a girl and her dog…

 

A random photo letting you know I’m still around and still house renovating.

All is new in 2013

Well it has been a looooooooong time since I have visited this here old blog.    I not even sure I remember how to blog!!!!!  Lets see how it goes…

We have made a sea (well truth be told a country ) change.  This is a decision that was not taken lightly as we had the girls in a school that we were very happy with and it had been a long time since either E or I had lived somewhere other than the “Burbs”.  We were both very used to having everything on our door step and the girls had lived in no other house. 

We knew the town we wanted to live in so the search for a house began..  Nothing was taking our fancy until we come across a cottage in town that was in need of some love.  An extension had been done, so there were the required number of rooms and bathrooms, no shed or garage however (yes E not happy, but that was something that we could rectify).  We went back and forth with our decision, and the vendors accepted another offer.  We sat tight and waited and waited.  The sale fell through and the vendors accepted our offer.  OH NO  this was really all happening.  Doubt about our decision had set in (for me anyway) but there was no turning back..

The race was then on to sell our current house and get settled in our new house for the start of the school year.. 

After a week of cleaning up etc. (thanks Mum for all the help),  We sold our home within 4 days

To say we were gob smacked is an understatement.

Well, here we are, in our new (old) cottage, not completely moved in, but here.  The girls are loving walking to and from school (school is about 200m away) and life is already a lot more relaxed.

 

I will leave you with a peak of “TEEK Cottage” and hopefully be back soon with some photos of the inside.

image from realestate.com.au

image from realestate.com.au

Eryn turns 10!!! part 1

On Saturday Eryn celebrated her double digits birthday party.

Boy were there lots of fun and games.

The theme colours were  red, aqua and white. 

There was plenty to eat…

(Silhouette of Eryn)

Drinks too

and of course CAKE

Plenty of fun party games.

Balloon Darts.

Every balloon that was popped with a dart had a number and that number had an activity for the kids to do like -

show us your best Michael Jackson move

Do a cartwheel etc.

All the kids loved this game.

Stay tuned, there is another instalment to come tomorrow with the kids absolute favourite party activity

Meet GUS!

He is the newest member of our family

He is soooooo loved

By one and all

He fancies himself as a bit of a skater boy

This particular girl has waited a loooooong time for a puppy

We all think he is a little ripper

Happy 2012

I know my poor old blog has been neglected over the last couple of months but hopefully I will be back on track in the New Year….

We had some fun with sparklers on NYE

Here are some of our favourites

Wishing you all a very creative 2012!

a single photo

 

 

Love heart shaped chips.