retro daddy has been away for business (and looks like he’ll be doing lots more of that – insert sad face) so there has […]
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I love school holidays….I know not everyone shares my love but no early starts (oh except for today when the appliances arrived at 7am and I was still in bed), no school run, no activities, no routine…just doing our own thing. And that means getting a bit of time for my knitting while the kids […]
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Paint! It’s been all about the painting. Retro daddy has been in there painting up a storm with the Dulux Vanilla Quake half strength on the walls. He hasn’t done windows or trims yet but I think you’ll agree that it makes a huge difference. Some of my readers who have been here a while […]
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It’s been all about the tiles for the past few days. Jason has been the loveliest tiler and great to have a chat to but not too much…..I’ve been keeping the kids away from the kitchen and hallway so he could do his work. And I’d keep popping my head in to ohh and ahh. […]
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This post is brought to you by Home Hygiene Standards Let’s play a little word game. When I say dishwasher, you say……………………….. I’m guessing you’d say clean dishes, clean kitchen counters, quick, easy, hygienic, unpacking, packing and that sort of thing. I doubt you would say delicious chicken or poached pears or a 3 course […]
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Well Noosa seems like a distant memory but I know a few of you wanted a full debrief of our trip! We discovered Noosa this time last year and fell in love……..hard. If you have kids then this is family friendly and if you like to do things stylishly, love to shop and a good […]
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OK well day 2 started with the tiler arriving and realising that he didn’t have the correct product to do our floors. Totally my fault because I had told them we thought it was a cement floor but didn’t realise it would be floorboards under there. So he went off and did another job and […]
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