Bite size organizing

Now that I’m all back to normal I’ve been back to organising the home. However with it being school holidays I’ve been tacking small bite-sized projects. Actually the first project was Christy’s bedroom and that was an all-day project!

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Amy worked on her room but I forgot to take a photo.

The rest of the projects were indeed bite sized taking from 5 mins up to 20mins.

I tidied the mess in the upstairs hallway which had been here for too many weeks.

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And resorted the linen cupboard.

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I made a start on my desk by tidying the workspace.

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A few days later I did the upper cupboard.

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Finally I gave the baking tray cupboard a clean and tidy. This job honestly took just 5 mins.

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My advice to anyone feeling overwhelmed is to tackle some small jobs. It’s manageable and makes you feel good.

The Week That Was

It was the week of pelicans flying high above our house….

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and the week of morning walks…. trying to beat the heat on a few of the hot days.

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It was the week of school holidays and 12 teenagers over for the day….. lots of noise and lots of food eaten and lot of fun had…

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and it was the week of fondue at Max Brenner with Amy and her friend Harriet…

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It was the week the new World of Warcraft was released and I let them eat dinner while playing… while I enjoyed having the TV to myself and having an America’s Next Top Model marathon….

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And it was the week my Mum bought me this gorgeous bunch of flowers….

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Aren’t they stunning?

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It was the week I treated myself to a magazine and few books….

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And it was the week I came across this beautiful Bottlebrush on a walk…

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They are normally red but this one was pink…. so pretty…

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It was the week we went to see Legally Blond the musical….

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And it was the week of purple nails….

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and silver nails for the theatre…

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It was the week of cute Rosie…

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and Bailey…

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And new toys for the puppies…

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A day in my life – 30th September

How it can be the end of September I have no idea! It’s just 8 weeks now till our Disneyworld trip – that’s crazy. After our day at the theatre yesterday we had a lazy, and I mean LAZY, day on Sunday.

I still woke up early though, around 5.30am I think. That’s when the sun is up at the moment (next week we move to daylight savings time). It’s been cool again so it’s back into my Winter dressing gown.

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Spent the morning watching YouTube and enjoying a cup, or two, or tea.

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Eventually Kevin came down and joined me.

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Later I made us breakfast – cheese and hummus quesadillas.

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Kevin joined the girls in the scrapbook room to play World of Warcraft. Which is what the 3 of them did pretty much all day.

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I headed upstairs to make the bed and have a shower. Dressed for a lazy day at home.

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I watered the veggie garden.

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And hung out the washing.

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And made some pikelets for morning tea.

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Then it was onto planning our Disneyworld trip – which is what I did for most of this lazy Sunday.

Lunch was leftovers from last night.

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Which Kevin and I enjoyed while taking a break from our computers. We watched a few episodes of RBT.

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Then back to planning.

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As the day drew to a close I collected the chickens eggs. We got home after dark yesterday so this was 2 days worth. As you can see I also threw them some old bread.

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I also bought the washing in and started dinner for the dogs.

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It was just Kevin and I tonight as the girls were having dinner at Nan & Pop’s (and Amy is sleeping over). Kevin still had leftovers to eat so I just made myself some brown rice, mexe-beans and cheese, topped with lettuce and sour cream. So easy and so yummy.

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To end our “busy” day we watched a few episodes of Breaking Bad. We are really loving this show. We headed to bed around 9pm and I read a few pages before almost dropping my kindle on my face, which meant it was time to go to sleep.

 

A trip to the theatre

On Saturday we headed up to Sydney to see Legally Blond the Musical.

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We arrived at the Star Casino around 12pm. Nice and early – so we didn’t end up rushed like our last time here.

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A quick stop for some blurry photos …. courtesy of Amy….

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and my i-phone…

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After looking at our lunch options we decided on lebanese.

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We got 2 veggie plates to share and some lebanese bread (which was amazing).

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We had a wonder around then headed to the theater to see Legally Blond.

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We all really enjoyed it. Such a bright and bubbly show. If you liked the movie, you will love the musical.

Of course, Christy had to buy her own Bruiser in a bag :-).

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Then on the way home we were treated to a lovely sunset.

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