It's been a strangely good day. I wonder if you have those days too. You probably do. Days when you just seem to feel content and time just rolls along quite nicely…
I'm blogging from the Summer House, also known as Mr BC's office, also known as the Shoffice 'cos really it is a shed that we've semi-made over when we changed our life (again) back in March.
You know, I quite like it in there…we painted it white inside and out and Mr BC has stolen furniture from my 'to-do' and 'done' pile in the garage, including an old ladder I painted white which he is using as a sorta notice board and a few other old things…hmm, I've got my eye on that place…a bit of a spruce and some styling and that really could be a little Summer House Studio for me, I could lock myself in there when everyone annoys me (meaning I'd be in there often) and not come out for days…little set of tea making facilities and beer fridge…hmm
Anyway, so this morning, still on school hols, spent way too long in my pj's and finishing off the move around…we managed to get most of it done last night…just a pile of chairs and things that weren't in their new homes yet…
What I neglected to tell you, or anyone in this house for that matter, last night, is that I had a secret little reason for re-arranging the bedroom at this most in-opportune time.
You see, stashed in the depths of the garage was an old vintage door, recently found on a treasure hunting/junking trip and just waiting to come out to play. It's been at the forefront of my mind, since I felt a new look coming on. So a couple of days ago I went down there to have a look. Oooh yeah. Baby I wanted it up here, just the colour I'm snatching to myself while lurking around the paint chip section at Bunnings.
But not only was it the perfect colour, of course it was vintage, faded with a soft patina, lovely old fittings and I dunno just has an air of being…right for me now.
I knew I wanted it in my room, with me, because I thought it would work quite nicely with the white linen and the light…but I knew we'd have to move around for it to sit happily…and of course I wanted that coastal breeze around my head…
So this morning, we lugged that old thing up here and I spent some time bringing her right on back to life. I cleaned and listenend to BBC Radio 2, sigh I miss the BBC, Australia you know I love ya, but baby you really cannot beat the good old Beeb…
half way in and things were looking good!
perhaps it might have been a good idea not to throw this down the en-suite sink…
And now I'm blogging from the bedroom, staring right at her, leaning up against the wall, in faded vintage grey glory. Sigh, the fittings..
I'm just waiting for one little finishing touch to try before show you the finished product…so you'll have to wait, sorry, I was all pleased with this one …what I'm calling 'art' by my bed and was excited to show you my new acquaintance…but that'll have to wait
..and it will probably have to be until Monday, because tomorrow the Beach Cottage is on tour, we are going out for the day, haven't decided where yet but we are making the most of no schedules or sport..the Beach Cottage Kiddos are in charge of deciding where we go – I'm trying to keep my mouth shut and hoping that firstly we don't go anywhere that involves a skate park, mall or activity of any kind and secondly that wherever we do go it either involves a park or beach where I can spend the day pretending to be a good mum but really indulge in reading magazines and my new (to me) Ken Follett or sneaking off to find vintage things or look at old buildings. I'll report back…
and now to tonight, Friday night and I'm going out with the lovely Mr Beach Cottage (did you read that lg?)…I had a question from a friend, would we like to come over on Friday evening for a paella? Of course that is not an offer I can refuse…I will be right in the heart of Sydney's beaches, but I'll be reminiscing of many a holiday in Spain…and the best thing is the house we are going to is old and full of character, with a delightful little yard-cum-deck and vintage fittings and the like all around
oh and I'm wearing my oh-my-god-these-really-kill-me-but-I-really-love-'em t-bar shoes
(& if your in Australia you would laugh your *** off if you knew where I got them, lg you could guess)
and you see that is why it is a strangely good day…too many little good things added up to make me realise God my life is mostly very good
…so very much to be grateful for…what more can a gal ask for, and old door with a vintage grey patina, t-bar shoes and a whitewashed Summer Shed
See all you kiddos next week, go junkin' won't ya?
Think of me in these shoes, trying not to break my leg
The Dell Update
Day 6 with no computer, it doesn't even turn on
A call from the 'Logistics Team' to tell us they don't have the part and don't know when and can't help and a number to call Complaints dept
Complaints Dept took an age to get through, and promptly put us on hold for 13 mins and then cut us off
So we emailed and got and automated response saying they would review our request
and that was many hours ago
I'm not surprised…at least I've got T-Bar Shoes ;-)
Oh that door. I could stare at it for hours and wonder what it has seen, what it has heard, who has touched that handle…
Yes, I have a love affair with vintage. LOL Sometimes better than a novel.
Love the shoes and I’m so happy you have had a good day.
Glad you’re having a good day! Love the door, so pretty and perfect without all the years of grim on it! And of course THOSE shoes…clearly worth the pain!!!
Hope you got to go someplace fun and skate-free! Mr. Tide and I are off on an adventure together tomorrow…not sure where but it “will” involve shopping and hopefully a movie.
Shame on Dell, hope they fix your computer soon, but glad you have a laptop in the meantime, we need our daily dose of BC!
I adore those t-bar shoes!!! I told my hubby about your computer dilemna, he said that was interesting because they have built their reputation on customer service and availability. Have you tried to go higher up the chain to a manager somewhere. I guess you can’t do that if they just cut you off after you’ve waited for 13 minutes. I feel your pain and frustration. Here’s hoping it does get better and I am so glad to hear your joy today! God is good all of the time. Hugs, Cindy S
Love the shoes and the door! I have two old doors from an old house hubby and I renovated a few years back. We didn’t reuse the doors in the house and they were so lovely I didn’t want to just throw them away. They’re a set of very tall and narrow double doors. We have been using them as head boards, but in our new cottage that particular look just doesn’t seem to fit so I left one of them leaned up against the wall in the bedroom just until I could put it away. Well it turns out I love it the way it looks leaning against the wall. It reminded me of the other door of yours we occasionally see in your pictures (except mine’s all wood)and I thought “Hmmm…I think I’ll leave it there.”
You are so cute, making us wait like that and giving us a little peek. What a beautiful old door.I can’t wait to see what you’ve done. Love the shoes too!
Blessings,
Marcia
I have had Dell computers for some time. But, as with most of the computer companies, they are lousy at customer service. I usually end up chunking the thing and buying a new one rather than sit on the phone with some person from a different country trying to understand my predicament, and me trying to understand their words and accent.
Brenda
What an awesome door..my hubby rolls his eyes when he sees me eyeing something like this. Once it’s inside and lookin’ pretty, he likes it…*sign…if I only had some T-strap shoes!!!
I agree with you re Dell. I had a laptop on which the clock never kept time even after resetting. I didnt attach much importance to this as I have a watch and also clocks, I didnt buy the laptop as a timekeeping mechanism. HOWEVER one month after its guarantee ran out, it wouldnt boot up properly and after much research I found out that the BIOS battery needed changing. I had this done and it lasted a month. Having searched the web I found out that it was quite a problem with that series, and after several phonecalls Dell finally said that if I took out an “extended warranty” they would have it back for repair. They would let me have the warranty at the bargain price of £160.00. Nowhere in the handbook did it state the importance of the tiny battery that operates the clock and how it is linked to startup. As a company they disgust me. I wish you luck.
Having got that grump over and done with, and if you haven’t fallen asleep, that was the most exquisite post, love the door.
Same thing happened with my Dell after 6 months! I finally bought a new computer while I try to fix the dell, which I’ll sell once it’s fixed. I had to buy one because it was nearly impossible to get them to help me figure it out! I dread the time it will still take me to wait on the phone with them for ages…grr.
Oh wow what a great door – it cleaned up so well and such a great door handle ans backplate. Can’t wait to see what you do.
Hope you had fun in your T-Bars!! Mr BC would for sure have given you a foot massage if you needed that favours card out again.
Oh my what a nightmare with Dell. Hope it all works out – eventually
Alison
Hope your Dell problems get sorted very quickly! but you are right, at least you have your t-bars and the beautiful door. Can’t wait to see how it looks all finished.
I am on the “high and low” search for an old door, preferabley the six panel kind to make into a kitchen table. Call me crazy, but a vintage door dinner table the color of a Tiffany’s box appeals to me right now.
Summer house – no way. What you have in the making my sweets is your very own studio space. If I can give you one piece of advice, put a lock on the door and pretend you are not there when the kiddos come screaming at the door.
Hhmmm… that always used to work for me but my new studio has a huge stinker of a window right where the kids can see me. I just have to pretend now that I can’t hear them and put my back to the window. Cruel I know but the only way to get work done and they do have another parent to complain to.
I imagine there will be all sorts of favours required to get hubs out of the summer house.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Do Not Even get me started on DELL! The company we were bought-out by obviously has a deal with the Dell-vil and where we had previous used HP’s & Compaq’s that were refurbed over & over….now we have shiny new Dells…that are fine one day and the next just simply will not function…after about 10 times, we now know that this means your hard drive has fried.
LOVELY! I ain’t too thrilled with the multiple personalities that my MAC has had lately, but I never get a DELL! ARRRGGGHHHH!
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Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Â Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? Â 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. Â 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
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6. layer on top the cream combo
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7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
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*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 ;-)Â
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. Â 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.Â
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. Â Oh yeah. Â 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. Â 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
Oh that door. I could stare at it for hours and wonder what it has seen, what it has heard, who has touched that handle…
Yes, I have a love affair with vintage. LOL Sometimes better than a novel.
Love the shoes and I’m so happy you have had a good day.
Enjoy!!
Glad you’re having a good day! Love the door, so pretty and perfect without all the years of grim on it! And of course THOSE shoes…clearly worth the pain!!!
Hope you got to go someplace fun and skate-free! Mr. Tide and I are off on an adventure together tomorrow…not sure where but it “will” involve shopping and hopefully a movie.
Shame on Dell, hope they fix your computer soon, but glad you have a laptop in the meantime, we need our daily dose of BC!
Kat
I adore those t-bar shoes!!! I told my hubby about your computer dilemna, he said that was interesting because they have built their reputation on customer service and availability. Have you tried to go higher up the chain to a manager somewhere. I guess you can’t do that if they just cut you off after you’ve waited for 13 minutes. I feel your pain and frustration. Here’s hoping it does get better and I am so glad to hear your joy today! God is good all of the time. Hugs, Cindy S
Love the shoes and the door! I have two old doors from an old house hubby and I renovated a few years back. We didn’t reuse the doors in the house and they were so lovely I didn’t want to just throw them away. They’re a set of very tall and narrow double doors. We have been using them as head boards, but in our new cottage that particular look just doesn’t seem to fit so I left one of them leaned up against the wall in the bedroom just until I could put it away. Well it turns out I love it the way it looks leaning against the wall. It reminded me of the other door of yours we occasionally see in your pictures (except mine’s all wood)and I thought “Hmmm…I think I’ll leave it there.”
Ooooh, you tease, making us wait until Monday! Love, love, love the door and the taps on your sink! Have a fab weekend x
You know, I’m really sorry to hear that update on your Dell. And on to those shoes…my feet hurt just looking at them.
Hopefully you won’t keep us waiting too long on the door re-do. She is a beauty!
Jan
BellaCasa
You are so cute, making us wait like that and giving us a little peek. What a beautiful old door.I can’t wait to see what you’ve done. Love the shoes too!
Blessings,
Marcia
I so love your shoes….I think I can know where they are from (wink) anyhows you’re a hoot and I love the door!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!!
Hugs FROM USA
I have had Dell computers for some time. But, as with most of the computer companies, they are lousy at customer service. I usually end up chunking the thing and buying a new one rather than sit on the phone with some person from a different country trying to understand my predicament, and me trying to understand their words and accent.
Brenda
What an awesome door..my hubby rolls his eyes when he sees me eyeing something like this. Once it’s inside and lookin’ pretty, he likes it…*sign…if I only had some T-strap shoes!!!
Mmm…how I love that door…and your shoes are lovely! Happy weekend!
Smiles,
rachel
There was a door?? Once I see a fabulous pair of shoes I forget everything else.
love the shoes and the door! look forward to seeing the summer house.. don’t you like the ABC in australia??
I agree with you re Dell. I had a laptop on which the clock never kept time even after resetting. I didnt attach much importance to this as I have a watch and also clocks, I didnt buy the laptop as a timekeeping mechanism. HOWEVER one month after its guarantee ran out, it wouldnt boot up properly and after much research I found out that the BIOS battery needed changing. I had this done and it lasted a month. Having searched the web I found out that it was quite a problem with that series, and after several phonecalls Dell finally said that if I took out an “extended warranty” they would have it back for repair. They would let me have the warranty at the bargain price of £160.00. Nowhere in the handbook did it state the importance of the tiny battery that operates the clock and how it is linked to startup. As a company they disgust me. I wish you luck.
Having got that grump over and done with, and if you haven’t fallen asleep, that was the most exquisite post, love the door.
Same thing happened with my Dell after 6 months! I finally bought a new computer while I try to fix the dell, which I’ll sell once it’s fixed. I had to buy one because it was nearly impossible to get them to help me figure it out! I dread the time it will still take me to wait on the phone with them for ages…grr.
Oh wow what a great door – it cleaned up so well and such a great door handle ans backplate. Can’t wait to see what you do.
Hope you had fun in your T-Bars!! Mr BC would for sure have given you a foot massage if you needed that favours card out again.
Oh my what a nightmare with Dell. Hope it all works out – eventually
Alison
Hope your Dell problems get sorted very quickly! but you are right, at least you have your t-bars and the beautiful door. Can’t wait to see how it looks all finished.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend xx
Sorry about the computer. I love the door.
A little cottage summer house get a way sounds wonderful–I think I need one too.
Cheri
Beautiful cottage. I love the light tones and light brown accents, like the table runner.
I grabbed your button for our new blog if you don’t mind.
Cheers
Blueloom from Canada
well you do have those fab shoes and you could use them to productively stomp on your dell
best le
I am on the “high and low” search for an old door, preferabley the six panel kind to make into a kitchen table. Call me crazy, but a vintage door dinner table the color of a Tiffany’s box appeals to me right now.
Summer house – no way. What you have in the making my sweets is your very own studio space. If I can give you one piece of advice, put a lock on the door and pretend you are not there when the kiddos come screaming at the door.
Hhmmm… that always used to work for me but my new studio has a huge stinker of a window right where the kids can see me. I just have to pretend now that I can’t hear them and put my back to the window. Cruel I know but the only way to get work done and they do have another parent to complain to.
I imagine there will be all sorts of favours required to get hubs out of the summer house.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Oh I love old door knobs like these – remind me of being at Nanna’s house and being far too little to reach the saved rubber bands hanging from them.
The door cleaned up nicely…as for your sink? Ugg.
LOVE THOSE SHOES!!!!
Do Not Even get me started on DELL! The company we were bought-out by obviously has a deal with the Dell-vil and where we had previous used HP’s & Compaq’s that were refurbed over & over….now we have shiny new Dells…that are fine one day and the next just simply will not function…after about 10 times, we now know that this means your hard drive has fried.
LOVELY! I ain’t too thrilled with the multiple personalities that my MAC has had lately, but I never get a DELL! ARRRGGGHHHH!
GREAT SHOES!
m ^..^