This is the last week of my holidays until I return to a job that I really have had enough of. I started looking for a different job a month or two ago and got offered an interview for a job I would have LOVED about five years ago. In the end I decided not to go for the interview as it was a bit like chasing an old dream that I'd since replaced with new dreams. Funny how the start of the year is full of the new and the old. Anyway, I was determined not to waste this last week of my holidays - despite today being 40 degrees in Perth again (that's 104 Fahrenheit apparently) - actually I just checked the BOM and it's only 38 degrees today (only) - whatever, it's still hot and muggy in Perth and I'm whingeing about it and feeling bad as there's floods in other parts of Australia and places with ongoing drought so I really have nothing to complain about. Anyway, the heat and our renovation make it difficult to do all the things I had planned for my holidays - ie craft!! My craft room is such a mess I don't know where to begin and the three rooms we're currently living in have boxes stacked floor to ceiling. I don't know how people renovate houses when they have children - there's just the two of us and two furry pets. Matilda is barking at the sound of a nail gun - I think she's had enough too!! Ah well, it will all be worth it - we keep hoping it'll be finished by next Christmas at least and hopefully we can put up our tree this year!!!
On a brighter note, the gardenia is flowering...aaaahhhhhh the perfume!!!!
Matilda enjoyed the flowers too...
and, in a very round-a-bout way (isn't that always the case in blogland?!) I stumbled upon this lovely blog - sotreadsoftly - and the author's wonderful website - I love the colours and her designs and the 'specialness' of the things she makes - I love that bird cushion!
And while reading her blog's old archives, the phrase 'count your blessings' found me and reminded me how nice it is to have a house (albeit half-finished) to live in, family to love, pets to cuddle and flowers to smell (another lovely phrase is 'stop and smell the roses'). If I can't get into my craft room to sew and create, at least I have access to the internet and all the inspiring blogs out there!
My sister Jess gave me two Japanese tea cups for Christmas featuring owls...
Yup - thats' the last fruit mince pie. I'm off to close the kitchen door and the noise of renovations, drag myself away from the internet and fill my last week with some of the things I've been meaning to do... despite the heat. Can you run and smell the roses too??
Hi! Just popped by to say a BIG thank you for mentioning my blog on your blog! Your comments were just lovely!
Wishing you a happy creative new year full of blessing.
Alison.
Posted by: alison | Tuesday, 08 January 2008 at 04:11 PM
ahhh, thankfully the heat is subsiding! Luckily being south of Perth we are a little cooler! But boxing day I was in Perth and stuck on the freeway when they closed it off!! NOT nice!
I was reading some older posts and am so jealous of your bookclub! Ever since we moved down south it was one of my goals to start or join one, but sadly it hasn't eventuated yet! Maybe I need to get more proactive.
Drag all your craft stuff into the lounge room...thats what I did when I didn't have a studio for 12 months...and a box to throw it all into and hide in a corner!! :-)
Posted by: nichole | Wednesday, 09 January 2008 at 12:07 PM