Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Candle crafting


Well the glass jars are out....


The wicks are um wicking......


The wax is waxing....


And D-Lights candles is back and it feels so good...

Stay tune for more D-Lights in coming posts....

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

All grown up..



I was going through some photos today and came  across this one of Kerry when she was born.....

Gee I fell in love with her straight away.....

Yes I rave on about her but hey I am a very proud mother and arnt we all.....


Being an only child Kerry did get spoilt but hey what child doesn't....



These were some photos she had taken with some of her friends .

I think she looks beautiful....

Here I think it was her independence stage....

All grown up...

Now here she is with Emmanuel and her darling Jaxon.

I'm seeing a different side to Kerry and its called "motherhood"

All grown up...


So where do our little baby's go to  they go off and make there own life and raise their own baby's and start the circle again....

Monday, September 28, 2015

Sweeties.



Kev bought me a packet of these the other day.

mmm yum do you remember them?

Its funny how something you had in your younger days brings back some great memories.

I know when I was in hospital Kevin brought me in a pack now you couldn't wipe the smile from my face ....these cheap fun lollies meant more to me the expensive flowers cause I knew Kev had bought them with love.
 

Friday, September 25, 2015

Lavender loving..


First of all sorry to those who still read me I haven't been on here as something was wrong with my computer or blog  and I couldn't download photos but hey look !!! its working so here I am...


I have a thing for lavender....

The smell is so restful ...

And they look beautiful .....


Last year I bought some white lavender as I thought it would look lovely in the garden  and it did but 2 plants died ...


I forgot about the other two and thought my pot just had normal purple lavender so image my surprise when all this beautiful white lavender started to appear...


 So do I like the purple best ?....


 Or do I like the white best?....


Your right the purple is the winner now I do like the white but hey nothing beats the original....



Oh here is a shot of both of them together...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Learning to play chess



Aidan came home from school the other day and said is it OK if he joins the chess club.

Of course it is ...hey Dad likes playing chess....


Well he loved that so he raced and got his board and found the chess pieces that came with another game...

Right all ready and set up...


Kev made his move and then it was on....

 Now Kev isn't like me he wont go easy on him so when I say game on its GAME ON....


Kevin won but only just...

Kev said gee he will be beating me soon I really had to think hard and Aidan did some good moves...

SO they both had fun but now Kevin wont be thinking Aidan is a push over now ha ha

Thursday, September 10, 2015

My first time roses...


I have never been a rose person till now...

Suddenly I wanted them and that's all I could think of...

So I tracked down some Standard  Ice Berg roses and Kevin picked them up almost choking at the price but he didn't say anything he just planted them in between my agapanthus out the front....

So now I have 5 Standard Ice Berg roses....

I guess now we wait and see what happens to me five little sticks in my garden....


OMG I got leaves ....


WHAT!!!!  look a bud ...

No wait two buds......


Here she is the most beautiful Ice Berg rose ever ....


Her petals are perfect ....


I am so happy with her and cant wait for the other bud  to open...

We now had about 15 buds on all the trees ....

All have beautiful green leaves and look stunning.

Oh I just realised I haven't smelt them to see if they have a scent  oh well "I better stop and smell the roses" ha ha

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Birdhouse renovation



I have had this bird house for ages probably around 15 years ...

When I got it I really loved it and Kevin put it in the garden on a stick and it was perfect.


 I found this picture of my birdhouse when we first put it in the garden....

No garden or big trees yet....


A couple of years later and she still is beautiful and still look great ...

Actually the plants look great too ....


Well now the poor little birdhouse has rotten timber  in parts and is looking really sad.

Kev replaced the rotten base and a couple of the panels .He found this green paint we had in the garage and gave her a couple of coats ,she was starting to shine now...

The best part was Kev found some mini orb that we had used in our bar room so he decided the house needed an iron roof and OMG  did it make a difference.....


What a difference it all made.

My beautiful birdhouse sits proudly now in the garden....

Kev even cut some branches off the trees to show the house off more and also to satisfy his obsession with trimming and cutting down my trees Urghh  but that's another story...


So here she sits beautiful and proud hopefully for a few more years yet.....

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Vegiemite Chocolate




Well I finally threw out the last bit of horrible Vegemite chocolate.

Yep you heard right  VEGEMITE CHOCOLATE....

Our well loved spread was made into a chocolate over at Cadburys so I hate to get some to try it and see what all the fuss was about....

I couldn't find them in my Woolies they were sold out so yeah that could be a sign that they are yummy...

Wrong....

Mum ended up sending us two blocks from QLD this chocolate had better be good because of all the effort going into just for a bit of chocolate..

So the chocolate arrived,everyone was excited about trying a new flavour although Aidan was just excited at eating chocolate he didn't care what flavour 'GIVE THE BOY CHOCOLATE" is his motto...

The verdict...

I tried a small piece and it very quickly found it self in the bid Oh God it was dreadful....

Kev had a few pieces and thought it tasted like burnt caramel but he didn't mind it and said he would eat it again in small doses....

And Aidan well Aidan just gobbled it down he would have had the whole block but hey we arn't that silly we do know when to stop....

Our verdict was very different to what we thought it would be but the final verdict is that after eating the initial tasting the chocolate sat in the fridge for over three months with no one eating it even Aidan the kid with the chocolate addiction.

So today it was thrown out and if Cadbury do bring it back it wont be coming into this household...

Vegemite is for toast or sandwiches not a filling for chocolate.....

Monday, September 7, 2015

Bathroom bits and bobs......


I have put together here the bits and pieces that have gone into Aidan's bathroom renovation  I've had a couple of emails asking about it so here it is .....

It was hard as I have changed my mind so many times ha ha .........


 One of the bathrooms that inspired me was Kerry's.

As we have a small bathroom I couldn't have a free standing bath I was really upset by this.

Also  to keep cost to our budget we decided to keep the same foot print so no major plumbing was needed.

Because I couldn't have a free standing bath we got a oval bath from Reece similar to Kerry's for $440 pretty good price its a beautiful bath and really deep for a good soak.....


I love the vanity set we got.

It is from Early Settlers and we got a package 18 months ago where we got the vanity matching mirror ,taps and waste..

I wanted a nice plain but country looking vanity .I really don't like the modern look but hey its OK for others just not us. We got this for $1200 which was extremely good and remember the taps and mirror came as well ....


These are the tiles we used.We bought the plank floor tiles from Burnings they have a wood grain look about them.


The beautiful marble look tiles are from Beaumont tiles.These are going on the wall behind and in front of bath.

So that's the bathroom essentials we did our bathroom for a good price and I think the wisest thing I could say is shop around .

The prices really vary from shop to shop so keep a note book and write down prices and also the salesman's names.

have fun with your next reno

Friday, September 4, 2015

I got scammed by my son...



A wolf in sheep's clothing yes that is what he is ....

He looks so sweet but boy is he ruthless...

All season at soccer he has played but not really involved he is a socialite so he loves to play and talk with his team mates rather than kick the ball.

So I decided to try and bring on some enthusiasm  ...

I told him every time he kicked the ball I would give $5 moneys safe I thought as he may kick it once or twice WRONG......the little brat kicked it ten times I was out $50...

SO I think I will think twice before I open my mouth and do something like this again ha ha

love

Dee xx



Thursday, September 3, 2015

August


August just rushed past that fast this year either that or I am getting so old ha ha

We had a lovely August Kevin and I had our Wedding anniversary Aidan turned 8 gee can you believe that 8 years old...

We caught up with friends and family which is always great....

Mr Sid had to have his gall bladder out,I had another iron infusion boy did that make me sick...

But the saddest part is Miss Lilly passed away....

So come on September bring it on I'm ready...

love
dee x