Jill and Gerard's Seachange

Oh what a beautiful morning!!!!!

Hi all,

Well it is now five in the morning, I fell asleep in my chair and woke up about 2am, played a couple of games and then decided I had better go to bed at 4am, well I layed there for almost an hour and could not get to sleep, while lying there I thought of all the things I could be doing, for example the lounge room floor is covered with papers as I was looking for my washing machine receipt that we bought before we moved!!! Found it!!!! in a box of stuff that was from the writing desk in Rowville. Had to go through the whole box though and of course it was at the bottom of the box, threw out heaps of old receipts, the new me, not keeping any papers over twelve months old now, can collect so much stuff, it is ridiculous. What else did I think of?? Well there is still the kitchen, I have not put away the shopping from two days ago as I want to fix up the pantry and sort out where stuff is to go as I am still getting used to the new kitchen and where I should have things. Yep and then there is some ironing I need to do!!!! OMG you say, Jill is getting all domestic!!!!!! unheard of I know, but I am able to make time for these type of things these days!!! Well sometimes. Oh yes the cats area needs vacuuming yet again, I don't know I go away for a few days and when I come back I notice all this stuff needs doing yet again. It never ends. Gerard does not seem to notice stuff like dog and cat hair, all he notices is the untidiness!!!!!! My new words to him are that it is o.k. to be tidy but you have to clean up also!!! Not getting through, so if I want to keep the place clean I have to do it all by the looks of things, he seems to be not doing as much around the house as he used to in Rowville which is good and bad.

Anyway!!!! While I am sitting here in the loungeroom in the dark, well it was dark and have the glow of the lap top at 5.15a.m. Yhe half moon is fading giving way to a gorgeous sun rise, before that I could see the moons reflection shimmering on the water, just amazing. It is not really cold in here as I am sitting here in trakky dacks, bare feet, and a thin short sleeved cotton top, and of course to be completely comfy!!! of course no bra!!!

O.K. what cn I see from here?????

The tops of the trees, even though we checked the height of the verandah so that we could still see the water from where I am sitting, we did not make allowances for the frames and the windows so I have to stretch my neck a little to see the movement of the water which seems to be rippling quite quickly, there is a slight breeze out there as the trees are waving to me!! I can hear a starling I think it is singing in the distance. Looking to the left of me, the colour of the sky is just so .............. silvery grey with darker soft fluffy clouds in patches, almost a grey to very pale mauve, as I look slowly to the right of me, the sky is starting to become a soft apricot colour and further around there are streaks of orange inbetween the soft now very pale blue sky, it is just divine, wish you could see it with me. I think I will have to go out onto the verandah and take up residence on my swing so I can see more of it, before I do that I will get my camera and see if I can capture this glorious scene, hang on will be back in a sec!!!!

UM NO!!! I won't be ging out on the verandah at the moment!! I just opened the outer door to take a couple of photos and try putting a bit of a video on here too and that slight breeze I mentioned is very cool, I am shivering at it is rather icy, but worth taking some pics of I hope. Hey there goes a couple of Pelicans gliding past, earlier I heard the resident Plovers carrying on but it was dark at that time so could not see what was harrassing them. My two cats Rusty and Ashley are playing hide and seek at the moment and have just scattered papers further over the loungeroom floor!!! Rusty especially loves our new floor as she can run and slide along, seems to be her favourite past time apart from chasing all the shadows created from the down lights.
Well the inside of the house is completely painted!!!!! Yay!! Pat he painter will be starting on the outside in about a week, so the outside will be painted by Christmas.. What a transformation the house has undergone.

OH YES!!!! I forgot to mention some great news!!!! I have located all of my photos which is such a relief!!!! They decided to jump over to another programme... Just like that, of course I had nothing to do with it did I????? I don't know how it happened, but one night I was pottering on the computer as one does and came across some pics that I have not seen for a while and wondered how hey suddenly appeared and lo and behold there they all were. They were buried away in one of those long dark tunnels that these computers seem to have, you know what I mean??? You start off here at home and end up travelling half way around the world before you realise you have forgotten what you were looking for and have been sidetracked and are miles away from where you started??? I hope I am not the only one who gets like this, even this morning before I got into my blog, the opening page had some news headlines and one of them was about Paris Hilton and her new pet!!!! So I read it curious to know what type of pet she has that she is not supposed to have and don't know what it is as I had never heard of it before, cannot think of the name now and ended up doing a search for it on Google and before I knew it I was in another world looking at these most adorable animals with a strange name commonly known as "honey bears" and half an hour had gone by!!!

OOPS, I now have spots in my eyes as I have just looked outside again and a bit to the right and got a full shot of the sun coming up!! It is amazing how far the sun has moved around the back of the house now that Summer is here!!!

Anyway where was I?? Oh yes the house!! What is left to do????? Well we still need to get a roll a door for the garage. that is left up to Gerard, goodness knows when he will get around to doing that!! He hates spending money!! Cause the balance has depleted rapidly!! Some type of shelter above the laundry door as the rain hits the door and comes inside, probably like a carport type of thing a flat Colorbond roof and a couple of posts coming out or maybe even a pitched type of roof, who knows!!!!! dream on Jill.......... (David where are you.....) think out loud and it is done...... what a shame he is not here!!!!

Hey the swallows are awake, there are heaps of them flittering around. sorry sidetracked again!

Where was I? oops the clock is chiming 6am.. here come the parakeets or lorikeets whatever those gorgeous green, yellow, orange and red birds are, they make a lot of noise when there is a group of them.. So at the front door we are having a covering there too, hopefully with a gabled roof, hey nothing too flash, something simple? yes?? Gosh wish I had my life over, I would have learnt how to do all of this stuff myself, well I would need a better body though with non of this arthritis b...s...!!!!! there goes an early walker.... Would still like a bit of a carport attached to my Palace so then would not be walking out onto a wet area in winter and also a bit of protection for my car seeing Harry Holden is getting the garage when there is room for him to get in there, need to get out some more boxes to sort through. Ugh! and to think there is all the stuff still stored in Catherine's garage. I am getting so used to not having so much stuff in the house, I like the "bare" look. Gerard reckons it looks like a hospital!!!!! The inside has changed so much with getting rid of all that horrid Mission Brown colour.

One thing I have got used to and really appreciated it was taking down all of the curtains for the painting inside. It was odd at first feeling exposed to the world with no curtains in the lounge or kitchen, but as time has gone by and we now have some slimline venetians in the kitchen and the bedrooms and a drape at the verandah door, that have not been shut yet and the loungeroom drapes have not been re hung, the other night the most amazing sight was the moon changing to a full moon and the light shining inside and the most stunning exhibition of it reflecting onto the water. Even went out for some moonlight walks to take in the whole thing. Now if the curtains were drawn I would not have noticed it!!! the sun is moving, it is in front of me now, but some clouds have moved in front of it, looking a bit dark to the right of me!! Maybe not such nice day coming up, hey it is early yet!! A Pelican has just flown over.

Get something happening in the garden department!!!!! another frustration... Gerard has decided to keep Harry Holden and get some work done on him!!!!! Reckons it will be cheaper than getting a better car!!! or should I say newer younger car..... Hey there is nothing wrong with Harry!!! Everyone knows Gerard with his car!! Probably the only one here in Paynesville!! Speaking of Gerard, he is getting well known here in this country town. He is still working at the local petrol station and not so stressed before he starts work. Christmas Day will be the big test!!!!! He at least comes home now happy that he balances the till!! Not rung up 500 Freddos again or sold any more empty gas cylinders to anyone!!! He is getting to know who is who in the town!! Hear any gossip etc as it is rife here.. Be the first to know of any new developments etc.

Hey more good news, I have found myself a MAN!!!!!!!!!! at long last, he does not mind doing all the shitty little jobs that I want done as I cannot even grip the screwdriver and put up a curtain track without suffering pain for a couple of days after, it is so frustrating, so he has done some bits and hopefully will be back soon to do some more odd jobs. Also talking to him about a veggie garden!! Whoo hoo at long last!!!! He is also going to do the laundry door shelter and the shelter at the front door!!

OH NO!!! go away for a cew days, come home and go out onto the verandah and lo and behold my eyes go to the timber above the door and there is a huntsman!!!! NOOOOOO!!!! I don't want them in here!!!!!!! So out comes the spray again. Looks like I will have to do the whole area as there are a lot of places they can get in. The cats have already had one in their area as I found some legs and a pair of eyes on the floor!!!!! My fear is the Purple Palace!!!!! being invaded....

Gerard has just surfaced it is 6.30 now, taken Sassy out to the grassy area to go to the loo and looks like he has gone back to bed!!! oh well his loss of a lovely morning...

So since my birthday, I survived the Melbourne Paperific Expo! Lesley had a stand once again, this time it was held at Melbourne Telstra Dome in one of the function rooms. Much bigger venue and ran for three days instead of two. It did seem odd as I have not done much stamping stuff since moving up here and not working for Lesley in the shop and being up with all that is happening, I felt a bit like a fish out of water. Lesley did the demonstrating this year and I stood in for her on her breaks. It did feel rather strange not being the demonstrator at the show. I have missed doing it all. It was great to see all the familiar faces of such lovely people I have met over the years. Seeing I have been involved with the Industry for so many years, I have met so many people in that time I think I have worked at the Stitches and Craft Shows at least 10 times for various people. Also about five of the Stamping Conventions, so I have met quite a lot of people in that time. Then to just stop it all and do nothing for almost 12 months is insane really, but I have been so pre-occupied with getting the house fixed up I have not missed it all.

So my plans now are to get stuck into sorting out the Purple Palace and get some crafting done, do some stuff I have always wanted to do and try out new products and techniques etc. But first I must get a Christmas newsletter and Christmas cards done and sent as I have not notified many friends of our address change and a year has nearly passed by! Talk about slack.


Kate is 19 next Sunday..... boy has that time gone by so quickly... Am going back down to Melbourne on Friday, go to Little Bits for a free class on Saturday as June won a competition and can invite nine friends to do a complimentary class, she also has won $100 of free goodies... am looking forward to catching up with the "Little Bits" team again. And then meeting Kate on Sunday for her birthday. Matt's parents, Carmel and Geoff have invited me there for tea on the Sunday to celebrate Kate's birthday which is so nice. Kate assures me she is very happy living there. They seem to enjoy having her there too!

posted by Jill @ 6:52 am