Straddie dreamin'

I'm very jealous of my friend Lou who is camping at Straddie for Easter. It's one of my favourite places in the world.

We are going over on Saturday for the day - we'll set up at Cylinder Beach where Brisboy likes the smaller waves. I can't wait. The weather is still beautiful, so it should be a fantastic day!



These are two pics of our last visit to Straddie - another day trip - when we took MelbAunt83 (my auntie from Melbourne). She'd never been there before and we were rewarded with a fabulous dolphin display, great weather and some perfect bodysurfing waves at Home Beach.

Yes, my aunt is 83 and still bodysurfs.

I'm hoping I'll be just like her when I grow up.....

There were some turtles down there having a great old swim in the swell.

The whole family - me, Brisman88 and Brisboy88 (but not Briscat88) are also heading to the Sunshine Coast for a few days after Easter.

May the Easter Bunny be kind to everyone.....

Phase 1 complete

Anyone know what kind of flowers are in my garden?

Are these weeds?

(we moved in less than a year ago and I'm now only paying attention.....)

This weekend Brisboy 88 and I went to Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast to watch the Gold Coast Suns play the Adelaide Crows.

It was a beautiful day, and Brisboy had a great time, having his picture taken with the Suns' mascot and picking up the ball when it got kicked through the goals at one stage.

We also went to a friends' house on Sunday for a barbecue - she had the tables set up in the garden and it was so nice sitting there amongst the trees and flowers.

So.....only phase 1 has been completed on my chairs - cleaning. Next phase painting. I think I can get this done tomorrow. Here's what my front verandah looks like so far.

Those cushions and lanterny things are from Target ($20 on sale). The lanterns are solar. I'm not sure yet if I will hang them up or leave them on the floor. You might be able to see that I've got some icicle lights already hanging over the window. Ideas welcome.

Inspiration

Stuart Membery inspiration for my weekend project.

New cane table

Bought this table for $20 from someone on ebay on the weekend to go with my two cane chairs. Now to just get them painted.......

You can see where I'm headed, anyway.

This weekend, I swear....

Yummy Fun-ness in the Valley

Went to Harajuku Gyoza yesterday for lunch with a colleague - yum!

They do Japanese dumplings and Asahi beer on tap. It was fabulous.

They have a number of dumplings to choose from including chicken, duck, pork, vegetable and Moreton Bay Bug! And the dessert of apple gyoza with fabulous vanilla icecream is to die for.

The staff are all lovely. What a great place to go.

It's in Brunswick Street, next to the old Dooley's pub, if you are wanting to get some Gyoza goodness.

Project Wednesday

Well, I've been inspired by all the blogs I've been reading recently and I'm going to do two projects.

First is to paint these chairs white and make two black and white striped cushions for them, to have on my front verandah.




I bought these chairs on Ebay for $120 from a woman in Maroochy River. What a beautiful place that is! I've never been there before - her house is for sale and she's done some great stuff with a bali inspired decor - you can see it here

The second is to make these fabrics I bought in Big W into serviettes. I think this will be a gift for someone. (Depends if they work out or not - I'm not big into sewing!).

The greens and pinks don't come up as well as they do in real life. I think they would look great as different serviettes on the same table with some pink flowers and greenery in the middle.

First step - clean the chairs. Look out for progress......

Out and about in Charlotte Street

Took my ipod touch to Charlotte Street and this is what I saw.....