Goodbye Ugly Peach Paint Door Frames

Well finally got motivated and undercoated the ugly peach coloured paint around all the door frames and skirting in my hallway!  I was just going to paint around the front door which had never been painted but once i got started i ended up going the whole way round.

Ugly peach before  pic (the only frame still not painted as it has the kiddie gate on it)

I should have taken some proper before pics but ill do that next time its the after shot that really matters anyways :)

Looking down hallway from front door

Looking back toward front door (into kitchen)

Looking slightly different angle

This is only the undercoat but can kind see how it will turn out when finished YAY

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!

I know slack its been ages since i posted but no-one reads my page so get over it! haha

Yesterday we had lots of snow showers although it didnt really settle which was disappointing until i got out of bed this morning and the ground was covered!!!!!!!  Its awesome I LOVE SNOW!  We dont get it heavy enough to settle very often in Invercargill so its a bit of a novelty to me.

House smells great being a bit domesticated today and have Corn and Bacon Soup in the pot for lunch (Although jeff doesnt like soup so my mate nicola is over to share it with me) and tonight ive got a cranberry and orange stuffed chicken out to roast YUM YUM YUMMO.

I was naughty the other night!  Pumpkin patch had a sale and Josh desperately needs new shoes as he has worn completely through the front of the last pair of shoes!  So i ordered him some boots and slippers and got distracted and brought a CUTE dress for AliPali (Aliya).  They arrived today and im gutted the boots and the whole reason i made a purchase were sold out!  Oh well ill have to look for more ;)

Well better go hide my purchases before Jeff gets home for lunch

Thought i better add a pic of Aliya's first snow fun

Tent City!

Ok so I opened the power bill from last month and sensed Jeff have a heart attack across town at work.  Over $400 AGAIN!  He spit tacks after the previous bill so i made an effort to cut back during the day which resulted in me save a whole $20ish :(  So after fudging the details of this months bill when talking to Jeff (fortunately prompt payment discount dropped it down to around $370ish i think
so i gave that figure him) ive decided to make a much bigger effort.

Ive changed power companies thanks to powerswitch.co.nz and i've dragged out the clothes racks hence my home resembling some kind of hobo tent city!.  Unless there is some kind of washing emergency (such as Jeff not having work socks AGAIN opps) i will NOT use the dryer this month and watch out Josh your hot showers are being put on a time limit!  That boy will run the water cold every night if we dont drag him out!

My attempts to stop using the heaters so much have been destroyed by the weather gods giving us this crap wet weather with snow showers which basically means freezing cold temperatures but no settling snow to at least make it look pretty and worthwhile suffering.  Therefore being home all day with kidlets means heaters are cranked sucking more power than i'm saving most likely *sigh*

To top it all off now that we have very close to no $$$ in the bank the BEST sales are being dropped in the mailbox daily!!!  Toy sales full of awesome stuff i could put away for Christmas and Bed Bath and Beyond have awesome deals on towels and bedding all stuff i really WANT to replace but dont NEED to buy damn damn damn!  The credit card has very little on it and its sooo tempting AND in the words of the shopoholic it would be an investment.............................hmmm dont think Jeff would agree unless of course i can find a giant metal chicken

Oh well off to list stuff on trademe and hope it sells quick so i can get my shopping fix...........

1st Birthday Party

Well Aliya turns 1 in a few weeks so i need to plan something............ i know slack i should have been planning this for the past few months but being bubba #2 i'm in denial that my wee girl isnt going to be a baby anymore :(

We have family visiting for her birthday so a small morning tea at our house is pretty much impossible its too cramped and being a wintery time of year the garage isn't a very good idea so i'm thinking a morning tea at my parents and then maybe going to the pool in the afternoon since i haven't taken her swimming yet and she loves bath time.

For her birthday cake i'm going to make cupcakes with a small cake kind of like this (if i can work out how to insert a link or pic)

Awesome aye!  Dunno if i can pull it off may need to have a practice run ;)

I guess i really should get sorted and work everything out.  I have 3ish weeks to organize her birthday, finish my last assessment for the semester and clean house before the family come to visit so time to get off here and do something