It seems I hadn’t taken as many photos of the coop being built as I thought I had. We had a couple of bits of tin left over from building our shed, so we had roofing material. As you can see, we just straight boarded the back wall. We added boards across the top. The […]
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So all the way back here in May, I started the idea of building a chicken coop out of pallets. Because it would be cheaper, right? Not really. Sure, I got a trailer load of pallets for free from the local horse supply store (of course when Steve wasn’t home so he couldn’t say no.
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I love Mother’s Day. The kids gave me a gorgeous new teapot. I love teapots. And tea. And the kids, surprisingly. This year Steve asked if for Mother’s Day I would like a new sewing machine. I looked around to see what I could get and I didn’t really want to replace my existing 419S
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So Sally, our dog that’s not meant to be here, was getting chubby. We thought she was just eating both her and Ace’s share of the food. Then all of a sudden, she got very round. This could go one of two ways. She was pregnant, but who’s pups were they? Ace was surely too
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As 2014 draws to a close, I would like to take the opportunity to thank each and every person who has stopped by and read a little bit of this blog. I have been offline lately because we have been going through some huge changes. Namely we moved house by about 420kms. Here
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9 years is an extraordinary length of time to have kept this blogging thing up. Yet, somehow, I have. I will admit to sitting for an hour clicking on random posts from the link-within widget and just having a good old smile at my life that has been. This blog may not be much to
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This is Sally (and Luke): Sally is our 7 year old corgi who has recently hurt her back right leg. The vet has basically said that there’s nothing they can do and to bring her in when she’s ready. Well, we’ve been keeping her pain medicated and we don’t want to lose her, but we
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This post is part of a blog hop. I’ve no idea where it started from and like all good chain mail, no idea where it will end. If you’ve found your way here from Georgia’s Inner City Stinge blog, then I would like to take the time to say hi! The questions are: Why do
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I’m one of those people who are built for comfort. I like to be comfortable in my clothing, footwear and well, life. So when I saw an advertisement for Pantene Beautiful Lengths, I thought, awesome, I don’t need to cut my hair for a while! Now at this point in time you may think that
Day to Day: It’s about time. Read More »
I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since I posted here. Those two months went by really, really fast. Back in February I got this little idea in my head that I would go back to uni, so I enrolled and then in March I started studying for a Bachelor degree in Business. I was
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So, we have a new addition to the Jarrett family. Pixie. She’s such a little sweetie. She’s scared of everything. She ate the kitty litter when we put her in it. I think she will fit in just fine.
The little voice in my head this year is going to keep shouting at me: GO! I tend to over-think things, put things off, procrastinate, etc etc (read: lazy). This year I am going to just get up, and go do stuff! I’m going to try and limit my use of ‘in a minute’ and
One Little Word 2014: GO Read More »
I blinked and it was over. Gone. So much effort is put in to just one day of the year. It’s a shame that we don’t put as much effort in to every day of the year. Honestly, Christmas does bring out the best in me. I’m more tolerant when things aren’t going my way,
I know, I’m all out of whack and I’m out of order, but I just came across this years Halloween photos. Luke wanted to be an Army man this year. It’s not the first year he has wanted to go as one. He really wanted me to make him camo pants and a bulletproof vest.
It only feels like yesterday when I was posting these photos from Amy’s 5th birthday. This year we had a party with some of Amy’s kindy friends and her cousins. We had the ponies again and the kids loved them! The donut game was a huge success and the winners were the kids who kept
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Katie-bear. Our eldest who turned 12 this year. She is the quiet introvert with hardly a photo taken without a scowl on her face nowadays. Kate can work a computer like it’s nobody’s business. Touch type faster than me! She found Photoshop on the computer the kids inherited. She’s been having a bit of a
I created these layouts when I was at the Storyboard Kit’s retreat. I think you can tell. I was surrounded by the most amazing scrapbookers, so it is easy to draw inspiration from them. These layouts were for the Blue Bazaar April Kit. Yes, I thought the title ‘Little Pickers’ to be very funny. Oh
When your kids spend a day riding ponies and playing with dachshunds, this is the type of sentence which you find yourself speaking, repeatedly. Yes, ponies and miniature horses are cute. Even those funny little sausage dogs are cute. No, you can’t have one. Why? We already have a dog and a cat… and because
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You know, just stuff. It’s probably why I like corny things like Geocaching, scrapbooking and running around in circles and possibly getting lost. Stuff. So when I happened to come across the Family Fun in Sydney blog, I was so very super excited as now I had an easier way of finding out what stuff
I like doing stuff. Read More »
This is only the second Easter Hat Parade that kids have been involved in. Poor Kate has never had the pleasure. Luke was in kindy when he got to participate in his parade. This year it was Amy’s turn. We collected the sticks and got to work on the hat decorating. Needless to say, I
