A Week of Confessions

So this week you have found out that I am a total control freak ... and I'm a closet Ikea fanatic however this one really takes the cake. This one turns me from a cute slightly quirky Australian woman into something a little bit scary.

But as always let me start at the beginning. Me and a few friends are totally completely addicted to a TV series called True Blood.  Now my friends regularly argue over which one of the lovely men on the show they particularly want to take home and to be honest .... they are all pretty nice but last week I watched an episode that made me realise I have a problem ... instead of drooling over the pretty sets of abs and arms that many woman would die to have holding them .... here we go .... I'm just going to say it ..... I was lusting over Bill Compton's house.

Yes that's right ... I was so in love with the house the boys above didn't even get a hit on my radar ... the house on the other hand had me all hot an bothered.

So ladies .... (sorry gentleman) - if you had to choose between the house below or one of the boys above ... which would it be???

Im One Of Those

Oh yes ... I'm one of those people who actually gets excited about the new Ikea Catalogue. Not so bad that I am cleaning my mail box but I have been checking it every day just to make sure I don't miss it arriving.

However today I got impatient and viewed it online and I have to say .... Oh my god I LOVE IKEA!

These are a few of my favorite rooms they have put together. Can you imagine the first image with the two back to back chaise's in a library right in the centre of the room with books the whole way round???

IKEA is my idea of heaven! (I did tell you I'm terrible)

The Organisational Beast Strikes Again

I don't know how many of you will remember when we were focusing on the changes to the building company's general specification but I created the most wonderful changes register to capture all of these variations and other than being laughed at by everyone it worked wonderfully.

Which is why I'm slightly worried posting this today .... you see the "over the top organisational bug" has hit me again... this time with the holiday.

This is my itinerary folder with tickets, spreadsheets and contact details for everywhere and everyone ... oh dear. So maybe its slightly over the top but being so organised and having everything at my fingertips will make me feel 100 times better. he he he. I would ask if this was too much but to be honest I do realise that most people would freak out more at the amount of paperwork than less but for me, knowledge is power and I want everything ready just in case something goes wrong ....

Hitting a Wall

I have to say - today I have officially hit a wall. I am sitting here, glassy eyed staring at the screen thinking ... my god I just want to be in bed. My mind is tired ... way to much going on at the moment and on top of that my body is tired. Yes that's right, this is a woe is me post and I'm happy to be feeling sorry for myself!

If you can, hang in there because although I'm feeling sorry for myself my planned medicine is the cutest little house you have ever seen.

Oh yes, so I'm feeling sorry for myself.... (Imagine me hunched dispiritedly over he keyboard ... struggling to type) ... because even my fingers are sore from trying to minute over 50 hours of technical meetings.

Ok - so the only thing that would make me feel better would be sitting on the veranda of this little house in my ugg boots, PJ's and of course my steaming cup of coffee .... and maybe even my husband.

So today this would be my dream holiday home! What do you think?

The Perfect Kitchenette

Upstairs we are having a small little kitchenette - sink, microwave, fridge and the all important coffee machine and its been really hard trying to sort out how I want it to look. Most kitchenettes are hidden away but mine is going to be front and centre when you walk into the sitting room.

However I have finally found a picture I think is perfect. Its really simple but still fits in with the lovely warm feeling I'm trying to go for.

Again - sorry about the shortness of the blog .... still in clarification meetings listening to arguments between engineers about whether a XT (Christmas tree - sits on the ocean bed - looks nothing like a christmas tree but what do you expect when an engineer names it) should be horizontal or vertical and whether the IWOCS & SSIV's are properly engineered and ALARP (As low as reasonably practicable - My question is why dont you just say that instead of creating a new acronym for it) Let me just say ... I hate Acronyms

Wall Mural

So I have been looking into getting this wall mural printed for the theatre room and the company I have been speaking to has emailed me back with some sample pictures of the quality of the image.

I will agree that there are defiantly some parts of the image that are damaged or have flaws but for me that just adds to the overall charm of the picture. I don't think it would have that same history to it if the picture was perfect, it would feel a bit too contrived ... not quite so interesting.

For me the damage makes it seem somewhat more real.... what do you think? Are all the flaws you can see and the slightly less precise image a good thing or a bad thing?

This is the whole image 

These are some excerpts of how it will look printed so large

Progress

My house is moving along at an alarming pace at the moment .... NOT!

This is the difference between my house three weeks ago and my house today

If your sitting here scratching your head over what has changed you would be right ... nothing!

Sorry again for the short posts ... I'm amazed by how busy work is at the moment, no time for anything other than work ... and to be honest that is just not on! I will have to talk about my boss!