Well, hello Beach Cottage friends, I now know who a few of you are…very interesting and thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate that! I tried to reply to everyone but I got in a muddle because I tried to do it a few different ways on different things like my iPad, phone etc and then I was in a complete mess…so if I haven’t said hello back, I will get to it over the weekend…I am not trying to ignore anyone!!
So, I hope you are strapped in for big ole’ Saturday Club ride yeah?
This one is totally self-centred, and all about me…I’m good like that.
You see, I had something going on that kept me up late last night, I wish I could tell you that Richard Gere dropped by (when he was 25 yrs younger) opened up the door to his chariot and whisked me off to dance ballroom, alas it was nothing like that and involved teenagers, stinky male ones at that that meant I wasn’t crawling in under the covers until the early hours of the morning.
And then tonight I have something else involving me getting in the bed too late…this girl doesn’t handle that too well two nights in a row.
So when this tatty old cottage owner does not have enough sleep we all know that that stick that lives in the cupboard starts to twitch don’t we? Yes sirree.
And so, my lovelies, I have ear-marked Saturday arvo for a bit of downtime courtesy of my bed.
For this mission you will require :
1 bed
copious amounts of pillows
1 bunch of flowers
1 candle
1 pile of books
a pair of your comfiest old pj’s
Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept it
is this :
you must schedule a time
to make your bedroom
work
as your own
personal
decompression chamber
pop by your bedside
a bunch of flowers
light a sweet candle
add
your favourite pillows
and lot of soft cozy things
now have ready
your favourite
books
or online reading material
add your pj’s into the mix
they must
be
old
and
soft
and now get in
and indulge
in some reading
and some resting
and some
time
just for
you
enjoy Beach Cottage ladies, mine will be involving actual napping and sleeping, I hope you get that too…
See you soon, I keep promising some blog tips and I have some fantabulous photos of my walk on a beach local to me to show …and then I get other ideas like going on strike, oh the perils of blogging
What a lovely idea, Sarah! It’s only Friday here (Oregon, U.S.), so I actually have time to prepare for such a luxurious Saturday respite. Thanks for the permission {wink} to laze around for a bit!
There’s not a lot of time left to vote, but I went ahead and cast my vote
I hope you are able to relax this Saturday – it’s Friday afternoon here, but there will be no relaxing for me tomorrow – I’ll be working from about 8:30am until close to midnight. I need to wait until next week to catch up on my sleep
I am in! I actually can feel the start of a cold coming on- shared by some of my children and husband Thanks a lot! So a good excuse to stay in bed and read and sleep.
PS I didn’t reply to your post yesterday because you have visited me in the past – so I decided you knew who I was anyway!
Now that’s my kind of challenge!!!!! I am a die-hard nana when it comes to afternoon naps – in fact if I am writing sometimes the best place to be is in my decompression zone – I set up a cone of silence and tap away. Ahhhhhh – roll on the arvo!
I love this – it has been a tough week here at home and that just might do the trick of recharging myself. Off to work now but I will do this tomorrow !
I promise I will attend to my much neglected bedroom on Saturday. However, I do not promise that it will look as serene as yours. I don’t even have a duvet cover. Heck, I don’t even have a duvet! Just a blanket or two. One of which is too small. What I’d REALLY like to do is get a new bed.
Well Sarah I have been struggling with staying asleep at night for a couple of years. I’ve had a sleep test-no isses there. I do all the “Sleep Hygiene” things as the medical professionals advise-no great results. I tried MenoSleep tablets from the health food shop-promising. I got practitioner-strength supplements from my naturopath-think we have found the key. The dosage may need a little tweaking but some encouraging results at last and large blocks of precious sleep.
I was forced to lay down and rest this week due to illness and you know…something magic happened…I feel better in a lot of other ways too. It gave me food for thought and time to reassess stuff.
And because of your bad influence a new project has popped into my brain-the bedroom makeover. Mr alison is in for a surprise!
Hahaha Sarah…. Forget the cosy P.Js, candles etc…. As long as there is nothing cluttering up my bed (and it is nicely made with the light streaming in) all I have to do is look at it and I will instantly crash with whatever clothes and shoes I am wearing.
In fact I have to keep the door to my bedroom closed so I don’t spy a look and be tempted to crash in the middle of the day during the week…My hubby thought it would be wonderful to take a picture of me and the cause of my sleepless nights one morning. When he showed it around to some people in reply as to why I wasn’t there with him all they could say was OMG. I have no idea how I am still functioning… I thought my uni days were bad!
I am so doing this today. It’s raining, which I love but am so tired from the muggy heat and late nights with family stuff. I intend to skip the reading and go straight to the napping!
The boys have cabin fever, the teen girl is mooching in her pjs and husband isn’t getting home from India until Monday
Apparently I am legally required to feed the kids so I have to go shopping in the rain and then I’m hiding in my room while they eat popcorn and watch movies. Will get me some flowers too
This sounds perfect to me, especially on this wet, wet day! I am going to watch a tv movie at one, then…..I have a mag, I am reading a big book, and that bed and cushions, candles etc, sounds just the ticket! I think I could manage that!
Enjoy your day off Sarah X
HI Sarah! I also nominated you a few days ago, so it looks like you had multiple fangirls nominating you for consideration! I look forward to your blog entries so much! I love all the white in your house. So fresh and clean! I live in the middle of the good old USA, home full-time with five children. I’ve been to Australia once and would so love to visit your beautiful (adopted) homeland again, someday! My house is not on the beach- nor is it anywhere close to one- but a girl can dream, right? Thanks for the smiles, the recipes, and the eye candy photography! Cheers!
Sadly due to a toddler running around the house my chances of a beautiful, dreamy reading session are zero. But yesterday my lovely parcel man brought me a copy of thrifty chic, which you have mentioned before so my plan is read while having a cup of tea, with small child running in the fore ground. What can I say its a start.
Hasn’t stopped raining all day in Melbourne – perfect day to snuggle in bed! However a pesky certain someone keeps suggesting he could join me! Any tips on how to deal with that one Sarah ……
Hi Sarah,
I didn’t get to climb into bed, but I did get to, (due to the cold snap today) throw on a stripy, stretchy scarf and my favourite pair of soft black flowing pants and strap myself to the sewing machine, to finish off a few of those little bits and pieces that have made my “in progress” basket overflow. So now I am kicking back with a glass of wine and finishing off the last touches for a family dinner. Thanks for the inspiration once again. Enjoy your night out, and resist the broomstick knocking, tomorrow is Sunday, you may even get to relax a little
All the makings of a great rainy day weekend recovering from the work week
My candle of choice was from Yankee Candle Company the book was Moving Forward and except for a quick break to chase a green tree frog back out into the garden it has been a rewarding day.
Hope you enjoyed your Saturday Sarah.
You’ve got the right idea Sarah, I hope you got to fully relax. I’ll pop over to the HAT Award site and vote you up. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Oh Sarah! Thank you for the wonderful idea. I’ve been fighting a cold all week and caring for my husband who had the flu. That “decompression chamber” sounds delicious.
I accept this mission!! It is a cold, gray day here and I just got a good mystery out of the library so I’m going to snuggle in and start on it. I already have a lovely scented candle by my bed and lots of pillows and my pajamas are old and cozy so I’m all set. I’m going to brew some coffee and grab some chocolate and I’m ready to go.
Sadly, I didnt get too far with this mission, kids and a friend in dire need got in the way. But I have great hopes to have my Saturday moment on Sunday….. *runs and locks the bedroom door for 24 hours*……
Well it is now Sunday and after two late nights (like yourself) all I want to do is crawl into bed and nap and read.
Oh what bliss that would be!!
However I need to do the baking for the week, iron the little cherubs clothes for school and home and drag my butt to Zumba this afternoon to keep up with my “get in shape before the 40 is the new 30 cocktail party in 7 weeks.’
Gosh I am tired just thinking about it!!
I hope you had a blissful rest yesterday. I can feel my broomstick mood hovering just below the surface!!!!!
Maybe I can get to bed early instead and start the week afresh.
Fantastic mission!!I think I would love to spoil myself with these ideas, especially a lovely candle and beautiful music. Hope your timeout was wonderful. Fiona
We had a “weather bomb” on Saturday – I believe it came across the ditch from over your way … so yes, books, cushions, a comfy couch as opposed to the bed and a smoochy cat – bliss xx
I plan to be able to do things like this in my bedroom one day. At the moment the light is very dull and it makes relaxing/reading very difficult! One day!
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Helloooo lovely Beach Cottage ladies, some blog tips for real girls from this old cottage broadcasting from deep Down Under this morning. Now, I love blogging, I think that is pretty much obvious now for sure, for me it has opened up a world of opportunities that simply were not available in any shape [...]
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
What a lovely idea, Sarah! It’s only Friday here (Oregon, U.S.), so I actually have time to prepare for such a luxurious Saturday respite. Thanks for the permission {wink} to laze around for a bit!
BIG HUGS,
Lesli @ BeautifullyCoastal.com
Off to vote for you and I just instagramed (is that a verb now?) my pile of stuff for my ‘Saturday Mission’ C:
There’s not a lot of time left to vote, but I went ahead and cast my vote
I hope you are able to relax this Saturday – it’s Friday afternoon here, but there will be no relaxing for me tomorrow – I’ll be working from about 8:30am until close to midnight. I need to wait until next week to catch up on my sleep
Love the pictures!
This is exactly what I plan to do after work today. Shower, clean sheets and plenty of rest time. Oh how I love to sleep , especially naps! Enjoy!
Since I have been in bed sick for a few days (sick induced reading did happen, finished “The Help”), I plan to stay as far away from it as possible!
But I do get yer drift… love me a some comfy downtime.
I am back to de-cluttering, wardrobe half way done! Off to vote for THE ONE AND ONLY… A Beach Cottage!!
Sounds lovely. I have a bit of cleaning to get to first, but then I plan to do exactly as you say. Have a good weekend.
I am in! I actually can feel the start of a cold coming on- shared by some of my children and husband Thanks a lot! So a good excuse to stay in bed and read and sleep.
PS I didn’t reply to your post yesterday because you have visited me in the past – so I decided you knew who I was anyway!
Now that’s my kind of challenge!!!!! I am a die-hard nana when it comes to afternoon naps – in fact if I am writing sometimes the best place to be is in my decompression zone – I set up a cone of silence and tap away. Ahhhhhh – roll on the arvo!
xxxxx
Good timing, since I’m laying down about to take a nap and reading your blog on my phone.
I love this – it has been a tough week here at home and that just might do the trick of recharging myself. Off to work now but I will do this tomorrow !
Isn’t a good nap the best thing on earth?????????
I promise I will attend to my much neglected bedroom on Saturday. However, I do not promise that it will look as serene as yours. I don’t even have a duvet cover. Heck, I don’t even have a duvet! Just a blanket or two. One of which is too small. What I’d REALLY like to do is get a new bed.
Well Sarah I have been struggling with staying asleep at night for a couple of years. I’ve had a sleep test-no isses there. I do all the “Sleep Hygiene” things as the medical professionals advise-no great results. I tried MenoSleep tablets from the health food shop-promising. I got practitioner-strength supplements from my naturopath-think we have found the key. The dosage may need a little tweaking but some encouraging results at last and large blocks of precious sleep.
I was forced to lay down and rest this week due to illness and you know…something magic happened…I feel better in a lot of other ways too. It gave me food for thought and time to reassess stuff.
And because of your bad influence a new project has popped into my brain-the bedroom makeover. Mr alison is in for a surprise!
alison
Hahaha Sarah…. Forget the cosy P.Js, candles etc…. As long as there is nothing cluttering up my bed (and it is nicely made with the light streaming in) all I have to do is look at it and I will instantly crash with whatever clothes and shoes I am wearing.
In fact I have to keep the door to my bedroom closed so I don’t spy a look and be tempted to crash in the middle of the day during the week…My hubby thought it would be wonderful to take a picture of me and the cause of my sleepless nights one morning. When he showed it around to some people in reply as to why I wasn’t there with him all they could say was OMG. I have no idea how I am still functioning… I thought my uni days were bad!
It’s good weather for this mission…
I am so doing this today. It’s raining, which I love but am so tired from the muggy heat and late nights with family stuff. I intend to skip the reading and go straight to the napping!
The boys have cabin fever, the teen girl is mooching in her pjs and husband isn’t getting home from India until Monday
Apparently I am legally required to feed the kids so I have to go shopping in the rain and then I’m hiding in my room while they eat popcorn and watch movies. Will get me some flowers too
Happy restful Saturday to you
Kate
This sounds perfect to me, especially on this wet, wet day! I am going to watch a tv movie at one, then…..I have a mag, I am reading a big book, and that bed and cushions, candles etc, sounds just the ticket! I think I could manage that!
Enjoy your day off Sarah X
Of course I’ll vote for you – I nominated you!
HI Sarah! I also nominated you a few days ago, so it looks like you had multiple fangirls nominating you for consideration! I look forward to your blog entries so much! I love all the white in your house. So fresh and clean! I live in the middle of the good old USA, home full-time with five children. I’ve been to Australia once and would so love to visit your beautiful (adopted) homeland again, someday! My house is not on the beach- nor is it anywhere close to one- but a girl can dream, right? Thanks for the smiles, the recipes, and the eye candy photography! Cheers!
Sadly due to a toddler running around the house my chances of a beautiful, dreamy reading session are zero. But yesterday my lovely parcel man brought me a copy of thrifty chic, which you have mentioned before so my plan is read while having a cup of tea, with small child running in the fore ground. What can I say its a start.
Hasn’t stopped raining all day in Melbourne – perfect day to snuggle in bed! However a pesky certain someone keeps suggesting he could join me!
Any tips on how to deal with that one Sarah ……
Hi Sarah,
I didn’t get to climb into bed, but I did get to, (due to the cold snap today) throw on a stripy, stretchy scarf and my favourite pair of soft black flowing pants and strap myself to the sewing machine, to finish off a few of those little bits and pieces that have made my “in progress” basket overflow. So now I am kicking back with a glass of wine and finishing off the last touches for a family dinner. Thanks for the inspiration once again. Enjoy your night out, and resist the broomstick knocking, tomorrow is Sunday, you may even get to relax a little
xx manda
All the makings of a great rainy day weekend recovering from the work week
My candle of choice was from Yankee Candle Company the book was Moving Forward and except for a quick break to chase a green tree frog back out into the garden it has been a rewarding day.
Hope you enjoyed your Saturday Sarah.
What a fabulous task! Too busy today though to take to my bed! Have fun – Jules x
You’ve got the right idea Sarah, I hope you got to fully relax. I’ll pop over to the HAT Award site and vote you up. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
The last pic of the post is angled perfectly to make the flowers look like owl eyes, so it looks like a pink and gray owl on your bedside table!
Oh Sarah! Thank you for the wonderful idea. I’ve been fighting a cold all week and caring for my husband who had the flu. That “decompression chamber” sounds delicious.
I accept this mission!! It is a cold, gray day here and I just got a good mystery out of the library so I’m going to snuggle in and start on it. I already have a lovely scented candle by my bed and lots of pillows and my pajamas are old and cozy so I’m all set. I’m going to brew some coffee and grab some chocolate and I’m ready to go.
May we all be rested and relaxed tomorrow.
Sadly, I didnt get too far with this mission, kids and a friend in dire need got in the way. But I have great hopes to have my Saturday moment on Sunday….. *runs and locks the bedroom door for 24 hours*……
Right on with this one!
Well it is now Sunday and after two late nights (like yourself) all I want to do is crawl into bed and nap and read.
Oh what bliss that would be!!
However I need to do the baking for the week, iron the little cherubs clothes for school and home and drag my butt to Zumba this afternoon to keep up with my “get in shape before the 40 is the new 30 cocktail party in 7 weeks.’
Gosh I am tired just thinking about it!!
I hope you had a blissful rest yesterday. I can feel my broomstick mood hovering just below the surface!!!!!
Maybe I can get to bed early instead and start the week afresh.
Fantastic mission!!I think I would love to spoil myself with these ideas, especially a lovely candle and beautiful music. Hope your timeout was wonderful. Fiona
We had a “weather bomb” on Saturday – I believe it came across the ditch from over your way … so yes, books, cushions, a comfy couch as opposed to the bed and a smoochy cat – bliss xx
Does this count?? It’s 10.30 on Sunday night and I just got to sit down with my iPad and a chocolate bar!!
Tracey
I guess so, whatever floats your boat!
I plan to be able to do things like this in my bedroom one day. At the moment the light is very dull and it makes relaxing/reading very difficult! One day!
x Jasmine