Sunday 21st

first off the rank was getting something to preserve!
I popped down to Carribean Gardens market just before closing, best time to nab boxes of apples and cheapie fruits and veg, right on, scored well!

$10 for 10kgs apples
$7 for 2kg tomatoes
$10 for 3kg strawberries
$2 for a bag of garlic
$6 for 1kg of mushrooms

so now off to peel and chop apples!!
(chookies getting the cores and peel)

ok, so Ive got interested in cooking again, finally.

the last week has been interesting to say the LEAST! I scored this massive loot of Fowlers Vacola preserving stuff off a friend and Ive been on the go EVERY day, my feet hurt lol

the Loot:

ok I've a new collection in the works (so excited about this one) and I've finished 2 prototypes of the pattern 1 (one has hood, one without)

here tis'
Penny in size 2 (hooded) and T in sz9-10 (cardi version)
(photos arent the best, but I'm getting a new camera asap.)

ugh, Im so unreliable...

ok again an attempt at blogging...

biab

year of projects chapter one

ok, I'm joining a blogging/get your knitting ass organised group on rav. Now Im hopless at blogging (I keep swearing I'll get better then the next post is about 2-3 months after that, if Im lucky) so we will see how well this goes, dont hold your breath hehe.

my july 1-9 list:

Penny's blankie (Penny's first birthday is the 10th july)
Penny's Sunrise Beanie (for her to wear to bendi)

lets just see how I go shall we :)

getting rid of the old, bring in the new.

well, I made the purchase of a lifetime. Salvos is where I got this new wall unit from and its perfect.
I suggest they probably retail for about $1000 or more when new? Well it was at the salvos for $599 (yes we have an expensive salvos, but we wont get into that) and even with my health care card savings of 20% on tuesday, its still $480 and I didnt have that to spare at the time.
So I wait a few weeks forgetting about it, surely its gone right? NO (yay!) and its reduced in price (yay again!) so grabbed it. $260 after using my health care card. YAY bigtime.

lets see pics.
this is the abhorrent mess we had before.

then we need to clear it all out and break down that horrible green unit, that was SUPER glued as well as hidden countersunk screwed, man this was a nightmare to disassemble.

everything all gone, ready to pick up new unit tomorrow morning.

does this NOT look heaps better!! I love it and only $260!!

solid pine, even the base of the drawers.

our lounge room might just end up respectable after all.

I'm a very happy little Vegemite :D

oh and do you wonder where those dollfies went? hehehe, awesomeness!!!!!

our new backyard funhouse...

I thought being that we now have 6 kids and have not done this up till now, we should buy/build a cubby house.
I will never endeavour to do this again. On the instructions it said 5-7 hours for 2 men. it REALLY took 18 hours for 4 people.
anyway, the kids can hardly be kept out of it, so its a hit which was the intent :)

 Levelled out ground in the backyard

 Boxes it all came in, everything all tucked in :)