I need a knob.....

I went for a little drive up the highway to Newcastle today.....I was on the hunt for a knob!

Not just any old, everyday knob.....I wanted a special knob....something a little bit different.

Sometimes you have to look at a lot of boring knobs before you find one you think you could live with.

Unfortunately I didn't find the knob I was after...so I will do what all women do when they get a little desperate......I will look for my knob on the Internet.

 I didn't want to go home entirely empty handed....so I picked up a couple of cheap birds instead!!

Normal programming resumes.....

Well the festivities of the season are well and truly over!

No more excuses...I can't do the washing it's Christmas...I'm not cooking tonight it's Boxing Day....you'll have to iron your own shirt it's one of those strange lazy days between Xmas and New Year's Eve.....there's a strange smell emanating from the back of the fridge but I can't find the source it's New Year's Day!  You get the idea!

It's back to normal programming...and as if to prove the point...Christmas has been all packed up and put firmly back into her* box!

It took me three days to get those decorations out....day one, day two and day three......and only an hour or so to unceremoniously dump them all back in!  Someone needs to write a Christmas carol for that little task...Undeck the Halls...perhaps?!?

* After pondering this matter I have decided that Christmas is definitely of the female gender....she is merry (specially after a few glasses of champers on the 25th) and she is bright (we all know the gals are the more logical sex)....she likes expensive decorations...and she believes it's fine to spend that much on an outfit even if you're only going to wear it once a year!

Party...party...party.....like it's 2013....

I'd love to tell you that I spent last night at a fabulous party.

I got all dressed up and was looking spectacular...if I do say so myself!  The party was at this amazing place overlooking Sydney harbour....where we had a birds eye view of all the fireworks.  The party was  a sophisticated, glamorous affair....it was filled with celebrities and other beautiful people.  Low and behold Gerard Butler was there and he made a pest of himself trying to get me to leave my husband and run away with him!

I'd love to tell that was how I spent last night.....but I'd be lying!

In fact I spent last night with Hubby and the boys...we went to the movies and saw The Hobbit.  Because it was New Years Eve and you really are supposed to do something special...we sat in the posh seats....you know the plush ones with the proper arm rests...that you don't have to share with the person next to you!  Wow...we really are living the high life!!!!

We were on our way home....driving past the Golf Club....when we realised it was 9.00pm....Firework time!!  So we stopped on the side of the road....like many, many others....and waited for the show to begin.  We're obviously on country time here...the 9.00pm fireworks didn't start until 9.15.

There were a few bangs and hisses...the assembled crowd obligingly oohed and aahed....and then it was all over.  Sydney Harbour it most definitely wasn't.  The firework budget was obviously not a high priority on the agenda at Wyong Shire Council in 2012.

So then we went home, Hubby went to bed...the boys soon followed.

I stayed up till midnight....on my own.....singing Abba's Happy New Year to myself...with the gentle snores of Hubby providing backup vocals in the background...woohoo....I'm such a party animal!!

Happy New Year Everybody.......

It's sunny and hot today......just like an Australian New Years Eve should be.....yes that is a dig at you Christmas!!

I've been reading the blogs I follow...and it seems that most of those lovely Bloggers out there are doing  a "Year in Review".

So I thought about it...for a moment...but you see I only started writing about my angelic goings on in August this year....and a complete year in review would require some real thought and effort on my behalf.

So I decided it could wait till 2013.....when as long as I keep this little blog updated it should be quite easy to remember what, where, when, how and who I did throughout the year!

So stay safe everybody.......I wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year.....especially those of you that have accidentally found your way to this blog and hung around long enough to read this!

See you all next year!

How entertaining......

Hubby has a dream....not of freedom for all.....or even for world peace....he is dreaming of a 60 inch LED LCD TV.

Therein lies a small problem.....you see this is our "entertainment unit"......

.....it only just houses our dinky little 32 inch screen.

It was bought back in the day when we believed that the bigger our entertainment unit the more entertaining we were......but 60 inch screens were only found in movie theatres or the homes of the extremely rich....so screen space was not a priority.

These days low line tv units are the done thing....

....but I have an issue with these...where do you put all your stuff?  My cupboards are filled with CDs, DVDs, board games, books, photos.....more board games and stuff....lots and lots of stuff!

So I came up with a plan....around 18 months ago I replaced this buffet with a larger one....you know to house all my stuff....since then it has been languishing away in my garage.....collecting dust....

My plan is to remove the hutch...leaving the buffet....and then painting it....this colour....

...which I admired on a wall in Ikea yesterday....and replace the handles with some nice porcelain knobs.  It's a great plan....if it works!!!!!

Of course this still leaves me with a little less storage....so I went and checked out this in the sales.....

So now I have a little project...which I will update you on when and if it succeeds!

Hubby really should be careful what he wishes for....it could end up costing him a lot of money!!!

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Big Day Out.....

I am obviously a victim of mass consumerism...and today I did one of my favourite consuming type things.....I had a day out to Ikea!

They had a sale on...and that makes me love going there even more!

I don't know why I enjoy going to the Swedish Mecca of Furniture so much....but I do!

I love the furniture...I love the homewares....I love the mock rooms....I love the Swedish meatballs....I love the convenient parking....I love that everything has a ridiculous name....and I love their marketing ploy that does not allow you to exit the building without walking through every single section!

There's always so much to look at....so much to buy....at such reasonable prices....they lull you into a false sense of savings...with their cheap prices...so you buy things you really don't need....just because they seem like such a bargain.

I love leaving with a big blue bag filled with things.....just things....like a saucepan lid organiser, a plastic meat mallet, a pot plant holder,Christmas decorations, some rubber pastry brushes and of course the latest catalogue...which they suggest you borrow....but everyone knows what they really mean is to leave with it tucked under your arm.  Someone even amended the sign...to make it clearer for everybody....

They have absolutely everything at Ikea....even Swedish Festive Drinks....which I'm pretty sure everyone needs.....

....and it can all be found under one roof, handily enclosed in a flat pack with an allen key.....

What's not to love?

Ham...

An Ode to the Christmas Ham

The fridge is full of Christmas Ham,

There's no room there for beef or lamb.

We've kilos of the stuff to eat,

Have some for brekkie....it's my treat.

Now how about a ham cheese roll,

Perhaps some shredded in a bowl.

I'll slice some up...have it for brunch,

Then pack a sandwich for your lunch.

I'll add some to a jatz....you'll see,

It's just the thing for morning tea.

Then later on this afternoon,

I'll feed you some from off a spoon.

Then a pizza topped with ham for dinner,

Is bound to be a sure fire winner.

I'll add some to a quiche tomorrow,

Then put some in a snack to follow.

I'll slice some then...it's just like bacon,

have it with eggs...it won't be faking.

In fritters, hash browns, omelettes...more,

Just keep on eating...there's ham galore.

Then when our blood pressure starts to zoom,

From all the salty meat consumed.

And the Doctor gasps at our fast heart rate,

We'll tell him "Doctor, just one more plate"

We cannot waste our Christmas Ham,

It cost 7 bucks per thousand grams.

By Me