Well girls, it is Day 7 of the confined to bed regime, thanks sooo much for all the comments, suggestions and your lovely well-wishing emails. Love that.
If you visit here much you'll know for someone like me, being in bed like this is pure torture, I have been pretty much in my pj's for a week in the bedroom, on the sofa or outside on the lounger.
It's never felt right to me to lollup around ill, I rather cope with life by keeping busy, doing silly things like hauling old furniture into my car and painting it white and making videos of dressing tables.
I have however had a big old lot of time to think prompted by a conversation on my one outing this week to the beach, with lg. Mostly, very self-indulgently about me and where I'm going.
All I came up with with all that thinking is I know that I feel a whole lot of change in the air.
You know, I have always been one for not sticking at anything much in my life, as I get closer to 40 I see that characteristic more and more, whether it's decorating styles, hobbies, food, houses. I looked at the blog as someone who might read it (normally I tend to post, read the comments and move on) and wondered how on earth, someone like me who with most things is very much take it or leave it and has a massive flurry of enthusiasm at the start of something and then zaps the whole thing to oblivion, has kept this little place to let off steam for over a year?
But less of that, (don't want you thinking I might poof away in one quick hit of the delete button) and onto change that you might be interested in – well for one we are moving onto Stage II of renovations very soon – we will be starting with the front of the house which will be clad with boarding, the roof which will be either replaced or re-finished, a fence to the front which will most probably be white picket and a new deck to replace the small skinny steps to the front. This will all, tradies and budget permitting start in the next few months.
And secondly, changes to this blog will occur, firstly just about communicating, it's been on my mind for some time – if you leave a question in the comments, which thank you many do, from now on I'll answer it in the comments section (though you can of course continue to email me privately and I will as before answer in double-quick time *wink right back to your inbox). For a while I have felt too guilty that those who take the time to comment and leave a question who I have very much intended to personally email but never have the time, so from now you'll see me too in there in the comments…
I'm also cooking up some other stuff for the blog…
So I leave you with those plans whirling round my head as I skit between the bed and the outdoor bed, sorry I don't think there'll be any DIY, paint, projects or makeovers this week.
If I see another bowl of chicken soup, another drip of tea tree oil, another slice of garlic or watch another Dr. Phil you might just hear a loud bang from Down Under…
Hang in there Sarah…you have to be through the worst of it by now. Thinking about you and can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next. PS- as you near the big milestone of turning 40, I can tell you that it definitely gives you an entirely new perspective on life!
I too have the dreaded cold virus and absolutely hate feeling so useless and not doing anything! Feels like such a waste of time especially when I have so much to do and just joined the gym last week and now can’t go, lol! I hope you’re feeling much better soon and get some energy back. I’m looking forward to hearing more about your blog changes and hope we can catch up for that coffee real soon when we’re both feeling better…IKEA beckons Nel xo
Sarah…I am sending you some healing LOVE….hoping that you are feeling better in no time! I love your blog and you have inspired me! I am even going to try to make some pillows this week….
I would love to know how you are using tea tree oil in your recooperating? My daughter uses it for everything from facial cleansing to shampoo but she has a cold type thing right now and if she could use tea tree oil in the right way–I know she would feel 100 % better!
healing hugs,
Brenda Bliss
Sounds kinda like you had the windows open and those pesky winds of change blew through!!!!! Cheers {clink} to an exciting time ahead for you and your blog……….
Oh Sarah hope this bug is nearly out of your system and you are feeling better real soon.
Look forward to see what direction you yake us in as things change.
Alison
Just keep resting Sarah – your body will let you know when it’s time to be up and running again and I think that time is right around the corner. As Justine said “Creative juices flowing is always a good sign” Have a happy day! Vicki
Ive only just stumbled upon your blog and now I have another great blog to read while I sip my morning cappuccino and work out what Ill be painting white or decorating next..who would of ever thought that white paint could be so addictive HA! Hope you get well soon!!! Leah
So sorry you’re sick! That is just wrong! And I’m all for putting the oils right on, they’re wonderful. Lavender is great for burns too, FYI.
Hope you’re up back to your healthy self very soon.
Oh, this sounds like no fun at all – hope you are up and painting in no time!
It’s funny how the blogging world is so large yet feels so small, feels as if we know those whose places we visit. We are redoing the back break room at our business and I announced I could no longer tolerate the horrible almond refrigerator. No new fridge seemed forthcoming, so I just painted the old one white & it looks fabulous and I thought of you whilst performing this bit of magic. I have painted pretty much everything else in my home and in my life, but never a refrigerator. I am now on a rampage. My next project? My HP Laser printer – old, but incredibly wonderful & reliable, gone that icky beigy-cream-yellow-dirty color that old computer pieces go. Next stop – white.
I thought you might like http://petershamnurseries.com which is a little piece of heaven on the Thames, and where I first saw zinc on old tables. They have been haunting me since, though I lack metal-working gear….
The zinc looks beautiful with putty-colour, that’s what set me off. Go to ‘shop’
Hi Sarah,
Just popped over to say I hope being bedridden brings you lots of creativity to keep bringing us! Seriously, hope you are back up and at em very soon and no more flu!!
You still manage to create a wonderful post Sarah, even though you are ‘under the weather’. Pretty pics as always. I pray that you are feeling chipper soon! hmmm..changes..changes are good….but I hope you don’t change your style drastically or anything. I love it all!!
xo Roberta
Feel better soon, that issue of Country Living will help. Although if it were still around Country Home would be a better cure! Get well soon, the renovations sound fascinating! Can’t wait to see, This blog is the first I check every morning to get me inspired and going. best to you. Nancey
Sea air is good for you. Drink it in. So very sorry you are sick. Just remember we love you and always want to hear from you no matter what you have to say. Not that we like hearing you are sick, but you know what I mean, right?
Firstly Sarah, have you seen your doctor? If I had to lie around and watch TV all day for very long they’d have to cart me off to the mental hospital at which my husband works in due time. I don’t like to be still too long. Reading blogs keeps me about as still as you’ll ever see me. And I know you’ve probably about got your fill of all the remedies. I just hope you’re feeling real perky soon.
Brenda
Hope you’re feelin better – I hear this is a nasty flu going around the world. I know living near the water is healing, and how about I bring some of my Gramma’s chicken soup over to you? Wish I could – it works for us…
Sarah we must be related. Went out to dinner Sunday night and have been sick ever since. Don’t know if it was food poisoning or I caught the bug. And Yes how can Dr. Phil be so jovial when I am rolling about the bed in shear pain. I digress… take care you have my smpathy, yes “indeedie”! Sharon
Hope your feeling somewhat better.
The transition of change (small or big) can create such unexpectedness- is that a word??
Anyways take care of you
~Justine~
Ps love your site, twitter too!
My house is getting whiter by the day!
This is my first visit to your blog-I love it! Although Michigan is a long way from Australia, we have many beach cottages along the shores of our lakes-Michigan, Huron and Erie, and your place reminds me so much of some of the ones I’ve visited (but yours is much nicer!).
Get well soon!
I too describe myself as a “short-term projects manager” b/c anything that runs into three months or longer (yak) feels like forever to me…except my long-running marriage. That’s different.
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Poor thing….get well soon!!
Hang in there Sarah…you have to be through the worst of it by now. Thinking about you and can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next. PS- as you near the big milestone of turning 40, I can tell you that it definitely gives you an entirely new perspective on life!
I too have the dreaded cold virus and absolutely hate feeling so useless and not doing anything! Feels like such a waste of time especially when I have so much to do and just joined the gym last week and now can’t go, lol! I hope you’re feeling much better soon and get some energy back. I’m looking forward to hearing more about your blog changes and hope we can catch up for that coffee real soon when we’re both feeling better…IKEA beckons
Nel xo
Sarah…I am sending you some healing LOVE….hoping that you are feeling better in no time! I love your blog and you have inspired me! I am even going to try to make some pillows this week….
I would love to know how you are using tea tree oil in your recooperating? My daughter uses it for everything from facial cleansing to shampoo but she has a cold type thing right now and if she could use tea tree oil in the right way–I know she would feel 100 % better!
healing hugs,
Brenda Bliss
thanks Brenda, I need it
good luck with the pillows
the tea tree is in an aromatherapy burner along with lavender and on my wrists and temples (tho says not to do this on the bottle i always do)
croak croak
{ Sarah xo }
Hope you feel better. It actually looks quite inviting to be in bed anyway.
Ah your on the mend!!
Creative juices flowing is always a good sign
Happy for you!
lol
~Justine~
Be well, friend! rest!
Sounds kinda like you had the windows open and those pesky winds of change blew through!!!!! Cheers {clink} to an exciting time ahead for you and your blog……….
Oh Sarah hope this bug is nearly out of your system and you are feeling better real soon.
Look forward to see what direction you yake us in as things change.
Alison
Just keep resting Sarah – your body will let you know when it’s time to be up and running again and I think that time is right around the corner. As Justine said “Creative juices flowing is always a good sign” Have a happy day! Vicki
Ive only just stumbled upon your blog and now I have another great blog to read while I sip my morning cappuccino and work out what Ill be painting white or decorating next..who would of ever thought that white paint could be so addictive HA! Hope you get well soon!!! Leah
So sorry you’re sick! That is just wrong!
And I’m all for putting the oils right on, they’re wonderful. Lavender is great for burns too, FYI.
Hope you’re up back to your healthy self very soon.
thanks sweeties, hmm I suppose the creative juicing means I’m on the mend
I don’t think I’ve been out like this for a long time
Oh, this sounds like no fun at all – hope you are up and painting in no time!
It’s funny how the blogging world is so large yet feels so small, feels as if we know those whose places we visit. We are redoing the back break room at our business and I announced I could no longer tolerate the horrible almond refrigerator. No new fridge seemed forthcoming, so I just painted the old one white & it looks fabulous and I thought of you whilst performing this bit of magic. I have painted pretty much everything else in my home and in my life, but never a refrigerator. I am now on a rampage. My next project? My HP Laser printer – old, but incredibly wonderful & reliable, gone that icky beigy-cream-yellow-dirty color that old computer pieces go. Next stop – white.
I thought you might like http://petershamnurseries.com which is a little piece of heaven on the Thames, and where I first saw zinc on old tables. They have been haunting me since, though I lack metal-working gear….
The zinc looks beautiful with putty-colour, that’s what set me off. Go to ‘shop’
Sorry you’re still feeling under the weather
But how nice to have an outdoor bed to loll about on when you’re ill, eh?! Get well soon!!!
Hope you are feeling better quickly and back to doing the things that bring you joy.
Spring is a great time to reconsider and rejig plans and from those photos it seems you have a cozy little corner for doing just that.
Hope you feel better soon. A week is a long time! Look forward to hearing all about your new plans.
“Get well soon”
Best wishes from Germany!
Ilse
yuck. I’m just getting over from being sick…4 whole days in bed.
see ya soon.
xo
I’m sorry you’re still feeling crummy, you’ll be better soon, I just know it. I’m excited to see more Beach Cottage renovations in the future!
Hi Sarah,
Just popped over to say I hope being bedridden brings you lots of creativity to keep bringing us! Seriously, hope you are back up and at em very soon and no more flu!!
Changes you say……are you changing your style?
Hugs,
LeAnn:)
LeAnn, ya know there’ll be different things creeping in here for sure, the pure white brigade, which I am still one of, might be disappointed but…
hmm and yes I think being bedridden *does bring creativity, maybe it’s not all a bad thing??
You still manage to create a wonderful post Sarah, even though you are ‘under the weather’. Pretty pics as always. I pray that you are feeling chipper soon! hmmm..changes..changes are good….but I hope you don’t change your style drastically or anything. I love it all!!
xo Roberta
Feel better soon, that issue of Country Living will help. Although if it were still around Country Home would be a better cure! Get well soon, the renovations sound fascinating! Can’t wait to see, This blog is the first I check every morning to get me inspired and going. best to you. Nancey
Sea air is good for you. Drink it in. So very sorry you are sick. Just remember we love you and always want to hear from you no matter what you have to say. Not that we like hearing you are sick, but you know what I mean, right?
Take care, dear girl.
Firstly Sarah, have you seen your doctor? If I had to lie around and watch TV all day for very long they’d have to cart me off to the mental hospital at which my husband works in due time. I don’t like to be still too long. Reading blogs keeps me about as still as you’ll ever see me. And I know you’ve probably about got your fill of all the remedies. I just hope you’re feeling real perky soon.
Brenda
Get better soon! I know it’s totally depressing to be stuck in bed. At least your bedroom looks great!
Morning Sarah -
Hope you’re feelin better – I hear this is a nasty flu going around the world. I know living near the water is healing, and how about I bring some of my Gramma’s chicken soup over to you? Wish I could – it works for us…
Take Care -
Marsha – chandeliermagic.blogspot.com -
Funny, when I hit 40, I felt the same way. But the 50′s have taken me back to wanting things stable & the same… not to hard to figure out why.
Maybe some potato soup?
~Julia
Sarah we must be related. Went out to dinner Sunday night and have been sick ever since. Don’t know if it was food poisoning or I caught the bug. And Yes how can Dr. Phil be so jovial when I am rolling about the bed in shear pain. I digress… take care you have my smpathy, yes “indeedie”! Sharon
Just checking to see how you are doing. Feel better soon.
I’m looking forward to seeing the changes you have planned or are planning.
Hope your feeling somewhat better.
The transition of change (small or big) can create such unexpectedness- is that a word??
Anyways take care of you
~Justine~
Ps love your site, twitter too!
My house is getting whiter by the day!
still beautiful & interesting when down for the count…
40′s are fabulous and fifties are even better
sush
This is my first visit to your blog-I love it! Although Michigan is a long way from Australia, we have many beach cottages along the shores of our lakes-Michigan, Huron and Erie, and your place reminds me so much of some of the ones I’ve visited (but yours is much nicer!).
Get well soon!
I too describe myself as a “short-term projects manager” b/c anything that runs into three months or longer (yak) feels like forever to me…except my long-running marriage. That’s different.
I am so sorry you’ve been sick, but this blog post still made me laugh. You still have an amazing sense of humor even when you’re under the weather.
That said, I could have written this post! (Just not as well
It sounds like me lately, 100%.