Evans Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Joined October 8th 2008
I love food and I love writing, so somewhere the two must mix. One nourishes the body and the other, dare I say, nourishes the soul!
Recent PostsIt's FinishedOctober 24th 2009 03:59
The (almost) finished product. Front door still needs to be painted
The entrance with stairs leading up and rumpus room in the background.
Never let it be said that building a house is a boring affair. 
The downstairs rumpus/living area leading to spare room and laundry/bathroom
The upstairs living area with our new carpet
Our beautiful kitchen
The back deck that overlooks the cane
 Flushed with Excitement!October 14th 2009 05:02
The watertank under the deck
What more can a person want in life? 
The upstairs throne room
What I like about our toilets is that the lids and seats aren't the cheap plastic ones, but the real deal porcelain. Our 'thrones' are going upmarket. By the way, both toilets have now been christened.
Going up in the world.October 12th 2009 02:38
Going to see the upstairs and our new driveway.
There was no way we were going to allow our boys to get up there until we had some decent stairs. Their first trip to checking out the main living areas when the back steps were put in, was wonderful. 
Sitting on our new back stairs
They ran around excitedly checking out each room, even hiding themselves in the kitchen cupboards, as little boys tend to do. However, the biggest surprise was their room. It is HUGE! Since they will be sharing it for at least the next ten years, we made sure we have enough room for them and their belongings to expand in. 
The boys standing in their wardrobe
I've never seen two such excited little boys and that was even before the room was painted.
The home of the laundry shuteOctober 10th 2009 02:20
Our bathroom cabinets
The wardrobe, because I could and the laundry shute because the idea of being able to dump dirty clothes into a hole and have it go straight downstairs to the laundry really appealed to me
Miles of TilesOctober 8th 2009 10:57
New tiles in the kitchen area
Tiles leading to the internal stairs
The tiles need a bit of cleaning but they still look great because they are where they are meant to be...on our floors
Crossing the Food DivideOctober 7th 2009 03:52
Meryl Streep as Julia Child
Meryl Streep plays the part of Julia Child, an American woman who finds herself in Paris due to her husband's work commitments. Trying to find a purpose she attends an all male French cooking class and thus begins a legend
A Kitchen (and that means house) Update!October 5th 2009 03:51
Our new oven is an Omega
While the shop is going great guns, although we now realise to get any bigger we will have to move our premises OR open another shop. The kitchen is just tiny where we are
We have a kitchen!September 21st 2009 06:26
The dark angle of our kitchen
The only extra we put in was profile doors. I love them and despite friends telling me they take up more time cleaning, I couldn't help myself
Downstairs!September 16th 2009 06:10
The living area with doors leading off to the spare room and laundry/bathroom
The following photos are of the downstairs area and include the spare room, laundry/bathroom and garage
Backyard BluesSeptember 13th 2009 07:57
Flattening out our backyard
The block is 811m2 and had a huge pile of dirt on it leftover from the scraping out of the foundations. As it was somewhat low-lying we got a grader in to flatten out the mound as well as shipped in some more dirt so that there would be runoff in the wet times
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Comment by Samantha Elley
on Crossing the Food Divide
Food Journo
The Sandwich Shak
Vintage Foodie
Little House among the Canefields
No problem. I LOVE the cooking movies and Meryl Streep is always a winner in my books.
Sam