The outdoor room
| January 21, 2012 | Posted by Robin under House |
We have been living in this house for 1.5 years now and it has been great so far! There are however still things that need to be done. Last year we ticked a major item of the list by having the garden put in. Because the garden was now done, it became very clear that our al fresco area needed to be next.
So 2 weeks ago Cathy and I decided we were going to spend ‘some’ money to get a nice deck installed. Last Monday they started the work and after 5 hot, long days, the decking is finished! The end result looks great and we are sure that we are going to spend a lot of time there. It is like we have added a room to our house, our outdoor room.
Xmas
| December 27, 2011 | General, Sophie |
It has been a very relaxed Xmas. For the first time since we came to Australia we actually had an Xmas tree setup in the living room. It is a fake one, because a real tree would not survive the hot weather. But we wanted a place to put all the presents for Sophie, so… more
The Baby’s gone, she is a Toddler now
| November 27, 2011 | General, Sophie |
Yep, the baby is gone, she is a toddler now and a pretty stubborn one too. The high chair has been replaced by a booster seat at the table and the cot is about to be replaced by a toddler bed. Sophie has dinner with us or maybe we are have dinner with her now around… more
One week left…
| November 1, 2011 | General |
As you all know by now, Cathy’s dad died on 16 October. As soon as we got the terrible news, we knew Cathy was going to fly to Europe by herself, leaving me with Sophie here in Australia. Luckily we were able to get a flight to Amsterdam the day after we heard Robert died.… more
Too much water!
| October 16, 2011 | General, Sophie |
We had an eventful start of our day yesterday. As the weather forecast predicted 28 degrees, Cathy and I had been planning to go for a morning walk on the beach on Saturday. We had just finished breakfast and were getting our stuff to go, when we had somebody knocking on our door. I opened… more
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