Things are happening..........

......yes they are. We've had a lot of work done on the house and the excitment is still there.

The roof trusses went up.....

....the roofing started going on.....

.....the weatherboards started going on......

.....so did a fire wall (the pink wall, that's regulation stuff).....

.....and Hey Presto!!! We're ready to paint outside.....

So now we're ready for Michael (BIL) the plasterer.

This is what I got myself for Mother's Day.....

time to get rid of the pile of rubbish. 

and I also got this,

I can't wait to get a peacful moment to start.

Also a beautiful brekky with my family which we had that at mum's, so it was just lovely. While we were there (at mum's) my nephews and neice said there was something special I had to see in the front paddock.

This.............Do you know what this is???

I'll tell you later in the week!! :-D

I have also managed to partake in my bi-monthly postcard swap. This month "Stars" were the theme, I had fun creating this one.

And I just can't let it slip by, Autumn is finally here and as usual its just magnificent. This is looking down the front path to the front gate.....

and the front garden

Whatever you are doing today,  

Enjoy it, Live it, Love it!!

Finally an Update

Where does the time go???
Again, it's been weeks between posts, they should be at least be each week.
Heaps has happened since my last post.........
I had a birthday..............44

Things are really moving along with the house, I'm totally thrilled with the way things a going.
I did say that this was going to be a no stress project, and so far ....... fabulous!!
Here are some more progress photos.
the floor got put down................

the frame went up......................

We had a wonderful Easter, just spent the time with family.
Good Friday we had at the park with Theo's family, it was our turn to host Easter, but our home is not up to it yet so we, went to the park which is about 200meters up the road. We had a wonderful time........

After Easter the roof started to go up..................

and this week I even managed to do a little sewing on Wednesday when I went to my monthly SCQer gathering.
I had a wonderful time, and my sewing machine and I got re-aquainted.
There were about 11 of us doing this project, which made it so much more fun.
It's a Mystery quilt , so I only have a little to show...............

For now that's it. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Whatever you do, Enjoy it, Live it, Love it!!

We have progressed

Things are really starting to take shape.
Really feeling excited here now, its wonderful.Can I just say though, I never realized how physically demanding those first stages are. I watched a little before I went to work in the morning, the hole digger, by the time I left there were 56 holes in my back yard :-) That was the easy part!!

When I arrivede home they had just started putting in the concrete and stumps into the holes.
I watched a little and then went inside, feeling odd. The weather was warmer than expected, Our friend and builder Graham and my DH labourer worked like mad men to get those stumps in before the concrete set. 50 of them!!! When they were done I didn't know how to feel, excited, yes, because this project was really happening, but at the same time I was a bit emotional, because there were these two absolutely exhausted men, blistered hands, and I didn't know what to say. Talk about being wrecked.

Anyway, here are some progess photos.

This is Graham.....THE builder.

And the walls arrived today too (thanks for remembering to take a photo Laura)

DH Theo, the labourer.

Whatever you are doing, Enjoy. 

Busy times ahead

Goodness me!!! Where has the time gone?? Its been nearly 4 weeks since my last post and I was going to try and do one a week!!

With our holiday well and truly behind us things are really happening around here. Justin is back at school, Laura starts Uni this year and a new project has begun, so my stitching will be taking a back seat for a while .

The NEW Project...............An Extension to our house!! And I am the Project Manager??? roflol, DH Theo is labourer and our friend Graham is builder.

We've already started taking down/demolishing the back patio and deck and last weekend Laura's room and the study were demolished!!

All this will be replaced with two new bedrooms, Justin's existing room will become the study, I get a new little sewing room, a new family room and a new laundry and loo. And out the back a new deck area too. I am very excited.

Here's how the back looked about 4weeks ago, the deck and Laura's Room back wall.

Patio and part of the garden.

Laura's room!!

So now, just waiting for the real construction to begin. Hopefully the stumps will go in this weekend???

Just waiting for the surveyor now.

Whatever you do today, ENJOY!! 

Holidays are over..........

The holiday is over, and we had the most wonderful time. We've been home for a couple of days now, the washing is done, most things are put away, but I have beautiful memories.

The weather was not on its best behavior for us this year, but we still had a ball.

We've been going to the same spot for 14 years now, its our little piece of paradise, sadly

our 'neighbours' of as many years are opting out next year, and it won't be quite

the same (won't you reconsider, pleeeease :-(   ).

We have lots of fun, did lots of reading, sewing, walks along the beach, played games in the evenings,

went to a couple of markets,  The best thing is we don't take a TV, so we  have plenty of family time.

I frittered away many hours on the beach some evenings, there were some absolutely divine sunsets.

I took heaps of photos, but I'll just put up few.

This is the view that for the last 14 years I can't get enough of, it just hold my breath as we drive up over the hill and then ............... that first glimpse of the beach/ocean that tells me, it's holidays. BLISS, no matter what, for the for the next 2 weeks!

a few km's further along at Kilcunda, this. When the weather is moody you should see the waves through here!!

       Steven, one of our friends with our daily visitor, a blue tongued lizard.(I wouldn't be picking it up!!)

This is what makes Barney (another camping neighbour) happy, he goes fishing!!!

aaaah bliss!! It was a beautiful evening.

Little gifts scattered along the beach for us to admire,

maybe be inspired??

The end of the first week brought us a couple of cold, wet windy days.

We went out for dinner to the local pub, and this is the view I had right in the middle of dinner!!

Even on the worst day there was something beautiful.

Hubby tells me that there is definitley the pot of gold at the of the rainbow, this photo prooves it!!! lol

These next photos are taken just a few minutes apart, but the change is just breath taking.

(The shadows belong to Millie, Eoin & Laura)

the evening before we left

 

Simply beautiful ......

this taken directly over our campsite, quite scary don't you think??

I'll leave it at that for now.  I hope you've enjyed them. I have a few more to share with you, but I'll leave those for another day.

Whatever you do in the meantime, Enjoy it, Love it, Live it.