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 {just love that sunlight trickling in} 

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Yesterday was the most wonderful laze in bed day.
The kids had a sleepover, on Sunday night, at my sisters house {it being Sam's + my 12th anniversary; we went to see a movie + dinner at a beautiful Japanese restaurant}.
Sylv (my sister) took the boys to school, and spent the day quietly playing and lazing with Mishi.
I didn't pick the kids up until 3pm school pick-up.

{I'm totally sure that Sam + I looked almost as relaxed and glamorous as this!}

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Sam + I had coffee in bed.
Then spent the day looking at real estate, online, in bed, on the laptop.
And of course, some blog perusing.
And some reading too - current issue of Selvedge Magazine is all about quilts, and the history of.

{can you believe that you can rent this view for only $475 week. No image of the house, so perhaps you'd be living in a shed or something like that.....}

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It was an overcast, grey, cold day. Lazing in bed with your husband was the perfect thing to do. Don't you think.

Today, of course, is another story.
Ari off to school. Sam off to work.
Messy house to clean.
Laundry to get done.
A little baby koala girl (or whatever other animal she may be throughout the day...) to attend to and play with. Gum nut jam toast to make

And then, perhaps a few moments in the sewing room.
I have some swaps and way-way-way overdue PIFs to get finished and sent off.
And some new work to get underway for my three market stalls in a few weeks.

Enjoy your day. Lazy or busy.

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tree change :: dreams

I'm looking at real estate. Again!
I think it's something us women do - based on my 'research', it's a woman thing!
Needless to say that these are pretty much mostly out of our budget.

 

This one is as close to my dream house as I can ever imagine finding already built. Of course I'm going to have to design and build my dream house, as it's so specific. But this one really does come quite close. Sam agrees too. I mean imagine having a bath in that bathroom. Or lying on that large lovely cane lounge and dreaming away a beautiful afternoon. Or sharing tea on the verandah with your dearest friends and family - who would visit you often in a house as comfortable and inviting as this one. This is what I'd buy tomorrow if I won the lotto, or found a few spare bits of cash lying in the gutter!

This one isn't so much my dream home, and to be honest, I probably wouldn't want to spend the money (if I had it!) on living here. But I do really like some aspects of it. And I'm good at ignoring the bits I don't like, and focusing on the parts I do. Like that view. Or the library reading room. And the fact it looks like a timber castle, full of Persian rugs.

And this one, well, this one is so totally out of the budget it's just simply silly to even bother looking at it. Imagine coming home to that view and the swimming pool - is this a resort or a home. You'd never get rid of your friends living in a place like this, would you? I wonder if you could bill them at $1000 a night!

I'd love to see what your dream home looks like.