Re decorating the kitchen..GOOD CLEAN UP!! SATISFYING!!

Well it is Saturday..and with hubby away...I either tend to get into a MODE of doing EBAY all day....OR CLEANING....AND today I have shifted/changed/brought in new stuff....re MY KITCHEN...

I am giving it a GOOD spring clean...as it seems to get sooo dirty....sooo quickly...

PLUS I was tired of my arrangement on the furniture re plates/photos etc..

I went to my local gift shop and bought a few nice NEW white modern frames...and of course a photo i HAVE had on my fridge for ages of SOOTY was the FIRST to find his new home in one of these frames....

also bought some nice simple white placemats....

I bought lots of jonquils....(they along with lavender and sunflowers ARE MY FAVOURITE FLOWERS...of course I love roses as well...BUT i just have this THING for FRANCE..and of course the first two flowers are quite synonomous with france)......

I also bought some lovely and quite dainty pale pink gerberas...I have them scattered individually in little glass votives along my kitchen window...

So i am having a nice day...changing my kitchen around...and kind of re living my days when I had a gift shop and was continually changing my displays,..,..I guess OLD habits are difficult to change!!!!!!

put some photos up of my kitchen......feel free to comment one way or another!!

NEW COMPUTER....GREAT VIEWS!!

Well I have been very slack the last month re updating my blog..so figured it is about time to get going again!!

I treated myself to a new LAPTOP computer 2 weeks ago,..MY first laptop EVER...

I usually do my ebay from a desktop in the very back room of my house...however with the weather being pretty cold in Melbourne...I thought how lovely it would be to actually be able to sit up the very FRONT of my house..at MY LITTLE "FRENCH" TABLE...looking across at my wonderful view..

BUT to be able to do this...I had to have the house re wired..the internet cable had to to from the very back to the very front....so my hubby found a "CABLE GUY"!! who was JUST FANTASTIC...it was a VERY BIG JOB..he was working all day to thread the cables through the roof....and didnt charge a fortune!!

So I am now on my laptop...enjoying the view...AND I can look through my open doorway and watch FOXTEL on my tv in the adjoining room...

It is just taking me a while to adjust to a laptop typing keyboard..my fingers keep clicking in the wrong place..BUT i am getting better...Plus I have to wear my reading glasses whilst on the smaller screen..OH WELL!!

I have had my gorgeous 21 yo son home for the past week..he is at uni interstate and is off to JAPAN for 6 months on exchange to a uni over there...soo I have been pampering him left right & centre!! he is heading back interstate today..so will MISS HIM !!!!

Looks like spring is just around the corner!! Yipee!!!

ROSES ARE LASTING..WONDERFUL SONS!!

Well I am quite amazed that the GORGEOUS roses my hubby purchased for me for our wedding anniversary...on 20th JULY...are STILL GOING STRONG..

However I figured it was time I took them out of their vases and HUNG them up to dry out...so I shall be able to keep them in another vase for a long time..
It has been a bit of a stressful week for me as my wonderful nearly 86yo mum had to go into hospital for an operation...the FIRST time in her life!! and of course when parents are that age...OR ANY AGE REALLY...we worry ourselves sick..

AND of course when I first saw her she was still in itensive care..and they were trying to regulate her blood pressure..as it was very low...BUT she has bounced back...and is in a regular ward...and she really just wants to get home..

AND the funny thing is...the other day she asked me to bring in her mascara!!

I NOW KNOW where I get my MASCARA fetish from!! I virtually sleep in the stuff..\

I have been busy cooking EXTRA food...so as my GORGEOUS 85 yo dad has a HEALTHY supply of food to keep him sustained...and as he swims 3kms EVERY morning...gets up at 4.00 am religiously EVERY MORNING...this wonderful MAN NEEDS LOTS OF FOOD!

BUT the BEST surprise ALL week was that staged by my 21 yo son...he is at uni in another state of australia...and I only get to see him probably 6 times a year...at MOST...(we TALK on the phone EVERY DAY though!!)...

He rang me last night ... at about 9.00 pm to say he had sent a parcel via courier to my house...a present for my mum...and that he thought the couriers may have left it at the front door if I was not home...so he wanted me to go and check the front porch to make sure nothing was left out in the weather etc...

SO I went downstairs..in the dark...opened the front doors to check for any parcels..AND OUT OF THE BLUE this BIG MALE figure approached ME...

WELL I HONESTLY nearly ended up in the same hospital as mum..with a HEART MULFUNCTION...!!

It was SUCH A SURPRISE to see him...he came to melbourne just for the one night to visit his nanny in hospital....PLUS HE BROUGHT WITH HIM 2 x FRONT SEAT tickets to one of ANDRE RIEU'S concerts in Melbourne...

MY MUM JUST ADORES ANDRE...and I think he is FANTASTIC as well...SO I shall be looking forward to this spectacular..

BUT THIS was SUCH a surprise...and my mum was also sooo surprised at his quick visit...and gifts...

SOO who says the younger generation is selfish?? I can honestly say BOTH my boys are the MOST GORGEOUSLY CONSIDERATE YOUNG MEN..and I am just soo proud to say they are MY SONS!!

sorry to ramble...a bit emotional..

The only problem is ... not expecting this homecoming..his bedroom was full of the rubbish/paints/ladders etc from when I painted my other sons room a few weeks ago...(per the photo...what a MESS)

I was a bit embarrassed by that...but he still slept in his bed..amongst the rubbish..

AND of course I just had to include my little photo of sooty in his leopard print type coat to keep him extra warm!!

take care and keep warm everyone ..