Another Sneak Peak....

Another little sneak peak for you, My linen is on the bed. Its a very exciting moment for me because as some of you may remember, I brought it almost 18 months ago and have been dying to look at it "in situ"

 

Hopefully you love it as much as I do - I am nearly done with the room, there are a couple of bigger items like a mirror, light fixture and a chair that I haven not yet found but we are getting there. I cant wait to show you the whole thing - my bathroom is just lovely! Its warm and luxurious .... oh oh oh, I am dying to show you now, might have to take my good camera around to the house and start snapping!

Moving With The Times...

About a year ago we had to sit my mum down ... oh yes hubby and I made time at the end of one day to sit down as a family and discuss ... wait for it .... her refusal to embrace new technology. You see it got so bad that she was scared of the remote control, she hated the idea of turning on the security system and she wont drive my car because she doesn't like all the buttons.

Obviously we were worried, not only because we spent hours every week as "built in IT support" but also because what happens when we move out .... does she just not turn on the TV for a week.

So we sat down and had the talk, mum if you don't start to embrace technology you are going to be left behind.... dead silence followed this statement and I could see her fighting with herself .... why should she have to embrace technology, she doesn't like it, its all too hard.

However to my great relief she actually thought about it and has spent the last 12 months moving with the times. She emails, she shops online, Internet banking is a breeze and the big one ... she has an iPhone and knows how to use it.

The photo above shows what happens when I explained how to change ring tones .... "we can do it ourselves?"

"Yup, its easy"

May I embrace technology with such .... bravery? when I get older. May I never get left behind.

And to prove just how much I have just received a text message from mum. Such a thoughtless gesture these days telling me she is late, or to thank me for something. A text message that she would never have even thought she was able to send a year ago .... well done mum!

Struggling With Practicality

As you can tell from my title, at this very moment I am struggling to be practical. I want to be practical, I need to be practical but its turning out to be harder than I thought.

Let me explain, we need a new toaster, kettle and iron. These things did not follow us from the old house so we need them. I know practically its best to buy something basic and workable that doesnt need to be brightly coloured and shiny, they are going to be behind closed doors so not on display. I know this but do you think this stops me from looking at all the pretty options and thinking .... can I?

I want to be practical, I need to be practical but god its hard! What do you think, I mean really, its a bloody kettle not an arm chair or anything ... I really need to suck it up and be good with my money and focus on more important things .... like lighting!

Its a kettle .... I need to keep telling myself that.

Drama's on the Western Front

 

I don't know if you have heard but the West has been hit by a number of large storms over the last few days and although our house survived hale and hearty our side fence did not.

We are not the only ones dealing with this drama - boats have been beached, power lines down, roofs have been lifted and trees everywhere are screaming in protest at the rough treatment.

Some area's have no power and have been told it may take up to a week to get back!

I must say after 48 hours powerless I do enjoy my electricity. Life is so boring without power and my phone is dead .... I don't think I can survive without a phone!

 

 

 

Our House .... Is a very very very SMART house!

So we have this lovely touch screen security system installed because I just can't figure out how to use a normal security system.

That's right, I struggle with the whole concept of using electronics. Ok I will admit alarm clocks, ovens, TV's with multiple remotes and security systems in particular set my hair on end .... I just cant seem to figure out how to work the damn things!

One thing that I can work is my IPhone and this little baby is almost as clever as that. I can switch the system on or off, it has really cute little security pictures where away shows a person walking away from the door .... well duhhh. It also has this messenger service so I can leave hubby cute little voice messages for when he comes home.

Slightly OTT - Maybe! Making life easier for me - Definitely!

When it Rains it Pours

In so many ways this title is relevant at the moment. It seems that when one thing goes wrong everything follows and this week for me I am nearly broken.

So many things have gone wrong or people have let us down and although usually I can just sigh and realise "things happen" today I just cant seem to make out the light at the end of the tunnel.

Let us hope that with sleep and a little bit of Scotch the light shines brighter tomorrow!

A Sneak Peak

The last week has been exhausting ... emotionally and physically exhausting. I wont go into all the gritty details but I am so tired that my head hurts.

The upside of all of this is that the physical exhaustion is due to a hell of alot of progress on the house front. I have managed to get things moving on the house front and this brings me a quandary. Do I show you overall pictures so you can see it moving forward of give you sneak peeks and a final reveal when things are happening.

I have decided on the sneak peek approach and this is the first sneak peek of bedroom .... the colours and textures are all blending beautifully and I cant wait to finally move in!