Confessions

I have a highly embarrassing confession to make and I can guarantee that you will laugh at me by the end of it and maybe im slightly emotional right now... but.... ok here I go.

I am ridiculously insanely jealous.... of my Sat Nav!

Yes you heard right and you are probably sitting there thinking ... what is she smoking but its true. Of course you are aware over Christmas we had a few dramas. The main one being that our car was stolen, used in a number of different robberies then involved in a police chase before being written off. Obviously we had to buy a new one and this one has a sat nav we have called Alice. (it seemed like a smart idea at the time because she sounded just like the computers in all those movies where they go insane and try to take over the world) anyways I digress. So we both loved Alice, she told us where to go, told us where to find petrol and was basically an angel in our own car.

Now here is where it gets creepy. We just found out you can voice activate it - so you press a button and say disc and it will automatically change to disc. Great right? For the two weeks hubby was home we were in heaven where he would press the button and Alice would quite delightedly do exactly what he asks.

Then he goes away and I'm left with the car and poor little Alice. So I try to do the same thing, pressing the little button and saying disk and what happens.... She doesn't like me and ignores me totally. At first i was just irritated by such blatant disrespect but over the weeks I have not only gotten more and more annoyed but I also feel she has a thing for hubby, she likes his voice and not mine and wont listen to me at all.

FINE - I am desperately searching for a way to turn her off because right now I am ready to kill! Stupid Alice - why wont she listen to me. I have also decided I am going to try to find a way to change the voice.... why would I want a sweet perfectly pronounced bitch telling me where to go.... where is the sexy low husky male voice asking me nicely to turn left...

STUPID SAT NAV - STUPID ALICE

Surprise - Im Done

Oh yes (and I do realise I say "oh yes" in alot of my posts but what can you do...)

So where was I - Oh yes, my block nearly screamed "Surprise" when I drove down late yesterday afternoon - I'm finished. the pool is now a lovely concrete shell all done and sitting there waiting to be filled up.

Sadly what it doesn't realise is that it will be filled up ... with sand shortly but I will try and make sure once its finally uncovered it takes pride of place in our new house.

YAY for companies that finally deliver what they promise!!!

A Beautiful Beginning

Well exciting news on the home front. The pool has begun!

The beautiful level block is no more - we now have tons of sand piled around the site but the important news is ... I have the beginnings of a pool. Its all very exciting and I'm kind of happy but also just realising that we are going to have a house... my house exactly as I always wanted it...

Enjoy the picture overload people.... I cant wait till I can show you more

Lovely Idea for a Hallway

This roof is heaven on its own but for a hallway its even better. When you think about it there is not that much you can do in a hallway. Its a pretty narrow space so you are limited - a couple of wall hangings, so pretty wall paper... a nice light. this just goes above and beyond beautiful. I am trying to think how I can fit this into my house?

Good News

Well I have some very very exciting news. I finally have a flat empty block - Oh yes, what some people take for granted I have had to fight for. I have no old pipes, no sewage issues, not concrete leach drains. ... Its just a nice flat block. One of the guys at work looked at the picture and said .... my block looks just like that and I almost bit him! Oh yes, the bastard, its easy for some but for me its blood sweat and tears just to get to a clean block.

However enough about how exiting the blank canvas is - have a look at this Hampton's home... if this is not heaven to come home to I swear I give up on trying to please you.

Design Dilemma

At the moment im finding myself torn when it comes to the exact style I am going to be using in my house. I know i want new and old, that fine and good.

The dilemma I face is all my built in units. Ok so im going to be having built in's but do they take on a more modern feel or do I go with my gut and go for the more traditional fiddly style I lust after in pictures.

I know option 2 is more expensive but is it worth it, will it add drama to the space or be lost.... Im still thinking this one through and I know that with built in's I cant change my mind ... it has to be right first and only time.

So do I go for a plain contempory style or the traditional details I love??? You have seen plenty of traditional built in ideas but here are my favorite modern contemporary ideas..

Told you it was a Dilemma (plus I just love the word)

So Much to Report

My wonderful husband is stuck up in Darwin at the moment, he was due to fly back to work but then the cyclone came (nothing big but enough wind and rain to ground choppers) and he is stuck in a hotel room in Darwin calling me every few hours because he has seen all the movies they are playing ... poor darling.

Also - we finally had news from the builder - earthworks should be completed tomorrow and the pool company will be coming in on Friday to start pegging out so very very soon I may be able to show you a few pictures.

I still haven't decided whether or not to buy the faces, I do love them and I do want them desperately but... I am trying so so hard to be good.... see honey, it is possible.

So that's it - husband stuck away, earth works still not complete and me going through withdrawal symptoms because of a serious lack of shopping.

Tomorrow I will hopefully have pictures of my perfectly flat, cleared block!