Friday, November 14, 2008

Have Been Slack....

sorry!!
i havent been on here and have lots to cath up on! have been super busy throwing lots of junk out. and we rearranged the lougeroom on the weekend too! so i havent been totally slack!
oh and i have some lovely news to share!!!!!

IM PREGNANT!!! due 18th July 09
we had been trying since the girls first birthday, this was our 4th cycle . we are so pleased!
on the First of December we go for a scan to have a head count (lol) . am really looking forward to it! my sister is convinced we are having triplets this time, FIL says twin girls again, Mark says one or two boys, lol- will be interesting to see!

anyway im off- will have to do some catching up with friday decluttering and what not soon though!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

This is...... a recipe i made lastnight!


SAUSAGES IN ONION GRAVY WITH MASH
12 sausages
1 large onion (cut in half then sliced- so you get half rings...)
french onion soup mix
1/2 litre water (can add more if you like)
flour (2 table spoons or so i guess- i dont measure)
splash of tomato sauce
splash of worchestershire sauce
i cooked this in our electric pan...
cook off the snags til nice and brown. as they are browning, add the onion and a little butter. cook til soft.
add the flour and dry soup mix to pan and cook off til the flour isnt raw.
add liquid and stir well then simmer for about 20 mins or so.
mean while chop a large potato, and some sweet potato. boil then mash.
serve and enjoy!
you can make as many variations to this as you like. this fed me, Mark, and the girls. (they are 15 months old) and had 4 snags left over.
sorry i dont have any pics! need to get batteries!


Saturday, November 1, 2008

November - ORG JUNKIES monthly round up...... LAUNDRY!


Well as the title suggests- its NOVEMBER! and that means we have to get our butts into gear and sort out these laundrys of ours!
ours badly needs sorting! just picturing what i need to do... well the top cupboards are OVERFLOWING with gift bags and wrapping paper....(among other 'stuff') and the main cupboard is also a wreck... then there is the window sill. it just magically collects bits and pieces here and there... so in order to stretch it out a little.. i think i will designate certain jobs in there to be done each week of november... perhaps something like this...
wk1 (Sat Nov 1- Fri Nov 7) sort out the vacuum/linnen basket area. cleanoffwindowsill. DONE
wk2(Sat Nov 8- Fri Nov 14) sort out main cupboard DONE
wk3 (Sat Nov 15- Fri Nov21) sort out top cupboard
wk4 (Sat Nov22-Sun 30) mop floor, give everything another going over. get some shelves happening
well i will keep updating this post until the month is over. (adding pics and what not..)
til then...

have been bit!

by the organizing bug that is ;)

i was taking some photos of the surfaces that really drive me mad- the corner table/phone table in our hall, the table/cupboard/benchy thin in our kitchen, the tops of cupboards and cabinet in the spare room, even the top of a speaker in the lounge, not to mention the over filled bookcase too. well then the batteries in my camera died so i cant upload them to either tomorrow or monday now.

anyway- in the kitchen there is a particular space of cupboard that just gets SO messy... i didnt get to take a pic of the before shot seeing the batteries died- but will do an after one and add it monday ok.. so for the time being picture this. a cupboard on the wall, two doors, and inside 3 shelves. the top shelf was pretty bare on both sides. the middle shelf was chockers with baby bowls, cups, sippy cups, lids all that sort of plastic gear. the bottom shelf? it was horrid! to the left was all the bottles(girls are down to one bottle so dont really need them there now- not being used as often as they once were), as well as their medicines . to the right- a baking dish that i was using to "store" (and i use this term loosely) medicines , syringes for the girls panadol/teething relief, teething gel, droppers that came with the boxes of panadol etc when they were sick, my tablets, old scripts.. those baby bottle stopper thingys- you know- to stop milk leaking?
there was SO much junk!

now? top shelf - have the now EMPTY baking dish up there
middle shelf- a few tins of food, and neatly stacked plastics
bottom shelf- bottles are gone and into a container that is at the bottom of the pantry- neatly! , have thrown out the bulk of the droppers (only kept a few for using with food colouring) and have thrown the bulk of the syringes too(only kept about 4 different sized ones). the medicines are now in a small slice tin (was dodgy- so would not eat anything off it ) and the old scripts are now in the bin. all other medications are stored neatly.

to some this wouldnt mean much- but for me? i feel so much better for it. and it was a big deal to me.
im so proud for getting that space organized! :D

i have decided the next thing to tackle will be SURFACES! (all the ones i photographed... i might just add those pics to each post as i complete it actually- do a bit of a before and after thing...)


i remember seeing an ep on OPRAH, that Australian guy (forget his name) that helped all the people with hoarding problems. he said each day take out one bag full of junk. but the rule is you cant bring anything more into house. so i think i will take this on board too. then once i get this house in order- then can start a craft room for me. (at this point i dont have a space for me. but a thinking of making it the smaller bedroom opposite the kitchen...)

anyway thats enough jibber for today!