BAGS & SHOES!!

These are a few of my Favourite Things..........



AND all for a grand total of $39 (Off ebay) including a brand new Furla bag valued at $130. Just goes to show one must never ever pay full price for anything.

So are you a shoe or a bag person??(or even more wicked both??)

CAROLINE xoxo

DEFENCE FORCE THANKYOU

This is dedicated to all the Australian Defence Personal who are currently deployed overseas and are unable to spend this special time of year with their loved ones.

Please take the time to play this video and listen to the lyrics.

Feel free to leave comments for our serviceman/women they are unable to comment back, but I know that some read my blog & they sure appreciate support from Aussies back home.

CAROLINE xoxo

HAPPY NEW YEAR

What did you all get up to for New Year??

Something more than this??

A great way to spend New Year. Me thinks maybe I should have spent my New Year like this.

Safely tucked up in Mum's old timber bed with recycled timber that was salvaged from the Old Brisbane Wool Store, with a delightful vintage print quilt cover and lovely cool cotton sheets for such a hot Queensland Summer night.

Some of us adults didn't spend New Years quite like this, though we were very kindly woken quite early by the little people that did.

CAROLINE xoxo

ONE LAST TIME!!

Just had to fit one last post in for the year. After my pitiful blogging attempt for December of just one post.

As you can see from the pictures Santa is worn out......

but it looks like he made a tidy little sum by what's tucked in his belt.

So from my house to yours I hope the coming year brings much health & happiness to your family.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

GUESS WHAT!!

GUESS WHAT!!

NO you will never guess!!

Oopsey has arrived @ Simply Joolz

Isn't she going to have a fun Christmas there, Joolz is having a big one. I am sure Oopsey is glad to be back in her homeland for the Festive Season.

Don't forget to stay tuned to Joolz blog if you would like to be the next to host the little bear. It is almost a year since she started her around the world trip.

Please visit Joolz blog to see all the places she has visited. She has done a great post, the loads of links she has done must have taken her ages. THANKS JOOLZ!!

CAROLINE xoxo.....

WHEN SOLDIER BOY IS AWAY.....

When Big Bro is away in the Army I drive his car (keeps the battery charged)

So does 12 year old little Bro. (Although Big Bro doesn't know it)

Ggrrrr all around my yard tearing the lawn up!!

KIDS!! Ya got to love them.

Have a great weekend everybody I 'm off to here....

CAROLINE xoxo

HERB UPDATE

Remember back on November 6th I said I had decided to move my herbs into tubs because of the water situation. (Photos here)

Well these are the photos of those seedlings only 1 week later. Boy do they love growing in these tubs, I think I will be growing them here all the time now.




Yeh I know I'm late posting them, but blogger wasn't being kind to me and wouldn't let me load the pictures. Even now it has loaded the photo above sideways despite my many attempts and some Choice! words directed towards blogger to right it.

Meaning no that frypan in the first picture really isn't defying gravity. Oh and in case you are actually even wondering what I do have a frypan in my garden for, it is filled with water for my Guinea Pigs that run loose throughout my garden.

The tubs I have them planted in are actually old concrete Wash(Laundry) Troughs that people were throwing out of an old house they were renovating. So in keeping with my recycling, frugal living philosophies they were of course destined to come live with me. A lick of old green paint some potting mix mixed with Organic Booster & Compost and there you go herbs near my back door.

Anyway today I am going to make some fresh Pesto with all that Basil I have growing (Yummy)

Caroline xoxo...

SPILT MILK

You know what the saying is :- " Never cry over spilt milk"

Well I can honestly say in our family we never do.............................

We just call in the Mutts!!

Caroline xoxo...

AN OLD MINCER

This old Mincer was lying discarded on the floor of a shed, that's till little old me nabbed it and bought it home to live. It didn't look like this mind you!! The person I got it off said it is at least 50years old. It weighs a ton which brings to my mind they just don't make things like they use to.

I have been looking at Mincer's this year in all the kitchen shops, most are around the $150.00 mark for one with any quality about it, but yet they are still not as heavy as this. I mean this thing literally weighs a ton. I hope I never drop it on my toe although I would probably have a hole in the floor to!!



I have scrubbed & scalded & then scrubbed & scalded again. I then soaked it in Olive Oil.

It has come up pretty good, so next time my local IGA has Rump Steak on special I will try my hand at making my own Mince(Ground Beef). In my area Mince ranges in price from $4.99kg(I would only use this for pet mince) TO $13.99kg for premium. The IGA has Rump Steak regularly on special for $5.99kg but at least I will have the advantage that I know what is in it eg-Preservative Free. Also it is common knowledge in Australia, among people in the trade that water is added to the mince to make it weigh more.

Mmm I would rather pay for wine than water!!

OOPSEY HEADS BACK DOWN UNDER

Oopsey has been very safely closeted up over at the SILVER SEWER'S in England while their postage strike has been on, but now that has lifted she will be heading back to her home down under & visiting Joolz's blog SIMPLY JOOLZ .

While we are on the subject of Oopsey I must thank MARGARET's RAMBLINGS for taking care of her while I was sick.

A big thank you to the DECADENT HOUSEWIFE who made some clothes for her to continue her round the world holiday & for the Howling good postcard she sent me. Thanks Decadent Housewife it was such a nice surprise to get a postcard all the way from Canada.

Pop on over to the Silver Sewers & you will be able to see where Oopsey has visited for the last while & don't forget to keep an eye on Joolz's blog to see what Oopsey gets up to next.

CAROLINE xoxo....