festival song part two...

Too much for one post!
On with the photos.. ;)


Here is the kitchen and you can see the dining there too... on the right hand side is the second bedroom door... frame... no door.. ;)


The favourite place of all, the hammock and bbq! hehe.. on our back deck... its so nice... i have finally put that hammock up, well actually Mateus put it up, i just lay around in it!


The other side of the deck, sorry about the rubbish in the corner.. bin day is today... hehe... nice screen there so we have some privacy from the neighbours at that side. The neighbours, by the way, have a great big german shepherd called Bear... heheh.. He is just like one!


The backyard.. with the same clothes line as home home! Even has little papaws growing in the corner... :) Mateus is super excited... hehe


And finally, the view from the other side of the house.. looking towards the front door.

So, there is the house.. its sweet and little and the perfect size for us.. Ivan and Jess moved with us too.. we're not sure if they will stay on with us or not... not too worried about that at the moment...
Things are going really well here. We've been spending a lot of the weekends fixing the van and setting up the house.. and yeah, its been really good. Its Mateus' birthday today, so we had a bit of a celebration on the weekend. Cake (chocolate and coconut cake with a dash or two of rum in it.. ;)), I got him tickets to a reggae festival thats being held over on Stradbroke Island in October, so he's started setting the van up as a camper van, building a little bed frame etc. Its so nice to be able to spend time together like that....
And... I have something else.. A new piercing! Hehehe.. I got my bottom lip pierced!! In the middle... its going to eventually be a little spike, but at the moment its a bigger one, to deal with the swelling.. I got it done on Saturday, so its still pretty new.. but i really like it... My lip is a teensy bit fat, but its not really noticeable.. which is good.
TA DA!!!

cute huh?? ;) hehehe....

festival song

Hey hey hey!
I'm here.. around... enjoying the house and the recent sunny weather... summer is definitely coming back... And I am actually looking forward to it!
Hehehe...
But, before I go any further, here is the soundtrack to this post.. (I like the idea of blogposts having soundtracks... sets the mood... ;))
The Festival Song (Summer Days)

The house is so good... Moving out of the apartment is definitely one of the best things thats happened recently. Not that living in the apartment wasn't good too, just that the house has a better atmosphere. So much better, settled even.
We inspected this house late on a Friday afternoon, and basically right then and there put in our application, got approved the next day while we were driving around looking at other houses... Its perfect, two bedrooms, two bathrooms... cute little queenslander, but you know all that already!
But the funniest thing about the house, is that we have no doors!!! Yes, thats right.. no doors.. on the bedrooms and the ensuite in Mateus and my bedroom. Hehehe.. which was quite a surprise... because the house has door frames, that really stand out.. you see the door frame, and expect a door there. But, the owner apparently believes that people don't need doors, and hasn't put them up. hehehe.. And we didn't even notice until after we had moved everything! Hahahaa... At the inspection, we didn't look for doors.. we saw the frames.. looked for windows etc. Assumed all houses came with doors.. apparently not! We got the keys on Monday, and Mateus and Ivan had been moving everything all week, and it was only on the Friday when we were staying there for the first night, that they noticed we had no doors! Hahahaha.. Hilarious... So, we've constructed our own doors.. Mateus and I have hooked up a sleeping bag on our bedroom door, and have that piece of material from Cambodia as our ensuite door... and Ivan and Jess have the spare mattress up in their door. They are lucky, cause that second bathroom does actually have doors, one into the bedroom, and one into the kitchen... hehehe.. just a bit funny that we didn't realise before we moved in... But, the owner is going to put up doors, in the next few days we hope. Folding ones, so that we don't lose space. Should be really nice... to have a door again... ;)
Anyway, here are some photos! YAY!


The front door.. my umbrella suits the house hey! :)


The view through the front door.. living room on the right, our bedroom on the left.


Living room, complete with little office 'nook'.. heheh.. We bought that desk and chair from Pam cause she has left the country to go to Japan. Fits in perfectly and is really good to have a desk for the computer... Living room is the perfect size for our furniture.. the couch fits in perfectly, not too big, not too small... its quaint.. hehe


Our bedroom... Mateus' surf board... bed... door frame, but no door... hehehe ;)


The ensuite in our bedroom... we took that little clothes rack from downstairs, and Mateus is using it to hang all his t-shirts... Not enough hanging space in our room... but the rack is good... The material is pretty too... reminds me of you E!! :)

To be continued...

stay tuned

I have moved, the house is fantastic.. we feel like we're on holidays.. apart from the work factor during the week... :)

A longer post to come with photos...

home sweet home

Well, our lease is up on our apartment, and we've been house hunting already! And not only that but we've caught one!


A sweet little two bedroom cottage in Windsor. Its gorgeous... a cute little thing, both bedrooms have ensuites, the second bedroom's ensuite can be used as a main bathroom by locking it off in the bedroom. Slate tiled kitchen and dining area, wooden floors in the bedrooms and living room. Small enough that it won't make our furniture look super small, thats the problem with our current apartment, its so big our furniture looks tiny! Has a deck at the back that has a little serving area thing from the kitchen... the windows from the kitchen open out onto it. Big backyard at the back, with yard maintenance included in the rent, which is great, means we don't have to pay someone to do it. Its got a lockable area downstairs, undercover parking and a little shed thing under there too, extra secure. Small pets considered... and we're thinking of getting a little dog! ;) Maybe...
There is a vacant block of land on one side, which is nice, means we get a little bit of privacy on that side... Its really close to the city too, kind of just past the Royal Brisbane Hospital and a little more, then turn left and drive off the main road and your there. Quiet... and I've already scoped the area out, there is an Organic Community Farm at the end of one the streets nearby that have markets every Sunday! SCORE! Fresh produce... :D
We're going to be moving in from the 15th of September, taking our time moving, cause both Mateus and I are working during the days... but with the van it should be nice and easy... :) well most things, the bed is going to be a little drama, but we'll figure it out.
Am really looking forward to cracking out that hammock too! FINALLY!
It will be perfect...
*grin*

Things have been super smashing lately... :) tis all sweet...

Much more to write, but really should get back to work. I am currently the GV Queensland Registrar, Noosa Registrar is on holidays for 3 weeks for her wedding. She's getting married this weekend, we're heading up to Noosa for it.. I'll have to get some photos... Anyway, so I am now covering all Queensland schools registrations... BUSY

But am happy to not have to worry about house hunting... now its just the moving... Something to think about later. Now I will day dream about lying on the back deck in our hammock sipping a refreshing beverage and enjoying the weekend... ahhhhhh