White Inspiration

A friend of mine is currently tackling some major renovations on her family home. She has mentioned she likes the white look with splashes of colours - so I thought I would post some of the images I have been collecting to inspire her. There is a mixture of modern white interiors and country/shabby chic white interiors.

If you like the 4th to last image with the loud floral bedspread... which I admit will not be to everyones liking, then you will get a tad excited over my next blog post...

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Hope you renovators can find something inspiring. I am inspired by the yellow chair just poking it's head up in the above pic...

Gingersnappiness

This recipe for gingersnaps was on this freaken cute blog . They looked so delicious I was inspired to make them for my sick husband... poor Mr. D.

 For those of you who know me... I can't bake. I have had disaster after disaster. After making my gingersnaps I remembered I had this adorable little pinny I made earlier this year.

The good news is, my gingersnaps were such a success I will bake them again, and next time I will wear my pinny. Did I hear someone say housewife of the year?

Thank you.

Now - the evidence...

These are sure to make Mr D. feel better....

lists

I was reading a blog post by my friend the other day... and she was listing her achievements leading up to becoming 26. It made me think about lists.

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I freaken love lists, especially to do lists at the office. There is something so satisfying about making that final tick as you run through each item. A full list of ticks is always a sign of a successful day. It's acts as a running agenda and keeps me motivated.

I like food shopping lists, even though I lose them in my handbag and never use them while I'm shopping. If I did I'm sure I could halve my food bills. Sometimes when I'm overwhelmed I write house cleaning lists and prioritise. I never usually tick everything on those.

All of my personal lists or goals are stored in my head. For some reason I never write them down. Perhaps if I write it down I fear I will never be able to tick everything off...

Today I will list 5 things I freaken love right now at 7.01pm

1. Obi-Wan Kenobi sleeping next to me while I type

 2. The smell of my dinner cooking

3. Mr. D

4. My nicely vacuumed floors

 (believe it or not, I don't actually have a photo of me vacuuming... )

5. My slippers

detours

Tonight the traffic was annoying me... so I made a spontaneous decision to take a detour.

I started by going to the petrol station and getting a car wash. I purchased a NW magazine and a small bag of cashews. I ate my cashews and read pointless, enjoyable crap about people I don't know while the machine washed my car.

I then continued on my journey home. After about 15 minutes I came to the same intersection I come to every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

I decided to take a detour and drive the back roads home, where there would be less cars and I would have more opportunity to use my full beams. I love full beams, I can see more and it makes me feel safer.

A few minutes later, I realised I was lost. But it was ok, because there were no other cars on the road and I could drive with my full beams on. I was listening to The Breeze and singing really loudly to an Elton John song... I forgot I was lost...

Out of nowhere a car came towards me and I panicked and forgot which side the light controller was located (new car) and turned my right indicator on.

I ended up full beaming the on coming car. So rude. I hate it when people do that to me. Sorry oncoming car. Also sorry for confusing you with the indicating.

Finally I arrived at an intersection I was familiar with and knew I was nearly home.

Overall the detour started out well. I liked the spontaneity. But when I got lost it wasn't so fun. Also it was raining a lot so that defeated the car wash and I got home about 15 minutes later than usual. So overall I wish I had just gone the normal way home.

I don't think I'll detour for a while.

This could be a really good metaphor for life.

Yours maybe?

Help...

I'm constantly behind on my washing. I have so many washing baskets... and they are always full. My husband keeps his comments to a minimum (until he runs out of socks and undies) reminding me that he cooks the dinner... I do the washing. It is a verbal contract, and I struggle so badly to keep my side of the deal.

I admit. I'm shocking. I'm known to also prompt him at the shops to buy more socks and undies, just to take some of the pressure off my washing duties.

I blame it on the weather... the drier is slow... and when I try to line dry, it rains...
I blame it on the fact that 'I don't have enough whites to justify a white wash"
I blame it on being "tired after work" and I tend to save it up for the weekends. The weekend comes around and we are never home. The cycle continues....

I could come up with more excuses. At the end of the day, I love fresh washing  and empty washing baskets. Why can't I find the time or motivation?

Perhaps if I had a laundry like this? ....

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Anyone have any good laundry tips? some domestic wisdom you can share with me? ...
email ifreakenloveyou at gmail dot com

seriously... :)

If it be your will...

You'll either be reaching for your tissues or hitting the escape key... but take a moment to turn your sound on and hear this guy sing...

My husband played this to me last week. This guy has such a unique and passionate voice. I can't get enough of him right now, although it does tug on the emotional strings sometimes... This Leonard Cohen cover is beautiful. He doesn't have over 1 million hits on this video for nothing...

One of my absolute favourites is "Another World". If this is to your liking (and I appreciate for some it won't be) head on over to Youtube land and search for Another World... and Daylight and the Sun... there are so many more... but there's just a taster.

(Sorry you have to click on the video, then link over to you tube. Make sure you allow pop ups for this site... They won't let this video be embedded....)

Dear Snow....

Please land on the mountain... I want to go skiing...

thank you