Wonderful News....................

As per my post earlier in the week I do have an announcement to make....................

I'm having a Baby!

Thus the reason for my non-interest in house inspections and blog updates! However I'm slowly starting to come good and have got a lot of work to do over the next few weeks before the big move into the new house.

My checklist so far;

1. Visit Home Show next week in search of Blinds/Curtains, then get quotes and place order/s
2. Meet with Real Estate Agent re selling current house to determine if we'll do open houses or if I can start packing away all my un-needed possessions over the next few weeks.
3. Clean out whole house and make trips to tip/charity's with unwanted goods
4. Organise Pool Fence Inspection and arrange any work that needs to be done
5. Get Removalist Quote
6. Arrange for electrician to install my feature lighting in new house
7. Get Quotes for New house external work; fences, retaining, driveway, bob cat labour, turf etc
8. Arrange some extra fill for new house

Doing all this while pregnant is going to be interesting! At least I'll have time to have the house ready before the baby comes in Spring.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend planned.

Cherie

Last two months.....

Sorry poor little post for neglecting you the past few weeks, I've had much more pressing matters to deal with............all of which will be revealed on Friday!

But for now here's a few snaps from the past few weeks of the house.

From mid-Jan - all internal doors with timber and glass frosted insert were hung, we have 3 sets of these

Tiling across from patio and alfresco in the background. We ended up with these fancy rectified edge tiles my mistake and only paid for pressed edge! They have a rough finish to them.

Internall tiling all complete, bench tops in and sink mounted. This is the guest room Ensuite

Ensuite in Main Bedroom - all tiling complete. Bench tops were the wrong colour, these have since been changed. Sinks are mounted. A frameless mirror will be installed the entire length of the bench.

Kitchen Benchtops in, looking much more like a kitchen. Sink is also mounted. All that's left now is the tap and appliances.

This is from two weeks ago, inside all internal paint work was complete, the internal doors were left here to dry. Still no movement on polishing the timber floors, although I'd say they have waited for the paintwork to be completed.

From last Saturday, 26th Feb. All internal and external paintwork is complete. They also finished staining the front doors and the front patio posts.

And I'll leave you with two cats who this afternoon, in this heat decide to snuggle up and have no idea their whole world is soon to turn upside down.....

Stay tuned for an estimated completion date...................................

Loving my kitchen..............

This time next year I'll be preparing all my Christmas goodies here!

Can't wait!

I've been tagged.............

.......in a game of 'Things to Know' by Our Noosa Beach House ..... here I go......

What is the one thing you can't stand?

At the moment, my job!

If you could go back to your childhood which cartoon character or TV show would be your favourite?

Ariel from The Little Mermaid!

Do you believe in ghosts?

In ghosts? Not sure. However I do believe there has to be an explanation for all the 'unexplained' and if that means there are ghosts then so be it!

What is the funniest story you have about your significant other?

oh where to start, probably the funniest was when I picked him up from a work Xmas Party a few years ago and brought him home, well almost..... I had to push him out of the car, which was a big mistake as he spent the next few hours passed out on the front lawn for all the neighbours to see!

What is your proudest moment of being a parent?

Well I can't answer this question as we aren't there yet, fingers crossed for some good news re this topic in the New Year!

If you could go back and relive one day in your life what would it be?

My wedding day, what happy memories I have of that day.................

And now I will pass onto Kerri at Driftwood Interiors
and
Belle Inspirations

Rain but the site Shines!

External render almost complete, the rear of the house needs a second coat, but the front is lovely and smooth! It will be finished with a coat of Solver, Nomad Beige.

Kitchen cabinets now starting to be put into place.....

I'm really like my own designs!

Ensuite Bathroom cabinets all in place

Main bathroom, not much space I know, but how much bath stuff can kids have? The stone bench will run along to the wall with the window so there will be a little nook or place for a basket to store towels/toys.

Guest Room Ensuite - my Dad has already claimed this room.

So there we were enjoying

the changes with the house and

suddenly we heard............

THUNDER!!!!

And then we looked outside to find....................

Storm clouds rolling in over the hill!

I had about 2 minutes to say goodbye to the house and get to the car! We drove home in the heaviest rain storm we've had in a long time, hubby had to pull over at one point as we couldn't see a thing.

On a lighter note, picked up these gorgeous Aqua ceramic coasters at Sussans, yes the clothing store!



This is what you'd call......................

My Xmas Shopping! All done! Decided this year that I didn't want to battle the shops with 1,000,000 other people and spent one afternoon ordering it all online!

How is everyone else going with theirs?

Starting to feel a little homely..................

We took a trip to the house on Saturday, despite the rain with my best friend to show her the house and were completely gobsmacked by the builder's progress!

They had done all this.......

My gorgeous Blackbutt timber floors!

All the kitchen/laundry cabinets all laid out, looking pretty.

My BF's boots on the new floors!

All the brickwork on the rear, right and left hand sides complete!

Garage Doors looking quite blue......hmmmm it is Ironstone!

Just a little bit of bricking to go across the front and around the front door.

Guest Room Cabinets

Master Suite Cabinets

Main Bathroom Cabinets

I must say being there with BF and hubby with the flooring in and trying to piece together all the cabinets was very comforting. I imagined myself making cups of coffee at the kitchen bench while my family and friends sat around my fireplace or out on the alfresco, and really felt like all my dreams are about to come true. Don't quote me on it but I'd be surprised if it takes the builder any longer than 10 weeks after Christmas to complete the rest of the house!

After a lovely lunch at Litse Lounge we came home to this.............

I don't think I've introduced you all to our babies Harvey (Lilac Burmese) and Snickers (Brown Burmese) yet. Most of the time they are best friends like this. I think I'll include more photos of my babies in my future posts in preparation for their move to the new house too!