I'm not dead, I'm a home owner.

Sorry for the 2 month long absence in blog land, how ever things in real life are steaming ahead. I have happy news that we have finally bought a house in a country town!

We had a very short settlement of 28 days and moved in over the Queen's birthday weekend!
I had been on annual leave to set up the house (which is going really well), when last Tuesday, I found out I was losing my job . The head office is closing down our division, so the store has a maximum of 10 weeks left but I expect it will close very quickly.

On the sewing front I have set up my new sewing room. I have decided to paint the walls to a soft purpley-blue colour.  I am working on two dresses at the moment, but I can't find enough time in the week to make much progress except at my sewing class.

Recently I went on a shopping trip with the ladies from my sewing class, it was a great day, and I plan on doing a blog post on it soon. One of the highlights of the day was buying some fabric from Alannah Hill section of "Clear It" in Brunswick. I plan to make a pendrell blouse with the fabric, when I receive the pattern.  

Thanks for reading.

Kat

Foot Note: as of the 14/7 my store was closed down. I have been transfer to another divison with is so much closer to home. I start on the 2/8 so I have 20 days off. Woohoo.

I have been doing heaps of gardening as our  back garden is massively overgrown.  Just to give you an idea of how over grown the yard is (the front doesn't compare), we discovered an established lemon tree amongst lots of over grown plants bushes and trees. I never thought I would get so excited about gardening or going to the hardware store, i can see the potential in our house & yard, for me it's quite exciting.  I think if you own a house, you'll know what I mean. :)

Introducing a new man in my life.

I am smitten, I really am.

Last month when Ben didn’t give me an anniversary present, he said that I could get anything I wanted but had to stick to a price limit. That was Friday night, while relaxing on Saturday morning I googled “cocker spaniel puppy Melbourne” I found a beautiful boy, he was 10 months, very playful and not desexed. I have always wanted a young dog but not a puppy so 10 months old worked for me.

I quickly rang Ben who was aghast to say the least and really didn’t want a second dog but conceded that he did say I could get anything  so if I did like him, then I could get him; I had already rung the owner by that stage. Once she rang back and we had a good old chat. I then arrange to visit that very day, as there were people coming on sunday. My mum and I drove about 1 hour and 40 minutes to have a look at Jack.

 It was love at first jump, he is so beautiful, although he was so much more taken with my mum than me. The current owners are going live in china for a year and Jack (I gathered) was a lot of work for them. We took Jack home with us about half an hour later. I really don’t like the name Jack for a dog so we renamed him to Basil. On the way home I found out that I had a great uncle whose name was Basil Bugg. Does anyone else think that was cruel?

He is turning 1 on the 5/5; he is a very happy addition to our family, now that we have all had a chance to get use to the new arrangement. He requires a lot of work, walking him at least once a day; we now unfortunately have to keep both basil and caramel (our jack x foxy) inside due to the walking track next to our house due to complaints of barking, he is now going to obedience school which is helping to calm him down as he is so happy and excitable. Ben and I both think that having two dogs is enough due to how much work there is. I haven’t been sewing for a while due to spending time with Carmel and Basil, I enjoy having them both around and their antics.

Look out for more post and photos about them.

Thanks for reading.

Kat

A special day and a handmade dress.

Two Years Ago Today....
 

I married my best friend my darling Ben. I love him so much and two years have flown by so fast. I can’t wait for the next 50+.

I thought you’d like to see some pictures of our wedding; my dress which is a combination of 3 patterns, was handmade by a friend of Ben’s mum. For my dress I wanted something that wasn’t white, but was talked out of it, something classic and elegant and simple and had a modest neckline. I received all that and with a little twist.

 

What do you think?

I married my best friend my darling Ben. I love him so much and two years have flown by so fast. I can’t wait for the next 50+ with him, to see what our future hold for us.