Bedridden

I don't know about you but when I'm stuck in bed sick and feeling sorry for myself there are a few traditions that just seem to make me feel better.

The first one is obviously a fresh set of sheets and PJ's. There is nothing that is going to make you feel better than sliding into bed in a lovely set of PJ's and a crisp cool set of sheets.

The second is icy poles. Even if I don't have a sore throat for me icy poles just have to be eaten in copious amounts in order to make me feel better

Finally is movie choices. ... obviously feel good movies but there is one movie I will watch every single time I get sick ... Pride and Prejudice. Lucky for me there are now two versions to choose from ... my old favorite BBC TV series version which will keep me entertained all day and now the new movie version. Also lucky for me I have had 3 days in bed and have had plenty of time to watch both.

So here are the houses from both movies / TV series. (Movie first)

Longbourn - I think the movie gives it more of a storybook quality to it ... the little house flanked by two trees however the TV series house is possibly my favorite of the two.

Netherfield - I love the first house, its very grand and over the top and of course perfectly suitable for a gentleman with Five Thousand Pounds a year!

Rosings - two totally different houses that look almost identical. Jane Austin was very clear in how Rosings should look if these two are anything to show by it.

Pemberley - Again very similar in feel these two and yet another reason I should have married Mr Darcy!

Finally let me just say I adore all of these houses and would die to own one ... well obviously not possible even with a very large lotto win but hey .... a girl can dream right?

Oh yes - and although a rather political statement Colin Firth is my prefered Mr Darcy anyday....

A Revelation

Ok so revelation is possibly a bit strong but yesterday one of my lovely engineers gave me two Oyster cards to use while I'm away. Now here is where it gets a bit sappy and I'm sorry but it made me realise ....

I'M GOING ON HOLIDAY!

How exciting is it to have a lovely big holiday only days (22 days but who is counting) away!

So it made me start thinking ... Europe is big and I really should create a bucket list. Not a normal type of bucket list .... climb the Eiffel tower etc however I am planning to do that but a more ambiguous one where I have to find ways to achieve it. I can think of a couple straight away but will be racking my brains over the weekend to try and crystallise my ideas.

So here are a few I have thought of.

1) Try and stick under the 20kg weight limit - I am the queen of excess baggage so this one was will be a big challenge.

2) Do something truly naughty ... again something that can be translated so many different ways but we will see

3) Find the best ice cream in Europe and eat till I'm sick - seems easy but I'm guessing to find the "best" shop I will be tasting a fair bit of ice cream!

Stay tuned for a more complete list!

Over The Top

Just a quick one today ... I'm busy arguing with document control and haven't really had time to stop and catch my breath...

This is amazing but totally over the top. I don't think I could have it in my house but how amazing would it be to come over for a glass of wine?

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?