Hello Deliciousness! x

I wanted to  title this post "Holy Sh!tballs"!  .. but then, i'm not crass like that.

Much.

Sometimes.







Actually, I don't like swearing a whole lot, it makes me wince to hear it.
But it lends impact at times, and I enjoy it as a humourous exclamation point.

In other words: it's ok when I do it, but if you do it...


( i'm a really excellent mother, my fave game being do as I say, not as I do )









But seriously, I went to the house last night and they were still at it hammer & tong ( note: no tongs actually witnessed ) until 5.30pm!  Normally I pop in after school and they are just cleaning up, or sometimes already gone.  I got these just as the light was leaving, and cranked the ISO. 

Smoke & mirrors.





I.freaking.LOVE.IT!





Lights!  Pendants!  Splashback!  Cabinetry!

Those blokes had it all goin' ohn, and it's starting to look *amazing*


Eep!

Paint/Tiles Paint/Tiles

Because i'm a fussy beast, i've found and decided what I want, but keeping my options open
with a couple of new tile places suggested to me that aren't over the other side of town.

I loooove the bluestone, but i've found something even prettier I haven't seen in store yet. 
Still natural stone, still blue, but with the added interest of autumn tones..

Autumn, my favourite season ♥

Anyway.. we'll see, the race is on...



^^
this is the kitchen/living/pantry to date ..
not much visual change besides the fireplace is in place.
The stonetops are in now too, but the template remains as a protective cover, and it's
heavy and dusty, so i'll leave that reveal for another day..



In other news, i'd decided paints and was quite smug and confident.. except the painters
uh-oh .. undercoated some internal doors I think my husband was hoping to sand back
and restore.  Because we were never sure/decided on this anyway, we've decided to let them
get on with it, and if it sucks, we strip them back and start again later on down the track.

But I don't have colours for doors.

What I do know though is that I love hi-gloss enamel on doors and trims, so keep in mind
the look will be glossy.

And maybe a blue-grey.  Kinda like the bluestone I seem so fixated on ...







The main paints are:
WALLS: Dulux White Duck Half-Strength ( more a light beige )
TRIMS: Dulux Vivid White ( as name suggests .. )

DOORS: Well, as of yesterday ( armed with a dozen grey swatches .. my favourite being
Mallard Grey - it's a Mallard!  It's a duck!  Get the connection! .. but it was too red/purple ) ..
I ended up with something called Monk Grey ( it's the middle colour above the door-handle up there )

Again, I have a thing for contrast.. but am wondering if I should just keep them in white?
They look good in the pics white, but .. in real-life?  Not.so.sure.







I have a similar blue-grey on the roller blinds, which you can see a bit of, and of course,
there will be a bluestone splashback ( 99.8% sure ) and i'll be continuing those over at the
fireplace fascia..

BUT!  Will it be too dark?  And where do I stop - should I make ALL my doors dark grey,
or just those in the original end?  It seems I really am bad at decision making ;)








In fact, the more I look at these, I totes think dark grey is the way to go.
Opinions, both good & bad, always welcome..

xx
Lea

April Fool ?

The freezer part of my fridge died today. Just out of warranty.

It makes annoying beep-beeps about every hour or so, to let me know it's dying, and for some inexplicable reason, the beeps scare my son.

The beeps also don't stop unless you physically go to the fridge and press a button. It's going to be a long night.

The fridge part of it died 2yrs ago.
Under warranty, but I think it was also around Easter time, and the part had to come from South Australia via Korea or somesuch.
No-one at Westinghouse seemed to give a rats, and they only reimburse for FREEZER goods, and that's only with a stat dec, several witnesses, and a police report. In triplicate.

I'd just gotten home with a full weeks fresh greens, cream and milk etc ...

I miss my old Fisher & Paykel.

In other news, my new ( and much loved ) lawnmower seems to have a battery charging problem, so that's in the shop.
Unfortunately, Enviromower was bought out by Victa, and the good people at Victa don't really know much about them. I need it back in 2weeks time, so I can mow the lawn for a b'day party.

And don't forget Easter .. when no-one does anything as they're on a riverbed, BBQ'ing, fishing, and drinking beer. NOT fixing lawnmowers and freezers.

MEANWHILE, my clunky old washing machine, which I am willing to die so I can get a front-loader .. just keeps clunking on. It's just the new stuff that dies. Is it just us ?

Oh - and not lets forget the current argy-bargy with the new fence. We complained about twisting of palings, and nails coming aways from posts, and general doginess, and Mr Yassou! told us it had nothing to do with him, not his problem.
He came out ( after much lying, and missed appts, non-returned phone calls ), huffed and puffed his way through a couple of band-aid replacement palings, then got all huffy and said he was done. Finished.

His intimidating body language and tone made me glad my husband was home that day.

So we still weren't happy, but washed our hands of it.
But this week, our good pensioner neighbours complained too, and A. took a look from their side of the fence, and yeah, we'll have to get him back. *Sigh*

AND

My new fireplace .. the one we haven't been able to use yet due to needing to be re-wired ?
The fan doesn't work. You may remember we had some problems with Agnews ( seriously, we are easy to get along with people ! ), but this is a Jetmaster problem, and Jetmaster are only too happy to pop over tomorrow at 9am ( *groan*, but at least they're pro-active and willing to help, rather than saying things like "you lean on fireplace ! Fireplace does not work - you lean on it ! Your fault" )

... apparently our elderly pensioner neighbours MUST have been swinging on their fence, according to Yassou! the fenceman. Yeah. right.

BUT

The good news is, the electricians will be finished this week ! ( any co-incidence between them and the death of the freezer, do you think ? .. switching things off, then on, then off again ? ).

And they've been lovely.
In fact, i'm going to ask the guy tomorrow if he reckons he can fix my fridge ?

Worth a shot at any rate ...

C'mon Baby, Light My Fire

Went to Playgroup today for the first time in like a million years...
Glorious weather and only a smattering of kids, so quite relaxing, really.

We made a tie for dad, for Father's Day. It's very spiffy, so we'll be very cut if he doesn't wear it for the day. If ONLY I had a coloured macaroni necklace, imagine how cool we'd look together. Hot.

Before I went to Playgroup, I had an unexpected phone barney with Agnews. Seriously, I was being all nice and polite, and I got Mr. Excitedly-Angry on the phone.

Me ( pleasantly ): "Hello, yes, I am expecting a delivery today, can you let me know whenabouts it may be here ? I have to go out this morning for a couple of hours, so I am hoping it might be this afternoon ?"

Mr. E-A ( agitated ): "We're delivering this morning. What do you want me to do, change the route, change all the routines ?".

Me: ( ??????? )" Um, no, I didn't suggest that at all. Perhaps the driver could take my number and call me 10minutes before he gets to my house?"

Him ( now needing a heart pill ): "What you are asking is impossible. I can't believe you would suggest that! "

Me ( slowly backing away ): "Ok, look, I am going to hang up the phone now, I think you're being very unhelpful and very accusatory for no reason at all."
So I got off the phone and dialled my husband, leaving a complete verbal transcript on his messagebank. Little did I know that he was actually ON THE OTHER LINE waiting for the guy who was talking to me. We had both called at the same time for the same reason, but I had got through first. It turns out he wasn't put on hold properly ( this place is soooo bad at customer service ), and so he listened to this guy abuse me. When he got on he said "err, hello Brian. I just listened to you speaking to my wife and I must say I am very unimpressed".
Apparently he ripped it through them for not only this, but for all the other problems we have experienced with them, and their total lack of customer service. Yay ! My Hero !

Anyway, so it's now this afternoon and their very sweet driver has been & gone ( finally, someone with a sunny disposition ) and ... . I think the mantle is incorrect.

Apparently AB suspected it would be, as no-one has been "sure" if it's correct whenever he has called.

The saga continues ....