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We are still loving our new house & ohh my sewing room squeeeeeeeeeeeeee its just divine! I have sew much fun in there! When I have time that is as I am also working full time this year doing 2 days a week at NDHS & 3 days at GPS.

So instead of boring you with more drivel I think I shall just fill up with photos that hopefully sum up the last 9 months

The place we are currently in looks like a bomb has hit it due to boxes, bags & piles of stuff everywhere. This is a small house & no matter where I put the boxes it looks messy so its a case of just deal with it !!

Instead lets look at something nice like our new floor coverings & blinds………..

These are the kitchen blinds, every other window & sliding door has the same colour/style blind hanging at them. They arent as dark as they look in the pic.

In obvious need of a damn good vaccuuming but this is the carpet that is in our 3 bedrooms. Is nice & soft too

Not a very good pic sorry, but this is the floor coverings throughout the main part of the house including my new sewing room, will make sweeping up threads & fabric bits nice & easy

And for Stitches take on the whole packing moving thing see below

So now that I have organised Foxtel & Telephone to be moved this will probably be my last post until after the move. As neither company can tell me when we get our services hooked as we are in a rural area & anything outside of Perth they just cant comprehend!!!

Cheers and see you soon

Tina

Half of this place is packed up & ready to go. Been having a great de-junking time as I go along & passing on nolonger loved treasures to others who want them DS cleaned out his toy box & made himself a cool $59 from items he sold.

Its all falling into place so fingers crossed tomorrow goes well & we get the keys very very soon

Tina x

To start packing YAY!!!!!!   Have gathered boxes from the local store, got that really good super strong packing tape {which I will keep away from hubby & the cat!!!}

But my enthusiasm is not to be found Dont get me wrong I cant wait to move out of this house & into our house & set up my sewing room but urgh where do I start??!! Usually I am a packing dynamo & we spend the last week or 2 living off the picnic set, 1 frypan, 1 saucepan & enough clothes to last & thats it!! Honest you can ask my hubby but this time I cant seem to get into it. So far all I have packed is the kids books. Hmmmm maybe if I was to pack up all my fabrics & sewing stuff I might stop finding excuses getting distracted & get packing………….now where did I put that tape???

Tina…………..ohhh look at that pattern..…………off to pack a box or 2

As you can see my foot was rather plain & boring before………………….but…………….

plain boring foot

Outline is all finished, like the look of it already!!

outline all finished

Looking good, colouring all done, 1 more step to go

colours all done

All finished now, no more plain boring foot anymore

All done

A huge thankyou goes to Dallas at Abandoned Art in Geraldton WA for the ink job Another huge thankyou to my Dad & Mum who unbeknown to me had paid money off my tattoo for my birthday so when I went to pay it was a real surprise.

Tina xx

We were in town a few months ago & Miss Lankylegs was having a sleep over with a friend. Anyways we were at Bunnings to a sausage sizzle fundraiser for Sir Dreamsalot’s camp. All was going well, selling lots of sausages, drinks & raffle tickets. Then DD’s friends mum turns up to collect the girls off they went to my car to get the bag containing all sorts of crap, essentials for   & return to me to say goodbye. Following conversation ensues:

Me “Where’s my keys”?

DD “ohhh no “

Me “Yeah sure sure hand the bloody things over.

DD “uummm no Mum I am serious I have locked them in the boot”

Me mutters under breath FFS! “Oh crap ok go on your sleepover I will ring road side assist again!

DD “OK Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Mum xxxx

Me hmmmmm, off I go traipse over to car retrieve phone number from sticker & go through the motions, report car & location operator asks “how will we find you in Bunnings?” Me “easy go to the sausage sizzle out the front!!”

About an hour or so passes & just as we have sold out of snags, & start packing up a bloke rocks up to the sizzle, Me “sorry mate we have sold out of snags, can offer you a cold drink or raffle ticket though “

He ” Ahh no thanks I am looking for Tina”

Me “ooohhh that be me, guess your  the bloke who’s gonna break into my car for me then, Ok its over here”

10 minutes later & he is in with the alarm on the car going off & every person in the car park gawking at us, & yes just like last time they were right at the front of the boot amongst other crap in the boot Yep another bit of wire  & yay my keys are retrieved, the alarm is off & paperwork is signed.

I did take great delight in texting all family members about Miss Lankylegs faux pas & Sir Dreamsalot took great delight in  nick naming his sister Boots 2 as he was called Boots for awhile after his turn.

Bloody kids, maybe when they get their own cars  I will be able to return the favour!!! LOL

Tina x

The house is coming along in leaps & bounds, in fact TODAY I am going to fax off the notice to vacate our rental premises………….excited much??? Hell yeah!! October 29th is the day we get the keys to OUR house We have been house owners before, but it was a “renovators delight” that still wasnt finished when we sold it LOL. This times its all brand spanking new No siiking money into it fixing it up, or dreaming of what we could do if we had more $$. Nope this time move in, get outside looking good with lawn etc & then just enjoy……….ahhh can almost taste the celebratory drinks in the alfresco now!!

Bob (Hubby) had last week off work, both our kids were in Perth on a FESA Cadet camp so we spent the week fencing & swinging gates at the block. Now when we move the dogs will be able to run about in the house yard & we will be able to go get DD’s pet sheep & put them into their paddocks also Its all coming together so well that I have to pinch myself to make sure its real & happening.

Next big job after we move is to go dismantle a 20 x 40 shed that hubby bought & re assemble it at our place…………….eeek!!!!

So updated photos below

Got more exciting news to share tomorrow night after my visit to Abandoned Art

Tina xx

Recently good friends of ours decided to get married & set a date 4weeks away!! OMG I thought she was bloody mad!!! But it all went beautifully.

One of her bridesmaids dress’s didnt fit her sister, so sister got a new dress made leaving other dress at brides house. While I was discussing the wedding one day with the bride I asked what her daughter was wearing & she had no idea LOL. So I offered to remake the no longer needed bridemaids dress for her into a dress for Jess. We then discussed bouquets & she asked if i could do something with the dress for them as well. Of course I can I said with my fingers crossed LOL.

This is the end results, I think I did pretty good considering I only had a week to do it !!

When we were there on the Friday the slab was still wet & I was very tempted to write our names on there but thought I better not LOL. We went back up on the weekend when it was dry & walked all over it, working out rooms & where the oven will eventually be, taking in the views from our loungeroom & kitchen. Sat in my sewing room & dreamt what it will look like (of course it was nice,tidy & organised with not threads or off cuts on the floor ROFL!!) Brayden laid in his room & complained it was uncomfortable ROFL!

Hopefully soon the bricks will arrive