MY "BOYS" BEDROOMS...

Hello again all ladies...

Well per last post my 23 yo son is coming home for a few days as he lives in another state..

My dad actually stayed in Mr B's room whilst recovering from his new knee surgery.

But with MR B due home on Sunday I have given HIS room a BIG clean as well as buying some NEW bedlinen...

Mr B's bedroom is the first LOT of photos...including his sooo cute little photo when a 2 yr old with his cherub lips & red hair!!

I think he was a total little cutie...?? MMM!! what is he now???

A BIG CUTIE!!~~~~~~

OKAY...CANNOT clean ONE childs room without cleaning MR C's room...

MR C is the one with the BIG SKI muscles..!!~~~

MR C's bedroom is the LAST 5 x photos..~!!!

His new ski helmut & goggles sitting there..

BUT MORE importantly..I have his DEGREE framed..& sitting on his pillow case when he comes home.. (deliberately blurred for blog site)....

How wonderful!!~~~~~~

HEY....you have to LOVE HAVING boys...NOW MEN..??

gives me a little LAUGH....~~~~~~~

what do you girls think??

xx andrea

"WHERE I CREATE"!!~~ GETTING THERE...KIND OF!~~~

Hi again ladies re a start to another new week...

I am looking forward THIS week to my eldest son coming home next Sunday through till Tuesday as I haven't seen him since he was last in Melbourne in January to do a BIG BAY swim with my dad...

Soo I am REALLY LOOKING forward to him being home for a few days at least..

Its funny...when your "kids' are YOUNG...you kind of wish they would hurry up & grow up..

school runs/saturday morning sports/parent teacher interviews/concerts/never ending drive up to 6 times per day over the Westgate Bridge..

it sometimes felt like it would never end..

Dont get me wrong...I DID LOVE EVERY moment of it...especially as BOTH boys were "GOOD BOYS"...~~

AND when IT all ends...I did find myself at a kind of a loose END....?

what now...??

Still loving having MR C (21 yo) at home...looking after him..

Goodness knows what I would kind of do when he left home??

Soo when MR B comes home ONCE in a BLUE moon...

OUR family is back AS ONE...(assuming hubby will be home)..

So that is really LOVELY to have the 4 of US together....ALL at ONCE..at the SAME Time...

(that probably sounds a tad strange to some readers...BUT I have NOT had "OUR family" as ONE for a long time...differing commitments/uni schedules/living interstate etc)...

SOOO I am really looking forward to having Byron home...

& of course there is always an ULTERIOR motive....~~~!!!

Hey..he is the APPLE computer GURU....

I have been waiting for him to set up my website store..."THE VINTAGE HATBOX"...

to sell stuff...

SOOO I have been getting my WORK ROOM...come EBAY store room etc....

UP TO SCRATCH...

I have sooo much stuff...ALL over the place...

GETTING organised...

I need it looking good to take photos for the website store...

that has been my MONDAY.....(in between tennis of course!)..

xx andrea

LOVIN" MY YUMMY CANVAS IMAGES IN MY KITCHEN..??

Happy Father's Day to all in Australia on this Sunday...

just a quick aside...My gorgeous dad went "HOME" from our house on friday....

SO he is progressing slowly but surely with his new knee...(after being avec mois for some 4 months!!)..~~~~

Anyway....I LOVE LOVE these berry/herb prints/images on canvas ....

I have displayed them in my kitchen on a wall next to the fridge with a painted blackboard on the other side..

I CANNOT believe how they have kind of OPENED up the kitchen...

their photos are NOT DOING THEM JUSTICE!! they are JUST soo crisp & clear..

THEY are just so fresh/happy?? spring like...& ONLY $5.00 EACH...!!~~~

what a bargain?? (secret source!!)...

Even hubby just came home & to MY BIG SURPRISE LOVED THEM....(normally its NOT MORE STUFF ON THE WALLS??)..!~~~~~

I have cooked hubby a nice ORANGE cake...& bought him another BOOK for fathers day..

he is busy flying ALL the time..ALL over OZ...so he reads a book a flight!!

PLUS gave SOOTY a BIG BATH today...took forever to blow dry him...

BUT HOW Cute does this little fella look...??

I probably blog about SOOTY a tad more than a usual person would..BUT my eldest son lives interstate soo this is the only time he kind of gets to see him in between LONG HOME visits...

have a great week everyone... despite the flooding in victoria...earthquakes in nz...

what a week!!

xx andrea

LOVE MY NEW BOOK.."MADE IN FRANCE..BLACKWORK"..~~

Hi ladies..

I took delivery of my LATEST instalment of the "MADE IN FRANCE" books.

this one is "BLACKWORK...50 easy projects in black & white"..

I LOVE IT...& I have ALL the OTHER books so far produced per my last photo..

knitting..

linen & thread...

Made in france cross stitch & embroidery in red white & blue...

Just have to find some time to cross stitch some of these YUMMY goodies..

How good would the black/white images look framed in a black frame with a thick white border??

MMM!!!! I am gettin motivated!!~~~

xx andrea

THINGS WHICH HAVE GIVEN ME A BIG SMILE TODAY...~~

Hi ladies..

well it has been another miserable day "weather" wise in Melbourne today and after having so many years of NO RAIN/hot weather...this "sea change" HAS really been a CHANGE for us here in Melbourne Victoria Australia...~~~~~

with SPRING just a few days around the corner I think we are ALL looking forward to it...??

SO just a few items which have made me SMILE today....

Lovely Grace Kelly book...how beautiful was she???

My cute little summer pink roses straw hat I purchased yesterday...

My gorgeous magazines....from Romantic Homes...Victoria...Jeanne D'arc..(LOVE THIS!!)..

& the CUTEST LITTLE TOY BLACK poodle "TOY" dog my hubby bought for me on his interstate travels...

Hey..my "MR SOOTY" is 11.5 yrs old...(he used to be as black as this little fella)..

BUT I told him to "POSE" for me with his new best friend...& i think the portraits are just sooo cute...??

last but not least....Mr Christian asked me this morning when i had arrived home from taking dad swimming if i could go into the kitchen & get him a bottle of water...

SURE....but that was a PLOY....the postie had been whilst I was out...& MR C had lovingly laid out his "BACHELOR OF BUSINESS degree...ACCOUNTANCY" certificate to surprise me...

(i knew he had graduated but to ACTUALLY see the final qualification with his NAME written thereon is fabulous)...

I now know how chuffed my parents were when i graduated some 100 years ago!!~~~

So 21yo son has HIS DEGREE!!!

23 yo son still studying for his Law degree!!

I am a proud OLD MUM...(sorry for being a bit self indulgent)...

have a great week...

xx andrea