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Aug 30th 09
Posted by Leigh in Home Sweet Home
The $150 stick in a pot that has had me rather nervous for the last few weeks is actually growing…she’s a live! and has leaves…woo hoo!
Aren’t they the cutest leaves…nawwww!

Hayden is OBSESSED with lizards at the moment, nag nag nag nag nag every damn day for one. Spotted this at Bunnings and got it for him…he was less than impressed..hahah! Not sure how long it will last before it’s knocked off.

Aug 15th 09
Posted by Leigh in Home Sweet Home
When we moved in, the front gardens were full of a bit of weed and that was about. So many things on the to do list, it’s hard to know where to start.
We finally got around to doing the front garden 2 weeks ago..and woo! nothing has died…….yet!
It was a nightmare just trying to decide what plants to plant. I couldn’t do a garden of a mix of different things, I have a thing about stuff matching.
Didn’t want to spend a fortune either, which after some shopping around seemed near impossible…damn plants are expensive!
I found myself taking a look on eBay…OMG you should see the plants there! 1000’s of them, who’d a thought. We ended up choosing some Purple Dazzler Cordylines, I got 20 of them for $115 all up including postage. That works out around $8 a plant, we had seem them as much as $19 in the nurseries! I also picked up some nandina..only for the manpet, cause I hate them. They were 20 for $30, another bargain compared to the nurseries. The plants faired really well with the postage, as long as you get a good seller who packages them properly.
Add with our soil, and the most expensive rocks there were. I tried to talk myself into the cheap ones, but there were just too ugly and brown, added with the brown house and roof, house would have looked a bit “emo” *hehe*
It looks a little bare at the moment, but once the $140 stick in a pot (weeping maple) grows some leaves, and we plant something in the bottom of it’s pot I think it will look really good.
All up, it came to just under $500. I think that was pretty darn cheap.
I am still of the look out for the perfect weeping Cherry Blossom, just love them, have always wanted one but the right colour and size is hard to come by and the price is heart attack inducing.




May 29th 09
Posted by Leigh in Home Sweet Home
In the shops today, trying on shoes. I am NOT a shoe person..in desperate need of something to replace my fav poor dead converse
. I loves them shoes…they are so comfy, they don’t make them the same style anymore or I would just buy another pair the same…how boring am I.
Anyway…back to telstra’s suckage.
So the phone rings, private no..Hmmm. It’s Tesltra, calling to ask why I haven’t paid my bill. Umm, if I had actually received a bill, I might have paid it! He says you must have, the first bill was sent the 14th of April, then many reminders. As I said before..I have had no bill at all from you!
Well your address is Glenbrook St is it not, you would have received them. I am like WTF..I have never even heard of that address, it is no where near where I live…..Well that is the postal address you have given us. Why would I give you an address I have never bloody heard of FFS?! It doesn’t even sounds anything remotely like my address..and give the postal address I give for all bills is the PO Box, I have no idea where you got that from.
So he fixes the address up. The account was already terminated because we only got the phone connected with them to make our broadband connection with Internode faster, the line was switched the internode over a month ago.
He goes on to say the new one is in the mail, due in 14 days or they will have to take further legal action. o.O That surely isn’t the time you give everyone else to pay their normal bills. No, but I am being generous and giving you an extension he says. But it was not my bloody fault in the first place you farked up!!
Was only with them just over a month, and after the issues with a line fault and then this. Thank god it wasn’t any longer!
Apr 29th 09
Posted by Leigh in General, Home Sweet Home
I haz interwebs..WOO! It has only taken 6 weeks, better late that never ey internode
Seems a bit pointless to be writing about shit that happened last month, but I’ll give you a brief run down cause March was sofa king awesome! So a quick catch up and we can get back into it.
*Phew* what a month! I don’t think much can beat it, March 2009 will go down as the best month EVA!
March 14th, after 13yrs we finally got married. And yes, I managed to get a dress. These are about all the pics you’ll get..unless your a friend on flickr

After a lot of stuffing around, we finally settled on our house on the 19th and started moving in the next day. We then spent the next week painting. Can you see the beautiful job I did on the toilet *hehe* Still got lots of work to do, but it is wonderful to have a house of our very own..that I can paint what ever the hell colour I want.

And lastly, I got a job..out of the house! Very first job, outside the house in more than 10yrs! Working for Hallmark, just training at them moment, but it’s great to have something else other than being a mum..and I don’t think anyone is ever going to understand my online work.
Jan 21st 09
Posted by Leigh in Home Sweet Home
Two days before Christmas, it became official..we bought a house!
Who could ask for a better Christmas present. I honestly thought we would never be able to buy a house, not any time soon anyway..while I didn’t have a “real” job. Seem I don’t need to get one now LOL
<–That’s our house. Bit of a bargain I thought, it has 5 bedrooms so the girls can stop sharing (and choking each other) and still a room left over for the gym and office for me. Or maybe I will just use the bar as an office *hehe*.
It needs a bit of work, lots of paint and such..but that’s all part of the fun right?
Friday we move, but sadly..not into our house
There are tenants in there with a lease till mid March. Which would have been OK, if the current house we live in, that had been on the market for over 6mths didn’t sell the same week we bought *doh*
So we have to move out, and wait for our settlement (in 53 days, but who is counting) we will be moving in….with the inlaws
Now don’t get me wrong my inlaws are wonderful (*waves* Hi) really, I’m not just saying that. And how nice of them to allow us to invade their little space, after living on their own for so long. But I am seriously NOT looking forward to it.
I’m a quiet person, like my own space and privacy..we both are really. Not into having visitors much, and just like to enjoy our space…for ourself. So living in a tiny 3 bedroom house..all 7 of us is going to be fun to say the least. MIL did say the other day, it’s OK..you don’t have to talk to me while your hear..I’ll understand LOL
It’s going to be a steep learning curve too, but I hope it may help to break a few bad habits I/we have.
- Washing: They have a front loader, never used one before. I like to turn the machine on, then wander about the house collecting things to wash..opening the lid a dozen times to toss stuff in till its full. And then there is always the last minute thing you forgot. Ahh..best not be doing that with a front loader.
- Drying: I haven’t used a clothesline in..Hmm…would be well over 6yrs I am sure. It’s terrible I know, but towels and stuff feel so good, and it saves your clothes being faded from the sun…well thats my excuse and I am sticking to it. I pay extra for 100% green renewable electricity which makes me feel a little better. Not sure they will be keen on using the dryer for EVERYTHING, so I’ll need to work out how to use those peg things.
- Pants: Hmm, I don’t do pjs..just a tshirt sans pants. So that is certainly going to have to change!
- The cats: Oh dear..FIL isn’t really a cat person. We lived with them 13 odd years ago for about 18mths before we got our own place. We had a run of the mill moggie then who wasn’t too bad (tho he did like to shit on the floor next to the kitty litter every morning just for FIL..didn’t do it any other time) and that was bad enough. They know our cats, from when they come to visit..but I think they maybe a little shocked actually living with 3 meezers. Full cupboards of breakable things have been packed away in perperation for the furry grandkids arrival. Lets hope they don’t wreak too much havoc while we are there.
Oh and cooking..and cleaning..I so suck at that..we won’t even go there!
I just hope to ceiling cat 51 days will fly by quickly and we can finally move into our OWN house… and that I don’t manage to shit them off too much.
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