A few pics to show you what we have been up to lately! The days have been quite sunny and warm (generally!) so lots of little outdoor tea parties have been happening which is nice finally. I was so much happier with this edition of Frankie as frankly (he he) the last issue was abysmal!!
After not stopping in at our house for over a week the Lilac was in full flower and smelt divine! Pity about the super long lawns and crazy weeds, oh well, we'll get there!
Mr HMH has almost finished painting inside thankfully and the tasks are getting ticked off our list finally. I have started painting the exterior alcove near our front door and was keen to get back for a second coat until the rain came again...sigh...
...however I did tackle the bathroom floor with a coat of Berger extra tough paving paint! Due to the shear cost and work involved in getting our floors ready for staining with Black Japan we have taken the easy way and chosen to paint all over with this paint. It is hard wearing, comes in the colour we want, and goes on easily - the bathroom only needed one thick coat! I sanded off any lumps and bumps but left the overall texture in here as I feel it will help with the non-slip factor, and as the texture is pretty even it came up well I think. We have used Dulux Antique White on the walls in here and throughout the house (other than the living/kitchen) and also used it in our previous house. It is the perfect white for me (and apparently 1000's of other Australians!), warm without being yellow and carries other colours beautifully.
We are now just waiting on our tiler to come and put up our glass tiles behind the shower/bath and then we can box the bath in properly, put the skirting/architraves back and get the plumber back to put the new vanity in. After what we've
been through to
get it to this stage the remaining jobs are a walk in the park!!
The sad thing is that as the house will go straight on the market we will not get to enjoy our (hopefully) beautiful new bathroom. I think I will have to sneak up there for a bath to test it out don't you!
And speaking of water The Munchkin and I put together (very quickly I might add!) this cake for my Dad as we are having a bit of a pirate phase around here lately and it was thought that Poppy needed a pirate cake. We used the awesome All Together Cake recipe from the
Frankie Afternoon Tea Cookbook (which is back in stock incidently so if you are after a copy get theeself over
here,
here or
here now!) that has become a real favourite as it is super quick and easy and tastes light and delicious. In my speedy wisdom I used a green paint sample card for the waves, not sure about the toxicity of that idea but it looked good and was only on for about 10 minutes!
I finally went and saw
Eat Pray Love last night and I LOVED it!! I know people have been bagging it and that the book itself hasn't spoken to many people but for me, at this point of my life, they really touched me. The filming in the movie was breathtaking and I did not find myself comparing it to the book, just enjoying the journey...and I left craving pasta from our local Italian restaurant! Please see it if you are wanting to but have heard bad things, make up your own mind, you might be surprised! I got to go to the cinema alone which was BLISSFUL! I love going to the movies with friends but don't often get the chance due to our different schedules so if I really want to see something now I go alone. I love the freedom and what is almost decadence, of sitting down and doing something just for me, uninterrupted. It is not often we do only one thing at a time, multi tasking has a lot to answer for!
O-k-a-y... this is probably my most disjointed and rambley post ever, and that's saying something! If you saw it through - thanks!! I promise to have my thoughts more organised next time!
I will be back with that giveaway I promised very soon, just getting some final things together but as a little teaser I will be having 1 giveaway A WEEK until December! How does that sound! Yep! I hear ya! Sounds good!
Till next time, xxx
