SAM

This is our cockatiel, SAM...yet another Freecycle rescue..but one i love. He is soooo good for the morale..he can't resist wolf whistling at me and calling me sexy....lol...
I so want a new cage for him, maybe its next after we finish the laundry renos...

FIREWOOD SEASON

It gets very cold here and our house is a very cold house. We tend to burn around 1 1/2ton of wood per week from about mid March until the end of September. Peter seems to love firewood season, is it the smell of petrol from the chainsaw or just being able to have such toys and play with them?..this is the pile of wood so far, 1st February...lots more to come.

Today was shopping, hair cut and colour...and some asthma...ohh well.

Mal came home *sigh*...so things will change again..

I must add some pics to this blog, i'll take some tomorrow, i promise.

AUSTRALIA DAY 2010

I had a great day yesterday, doing the Donner Day for the christmas group ACAC...
today i'm slothing around a bit, too much pain in my arm, and its been a mess with Peter working then not working, then working this morning which has turned out to be all day...

I was hoping to have the laundry finished but can't until Peter is here to do a few little jobs. I guess it will be the weekend before it is really done. I will be moving onto the ensuite, then masterbed but i've run out of room, all my bins are totally full...so i'm stuck until bins are empty on Thursday.

I have a doctors appointment in the morning, then i have some book work to do, my shopping list, menu for the week and i want to put together a decor shopping book...to take with me when i go out.

Back to work

The weekend is over. We spent most of it collecting firewood, about 4 1/2 ton of it. I figure we need about 20ton to get us through the winter so there will be more collecting yet before winter starts.
Tomorrow I have some shopping to do, but when I get home I really want to finish decluttering the laundry. I have a carrot cake and some anzac bikkies to cook, maybe another cake to get us through the week. I've been putting some thought into the gardens, but I need to get the inside of the house more under control before I put too much effort into the outside. I've bought a book on Amazon on landscaping so I'm hoping that will help when it comes.

Tuesday is Australia Day, it means BBQ, Beach and alcohol to most, to me its Tuesday.

I'm going to post some photo's tomorrow

1st day of a brand new life

I have done my basics, plus cook a date loaf (very yum), just from a packet but i desperately want to clean out the pantry first so i'm cooking from there.
I managed to get a huge garbage bag from my tallboy, and its still pretty well full... I dumped loads of old purses, still got the handbags to do. My back isn't playing nice so i'm down to taking it a bit easy. If it settles down i'd like to declutter my closet as well as the ensuite but that might be pushing it a bit...lol

NEW YEAR

Well, i thought i knew what i was going to write, then i read what i wrote same time last year and its the same....I guess i didnt do any of the things i wanted too. I'm still doing what i've always done and I'm still getting what I've always got...NOT THIS TIME...
I start a new beginning tomorrow...I have redone my cards (SHE), I have a brand new diary to keep my on track. I might not have the contacts I want but I am hoping I can cultivate some contacts here, I want to contact myself, my pets, my house and my garden.
Tomorrow I will begin by cleaning the front veranda, and decluttering the ensuite. I will take pics of the dresser in the ensuite and put it on ebay. I will do my basic cleaning routine plus maybe a couple small jobs that really need it. After that I'm attacking my sewing room so I might be able to make contact with my creative side.

I also vow to blog every day.